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Political analyst Neo Simutanyi has urged the Zambia Police to remain neutral in executing its mandate of maintaining law and order in the Country. Dr. Simutanyi is concerned that currently the Police appear to be more lenient to members of the ruling party than to those belonging to the opposition whenever found wanting. He has told Qfm News in a ...

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Kabinga Pande says policy inconsistency by the Patriotic Front government is eroding Zambia’s potential to attract foreign investment. Mr. Pande says the Country is failing to maximize its potential to attract investment because investors are not sure their investment will be protected under an ever changing policy regime. He has told QFM that this therefore calls ...

The Economics Association of Zambia is concerned with the rate at which government is contracting debt. EAZ President Crispin Mphuka says although government is justifying its borrowing in order to finance projects, it is doing so without a proper appraisal system in place. Dr. Mphuka notes that in the absence of a project appraisal mechanism, there is no way to ...

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has urged all political parties in the country to end political violence. In a statement following a meeting of Heads of Churches of the CCZ on issues of concern, held yesterday, CCZ President Bishop Dr. Alfred Kalembo says the church is deeply saddened by the ever increasing cases of political violence that have ...

Energy minister Dora Siliya says the rehabilitation of the Kariba Dam will gobble 294.2 million United States dollars. Ms. Siliya has told Parliament in a ministerial statement today that the funds will be provided by the cooperating partners among them the European Union, the World Bank among others. She explains that the rehabilitation project is important to avoid a potential ...

Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila says the deployment of Police officers in Choma and other parts of the country is normal. Mr. Mwila told parliament in a ministerial statement that the deployments are aimed at preventing breaches of peace and good order. He says the deployment of additional Police officers to Choma has been misunderstood and politicized by some sections ...

Tests conducted on some food stuffs from the streets of Lusaka by the Lusaka City Council have revealed the presence of Vibrio Cholera in the tested food stuffs. The LCC through the department of Public Health recently submitted to the Food and Drugs Control laboratory for routine analysis, food samples collected from the street to ascertain the possible presence of ...

Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has directed Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila to issue a ministerial statement on the continued heavy presence of Paramilitary Police officers in Choma district. This follows a point of order raised by Choma central Member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa over the continued heavy presence of Police officers whom he said are arbitrary arresting ...

President Edgar Lungu has launched the construction of what will be the largest dam in the history of the country’s agriculture sector at a total cost of US$ 28 million. Mwomboshi dam in Chisamba district will be constructed by Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Company Limited of China within a period of 30 months. Speaking during the launch of the project ...

Zambians have been urged to condemn anything imprudent, despicable and inflammatory coming from politicians. Operations Young Vote Executive Director, Guess Nyirenda says Zambian’s should insist on acceptable conduct by those seeking the mandate to govern the country in order to stop unnecessary political tension. Mr. Nyirenda says it is important for all political stakeholders to uphold decency to avoid throwing ...