By Ashton Kelly Bunda A UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) Member of Parliament (MP) in the Western Province has questioned the motive behind the ruling Patriotic Front’s call on the Electoral Commission of Zambia – ECZ- to postpone all by elections scheduled to take place in the near future till the country is declared Coronavirus Disease (COVID 19) free. UPND Nkyeyema Member of Parliament (MP)Kapelwa Astley Mbangweta has wondered why the Party did not call for the postponement of the Nangula Ward by elections in Limulunga district of Western Province, which its candidate Thabo Kayando won with 868 votes...

PRESS STATEMENT Lusaka, Saturday 04th April, 2020. The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested four (4) people including three professed cadres of a named political party and one (1) Lusaka based business woman in Central Province for trafficking in Cannabis weighing 133.69 Kilograms, contrary to Chapter 96 of the Laws of Zambia. These are identified as Harriet Mwape, 51, a business woman of John Laing Compound in Lusaka and three (3) other cadres of which two (2) females are also peasant farmers in Serenje district of Central Province Identified as Beatrice Mofya, 51, and Jacqueline Mofya, 20, while the man has been identified as...

Father Jones Mutemwakwenda’s “Thought for the Day” Saturday 4th April 2020 We have come to the end of this week. Where did you spend your week? We spent the week in our respective homes. Today, I would like us to focus our thoughts on the meaning of a home. A home is a place of safety. This is one of the reasons the Government has told everyone of us to stay at home, protect the National Health Service and save lives. Let me give you a list of things that a home provides to keep us safe: A home is...

Dr. Frankson Musukwa-LLM Executive Director Zambia Deaf Youth and Women (ZDYW) Press Statement- 4th April, 2020 For Immediate Release Kitwe- Zambia lags far behind when it comes to accessible information and medical services for the deaf. In coronavirus times, with poor access to information fear this could be deadly to Deaf community should we fail to contain the situation sooner than later. where does this leave us in spirit of our national slogan that call for leaving no one behind? We are depressed that not enough is being done to ensure deaf people have adequate access to information especially those...