Daily Archives: February 10, 2022

Simuuwe nods lifting of immunity of former president

Governance and Political Activist Mark Simuuwe has noted that if all investigations that have been carried out so far point to the former head of state being involved, then it is wise for his immunity to be lifted to pave way for investigations. Mr. Simmuwe tells QTV news that it is a well-known fact that there was too much corruption ...

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Luapula province minister dispels allegations of ministers in illegal mining

Luapula Province Minister Derrick Chilundika has dispelled allegations that there are ministers and other government officials involved in the illegal mining of the sugilite stone in muombe area of sub-chief kundamfumu in chembe district. On Thursday, UPND Deputy National Chairperson for Administration Stephen Chikota with some party youths accused some government ministers whom he did not disclose their names that ...

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Kakoma resigns from opposition PF

Opposition Patriotic Front Member of the central committee (mcc), Charles Kakoma has relinquished his position and resigned from the former ruling party. Mr. Kakoma says his decision comes after what he terms as due reflection and consultations with his family and friends. He has since thanked the p-f and former President Edgar Lungu for the trust and confidence shown in ...

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Former President hails support from PF MPs

Former president Edgar Lungu has hailed the support from members of parliament from the former ruling patriotic front.  Speaking to journalists at his residence in Lusaka’s ibex hill, during a visit by members of the patriotic front, the former president says he is grateful for their gesture, during the turbulent times they are going through. He says although there has ...

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Saunders proposes the formulation of a law to recall non performing MPs

Political Analyst Dante Saunders is proposing the formulation of a law that will allow the electorate to recall non performing Members of Parliament. Mr. Saunders tells QTV News that if Parliament has the power to remove the President from office, through an impeachment process, it is high time the country introduced a law for recalling non performing Members of Parliament. He ...

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ECZ sets 28th February 2022 as deadline for 2022 exam registration

The Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ) has set 28th February 2022 as the deadline for registration of candidates for the 2022 examinations.  And a total of  221,570 candidates in all the five categories of grades 7, 9, 12 and the external exams for both grades 9 and 12 have so far registered for the 2022 examinations.  Addressing the fourth quarter ...

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4 people of chirundu nabbed by ZAMRA

Four people of Chirundu District in southern province have been arrested for operating pharmacies without certificates of registration contrary to the medicines and allied substances act no. 3 of 2013. The four have since been released on police bond and will appear in court soon.  This came to light during a joint operation directed towards curbing the sale of medicines ...

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citizens urged to take keen interest in CDF guidelines

Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda has called upon all citizens to take keen interest in familiarizing themselves with the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) guidelines following the launch by the minister of local government and rural development Gary Nkombo. Ms. Kasanda says the guidelines are the basis on which the k25.7 million cdf allocated to each constituency through the 2022 national ...

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Alleged torture of barberman for former president condemned

Hope for Human Rights Executive Director Smart Chanda has charged that it is pure disregard of the law by the Zambia police service to continue arresting and detaining people before concluding their investigations. Mr. Chanda says the police must realize that detaining someone for more than 48 hours is an illegality according to the law and the police are not ...

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Council workers win 12% pay rise

Government has awarded Local Authorities’ employees a 12 % salary increment across the board. This is after the Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union (ZULAWU) and Fire Services Union of Zambia (FIRESUZ) concluded negotiations for the 2022 improved wages and conditions of service for Local Authorities employees. And Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary-Technical Services, Wisdom Bwalya ...

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