BRITISH High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley has commended President Hakainde Hichilema for declaring an early state of national emergency, saying this will allow cooperating partners to respond appropriately. And Health Minister Sylvia Masebo says there is need to consider allocating part of the social cash transfer to NHIMA so that vulnerable groups can also have easy access to healthcare. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Health, Tuesday, High Commissioner Woolley said it was devastating to learn that a huge number of Zambians were now food insecure as a result of crop failures. “Thank you for receiving me and the team from the High Commission and to express UK’s solidarity with the people of Zambia...

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