Ensure top officials attend high-level meetings, HH directs cabinet
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has directed Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa to ensure that “top guns” in various government institutions attend high-level meetings when required. The President made this directive during a review meeting of his recent Kariba – Maamba trip after noticing that top officials from institutions like Zesco were not in attendance. After…...
Call for stakeholders’ engagement meeting to discuss availability of drugs, ZMA tells govt
ZAMBIA Medical Association president Dr Crispin Moyo has called for an engagement meeting between government and various stakeholders in the health sector to discuss the availability of drugs in health centres. On Friday, Vice-President Mutale Nalumango visited various hospitals in Lusaka where she was told that available essential medicines at the facilities ranged between 60…...
Honeybee scam a scheme by opponents to dent my legacy – Chitalu
FORMER health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says the Honeybee “scam” is a creation of individuals who were scared of the legacy he had created at the Ministry of Health. And Dr Chilufya, who is among the PF presidential aspirants, has described himself as a visionary leader, saying he will transform Zambia and the former ruling…...
My ministry pursuing other means to bridge K10m financial gap at CEEC – Mubanga
MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Elias Mubanga says his ministry is in talks with cooperating partners in order to find ways of bridging the K10 billion financial gap at CEEC. During the awarding of marketer booster loans last year, CEEC Director General Dr Charles Mungule told President Hakainde Hichilema that the commission was…...
Security guard at Muvi TV admits breaking into television station
FOUR Lusaka men have appeared at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly breaking into Muvi television and stealing property worth over K110, 000. Kambani Kapila, 42, Kabamba Mwape, 25, Kelvin Kambila, 24 and Shownslous Mwanza are charged with one count of breaking into a building with intent to commit a felony. It is alleged that…...
Govt will come under a lot of pressure to deliver on 2023 budget targets – Kanyama
ECONOMIST Chibamba Kanyama says the country may end 2023 with less than the projected growth rate of 3.7 percent due to load shedding and uncertainty around external debt restructuring. And Kanyama says government will this year come under a lot of pressure to deliver on its budget targets, than ever before. In an interview, Kanyama…...
Wife denies killing Chile One
ANNIE Monta, the wife of late Kitwe businessman Richard Chileshe, popularly known as Chile One, has pleaded not guilty to the offence of murder. Monta is alleged to have shot dead Chileshe, 42, after a marital dispute early last year. She appeared before Kitwe High Court judge Evaristo Pengele yesterday charged with one count of…...
We’re determined to ensure a more effective CDF implementation in 2023 – govt
MINISTRY of Local Government Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri says government had disbursed 100 percent of the CDF to all local authorities as of December last year. And Phiri says his ministry delegated the power to approve CDF applications to provincial local government offices as a way of cutting down on bureaucracy in…...
PF fears God, we want to do the right things for citizens – Sumaili
FORMER national guidance and religious affairs minister Godfridah Sumaili says PF is a God-fearing party and wants to do the right thing for citizens by serving them. In an interview, Sumaili said PF wanted to build on its strengths by having a servanthood spirit. “As PF, we are going to build on our strengths. The…...
To heal Zambia, HH has to make unpopular decisions, be hated
Continued… IN 2012, just a year after Zambians had elected Michael Sata as Republican President, opposition political party leaders started calling him out for failing to deliver on his campaign promises. Michael and his vice-president Dr Guy Scott were called all sorts of names; chimbwi no plan, muzungu opusa etc. Leading that onslaught was yours…...
