Daily Archives: November 22, 2014

Zanaco on the brink of seventh heaven

Zanaco are 90 minutes away from their seventh Faz Super League title on Saturday when they visit Red Arrows at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka on the final day of the 2014 season. The bankers currently lead the Super League table on 57 points, one ahead of second placed Zesco United and three more than third placed Power Dynamos. Victory away ...

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CEG to deploy 100 ‘election monitors’ in 15 districts

Center for Elections and Governance (CEG) says it will deploy about 100 election monitors in selected 15 districts to monitor the forthcoming Presidential by-election. CEG Chairperson Misheck Mwewa has told journalists during a press briefing in Lusaka that his organization is setting up the Zambian Vote and Electoral Observers Team which will work with CEG’s partner NGOs and grassroots organizations ...

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UPND unearths a scam to disadvantage HH

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has charged that the party has unearthed a scam aimed at disadvantaging party President Hakainde Hichilema from contesting as president in the forthcoming presidential by-election slated for 20th January 2015. In a statement made available to QFM News today, UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma has alleged that some political opponents are spreading false ...

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MMD cadres clash again

There was chaos at the MMD secretariat in Kabulonga this afternoon after some cadres suspected to be sympathizers of former Republican President Rupiah Banda and MMD President Nevers Mumba’s cadres clashed. Yesterday, supporters of Dr. Mumba attempted to disrupt the press briefing which was held by party National Secretary Muhabi Lungu at the secretariat. A check by QFM News crew ...

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GBM defends his parentage

Kasama Central Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba has also come to his defense after some people have accused him and other PF presidential hopefuls of having foreign parents. Mr. Mwamba says both his parents were Zambians by then Northern Rhodesia by birth and descent. Mr. Mwamba, commonly known as GBM, says it has come to his attention that there are ...

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Wina says she is a peacemaker

Suspended Patriotic Front National Chairperson Inonge Wina says she did not realize that being a peace maker is a crime. Acting President Guy Scott today suspended sixteen members of the PF Central Committee for defying his orders not to hold the meeting today in Lusaka. But Ms. Wina has told QFM News in a telephone interview that though she has ...

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Kenya bus attack near Somali border leaves 28 dead

Suspected members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab have killed at least 28 people in an attack on a bus in northern Kenya, officials say. The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, near the Somali border. After taking it off the road, gunmen separated out those they thought were non-Muslim before killing ...

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Obama to press ahead on immigration, amid Republican anger

US President Barack Obama has said he will press for further immigration reform, after Republicans condemned his use of executive powers on the issue. Mr Obama said he had no choice but to act, accusing the Republicans of blocking a bill in Congress, and vowed to make permanent reform a reality. The current move means that more than four million ...

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UN adopts resolution to eliminate early marriages

The United Nations’ Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee yesterday adopted a resolution introduced by Zambia and Canada calling for the elimination of child, early and forced marriages. The resolution titled “Child, Early, and Forced Marriage” was adopted by consensus with a record 116 Member States as co-sponsors, an increase from 107 last year when the procedural resolution was introduced. The ...

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ZYAFAC blames Scott for PF indifference

Zambia Youths Association in the fight against corruption (ZYACA) says some actions taken by Acting President Guy Scott have now resulted in the tension the country is seeing in the ruling party. In a letter dated 19th November addressed to Dr. Scott obtained by QFM News, ZYACAF Executive Director Rickson Kanema says the sooner Dr. Scott corrects the situation in ...

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