Debt restructuring conclusion key to stabilising cost of living – Musokotwane
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says concluding the country’s debt restructuring process will help stabilise cost of living. And Dr Musokotwane says government has done everything possible to get the country’s debt restructured. Speaking during an online interactive forum, Wednesday, Dr Musokotwane said the Kwacha had lost value because of pressure on…...
My bar, Paddy Blues, isn’t like some places PF gave liquor licences – Mposha
MUNALI Member of Parliament Mike Mposha says his bar, Paddy Blues, is a well established business which does not promote moral decay like some establishments which PF licensed. Debating the Presidential speech on national values and principles in the National Assembly, Tuesday, Mposha said underage children are being exposed to alcohol because the PF was…...
HH shouldn’t speak to Lungu like a kid – Mwila
FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says President Hakainde Hichilema should give his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, some respect because he is not his agemate. And Mwila has wondered what wrong the former president has committed that President Hichilema has continued “insulting him”. On Wednesday, President Hichilema warned Lungu that it will soon get bad for…...
Only 83% of Zambia’s population is immune to measles – Masebo
MINISTER of Health Sylvia Masebo says the Strengthening Immunisation Systems through Serosurveillance (SISS) project has revealed that only 83% percent of Zambia’s population has developed immunity against measles, which still puts the country at risk for outbreaks. And Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) Director Professor Roma Chilengi says the Ministry’s statutory institutions should work…...
Buying mealie meal in Kasumbalesa will require NRC to control smuggling – Lufuma
Defence Minister Ambrose Lufuma says the Zambia National Service plans to make presentation of an NRC a prerequisite of buying mealie meal in Kasumbalesa in order to control smuggling. In an interview, Wednesday, Lufuma said it was difficult to control maize and mealie meal smuggling. “The Zambia National Service plan to do that [not to…...
Japan grants Zambia additional $17m for C/Belt hospital upgrades
JAPAN Ambassador to Zambia Takeuchi Kazuyuki says his country has added US$17 million to the initial $25 million for the Project for Upgrading Health Centres to District Hospitals in Copperbelt Province. Meanwhile, Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says he is confident that the upgrading of the two health centres to district hospitals…...
We’ll argue before ConCourt that Kabushi, Kwacha polls weren’t fair – Makebi
PF lawyer Makebi Zulu says the party will argue before the Constitutional Court that ECZ acted illegally by stopping Joseph Malanji and Bowman Lusambo from participating in the Kwacha and Kabushi by-elections, respectively, following the court ruling. On March 10, the Constitutional Court delivered a full ruling in a matter in which Malanji and Lusambo…...
Telesphore should’ve privately engaged us on high mealie meal prices – UPND
UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says Emeritus Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu should have engaged government privately on his concerns over high mealie meal prices rather than speaking to the media. Last week, Archbishop Mpundu said a continued failure by government to address the high cost of living might result in people rioting for food as…...
No one paid any bribe in last teacher recruitment exercise – TSC
THE Teaching Service Commission (TSC) says no individual paid any bribe in order to get a job during the last teacher recruitment exercise. But Transparency International Zambia says the Bribe Payers Index survey report was formed by empirical evidence, arguing that the commission should not rush to dispel the information without carrying out any research…...
Pamela’s abductor got injured trying to escape, Minister tells Parley
HOME Affairs And Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says a suspect, in the abduction case of Pamela Chisumpa and 12 others, is currently receiving medical treatment after he attempted to escape by jumping off the wall fence of the New Mwembeshi Remand Prisons and Correctional Centre. And Mwiimbu says the people who managed to escape…...
