ZAMBIA NEWS

A former Commissioner on the Mung’omba Constitutional Review Commission says there is need to consider including the clause on the appointment of Ministers outside Parliament in the constitution during the amendment of the constitution. William Harrington says appointing Ministers from outside Parliament is the only solution to recent concerns by President Edgar Lungu over the failure by some Minister to ...

Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda has disclosed that the authority has raised over K480.9 million in revenue from January to May this year. And Mr. Chanda has also disclosed that the authority has so far raised K105 million from the amnesty on tax defaulters which was launched in April. The ZRA Commissioner General said this when Finance ...

Chilanga Member of Parliament Keith Mukata who is facing a murder charge has been committed to the High Court for trial. Lusaka Magistrate Irene Wishimanga committed Mr Mukata and his wife Charmine Musonda to the High court after Director of Public Prosecutions Lillian Siyuni issued the certificate of committal. Mr Mukata and his wife are accused of shooting dead Namakau ...

University of Zambia lecturers have decided to call off their go slow in national interest. The lecturers and researchers have been on a go slow since last week Tuesday over nonpayment of contractual obligations for seven years. The lecturers are being owed entitlements since December 2010 when their contracts ended and when some retired, while some staff members are serving ...

Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima says the Judiciary is not compromised contrary to assertions by some stakeholders in the country. Justice Mambilima has also stated that there is no interference in the decisions made by the courts, stating that the judgments by judges are independent. She not even herself or the President has the mandate to interfere in any judicial process. ...

Finnish Ambassador to Zambia Timo Olkkonen says Zambia lost an opportunity to generate more revenue when government banned the export of Maize at a time when neighboring countries were in dire need of maize and maize products. Mr. Olkkonen says milling companies were willing to export maize and maize products but could not do so because of the ban, thereby ...

The Zambia under-20 national soccer team has progress to the quarter finals of the ongoing Fifa under-20 world cup in South Korea after beating Germany by 4 goals to 3 after extra time. It is the first time Zambia has progressed to this stage at this level. The African under-20 Champions trailed Germany by a goal to nil going into ...

The Financial Intelligence Centre received a total of 719 suspicious transactions and spontaneous disclosures, the 2016 Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing trends has revealed. The report reveals that in the same year, although cases of suspected corruption formed only 6% of the number of cases disseminated, the amount involved was significant and constituted 75% of the value of all disseminated ...

Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) Executive Director Mweenge Chimfwembe has described as toxic President Edgar Lungu’s statement that donors can take their aid if they want. Mr. Chimfwembe has advised President Lungu to learn to engage donors whenever he is aggrieved by their statements than rushing to issue statements that have the potential to tarnish the country’s name. He says ...

President Edgar Lungu is saddened by the increasing number of succession disputes in some Chiefdoms in the country. President Lungu has implored the chiefs to take keen interest in finding a lasting solution to this challenge and not jeopardize the country’s impeccable record of peace and stability. Speaking when he opened a session of the house of Chiefs in Lusaka ...