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Sata threatens to dissolve parliament and call for fresh elections

President Michael Sata has threatened to dissolve parliament and call for fresh elections if the opposition continue defeating government motions in parliament. Sata said if the opposition will again reject the names of individuals the PF government has presented to sit on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), he will dissolve parliament. Sata accused the MMD [...]

Zambia Police officers led by acting senior Commissioner A.l Mhlanga Thursday questioned Watchdog  journalist George Zulu in connection with ownership of the Watchdog and a new tabloid called Daily Nation. This was the second time police interrogated Zulu in one month. Mhlanga was assigned by Inspector-general of police Martin Malama to extract information from Zulu [...]

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Former president Rupiah Banda says lifting his immunity will be unjustified. Speaking to journalists in Lusaka as he signed the book of condolences for the late Saudi Arabia crown prince, Banda advised the new regime to concentrate delivering on their promises to  voters who gave them the mandate to rule. Banda said the calls by [...]

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Former Minister of Local Government and Housing, Eustarkio Kazonga says the Movement for Multi party Democracy (MMD) is currently in reflection after its loss and will be back after 2016 polls. In a statement released to the watchdog Kazonga said that the former ruling party is set to do a postmortem so that it can [...]

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Inspector-General of Police Martin Malama has ordered journalist George Zulu to appear before him to day at 10 hours. A police officer from national headquarters on Wednesday evening phoned Zulu and told him that he must appear before the news police boss for questioning. It is not yet known why Zambia’s top-most cop wants to question [...]

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United States Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella has called on government to increase budgetary allocation to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and Auditor General (A.G) Office as it will help fight corruption. Storella told the media that only when ACC and A.G Office are allocated more funds and have credible staff can the two institutions [...]

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PARLIAMENT heard yesterday that a tribunal should have been established to recommend to the president on whether former Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director-general Patrick Kayukwa should be dismissed or not. Issuing his maiden speech and commenting on the president’s address to the House yesterday, Monze Member of Parliament (MP) Jack Mwiimbu (UPND) said it was saddening that President [...]

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MMD national secretary Richard Kachingwe says the party has formed a working alliance with the UPND with the two parties agreeing to support each other in the upcoming by elections. Under the loose alliance the UPND will field a candidate in Magoye while the MMD will contest the Nakonde seat. Major Kachingwe said in a [...]

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