The scheme was believed to be a great success and President Edgar Lungu requested the number of recipients be increased from 257 000 households the figure for 2017 to 700 000 this year...
The seven-member court all of whose judges were appointed by President Edgar Lungu ended hearings on a possible third term in May and is not expected to rule until next year at the earliest...
Some think that President Edgar Lungu is feeling anxious about his popularity but others speculate that the PF wants urgently to secure a two-thirds majority in parliament which would be necessary to enact changes to the constitution...
Possibly the most desperate attempt to improve public finances yet is believed to lie behind President Edgar Lungu's public plea to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during bilateral talks on 28 July in Zambia for assistance in refinancing the Eurobonds...
Since President Edgar Lungu came to power Zambia has signed off on at least US$8 billion in Chinese project finance...
The government nevertheless refers to its 'prudent and sound economic management' and describes measures emanating from President Edgar Lungu's desk as 'our blueprint as a government'...
The PF poured in massive resources but only shaded victory by 816 votes on a turnout of only 30% in what many saw as a test of President Edgar Lungu's popularity...
At the same time the government faces a media storm over corruption scandals involving President Edgar Lungu...
Statements in a state State House official spokesman Amos Chanda has been energetically denying Africa Confidential's article about the US$500 million sovereign guarantee signed by President Edgar Lungu with South Africa's STAG company on behalf of the state electricity company Zesco (AC Vol 59 No 10 A swirling fog of debt)...
Creditors investors and the opposition believe President Edgar Lungu's management of national finances is plunging the country into a debt crisis...
One such is President Edgar Lungu himself who has signed a $500 million guarantee for a loan to state electricity company Zesco from South African company STAG Africa Confidential has learned (AC Vol 59 No 7 Into the valley of debt)...
Amid growing concern that Zambia's debt has ballooned to unmanageable levels on his watch President Edgar Lungu keeps out of the international spotlight (AC Vol 59 No 7 Into the valley of debt)...
He has also written to President Edgar Lungu to request emergency funding which is likely to come from toll-gate revenues...
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They worry that President Edgar Lungu has no plans to halt the borrowing spree...
Patriotic Front insiders believe President Edgar Lungu is anxious to secure the support of the military as well as crack down on his critics in an increasingly oppressive atmosphere of surveillance and intimidation...
The Constitutional Court was ordered to resume hearings on whether or not President Edgar Lungu may serve a third term of office on 30 January...
'I did not apply for the position I am being considered for… The fact that I have been recognised by the Appointing Authority [President Edgar Lungu] is evidence of my competence and suitability ' Musaluke told the committee...
Whether or not President Edgar Lungu manages to convince the Constitutional Court that he is entitled to a further term in office when his current one ends in 2020 his determination to prolong his rule is clear...