Sakeni orders police to move in quickly on Musokotwane
Home Affairs Minister Kennedy Sakeni says his Ministry is in possession of information on Former Finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane’s possible conduct of tax evasion. Sakeni has told the Police to move in quickly and ensure that the law takes its course. “Police will be expected to expedite this investigation because documentary evidence is readily available [...]
Parliament Tuesday afternoon ratified the appointment of Mutembo Nchito as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Fifty (50) MPs from the opposition however objected Ncito’s appointment when the matter was put to a vote. Eighty-six (86) voted for the ratification. These are all PF MPs, plus MMD MPs who are serving as deputy minsters in the current regime. [...]
Continue reading …Police in Luapula have arrested a 27 year old man, Donald Chileshe of Mutono village for allegedly defiling his one year and six months old cousin. Chileshe took advantage of the baby when the parents left her in his care as they went to the fields. The baby is reported to have sustained serious injuries [...]
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Former First Lady Thandiwe Banda has instructed her lawyers to sue the Times of Zambia newspapers for defaming her that she owns hotels and other stolen properties in neighbouring countries, the Watchdog has been informed. And Thandiwe’s lawyers are also expected to challenge government to prove that she owns property in Malawi and Tanzania. They [...]
Continue reading …By Austin Mbozi The main strengths of the Tonga money-making mentality are (a) physical labor hard work, (b) savings ( kaso) and (c) a slight reading culture. The strengths of the Bemba money-making mentality are (a) networking (b) risk-taking and (c) urbanized exposure. I mean averages or majority; not that each and every member of these groups [...]
Continue reading …THE State has seized properties worth billions of Kwacha, including a hotel in neighbouring Malawi and some apartments in Tanzania allegedly belonging to former first lady Thandiwe Banda. This comes in the wake of the on-going probe into suspected plunder of national resources by some former leaders in the MMD administration. Sources told the Times [...]
Continue reading …Zambia’s democracy improves on world ranking-Economist Intelligence Unit
December 20, 2011 46 Comments
Zambia’s democracy has improved on world ranking, a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit has found. The Democracy Index 2011 listed Norway as the most democratic nation in the world while North Korea is the least democratic. Using a scale of 0 to 10, countries were placed in one of four categories: full democracies [...]
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