US budget hawks have labelled a plan to hike defence and domestic spending by hundreds of billions of dollars as a debt-ballooning “monstrosity”. In a rare show of bipartisanship, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic counterpart Chuck Schumer agreed the two-year pact. The bill is expected to clear the Senate comfortably, but face opposition in the House of Representatives. ...

Livestock and Fisheries Minister Michael Katambo says a task force from Saudi Arabia is expected in the country to inspect quarantine facilities in the provinces before commencing the importation of goats from Zambia. Mr. Katambo is hopeful that negotiations will be concluded so that the export of goats to Saudi Arabia and the Middle East can commence. He adds that ...

Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo has disclosed that government will construct a 300 megawatts thermo power plant in Chipata District at a cost of US$900 million under phase one. Mr. Kasolo says phase two of the project will also see the putting up of another power plant with a capacity to generate an additional 300 megawatts. Mr. Kasolo has ...

The National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) says it is financing over 400 routine maintenance contracts across the country using the money collected from toll FEES. And the agency is hopeful that it will collect over K845 million from toll fees this year alone. NRFA Spokesperson Alphonsius Hamachila tells Q News via telephone that the K667 million collected in toll fees ...

Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya has described the e-voucher system of distributing farming inputs as a success. Ms Siliya says only 100,000 farmers across the country are yet to have their e-voucher cards loaded with money. She says of the targeted one million farmers, about 719, 000 responded by paying the contribution of K400 and were able to access the farming ...

Aqua Savanna Mineral water has tested negative to Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes Cholera,contrary to rumors that the water was contaminated with fecal matter. This was after the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) tested the mineral water following the rumor of the water being contaminated. Briefing journalists in Lusaka, Fairy Bottling Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Muhamad Sahili says after ...

Luanshya Mayor Nathan Chanda has warned contractors engaged to undertake the multi-million Kwacha water and sewerage installations project to in the district to make sure the works are completed on time. Mr. Chanda says the contractors risk being surcharged or having their contracts terminated if they do not complete the works on time. He has told Q-news that though he is ...

Senior Chief Madzimawe of the Ngoni speaking people in Eastern province has appealed to the ministry of general education to help address the challenge of inadequate teachers in primary schools in his chiefdom. The traditional leader has to Q-news that the chiefdom has about 13 primary schools most of which only have two teachers. Chief Madzimawe has wondered how two ...

A scheduled meeting between Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Kampamba Mulenga and aggrieved ZNBC workers failed to take-off today after the minister insisted that the private media should not cover the deliberations. The workers had sought an audience with the minister to engage her on several challenges they have been facing over the years which include poor conditions of service ...

One of the separated Siamese twins who has been connected to oxygen is said to be responding well and showing steady improvement. Giving an update on the condition of the twins who are still admitted to the University Teaching Hospitals intensive care unit, UTH Public Relations Officer Natalie Mashikolo said Bupe who is still being assisted with her breathing is ...