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MMD to squeeze campaign money from CDF recipients in Monze

The ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) is soliciting for funds from business houses in Monze district for campaigns ahead of this year’s election. Highly placed sources told the Watchdog that the decision to target local businessmen to fund the MMD for the 2011 election was reached at during a meeting between party officials and [...]

LUSAKA (Reuters) – A state-owned Chinese bank will lend Zambia $180 million to upgrade a road that should help boost trade with Africa’s Great Lakes countries, an official said on Monday. The region, loosely defined as Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and western Tanzania, is a key market for Zambian sugar [...]

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Four Patriotic Front (PF) cadres have been arrested in Mpika for stoning motor vehicles that are being used by three ministers and police officers currently on a tour of Northern Province to check on development projects. The cadres from Chitulika Village where PF leader Michael Sata hails from, were arrested when they set fire and [...]

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Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) Chairperson for elections Gabriel Namulambe has disputed claims by former Patriotic Front(PF) Youth Chair Eric Chanda that the ruling party is buying voter’s cards in exchange for citenge materials on the Copperbelt. Namulambe charged that Chanda’s statements are false and he is fabricating stories because his party cannot handle the [...]

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United Party for National Development (UPND) has advised the electorate to choose leaders who have vision and the people’s aspirations at heart. UPND President Hakainde Hichilema called on Zambians to retire old politicians and usher into office young people with fresh ideas. Hichilema said only when the country has credible leaders that prioritize the welfare [...]

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