The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has commended the Zambia Police Service for their professional conduct during the campaigns so far. UPND Deputy Spokesperson Edwin Lifwekelo has told QFM News that the police have so far exhibited professionalism in performing their duties. Mr. Lifwekelo states that the opposition UPND is among the opposition political parties who have suffered ...

Gunmen have killed some 36 quarry workers near the north Kenyan town of Mandera, aid workers and officials say. The attackers separated Muslims from non-Muslims and shot the Christians dead, residents said. Earlier, one person was killed in a bar popular with non-Muslims in a neighbouring district. Islamist militants from the Somalia-based al-Shabab group killed 28 people in an attack ...

Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says the political party that will form the next government should take seriously the issue of addressing extreme poverty by taking people living in poverty as partners in the fight against poverty. CSPR Board Chairperson John Lijimu says his organization is concerned and dismayed that some sections of the political leadership do not appear ...

Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) has encouraged political parties in the country to demonstrate maturity by inculcating democracy within their ranks ahead of the 2015 presidential election. ZEC Secretary General Cleophas Lungu says this means following the rule of law and respecting their party regulations and constitutions. Father Lungu has told Qfm News that political parties should also be able to ...

Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi says Zambians cannot afford another period of suffering that they have endured under the Patriotic Front government in the last three years. Mr. Milupi says the people of Zambia have been crying in the last three years and that time for their rescue has come. Mr. Milupi says the country is ...

Three Patriotic Front aspiring presidential candidates at the ongoing General Conference in Kabwe have withdrawn from the race. The three Given Lubinda, Wilbur Simuusa and Chishimba Kambwili had earlier presented their manifestos after acting President Guy Scott opened the conference. In his letter of withdrawal to the acting President,Mr Kambwili says both elections held on 30th November 2015, and today’s ...

Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Robert Sichinga, has reaffirmed government’s determination to protect citizens from being job seekers to becoming job creators through entrepreneurship. Mr. Sichinga says government is aware of the dynamism of the current environment, but that it is determined to assist entrepreneurs with a business and policy environment that enables them to have access to affordable finances. ...

The Competition and Consumers Protection Commission (CCPC) says it has this year recorded about nine hundred and sixteen cases of consumer related complaints. Speaking during a recent Media Workshop in Siavonga, CCPC Executive Director Chilufya Sampa says from January to date the commission has recorded twenty merger cases. Mr. Sampa says all the cases cited are the ones that were ...

Lusaka High Court Judge Annie Sitali has dismissed with costs an application by two UNIP members Bupe Banda and Stephen Tambulukani in which they sought an injunction restraining the former ruling party from holding the national council meeting which was held from 27th to 29th October, 2014. Party Secretary General Kenneth Kaira was sued as the first defendant with party ...

Youths for Transparency and Integrity (YTI) says people will not take seriously the ruling Patriotic Front following the two factions that have emerged in the party. And the YTI has observed that chances of political parties embroiled in confusion winning the forthcoming presidential by-election are slowly diminishing. YTI Executive Muchima has told QFM News in an interview that the main ...