Daily Nation Newspaper
IT’S CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS – SAKI
…says it is absolutely perverse for the UPND government to resurrect Bill 7, take it back to Parliament when they know that in fact the Constitutional Court had declared the bill dead
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OPPOSITION WRITE TO HHSAMPA
His Excellency Mr. Hakainde Hichilema President of the Republic of Zambia State House Independence Avenue Lusaka,zambia 02 December 2025 REF: AN URGENT CALL FOR NATIONAL UNITY, DIALOGUE, AND RESPONSIBILITY Your Excellency, We write to you today not as...
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MAKEBI PLEDGES TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HOUSE OF PRAYER
MAKEBI Zulu has made an ecclesiastical pledge that he shall endeavour to complete the construction of the National House of Prayer, a project that was initiated under the leadership of former late President Edgar Lungu, once elected republican...
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DROP BILL 7, OASIS FORUM TELLS HH
THE Oasis Forum has told President Hakainde Hichilema that Bill 7 must be withdrawn completely and replaced with a fresh, inclusive constitutional process that opens up the long-blocked Bill of Rights, which they say will benefit all Zambians. During...
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WE VALUE DIALOGUE – OASIS FORUSMAMPA
THE Oasis Forum has said it greatly values dialogue and will today be meeting President Hakainde Hichilema at State House with an open mind and discuss with him national matters with mutual respect. Beauty Katebe, the Oasis Forum chairperson says the...
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BILL 7 DIVISIVE, SOURCE OF TENSASMIOPNA
…the Catholic Church in Lusaka says constitutional amendment are a threat to the foundations of Zambia’s democratic order, says it has weakened public participation, eroded long-standing governance safeguards
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THEY WANT REGIME CHANGE - HH
…declares that those plotting regime change must work hard, accuses the Oasis Forum of working to create political instability to force change of government, says there is a clique of people who believe they owned the country’s Presidency, hence their...
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HH DOESN’T ABHOR VIOLENCE, HOOLIGANISM – MAKEBI
PR E S I D E N T Hakainde Hichilema knows that his party, the UPND was a violent political formation in opposition and is aware that it has remained a raucous political outfit in government and it is hypocritical for him to claim that there shall be no...
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Banks writes open letter to HH
A ZAMBIAN journalist and good governance advocate based in the UK, Linda Banks, has written an open letter to President Hakainde Hichilema demanding clarity on the status of at least 49 Memoranda of Understanding (Mous) signed under his...
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DON’T TAKE YOUR LUCK TOO FAR
ZAMBIA’S bumper maize harvest risks going to waste due to government bureaucracy and restrictive export procedures, causing the country to lose much of its maize meal market in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC) to South Africa, Citizens First (...
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NEVERS ANGERS CHITALA, MMD DIEHARDS
NEVERS Mumba has crossed the red line and should be condemned in the strongest terms for attempting to kill the country’s pioneer and mother of democracy, the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), Mbita Chitala has said. Dr Chitala, one of the...
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NEVERS MUMBA ‘ KILLS’ MMD
NEVERS Mumba has changed the name of the Movement for Multi- Party Democracy ( MMD) to the New Nation Party ( NNP) and has dispensed with the Clock as the symbol of the party and has placed the eagle as its new emblem. But Gaston Sichilima, the leader...
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MAY THE BEST MAN WIN - MUNDUBILE
BRIAN Mundubile has said the opening of campaigns for the Patriotic Front ( PF) presidential race has demonstrated that the former ruling party has remained the most democratic entity in the country, stating that it should be the desire of all the...
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PF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS OPEN
THE Patriotic Front ( PF) has announced that it will hold its elective general conference within the next 30 days to elect a new party president, following the death of former president Edgar Lungu, who was the leader of the former ruling...
