Daily Archives: December 18, 2015

Lungu demands Police professionalism

President Edgar Lungu has demanded for professionalism and integrity from the Police command in the discharge of duties. He says his administration wants to restore professionalism in the Zambia Police Service to enable it serve the interests of Zambians fairly. President Lungu has since cautioned Police officers against being lured and compromised by certain opposition political party leaders on the ...

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UTH records 1, 182 defilement cases from January to October 2015

The University Teaching Hospital has recorded a total of 1,182 cases of defilement and sexual abuse from January to October this year. UTH Public Relations Officer Mwenya Mulenga has told Qfm News that regrettably the number of defilement and sexual abuse cases are still on increase. Mr. Mulenga adds that UTH has also been conducting Cervical Cancer Screening on the ...

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Sondashi ‘okays’ new constitution

Forum for Democratic Alternatives (FDA) President Ludwig Sondashi says the constitution bill passed by Parliament is fifty percent okay. Dr. Sondashi who is also a constitutional lawyer explains that it is fifty percent in the sense that it is a piecemeal constitution and not a completely new constitution. He notes that the passage of the constitution bill is a step ...

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Kalengo dominates 2015 FAZ/MTN Football awards

Zesco United forward Winston Kalengo has won the 2015 MTN FAZ Super League Player of the Year award. Kalengo, 29, beat teammate Clatous Chama and Zanaco’s Moses Phiri to the coveted award presented to him by Minister of Youth and Sport Vincent Mwale at the MTN awards ceremony hosted at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka. Kalengo was also given ...

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Govt warns staff against charging expectant mothers

Government has warned public health workers in the country against charging expectant mothers for them to use health facilities to deliver. Health Deputy Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya says there is no such policy in the healthy sector that requires expectant mother to pay a fee for them to use public health institutions to deliver. Dr. Chilufya says anyone found wanting ...

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ECZ ready to conduct elections under new constitution

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says it is ready to conduct the 2016 general elections under the new republican constitution which will provide for a presidential election re-run in the event no candidate gets 50% plus one vote in the first round of voting. ECZ Spokesperson Crispin Akufuna has told Qfm News by telephone that the Commission has actually ...

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