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NUFAZ asks govt to annually review agricultural programs

The National Union of Small Scale Farmers in Zambia (NUFAZ) has proposed that the government should be undertaking an annual review of the performance of the agricultural programs. The union believes that this will enable the government to view some of the successes and failures recorded in the previous farming season. Union Director General Dr. Frank Kayula tells QTV News ...

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EFZ urges Lungu to fulfill campaign promises

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has called on President Edgar Lungu to use his address to parliament next month to highlight how his administration is fairing in terms of meeting the campaign promises he made to the people of Zambia. EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza says the Head of State must also tell the nation through the House his ...

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Former Transport Minister calls for ‘road contracts audit’

Former Transport and Communications Minister William Harrington has called for a full audit of the expenditure on the road projects more especially for the past six years. Mr. Harrington contends that ever since the Road Development Agency (RDA) was taken to State House, the country has seen problems in the road infrastructure as some of the projects completed do not ...

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Chief Mwanatete sides with ‘The Litunga’

Chief Mwanatete of Luampa District has assured the Litunga that the people of Luampa are in support of his reign. This is in view of the fact that His Loyal Highness King Litunga Lubosi II has been sued for alleged gross incompetence and abuse of authority. In a statement issued to QFM News today, Chief Mwanatete says the people of ...

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UPND risks becoming irrelevant – Lifwekelo

Former UPND  Deputy Spokesperson Edwin Lifwekelo says political parties like UPND which want to behave in unlawful manner by falling to recognize  the president of the country is becoming irrelevant to the political dispensation. Mr. Lifwekelo says democracy is collective undertaking that involves duties and obligations, rights and responsibilities that bring together the leaders. He has however urged UPND Leader ...

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Mulongoti urges Zambians to reject attempts of leaving ICC

Peoples Party President Mike Mulongoti has called on Zambians to reject any attempt for Zambia to withdraw its membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Mr. Mulongoti says president Lungu should not champion the campaign for Zambia to withdraw the country’s membership from ICC before he is reported. He says the membership was not imposed on Zambia but government signed ...

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Regina Chiluba dies

Widow of Zambia’s Second President Dr. Frederick Chiluba, Regina Chifunda Chiluba has died. University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Public Relations Officer Natalie Mashikolo has confirmed the development to QTV News that Mrs. Chiluba died at UT) at 12:30hrs this afternoon. Government evacuated Mrs. Chiluba to Apollo Hospital in hyderabad in India, in November 2016 reportedly battling cancer. She however came back ...

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Grains stakeholders asks govt to lift ban on export of maize

The grains stakeholders have urged government to lift the ban on maize and mealie meal exports in order to avert the looming maize industry crisis during the 2017 marketing season. The meeting comprising Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU), Grain Traders and Millers Association of Zambia was held on Friday at the ZNFU Head Office in Lusaka to look at the ...

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Chief counsels HH

A Traditional Leader has challenged UPND President Hakainde Hichilema to tell the nation who his Republican President is after refusing to accept President Lungu as a duly elected president. Chief Nsamba of the Unga speaking people in Luapula Province has advised the opposition leader to stop lying to the Zambian people that there is no president in the country. Chief ...

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Siavonga PF defends Siavonga DC

The ruling Patriotic Front in Siavonga District has refuted reports suggesting that Siavonga District Commissioner Lovemore Kanyama has turned his office into a political party arena for receiving stage managed defectors to the ruling Patriotic Front (PF). PF Siavonga District Youth Chairman Parnody Chisinze has told QFM News via telephone that such reports are aimed at bringing confusion in the ...

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