THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has committed to offering technical support to the Zambia Medicines and Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) and the National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA). According to a statement issued by Zambia's Permanent Mission in Geneva, this is in order to complement government’s efforts aimed at strengthening the procurement system of medical supplies...

THE Rural Electrification Authority (REA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chibombo Town Council to electrify 36 institutions, with an estimated electrification cost of K100 million. And Katuba UPND member of parliament Mwabashike Nkulukusa says increased electricity supply in his constituency will not only reduce juvenile delinquency but also increase literacy levels. Speaking...

ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) acting Commissioner General Joseph Nonde says the authority plans to engage the local government to help it collect Presumptive tax in bus stations. Presumptive taxes are estimates of tax payable that are used in dealing with incomes or activities that are hard to tax, e.g. the informal sector. The tax was...

THE Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB) says it recovered a total of K121.4 million under the student loan scheme in 2022 compared to K104.3 million in 2021. HELSB Acting Chief Executive officer Floyd Ndabulula has revealed that from the 69, 321 beneficiaries whose loans have since matured, only 14, 449 are paying back...

POLICE on the Copperbelt have launched a manhunt for an assistant officer under the Department of Social Welfare in Chingola district for theft by public servant involving K213,571. According to a statement issued by Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba, the incident is said to have occurred between July and November 2022. He said the suspect...

AUDITOR General Dr Dick Sichembe says his office will continue to work with key stakeholders like the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) in the fight against mismanagement of resources in public institutions. According to a statement issued by the Auditor General's Office head of public relations Ellen Chikale, Tuesday, Dr Sichembe was speaking during...

THE Ndola and Kitwe High Courts have dismissed former Kabushi and Kwacha PF members of parliament Bowman Lusambo and Joseph Malanji's petitions in which they challenged their successors Bernard Kanengo and Charles Mulenga's elections, respectively. The duo wanted Kanengo and Mulenga's elections to be declared null and void on grounds that they were illegal. However,...

LEMEKANI Nyirenda, a Zambian student who died at the battlefront of the war between Russia and Ukraine in September last year, will be put to rest today. And Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Permanent Secretary Chembo Mbula has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring that the lives of Zambian nationals in Russia and...

POLICE in Kitwe have shot dead an unidentified male person after he attempted to sell a motor vehicle which was stolen from a police station where it was parked for safe custody. Meanwhile, police are hunting for the deceased's accomplice after managed to flee from the officers. In a statement, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba...

POLICE on the Copperbelt have apprehended a prime suspect who is alleged to have murdered Catholic priest Deodatus Kunda and also stolen a motor vehicle he was driving. In September last year, Police in Ndola apprehended the deceased's girlfriend of about 20 years in connection with his murder. In a statement, then Copperbelt Police Commanding...