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PF, SP CAN’T SCARE HH - HAMASAKA
… as Fred M’membe says a possible merger of the two political outfits has been causing sleepless nights among the ruling party leaders, predicts that should the two unite for common cause, not even rigging would save the UPND from exiting
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MWENDA’S POWER EXPORT CASE HEARING SET FOR NOV 26
THE High Court has set November 26, 2025 as date for hearing in a matter Kasonde Mwenda, the Economic Freedom Fighters president is seeking judicial review over the continued export of electricity while domestic consumers endure prolonged power...
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LET’S RESPECT PF GUIDANCE - MONDE
GREYFORD Monde has strongly admonished some Patriotic Front ( PF) presidential aspirants who have embarked on illegal campaign trails across the country, defying the central committee resolution that has banned early campaigns and endorsements within...
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MWENDA SUES ZESCO, STATE OVER POWER EXPORT
ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters president Kasonde Mwenda has taken Zesco and the government to the High Court, seeking judicial review over the continued export of electricity while domestic consumers endure prolonged power outages. In his application, Mr...
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KALABA PAYS TRIBUTE TO SATA, REMEMBERS HIM AS A TRANSFORMATIVE LEADER
HARRY Kalaba has paid glowing tribute to the country’s late fifth President, Michael Chilufya Sata, describing him as a transformative leader whose vision and actions reshaped the nation. Mr. Kalaba said President Sata will always be remembered for...
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LET NO CHURCH BE STOPPED FROM WORSHIPING – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to upholding freedom of worship, stating that it is against ecclesiastical teachings to stop any from church gathering to worship God. Speaking during the 60th United Church of...
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IG MUSAMBA HAS SUSPENDED OUR FREEDOMS – NEW HERITAGE PARTY
GRAPHAEL Musamba, the Inspector General of Police has effectively curtailed and suspended all freedoms for Zambians by banning all forms of gatherings including church fellowship congregations all for political reasons, the New Heritage Party ( NHP)...
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DIESEL CRISIS HITS UHURU DAY
… with the Energy Regulation Board announcing that 79 filling stations have run out of the commodity, while the available stock is likely to last for only 10 days
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CSOS REJECT CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM TERMS OF REFERENCE
ACONSORTIUM of Civil Society Organisations ( CSOS) has rejected the newly published Terms of Reference ( Tors) for the appointed technical committee tasked with constitutional reform. In a joint statement released in Lusaka yesterday, the CSOS,...
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Nakacinda surrenders
PATRIOTIC Front secretary general Raphael Nakacinda has joined the list of opposition leaders who will cast their votes in the 2026 general elections from prison, after the Lusaka High Court upheld his conviction for falsely claiming that President...
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CHURCH URGED TO COUNSEL HH
THE three Church mother bodies, the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Council of Churches in Zambia and the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia as well as other faith groups should consider sitting down President Hakainde Hichilema and advise him...
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MALANJI CHOPPERS, HOUSES FORFEITED TO STATE
BARELY a week after President Hakainde Hichilema announced that Joseph Malanji’s helicopters would be donated to the Zambia Air Force ( ZAF) for public use, the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court yesterday confirmed the presidential directive, ordering the...
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37 CSOS DEMAND TIMELINE
… on the constitutional amendment consultations as they write to Secretary to Cabinet, Minister of Justice, Attorney General, demanding accountability, transparency and national interest
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MAKE PUBLIC TERMS OF REFERENCES FOR BILL 7 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE - SAKI
IT is frightening that President Hakainde Hichilema has decided to keep the terms of references for the Bill 7 Technical Committee a secret instead of making them public for Zambians to know what roadmap the consultations would take, State Counsel...
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KANONA NOT A SCAM – CHIKOTE
… challenges Willah Mudolo, the PF presidential aspirant to prove his corruption allegations, explains that Kanona, as an independent power company is doing a service to Zesco, by importing power from Mozambique and reselling it to the power utility...
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Who gave Malanji presidential jet?
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has veiledly accused his predecessor, late former President Edgar Lungu of allegedly having authorised jailed former Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji to use the presidential jet to transport US$ 11 million from Turkey,...
