SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has urged Tourism Minister Rodney Sikumba to consider learning from neighbouring countries on how to address human-animal conflict. Responding to Shang’ombo MP Mubika Mubika, who raised a matter of public importance expressing concern over government’s lack of action in addressing human-animal conflict, resulting in loss of lives, Speaker Mutti observed that delivering ministerial statements on the issue was not yielding results. “This issue of human-animal conflict, I think it was only Tuesday when the acting Minister of Tourism came to the floor of the House to deliver a statement on a matter that was raised by the honourable member for either Mpika or one of these constituencies. So, this problem is ongoing. I...

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