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Justice Minister Edgar Lungu has called for more awareness on the operations of the country’s Commission for Investigations. Mr. Lungu says this is because most people do not understand the purpose of the Commission for Investigations that of being an ombudsman and promoter of good governance. Mr. Lungu was speaking this morning when he met visiting members of the Executive ...

Three people have died on the spot after the Toyota Noah registration number ALT 746 they were travelling in overturned due to a tyre burst. The accident happened on yesterday Monday 8th September, around 18:30 hours along the Great East Road at Maula area in Chongwe. Police Spokesperson Charity Munganga-Chanda has told Qfm news in a statement that the deceased, ...

Kabwata Member of Parliament Given Lubinda says Zambians should expect a focused approach to politics from him following his comeback to the political fore. Mr. Lubinda has told Qfm news in a telephone interview that his comeback to the ruling party’s political frontline is by the grace of God; hence he will ensure that he utilizes the opportunity to contribute ...

Government says it has identified the Agriculture and Construction sectors as the vehicles to use for continued job creation in the country. Commerce Trade and Industry Minister Robert Sichinga says government has also indentified the Tourism and Manufacturing sectors as the other sectors it will use to create jobs in the next few years. He says it is for this ...

Former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba has advised people calling for the establishment of a tribunal to investigate Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda’s alleged dealings with the mines to use available legal avenues as opposed to making unattainable public statements through the media.   Dr. Katele says he particularly finds it disturbing that people in the country have the tendency of making ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has observed that the squabbles that have rocked the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) are as a result of the void that has been created by President Michael Sata’s silence and absence from public domain. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi has told QFM News in an interview that there is need for President Sata to ...

The Zambian Government has expressed worry at the reported 24 cases of the Ebola virus that have been so far recorded in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Health Deputy Minister Chitalu Chilufya says government’s worry is in view of the fact that Zambia shares the same boarders DRC. Speaking when he received a donation of Ebola preparedness supplies from ...

Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has observed that the rejection by Parliament of the motion urging Government to put in place a roadmap for the enactment of a new constitution is a confirmation that PF will not deliver the constitution. Parliament on Tuesday rejected by 69 to 42, a motion moved by Mazabuka Central MP ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) says it is wrong for the Patriotic Front (PF) to use the Zambia Police to detain about 46 youths from ActionAid who took part in the Youth Day March past for simply wearing T-shirts demanding for a new constitution. EFZ Executive Director, Reverend Pukuta Mwanza, has told QFM News in a telephone interview that ...