Daily Nation Newspaper

OPPOSITION DEAD AND BURIED – HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has characterized the opposition as a dead group of frustrated political leaders who shall never politically resurrect and for which Zambians should not waster their vote in the August general election. President Hichilema...

WE NEED LANDSLIDE VICTORY - HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has called on the United Party for National Development ( UPND) in Muchinga Province and across the country to intensify campaigns and work towards delivering a landslide victory in the August 13 general...

THE LINYUNGANDAMBO WHICH WAY FORWARD WITH INDENI WHAT ARE THE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS IN ZAMBIA FOLLOWING THE AUTOPSY OF ECL’S BODY IN SOUTH AFRICA?

A SAS Patriotic Front leader Given Lubinda warned Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha that his handling of matters linked to the late former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu ( ECL) risked exposing him to personal GROWING and institutional human far- reaching...

I’M AN ‘EMISSARY’ OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR – HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he entered government as a bridge between the private sector and the State, describing himself as an “emissary” tasked with promoting business growth and national development. Speaking during the Public Private...

MANIFESTO LAUNCH: IT MUST ALSO BE A MOMENT FOR REFLECTION

RESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s launch of the UPND manifesto was understandably accompanied by a strong defence of his administration’s record over the last four years and 10 months. The President highlighted the difficult circumstances under which his...

OPPOSITION SABOTAGING ITSELF, SAYS CHONGU

OPPOSITION political parties are stronger than the ruling regime but could lose the August 13 general election if they remain fragmented, Citizens First Party national youth chairman Maxwell Chongu has warned. In an interview, Mr Chongu said the...

GARY NKOMBO TEARGASSED!

GARY Nkombo was yesterday teargassed when he attempted to go ahead with his scheduled public rally in Mazabuka after his party, the UPND and the Zambia Police had warned him against proceeding the gathering, creating violent and chaotic scenes in...

WHICH ZAMBIA’S WAY MERCHANTS FORWARDOF PRE- WITH ELECTORAL INDENI CAMPAIGNENERGY COMPANYPROMISES ARE LIMITED?BACK IN TOWN

SWITH elections fast approaching one more time, LUHEMBE on August 13, the big question in Zambia is whether the country ECRETARY is doing to the fine. Treasury While the ruling Felix UPND Nkulukusa says YES, recently the opposition expressed parties...

HH THE BEST – MILES

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema is the best presidential candidate and his economic achievements in his first term have placed him far ahead of the opposition and therefore deserves the continued support of Zambians, Miles Sampa has said. Mr Sampa has...

YOU WANT TO COME BACK, FOR WHAT? - HH

… to occasion more damage? Says Zambia lost 10 years under the Patriotic Front as he observes that changing nameplate does not mean one has become a difffferent person, explains that his heart pleads when those who damaged the country want to come back

LOAD SHEDDING WON’T RETURN

STATE House has assured Zambians that load shedding will not return after the August general elections, dismissing assertions that the current improvement in electricity supply is merely temporary and a campaign gimmick for the ruling party. Clayson...

DEMOCRACY HAS DECAYED – NKOMBO

DEMOCRACY has declined and the country’s institutions have significantly been weaponised against citizens and the political intolerance being experienced is but part of a broader plot to shrink democratic space, Gary Nkombo has observed Mr Nkombo, who...

‘I WILL BE THE LAST MAN STANDING IN PF’ - LIFWEKELO

EDWIN Lifwekelo, the first Secretary General of the former ruling Patriotic Front ( PF), has denied reports suggesting that he has defected to the UPND regime, describing the claims as false and misleading. Mr Lifwekelo said he was shocked by reports...

Mundubile, Makebi discussed presidential campaign list – Chisanga … for the benefit of African countries instead of giving

THE Tonse Pamodzi Alliance presidential campaign team that has been released by the Tonse Alliance was discussed between Brian Mundubile, the presidential candidate and his running mate Makebi Zulu and that the list, which is not final was agreed upon...

Miles goes miles away from his Parley candidature

MILES Sampa has announced the withdrawal of his participation and candidature in the parliamentary elections under the LIMA banner following what he claims are consultations with key stakeholders. In a statement yesterday, Mr Sampa said the decision...

COURT FREEZES NUMAW ELECTIVE CONFERENCE

THE LUSAKA High Court has granted an injunction to halt the elective general conference of the National Union of Miners and Allied Workers over leadership wrangles. This comes after an application filed by a Trustee in the NUMAW executive, Anshel...

ABDUCTED ACTIVIST, ECL KATEBE DEMANDSTO SUE Issue 3871 Price K10 Saturday December 16, 2023

“WE were abducted and treated like criminals for only supporting Ketty Nanyangwe, a female candidate for the Lusaka mayoral position and we are therefore going to take legal action against the State for unlawful and malicious arrest and detention,”...

NAKACINDA DESERVES ECL DEMANDS JUSTICE - KASANKHA BENEFITS

THE decision by the State to deny incarcerated Raphael Nakacinda access to visitors, including his lawyers and friends is sad, disappointing and frightening because the act is threatening the country’s democratic values and national unity, Samuel...

