BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) Party says it is disappointment with the failure by the Lusaka City Council Fire Brigade to contain the inferno that gutted the Bible House building yesterday. ZED spokesperson Wesley Miyanda says it is unfortunate that fire fighters from the council struggled…
BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA The Lusaka City Council has clarified that only shop was affected in the fire that broke out at Bible House yesterday and not the entire building as earlier reported. In an interview with Komboni radio news, council Public Relations Manager Habeenzu Mulunda identified the said shop as…
BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA Property worth thousands of Kwacha has been burnt to ashes after fire swept through Bible Society House and several other buildings, including some auto-spares shops, on Freedom way in the Central Business District. A Komboni radio news crew that rushed to scene found scores of curious onlookers…
BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA A disease outbreak is looming in Emmasdale area following a broken sewer line on Lumumba road near Buseko market. A Komboni radio new crew that visited the area found sewer effluent flowing in the drains and on the road. And the residents have expressed disappointment with the…
BY CORRESPONDENT Widows of the late Zambia Police Service officers in Kasama have cried foul at the delay by government to pay them their departed husband’s benefits. The windows who spoke through Mrs Flavia Kahangu and Mary Chinyama lamented that it is now over six years since the death of…
BY MONDE PHIRI AND NAMUKALE KAPENDE An unidentified man of Zingalume compound was this morning discovered dead in a makeshift stall near Muchinga ground. One of the eye witnesses who declined to be named narrated to a Komboni radio news crew that rushed to the scene that the deceased was…
BY CORRESPODENT A traditional leader in Kasama district has bemoaned the poor state of most feeder roads in his Chiefdom. Senior Chief Mwamba of the Bemba Speaking people made the remarks last week through his representative Christian Mulenga during the upgrading of Milungu Primary into a Day Secondary School. Chief…
BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA Police in Lusaka have disclosed that they are yet to charge the 32 year old woman of Matero Township who allegedly killed her juvenile children by giving them doom. Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo told Komboni radio news in a telephone interview that police are still waiting…
BY MONDE PHIRI The Zambia National Marketeers Credit Association (ZANAMACA) has urged Marketeers to desist from paying levies to political cadres. ZANAMACA president Mupila Kameya says traders operating from various markets need to understand that market levies are supposed to be collected by the councils as required by the law.…
BY NELLY BOTA Residents of Chunga’s Nelson Mandela area have expressed concern over the recurring drainage blockage caused by damaged sewer pipes. Speaking in an interview a resident only identified as Mutukuzi, said the sewer effluent is now flowing in to the main Chunga road posing danger to the health…