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President Edgar Lungu says the Patriotic Front has delivered the various projects it promised the Zambian people in 2011. Speaking when in Lusaka today when he commissioned the ZAF Hospital Out-Patient Department and Lusaka Base new Hangar, President Lungu says the Zambian people have taken stock of the PF’s achievements. He says the ruling party is humbled to see that ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has disclosed that the updated Register of Voters has a total of 6, 698, 372 registered voters. Three million,three hundred and seventy two thousand nine hundred and thirty five (3, 372, 935) are female voters, while three million, three hundred and twenty five ,four hundred and thirty seven are (3, 325, 437) male voters. ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema says he is determined to secure a first round victory in the August 11th elections. Mr. Hichilema says a first round decisive victory will show the Patriotic Front how much the people want them out of power and how they are not happy with what is happening in the country including ...

Ballot papers for the August 11th elections have arrived in the country. The Etihad cargo plane carrying the first consignment of over 150 pallets of ballot papers touched down at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport at 14:15 hours this afternoon amidst tight security. Various stakeholders including political party representatives witnessed the arrival of the ballot papers which have since been secured ...

The Felix Mutati led MMD faction says yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling has been twisted to create an impression that Dr. Nevers Mumba has been reinstated as MMD President. Briefing Journalists in Lusaka this morning, faction National Secretary Raphael Nakachinda says the Supreme Court merely referred the matter back to the High Court for retrial and did not reinstate Dr. Mumba. ...

The Civil Society for Poverty reduction (CSPR) has praised presidential candidates for expressing the desire to develop rural areas in the country. The organization is however, hoping that the pronouncements by the candidates to develop rural areas will not only at political rallies, but will be followed up with action. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano says poverty levels in rural ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has denied involvement in the alleged scheme to create an impression that foreign nationals were registered as voters ahead of next month’s elections. Police investigations have established that the people whose names were published in the Post Newspapers recently as foreign voters are in fact Zambian Nationals of Chief Chanje’s area in ...

Ballot papers for the August 11th elections are expected to arrive in the country tomorrow, Thursday,28th July,2016. Electoral Commission of Zambia Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna says the ballot papers will arrive on two different cargo planes with the first one arriving at 14:15 hours and the second one arriving at 18:25 hours. Mr Akufuna says verification of the ballot ...

The Independent Churches of Zambia says there is need for political party leaders to embrace unity in an effort to end political violence in the country. Independent churches of Zambia board chairman, Bishop David Masupa notes that political party leaders are the right people to end the violence because they have the power to call on their followers not to ...

Police investigations have established that the alleged foreign nationals in the voters register whose names were published in some sections of the media are all Zambian Nationals. In May this year, Former Mazabuka Central UPND Member of Parliament and her Chongwe counterpart Sylvia Masebo reported at Woodlands Police station that over 500, 000 foreign nationals were in the voters register ...