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UPND says the good leadership skills of President Hakainde Hichilema have enabled the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lend the country money at zero interest rate. UPND Kabushi constituency chairperson Henry Bwalya says this is after the Patriotic Front (PF)-led administration left Zambians without any goodwill from the international community, a scenario […]
President Hakainde Hichilema has assented to the National Pension Scheme Bill. The Bill provides for an option for eligible individuals on the NAPSA scheme to claim for one off – age benefits. In a brief statement, Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says the President’s decision is a fulfilment of the United Party for National Development’s (UPND) […]
Cabinet has approved the parliamentary introduction of the penal code amendment bill of 2022 to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment and repeal the offence of defamation of the President. Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says the Penal Code contains archaic provisions including the death penalty and the offence of defamation of the President. […]
PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya has urged political party leaders to maintain sobriety and common decency in the way they exercise their democratic rights and freedoms. “While it is heart warming that President Hakainde Hichilema and the new dawn administration have restored the credibility of Zambia’s civil and democratic space, there is need for members of […]
The UPND Chairman for Mines and Freedom Fighter Percy Chanda says opposition political parties have abandoned their role of providing credible checks and balances to the ruling Government. Mr. Chanda has noted that opposition parties have engaged themselves in spreading falsehoods and insults which he described to unfortunate especially now that the country needs them […]
The Lusaka High Court has put on hold the Kabushi and Kwacha Parliamentary by-elections, until determination of the matter, in which former law makers, Bowman Lusambo, and Joseph Malanji, are challenging the decision of the Electoral Commission of Zambia, to reject their nominations. In its ruling, the court says the petitioners would be prejudiced if […]
Lusaka based lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube commonly known as KBF has launched his projected Zambia Must Prosper-ZMP-political party. Mr. Fube has now become President of the party following the launch and whose plans are that of contesting in the 2026 General elections. And speaking during the party official Launch yesterday, Mr. Fube announced that his […]
The opposition Patriotic Front-PF-Chairperson for Information and Publicity Raphael Nakachinda says there is a ploy to arrest former Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo on murder charges so that he does not file his nominations for the upcoming Parliamentary by-elections. Mr. Nakachinda claims that Police on the Copperbelt have been instructed by State House to […]
Opposition Democratic Party leader Harry Kalaba has avoided the confusion in the Democratic Party by stepping down as party leader in readiness to form another Party. Addressing the media yesterday ,Mr. Kalaba says despite resigning from the Democratic Party as party president, he is still confident of winning the 2026 Presidency under a new Party. […]
The Drug Enforcement Commission – DEC has arrested former Patriotic Front Secretary General, Davies Mwila, for being in possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime, contrary to section 71 of the forfeiture of Crimes Act. DEC has not disclosed the nature of the property behind the arrest. But his lawyer Kambwa Aongola […]
