Politics

The US$100 million TFM Holdings contract to construct prefabricated hospitals in Zambia has taken a new twist with Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary (Technical Services) Lackson Kasonka admitting that in fact, the contract was signed by the new dawn administration and not the Patriotic Front (PF) government. 

Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) says it is shocked over reports that the NAPSA act have been assented to when the law is still in parliament and is expected to be under consultation.

President Hichilema is the leader for all Zambians irrespective of their ethnicity or region and should therefore endeavour to balance his appointments into government, Greyford Monde has said.

Civil servants who are resisting change and frustrating the UPND administration by being bureaucratically unhinged shall not be allowed to remain in the civil service as they will be replaced, President Hakainde Hichilema has warned.

Government lost about US$10 million as charges and arrangement fees in the contract it entered with Mikalile Trading Limited of Hong Kong to supply police uniforms and other equipment, The Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard.

Speaker Nelly Mutti should resist the temptation of behaving partisan as she risks being cited for abuse of authority and could face jail after her term if she continues making decisions that breach parliamentary standing orders, Peter Chanda has cautioned.

President Hakainde Hichilema should fire Agriculture Minister Reuben Mtolo Phiri for failing to handle the 2022 farming season which is a disaster, Forum for Democratic Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has said.

Policticians should not only visit churches when there are elections but should worship with citizens during the period when there are no campaigns, a Catholic priest of Nangoma Parish has said.