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Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) has condemned President Edgar Lungu for appointing Dora Siliya as Energy and Water Development Minister when she is still facing criminal charges in court. TIZ Information Officer Charles Chulu in a statement to QFM says the move by President Lungu is a u-turn on his recent promise during the official opening of Parliament that he will ...

Today was a spiritual day as many Zambians from all walks of life joined hands in fasting and praying for God’s interventions in different sectors of the country. In Lusaka’s Show Grounds, hundreds of Lusaka residents gathered as they prayed for reconciliation and forgiveness and asking God to heal the Zambian land. Meanwhile, Chiefs took time to pray for the ...

Zambians are today observing the national day of prayer and fasting that was called by President Edgar Lungu. In Lusaka, hundreds of people are flocking into the Show Grounds main arena where the prayers will be conducted from 13hrs to the break of the fast at 18:00 hours. And First Republican President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda is expected to release a ...

Zambians from different walks of life are today expected to gather in various places to observe the national day of prayer and fasting that was called by President Edgar Lungu. President Lungu and the first family are also expected to be among thousands of Zambians who will be fasting and praying at the Show grounds in Lusaka. President Lungu declared ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu says Zambia should emulate countries whose economies have thrived through earnings from tourism sector. Speaking when he officiated at the Pamodzi Carnival in Lusaka today, President Lungu says his government has prioritized tourism as one of the key sectors to stimulate economic growth. President Lungu says tourism can also play a pivotal role in alleviating poverty ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested 25 people countrywide for unlawful cultivation and trafficking in various quantities of cannabis. And the commission in Central Province has arrested a truck driver in Kapiri Mposhi for trafficking in Miraa. Omari Banda, 36, a truck driver of Kapiri Mposhi District has been arrested for trafficking in 160 bundles of Miraa weighing 42kg. ...

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says the 2016 budget is a sign of a shrinking bread basket, and diminishing wealth of the economy. Mr. Sinkamba notes that the 2015 budget was K46.67billion at the time it was presented to Parliament equivalent to US$7.52billion at the time with the GDP estimated to be equivalent to US$28.8billion. He adds that the 2014 ...

The Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) has signed a 30 million dollar loan agreement with the Chinese Development Bank. The loan is meant to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country. Speaking during the signing ceremony in Lusaka this afternoon, Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Yang Yoaming says SMEs play an important role in the development of any country. ...

China Copper Mines (CCM) has written to the Anti Corruption Commission asking the Commission to dismiss allegations of corruption leveled against it and two named Ministers. CCM Director Yu Wang Ping in his letter to the ACC Director General obtained by QFM News says allegations that his company bribed Mines Minister Christopher Yaluma and Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge are false. ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has allayed fears that the declared day of prayer and fasting is linked to Satanism. EFZ Executive Director Reverend Pukuta Mwanza says the rumor is mere superstition aimed at frustrating people and discouraging them from taking part in the prayer and fasting. Rev Mwanza says October 18th has nothing to do with the mark ...