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Former Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo who spent a night in Police detention has been driven to Chinsali in Muchinga province where he is expected to be formally charged and arrested. Mr Kampyongo was driven to Chinsali in the early hours of today amid tight security. The Shiwang’andu Member of Parliament was detained at Chelston Police Station after Police recorded ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has described the speaker’s ruling on members of parliament whose seats have been nullified by the high court as unconstitutional and strange. On Tuesday, Speaker of the national assembly, Nelly Mutti ruled that Bowman Lusambo and other members of parliament whose seats had been nullified by the courts were out of order to remain ...

Police in Lusaka have detained and recorded a warn and caution Statement from former Minister of Home Affairs Steven Kampyongo for the offence of Endangering Safety Contrary to Section 8(f) of CAP 445 of the Safety of Civil Aviation Act of the Laws of Zambia. Zambia Police Service Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga has confirmed the development to QTV news in a ...

Opposition Patriotic Front vice president Given Lubinda has directed all PF Members of Parliament who have been barred from attending parliamentary proceedings by Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti following the nullification of their seats by the High Court to continue attending parliament from the gallery until the Constitutional Court makes final determinations in their appeals. Speaking at a ...

A 67 year old man of Lusaka’s Kabangwe area has been arrested for defiling and impregnating a 15 year old girl who used to do piece works at his house. Brief facts of the matter are that between unknown dates and time but between April and May 2021, the victim who is a female juvenile aged 15 of the same ...

Green Party leader Peter Sinkamba has advised the food reserve agency FRA to immediately engage the millers association of Zambia and other stakeholders as it sells maize in its storage sheds in order to raise money to pay farmers. Mr. Sinkamba tells q news in an interview that the problem was for government to order the FRA to buy more ...

Government Has Announced That It Has Commenced The Distribution Of Legumes Through The “Supplementary” Pack Across The Country, Under The Farmer Input And Support Program. Announcing The Development To Journalists, Agriculture Minister Mutolo Phiri Says The Distribution Of The Legumes Or Supplementary Pack Which Includes Groundnuts, Sorghum, Soyabeans And Sunflower Commenced Last Week Friday. The minister has encouraged farmers who ...

Lands Minister Elijah Muchima Says That He Will Not Be Pushed And Rushed Into Taking Action At The Forest 27. Mr. Muchima Told Journalists That The Current Delay In Addressing The Forest 27 Issue Is Necessary As Government Wants To Ensure That The Right And Legal Procedure Is Followed. Mr. Muchima States That The UPND Government Is Taking The Forest ...

Republican president Hakainde Hichilema says his first 100 days in office where for him and his government to understand better where there are leakages in the systems and seal them. President Hichilema says his government has now established which areas have leakages and now knows exactly how to seal the leakages. He said this today at statehouse when he swore ...

Vice president Mutale Nalumango has disclosed that government owes farmers at least k1.6 billion for the maize they supplied to the food reserve agency. Mrs. Nalumango says the farmers have not been paid yet because there is no money to clear the outstanding balances. The vice president has however assured that even though the current budget does not provide funds ...