Patriotic Front Chinsali Member of Parliament, Kalalwe Mukosa has lauded the Rural Electrification Authority for intensifying rural electrification. Mr Mukosa says the programme is modernizing the economic and social emancipation of previously marginalized communities. He says his constituency has benefitted from Electrification Projects citing Kaonga and Chipanga wards, and Kwento village among other areas. He has told QTV News that ...

Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Development Ronald Chitotela has pledged government’s commitment to addressing the nation’s housing deficit, through partnership with the private sector to provide affordable housing to low and middle-income earners. Speaking at the slum/shack dwellers international (SDI) Southern African hub meeting in Lusaka, Mr. Chitotela says Zambia’s growing housing deficit which hovers around 4.3 percent per annum ...

Local Government Minister Vincent Mwale is impressed with the progress in the implementation of the Lusaka city decongestion project being undertaken by Afcons Infrastructure Limited of India. The 289 million dollars project expected to cover 120.7 km of roads is aimed at redesigning the major road network for Lusaka city with a view to reducing traffic jams, travel time and distances. ...

Rural Electrification Authority (REA) Chief Executive Officer Pastor Geoffrey Musonda says about 2,200 households are expected to benefit from the Kasanjiku mini hydro power station project being implemented in Ntambu chiefdom of Mwinilunga district. Speaking when he toured the mini hydro power project, Pastor Musonda says the power station will operate throughout the year to provide people with power supply ...

President Edgar Lungu has fired Felix Mutati as Minister of Works and Supply and revoked his appointment as a nominated member of parliament. The Head of State has since replaced the former Lunte Member of Parliament with his successor at the constituency Mutotwe Kafwaya. ZANIS reports that President Lungu said there is no need for speculation over the sacking of ...

Six hundred and fifty six (656) health professionals who sat for the Health Professions Council of Zambia September/October 2018 professional licensure examinations have failed. HPCZ Registrar, Dr. Aaron Mujajati has told a media briefing that a total of 30 professions were represented in the September-October 2018 examinations with the number of candidates who attempted being 1,888 collectively, out of which ...

Disability Rights Watch has commended the ministry of finance for producing the Braille version of the 2017 economic report, making it the first official document by a ministry or government department to be produced in Braille. Organisation national coordinator, Bruce Chooma has since encouraged other ministries and government departments to emulate the move by the ministry of finance. Mr Chooma ...

United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) Spokesperson, Francis Kope has called for morality in politics. He says Zambia needs credible leadership that is capable of transforming the country. Mr Kope says Zambians should be wary of politician whose pre-occupation is to assume power by all means. He adds that youths have a lot to learn from the current politics pertaining ...

Governance, Elections, Advocacy, And Research Services (Gears) Initiative has urged all political parties with representation in the National Assembly and district councils to adopt the Midterm review system of their elected leaders in the absence of a recall vote clause in the Constitution. And GEARS Initiative has described as progressive President Edgar Lungu’s announcement that the Patriotic Front Central Committee ...

Government has been advised to ensure policy formulation tallies with budgetary allocation. OTTOBOCK Country Director, Lango Sinkala is concerned that policy makers are in the habit of formulating policies while overlooking the aspect of resources for the implementation the set policies. Mr. Sinkala notes that a number of policies to address the needs of persons with disability have not been ...