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The Nevers Mumba led MMD faction has dismissed the story in today’s edition of the Daily Nation suggesting that Dr Mumba will be appointed Prime Minister in the event that the UPND won next month’s elections. National Secretary Reverend Reuben Sambo in a statement says there is no paragraph or sentence in the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the UPND ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has encouraged chiefs to play a pivotal role in ending political violence which it says has become a national disaster. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Chembe has since praised Chieftainess Ikelenge of Ikelenge district for warning that she will expel from her chiefdom political parties canvassing for votes from the ...

State House says President Edgar Lungu can only act within the provisions of law in ensuring that political violence is curbed. Special assistant to the president for press and public relations Amos Chanda has told QFM in a telephone interview that this is especially that Zambia is not a Police state where people should be arrested arbitrary. Mr Chanda says ...

The opposition UPND says it does not see the need to take part in the national day of prayer to be held on 24th July to pray for peaceful elections. UPND Deputy Director for Policy and Research Joseph Lungu who is also in charge of the party’s fasting and prayer organizing committee says his party has issues with the national ...

President Edgar Lungu has assured the people of Lupososhi constituency that the area will be gazetted as a district after the elections which he says he is confident of winning. President Lungu says Lupososhi will be a fully fledged district by January, 2017. Speaking when addressing a public rally at Mumba area in Lupososhi constituency in Luwingu district today, President ...

The National House of Prayer Advisory Board and the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia have blamed political party leaders for inciting violence by their use of hate speech and personal attacks against their opponents. In a joint statement, National House of Prayer Advisory Board Chairperson Bishop Joshua Banda and EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza note that if leaders of political parties ...

United Progressive Party (UPP) President Dr. Saviour Chishimba has signed the peace pledge drafted by the Electoral Commission of Zambia for conducting peaceful campaigns ahead of the August 11th general election. Dr. Chishimba was among the four political party leaders that initially did not sign the peace accord last Friday after a meeting organized by the ECZ. Briefing journalists at ...

Three UPND members have died on the spot while 18 others have sustained serious injuries after falling off a moving Mitsubishi canter registration number ALZ 7103 which was ferrying them to a rally. Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Esther Katongo has told QFM that the accident happened this morning around 10hrs on the bottom toad in Munyumbwe of Gwembe district. ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has lifted the suspension on political campaigns in Lusaka and Namwala districts. Briefing journalists in Lusaka this afternoon, ECZ Spokesperson Chris Akufuna says the commission hopes political parties will conduct their campaigns peacefully in the remaining period before the elections. He has also disclosed that in response to the violence stemming from political party ...

President Edgar Lungu has commissioned the 175 kilometers Mansa-Luwingu road under the Link Zambia 8000 project constructed at a total cost of over US$150 million. President Lungu says Government has placed priority on road infrastructure development because roads had the capacity to open up areas to economic development through agriculture, tourism, trade and other sectors which depend on a good ...