PARLIAMENT yesterday heard that the media can be a dangerous tool if placed in the hands of non-professionals, especially during election time when political tension is high.

THE issue of poor drainage systems in most towns in the country has become a perennial problem encountered every rainy season.

THE total expenditure of the Task Force on Corruption was higher than the recoveries made during the period of its operations, Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani has said.

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has challenged countries in the Great Lakes Region to tackle corruption, poverty, human rights violations and diseases that have dogged the African continent.

FORMER UNIP secretary general Grey Zulu is upset with a media reports that the Government regards him as a criminal when he has all along been receiving help from the State.

A CROSS-section of Zambians has condemned the smear campaign launched by some former Government leaders and members of the civil society against President Rupiah Banda's family and the Government.

CHIEF Mnkhanya of the Kunda speaking people of Mambwe District in the Eastern Province has said the man claiming to be Chief Tindi is his subject as that chiefdom was abolished in 1948.

ZAMBIA National Aids Network (ZNAN) executive director Elizabeth Mataka has called for the abolition of Parent Teachers Association (PTA) fees in schools to make education truly free for all.

POLICE in Lusaka have picked up four Zambians in connection with the killing an Asian woman and wounding of her husband a week ago.

ACTING Local Government and Housing Minister, Bradford Machila has directed the Lusaka City Council (LCC) to rehabilitate the dilapidated roads and drainages around the city before the onset of rains.

THE National Union of Communication Workers (NUCW) and Zamtel management have agreed on a conditional separation package to be paid to all workers before the firm is partially privatised, NUCW general secretary, Clement Kasonde has said.

THE Government has challenged civil society organisations and others disputing that K19 billion was used during the illness and funeral of late president Levy Mwanawasa to report the matter to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

THE agreement signed between Zambia and her bilateral and multilateral partners to the tune of US$14.56 million (K70 billion) to strengthen the electoral process could not have come at a better time than now.

THE Church has castigated former vice-president Enoch Kavindele for his unjustified personal attacks on President Rupiah Banda and his family.

CHIEF Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha has accused former Defence minister, George Mpombo and other former Government leaders of having launched a smear campaign against President Rupiah Banda and the ruling party through unsubstantiated statements.

MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday evening condemned the increasing violence among political party cadres and asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to protect the citizenry, regardless of their political affiliation.

THE Government has finally bought off the 50 per cent Indeni Petroleum Refinery shares formerly owned by Total International at US$5.5 million, bringing Zambia's ownership of the plant to 100 per cent.

POLITICAL leaders from various political parties should guide their members to co-exist and at all costs refrain from physical confrontation during campaigns in any election.

THE Supreme Court will conduct a special hearing in the matter where former Communications and Transport minister, William Harrington is challenging the High Court decision to clear Minister Dora Siliya of having breached the Constitution in the Zamtel matter, a

MANAGEMENT at the University of Zambia (UNZA) has resolved to allow the students who where deregistered from sitting for their first semester examinations due to failure to pay their tuition fees to write.