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By Jonathan Siame CORPORATE AFFAIRS OFFICER – Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Telephone: 237914/16 P.O. Box 50486  Fax: 237828 LUSAKA Friday 30th November 2018   THE Lusaka High Court has denied Henry Kapoko and four others bail pending appeal. This is in a matter in which former Ministry of Health Human Resources Manager Kapoko, Zukas Kaoma, Evaristo Museba, Vincent Luhana, all accountants at the Ministry of Health (MoH), and an Internal Auditor Justin Jasper Phiri renewed their application for bail pending appeal against their conviction and 18 years sentences for the offences of Theft by public servant and money laundering before High Court...

By Guess Nyirenda – Operation Young Vote Executive Director   While the President of the Republic of Zambia has powers and prerogative to nominate a person of choice, the nomination to Parliament of Mr. Raphael Nakachinda (Secretary General of the Felix Mutati’s Movement for Multiparty Democracy – MMD faction) by President Edgar Lungu to replace Mr. Felix Mutati is not only an interesting episode but raises a number of questions that beg honest answers. Among the pertinent questions are the following: 1. Is the move by President Lungu an indictment on the ruling Patriotic Front’s (PF’s) lack of members with...

CiSCA PRESS STATEMENT LUSAKA, Thursday 22nd NOVEMBER 2018  THE Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) is pleased to learn that concerns that surrounded the National Dialogue and Reconciliation process have been resolved, resulting in stakeholders agreeing that the three Church Mother Bodies will lead the process. This has been the prayer and hope of CiSCA all along. Therefore, the news that the the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) and the three Church Mother Bodies have settled their perceived differences is elating not only to CiSCA but to many Zambians. In addition, CiSCA is happy to also learn that President Edgar Lungu...