Mbabala Member of Parliament Joseph Munsanje says he will prioritize finishing projects that stalled during the previous regime before embarking on new projects. Speaking to q-news, Mr. Munsanje says a number of infrastructure projects such as roads, health centers, schools had not be completed in the constituency during the previous regime. He notes that all the projects will be undertaken ...

Chief Chanje of the Chewa Speaking People in Chipangali District of Eastern Province has called on the tobacco board of Zambia to open up tobacco markets quickly in order to protect farmers in the area from exploitation by vendors. The traditional leader says it is his expectation that tobacco buying companies will purchase the commodity at better prices because most ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged Zambians not to rush President Hakainde Hichilema into shifting to Nkwazi house without convincing reasons. NDC George Sichula led faction Deputy Secretary General for Administration Joseph Kasonde says president hichilema is cognizant to the inherited sufferings of the Zambian people from the three previous regimes. Mr. Kasonde says all opposition party leaders and a ...

Economist Trevor Hambayi has urged the new dawn government not to go ahead and remove the remaining subsidies on fuel in June, but wait for the Geo-political tension between Russia and Ukraine to come to an end. Speaking in a telephone interview with q-news, Mr. Hambayi says this will help in stabilizing the economy. He has also called on the ministry ...

Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu has disclosed that a law is coming that is going to compel all concession license holders to plant trees for every tree that they cut. Mr. Nzovu says this is to ensure that the trees in the forests are sustained and don’t go into extinction which is a big threat to the ...

Linda open community school head teacher Doreen Nzila has noted with concern the lack of desks at the school which currently has over 2000 pupils. Ms. Nzila has told Qtv news that the introduction of the free education policy has received overwhelming response from parents who have brought back their children to school which has caused some to be sitting ...

Opposition patriotic front (PF) acting president given Lubinda has commended Russia for its efforts to bring the geo-political conflict to a close. Mr. Lubinda has also called on all parties involved to support the position by Russia which has hinted for the war to end within three weeks. in a statement obtained by q news, Mr. Lubinda says he is ...

Community Action Against Corruption has challenged the anti-corruption commission to ensure that the case involving the former Lusaka province minister bowman Lusambo is addressed to the latter. CAAC chief executive officer Brighton Tembo has observed that the seizure of bowman Lusambo’s property by acc is not different from other undertakings of acc which do not produce any meaningful results. Mr. ...

Economic and Equity party president Chilufya Tayali has charged that there is no difference between how the previous regime and the current regime is governing the country. Speaking in an interview with q news, Mr. Tayali notes that the opposition political parties are currently intimidated by the government and party officials when they want to offer proper checks and balances ...

Three civil society organizations have threatened to ensure that criminal and administrative action is taken against public officials who will fail to declare their assets after assuming public office. Eleven out of twenty-five cabinet ministers have so far declared their assets more than eight months after the united party for national development took over government affairs. Chapter one foundation chairperson ...