Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) has been made aware of a story that ran on some social media platforms yesterday (6th July 2021) purporting that Mr. Rueben Lifuka, Transparency International Vice Chairperson and TI-Z’s immediate past Chapter President, endorsed the candidature of President Edgar Lungu and commended his fight against corruption.While we have noted that Mr....Continue Reading

Following the passing on of Zambia’s first President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda last week, andthe subsequent declaration of 21 days of national mourning, Transparency InternationalZambia (TI-Z) has decided to suspend its Elections Project weekly updates for theduration of the national mourning.We do not anticipate any heightened political activity during the period of nationalmourning as we expect...Continue Reading

Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) has been monitoring the electoral process leading up to the 2021 General Elections. As part of our long-term monitoring of the electoral process, we monitored the nomination process across the country and have been monitoring the campaign period. This is aimed at generating credible and reliable information to inform our overall...Continue Reading

The monitoring of Campaign Expenditure is part of TI-Z’s long-term monitoring of the electoral process. This aspect of the monitoring is meant to give Zambians a rough estimate of how much political parties are spending on trying to convince the electorate to vote for them, and will ultimately inform our ongoing advocacy on the pertinent...Continue Reading