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The Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) has encouraged the Church to promote the unity and peace in the country by preaching love and reconciliation among all parties and stake holders. And PMRC says it has endeavored to carry out countrywide sensitizations on the Bill of Rights and distributed various publications on the document. PMRC Executive Director Bernadette Deka explains ...

Political Scientists Dr. Alex Ng’oma has called on government to put in stringent measures to protect Zambians from violent political party cadres as the election date draws nearer. And the Political Scientist has called on political party leaders to prove to the nation that they are above bold and end the vice before it is too late. Dr. Ng’oma, who ...

PF Monze District Chairman Gilbert Mwila says it is clear that the opposition UPND wants to use violence as a means of entering into office. Mr. Mwila says it is also clear in the minds of the UPND party leadership that they are losing the August 11th general elections and that is why they want to start intimidating voters. He ...

The Zambia Police Service is concerned with the ongoing speculations concerning a video that has gone viral on social media showing a woman being attacked by United Party for National Development Cadres. Police Inspector General Kakoma Kanganja however states that the Police Service has not received any formal report of the incident. Mr. Kanganja says efforts have been made and ...

The opposition UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says President Lungu is spreading empty promises about what he will do if re-elected after the August 11th General Elections. In a statement made available to QFM News today, Mr. Hichilema says the PF Government is now claiming to have allocated farmlands to all ex-miners, as promised several months back. Mr. Hichilema says the ...

Government is confident that the Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambian (NCZ) will produce the required 92 thousand metric tonnes of D Compound fertilizer for the 2016/17 farming season. Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda says so far, the company has produced and distributed over 30 thousand metric tonnes of D Compound fertilizer across the country. Mr. Lubinda states that government is delighted with ...

Every Home for Chris Regional Director Bishop Dr. Richard Kakuwa has urged political players to be responsible enough during the announcement of the results after August 11th General Elections. Bishop Kakuwa says this is the period when political players tend to be irresponsible when results are not going in their favor and thus the need for them to remain calm ...

The Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) says it would have been better if the voters register was availed to the stakeholder’s particularly political parties in good time. ZCID Executive Director Horrance Chilando says availing the register seven days before the elections is not enough time for the stakeholders to bring out the queries that they would want to have ...

Economist Yusuf Dodia has urged relevant stakeholders to take serious steps towards diversifying the country’s economy from dependence on copper. Mr. Dodia believes that the diversification agenda should not be left to government alone but that it needs collaborative efforts by all stakeholders. He says the only thing government can do is to facilitate the diversification agenda while other stakeholders ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has advised political parties to adequately train poling agents to man the polling stations and results centers to prevent unforeseeable rigging. TIZ Executive Director Goodwell Lungu says there is too much talk about the possible rigging of the elections and that political parties can prevent this unforeseeable occurrence. Mr. Lungu believes that if political parties form ...