The following statement was issued by State House this evening: LUSAKA, May 19, 2010 – His Excellency, Mr. Rupiah Banda, President of the Republic of Zambia, on Wednesday announced changes to his Government and appointed Lundazi Member of Parliament Hon. Mukondo Lungu, MP, as new Minister of Home Affairs. The appointment of Hon. Lungu, current [...]

LUSAKA, May 19 (Reuters) – Zambia plans to issue a total of 100 billion Zambian kwacha ($20.08 million) in 91-day, 182-day, 273-day and 364-day treasury bills on Thursday, the central bank said on Wednesday. The southern African country would also issue 120 billion Zambian kwacha in two-year, three-year, five-year, seven-year, 10-year and 15-year bonds in [...]

Mapatizya Member of Parliament, Ackson Sejani has charged that the close relationship between president, Rupiah Banda and second republican president, Dr Fredrick Chiluba will greatly cost the nation. Mr. Sejani says president Banda should realize that Zambians are not interested in his relationship with Dr. Chiluba. He says Dr. Chiluba’s alleged corrupt background leaves much [...]

FORMER Taskforce prosecutor Mutembo Nchito has said the Law association of Zambia (LAZ) legal practitioners committee cannot charge him because he was not subject to control of any person or authority as a gazetted public prosecutor. Mr Nchito has argued that he enjoyed delegated authority from the DPP and could not be subject to control [...]