ZAMBIA NEWS

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has announced the extension of the deadline for the inspection of the Register of voters from 21st May to 25th May,2016. ECZ Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna in a statement says registered voters who have not yet inspected the Register of Voters are encouraged to use the extension of the exercise to visit their registration ...

  President Edgar Lungu has encouraged security personnel in the country to continue adhering to professionalism in the execution of duty. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces said this during the ground breaking ceremony for the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Twin Palm Public – Private Partnership project on Supporting Social Amenities and Commercial facilities. President Lungu says as the August ...

Government has been advised to consider holding the referendum on the Bill of Rights alongside the possible re-run of the August 11th presidential election. Electoral expert Macdonald Chipenzi says crowding the general election with a national referendum poses an electoral risk. Mr. Chipenzi points out that having five ballots papers already congests the general election. In an interview, Mr. Chipenzi ...

The opposition MMD has obtained an injunction restraining the faction group pushing for the convention from going ahead with the planned convention in Kabwe this weekend. MMD Acting Spokesperson Reverend Reuben Sambo has told QFM News that an ex-parte hearing has since been set for 27th May,2016. Reverend Sambo says the planned convention is illegal because it has no blessings ...

Tempers flared at the Electoral Commission of Zambia Stakeholders’ meeting in Lusaka this morning after the Commissioned announced that it has awarded the tender for the printing of ballot papers for the August 11th elections to Al Ghurair of Dubai. The during the heated meeting held at Mika convention centre, opposition political party leaders rejected the decision by the Commission ...

The Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) has warned that the referendum on bill of rights is bound to fail if sensitization does not start in good time. AVAP Executive Director Richwell Mulwani says his organization has noted that people in the country do not know how they are going to vote in the referendum less than 90 days before it is ...

The ruling Patriotic Front says UPND President Hakainde Hichilema is hallucinating to suggest that it is conniving with the Electoral Commission of ZAMBIA (ECZ) to register foreigners as voters. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says there is no truth in what Mr. Hichilema is claiming. Mr. Bwalya has argued that if there was any truth in what Mr. Hichilema is ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has accused the Electoral Commission of Zambia of conniving with the Patriotic Front to register foreign voters. Speaking when he appeared on a paid-for radio programme on QFM this morning, Mr Hichilema has since demanded the removal of foreigners from the voters roll. Mr Hichilema says the registration of foreign nationals as voters is illegal, and ...

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has cautioned Ministers against falling into the temptation of using Government resources in political campaigns. TIZ is urging Ministers to heed to President Edgar Lungu’s call for them not to abuse public resources. Executive Director Goodwell Lungu says his organization expects Ministers not to use government vehicles, equipment or office space for political campaign activities. And ...

The Bank of Zambia has maintained the benchmark lending rate at 15.5 percent. Bank of Zambia Governor Denny Kalyalya has told a media briefing in Lusaka this morning that the central bank is focused on containing soaring inflation. He says in maintaining the policy rate at 15.5 percent, the monetary policy committee took into consideration that the measures put in ...