Archive: 7 March 2022

7 Mar 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Govt targets to reach over 1m through 2022 SCT

GOVERNMENT says it is targeting to reach 1,027,000 vulnerable and incapacitated households through the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme by the end of 2022. Speaking in Parliament, Friday, Community Development and Social Services Minister Doreen... […]

7 Mar 2022 | Chamuka Shalubala

We can’t rehabilitate all roads from the first budget – Milupi

INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing, and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says it’s not right to expect all issues in the country to be resolved in UPND’s first budget. Milupi was responding to a question from Chitambo PF... […]

7 Mar 2022 | Philip Chisalu

Corruption-accused govt officials must step down, demands TIZ

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia chapter president Sampa Kalungu has insisted that President Hakainde Hichilema should adopt a system which will demand that any senior government official under investigation is recused from official duty. And Kalungu says... […]

7 Mar 2022 | Philip Chisalu

Parliament misses me, claims Bowman

FORMER Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says citizens, including President Hakainde Hichilema, are missing his presence in Parliament because he calls a spade a spade and debates real issues. And Lusambo says he expects that... […]

7 Mar 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

There’re wrangles because PF leaders aren’t following party constitution – Kamba

FORMER PF Lusaka provincial chairperson Kennedy Kamba says there will be more problems in PF if the current leaders block any candidates from contesting for party leadership at the conference in June. In an interview,... […]

7 Mar 2022 | Chamuka Shalubala

10 years of govt mismanagement can’t be solved in a year – HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has likened Zambia to a bleeding patient, saying every paramedic knows that in order to help the patient recover, one must first stop the bleeding. But PF deputy national chairperson Davies Chama... […]

7 Mar 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Surrender stolen money, you may not be prosecuted – Nalumango

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango has urged individuals who served in the previous regime to surrender all the funds they dubiously acquired, saying the money will not take them anywhere. And Vice-President Nalumango says government has a... […]

7 Mar 2022 | Chamuka Shalubala

Only Haimbe and Lufuma have declared their assets, laments COF

CHAPTER One Foundation executive director Linda Kasonde has noted with concern that only two public office bearers have declared their assets as required by the parliamentary and ministerial code of conduct. In a statement, Sunday,... […]

7 Mar 2022 | Philip Chisalu

EAZ dissolves itself, transforms into not for profit NGO

THE Economics Association of Zambia says it has ceased to operate as a Company Limited by Guarantee but will now run as a Non-Governmental and not for profit Professional Association. In a notice dated March... […]

7 Mar 2022 | Chamuka Shalubala

UPND should admit that they’ve no plan – Lubinda

ACTING PF president Given Lubinda says the UPND government is out of touch with the reality on the ground regarding people’s suffering. And Lubinda says the hike in fuel pump prices is not surprising because... […]