Daily Archives: December 8, 2017

Ongoing road works in Chingola affects smooth flow of businesses

Former Chingola Mayor MacDonald Mulongoti says ongoing road works in Chingola have affected the smooth flow of traffic and businesses in the district. Mr. Mulongoti is appealing to minister of infrastructure development Ronald Chitotela to help find an immediate solution to the problem which has led to loss of business. He says it will not be in public interest for ...

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JAWUZ still waiting for 2018 conditions of service response

The Judicial and Allied Workers Union of Zambia says it is still waiting for a response from the Judiciary management with regards the demands of things it wants addressed in the 2018 conditions of service. Union President Peter Mwale says the union has written a letter of demands it wants addressed such as the issues of accommodation, transport and salaries ...

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UPND should start preparing for another humiliating defeat – Mwila

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila says the opposition UPND should start preparing for another humiliating defeat in the 2021 elections. Mr Mwila said this when he received over 320 defectors from the UPND in Chavuma District of North Western Province among them ten headmen. He says the ruling party will not abandon its developmental agenda including in areas where ...

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UPND leader warns govt officials looting coffers

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says government officials looting government coffers will be arrested and made to pay back and as soon as he becomes republican president. Speaking when he featured on a programme on I-WAVE radio in Chingola today, Mr. Hichilema says he will endeavor to run a government whose policy among others will be zero tolerance to corruption. Mr ...

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Correctional facilities are 200% overcrowded |

Zambia Correctional Service (ZCS) Commissioner General Percy Chato says correctional facilities in the country continue grappling with overcrowding. Speaking during the commemoration of the human rights day in Lusaka, Mr. Chato says correctional facilities in the country are currently holding over 21, 000 inmates against a holding capacity of 8,550. He explains that the scenario entails that the facilities are ...

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Action aid Zambia demand an end to reckless borrowing

Action Aid Zambia is demanding an end to reckless borrowing for what it terms as selfish personal, partisan and cronyism interests. Executive Director Nalucha Ziba says there is need to instead improve the public finance system with respect to mobilization and utilization of public resources. She says the current barrage of policy pronouncements and mindless borrowing the country has been ...

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Bryan Singer: Director denies raping 17-year-old boy

Film director Bryan Singer has denied sexual assault after being sued for allegedly raping a 17-year-old boy. According to court filings obtained by Deadline, Cesar Sanchez-Guzman has alleged he was sexually assaulted by the director on a yacht in 2003. In a statement, a representative for Singer said the director “categorically denies these allegations”. It comes in the same week ...

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Kenyan police in shoe purchase scam

Kenya’s ministry in charge of policing may have lost at least $1.7m (£1.3m) following irregularities in the purchase of officers’ shoes, an audit has found. The report described a “pathetic and unpleasant situation” with some officers wearing worn-out shoes and others buying non-regulation footwear. It found that the cost of items had been inflated and receipts falsified. The audit also ...

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