Africa and Zambia in particular needs fresh minds! It is for this reason that President Hichilema has received positive feedback after he appointed one of Zambia's innovative minds, Jito Kayumba. Jito Kayumba is a well known figure in Zambia's business fraternity.
Hon. Chushi Kasanda has received major backlash from Zambians after her first official press briefing this afternoon. Most Zambians have taken to social media to criticise her due to the fact that her first national press briefing prioritised addressing people like Raphael Nakachinda who are merely offering "checks & balances". Ms Kasanda's press briefing could have been better utilised if she had tackled major queries by the majority of Zambians. Instead, she used this grand opportunity to go back and forth with PF's Raphael Nakachinda. Adding salt to the injury, Mrs.
President Hakainde Hichilema has warned newly appointed cabinet and provincial ministers to desist from issuing verbal instructions to Permanent secretaries and their subordinates with a view to gain preferential treatment.
Speaking at the induction workshop of ministers at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka today, President Hichilema said that the constitution provides that a decision or instruction of the President shall be in writing under the President's signature.
President Hakainde Hichilema has finally named his first full cabinet of 24 ministers. This development comes with the getting rid of the Ministry of Gender and the Ministry of Religious Affairs, which were introduced under the previous PF government.
Highly notable appointments are Hakainde Hichilema's former defence lawyer and Monze Central MP Jack Mwiimbu as Minister of Home Affairs and former Minister of Finance Felix Mutati as Minister of Science and Technology.
Former first lady Maureen Mwanawasa is reportedly on the verge of being declared bankrupt after she reportedly failed to settle a loan she obtained from Finance Bank of Zambia.
FINANCE Bank Zambia Limited has requested the Lusaka High Court to issue a bankruptcy notice against Maureen Mwanawasa for fbeing unable to settle over K6 million debt which emanates from a loan facility she got back in 2013.
Former Finance Minister Dr. Bwalya Ng’andu at a PF press briefing said the statement that the United Party for National Development (UPND) government has inherited an empty treasury is not factual.
The Former Finance Minister has advised and challenged current Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokokwane to show the actual figures the new government found in government reserves.
Chibamba Kanyama wrote....
My young brother Sean Tembo, the PEP leader, is on record stating that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will scrap the Social Cash Transfer(SCT) in the event Zambia acquires the Extended Credit Facility (programme).
Chibamba Kanyama wrote.....
Speaking on Radio Phoenix ‘Let the People Talk’, PEP President Sean Tembo encouraged the new Government to resist taking on an IMF Programme, emphasizing the benefits of the commercial (Eurobond) Market as a much more flexible source of funding to Government. He said several things that were not realistic such as Zambia’s financial position, saying there was no debt problem.
We just concluded the Approbation of our Country's First Female Speaker, Nelly Mutti and two Deputy Speakers.
Madam Speaker Nelly Mutti will be assisted by Attractor Chisangano, the First Deputy Speaker and Mr Moses Moyo, the Second Deputy Speaker.
The trio have a mammoth task ahead. The Executive as an arm of government guarantees the Legislature its independence in executing its duties. Our emphasis is that our country should never make laws against the people but for the people and the people must decide what becomes law through their elected representatives.
