Monthly Archives: March 2018

All is set for commencement of political dialogue

Commonwealth Special Envoy Professor Ibrahim Gambari says all is set for the commencement of the much talked about political dialogue in Zambia. Professor Gambari says it is now time for the dialogue to start beginning with the formation of a stirring committee which will be launched on the 26th of March, 2018. Briefing journalists in Lusaka, Professor Gambari says members ...

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Govt constructing Chinsali General Hospital

The PF Government is constructing a General Hospital in Chinsali District which will serve all districts of Muchinga province. Chinsali area Member of Parliament Kalalwe Mukosa disclosed to journalists at the PF Interactive Forum today in Lusaka that the construction of the hospital which has already taken shape and whose cost is estimated around K90 Million will bring quality health ...

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Govt commissions K15M border water, sanitation project

Government has commissioned the 15 Million Kwacha Chanida, Mwami, Mchinji water supply and sanitation project that will ease and improve the provision of water to communities across the borders. The design of the project was jointly Implemented by Eastern Water and Sewerage Company and the Central water board of Malawi and it involves drilling of boreholes and connecting surrounding houses ...

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HH demands that govt lifts fishing ban immediately

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has called on the government to lift the fishing ban immediately saying it has taken long as some people depend on this activity. And the UPND leader has assured the nation that if elected into office, his priority in government will to remove all the inefficiencies in the agriculture sector accusing the PF Government of destroying ...

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Ng’oma urges Lungu, HH to emulate Kenyatta, Odinga

Political Scientist Dr. Alex Ng’oma has called on both President Edgar Lungu and opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to take a leaf from Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga for their bold decision to reconcile. Kenya’s president and opposition leader have promised to begin a process of reconciliation following last year’s bitterly contested election. Mr. Kenyatta and ...

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Hunger looming in Kafue

Kafue Member of Parliament Miriam Chonya says Kafue residents are facing a serious hunger situation following the chaotic implementation of the e-voucher system as well as the dry spells that were recently experienced in some parts of the country. Ms Chonya says despite Kafue being an industrial zone, it is also an agricultural zone and that most people depend on ...

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Kapoma urges Lungu, HH to emulate Kenyatta, Odinga

Governance Activist David Kapoma says there is need for President Edgar Lungu and UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema to put their differences in the past and think about Zambia. Mr. Kapoma says it will not benefit the two leaders in anyway if they continue on the path of bitterness saying elections are long gone and now is the time to reconcile ...

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Pick N Pay complies with Govt’s directive

Pick n Pay Group Enterprises Director Dallas Langman has assured Zambian government that the retail chain store will cooperative with government’s directive to remove products from its stores that have been listed as posing potential danger to the spread of the current outbreak of  Listeriosis disease that affected South Africa. In an assurance letter sent to the Zambian High Commissioner ...

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Mukuba Hotel workers treated like slaves – Chanda

Bwana Mkubwa Member of Parliament Dr. Jonas Chanda has expressed concern that Hotel Management at the government-owned Mukuba Hotel in Ndola, located in Bwana Mkubwa Constituency, is subjecting its workers to slave-like work conditions and is acrimonious to workers demands and rights. Dr Chanda says he is aware that Mukuba Hotel Management is not paying the workers the service charge ...

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Procurement of campaign materials does not surprise UPND

The opposition UPND says it is not surprising that the PF leadership has decided to procure thousands of bicycles and other campaign materials such as motor vehicle, motorcycles and branded them with Edgar Lungu’s face. The opposition political party has is also seeking guidance from Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) and other relevant authorities whether the action by the PF ...

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