Daily Archives: December 7, 2021

Schools must be places of safety

Ministry of education permanent secretary for technical services, Joel Kamoko, says schools must be places of safety away from homes to ensure that the development of learners is holistic. Mr. Kamoko says the new dawn government is determined more than ever before to curtail school related gender based violence (SRGBV) in society with the requisite agency and corresponding commitment from ...

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Establish markets & bus stations boards

Zambia National Marketeers Credit Association ZANAMACA president Mupila Kameya says the long delayed establishment of markets and bus stations boards is a fertile birding ground for cadrelism activities in markets and bus station. Mr. Kameya says any further delay to the establishment process of markets and bus stations boards will cause a very serious drawback in the growth of the ...

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Interrogate ZESCO’S operational costs

New Heritage Party leader Chishala Kateka has urged government to be transparent and consultative as it advances its agenda on subsidies especially from electricity. Mrs. Kateka says the process of removing subsidies form electricity should involve government being transparent and consulting  stakeholders including the consumers, in the process it wants to take. The opposition leader adds that government should interrogate ...

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A 67 year old man arrested for defilement

A 67 year old man of Lusaka’s Kabangwe area has been arrested for defiling and impregnating a 15 year old girl who used to do piece works at his house. Brief facts of the matter are that between unknown dates and time but between April and May 2021, the victim who is a female juvenile aged 15 of the same ...

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PTAZ thumbs the logistical part in transport sector

Petroleum Transporters Association of Zambia (PTAZ)says the coming of the logistical part in the transport sector is a plus to sector and not the way it was previously were it was omitted and replaced with communication. Association general secretary Benson Tembo says they are a number of Zambians toady who are studying transport and logistics in universities and colleges today ...

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Cadres in contradiction of UPND leadership

Mpika Central member of parliament Francis Kapyanga has expressed disappointment over UPND cadres who are behaving contrary to what the party leaderships stand on cadrism and freedom of expression. Mr. Kapyanga has told QTV news in an interview that the root that the UPND cadres have taken is what led to the patriotic front losing the august 12th general elections ...

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Zambia set to launch a satellite

Minister of Technology and Science Felix Mutati has disclosed that the new dawn government is in the next two years set to launch a satellite that will give accurate data with regards to weather and climate change. Mr. Mutati discloses that the satellite will be both commercial and for data generation for planning purposes and timely information to tackle the ...

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MOH warns against fake quotation notice

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has warned the public against a fake notice purporting that the permanent secretary in charge of administration Dr. George Magwende is asking for quotations from suppliers and vendors for assorted goods and services. Ministry of health spokesperson Dr Abel Kabalo has categorically stated that the notice is fake and generated by unscrupulous individuals with intent ...

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Immediately engage millers, FRA told

Green Party leader Peter Sinkamba has advised the food reserve agency FRA to immediately engage the millers association of Zambia and other stakeholders as it sells maize in its storage sheds in order to raise money to pay farmers. Mr. Sinkamba tells q news in an interview that the problem was for government to order the FRA to buy more ...

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