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PARLIAMENT has unanimously voted to approve President Edgar Lungu’s declaration of a state of threatened public emergency made on Wednesday, 5th July, 2017 under Statutory Instrument No. 53 of 2017. This follows President Lungu’s invocation of Article 31. The declaration of a state of threatened public emergency which give the Police sweeping powers will now be enforced for a period ...

Members of Parliament are currently debating the motion moved by Vice President Inonge Wina for the house to approve the President’s declaration of a state of threatened public emergency made on Wednesday,5th July,2017 under Statutory Instrument No.53 of 2017. Moving the motion, Ms Wina said it is necessary that the house approves the declaration of threatened state of public emergency ...

The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CISCA) has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to revoke the Statutory Instrument proclaiming a State of Threatened Public Emergency which will be tabled in Parliament today. CiSCA Chairperson Bishop John Mambo has told journalists during a media briefing that there are other means and ways of dealing with the current political situation in the country. ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) has challenged the government to give a clear position with regards its engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a possible bailout package. ZCSD Executive Director Lewis Mwape has told QTV News that the statement by National Planning and Development Minister Lucky Mulusa that the PF Government is not desperate for the ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba has assured the international community that the security measures announced by President Edgar Lungu following the invocation of article 31 will not result in a curfew. Speaking in Lusaka today when he met diplomats accredited to Zambia to brief them on the state of security in the country, Mr Kalaba says the freedom of movement ...

  State House says Zambia remains a safe investment destination even with the invocation of Article 31 of the constitution by President Edgar Lungu last week. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, Amos Chanda says in fact the invocation of Article 31 assures investors of security. Mr. Chanda says this actually encourages the investors that there ...

National Malaria Elimination Program Epidemiologist Busiku Amainza says Southern African countries including Zambia have seen drastic declines in malaria cases in 2017. Dr. Amainza has told QTV News in an interview that the countries have made steady progress in conducting research towards malaria prevention in the southern region. Dr. Amainza however states that countries in the southern region should be ...

The head of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ) has pronounced a curse on arsonists who gutted Lusaka City Market last week. The Head of the UCZ made this pronouncement at the reception service at UCZ’s Lilayi Congregation where President Edgar Lungu also attended the service. UCZ Synod Bishop Sydney Sichilima says the UCZ can never operate as a political ...

National Planning and Development Minister Lucky Mulusa says the PF Government is not desperate in getting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package. Mr. Mulusa says the IMF bailout package is just an investment perception. Mr. Mulusa has told Journalists in Lusaka during the Media Interaction Forum that Zambia’s economy can pick even without the assistance of the IMF. He ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested five people for being in possession of counterfeit notes amounting to K177,900. The five have been identified as David Mwasile, 27, a business man of Chawama Compound in Lusaka, Jason Zulu, 61, of Misisi Compound in Lusaka, Humphrey Muyanga, 38, a businessman, Alitani Banda, 49, a general worker residing in Misisi Compound in ...