PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government will not allow any new unplanned settlements in the country. And Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Du Xiaohu says China will assist with nine measures, among them a team of 10 medical experts and a batch of medical equipment worth K2 million towards cholera treatment. Speaking when he met with officials from the Chinese Embassy led by the Ambassador, Thursday, President Hichilema said no new settlements would be allowed to open without minimum standards, adding that some houses needed to be taken out and people relocated. “We’ve also said, your Excellence, that no new settlements will be allowed to open without minimum standards. Without proper roads, without drainages, without water supply as it were and we...

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