ZAMBIANS FREEDOMS ARE BEING DIMMED BY HARDSHIPS - MAKEBI

AFRICA Day should not merely be commemorated as a historic event but should serve as a reminder that freedom must be lived and protected in the daily lives of citizens, Tonse Pamodzi Alliance presidential running mate Makebi Zulu has said. In his...

Attack on Nkombo was barbaric, satanic – Dr Katele

POLITICS of violence is anti- democratic and the attack on Gary Nkombo was satanic and has embarrassed Zambia before the Southern African Development Community ( SADC), former Cabinet minister Dr Katele Kalumba has said. And Dr Kalumba says it is...

NHIMA SERVING 5M ACROSS COUNTRY - NJAPAU

THE National Health Insurance Management Authority ( NHIMA) has urged the media to play an active role in promoting public understanding of the National Health Insurance Scheme, which is serving over five million beneficiaries countrywide. Speaking on...

Arrest violent UPND cadres, HH orders police

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has strongly condemned the UPND violence that erupted in some parts of the country, including Mazabuka where ruling thugs attacked and assaulted Garry Nkombo, a senior member of the governing party. President Hichilema...

U.S. PRESSED ON ZAMBIA DEALS

A POWERFUL U.S. congressional committee has called on the American government to offer Zambia more attractive investment terms if it hoped to compete with China’s entrenched influence in the country’s mining sector. In a report released on May 1,...

THE PEOPLE’S PAPER; TRUTH, ACCURACY AND BALANCE

Gov’t angers Rightscon summit organisers

ORGANISERS of the Rightscon Summit have expressed deep dissatisfaction with the government for cancelling the event at the eleventh hour, describing the move as devastating and unprecedented. Access Now, the conveners of the global digital rights...

I inherited a lot of challenges - HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his administration inherited a wide range of national difficulties when it took office in 2021, but that government is steadily working through them in a structured and methodical manner. Speaking during Labour Day...

WHAT CAN I DO WITH ECL PARTS?- HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has dismissed allegations linking him to witchcraft and claims that he sought body parts from the mortal remains of late former President Edgar Lungu for rituals, describing such assertions as baseless and...

ECZ ASSURES OF CREDIBLE POLLS

…Brown Kasaro, the Chief Electoral Officer says the electoral body will strictly adherence to the law, as he transparent, free, fair whose outcome will reflect will of the people

RULE OF LAW ON TRIAL

THE decision by the LCK Freedom Foundation to challenge the constitutionality of non-bailable offences under the Criminal Procedure Code Amendment Act No. 4 of 2026 deserves clear commendation. At stake is not merely a technical legal dispute, but a...

WHO ORDERED ECL AUTOPSY? – KBF

ZAMBIANS should begin to demand that the UPND government should tell the nation who could have requested and commissioned the postmortem on late former President Edgar Lungu after his remains were forcibly taken away from Two Mountains Burial Services...

ECL AUTOPSY AND THE NEW POLITICS OF CUSTODY

THE dispute over the remains of late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has now crossed a dangerous line. It is no longer simply about burial, protocol, family grief, or national honour. The reported post-mortem conducted on his body has introduced a new and...

Fuel emergency forces Gov’t to suspend IMF Open Access Framework

GOVERNMENT has suspended the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Open Access Framework that was prescribed to the Tanzania Zambia Mafuta (TAZAMA) Pipeline for the procurement of petroleum products for a period of six months, from April to September 2026,...

GOV’T CONDUCTS AUTOPSY ON ECL

INSTEAD of repatriating the body of late former President Edgar Lungu for a dignified State Funeral, the Zambian government yesterday subjected his mortal remains to a five hours postmortem without the consent, presence and knowledge of the family,...

FINALLY, ECL BODY TAKEN AWAY

THE body of late former President Edgar Lungu, which had been kept in a South African Morgue, Two Mountains Burial Service, for the last 10 months after his death on June 5 2025 was yesterday forcibly taken away, in a ‘mafia style’ by a combined team...

AUGUST POLLS! IT’S 50%+1 - MWEETWA

…says those claiming that the coming presidential polls would be held under the Firstpast-the-post are engaging in criminal propaganda, maintain that the 50%+1 majoritarian vote for the winning presidential candidate as is prescribed by the...

ZAMBIANS WANT UNITED OPPOSITION

UNITY among opposition political parties remains a critical component in saving Zambia’s democracy that has increasingly come under threat in the last five years of the UPND in power, Professor Nkandu Luo has said. And Prof Luo has said the Patriotic...

CHURCH SHOULD UNITE OPPOSITION

…Brebner Changala pleads with the Church to help opposition craft a power-sharing agreement and save Zambia from the jaws of authoritarianism, says the church has seen, heard, witnessed and should help restore rule of law by forming a government of...

UPND set for re-election – Nalumango

THE UPND is set for another term of office come the August 13 general election, Vice President Mutale Nalumango has predicted. Ms Nalumango told Parliament yesterday that while UPND’S first term would soon end, Zambians would surely re-elect President...

