ZAMBIA NEWS

UPND Vice President Geoffrey Mwamba says President Edgar Lungu holds the key to upholding peace and unity in the country. Mr. Mwamba says should anything go wrong in the country, the Head of State will be the first person to be blamed as he has the capacity and power to promoting good governance. And Mr. Mwamba has described as interesting ...

Zambia’s external debt stock has increased to US$17.2 billion as at the end of May 2017. This is from US$6.9 billion in December 2016. Finance Minister Felix Mutati has told Parliament in a ministerial that the increase in the debt stock was on account of new disbursements. Mr Mutati says with the maturity of the two Eurobonds in 2021and 2022, ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has launched the 7th National Development Plan 2017-2021 with a projected resource envelope estimated at K342.3 billion averaging K68.5 billion annually. The theme of the development plan is “Accelerating development efforts towards the vision 2030 without leaving anyone behind”. Speaking during the launch, President Banda says financing over the planned period will be premised on the ...

The Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) has urged the government not to bow down to pressure from farmers to announce the maize floor price for this marketing season. MAZ President Andrew Chintala feels there must be a win-win situation for both the buyer and the farmer by mutually agreeing on the price that will benefit all. Mr. Chintala states that ...

Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo says the security situation in the country remains calm. Mr Kampyongo says this is despite the negative campaign waged to portray the country as a dictatorship following the arrest of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema for treason. He has told Parliament in a ministerial statement on the security situation in the country that government will continued ...

Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CISA) has backed the statement issued by the three church mother bodies that Zambia has slipped into dictatorship. CISCA Chairperson Bishop John Mambo says it is undeniable that there is a leadership crisis in the country. Bishop Mambo has also castigated those condemning the three church mother bodies for the statement they issued last week. He ...

Some opposition political parties have charged that the failure by President Edgar Lungu to acknowledge and accept that there is political tension in the country will not help in defusing the tension. People’s Party President Mike Mulongoti has told QTV News in an interview that it is unthinkable for President Lungu to continue denying that there is no political tension ...

UPND Presidential Advisor William Banda has warned former President Rupiah Banda not to force him to start disclosing what he wanted to do after losing the 2011 elections to late President Michael Sata before the Electoral Commission of Zambia announced the full results. Mr Banda says former President will do well to keep quiet and not contribute to the problems ...

Chipata Catholic Diocese Auxiliary Bishop Benjamin Phiri has defied the statement by the three church mother bodies. Bishop has told QFM news that the views expressed by Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops president Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu on behalf of the church mother bodies last week on the continued detention of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema do not represent the entire Catholic ...

Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) President Charles Milupi has called on President Edgar Lungu not to ignore the wise counsel from the three church mother bodies in promoting democracy and peace in Zambia. Mr. Milupi says the Head of State must think twice and try to implement some of the recommendations given by the church. Mr. Milupi says the ...