Daily Archives: May 4, 2015

ACC arrest two minitsry of Health employees for corruption

The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested two Ministry of Health employees for Corrupt Practises Involving K223, 500. Commission Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono says Luke Makeche, 58, of plot No. 12951, Chilenje South, Lusaka, has been charged with One (1) Count of Abuse of Authority of Office contrary to Section 99(1) of the Penal Code and one Count of Obstruction of ...

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PF has failed to manage education – HH

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has charged that the recent failure to open the Copperbelt University due to lack of funding from Government is just the latest example of the failure of the PF Government to manage education. In his weekly policy statement, Mr Hichilema says a good quality education is a right for youths and should be made available to ...

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ERB,RTSA ink deal

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) and the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will facilitate joint inspection of fuel tankers for compliance to technical standards while on public roads. Under the terms of the MoU ERB and RTSA will conduct joint inspections on highways on a quarterly basis with the main ...

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State House releases FAZ vehicle

Republican President Edgar Lungu has released a Toyota Hilux vehicle to Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) that has parked at State House for the past five years. The President’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has confirmed the development to journalists in Lusaka today. Mr Chanda says FAZ has since thanked the Head of State for facilitating ...

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I won’t smile for Dora – Kambwili

Patriotic Front (PF) National Youth Chairperson Chishimba Kambwili has maintained that Dora Siliya who has now joined the ruling party should apologize for attacking late President Michael Sata’s regime. Mr. Kambwili says he personally wants Ms. Siliya to apologize because her recent remarks suggested that the late President’s regime was more than xenophobia. Mr.Kambwili stresses that he still stands by ...

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Uphold professionalism,scribes urged

Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Chishimba Kambwili has implored media houses to strive for professionalism and ethical reporting at all times. Speaking when he addressed journalists during the World Press Freedom commemoration in Lusaka this morning, Mr. Kambwili says the high levels of unethical and unprofessional conduct being exhibited by some media houses borders on criminality under the pretext of ...

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Lungu cracks whip on foreign missions

Republican President Edgar Lungu has called for an end to reckless spending by Zambia’s foreign missions. The latest Auditor General’s report has cited eleven foreign missions for various financial irregularities. Speaking when he swore-in Emmanuel Mwamba as Zambia’s High Commission to South Africa and Humphrey Chibanda as Zambia’s envoy to France this morning, President Lungu says he has been studying ...

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BB King ‘receiving hospice care’

Blues guitarist BB King has told fans he is receiving hospice care at his home following a short stay in hospital. The 89-year-old has lived with type II diabetes for more than 20 years, and has had several spells in hospital in recent months. A message on his website said: “I am in home hospice care at my residence in ...

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Gunmen shot dead at Dallas conference on Prophet cartoons

Two gunmen have been shot dead after opening fire outside a conference on cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a suburb of Dallas, US police say. They drove to the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland as the event was ending, and began shooting at a security officer before being killed by police. The bomb squad has been called in to ...

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Nonde urges change of rewarding civil servants

Former Federation of Free Trade unions (FFTUZ) president Joyce Nonde has urged government to change its style of appreciating public service workers. Ms .Nonde says there is need for government to begin recognizing workers to a much more descent way to motivate them. Ms. Nonde notes that there are so many motivating ways which government should consider having in place ...

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