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A poacher in Lusaka has been shot dead by a security guard from HKY Security Company guarding Muzimbiri Game Ranch situated along Mungwi road in Lusaka West. Police Acting Spokesperson Danny Mwale has told QFM News in a statement that the incident, which occurred on October 12, 2017 around 21 hours, happened when four men who were armed with a ...

Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister Lawrence Sichalwe says it is not true that three Chiefs from Southern Province have been removed from the government payroll without cause. Mr Sichalwe said this in a ministerial statement after being asked by the Speaker to clarify the issue following a point of order raised by Katombola UPND Member of Parliament Derrick Livune who ...

Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo says influx of asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo has triggered a humanitarian emergency in the country. Mr Kampyongo has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that 3,700 asylum seekers have been registered since August, 2017. He says the number of Congolese refugees who have entered Zambia since January, 2017 has since risen ...

First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Namugala has advised Members of Parliament against the tendency of merely registering their presence, and later leave without attending proceedings of the house. This came after Mafinga MP Jacob Siwale raised a point of order, asking whether   Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili was in order to continue leaving the house after ...

Livestock and Fisheries Minister Michael Katambo says Zambia still remains at high risk of the resurgent avian influenza also known as bird flu which has affected some African countries. In a ministerial statement, Mr Katambo says while Zambia has not recorded any cases of bird flu, some neighboring countries have continued to see cases and in some instances the disease ...

The European Union has commended Zambia for the 20-year practice of non-execution of the death penalty. Speaking at the European Union media event on the death penalty in Lusaka, EU Ambassador and head of delegation Alessandro Mariani says Zambia is amongst the 30 countries in the world that have abolished death penalty in practice and not in law. He says ...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda has maintained that Government has no money at the moment to hold another referendum on the expanded Bill of Rights. Mr Lubinda’s comments come in the wake of a reminder to government by the Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) that the Zambian people are still waiting for a workable roadmap to adopt the remaining part of ...

Justice Minister Given Lubinda says the 90-days declaration of the threatened state of public emergency which has been in force since 11th July will expire at midnight tonight. In a ministerial statement to parliament, Mr Lubinda says the effect of the expiration of the period relating to threatened state of public emergency is that the application of the preservation of ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern with the pace at which public debt, especially external debt, has increased and now put Zambia at risk of debt distress. In a statement at the conclusion of the Article IV consultation with Zambia, the IMF Executive board has, however, commended the progress made in developing a medium-term ...

The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) has reminded the government that the Zambian people are still waiting for a workable roadmap to adopt the remaining part of the constitution, the Bill of Rights. CiSCA Chairperson Bishop John Mambo tells QTV News that it is worrying that the government has opted to go quite on this matter. He says the excuse ...