Daily Archives: June 12, 2017

Electricity subsidies removal on the poor regressive – PMRC

The Policy Monitoring and Research Center (PMRC) says the removal of electricity subsidies on small and medium sized enterprises and poor households is highly regressive. A PMRC report on the removal of subsidies has indicated that the move has the potential to destabilize Small and Medium Enterprises and poor households whose businesses largely depend on electricity. Kasweka Maboshe, a researcher ...

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Lusaka query Walter Bwalya status

Lusaka Dynamos have written to the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) to query the status and transfer of Nkana striker Walter Bwalya from Congo DR and consequently his eligibility to play football in Zambia. Bwalya spent a season and a half at Ndola-based outfit Forest Rangers before he signed for Nkana in July 2015. Lusaka Dynamos contend that Bwalya was ...

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Govt calls for collaboration in water resource managment

Government is in the process of reviewing the water supply and sanitation Act number 26. of 1997 to bring on board new and emerging issues in the provision of water supply and sanitation. Speaking during the official opening of a two day Zambia Water Forum and Exhibition in Lusaka today, Acting minister of water development, sanitation and environmental protection Freedom ...

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AC Milan sign Porto striker Andre Silva

Italy’s AC Milan have signed striker Andre Silva from Porto for a fee that could rise to 40 million euros ($44.8 million), the Portuguese club said on Monday. The 21-year-old, who has signed a contract that will keep him at Milan until June 2022, made 32 league appearances for Porto last season, scoring 16 goals. He also scored four times ...

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Weight-related deaths can affect non-obese too

You don’t have to be diagnosed as obese to be at risk of dying from illnesses related to excess weight, a global study suggests. Of the 4 million deaths attributed to being overweight in 2015, nearly 40% were not considered clinically obese. The study found more than 2 billion children and adults suffered from health problems linked to being overweight. ...

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Don’t turn parley into circus,UPND MPs told

Patriotic Front Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says United Party for National Development (UPND) Members of Parliament not to turn Parliament into a circus when the house reconvenes tomorrow. And Mr. Bwalya says the recent attempt by UPND Members of Parliament to secure a High Court judgment to restrain the Speaker of the National Assembly from punishing them for boycotting President ...

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Russia protests: Hundreds detained at opposition rallies

Hundreds of people have been detained at anti-corruption rallies in Moscow and St Petersburg. Riot police in central Moscow were picking protesters out of the crowd at random, a BBC correspondent at the demonstration has said. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at his home ahead of the protests, according to his wife. Thousands of supporters have heeded his call ...

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Govt reviewing the water supply and sanitation Act number 26. of 1997

Government is in the process of reviewing the water supply and sanitation Act number 26. of 1997 to bring on board new and emerging issues in the provision of water supply and sanitation. Speaking during the official opening of a two day Zambia Water Forum and Exhibition in Lusaka today, Acting minister of water development, sanitation and environmental protection Freedom ...

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Removal of electricity subsidies regressive-PMRC

The Policy Monitoring and Research Center (PMRC) says the removal of electricity subsidies on small and medium sized enterprises and poor households is highly regressive. A PMRC report on the removal of subsidies has indicated that the move has the potential to destabilize Small and Medium Enterprises and poor households whose businesses largely depend on electricity. Kasweka Maboshe, a researcher ...

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UPND in Southern province backs GBM

The United Party for National Development (UPND) in Southern province has given its full support to the leadership of party vice president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba. Refuting social media reports that the UPND in southern province are calling for the removal of Mr Mwamba as party vice president, UPND Southern Province Spokesperson, Neto Halwabala says at no time did the UPND ...

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