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Evangelical Youth Alliance International (EYAI) Executive Director Moses Lungu has advised young people to portray a picture of the kind of leaders they will become in the near future. Rev Lungu says the picture that young people are painting leaves much to be desired on what kind of leaders the country will have in the near future. He notes that ...

Government has raised sixty five million United States Dollars for the sponsorship of girl child education. Gender Minister Professor Nkandu Luo disclosed this during the launch of the awareness campaign on ending child marriage and child prostitution in Lusaka’s Chawama Township today. Professor Luo says government does not want girl children to drop out of school in the name of ...

MMD National Secretary Mwansa Mbulakulima says it’s not true that the High Court dismissed the application for a consent order to pave way for the MMD convention. Mr. Mbulakulima says the truth of the matter is that an application for a consent order is before the constitutional court which is not yet operational. He explains that the consent order which ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has charged that President Edgar Lungu’s statement while in Eastern Province that two foreign nationals had been arrested in connection with the ritual killings triggered the looting of foreign owned shops in Lusaka. Mr. Hichilema adds that the President’s statement implying that some opposition leaders were behind the ritual killings was also careless as it could have ...

Governance Activist Isaac Mwanza has expressed concern at the slow pace at which the Constitutional Court is being operationalised. Mr. Mwanza, who is also Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Governance Advisor, says the Zambian people were expecting the court to get down to work immediately after the court’s Judges were sworn-in. He says the people are still waiting on the ...

Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) has commended President Edgar Lungu for taking stern measures to quickly restore law and order in communities affected by riots. ZED President Fred Mutesa has also appealed to political parties to desist from seeking cheap publicity by making political mileage out of the situation. Dr. Mutesa says in times like these, it is important ...

The opposition UPND says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) will only increase the level of suspicion if it insists on having ballot papers printed in Dubai. UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma says the UPND has concerns on how Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing company was selected as the preferred bidder. He says the UPND has taken note that the ECZ did ...

The Human Rights Commission has called for increased humanitarian protection and assistance towards some foreign nationals who have been internally displaced and have sought refuge in various places such as transit refugee camps and church buildings. Commission Chief of Information,Education and Training Mweelwa Muleya says preliminary investigations by the Commission have revealed that the situation is desperate and precarious for ...

UPND vice president for Administration Geoffrey Mwamba says the downgrade of Zambia’s long-term issuer rating from B2 to B3, and the change in the country’s economic outlook from stable to negative by ratings agency Moody’s will make global financial institutions skeptical about Zambia. Mr. Mwamba in a statement says the higher perceived risk means the interest rates of lending to ...

Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has urged stakeholders to allow the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to finalize the selection of the firm to print the ballot papers for the August 11th General Elections without interference. Dr. Matibini said this when he made a ruling on a Point of Order raised by Monze Central Member of Parliament Jackie ...