President Rupiah Banda is expected to travel to Uganda this weekend for this year’s African Union Summit. African heads of state meet from July 25-27 in thje Ugandan capitla Kampala. In the wake of coordinated bomb attacks on Kampala earlier this month, regional security and how to tackle Islamist rebels in Somalia will  feature heavily. The [...]

 At least two donors have demanded to be given the 2010 audit report on MISA Zambia www.misazambia.org.zm , the Watchdog has been told.   And MISA Zambia National Governing Council (NGC) members are meeting today, Thursday, not to address charges raised in the audit report but to witch-hunt and bicker among themselves on who is leaking [...]

A Lusaka Magistrate court has sentenced the Director of Dunglish Global Trading, a food supplying company, to three years imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to swindle government of over K350 million. Francis Mulenshi, 42, was convicted after being found guilty of charges of money laundering and obtaining money by false pretences. Mr. Mulenshi, using [...]

Police in Mufumbwe have arrested Kajilo Muzungu , son of the losing Mufumbwe MMD parliamentary candidate Mulondwe Muzungu for three counts of manslaughter contrary to section 199,chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. On April 29th during the Mufumbwe by elections, Kajilo is alleged to have caused the death of the three people which consequently [...]