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The Non Governmental Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has urged Members of Parliament to reject the Constitution amendment Bill which comes up for debate in Parliament tomorrow. NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale in a statement issued to QFM News says her organisation joins the Grand Coalition in opposing the treacherous and risky route taken by the Patriotic Front (PF) to use ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has urged Members of Parliament to have the interest of the Zambian people as they begin to debate on the Constitution Bill this week. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi says what the people of Zambia want is a people driven constitution and not piece meal amendment of the constitution. Mr. Chipenzi says Zambians must ...

PF Secretary General Davies Chama says the ruling party does not have the numbers in Parliament to single handedly secure the passage of the Constitution Bill into law. Mr. Chama says contrary to ssuggestions by the Grand Coalition on the Campaign for the People Driven Constitution that it practically has 109 members in Parliament, the ruling PF only has 87 ...

President Edgar Lungu has advised against politicizing yesterday’s heavy rainstorm in Lusaka which one person died and a number of houses collapsed. President Lungu says tragedies resulting from extreme weather are inevitable occurrences. He however, belives that yesterday’s heavy downpour is a wake-up call on the need to regularly start checking the quality of buildings in the Country. President Lungu ...

ActionAid Country Director Pamela Chisanga says the decision by government to conduct a forensic audit on mining companies to ascertain the impact of low copper prices and power deficit on their operations is ill-timed. Ms Chisanga has told QFM News via telephone that her organization had some time back advised government to conduct a forensic audit on mining firms to ...

The opposition Peoples’ Party (PP) has charged that a government that spends more on repaying loans than it spends on growing food is incompetent. And PP President Leader Mike Mulongoti has observed that government’s borrowing spree is starving the economy of the much needed investments in productive sectors of the economy. He fears that PF government’ appetite for borrowing is ...

The opposition UPND has disassociated itself from cadres that are reported to have attacked Republican Vice President Inonge Wina’s House in Nalolo, Mongu, Western Province. UPND Vice President Canisius Banda says his party suspects that whoever is said to have attacked Ms. Wina’s home may have been PF cadres disguised in UPND regalia. Dr. Banda notes that this is because ...

The ruling PF has been cautioned to be wary that it will be solely to blame if amendments to the Country’s constitution in Parliament fail. The PF is being reminded to keep in mind that it is a fact that apart from joining hands with the opposition MMD, it is the majority in Parliament with practically 109 MPs. The Grand ...

ActionAid Zambia has re-emphasized the need for government to account for the money accrued from the issued Eurobonds is being utilized. ActionAid wants government to give a clear breakdown of how this money has been used so far. Country Director Pamela Chisanga says government should do so being wary that it is the right of each responsible Zambian to know ...

Chairperson on the Parliamentary Committee on Estimates Highvie Hamududu has implored government to concern itself more with reported job losses in the mines. Mr. Hamududu is concerned that the number of jobs being reported have been lost in the mines has far reaching ramifications on the survival of the individuals that have lost the jobs. In an interview with Qfm ...