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Tax uncertainty risks illicit trade, industrial slowdown, warns ZAM
THE Zambia Association of Manufacturers ( ZAM) has warned that adjustments to excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and FMCGS introduced in 2025 have created uncertainty in the manufacturing sector. ZAM president Ashu Saga is cautioning that sudden and...
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ZDA BOASTS OF ZAMBIA’S IMPROVED STANDING IN AFRICA’S INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE
THE Zambia Development Agency ( ZDA) Director General, Mr Albert Halwampa has urged investors to take advantage of the country’s improving economic and investment climate, highlighting its impressive rise to third place in Africa for investment...
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KINGSLEY CHANDA JAILED 6 YEARS WITH HARD LABOUR
FORMER Zambia Revenue Authority ( ZRA) Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda is the latest executive who served under the Patriotic Front ( PF) administration to be sentenced to six years imprisonment with hard labour for willful failure to comply with...
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KABUSWE REAFFIRMS ZAMBIA’S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE MINING AHEAD OF 2025 INSAKA
GOVERNMENT has reaffirmed its commitment to fostering a sustainable, inclusive, and innovation- driven mining sector as preparations heighten for the Second Zambia Mining and Investment Insaka ( ZAMII 2025), set to run from October 6 to 10 under the...
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TECH COMMITTEE ILLEGAL- OPPOSITION
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s newly constituted Technical Committee has been met with resistance by various stakeholders, with some calling for the complete withdrawal of the condemned Bill 7 before proceeding with the committee on constitutional...
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IGNORE ANTI- PF PROPAGANDA - LUBINDA
THERE is nothing like an implosion in the Patriotic Front ( PF) or indeed the Tonse Aliance and the continued propaganda against the former ruling party being championed by those who have worked hard to kill the party will not succeed because the...
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CONFUSION ERUPTS IN TONSE
... but both Lubinda, the Tonse chairman and Mundubile, the Parliamentary affairs chairperson call for calm unity, insisting Zambians are looking for change and not the fulfilment of personal political ambitions
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SANGWA SUES HH, SPEAKER MUTTI
… as well as the Attorney General and the Registrar of Societies for continued failure to enact legislation for the regulation, financing, sources of funding for political parties, says 2026 will not be free, fair in the absence of the Political...
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STOP THE ILLEGALITY - SANGWA
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema should immediately withdraw Statutory Instrument of May 15, 2025v and initiate through Cabinet the amendment Bill to the Judges Conditions of Service Act Under Article 92 ( 2) ( 3) because he is in breach of the...
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We won’t allow PF to be destroyed - Nakacinda
PATRIOTIC Front ( PF) Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda has warned that the party will not allow unscrupulous individuals allegedly attempting to sow confusion and division within the former ruling party, vowing that such conduct shall not be...
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ZAMBIANS HAPPY WITH UPND - MWEETWA
IT is not correct and mere politicking that there is general dissatisfaction against the UPND administration among Zambians and if elections were to be held next week, President Hakainde Hichilema and the ruling party would win with a landslide,...
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Fallen ZNS gallant soldiers interred
THE two Zambia National Service ( ZNS) soldiers, who died in Lusaka on Sunday in suspected cold- blooded murder while on duty at the ZNS Furniture Factory in Lusaka West, have today been laid to rest. Speaking during the burial at Mutumbi Cemetery,...
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ZAMBIANS ANGRY WITH LOAD SHEDDING
ZAMBIANS are angry and extremely frustrated that the UPND government has completely failed to deliver one of its major promises of ending load shedding, which has resulted into many small- scale businesses shutting down because of acute and unreliable...
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HH SHOULD ASSURE ZAMBIANS OF RULE OF LAW AS HE OPENS PARLEY – DR. MWELWA
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema must use his address to Parliament this Friday to assure Zambians that constitutionalism and the rule of law will be respected, political scientist and governance activist Dr. Lawrence Mwelwa has said. Dr. Mwelwa said as...
