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Irish Ambassador to Zambia Seamus O’Grady is confident the Electoral Commission of Zambia will conduct credible elections. Mr. O’grady notes that this is especially that the Commission has a tradition of conducting peaceful and credible elections. And Mr. O’grady says the Irish government is ready to help Zambia conduct peaceful elections in August. Zambia goes to the polls on August ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested over Eighty (80) people countrywide for unlawful cultivation and trafficking in cannabis. Those arrested include Bayoni Mumba, 43, a small-scale farmer of Mwansa Village in Mansa District, Luapula Province for unlawful cultivation of fresh cannabis plants weighing 1.121 tonnes. Also arrested are Maybin Kafunda, 48, a small-scale farmer of Edeni Village in Milenge District ...

Minister of Agriculture Given Lubinda has warned that government will not tolerate any form of corruption in the sale of subsidized maize by the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). Mr. Lubinda has since asked millers that have been made to pay extra to access the FRA subsidized maize to report to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Reacting to revelations by the Zambian ...

The number of cholera cases countrywide now stands at 916. Lusaka has the highest number of cholera cases at 795 after recording 14 new cases as of today. Acting Ministry of health Spokesperson George Sikazwe says Lusaka has 24 admitted cases, while 12 have been discharged. Dr. Sikazwe says Ndola has recorded 3 three admitted cholera patients while 18 have ...

Health Minister Joseph Kasonde says the completion of the construction of 650 prefabricated health posts across the country at a total cost of US$55.9 million has been moved to October 2016 from April 2016. Dr Kasonde has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that this is due to some major challenges the project has suffered following the termination of the ...

President Edgar Lungu has called on the traditional leadership in the country to accommodate all political players who will be visiting their chiefdoms for campaigns ahead of the August 11th general election. The Head of State said this when he met 25 chiefs from Northern Province led by Paramount Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people. President Lungu says he ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has written to the Secretary to the Treasury seeking clarification on the presidential empowerment loan scheme for marketers. TIZ Executive Director Goodwell Lungu says his organisation wants to know the source of the presidential initiative fund for marketers and bus drivers. Mr. Lungu says TIZ also wants to know what guiding procedures or transparent ways of ...

The Human Rights Commission has strongly condemned the looting and destruction of shops and properties for foreign nationals in some selected parts of Lusaka by residents who were protesting against the barbaric suspected ritual killings in the city. Chief of Information, Education and Training Mweelwa Muleya in a statement to QFM says the Commission appeals for self restraint against xenophobic ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has noted with concern that political parties are still using hate speech in their communication despite resolving to renounce such during their recent interparty meeting. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says his organization has taken note that communication among political parties still has a taste of hate speech and ...

The ruling Patriotic Front says the suggestion that the country’s economy is in a crisis is mere political propaganda. PF Secretary General Davies Chama says this is because the PF government has managed to stabilize the economy and is returning to a period of growth. Mr. Chama says there is enough evidence to this effect contrary to what the opposition ...