Daily Archives: November 13, 2014

Kanyama pleads for customary land for Chiawa, Chirundu

Losing Siavonga Constituency Patriotic Front (PF) Parliamentary candidate during 2011 elections, Lovemore Kanyama has appealed to the Ministry of Lands to help secure customary land for the local people in Chiawa and Chirundu. Mr. Kanyama has told Qfm news a in a telephone interview that despite the complaints by the residents in Chiawa, government through the ministry of Lands has ...

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We wait on Alliance – Mulongoti

People’s party President Mike Mulongoti says his party will wait for the political alliance to which it is part to make a decision on how they will go about the Presidential by-election. Mr Mulongoti has told Qfm News that the alliance will meet to decide on whether they will field one candidate or not. He notes that it is after ...

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ZP fight running battles with PF cadres

The Zambia Police Service this afternoon fought running battles with some Patriotic Front (PF) cadres outside Cabinet offices. The Cadres, believed to be supporters of Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa went to Cabinet office to demand that Acting President Guy Scott calls for a general conference to adopt the PF presidential candidate ahead of the forthcoming presidential by-election. The ...

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PF Central Committee adopts Lungu

Patriotic Front Director Media and Publicity Brian Hapunda says the PF Central Committee which sat today at Government Complex, has adopted PF Secretary General, Edgar Lungu as Party President and Presidential Candidate. Mr Hapunda in a statement issued to QFM News says the meeting also received a petition of support from 63 PF Members of Parliament that demanded that the ...

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Scott unmoved by endorsements,insists on general conference

Acting President Guy Scott has maintained that there are no two ways of adopting the Patriotic Front presidential candidate other than through the general conference. And Dr. Scott says he has instructed the party to book Mulungushi Rock of Authority in Kabwe for purposes of holding the general conference at the end of next week. Addressing journalists at his office ...

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Sichinga assures investors

Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, Robert Sichinga says he is optimistic that Zambia will continue being a stable country with predicable fiscal policies whether governments change or not over time. Mr. Sichinga says any investor coming to Zambia should also be assured that their investment will be protected by the country’s constitution against any nationalization. Speaking this morning at the ...

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Chipimo,Sondashi join presidential race

Forum for Democratic Alternatives (FDA) President Ludwig Sondashi has declared his candidature for next year’s presidential by-election. Dr. Sondashi has told a media briefing in Lusaka today that his party believes that it has the leadership with necessary experience to effect change at the level that will be selfless and spur productivity and economic prosperity in the country so as ...

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63 PF MPs endorse Lungu’s candidature

Sixty three (63) Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Patriotic Front Members of Parliament have endorsed the candidature of PF Secretary General Edgar Lungu as the party’s presidential candidate. And Police have clashed with PF cadres at Cabinet Office where Acting President Guy Scott is scheduled to hold a press briefing on the resolution of the consultative meeting. The resolution to endorse ...

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Obama warns of Myanmar reform ‘backsliding’

US President Barack Obama is to hold talks with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, hours after accusing his government of backsliding on reforms. Mr Obama is in Naypyitaw for the East Asia summit, which follows Wednesday’s Asean meeting. In an interview with a Thai-based Burmese website ahead of his arrival, he said that progress had been made. But he said reform ...

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Ukraine crisis: Russian troops crossed border, Nato says

Nato has seen Russian military equipment and Russian combat troops entering Ukraine this week, its top commander Gen Philip Breedlove says. Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg later urged Russia to pull back its forces. Russia’s defence ministry denied sending troops to eastern Ukraine to help pro-Russian separatists there. The European OSCE monitoring mission has warned of “a real risk” of further ...

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