Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

LUSAKA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Wednesday.

-- Zambia's central bank is reviewing laws guiding the operations of the Credit Reference Bureau to provide a timeframe for loan defaulters to remain in the database as this should not be a form of perpetual punishment.

Bank of Zambia Governor Denny Kalyalya said some people were still appearing as defaulters in the database of the Credit Reference Bureau when some were no longer owing commercial banks. (Times of Zambia)

-- Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda has denied media reports that he was backing a newly formed opposition political party, the Socialist Party.

Kaunda, through his administrative assistant Rodrick Ngolo, said such reports were false and misleading as the former leader was above partisan politics. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- Zambian ministers who continued to earn a salary after parliament was dissolved in 2016 have asked the Constitutional Court to reverse parts of a judgment that ordered them to pay back the money.

The ministers, in an affidavit in support of notice of motion to set aside or reverse parts of the judgment, argued that the country benefited from the services they rendered during the period that they remained in office after parliament was dissolved. (Daily Nation)

-- Zambia's leading opposition party says it was not giving up on its motion to impeach President Edgar Lungu even after parliament decided to delay tabling the matter.

United National Development Party Spokesperson Charles Kakoma said the party would continue to apply pressure for the motion to be heard when parliament resumes sitting in June. (The Mast) Enditem