HH FRUSTRATED BY STIFF GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS HINDERING SERVICE DELIVERY President Hakainde Hichilema has expressed frustration over the rigidity in government systems, which he says are hindering the effective and swift delivery of services. He was responding to concerns raised by Media Owners Association of Zambia (MOAZ) President, Costa Mwansa, who mentioned that the association has
Read MoreGOVERNMENT NOT IMMUNE TO STAKEHOLDER SENTIMENTS ON WATER TARIFFS – NZOVU Minister of Water Development and Sanitation Collins Nzovu says the Government is not immune to sentiments from stakeholders regarding issues such as water tariffs. He mentioned hearing strong sentiments about the need to abandon the “business as usual” approach in the water sector, emphasizing
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ATTORNEY GENERAL KABESHA URGES DISMISSAL OF EDGAR LUNGU’S BID TO RECUSE JUDGES IN ELIGIBILITY CASE Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha has called on the Constitutional Court to reject former President Edgar Lungu’s application seeking the recusal of three judges from deliberating on his presidential eligibility case. Lungu raised concerns about potential bias involving Constitutional Court President
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NO ONE, NOT EVEN LAW WILL STOP ME FROM BEING ON THE BALLOT LUNGU TELLS CONCOURT By Henry MWENJENGA (Koswe) Former Chawama member of parliament Edgar Lungu has told the constitutional court bench that not even the constitution stops him from being on the Presidential ballot paper in 2026. Lungu says if it means standing
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Nakacinda Secretely moved to Westwood Police Station Lusaka- Wednesday, 2nd October 2024 The Police have secretely moved Patriotic Front Secretary General Hon. Raphael Nakacindi to Westwood Police Station in Lusaka West. Nakacinda was this morning arrested on charges of seditious practices and was detained at Chelstone Police Station. Two members of parliament provided letters of
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HH MUST FACE ME – LUNGU By Beatrice Chabaya Former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu says President Hakainde Hichilema must “desist from using cowardly and dirty political schemes” to allegedly bar him from contesting the 2026 presidential election. And Mr Lungu has accused State House of designing schemes to undermine the 2026 presidential and general elections.
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12 Reasons of How HH Became a “Flamboyant Western Puppet” and Why Joe Biden No Longer Trusts Him: The Mystery Behind Bally Missing The UN General Assembly ……..By end of 2019, the Americans and the entire Western Hemisphere had resolved to help in dislodging President Edgar Lungu from power for crossing five key red lines.
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I WILL ARREST HH WHEN I WIN ELECTIONS IN 2026 – LUNGU By Henry MWENJENGA Former Chawama member of parliament Edgar Lungu has repeated that he will arrest President Hakainde Hichilema if he wins elections in 2026. Lungu is very upset about the PF members of parliament who are praising President Hakainde Hichilema’s developmental agenda
Read MoreA closer look at Lungu’s call for 3 judges not to hear his case In analyzing former president Edgar Lungu’s call for the recusal of Judges Munalula, Shilimi, and Kawimbe from his eligibility case, it becomes apparent that Lungu is stretching the concept of “conflict of interest” to a questionable extent. The essence of conflict
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HH MUST FACE ME AND STOP BEING A COWARD BY USING SCHEMES TO STOP ME FROM CONTESTING ELECTIONS – LUNGU Below is the script that Edgar Lungu read. NB: So, is HH or the constitution and the person who petitioned? These top notch lawyers PLOTS TO BAR ME FROM STANDING ARE HATCHED FROM STATE HOUSE,
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ACC angry with acquittal of Kampyongo, Lusambo The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it is shocked with the ruling of the courts which have acquitted former Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo and his counterpart former Lusaka Province Bowman Lusambo and so will thus appeal the acquittal of the duo. Timothy Moono the ACC head of corporate
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CHAOS AT PARLEY WORKSHOP CONFUSION reigned yesterday at a workshop held by Parliament at Taj Pamodzi Hotel, where members from both the ruling UPND party and the opposition collectively rejected new standing orders imposed by the management of the National Assembly. Speaker Nelly Mutti, through the National Assembly has introduced what the law makers consider
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Only a fool can settle for ECL. He is not eligible – Sakwiba It seems United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) is done with Edgar Mutawale Lungu and his PF minions. Sakwiba Sikota chairman of UKA has today declared that his Alliance can’t afford to put Edgar Lungu as their Presidential candidate because the PF faction leader
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ZRP PULLS OUT OF UKA The President ZRP Lusaka 26 September 2024 The ChairmanUnited Kwacha AllianceNew heritage Party secretariatWoodlandsLusaka. Dear Sir, RE: RESIGNATION FROM THE UNITED KWACHA ALLIANCE (UKA) – ZRP Following the expulsion of the three alliance partners from UKA, which action was not procedural one also saw the resignation of the Secretary General,
