The Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) has cautioned the PF government that debt must be kept within sustainable limits. And ZEC has called for Government’s attention to Statutory Instrument No. 103 of 2013, which revoked the exemptions on duty for imported vehicles and other essential items extended to Public Benefit Organizations. Speaking when the Catholic Bishops met President Edgar Lungu today, ...
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ZCID guides politicians on violence
The Zambia Center for Inter Party Dialogue (ZCID) is pleased with President Lungu’s stance on violence but has encouraged him to go beyond condemnation and start taking action against perpetrators. ZCID Executive Director Horrance Chilando has told QFM News via telephone that the President should be commended for always condemning violence but that he should be seen to take action ...
Read More »RB expected in Zanzibar for Global Peace Leadership Conference
Fourth Republican President Rupiah Banda is tomorrow expected to leave for Zanzibar to attend the East African Global Peace Leadership Conference. Mr. Banda will join other former African Presidents and heads of government including Amani Abeid Karume, former President of Zanzibar, and Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Others expected to attend the four-day conference beginning ...
Read More »Mkwananzi cries for private media journalists
Assegai Foundation for Civil Advocacy Executive Director Senzo Mkwananzi says it is total folly for PF to think they can silence truth by intimidating journalists in the country. Mr. Mkwananzi says there is a raging war between private media houses and the Government in Zambia due to corrupt practices that are being exposed by independent media houses. Mr. Mkwananzi states ...
Read More »Behavior of political cadres irks Islamic Supreme Council
The Islamic Supreme Council of Zambia has expressed concern over the behavior by some political cadres in the country. Council president Suzyo Zimba says it is sad that cadres think they are special than the people of Zambia but that the cadres should know and understand that the world does not revolve around them or belong to them. He emphasizes ...
Read More »Presidential pardon under PF a tool of corruption – HH
The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has charged that presidential pardon has now become a tool of corruption. And Mr. Hichilema had disclosed that UPND members are now receiving death threats from the PF and are forced to join their party. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka this morning, Mr. Hichilema notes that it ...
Read More »Piyo questions people sitting on CDC in Matero
Kapwepwe Ward 25 PF Councillor Maurice Piyo has questioned the authenticity of some PF members to sit on the Constituency Development Committee (CDC) in Matero Constituency. Mr. Piyo has however asked Matero PF Member of Parliament Mile Sampa to clarify this matter where some PF members are sitting on the CDC saying it is against the CDF guideline. In responding ...
Read More »President Lungu committed to address challenges of inmates – Chanda
Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has reaffirmed President Lungu’s commitment to address the challenges prisoners are facing in the country. And Mr. Chanda says President Edgar Lungu is trying his level best in decongesting the prisons. Mr. Chanda says the report that the prisons are overcrowded by 200 percent has worried the Head ...
Read More »You won’t believe what Kim Kardashian just admitted about her pregnancy
KIM Kardashian has just admitted something amazing. Kanye West‘s wife took to Twitter to tell fans that she was actually over the moon about the rumours that she was faking her current pregnancy. But why did she love them so much? “I secretly loved the rumors I was faking my pregnancy bc I was so skinny! LOL Well can’t hide ...
Read More »UK will help destroy Islamic State, David Cameron tells US
Britain is committed to working with the US to destroy the “caliphate” set up by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the prime minister has said. David Cameron told US TV network NBC he wanted the UK to do more but said he needed to “take parliament with him”. MPs voted against proposed military action in Syria two years ...
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