By KASONDE KASONDE-THE Ministry of Health says an ‘invisible hand’ sometimes higher than the minister’s, appeared to be directing the procurement process at the scandal-riddled department. Explaining the circumstances surrounding the K180-million contract given to...

By KASONDE KASONDE –CHIEF Government spokesperson Chushi Kasanda has described the United Party for National Development (UPND)’s 100 days in power has fruitful following the successes it has scored.Ms Kasanda said in the last 100...

By JAMES KUNDA-VICE-PRESIDENT W.K Mutale-Nalumango says the United Party for National Development (UPND) administration has learnt lessons of how political interference in the Zambia Police Service cost the erstwhile Patriotic Front continuation of the country’s...

By MUNAMBEZA MUWANEITWO minors aged seven and 14 have died on the spot in separate accidents after they were run over while crossing the Great North Road in Central Province.In the first accident a seven...

By DOROTHY CHISI-ACTING Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has directed permanent secretaries to put in place effective monitoring and evaluation systems for the decentralisation reforms.Mr Kangwa said as the Government accelerated the implementation of...

By STEPHANIE KUNDA-THE Power Generation and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (POGAWUZ) says the situation concerning Indeni Oil Refinery cannot be blamed on the ‘New Dawn’ administration but called on it to come up with...

By EMILY KUWEMA-HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says 92.9 per cent of the people living with HIV in Zambia now know their HIV status and more than 90 percent of those on treatment had achieved viral...

By KASONDE KASONDE-STATE power utility company, Zesco Limited has been dragged to court by three companies for failure to meet contract obligations and failure to settle outstanding debt amounting to US$800 million.A Parliamentary committee has...

By JOSEPH BANDA-THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and charged former permanent secretary for technical services Kennedy Malama on charges related to a procurement contract for 50 ambulances.Arrested on similar charges is former head of...

By KASONDE KASONDE-THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday had a tough time accepting that Chambeshi Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited paid more than K137 million for a water project that was initially valued at...