Politics
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The Patriotic Front (PF) says it will not shy away from demanding accountability from the UPND administration over the hiring of Grant Thornton and Price Water House Coopers (PWC), the two private audit firms to audit the books of accounts for the country’s defence and Security Wings
It is sad that the State has embarked on a crusade to scandalize and malign James Ndambo, Zambia’s South African business tycoon after managing to crush My Home Town (MHT) Zambia initiative has been crushed by the powers that be, Harry Kalaba has charged.
Drama has continued to play out in the US$100 million TFM Holdings contract to construct prefabricated hospitals in Zambia with Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Professor Luckson Kasonka branding the transaction fraudulent, barely eight months after he signed the deal, which was also approved by the Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha and Secretary to Treasury, Felix Nkulukusa.
It is an embarrassment that South African and British lawyers started a class action lawsuit against mining giant Anglo American over lead poisoning in Kabwe and yet the Zambian government is quiet about it, says Golden Party of Zambia president Jackson Silavwe.
Some family members of the late former Kabwe Central Member of Parliament Tutwa Ngulube have said they are still waiting for the toxicology results from the autopsy conducted on the late lawyer.
The UPND should swallow their pride and apologise to Zambia’s South African business tycoon and philanthropist, James Ndambo for forcing him to cease operations of his charitable organisation, My Home Town (MHT) Zambia after being frustrated because of his generosity, Miles Sampa has demanded.
Some traditional leaders have raised fears that their chiefdoms and the country at large may experience hunger next year following the delayed farming input distributions by government.
The persistent and critical shortage of medicines and other medical supplies in health facilities across the country has been caused by procurement politics and attempts to isolate credible supplies from the supply chain by the Ministry of Health, it has been observed.
STAKEHOLDERS have received with mixed feelings Parliament’s attempt to abolish the death penalty, with some saying it may cause some constitutional crisis.
The matter in which Wynter Kabimba, Harry Kalaba and Saboi Imboela had written to the Ministry of Finance demanding an explanation in the hiring of Grant Thornton and Price Water House Coopers (PWC), the private firms to audit the country’s Defence and Security Wings has been referred to the Attorney General for review.
