About 24, 000 kwacha constituency development fund has been stolen from Kalumbila District Council. Confirming the incident, Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says police in north-western province have since apprehended two suspects in connection to the theft. Mr. Hamoonga says it is alleged that the suspects broke into the office of the accountant at Kalumbila Civic Centre between 13th June and ...

Government says it has completed procurement for the supply and delivery of essential medicines and medical supplies budgeted at over 217, million kwacha of which delivery is expected to commence this month. Acting Health Minister Ambrose Lufuma says an additional procurement for the supply and delivery of essential medicines budgeted at over 181, million kwacha is underway. Mr. Lufuma says ...

Opposition Leadership Movement Media Director Tatila Tatila says the maize price the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has announced is a mockery to small scale farmers. The Food Reserve Agency [FRA] has announced that it will buy white maize at the price of one hundred and 60 kwacha per fifty-kilogram bag an increase of ten kwacha from last year’s price. But Mr. Tatila ...

The Savenda Group of Companies has secured a $7.5 million from the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for the construction of the ZambiaFresh Lusaka Market from which over three million Zambian small-scale farmers are expected to benefit.  The loan is among 34 key transactions totaling $1.4 billion approved for various projects around the world focusing on development priorities such ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority has unearthed a scam used by importers to smuggle alcohol into the country by concealing it under coal.   ZRA Acting Corporate Communications Manager Oliver Nzala says this discovery comes after ZRA intercepted two trucks in kazungula carrying 1,202 cases of assorted alcoholic drinks, 11 loose bottles concealed under coal fines.   Mr. Nzala says the seized items ...

Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has called for increased investment from American companies in Zambia. And the minister has stressed the need for the country to have a conducive environment that will enable small and medium scale business men and women to set up locally as opposed to embarking on risky ventures in the diaspora in search for greener pastures. Dr ...

The Food Reserve Agency [FRA] has announced that it will buy white maize at the price of one hundred and 60 kwacha per fifty-kilogram bag an increase of ten kwacha from last year’s price. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka today, FRA Board Chairperson Kelvin Hambwezya says the agency undertook a process of crop price scenario analysis and consulted ...

Parliamentary Committee on Health, Community Development and Social Services Chairperson, Christopher Kalila says the revelations that at least 4,200 girls in sub-Saharan Africa are infected every week with HIV are a time bomb. Dr. Kalila who is also a former Deputy Health Minister in the Rupiah Banda led MMD administration says the numbers are alarming and has called for more ...

Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary technical services Wisdom Bwalya says there will be no easy access to the Constituency Development Fund without following procedure to access the fund. Mr. Bwalya has acknowledged that people and other stakeholders have complained of the delay in accessing the funds, but that this is inevitable considering the amount of money involved. He ...

Veteran Politician Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika has charged that there is nothing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will bring to Zambia which they did not bring in the past other than impoverishing the country. Mr. Lewanika has told QTV News in an interview that IMF conditions and their interest as well as objectives have never changed. He recalls that when UNIP ...