ZAMBIA NEWS

Mambo Hamaundu Government has warned that it will not tolerate political interference in the disbursement of the Constituency Development Fund [CDF]. And Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Maambo Hamaundu has warned against embezzlement of the Constituency Development Fund by committee members tasked to handle the funds. Speaking in a telephone interview with Q News, Mr. Hamaundu ...

The ministry of health (MOH) has changed the entire top management at Matero level one general hospital following revelations of unhealthy conditions and lack of drugs at the heath institution. During the Easter holiday , Matero member of parliament Miles Sampa conducted an impromptu visit to Matero level one hospital where he found toilets were full of filth while patients ...

Anti voter apathy executive director Richwel Mulwani has attributed the reported high voter apathy in the just ended Mongu mayoral by-election to people not attaching great importance to the by-election. Mr. Mulwani has told q news in a telephone interview that a lot of people still feel that they voted already in last year’s general election and the main task ...

Opposition Patriots for Economic Progress leader, Sean Tembo has described as an economic blunder, the decision by the UPND administration to employ more than 40,000 civil servants, at a time when the country has the largest fiscal deficit in history. Mr. Tembo has explained that a fiscal deficit means that the country’s expenditure is higher than its revenue.   He also ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has been urged to consider making a cabinet reshuffle amid calls for him to fire some ministers allegedly engaging in corrupt practices. Opposition national congress party leader Peter Chanda says in the wake of the recent social media posts showing pictures of foreign affairs minister Stanley Kakubo visiting a Chinese owned company, sinoma cement plant and leaving ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Stanley Kakubo has dispelled as fake some malicious postings making rounds on social media suggesting that he was involved in acts of bribery during his visit to Sinoma. In a Facebook page posting Mr. Kakubo has clarified that he visited Sinoma as a private citizen with view to ordering some pockets of cement ...

Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Acting Director General Liya Tembo says the country should expect to see a lot of arrests and seizures by law enforcement agencies to properties that are suspected of being proceeds of crime. Ms. Tembo says since the centre does not have the authority to make arrests after conducting investigations, it passes on the intelligence to institutions ...

The Opposition Green Party has advised Director of Public Prosecution [DPP] Lillian Siyunyi to voluntarily resign instead of complicating her life and future. Party Leader Peter Sinkamba has observed  that the Director of Public Prosecution [DPP] Lillian Siyunyi is in an unprecedented dilemma with only two options to either resign or enter nolles in all cases before her, brought by ...

Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu has disclosed that a law is coming that is going to compel all concession license holders to plant trees for every tree that they cut. Mr. Nzovu says this is to ensure that the trees in the forests are sustained and don’t go into extinction which is a big threat to the ...

Three juveniles all of the same abode in Kapapelu village also of village shibombwe chief Namulimbwe in Kalabo have drowned in Luampa river of Luampa district of western province and died. Police Spokesperson,Rae Hamoonga has disclosed that this occurred yesterday around 15:45 hours and has identified the deceased as Namasiku Batista aged 17, Shambangu Nasilele aged 14 and  Sibupiwa Bastista ...