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President Edgar Lungu says his administration has made significant strides in improving the quality of health services, by embarking on infrastructure development and recruitment of skilled human resource. The Head of State said this in Mansa when during the handover of the CT Scan and Oxygen Plant equipment, worth over K11 million. The oxygen plant was installed at a total ...

A combined team of Inspectors from the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA), Officers from the Zambia Police and Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC ) has arrested 7 people for selling medicines without certificates of registration. The seven were also arrested for failing to keep records contrary to the Medicines and Allied Substances Act No.3 of 2013 of the laws of Zambia. ...

Government says there is room to amend the newly introduced Statutory Instrument No. 105 of 2016 that has seen the introduction of veterinary services fees for farmers seeking Government assistance. Recently, the Minister of Fisheries & Livestock Michael Katambo signed the Statutory Instrument number 105 of 2016, the Animal Health Order 2016 to hike fees for basic livestock services such ...

Zesco Limited has disclosed that it has lost over 56 transformers on the Copperbelt for the past ten months as a result of vandalism. And a man of Kitwe, of between 35 and 40 years old, was yesterday electrocuted to death as he attempted to vandalize 11KV cable. Zesco Spokesperson Henry Kapata tells QTV News via telephone that people should ...

The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) has urged Members of Parliament to prioritize implementation of irrigation schemes countrywide to enable farmers expand production of major crops and reduce poverty at household level. ZNFU President Jervis Zimba has observed that previous efforts by government to expand irrigation in Zambia failed largely due to lack of proper monitoring framework and weak accountability ...

Constitutional lawyer Sakwiba Sikota says the review of the amended Constitution should be handled with sober MINDS. Mr. Sikota says verbal exchanges between opposing sides over some provisions of the Constitution that need to be looked at will not help the country move forward in any way. He tells QTV News that stakeholders should discuss a particular provision of the ...

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says the suspension of the extension of conditional visas given to foreign expatriates still stands. Mr. Kampyongo says the tendency by expatriates of coming up with excuses for not living up to the conditions that come with the issuance of visas has continued. He says expatriates are given visas on condition that they have to ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says Zambia should maintain its membership of the International Criminal Court. Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says leaving the ICC will make Zambia cease being a leading democratic example on the African continent. Mr Cheembe tells QFM that withdrawing from the ICC should not be an option, but pushing for ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says the planned forensic audit of all mining firms by the Zambia Revenue Authority is long overdue. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano says the audit of mining should be done with utmost urgency before the mining firms cover their tracks. Mr. Nshindano says it is a well-known fact that aggressive tax planning is ...

The Zambian and United Kingdom governments have signed an energy partnership agreement aimed at expanding the household solar market in Zambia The Energy Africa Partnership Agreement will see the two governments explore ways to complement efforts being made in Zambia in expanding large scale energy infrastructure. Speaking during the signing ceremony in Lusaka today, Energy Permanent Secretary Emelda Chola who ...