Justice Minister Given Lubinda says the Constitution Amendment Bill No. 10 of 2019 will be withdrawn if it turns out that the majority of the submissions to the Parliamentary select committee are against its enactment. The Minister says President Edgar Lungu will not hesitate to respect the wishes of the people on the proposed Bill. Speaking when he closed the ...

CESCO Executive Director Conwell Hakapya Citizens Environmental and Social Concern [CESCo] Executive Director, Conwell Hakapya has commended the Government for increasing carbon tax by 20% in the 2020 National Budget for all vehicles entering Zambia. And Mr. Hakapya has urged government to make sure that the money realized from this tax is prudently used to mitigate climate change and not ...

Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection [JCTR] has questioned where government will get the 2.3 billion kwacha allocated in the 2020 national budget for dismantling domestic arrears. JCTR Policy Analyst Innocent Ndashe has told QTV news that this will be a challenge for government especially that it is targeting to increase domestic revenue mobilization. Mr Ndashe notes that the Finance Minister ...

Government has refuted reports suggesting that five people have so far died of starvation in Shang’ombo District owing to severe hunger in the area. Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) National Coordinator Chanda Kabwe says his office is not aware of any deaths arising from starvation anywhere in the Country. Mr. Kabwe says the DMMU has however taken interest in ...

Finance minister Bwalya Ng’andu says government is in the process of securing an equity partner to operate nitrogen chemicals of Zambia in Kafue district. Dr Ng’andu has told parliament that this is being done through the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). He says several interested parties are conducting due diligence of the fertilizer manufacturing plant. The finance minister was responding to ...

Barclays Bank Zambia has invested over k71 million in technology systems as its transition process to ABSA reaches an advanced stage. And the bank will next week on Monday launch the first ABSA branch in Lusaka. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka, Barclays bank Zambia managing director Mizinga Melu says the bank will this month launch three ABSA branches ...

Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will facilitate the export of 600,000 metric tons of maize and mealie meal to that country. Other products the DRC has requested include wheat flour,rice,cassava,sugar,beans,tilapia,chickens irish potatoes,cokking oil cement,lime and iron sheets. Speaking during the signing of the MOU,Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo says the programme will ...

Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) president Sean Tembo has hailed as progressive government’s decision to allocate K2.3 billion towards dismantling domestic arrears in the 2020 national budget. Mr Tembo says his party is however, of the view that given that government owes about K18 billion in domestic arrears, the allocation should have been at least K7 billion. He however, states ...

UPND senior presidential advisor Douglas Syakalima says Zambians are overburdening the PF government by expecting too much from them in tackling the challenges the Country is facing. Mr Syakalima says people should recognize that the PF government might in fact not have the capacity to deal with the challenges the country is going through. He says by blaming Climate Change ...

First Lady Esther Lungu has called for concerted efforts from all stakeholders in ensuring that new HIV cases among youths and adolescents are significantly reduced. Speaking during the launch of the Free to Shine Campaign in Lusaka, Mrs Lungu has urged young people in the country to uphold moral values and standards for the country to record a significant reduction ...