Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has described as saddening revelations that K34 million donor funds have been misappropriated at Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU). TIZ Executive Director Goodwell Lungu has since commended the Swedish and Finnish embassies who are the donors for exposing the misappropriation of funds at ZNFU. He says his organization expects drastic measures to be taken against all ...

Former Rainbow party deputy General Secretary and presidential running mate in last month’s elections Dr. Cosmas Musumali has described the outcome of the presidential petition as a betrayal of the Zambian people. Dr. Musumali says it embarrassing to see how the Constitutional Court judges handled the petition filed by the United Party for National Development. He says the outcome of ...

Green party President Peter Sinkamba has lodged a written complaint with the Judicial Complaints Commission for the removal of the Constitutional Court Judges on grounds of incompetence and gross misconduct pursuant to Articles 143 and 144 of the Constitution. In his letter dated 6th September,2016 addressed to the Secretary of the Judicial Complaints Commission, Mr Sinkamba says the behavior of ...

Murray, seeded second, led by two sets to one but eventually lost 1-6 6-4 4-6 6-1 7-5 in three hours 57 minutes. The Wimbledon champion lost his rhythm after rain brought the roof across, then his cool when the stadium sound system interrupted a break point. “It was too exciting on the court, but I tried to stay calm,” said ...

Madonna and ex-husband Guy Ritchie have settled a court dispute over the custody of their 16-year-old son Rocco. A spokesman for the New York State court system said the pair had reached an agreement, but did not reveal with which parent the teenager would live. Ritchie’s lawyer Peter Bronstein said Rocco would continue to live with his father in London. ...

Some Lusaka residents have called on political parties and the Electoral Commission of Zambia to start removing the campaign posters which they say are making the city look dirty. The residents talked feel now that the election period is over, there is need for political parties and the ECZ to engage their cadres and start removing the posters around the ...

Donald Trump has showered Vladimir Putin with praise as he and rival Hillary Clinton took pointed questions from military veterans. The Republican presidential nominee told the forum the Russian president “has been a leader far more than our president [Obama] has been”. It came on the same day the chief of the Pentagon accused Russia of sowing the seeds of ...

The Felix Mutati led MMD faction has backed calls for Constitutional Court judges to step down on moral ground. Faction National Secretary Raphael Nakachinda says the Judges raped the supreme law of the land which they swore to protect and defend. He says Judges failed to defend their own ruling on the interpretation of the 14 days stipulated in the ...

State House has reaffirmed President Edgar Lungu’s commitment to uniting the country following his reelection. The President’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says President Lungu’s commitment to uniting the Zambian people has not changed in anyway. In an interview with Qfm News, Mr. Chanda has referred to President Lungu’s promise to make his first visit to ...

People’s party President Mike Mulongoti has backed the decision by the United Party for National Development (UPND) to seek the High Court’s determination whether the Constitutional Court did violate their right to have a fair hearing within a reasonable time when it dismissed the presidential election petition. Mr. Mulongoti who is also a constitutional lawyer notes that a lot of ...