ACTING Minister of Community Development and Social Services Brenda Tambatamba has revealed that government disbursed K1.8 billion for emergency cash transfers to drought victims by July 2024. In a ministerial statement to the National Assembly, Wednesday, Tambatamba said the first cycle of payments for May and June was made to 886,311 out of the targeted 952,570 households. “Madam Speaker, I wish to thank you for according me this opportunity to issue a ministerial statement on the progress made in the implementation of the emergency cash transfer in the 84 districts affected by drought. Madam Speaker, following the declaration of drought as a national disaster by the President of the Republic of Zambia Mr Hakainde Hichilema, the government has been implementing...