Daily Archives: February 6, 2015

Women politicians praised for taking part in campaigns

Former Women for Change Executive Director Emily Sikazwe has praised women politicians for the role they played during campaigns in their various political parties. Ms. Sikazwe who is Women for Change Trustee notes that women worked so hard in the just ended election citing those in the Patriotic Front who contributed to the party’s victory in the just ended presidential ...

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PF in Lusaka starts preparing for 2016 elections

Patriotic Front Mandevu constituency Chairman Moses Makasa says they have started mobilizing structures ahead of next year’s tripartite election. Mr. Makasa has told QFM News that it is a known fact that the ruling party survived last month’s by-election after winning with a small margin. Mr. Makasa says it is for this reason that the party in the constituency will ...

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Opposition urged to provide reasonable criticism on Lungu

Opposition political parties have been called upon to provide reasonable and quality checks and balances on President Edgar Lungu considering that he will only be in office for about one year six months. Political Activist Maurice Malambo says it is important that the opposition do not politicize everything that President Lungu will be doing. Mr. Malambo has told Qfm News ...

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ZULAWU seeks President Lungu’s intervention in councils’ financial woes

The Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union (ZULAWU) has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to seriously consider finding a lasting solution to the financial problems facing local councils. ZULAWU President Misheck Nyambose says as President Lungu settles down in his new job, his union makes a passionate appeal that his government finds a permanent solution to the financial quagmire which ...

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Dozens of bodies uncovered in Mexico

At least 61 bodies have been found in an abandoned crematorium in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, officials say. Local media report that neighbours became suspicious of the smell late on Thursday and called the police. Police officials said the crematorium had been abandoned for a year and that none of the bodies had been burned. The crematorium is in ...

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Yemen rebels ‘dissolve parliament’

Yemen’s Shia Houthi rebel movement has announced it is taking over the government and dissolving parliament. In a televised statement, the group said a presidential council would act as the government for an interim period. The group took control of the capital Sanaa in September, forcing the resignation of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in January. The announcement comes after ...

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Bowman denies seeking favours from President Lungu

MMD National Youth Secretary and Die Hard National Youth Coordinator Bowman Lusambo has dismissed assertions that he is seeking favors from President Edgar Lungu following his recent praises of the Head of State. Mr. Lusambo has told Qfm News in an interview that Mr. Lungu deserves to be praised where he has done well and that so far so good ...

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Katema saddened by Zambia rankingnin early marriages

Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister Joseph Katema says it is disheartening that Zambia has continued to be ranked among top five African countries with high cases of early marriages. Dr. Katema says he will use this opportunity as Minister of Chiefs to work closely with traditional leaders in finding mechanisms that help in addressing such issues. Dr. Katema says chiefs ...

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KCM cheers Chikwanda

Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda says he is impressed with the remarkable works being done by Konkola Copper Mines in its mining operations. Mr.Chikwanda says though government has been gloomy about the life span of Nchanga mine in the last few years, KCM has managed to extend the life span of the mine from ten to fifty years. He says government ...

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