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Sata orders OP to monitor members of the opposition

President Michael Sata has directed the Zambia Security Intelligence Services Director-General and his senior officers to  closely monitor and negate what he called  manoeuvres by some opposition groups and their sympathisers which border on subversion. President Sata says while his government is working hard to live up to people’s expectations, some opposition groups and their [...]

If Mr. Sata was a caring person as he calls himself to be. He could have advised president Chiluba to do something about the plight of workers who upon being retired, they were not given their terminal benefits. As though this is not enough, when president Sata become president, we presented a petition to him with the hope that, he will form an enquiry to look into why people that contributed to the wellbeing of this nation were not paid.

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  Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader Charles Milupi says it will be necessary for Western Province to separate from Zambia if the Barotseland Agreement of 1964 is not restored. Speaking in a phone interview with the Watchdog, Milupi said President Sata should honor his campaign promise to the people of Western Province of [...]

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Only ‘ba kaponya’ can believe that Sata’s verbal allergy to corruption and his bunkum witch hunt can curb corruption without programmes to influence the acceptability of anti-corruption ideas. To curb corruption government should come up with a framework of programmes and how they will be designed, implemented and controlled to address the roots of corruption.

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A provincial task-force  set up to investigate allegations of theft, fraud, illegal tendering and corruption in the Northern Province government ministries has unearthed financial scams worth billions of Kwacha involving government officials in the previous administration. The Task Force comprise officers from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and the Zambia Police (ZP). Taskforce [...]

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ANDREW Banda, the oldest son of former President Rupiah Banda became the latest sibling to be caught up in a web of corruption that has engulfed the former first family raising questions about how clean Banda’s house was during his three-year rule described by analysts as a period of “plunder”. Daily Mail investigations can reveal [...]

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He further said that it would be unfair to subject him to a commission of inquiry composed of politicians appointed by the president which is chaired by his principle accuser, the Minister of Justice.
He said the K100 million was paid in respect to a matter between now Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba versus Zambia Privatisation Agency (ZPA), Minister of Finance, Magaba Nyirenda, Katema Mutale, Charles Mwamba, Oliver Munyonsi and William Nkonde.

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THE Immigration Department has maintained that it will not renew the work permit of a Nigerian pastor in-charge for Winners’ Chapel in
Lusaka Victor Femi Adeniji following reports of his verbal abuse against church members. Chief Immigration Officer Anderson Phiri said the department would
not renew pastor Adeniji’s work permit because of his continued
reported misconduct. In an interview [...]

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