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Top news items of Zambian major media outlets

Xinhua, April 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are the highlights of Zambia's major media outlets on Tuesday.

-- Zambian President Edgar Lungu has assured that the country's electoral body was working on most of the concerns raised against it by various stakeholders ahead of this year's general elections.

Lungu said he met with officials from the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to discuss, among other matters, holding of a referendum alongside the general elections and the cost of nomination fees for aspiring candidates.

Zambia will hold general elections on August 11 but stakeholders have raised concerns such as increased nomination fees and the electoral body's proposal to award the printing of the ballot papers in Dubai. (TIMES OF ZAMBIA)

-- The Zambian government has said the southern African nation was on the right track in its economic diversification programs.

Minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda however said concerted efforts were required from all stakeholders if the program was to be achieved fully.

He said the government has put in place measures to diversify the economy from its dependence on copper. (ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL)

-- Former Zambian President Rupiah Banda has said the culture of political vindictiveness, vengeance, retribution and pure political hatred should never be allowed to be nurtured because such vice have only achieved persecution against selected citizens in the country.

Banda was reacting to remarks attributed to an opposition leader that his party will arrest current President Edgar Lungu and send him to jail if the opposition party wins this year's general elections.

Banda said the continued threats by the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) that Lungu will have his immunity from prosecution removed if the opposition formed government after the August 11 elections had the potential to create tension during the election campaign period. (DAILY NATION) Endit