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Political Scientist Dr. Alex Ng’oma says political party leaders will be held accountable by the Zambian people for any bloodshed in 2016. Dr. Ngóma has warned if the current political violence in the country is allowed to continue, the country is likely to experience bloodshed in 2016. He has since called on political party leaders not to ignore calls for ...

State House Deputy Minister Mulenga Sata says there is nothing sinister about the delay in settling former First Lady Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata in her new House. In an interview with QFM News, Mr. Sata has since dismissed as untrue that government has been inconveniencing the former first lady. Mr. Sata who is also the eldest son of the late ...

AGRICULTURE Minister Given Lubinda says the country has a milk deficit of about 85 million litres of milk. Mr. Lubinda has told Parliament in a ministerial statement this morning that the country produces approximately 215 million litres of milk out of the required 300 million litres per year. He however, says that only 65 million litres of milk are processed ...

The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) has projected that Zambia’s economy will in the short term be negatively affected by the hiked ZESCO electricity tariffs. EAZ President Crispin Mphuka has told QFM News that this will manifest in the high cost of production. Dr. Mphuka notes that this high cost of production will also mean higher prices for consumer goods. ...

Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda says the treasury has released the remaining K247.5 million to settle the remaining farmers who had sold their maize to the Food Reserve Agency. Mr Lubinda has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that this is in addition to the K646.8 million released earlier, bringing the total paid out to farmers who sold their maize to ...

The Ministry of Defence has moved to dismiss reports suggesting that there is an ongoing secret recruitment in the defence service. Speaking during a media briefing this morning, Defence deputy Minister Christopher Mulenga says to the contrary, the defence forces have not yet concluded the process of short listing successful candidates. He explains that following the advert of the recruitment ...

Government has been challenged to state clearly how it intends to diversify the economy from being copper dependent to agriculture with the meagre allocation to the sector in the 2016 National Budget. Some of opposition political parties have told QFM News it is not possible to go the agriculture way when government has only allocated 7 percent of the 2016 ...

President Edgar Lungu has retained former PF and republican Vice President Guy Scott to the 56 member new look PF Central Committee. President Lungu has however retained Dr. Scott who was stripped of the PF vice Presidency at the height of the party succession dispute early this year as an ordinary Central Committee member. President Lungu has also retained Inonge ...

Rainbow Party leader Wynter Kabimba says not even sending PF cadres to attack him will stop the tide of change against the PF. He says it is clear that the tide of change is on against the ruling Patriotic Front. Mr Kabimba has told QFM News in an interview that it is also clear that the ruling party has lost ...

Political Activist Dante Saunders says the spending cuts announced by President Edgar Lungu should be accompanied by a reduction in the size Cabinet. Mr. Saunders believes that the current Cabinet is too bloated for a struggling economy like that of Zambia. He says President Lungu will do well to reduce his cabinet as he continues to look for other alternatives ...