RB says Southern province is difficult for MMD to win
President Rupiah Banda says Monze District has been a difficult place for the ruling MMD to penetrate. Addressing an impromptu rally in Monze Sunday afternoon after officiating at the Fifth Rusangu University graduation ceremony, President Banda said Southern province and particularly Monze has been difficult for the ruling party to penetrate. “Monze has been difficult [...]
UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has appealed to Zambians to reject candidates who are planning to legalise homosexuality in Zambia. Hichilema was speaking to journalists after addressing a mammoth rally in George compound in Lusaka, Sunday afternoon. Hichilema said whether there is a United Nations resolution to support gay rights or not, Zambia is a Christian [...]
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The Rusangu University formerly called Zambia Adventist University (ZAU) has conferred on President Rupiah Banda an honorary Doctorate Degree in political Science. Making the announcement of President Banda’s new title Sunday during the Fifth Rusangu University graduation ceremony, University Vice Chancellor Professor Mutuku Mutinga said President Banda had contributed greatly to the economic and [...]
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The African Union has announced it is to hold a summit meeting to pledge help for the victims of Somalia’s drought. The statement comes after considerable criticism in the African media of the failure of the continent’s leaders to help famine victims across the Horn of Africa. The AU said the pledging conference would bring [...]
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President Rupiah Banda has sent a goodwill message to the Muslim community in Zambia on the occasion of the 2011 Ramadan which begins Monday August 1, 2011. The President said he was hopeful that as the Muslims observe the holy month, they will also pray for Zambia to have peaceful Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government [...]
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The only United Party for National Development (UPND) councillor at the Nyimba District Council has defected to the Patriotic Front, according to the PF public relations wing. The sole UPND councillor defected to the PF at a mass rally addressed by PF leader Michael Sata on July 29, a statement written by the PF said. [...]
Continue reading …The Electoral Commission of Zambia has set August 7 to 10 as nomination dates for presidential candidates in this year´s election. ECZ director Priscilla Isaacs announced Saturday evening that nominations for MPs and local government candidates will be 12 August 2011. The ECZ said aspiring presidential candidates will be required to pay K10 million which [...]
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It must be put on record that President Banda’s decision not to invite President Mutharika, or indeed any other Head of State has nothing to do with the recent disturbances in Malawi.
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President Rupiah Banda has said his announcement that Vice-President George Kunda should continue running his office is backed by the Constitution. He wondered what would happen if there was no vice president during this period should anything that would incapacitate him happen. He said a statement by Forum for Democracy and Development leader Edith Nawakwi [...]
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UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says his party will ensure that young people’s lives are secured through the provision of decent jobs. Hichilema has just wrappe a campaign trail of the Gwembe valley where he addressed rallies in Sinazongwe, Maamba, Munyumbwe and Chipepo. Hichilema told the crowds that President Rupiah Banda’s government has neglected the [...]
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