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CONCOURT CRISIS REVIVES THE PANAMA PAPERS. Due to the ongoing chaos in the Constitutional Court ignited by the desire to block Former President Edgar Lungu, we have found it necessary to republish this article by Newsdiggers because we believe the application by former President Edgar Lungu on one of the judges ( Shilimi) will eventually
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DON’T GIVE LUNGU POWERS OVER ELIGIBILITY PROCEEDINGS – CHIZOMBE YOUTH activist Michelo Chizombe’s Lawyer Micheal Moono urged the Constitutional Court not to allow former president Edgar Lungu to have dominance over his eligibility proceedings with his theatrics aimed at delaying the case. Moono who opposed to Lungu’s application to file a motion for recusal against
Read MoreSUSPENDED 3 CONCOURT JUDGES GRANTED A STAY BY THE COURT Lusaka-28th September 2024 A 3-person committee of High Court Judges has granted a stay of execution against the decision of President Hakainde Hichilema to suspend constitutional court judges; Justice Anne Sitali, Justice Mugeni Siwale-Mulenga and Justice Palan Mulonda. Judges; Charles Zulu, Chilombo Bridget Maka, and
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NOTICE OF SYMPOSIUM ON THE 2025 NATIONAL BUDGET – MONDAY 30th SEPTEMBER, 2024 Following the presentation of the 2025 Budget, the Minister of Finance & National Planning Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane, MP, will host a Symposium on Monday 30th September, 2024, from 08:30 Hrs to 12:30 Hrs (CAT), at the Mulungushi International Conference Center, KK-Wing. In
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TASILA LUNGU WILL NEVER COME BACK TO ZAMBIA By Henry MWENJENGA Former Chawama member of parliament Edgar Lungu’s daughter who is current Chawama member of parliament will never ever come back to Zambia. In fact, before the yesterday’s judgement, Lungu was making frantic efforts send his wife Esther out of Zambia for unspecified period fearing
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COURT ORDERS FORFEITURE OF FORMER FIRST LADY ESTHER LUNGU’S 15 FLATS WORTH K24 MILLION AS PROCEEDS OF CRIME The Economic and Financial Crimes Court has ordered the forfeiture of 15 flats belonging to former First Lady Esther Lungu, ruling that the properties are proceeds of crime. The decision comes after an application for seizure was
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….as Wife Convicted Over Inherited Properties….. Kampyongo Acquitted ….as Wife Convicted Over Inherited Properties….. LUSAKA, 27th SEPTEMBER 2024 The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has acquitted former Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo of all five corruption charges, while convicting his wife, Wanziya Chirwa Kampyongo, on charges related to properties acquired through the sale of inherited family assets.
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Kampyongo and Wanziya Chirwa acquitted in Count 1 Magistrate reading 1.Kampyongo in possession of property in Libala, Chifwema, and K4m inbanks2. Wanziya was in possession in Meanwood, in Mikango, K700,000 held at IndoZambia. Where these possession of proceeds of crime?. Proof is merely balance of proof and doesn’t need not be beyond reasonable doubt as
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LAZ DOES NOT SUPPORT THE DISCIPLINING OF ANY JUDICIAL OFFICER FOREXERCISING THEIR DUTY The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has received the news of the suspension of threeConstitutional Court Judges, namely, Justices Anne Sitali, Mungeni Mulenga and PalanMulonda, by the President of the Republic of Zambia, His Excellency President Hakainde HÍchilema, on the recommendation of
Read MoreECL´s recusal request rejected by JCC…Vincent Malamba refers Lungu to the same judges he complained against 26th Sept 2024 From Close Correspondents In a legally startling move, Vincent Malambo, the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) chief has refused to hear a complaint against three judges Sixth of Zambia President Edgar Lungu wants recused from his eligibility
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Concourt to hear application for recusal of 3 judges today at 14:00 hours CONSTITUTIONAL Court president Maragaret Munalula has directed Edgar Lungu to file an application for her recusal together with two other judges by 13: 00 hours to all the bench hear the application by 14: 00 hours. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pCXdJJRk7FeNuhA5/?mibextid=oFDknk The matter was stood down
Read MoreLAWYER RUSHES TO COURT TO CHALLENGE SUSPENSION OF THREE CONCOURT JUDGES BARELY a day after President Hakainde Hichilema suspended three Constitutional Court Judges, a lawyer has rushed to the court to challenge the decision. Tresford Chali has asked the Constitutional Court to grant him an order halting the suspension of Judges Palan Mulonda, Annie Sitali
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FORMER PRESIDENT EDGAR LUNGU FILES BIAS COMPLAINT AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUDGES Sixth President, Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has lodged a formal complaint against three Constitutional Court judges, accusing them of potential bias in his eligibility case. In a letter dated September 25, 2024, Dr. Lungu called for the recusal of Constitutional Court President Justice Prof.
