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Muteteka bubbles with confindence

Movement for Multi – party Democracy (MMD)  constituency aspiring candidate for Chisamba in central province , Moses Muteteka  says he weill win the 20  September elections  no matter what. Muteteka, who is also MMD youth chaipreson says he will win the Chisamba seat because of the many things he had done in the area. Muteteka, who [...]

Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) members are allegedly threatening the electorate in Kawambwa District that they will use computers to know who they will vote for in the forthcoming general elections. FODEP Executive Director McDonald Chipenzi told QFM that his organization has received reports of political leaders of the MMD trying to take advantage of [...]

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Zambia, Africa’s biggest copper producer and a relatively stable frontier market, has become the latest victim of the trend, with the kwacha falling to 5,025 to the dollar last month, its lowest in a year, ahead of Sept. 20 elections.

Increased government spending during the campaign has also pushed up yields on Zambian bonds, with 2-year debt costing 14.5 percent at auction last month, its highest in two years.

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National Restoration Party (NAREP) President Elias Chipimo has accused the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) using his party symbol to entice the residents of Western Province to usher the ruling party back into office in the next elections. Chipimo charged that the ruling party is using the NAREP symbol, which is a heart to lure [...]

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The European Union (EU) has said it is possible for Zambia to hold peaceful and credible polls on September 20 as the country’s history tells of the same. Speaking on hot FM’s hot seat program EU Deputy Chief Observer David Ward said peace has always prevailed in the country and should not be traded for [...]

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Churches in Zambia will hold a rally to pray for peace a week before the date of voting. The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) and the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) will be holding a prayer rally on Sunday 11th September. Politicians,  member churches from the three church bodies, [...]

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“We are not happy” with the way UN resolution 1973 was implemented to allow air strikes on Libya,” Zuma told a news conference during a state visit to Norway.

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The United Party for National Development (UPND) Copperbelt Province Chairperson Kennedy Kalunga has commended the Non-Governmental Coordinating Council (NGOCC) for its pledge to render financial assistance to female candidates ahead of the September 20 elections. Speaking on the Copperbelt, Kalunga applauded NGOCC for coming forth to support female candidates contesting at Parliamentary and Local Government [...]

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Zambia Women’s Lobby Group (ZWL) has expressed sadness at the Patriotic Front (PF) decision to bar the party’s aspiring candidates in the forthcoming elections from participating in electoral programs on ZNBC. Lobby Group Chairperson Beauty Phiri told hot fm that is disheartening to also note that Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) candidates for parliamentary seats [...]

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MMD candidate for the 2011 presidential elections, Rupiah Banda, has finally revealed his Muslim faith in a bid to maximise on the fundraising ventures among fellow faithfuls in his home town of Chipata. The PF also claimed that president Banda has declined to re-dedicate Zambia as a Christian nation because it contradicts his true religion. Speaking [...]

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