ZAMBIA NEWS

Transparency International of Zambia (TIZ) has expressed disappointment over the failure by the Secretary to the Cabinet to explain the source of the presidential marketeers empowerment fund. TIZ Executive Director Goodwell Lungu says it is been some time now since they wrote to the secretary to the cabinet seeking clarity on where the funds being distributed are coming from, but ...

AGRICULTURE Minister Given Lubinda says the country’s maize production for this year is forecast to increase to 2, 873, 52 metric tonnes from 2,618,221 metric tonnes in the 2014/2015 season. Mr Lubinda has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that this is an increase of 9.73%. He says when total maize re He says the national average yield for maize ...

Lusaka Province Minister Mulenga Sata has ditched the ruling Patriotic Front for the opposition UPND. Mr. Sata has since relinquished his position as provincial Minister. Mr Sata who is the eldest son of late President Michael Sata announced his defection to the UPND at media briefing in Lusaka today where he was welcomed to the party by UPND president Hakainde ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) has advised the ruling PF to do a sober reflection on what they have achieved in their five years of being in office before going into campaigns. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape says it is important that the giant political party undertakes a sober reflection on their performance in the last five years ...

The Southern African Center for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has challenged government to inform the nation if they will amend the Public Order Act during the remaining nine days before parliament is dissolved. And the organization has also expressed concern that some key pieces of legislation that Zambians hoped would pass in parliament have not seen the light of ...

People’s Party President Mike Mulongoti has cautioned his fellow politicians against using alarming statements ahead of this year’s general elections. Mr. Mulongoti has observed that this year’s elections will be competitive and there is no need to start issuing alarming statements saying such things may cause chaos in the country. He says elections are not about tribes neither are they ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General Davies Chama says there is no cause for political parties to shun national event. Mr. Chama says it is sad that some political parties shunned yesterday’s Labor Day commemorations. He says national events are supposed to be commemorated by everyone regardless of the parties they are coming from. Mr. Chama says there is need to ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President Edith Nawakwi has called on government to devise a clear system of bargaining and negotiating wages in order to ensure that salaries of workers are always commensurate to inflationary trends and the actual economic dynamics obtaining on the ground. And the FDD Leader says this year’s Labour Day celebration has come at a ...

President Edgar Lungu has called for calm among Zambians as the election period draws nearer. And President Lungu has reassured Zambians that as a Republican President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, he will continue to preach peace, love and unity in the country. Speaking when he officiated at this year’s Labour Day celebrations in Lusaka, President Lungu ...

MMD President Dr. Nevers Mumba has advised party members who have applied to stand on other political parties to come back to the party saying they will just be used and dumped. Dr. Mumba says some members have applied on PF tickets while others on UPND saying they will be used and not adopted in the last minute. He says ...