The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation-ZNBC says the second TV channel will become operational by the end of the year.

Acting Director General, Juliana Mwila, says the corporation has made tremendous progress in acquiring equipment for the new channel.

A few months ago, ZNBC had announced that the new channel will be operational this July.

Mrs said in Livingstone that the equipment includes cameras.

Mrs. Mwila said the focus of the new TV station will mainly be Business and Entertainment Programmes.

She also said ZNBC is determined to improve its Radio and Television reception throughout the country.

The list of corrupt African leaders in modern history is a long one.

Idi Amin of Uganda, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Frederick Chiluba of Zambia, Sani Abacha of Nigeria — to name just a few — pilfered their countries and/or brutalized their people to a flabbergasting degree.

Why so many? It’s a question that’s rarely asked. While the reticence might be attributed to fear of being labeled a racist, in fact it’s the silence itself that reeks of racism. After all, doesn’t the sustained quiet speak of lowered expectations of these rulers? Michela Wrong’s new book, It’s Our Turn To Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower, confronts the question of African corruption head on and finds there’s plenty of blame to go around.

In early 2003, Wrong’s friend John Githongo was tapped by incoming President Mwai Kibaki to be Kenya’s new anti-corruption chief. Kibaki had been swept into office on a platform of fighting graft, and his appointment of Githongo, a former journalist and Transparency International worker, was supposed to indicate that he meant business. Reeling from the scandals of the Daniel arap Moi regime, Kenyans had finally had enough of the rampant corruption that permeated virtually every aspect of their lives — a 2001 survey found that the average city-dwelling Kenyan shelled out 16 bribes per month.

Githongo excelled at his job; corruption decreased during his years as czar. Two years after his appointment, however, Githon... Read more »

On 15^th August 2003, a motion to impeach President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa SC was moved in the National Assembly by UPND Chief Whip, Crispin Sibeta.

Sibeta laid impeachment charges that accused Mwanawasa of corruption, nepotism and breaches of the Constitution.

Rooted in the twelve allegations and twenty five counts, was one corrupt allegation that President Mwanawasa received kickbacks from an oil firm and importer of crude oil, Trans Saharan Trading (TST).

MMD Vice- President and Kapompo West Member of Parliament Enoch Kavindele laid 32 documents on the table in Parliament supporting an Opposition impeachment motion against his former boss and MMD President, Levy Patrick Mwanawasa. Many thought Kavindele was suffering from a poor taste of sour grapes. He was fired three months before this motion as Republican Vice-President by Mwanawasa.

Mwanawasa accused Kavindele of practising corruption.

Among the documents Kavindele laid on the table were two books written by Simon Zukas and Andrew Sardanis entitled ‘’Into Exile and Back’’ and ‘’Africa- Another Side of the Coin’’.

Kavindele stated that the 32 documents he had laid on the table of Parliament were to show that Mwanawasa was inherently corrupt and that some of his nefarious activities could be traced to his time when he was practising as a lawyer, his tenure as Republican Vice-President under President Frederick Chiluba and his presidency si... Read more »