RESIDENT Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Dr Mweushi Mphande says the proposed recruitment of 3,000 health workers in the 2023 national budget is insufficient to mitigate the shortages in the sector. In a statement, Dr Mphande said the government should increase the allocation for the number of health workers in order to achieve universal...

COMMUNITY Development and Social Services Minister Doreen Mwamba has flagged off the farming inputs for the 2022/2023 farming season to all provinces under the Food Security Pack programme. Speaking during the event, Tuesday, Mwamba said over 200, 000 households were set to benefit from the programme. He explained that the Food Security Pack supported vulnerable...

GREEN party leader Peter Sinkamba and governance activist Isaac Mwanza have argued before the Constitutional Court that there will be a leadership vacuum in Kabushi and Kwacha constituencies if by-elections are not held within 90 days. The duo has petitioned the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) before the Constitutional Court over the alleged failure to...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says it has registered 6,413 voters under the Continuous Voter Registration exercise in the month of September 2022. In a statement, Tuesday, ECZ senior corporate affairs officer Sylvia Bwalya said during the said period, Solwezi recorded the highest number of registered voters while Mongu recorded the least. “The Electoral...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane has urged those serving in public offices to change their attitudes and stop fighting businesses, arguing that they actually pay taxes and their salaries. And Dr Musokotwane has emphasised the need to expedite the issuance of licenses for hotels and lodges, manufacturing as well as mining. Speaking...

ZAMBIA Police assistant public relations officer Godfrey Chilabi says the police were so close to rescuing the abducted girls, adding that it was just a matter of time because officers had been patrolling the area. And Chilabi says the police are tactical and strategic in their investigations. Meanwhile, government has commended the residents of Chalala...

COMMUNITY Development and Social Services Minister Doreen Mwamba says the cancelation of a contract awarded to ️Kafelix Investments Limited for the supply of 75 motorbikes after it expired won't attract any litigation. Responding to questions in Parliament from Pambashe PF member of parliament Ronald Chitotela on why the government awarded a contract for the procurement...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says government has created serious problems for itself by reintroducing meal allowances when there's no money, adding that he expects students to be protesting every three months. Commenting on the reintroduction of meal allowances in public universities in the 2023 national budget, Mwila argued that there was no need...

LEADER of the Opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile says Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe shouldn't trivialize governance by issuing certain comments against former president Edgar Lungu. Commenting on Haimbe's remarks that Lungu should be careful what he wished for, Mundubile said government officials shouldn't think they were powerful individuals. "We are watching the happenings with a...

YOUTH, Sports and Arts minister Elvis Nkandu says the new dawn government is committed to address the various challenges that artists have been facing in the country. Speaking when he launched the 2022 Ngoma Awards, Nkandu assured that the artists have found a home in his ministry with significant milestones being made to restructure and...