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A 15-YEAR-OLD boy of Mazabuka has died after being electrocuted while on a bird hunting expedition. Southern Province Police Commanding Officer Auxensio Daka confirmed the incident, stating that the deceased, identified as Namata Namata, left...

THE Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) says there’s always need to have wider consultations before embarking on any constitutional amendment process, whether the clauses being targeted are non-contentious or not. On Sunday, Chief government...

FORMER Attorney General Musa Mwenye says caution must be exercised when amending clauses in the Constitution which speak directly to the next election. Speaking when he featured on Hot FM’s breakfast show, Monday, Mwenye said...

JUSTICE Minister Princess Kasune says there is currently no draft Constitution amendment bill in place. And Kasune says there’s no need for any more commissions to review the Constitution because the recommendations from previous efforts...

POLICE have arrested a 47-year-old man, who was nursing his 7-year-old daughter admitted to the Cancer Diseases Hospital, after it was discovered that he had been sexually abusing her whenever he took her for a...

THE Zambian Civil Liberties Union (ZCLU) has expressed concern over the non disclosure of incomes and liabilities by some Ministers and Members of Parliament. ZCLU Executive Director Isaac Mwanza says this is making it difficult...

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the Constitution amendment process doesn’t require wider consultations because it is not the whole document which is being amended. And Mweetwa says the beauty of having a constitutional amendment...

LUSAKA Lawyer Jonas Zimba says Zambians should not allow any manoeuvre to manipulate the Constitution. In an interview, Zimba said Bill 10 was better than the new dawn government’s attempt to amend the Constitution because...

MANDEVU PF member of parliament Christopher Shakafuswa says he needs to work with government in order to address the challenges which his people are facing. In an interview, Friday, Shakafuswa said there was need to...

HEALTH Minister Elijah Muchima says there’s no specific time to amend something which has caused problems. And Muchima says there’s need to introduce a system that will send health workers who have served in urban...