HH’S A GOOD GUY BUT MOST IN UPND FEAR HIM FOR NOTHING - LONGWE

DEFIANT UPND long-serving member Charles Longwe has said most UPND members and Zambians in general are so scared of President Hakainde Hichilema to the extent that they are failing to provide genuine advice to him, Charles Longwe has...

HARRY KALABA TO DEFY ODDS OVER PROTESTS

HARRY Kalaba, the Citizens First (CF) president, has declared that his party will proceed with its planned countrywide protest tomorrow, stating that all legal procedures have been followed to conduct the procession across the country. Mr Kalaba says...

LET'S UNITE OR SINK, WARNS KAPWEPWE

HH PROMOTER OF PEACE - LEVY NGOMA

SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Political Affairs, Levy Ngoma, has credited President Hakainde Hichilema for fostering a peaceful and calm political environment ahead of the August 13, general election. Mr Ngoma said the current calm and...

THEY WANT ME OFF THE BALLOT – MUNDUBILE

Police deny secret hiring

THE Zambia Police Service has denied that it is undertaking a secret recruitment of police officers, but is claiming that the ongoing staffing exercise is an internal process aimed at filling vacancies and strengthening operational capacity But...

BEWARE OF ONE PARTY STATE

LUBINDA ENDORSES MAKEBI ZULU

…warns that unless the opposition unite, they shall fall together as fools, advises that the opposition don’t have the luxury of time and must unity as an imperative as he cautions that failure to unite, all opposition leaders shall be responsible for...

LONGWE REPORTS JUDGE TO JCC

JUSTICE Ruth Hachitapika Chibbabbuka Chaangu, the Lusaka High Court Judge has been reported to the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) for corruption, gross misconduct and gross negligence after she proceeded to preside over a matter in which a UPND...

I FORMED UPND, SAYS BANDA

…says the governing party came into existence because he and three of his colleagues, who are dead, formed it, but Cornelius Mweetwa, the UPND spokesperson has bmrralnundge Mr Tembo Banda a comedian not deserving reactions from the ruling party.

ELECTORAL CRISIS LOOMING -SINKAMBA

ZAMBIA could face a constitutional crisis once the voters’ register is certified on April 30, 2026, despite the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) celebrating its recent victory in the Constitutional Court, Peter Sinkamba, the Green Party president...

SAKI EXPOSES ECZ, RoS SCHEMES

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and the Registrar of Societies (ROS) using unorthodox electoral processes of verifying eligible political parties are likely to disadvantage many of the strong presidential contenders in the August general...

ALLOW PF ON THE BALLOT -REV MAKINA

…warns against divisive rhetoric, urges Zambians to uphold peace, embrace diversity as elections approach, advises that authorities should put in place a level playing and allow the PF, other opposition political parties to participate in the elections...

ZNBS: A HOUSING GIANT ON PAPER ONLY?

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s remarks at the official opening of the new Zambia National Building Society headquarters in Lusaka strike an important chord in a country grappling with a deepening housing deficit. His candid admission that Lusaka -...

DIESEL FLOWS, BUT WHERE WAS IT?

THE sudden availability of diesel in the country should call for real investigations into cause of the shortage that hit the country the last two weeks to ascertain who was working at sabotaging government and the economy, Dr Kafula Mubanga has...

WE’VE NO CHOICE BUT TO UNITE – KALABA

…warns that unless the opposition agree to unite, choose and rally on one presidential candidate, Zambia risks falling off a cliff into political instability, fears there is a real danger that the Constitution will be changed to entrench dictatorship...

State agents’ attempts to block Makebi foiled

…as Celestine Mukandila says the PF Pamodzi president was told he could not travel outside the country without seeking clearance from the State but quick intervention by higher authorities secured Mr Zulu’s exit to South Africa

MILES IS PF PRESIDENT HIGH COURT

KALABA READY TO BACK BEST CANDIDATE

HARRY Kalaba has said he is prepared to set aside his presidential ambitions and support any opposition candidate with the best chance of winning the August 13 general election. Mr Kalaba, the leader of the Citizens First has also disclosed that he...

‘7, 000 WILL DIE ANNUALLY IF TOBACCO BILL IS NOT ENACTED’

ZAMBIA risks losing over 7, 000 lives annually if the Tobacco Control Bill is not enacted, the Centre for Primary Care Research (CPCR) has warned. CPCR said failure to pass the law would result in an estimated 7, 142 deaths per year and the loss of...

LET’S UNITE, IT’S TIME TO HEAL - -MAKEBI

…clarions that time has come for the Patriotic Front factions to unite after four years of State-sponsored division and wrangles, says Zambia needs healing and that citizens cannot continue to cause more pain against each other

Daliso rubbishes DEC claims of abandoned house, vehicles

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) is maliciously lying that the motor vehicles and other properties that were seized at late former President Edgar Lungu’s Libala house were abandoned, Daliso Lungu has charged. Speaking through his attorney, Mr...