Matero Patriotic front (PF) Member of Parliament Miles Sampa has assured people of his constituency of improved sanitation standards soon. Mr. Sampa says he is aware of some areas in his constituency which have pathetic sanitary conditions due poor drainages and uncollected garbage by the council. He says he has to this effect made tremendous progress in discussing with the ...

The Zambia Prisons Service has called for concerted efforts in improving the standards of prisoners in the country. Zambia Prisons Director of Health Services Chileshe Chisela says the prisons service has been trying its level best to ensure that inmates are given the attention they deserve. Dr. Chisela explains that accommodation has however remained a great challenge despite the opening ...

Opposition National Restoration Party (NAREP) President Elias Chipimo junior has reminded President Edgar Lungu not to forget his campaign promise of delivering a people driven constitution. Mr. Chipimo says President Lungu should speak straight and assure the Zambian people that they will have a people driven constitution as per his promise. He thinks that leaders need to respect the wishes ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has urged political parties participating in tomorrow’s Parliamentary by-elections to remain peaceful. EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza says political parties have the responsibility to ensure that the elections are free from any violent activity. Reverend Mwanza states that this means that all party leaders should take it upon themselves to denounce violence and encourage ...

England’s women have matched their male counterparts from 1966 and 1990 by reaching the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup, says manager Mark Sampson. Sampson’s side beat hosts Canada 2-1 to progress to the last four of the tournament for the first time. The men’s team of 1966 won the World Cup, while the 1990 side were beaten at the ...

The Dalai Lama has made an appearance at the Glastonbury Festival, praising it as “a festival of people, not governments or politicians”. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader gave a talk in the Peace Garden, where the crowd sang happy birthday in advance of his 80th birthday on 6 July. He arrived using a Glastonbury t-shirt to cover his head as ...

The European Central Bank says it will maintain its emergency funding of Greek banks at the level agreed on Friday. The ECB said that it stood ready to review the decision on its Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) and would work closely with the Bank of Greece. BBC economics editor Robert Peston says the ECB is not providing any additional aid ...

PF Bwana Mkubwa Member of Parliament Emmanuel Chenda says road construction is now taking center stage among trendy developments in his constituency. Mr. Chenda says the township with the largest concentration of his constituency’s population, Mushili, for instance, which has had no tar road since Zambia’s independence, now has its major roads tarred. He has told Qfm News by telephone ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has condemned the alleged violent stabbing of its Chawama Constituency Chairperson Mr. Bwalya. PF Media and Publicity Committee Vice Chairperson Sunday Chanda says this act of political savagery speaks to the need for UPND to depart from its violent culture and embrace peaceful means and co-existence. Mr. Chanda has told Qfm News in a statement ...

The Zambian Voice has observed that the country’s governance system under the Patriotic Front (PF) government has now become highly threatened. The Zambian Voice suspects that this is as result of the alleged desperation it believes the PF government and President Edgar Lungu are currently in. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali has told Qfm News in an interview that his organization ...