Namugala directs parliamentary committee on finance to deliver a comprehensive statement on the social cash transfer

Catherine Namugala Deputy speaker of the national assembly Catherine Namugala has directed that the committee on finance delivers to the house a comprehensive statement on the social cash transfer scandal which will include clarifications on whether the monies for the program went missing. The deputy speaker said this when she delivered a ruling on a…

ZIPAR questions failure to enact important fiscal legal reforms

ZIPAR) Executive Director Dr. Pamela Kabaso The Zambia Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) Executive Director Pamela Kabaso says Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe should explain why important key fiscal legal reforms such as the budgeting and planning bill have not enacted. Dr. Kabaso says the budgeting and planning bill, review of the loans and…

Erdogan defends footballer Ozil ahead of Germany trip

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended Mesut Ozil, a German footballer with Turkish roots who has faced criticism for posing in photos with Turkey’s leader. Ozil, 29, quit international football in July, citing “racism and disrespect” towards him in Germany over the photos. But President Erdogan said: “Should we lynch a German player who plays in…

President Lungu extends inquiry into voting patterns

President Edgar Lungu has for the second time extended the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry into Voting Patterns and Electoral Violence for an extra three months. This is through the issuance of Statutory Instrument No.6 of 2018 in which President Lungu has exercised his powers under the Inquiries Act to lengthen the commission’s mandate…
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