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President Edgar Lungu has today launched a 100 Mega Watts solar plant which is ready to supply power to the Lusaka Multi-Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ). Speaking shortly before the launch, President Lungu says such efforts are aimed at mitigating the power crisis that has hit the country due to low water levels in Lake Kariba for power generation. President Lungu ...

Government has been called upon to withdraw the bill that has been taken to parliament to increase the number of Ministries from the current twenty three to thirty. Operation Young Vote Executive Director Guess Nyirenda says the kind of Bills being presented before Parliament by the PF government such as the bill to increase the number of Ministries from the ...

The Non Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has charged that the referendum on the bill of rights will be marred confusion if it is held alongside the referendum. NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale says there is need to think through the decision to hold the referendum alongside the elections. Ms. Mwale says a national referendum is such an important undertaking ...

The Examinations Council of Zambia says it has no intentions of decentralizing the verification process of Grade 12 Certificates. ECZ Executive Director Dr. Michael Chilala says this is for security reasons. He says the council will instead continue to conduct the verification of Certificates through the service centre in Woodlands area and the head office. Dr. Chilala says the verification ...

Police in Lusaka are holding a 26 year old woman of Mtendere compound for suspected murder. Police Spokesperson Charity Munganga-Chanda has told QFM that Elizabeth Lungu-Nkhoma was apprehended and detained on 3rd May, 2016 in connection with the murder of her 33 year old husband Anthony Nkhoma. Ms. Chanda says the deceased sustained a deep cut and human bite on ...

Transport and communications Minister Kapembwa Simbao says the main cause of road accidents in Zambia is human error accounting for 87.3 percent.   Mr Simbao has told parliament in a ministerial statement that other causes include vehicle condition at 1.5%,animal conflict at 1.1%,road conditions 0.4% while bad weather conditions account for 0.1% with other causes accounting for 9.6%. He says ...

Political parties have taken the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to task demanding an explanation why it has insisted on awarding the contract to print ballot papers to a company in Dubai. During a heated (ECZ) stakeholders meeting in Lusaka this morning, political party presidents who included vice president Inonge Wina, UPND president Hakainde Hichilema, FDD President Edith Nawakwi, Green ...

Political parties have been urged to work with the local people in identifying suitable parliamentary candidates. Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali says political parties should desist from imposing candidates on the people. Mr Tayali says development can only be realized if the right people are elected to public office such as that of Member of Parliament. He laments that ...

The civil society coalition on the enactment of the access to information bill this afternoon picketed parliament where they presented a petition demanding the enactment of the access to information law. The coalition which presented the petition signed by 101,799 people from 70 districts in the country to the chairperson of the information and broadcasting committee Kabinga Pande is displeased ...

President Edgar Lungu is on the Copperbelt for a two-day visit that will see him launch the Freedom Park Mall by National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) and the sinking of the Mopani Copper Mine shaft in Kitwe. And addressing Copperbelt residents upon arrival at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola this morning, President Lungu says he has set a ...