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By Jackson Mapapayi 

Police in Zambezi have arrested five people among them two females in connection with theft through the use of mobile money scams.

Zambia police deputy spokesperson Danny Mwale revealed that the incident occurred on Wednesday 22, around 09:00 hours at Rompyes area in Zambezi.

Mr Mwale said the transaction was initiated by a 35 year old woman who was identified as Sombo Kakoma who was with four others.

“The suspects were pursued after Police received a report  from the victim aged 23 of Riverside area in Zambezi who reported that her money amounting to K6, 050 was fraudulently stolen by way of mobile money transfer,” said Mr Mwale.

He said police immediately instituted investigations and pursued the suspects, including Sambo Kakoma,  who were driving a Toyota Corolla bearing registration number ADC 5512 and managed to apprehend them within the District.

He said during interrogations, the suspects identified themselves as Rabecca Mubanga Kaulembi of Kaoma District, Maybin Mwaba aged 44 of Chifubu in Ndola, Isaac Kumbalume aged 39 of TBZ area in Kaoma and Doran Mukaka aged 37 a taxi driver of Mine Masala in Ndola.

“Police recovered K16, 500 from the suspects who are believed to have fraudulently stolen K10, 800 from a named man in Mufumbwe on March 21, 2023,” he said.

He said the suspects have detained in Police custody and their Corolla has been impounded. Investigations are ongoing into the matter.

CABINET has approved the establishment and formalisation of the Presidential Delivery Unit (PDU) within the Government system.

Minister of Information and Media, Chushi Kasanda said in a statement that Cabinet had observed that there was need to create the PDU as a matter of urgency to help accelerate the implementation of high–priority programmes and projects that deliver lasting benefits to Zambians.

Ms Kasanda said these programmes would focus on the key objectives of delivering economic and social improvements to the people of Zambia and creating a united and prosperous country with equal opportunities for all citizens.

She said the PDU would usher in an era of good governance and prudent economic management that would foster accelerated development across the country. Ms Kasanda added that Cabinet indicated that the PDU would not take away the normal gazette functions of Government institutions but would work closely with all respective ministries, provinces, and implementation agencies to provide technical support, and on the overall, to fast-track the implementation of government programmes and projects for the good of the citizens and the nation at large.

Meanwhile, Cabinet has approved, in principle, the introduction of a Bill in Parliament to amend the Public Procurement Act No. 8 of 2020. She said Government had noticed that the current law had some weaknesses such as low participation of both local and citizen bidders due to various restrictions, multiple and unnecessary approval levels. 

Mr Kasanda said Cabinet decided that the new law should address the red tape, and limitations in oversight in order to enhance the efficiency and benefits accruing to citizens from public procurement.

By NATION REPORTER
THE Sugilite that was reported to have been stolen is in fact kept in some warehouse in Kabwe and it is not correct to insinuate that the precious gem had mysteriously gone missing, Paul Kabuswe has clarified.
Mr Kabuswe, the Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources has stated that at no time did he claim that the Sugilite was stolen and that the police had been instructed to investigate the matter.
He said he had never given interview to any reporter alleging that the Sugilite had been stolen because the gem had never gone missing from the time it was impounded.
“The Sugilite that was impounded in Central Province is not lost. It is there and it is being kept in some warehouse in Kabwe. I have never said the Sugilite was stolen and I have never given an interview on this matter apart from in Parliament. In fact, I am the one to told the Minister of Central Province to raise a point of order on the matter. So, it is not correct that the Sugilite mysteriously went missing,” Mr Kabuswe said.
And Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu has also said no Sugilite was missing but that the impounded contraband was transferred in a secure container and secured in some place within Central Province. Mr Mwiimbu in parliament indicated that the Sugilite in Kabwe was under lock and key and was therefore safe and it was not possible that it could be stolen. He said that there was no need to raise alarm because the mineral which was impounded was in safe hands and not as alleged.
Mr Mwiimbu said the Provincial Joint Security Committee (PJSC) in central province checked and ensured that the Sugilite was secured.
Meanwhile, Binwell Mpundu, the Nkana Member of Parliament says in his facebook write-up, he never indicated or insinuated that the Sugilite at an estimated value of US$750 million had mysteriously vanished from police custody.
Mr Mpundu clarified that in his write-up, he only explained the quantity of the Sugilite that was impounded and tabulated its estimated value without ever insinuating that it had been stolen under the watch of the police.
“What I had posted on my facebook had nothing to do with the claims of the Sugilite being stolen from Police custody. I only wrote about the quantity of the precious mineral which I had estimated that about 14 tones had been impounded. I also made a calculation of the value of the 14 tons of the Sugilite…not that it had been stolen from police custody,” Mr Mpundu said.

