Senior Chief Kalilele of the Lamba speaking people of Solwezi District has bemoaned the increase in child marriages in his chiefdom. Chief Kalilele has since called on parents in his chiefdom to help curb the practice. He states that parents must promote girl child education if early marriages are to be clamped down. Chief Kalilele says the education of the ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs has attributed the delay in commencement of phase two of the mobile issuance of National Registration Cards (NRCs) to the delay in the disbursement of funds by the treasury. Ministry of Home Affairs Public Relations Officer Moses Suwali says as soon as the funds are released, the exercise will commence in the four provinces namely ...

Political Analyst Alex Ng’oma has observed that the ruling Patriotic Front may be trying to avoid the succession wrangles that almost split the party following the death of President Michael Sata by endorsing and adopting President Edgar Lungu as its presidential candidate for the 2016 general election. Dr Ng’oma notes that the move is aimed at uniting the party around ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) says it’s prejudicial for the ruling Patriotic Front to announce the adoption of its candidate for Kasama Central when former area MP Geoffrey Mwamba has challenged his expulsion from Parliament. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi has told QFM News that the PF is undermining the independence of the judiciary by its decision. Mr Chipenzi ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President Edith Nawakwi has bemoaned the poor state of the Great East Road in Eastern province. Ms Nawakwi who was in Chipata recently has told Qfm News the Great East Road in the area has now become a sorry sight. She has wondered why the road is still in a poor state when rehabilitations ...

Police in Mbala have arrested a 41 year old teacher of Chila Primary School for swindling 96 unsuspecting job seekers of K87,000. Police have since charged the suspected with obtaining money by false pretence. Police sources told ZANIS in Mbala that the named school teacher was nabbed on Saturday night at a Guest house with a list of names of ...

  Republican President Edgar Lungu says there is need to help women have access to financial services. President Lungu says government will always support creative ideas aimed at supporting the growth of the country’s economy. He says there is also need to ensure that women who he says are marginalized are helped achieve their goals by involving them in the ...

All People’s Congress (APC) President Nason Msoni has charged that it will take a miracle for the Patriotic Front to win the 2016 tripartite election. Mr Msoni says this is considering the prevailing economic situation in the country. He notes that the concept of governance has been misplaced by the Patriotic Front (PF) government after the death of President Michael ...

Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) says tariff reform is a key requirement not only for improving the financial standing of energy enterprises in Zambia, but also for attracting both investors and private sector involvement in energy development. PMRC Executive Director Bernadette Deka in a statement says government should establish a feed-in tariff policy, were it sets prices for different ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has dismissed assertions that its perceived lukewarm criticism of government is because it receives part of its funding from the government. YALI Governance advisor Isaac Mwanza says his organization is not aware of any civil society organization in the country that is receiving double funding from donors and government. In an interview with Qfm ...