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FORMER Deputy Minister Moses Muteteka has appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to eight counts of abuse of authority of office and theft. Muteteka, 41, who is MMD Member of Parliament (MP) for Chisamba appeared before Lusaka Magistrate Fides Hamaundu yesterday. Between January 1 and December 1, 2010, Muteteka as MP and deputy minister… Read More »

MMD vice-president for political affairs Michael Kaingu says it will be shameful for the MMD to work with the UPND to win an election. Reacting to comments by UPND secretary general Winstone Chibwe that UPND would not work with the MMD in any elections, Kaingu said it was wrong for the UPND to think that… Read More »

Former Works and Supply Minister Mike Mulongoti has described the decision by the opposition UPND to field a candidate in the forthcoming Mpongwe parliamentary by-election as an act of selfishness. He has since called on the UPND leadership to reconsider its decision and allow the MMD to recontest the seat. In an interview with Qfm… Read More »

MMD leader Nevers Mumba yesterday refused to allow government joint investigations teams to lift his finger prints when they arrested him over offences committed as Zambia’s high commissioner in Canada. But Mumba says the charges against him are politically-motivated and he urged his supporters not to fear because victory was certain. The government joint investigations… Read More »

THE MMD has suspended its chairperson for women, Catherine Namugala, on a charge of causing divisions in the party. And wrangles in the MMD have deepened, with all district chairpersons on the Copperbelt passing a vote of no confidence in their party president Nevers Mumba. But Mumba, who accused Felix Mutati’s campaign team of being… Read More »

700NEVERS Mumba says MMD is not finished. And Mumba was yesterday turned away at Kamfinsa State Prison when he turned up unannounced with Christmas gifts for inmates. Speaking after appearing for mention at the Kitwe magistrate court on Friday, Mumba, who is MMD president, said the problems in MMD had been caused by PF. The… Read More »

MMD president Nevers Mumba and seven others spent last night in custody at Kamfinsa State Prison because procedures to release them could not finish in time. Mumba and seven others were arrested on Monday in Kalulushi and charged with unlawful assembly, contrary to Section 75 of the Penal Code of the Laws of Zambia. Yesterday,… Read More »

UPND deputy spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the PF is standing on a very solid platform. Mweetwa said President Michael Sata and his government should avoid poaching opposition members of parliament because they were stable enough. “We expect that President Sata is stable enough to know that he came on a popular vote by the people… Read More »

THE MMD National Executive Committee (NEC) has endorsed the expulsion of national secretary Richard Kachingwe from the party. Senga Hill Member of Parliament (MP) Kapembwa Simbao has since been appointed to act until an election is conducted. MMD national chairperson Kabinga Pande announced at a media briefing in Lusaka yesterday that the NEC resolved on… Read More »