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Mental patient murders his two grandfathers
A TWENTY- FIVE- year- old suspected mental patient has allegedly murdered his two grandfathers and attempted to burn their bodies in a gruesome incident that has shocked Shantumbu Village in Lusaka. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga confirmed the...
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LAZ WARNS SPEAKER MUTTI, AG
... to halt Bill 7 as it gives both the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Attorney General up to Monday, 16: 00 hours to undertake not to list, schedule, table or take steps to resume the bill or face court for contempt
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DESTRUCTION OF PF IS DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY – CHANGALA
THE destruction of the Patriotic Front ( PF) by the UPND government is not just the destruction of a political party but is as a matter of fact the destruction of the country’s multiparty democracy, Brebner Changala has charged. Mr Changala, a civil...
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LARRY MWEETWA SUSPENDED
LARRY Mweetwa, Director of Technology and Science at the Ministry of Technology and Science has been suspended with immediate effect and ordered to stay away from work for demonising and insulting the family of late former President Edgar Lungu. Dr...
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HH REMAINS THE BEST – KABUSWE
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s popularity has been surging since becoming head of State and having performed to the expectations of Zambians, he is certainly headed for a landslide victory in the 2026 general election, Paul Kabuswe has said. Mr...
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MAGISTRATE WARNS CIVIL SERVANTS
… Chief Resident Magistrate Chibwili warns public servants to avoid prison by resisting the temptation of dipping their hands into public resources and converting them into personal properties, advises those serving in government against the culture of...
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INCREASE CIVIL SERVANTS’ SALARIES – FUBE
CHILUBI Member of Parliament Mr Mulenga Fube has urged government to increase the salaries of civil servants in the same manner it has planned to raise the salaries of traditional leaders and their retainers. During the recently held Kulamba Ceremony...
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UNPAID MOBILE NRC OFFICERS CRY FOUL
GOVERNMENT has not paid civil servants who participated in the recently concluded mobile National Registration Card ( NRC) exercise, two months after the programme came to an end, the Daily Nation has learnt. The officers have since urged the UPND...
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HH: I’M NOT AUTOCRATIC
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has allayed fears and assertions that Zambia is sliding toward authoritarianism, claiming that his government has instead expanded democratic space and freedoms as well as delivered on key campaign promises despite...
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ECL ACCEPTED DEFEAT - FAMILY
THE family of late former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has expressed grave concern that President Hakainde Hichilema has continued attacking and demonising his predecessor, accusing him of allegedly refusing to hand over power and plotting...
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JUDICIARY COMPROMISED, WEAPONISED - PROF MOONGA
THE Zambian Judiciary has completely been weaponised by politicians and has become part of the criminal conspiracy against democracy and a political tool serving the interest of the UPND governing elite, Professor Proud Moonga has said. Prof Moonga, a...
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UNIP wrangles drag on
THE United National Independence Party ( UNIP) has issued a stern warning to former members who were expelled in September 2024, cautioning them against falsely presenting themselves as leaders of the party. UNIP national chairman Captain Robert...
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EXPLAIN DIESEL SHORTAGE PUZZLE!
DEVON Oil Zambia has challenged government to explain why the country has been subjected to acute shortage of diesel, with more than 123 filling stations running completely dry yet TAZAMA Pipeline is blocking about 36 million metric tonnes of diesel...
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DIESEL SHORTAGE CRISIS BITES
… with 123 fuel stations across the country completely running dry of the commodity, following Indeni Energy’s failure to timely supply the product, leading to TAZAMA Pipeline shutdown yesterday
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TAZAMA SUSPENDS PUMPING
TAZAMA Pipeline has as of midnight last night suspended the pumping of diesel after running out of the commodity in Dar es Salam following the failure by Indeni Energy to supply the fuel as a result of several breaches of the International Monetary...
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CADREISM BACK IN BUS STATIONS, MARKETS – LUSAMBO
UPND cadres clad in their party regalia complete with berets have invaded all public places and are everywhere in bus stations and markets, harassing the public and marketeers from whom they demanding and extorting money for them to continue trading,...
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