Paramount Chief Chitimukulu says the proposed increment in the constituency development fund (CDF) from k1.6 million to k25.7 million per constituency in next year’s budget has potential to accelerate rural development. Chief Chitimukulu says increased CDF allocation is a commendable move which calls for viable ideas that will enhance socio-economic development at grass-root level. The Mwine-Lubemba said this when newly appointed Northern ...

Care for Nature Zambia Executive Director Nsama Musonda Kearns has observed that pandemics such as covid-19 and natural disasters such as floods and drought affects food security at household level which causes hunger that leads to women and girls being abused and sexually attacked during their long walks in search for food, water and wood for energy. Ms. Kearns noted ...

Advocates for National Democracy and development ANDD has expressed concern that the increase of the policy monetary rate by 50 basis points to 9.0% will impact negatively on the country’s economy. The bank of Zambia announced yesterday that the monetary policy committee (MPC) at its November meeting decided to raise the monetary policy rate (MPR) by 50 basis points to ...

The Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTAT) has announced the decrease in the annual inflation rate for the month of November, 2021 from 21.1% recorded in October 2021 to 19.3%. ZAMBSTAT Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa has said that the development has been driven by price reductions in both food and non-food items. Mr. Musepa says food inflation decreased to 25.4% from ...

Financial expert Brian Chanda says there is need for clarification with regards the recent circular by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) to the effect that vehicles transiting through Zambia by road will be required to be transported using a carrier specifically designed to carry such vehicles effective January 2022. Mr Chanda has advised the new dawn government to ensure that ...

Hope for Human Rights Executive Director Smart Chanda says his organization is concerned that nothing much has been done to protect people’s lives after revelations that traces of fecal matter were found in water samples from selected townships in Lusaka. Mr. Chanda says he expected the Ministry of Health to take the revelations as a matter of urgency and implement ...

Chief Madzimawe of the Ngoni Speaking people in Kasenengwa district, Eastern province has urged stakeholders to stop criticizing President Hichilema for undertaking foreign trips, but instead offer alternatives on what they think he should do to ensure the economy recovers. Speaking in an interview with Q-news, Chief Madzimawe says it imperative for President Hichilema to continue travelling outside the country ...

Opposition Patriotic Front (PF) Shiwang’andu Member of Parliament Stephen Kampyongo has said that the PF will do everything possible to defend its parliamentary seats that have been nullified by the courts of law. Mr. Kampyongo says as PF Whip in Parliament, he is very concerned with the development. Speaking shortly after the High Court sitting in Chinsali District of Muchinga ...

Minister of labour and Social Security, Brenda Tambatamba has called for unity among trade unions. Speaking when Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) paid a courtesy call on her, Ms Tambatamba advised Unions to identify the root cause of divisions among unions when it comes decision making. She notes that divisions in the labour movement have the ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested six (6) people for trafficking in over 4 Kilograms of heroin, 842 grams of cocaine and 900 Kilograms of cannabis. In Eastern Province, the Commission has arrested and jointly charged Sunday Njoku, a male aged 43 and Raphael Ganizani, a male aged 29 for trafficking in 3.99 Kilograms of heroin and 842 grams of ...