SPEAKER of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini says it’s criminal for any Member of Parliament to merely register their presence in the house yet abscond from parliamentary proceedings. Ruling on a point of order raised by Local Government and Housing Minister Steven Kampyongo last week on whether UPND Members of Parliament were in order to merely register their presence in ...

A woman of Kafue District has being electrocuted as she attempted to hang clothes on a laundry wire. ZESCO Spokesperson Henry Kapata has identified the woman as Josephine Beenzu, 26, of House Number HL 88 Chanyanya Township in Kafue District who died yesterday. Mr. Kapata says though the matter is before the Zambia Police, preliminary investigations carried on site by ...

Patriotic Front (PF) youths in Lusaka province have condemned the violence that took place in Kitwe where UPND and PF cadres clashed last week. The PF youths in Lusaka have also condemned the attack on Vice President Inonge Wina’s private home in Nalolo by UPND cadres. PF Lusaka Province Youth Information and Publicity Secretary Stanley Chiumya says the two violent ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) says Members of Parliament and Civil Society Organizations will be blamed if the Constitution Amendment Bill which is coming up tomorrow in parliament fails. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza is of the view that shooting down or abstaining from voting on the current Constitution Amendment Bill will only  contribute to retention of the 1996 ...

What shall we do with a drunken sailor? Don’t put him in charge of a 7,000-ton, 423-foot (129-meter) cargo ship, for starters. That’s how a Russian mariner who drank half a liter of rum before work, according to investigators, managed to crash into the coast of Scotland last winter — at full speed. The Lysblink Seaways was on its way ...

One of the world’s most volatile regions was roiled further Tuesday when Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkey said it hit the plane after it repeatedly violated Turkey’s airspace and ignored 10 warnings. Turkey and Russia exchanged bellicose language after the downing of the plane, raising fears in the international community that the brutal Syrian ...

Just days after reports surfaced that the two had called it quits, the 18-year-old reality star was spotted partying with the 26-year-old rapper  at The Nice Guy in West Hollywood following the American Music Awards. Tyga and Kylie were also seen walking hand in hand outside Kendall Jenner’s apartment. While the on-again, off-again couple appeared quite cozy after the AMAs, they ...

The Kardashian siblings were left devastated when their father, Robert Kardashian, died of cancer back in 2003. But now, Khloe truly believes that her late dad is haunting her house, and even contacted famous Hollywood Medium, Tyler Henry, to come and see what is going on at her Californian home. Joined by both Kim and Kourtney, Khloe was left freaked ...

Manchester United strikers Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial both returned to training on Tuesday ahead of their side’s Champions League home game with PSV Eindhoven. The two players missed United’s 2-1 win at Watford in the Premier League on Saturday, captain Rooney due to illness and Martial because of a foot injury sustained on international duty with France. Midfielder Marouane ...

Former Zambia captain Christopher Katongo says that he is hoping for one more shot overseas before contemplating hanging up his boots. Katongo returned home in June after ten years abroad on a journey that took him to South Africa, Europe, China and back to the PSL before rejoining FAZ Super League club Green Buffaloes. His presence at Buffaloes has almost ...