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Politics
Accounts given by Secretary to Cabinet & Police IG on Kafwaya’s death have been inconsistent with one another – Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
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Politics
An Open Letter to the Secretary to the Cabinet – Fred M’membe
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SECRETARY TO THE CABINET Mr. Patrick Kangwa Secretary to the Cabinet Republic of ZambiaLusaka Dear Mr Kangwa Subject: Demand for Full Transparency, Accountability, and Independent Inquiry into the Death of Hon. Mutotwe Kafwaya The confirmation that former Cabinet Minister and…
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Politics
Cabinet Approves New Mining Royalty Framework After Industry Consultations
Cabinet has approved revised mineral royalty rates designed to balance government revenue with investor confidence. The Zambia Chamber of Mines welcomed clarity but warned that power tariffs remain a bigger cost concern for operators.
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Politics
Secretary to the Cabinet Meets Diplomatic Corps over Election Post-2026 Elections
Government has reassured members of the diplomatic corps that it remains committed to constitutionalism, the rule of law, and national unity. Speaking when he met diplomats accredited to Zambia at Cabinet Office today, Secretary to the Cabinet Mr. Patrick Kangwa observed that although
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Politics
Secretary to Cabinet says Hichilema inauguration will go ahead despite petition referral
1,854 Views LUSAKA — The inauguration of President-elect Hakainde Hichilema will go ahead on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has announced. Kangwa said the Judiciary had not received any petition challenging the presidential election by the expiry of the seven-day…
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Politics
The Dilemma of mourning an Alleged militia member and former cabinet mimister
Zambia has spent ten days trying to hold two accounts of Mutotwe Kafwaya at once, and struggling to manage it. One,a former Cabinet minister and sitting MP, mourned with tributes, a rival’s home visit, and calls for justice. The other, a man found on the…
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Politics
Former Cabinet Ministers Mourn Late Kafwaya
Former Home Affairs Minister Hon. Stephen Kampyongo and former Higher Education Minister Eng. Brian Mushimba today visited the funeral house of the late former Minister of Transport and Communications, Hon. Mutotwe Kafwaya. Also among the notable figures who paid their respects were Hon. Brenda Nyirenda…
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Politics
“7 Days Has Expired for filing in of a petition” Says Secretary to Cabinet, “Swearing of President Hichilema will go Ahead on Tuesday 1st September 2026”
HH TO BE SWORN IN SEPTEMBER 1. Secretary to cabinet Patrick Kangwa has announced that President Hakainde Hichilema will be sworn in on the 1st September, 2026. This development follows the elapse of the 7 days ultimatum given for a Presidential petition The Judiciary has…
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Politics
Govt. offered to honour late Mutotwe Kafwaya-SC
Government has revealed that it offered to accord late former Cabinet Minister, Mutotwe Kafwaya, funeral and burial honours befitting a former Cabinet Minister, but the family declined the offer in favour of a private funeral. Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa said the need was…
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Politics
Inauguration Preparations for President Hakainde Hichilema Step Up
DEPUTY SECRETARY TO THE CABINET LEADS INSPECTION OF NATIONAL HEROES STADIUM RENOVATION WORKS LUSAKA, Monday, 24th August 2026 — Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet for Administration, Dr. Oliver Kalabo, this morning led a delegation of senior Government officials on an inspection tour of the ongoing…
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Politics
Hichilema swearing-in set for Sept. 1
PRESIDENT-elect Hakainde Hichilema will be sworn in on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, the Cabinet Office said Tuesday. Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa said the seven-day period for filing a petition challenging a presidential election has expired and the Judiciary had not received any petition…
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Politics
Family declines state funeral for former minister Mutotwe Kafwaya
THE family of former Cabinet minister Mutotwe Kafwaya has declined the government’s offer of a state funeral and burial, the Secretary to the Cabinet said Thursday. In a statement, Patrick K. Kangwa said government had offered to accord Kafwaya the funeral and burial honours applicable…
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Politics
SP President Fred M’membe Calls for Full Transparency and Independent Inquiry into the Death of Hon. Mutotwe Kafwaya
22 August 2026 Socialist Party President Dr Fred M’membe has called on Secretary to the Cabinet Mr Patrick Kangwa and the Government to provide full transparency and accountability regarding the death of former Cabinet Minister
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Politics
Mutotwe Kafwaya’s family rejects government’s national mourning offer
THE family of former Cabinet minister Mutotwe Kafwaya has declined the government’s offer of a state funeral and burial, the Secretary to the Cabinet said Thursday. In a statement, Patrick K. Kangwa said government had offered to accord Kafwaya the funeral and burial honours applicable…
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Opinion
The State Cannot Block the Courts and Then Claim No Petition Was Filed
Director – Tonse Pamodzi Alliance The Tonse Pamodzi Alliance has taken note of the statement attributed to Secretary to the Cabinet, Patrick Kangwa, announcing that no presidential petition had been received within the prescribed period and that the inauguration of…
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Politics
Farewell Service for slain Mutotwe Kafwaya today
The Tabernacle of David Assembly-City Mission Church in Lusaka is today expected to host a farewell Service for former cabinet minister in the PF government Hon Mutotwe Kafwaya who was killed on August 14 in the election chaos. Kafwaya, former Lunte MP was until his…
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Africa & World
Civil society demands probe into Kafwaya death By
BARNABAS ZULU CIVIL society organisations have called for an independent and transparent investigation into the death of former Lunte Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya, who was fatally shot during a reported security operation in Kabulonga on August 14, 2026. In a joint…
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Politics
Judiciary confirms no petition filed against Hichilema’s election
ZAMBIA’s Judiciary has confirmed that no petition challenging the presidential election result was filed within the constitutional deadline. In a letter dated Aug. 25 to the Secretary to the Cabinet, Chief Administrator Nalishebo Imataa said the Constitutional Court Registry had not received any petition by…
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Politics
Zambia’s Great Ministerial Resignation Tradition: From Principle to Political Survival
There is one thing Zambia’s political history has consistently demonstrated, it is that a ministerial seat is not necessarily a lifetime contract. From the First Republic to the present, ministers have occasionally discovered that there are things more important than Cabinet and sometimes, apparently,
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Politics
No petition filed, President Hichilema to be sworn-in – Kangwa
Secretary to the Cabinet, Patrick Kangwa has announced that President-elect Hakainde Hichilema will be sworn into office on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. In a statement issued to the media today, Mr Kangwa said the Judiciary had not received any petition at the expiration of the…
