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ACC: Masebo is clean in hearses scam but we are investigating ex – govt officials in MMD

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) says it has made progress in investigating allegations of corruption against a company associated to the former first family regarding a contract which was awarded for the rehabilitation works at Livingstone central prison.   ACC public relations manager Timothy Moono has said at a media briefing in Lusaka today to [...]

Chama North Member of Parliament Darious Mumba says he will not appeal against the nullification of his seat by the High Court on April 2nd this year. Mumba said he has since instructed his lawyers to file a notice in the Supreme Court not to go ahead with the appeal. Yet, he told ZANIS in [...]

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Our source indicate they have been under intensive pressure to get ways and means of knocking out the best quoted offer as opposing forces fight for the two blue eyed boys-IPG and Trafigura for crude oil and Trafigura and Oilcom for finished products.

For those who were not privy to tender opening details IPG had the most expensive quote in comingled crude oil which if awarded to them the country stand to lose 544BKwacha on crude oil alone.

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By Samuel Ngoma A human spark. We have been one nation all along, whose unity has been extraordinarily rewarding. As far as national unity goes, we outpunch our weight even against the world’s most stable democracies. For those of us who were privileged to serve in Foreign Service, Zambia’s national unity, peace and stability, was [...]

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Will you be playing any sort of public role when you return to Zambia?

As long as we are able to do something, I think we should do something. Yes, I’ve seen people much older than myself starting a new industry. The story I like to tell everybody about is the one about Kentucky Fried Chicken. I hear that Colonel Sanders was a chef in the United States Navy. And when he retired he got bored and asked himself, why am I sitting here mourning about retirement? Why don’t I do what I know best, making chicken? And he started and grew the company to be one of the biggest and the most desired products in the world. So there is a lot that one can do, even after political retirement as the president, and as we are going around the U.S., we are looking, and we are talking to people, and we are quite fascinated to see that there’s a lot that people can do.

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Africast recently held the 5th ZITE (Zambia International Travel Expo) in Lusaka at the New Government Complex Conference Centre. The show is proudly touted as the “the only tourism marketing event that brings together the best of local and regional tourism products and services, whilst attracting international visitors and buyers.” Unfortunately, reports from various exhibitors [...]

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