MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says he will resign if all 156 CDF-funded ambulances being procured through ZAMMSA are not delivered by May 2025. Phiri has also insisted that there is no scandal surrounding the procurement, as reported. And Ministry of Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana says government will continue providing opportunities to all citizens, regardless of where they live or conduct their lawful businesses from. Earlier this week, the Public Accounts Committee heard that one of the companies contracted to supply half of the 156 ambulances under CDF was a pharmacy located in Lusaka’s Garden compound. And last Friday, the Committee heard that only 11 out of 156...

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