Eastern province Police Commissioner Eugene Sibote says the Police command in the province expects the co-existence that has been exhibited by political parties in the province to continue ahead of the June 30 parliamentary by-elections. The two by-elections to be held in the province are the Petauke Central and Malambo parliamentary by-elections. Mr Sibote has told Qfm News from Chipata ...

About thirteen thousand two hundred and forty four (13, 244) people in Luapula Province will have access to cleaner and safer drinking water through the Small Town Water Supply Sanitation Project implemented by WaterAid Zambia. Speaking during the official handover of the project to Luapula Water and Sewerage Company in Chief Lubunda’s chiefdom in Mwense District, Luapula Province Minister Brigadier ...

The Zambian Voice says the tribunal set up to probe suspended Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito should proceed as set up by President Edgar Lungu. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali in a statement says this is notwithstanding the issues his organisation has raised in the past concerning the Tribunal. Mr Tayali however, notes that the Mutembo Nchito Tribunal is of ...

World Bank country Director Kundhavi Kadiresan has disclosed that US$50 million dollars has been set aside to support girls education and women empowerment programmes in Zambia. Ms. Kadiresan says the World Bank has seen as urgent to help Zambia address the crisis of adolescent pregnancies and child marriages top save the future of the girl child. She explains that it ...

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) says it will only give an assessment of President Edgar Lungu’s leadership performance when he delivers a new constitution to Zambian people. CCZ Secretary General Suzanne Matale says the CCZ will give President Lungu a 100 percent pass mark if  he lives up to his promise to deliver a new constitution. Reverend Matale ...

Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign Dutch forward Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven. The fee is in the region of £25-30m with the deal believed to be until 2019, with the option of another year. Subject to the 21-year-old passing his medical next week, he will join United once the transfer window opens in June. Depay, who has ...

James Corden’s US talk show has been nominated for a Critics’ Choice TV award, less than two months on from the British star’s late-night debut. Graham Norton’s BBC chat show is also up for the best talk show award, as is The Daily Show in what will be Jon Stewart’s final year as host. Christopher Eccleston, Cat Deeley and Janet ...

Party leaders have been casting their votes in the United Kingdom general election. Polls opened at 07:00 BST at around 50,000 polling stations across the UK, which will remain open until 22:00. A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 50 million people registered to vote. As well as the general election, there are more than 9,000 ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has called on the Minister of Justice to brief the nation on progress that has been made towards the introduction of the Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament as stated in his last Ministerial statement. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza has noted that despite Constitutional provisions in Article 79 (2) that require that before the ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) has declared its readiness for the upcoming parliamentary by-elections in Malambo, Mulobezi and Petauke Central constituencies on June 30th, 2015. UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma in a statement says while they are glad the delayed by-elections will soon be held, the delay is unacceptable as the victims of this delay are the constituents. Mr ...