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Various stakeholders have continued airing out their concerns on the decision by University of Zambia UNZA management to bar Over Two Thousand Seven Hundred students from writing their exams.Opposition Socialist Party Copper belt spokesperson Joseph Kangwa has told Mafken FM Radio that the affected students should be accorded the opportunity to sit for exams.Mr. Kangwa […]
The opposition UPND has commenced a process of moving a motion in Parliament against Speaker of National Assembly, Patrick Matibini for allowing PF Secretary General, Davies Mwila to abuse parliamentary privileges for PF MPs who did not vote for the collapsed Bill Number 10 of 2019.Mr. Mwila on the 4th November, 2020, wrote an exculpatory […]
Felix Mutati has disagreed with Government’s argument that the depreciation of the Kwacha is due to the demand of the US Dollar on the Zambian market.As of Monday the 16th of November 2020 the Kwacha was trading on the Foreign Exchange Market at K20 against one US Dollar on overage, a depreciation Republican President Vice […]
The Lusaka magistrate’s court has found opposition National Democratic Congress NDC leader Chishimba kambwili with a case to answer in matter where he is alleged to have defamed President Edgar Lungu.Kambwili was put on his defense yesterday.The matter is before Principal magistrate Felix Kaoma.In this matter, kambwili is said to have accused President lungu of […]
Government awards One Million Dollars contract to a Lusaka car wash to supply vehicles to the Judiciary.The Zambian Government has awarded a little known Car Wash business based in Kabwata in Lusaka a 1 million United States dollars contract to deliver 46 brand new 4×4 vehicles to the Judiciary.Burma Car Wash which also was trading […]
The ruling PF leadership in Southern Province is shocked, but not surprised that the opposition UPND has made a huge celebration out of the collapsed Bill 10. Pf Southern Province spokesperson Trymore Mwenda says the PF in the region has regretted the fall of the Bill, because it was a Bill for the Zambian people. […]
Residents of Mufulira district have bemoaned the bad state of the township roads in the district.. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Mafken FM Radio, Mufulira Private Taxi’s Association President Chimozi Sakala says this has been an ongoing problem that needs to be rectified soon. Mr Sakala says patching of the roads by the Mufulira […]
The Youth Development Foundation -YDF- says the Government should have sensitized the people on the bill before passing it to the President to ascent. YDF Executive Director Chinoya Muyeye tells Mafken FM radio in an exclusive interview that, there is little information about the bill and people are just excited without fully understanding it, citing […]
The Opposition Socialist Party -SP- President Fred M’Membe says he is worried that Republican President Hakainde Hichilema is passing judgement over his carrying of a firearm, a matter in which he is being prosecuted over by law enforcement agencies under the head of states control and command. Mr. Mmembe is currently on Police bond after […]
UPND says the good leadership skills of President Hakainde Hichilema have enabled the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lend the country money at zero interest rate. UPND Kabushi constituency chairperson Henry Bwalya says this is after the Patriotic Front (PF)-led administration left Zambians without any goodwill from the international community, a scenario […]
The former Brighton player retired at 24 after being diagnosed with a rare heart condition. Praying he makes a quick and full recovery
The Zambia Tennis Association-ZTA- has donated assorted sports kit items to Kantanshi Tennis Club-KTC-in Mufulira District on the Copperbelt. Speaking in an interview with Mafken FM radio, Association President Gibson Phiri says the assorted items will go a long way in helping the club undertake its day to day training activities. Phiri has noted that […]
Copperbelt Deputy Permanent Secretary Daniel Kamenga is displeased with the dirty condition Kamuchanga district hospital in Mufulira district has been kept in stating that management has been too comfortable with the challenges being faced at the Health facility. Speaking when he visited the health facility during the Christmas period, Mr. Kamenga questioned management as to […]
The body of a Zambian student who was killed in Ukraine fighting for Russia has been returned to his home country. Lemekhani Nyirenda died in September but Russian officials only informed Zambian authorities last month. The 23-year-old, a student at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, had been serving nine years in prison for a drug […]
President Hakainde Hichilema has assented to the National Pension Scheme Bill. The Bill provides for an option for eligible individuals on the NAPSA scheme to claim for one off – age benefits. In a brief statement, Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says the President’s decision is a fulfilment of the United Party for National Development’s (UPND) […]
Cabinet has approved the parliamentary introduction of the penal code amendment bill of 2022 to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment and repeal the offence of defamation of the President. Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says the Penal Code contains archaic provisions including the death penalty and the offence of defamation of the President. […]