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Bally doesn’t want me on 2026 ballot, Faza cries to JCC THREE days after the suspension of “his” judges, former president Edgar Lungu has cried to the Judicial Complaints Commission accusing current serving Constitutional Court judges of working to serve the interests of President Hakainde Hichilema. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/mzcUnfZ5gRXXnnrV/?mibextid=oFDknk Lungu is at the Constitutional Court where his
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MPs denied access to the Court. Nakonde Member of Parliament Hon Lukas Simumba, Mfuwe Member of Parliament Hon Maureen Mabonga and Mpika Constituency Member of Parliament Hon Francis Robert Kapyanga sitting in a bus shelter opposite the supreme Court grounds after UPND police harassed and stopped them from entering the court a petition against former
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Only compliant Judges must hear eligibility case Following the suspension of 3 constitutional judges, there are heightened and coordinated activities happening between State House and the Judiciary to ensure that only those judges appointed by President Hakainde Hichilema should hear the eligibility case involving former President Edgar Lungu. In 2023, President Hakainde Hichilema appointed Professor
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Constitutional Showdown: Lawyer Fights to Reverse Illegal Suspension of Top Judges! A constitutional lawyer has contested the suspension of Constitutional Court judges, arguing that the move was both illegal and unconstitutional. The lawyer is now pushing for their immediate reinstatement. Lusaka, Sept. 25 – Tresford Chali is seeking relief in the following matters: He requests
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COMEDIAN SIPALO GIVEN K3 MILLION BY LUNGU TO MOBILISE PF THUGS AND ASSEMBLE THEM AT SUPREME COURT GROUNDS AHEAD OF TOMORROW’S THIRD TERM ELIGIBILITY JUDGEMENT By George Lemba Former Chawama member of parliament Edgar Lungu has released K3 million towards the mobilisation of PF thugs to accompany him to the Supreme court grounds tomorrow. Thomas
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CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER JOHN SANGWA SAYS LUNGU AND THREE CONSTITUTIONAL JUDGES WERE CORRUPT SC speaks when he featured on ‘Frank on Hot’ radio programme on Hot FM on January 28, 2020 CONSTITUTIONAL Lawyer John Sangwa State Counsel says Constitutional Court judges and President Edgar Lungu acted corruptly by offering and accepting job offers for positions they
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The 2016 Presidential Petition: An Examination of Misunderstood Legal Proceedings In the aftermath of Zambia’s 2016 general election, Hakainde Hichilema, leader of the United Party for National Development (UPND), challenged the results of the election that declared Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front (PF) the victor. The election petition, filed with the Constitutional Court, sought
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God will deal with the wicked! To plead with men of no remorse is not worth it. To tell people who are crooked to be sober minded is not worth it. And, worse still, to tell people who think they are gods and will determine the course of everything they think, is not worth it.
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ECL invites Dr. Fred M´membe, KBF …lawyers, church, and civil society to save Zambia´s democracy By a Correspondent Mr. Edgar Lungu, the sixth President of Zambia has implored other opposition leaders, churches, and civil society to join hands and save Zambia´s fledgling democracy from total collapse at the hands of incumbent President Hichilema during a
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CDF MONEY SENT TO WITH DOCTOR A 31-year-old man from Chipata who diverted K145,700 of Constituency Development Fund to a witchdoctor for multiplication has appeared before the Chipata magistrate court today as a witness. Thomson Lungu, who is currently serving a three-year sentence for theft, testified how he handed over the money to Gilbert Banda
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Remove President Hichilema from IDC-World Bank The World Bank has recommended removing Zambia’s President from the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Board, citing concerns that his role compromises the governance and ownership policies of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs).
Read MoreFORMER PF SG READY TO STAND TRIAL FORMER Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary-General Davies Mwila, who recently flew to India for medical treatment, told a magistrate yesterday that he was recuperating slowly but he is ready to stand trial. Before adjourning his case yesterday, magistrate Davies Chibwili asked Mwila how he was feeling. “I am improving
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY TAKES THE PUFF OUT OF DIDDY Howard University’s Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to revoke Diddy’s Doctor of Humanities honorary degree, according to The Hilltop, which is Howard’s student newspaper. The honorary degree was awarded to Diddy in 2014. Additionally, the board agreed to return Diddy’s $1 million donation to the school
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