Republican President Micheal Sata has fired rather ‘Chopped off’ ZESCO Managing Director, Mr Ernest Mupwaya and the Zambia Police Service Inspector General of Police Mr Francis Kabonde. The President has since appointed Dr. Malama as his new Inspector General of police. Dr Malama until his appointment was Copperbelt chief Commanding officer. TO BE UPDATED…..
VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott has said the on-going road construction projects will be reviewed as part of the new Government’s roadmap to track the levels of corruption and promote transparency in the governance of the country. Dr Scott said in Lusaka yesterday that the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) was also on the list of institutions to […]
PRESIDENT Michael Sata yesterday surprised parishioners at Saint Ignatius Parish in Lusaka when he arrived with about four bodyguards and only two motor vehicles following his official car. Mr Sata took a seat in the midst of parishioners and mingled with Church goers before the service started without heavy protection. “He is really a simple […]
RUPIAH Banda on Friday held a meeting with fellow opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, to finalise their parties’ voting pact in Parliament, sources close to the two leaders disclosed. The meeting which was held at former president Banda’s temporary residence 8 Reedbuck Road in Kabulonga, was aimed at among other issues, finalising the voting pact which […]
Republican President Michael Chilufya Sata has with immediate effect, terminated the contracts of three former aides to immediate past president Rupiah Banda. The three officers whose contracts have been terminated are Dr Richard Chembe (Special Assistant to the President for Economic and Development Affairs), Joseph Jalasi (Special Assistant to the President for Legal Affairs) and […]
The Zambia Rainbow Coalition (ZRC) has charged that Republican President Michael Sata has taken a path that raises alarm to the democratic aspirations of this country. Coalition President Cleophas Phiri tells Qfm in a statement that the President’s actions so far appear unilateral, without any consultations adding that in many cases, they are breaching the […]
Malawi’s vice president Joyce Banda on Saturday paid homage to the late Robert Chasowa, a fourth-year engineering student and political activist who was found dead under suspicious circumstances within the Polytechnic campus on September 24, 2011 in Malawi. Chasowa was the vice-chair of a student activist group, Youth for Democracy (YFD). The YFD printed a […]
SOURCES have disclosed to Tumfweko that Zambia Electricity Supply Cooperation (ZESCO) Board will be next to be dissolved and its Managing Director replaced. ZESCO MD Ernest Mupwaya was one of the emissaries opposition MMD Leader Rupiah Banda was using in corrupting Traditional Chiefs for Ruphia to have a courtesy call on them and this was […]
Republican President Michael Sata has fired Godfrey Kayukwa, the director-general of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). President Sata has appointed Rosewin Wandi as new boss of the ACC. “In exercise of the powers vested in me pursuant to the provisions of Section 16 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, Chapter 91 of the Laws of Zambia, […]
Prominent Lusaka Lawyer Roger Chongwe has hailed the stance taken by winning MMD Chongwe Member of Parliament Japhen Mwakalombe to resign from his position. Speaking in an interview, Dr. Chongwe says the move by Mr. Mwakalombe is an act of responsibility as he won the Chongwe seat using underhand methods. Dr. Chongwe states that the […]