All hormonal contraceptives carry a slightly increased risk of breast cancer, including the increasingly popular progestogen-only pills, according to a study published on Tuesday.

Most patients admitted to hospital with acute viral respiratory infections are given antibiotics. Now new research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark (15-18 April), suggests that prescribing antibiotic therapy to adults hospitalized with common viral respiratory infections such as influenza is unlikely to save lives.

More than 40% of women report anxiety four months after a cardiac arrest compared with 23% of men, according to research presented today at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

 ONE suspected illegal immigrant has died while seven others have sustained injuries after the vehicle they were traveling in was involved in a Road traffic accident in Chirundu District. The accident happened when the motor vehicle, a Toyota Premio bearing registration number ABL 65, they were traveling in collided with a Toyota Corolla registration number […]

THE opposition has been angered by the alleged mockery of Zambians on mealie meal prices by the United Party for Development (UPND) through the Ministry of Information and Media, Director – Spokesperson Thabo Kawana.

Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile said Mr Kawana should stop mocking Zambians over the high mealie meal prices.
Mr Mundubile said this was because President Hakainde Hichilema had promised that he would reduce the cost of mealie meal to K50 per 25 kg bag of mealie meal when he was begging for votes to become president.
Mr Mundubile regretted that Mr Kawana was mocking Zambians by saying that President Hichilema never promised to reduce the price of mealie meal to K50.
“The promises President Hichilema made were well documented, especially the pledges of reducing the price of mealie meal to K50, fertiliser to K250, fuel to K12, among many other unfulfilled promises. All the promises President Hichilema made while in opposition are well documented and with modern technology, it is easy for people to keep track this information.
“President Hichilema’s voice regarding his promises is actually on people’s phones. For Kawana to say the President never promised is sad and I would advise him to keep away from politicking on such important matters directly affecting people’s lives,” Mr Mundubile said.
He said President Hichilema should simply face Zambians to explain the challenges he could be facing with regard to the fulfillment of his promises. “He should be free to face Zambians to tell them how he can meet the promises in future rather than sending Kawana to go and mock citizens,” Mundubile said.
Meanwhile, Mr Mundubile said Defence Minister Ambrose Lufuma’s directive that Zambians should start producing National Registration Cards (NRCs) to buy mealie-meal in Chililabombwe, was not only saddening but subjecting citizens to the dusted days of the 1980s.
Mr Mundubile recalled that the last time such a thing happened was in the 1980s, adding that it was the saddest moment to take Zambians 40 years back.
“The new dawn administration should be sincere to address Zambians on what has gone wrong. The UPND government should not take Zambians back to the dark days of the 1980s,” he said.
Mr Mundubile said Members of Parliament had raised concern regarding the export of maize but Agriculture Minister Reuben Mtolo Phiri assured the nation that Zambia had enough maize stocks and Government continued exporting the grain.
He said the UPND administration should admit that they made a mistake to allow maize exports now that stocks were low, which might result in the shortage of the staple food going forward.
“There is a better way of doing this than to subject Zambians to produce identity cards before accessing the staple food,” he said.

 ABOUT 50 Members of Parliament allegedly plan to protest the Democratic summit in which the Vice President of America Kamala Harris will be in attendance next week. The Members of Parliament suspect that this meeting is a plan by the Americans to promote LGBTQ rights in the country. The matter was raised as a matter […]

 A 32-year-old man of Kalulushi on the Copperbelt has allegedly been murdered in cold blood by his wife after the two had a dispute. Benson Chiwele is believed to have gone home at night after a drinking spree and started accusing his wife Rabecca Kapala of also having gone out to drink with other men […]