17 May 2013
Whether or not President Michael Sata speaks on the matter is now immaterial. Zambians will hold him accountable. The full bench of the Supreme Court has spoken and so has civil society. The Judges may not have been as colorful but civil society has labeled the “Chikopa” Tribunal; a fraud which should not blemish the [...]
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17 May 2013
The Tribunal set up to probe three judges is a fraud and flawed and President Michael Sata must exercise his conscience and take back the matter to the Judicial Complaint Authority (JCA) as per standard procedure, says a consortium of 11 civil society organizations. The tribunal to be presided by Malawian High Court Judge Lovemore [...]
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17 May 2013
The Government is being less than candid in explaining the removal of subsidies from fuel and fertiliser. It is folly to suggest that additional revenue generated from the measures will be used to cushion the poor by the development of additional social infrastructure. Bufi. Successive bumper harvests can be attributed to efforts by peasants who [...]
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17 May 2013
Bemba Chiefs have dispelled media speculation that senior chief Mwamba had apologised to President Sata, resigned his position and was planning to move out of Kasama. And Chief Mwamba’s family sources told the Daily Nation from Kasama that the chief had not written any letter to the Bashilubemba announcing his abdication. The traditional leader said [...]
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17 May 2013
Torture has become a method of choice used by police to extract information from suspects and the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has now warned them to desist from using brutal methods. Commission spokesperson Samuel Kasanka said this in Lukulu where the Commission is on duty sensitizing both the residents and police officers on the rights [...]
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17 May 2013
The opposition MMD on the Copperbelt has supported the decision by University of Zambia (UNZA) students to stage peaceful demonstrations over the sharp increase in the price of fuel following government’s move to withdraw subsidy on the commodity. And in Lusaka MMD Lusaka Province Youth chairman Watson Mtonga said the action taken by UNZA students [...]
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17 May 2013
The Church is perpetuating and promoting corruption and other electoral malpractices by the PF government due its failure to preach against the vices, says FODEP executive director MacDonald Chipenzi. Mr. Chipenzi said that the Church has been promoting electoral malpractices by encouraging politicians to donate gifts to the houses of worship. He told the Daily [...]
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17 May 2013
The Tribunal against the three judges is the final stage by a group of people that have been trying to usurp state powers and control the three arms of government, to assume absolute power, political activist Brebner Changala has revealed. Mr Changala said the Tribunal was not intended to serve national interest but those of [...]
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17 May 2013
It is shameful and unacceptable that President Michael Sata constituted a Tribunal to probe how case files moved from one office to the other within the judiciary when the country has so many pressing issues to deal with, says UPND president Hakainde Hichilema. Mr. Hichilema has since pleaded with President Sata to stop the corrupt [...]
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17 May 2013
This country is in desperate and urgent need of a National Salaries, Wages and Income Commission. The disparity between the haves and have not’s, between the highest paid and lowest and indeed between what people earn from the public service is ever widening to the detriment of the majority of Zambians. When oil prices increased [...]
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