UPND govt communication strategy: Each one for himself, HH for us all
THIS past weekend was packed with interesting news. After a week of being bashed on social media over load shedding, President Hakainde Hichilema, in good faith, took off to go and have an on-the-spot check of the situation at Lake Kariba. Upon return, the President wondered why the media had not done its work on…...
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HH dates Angola
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has traveled to Angola on a two-day state visit. In a statement, Tuesday, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo said while there, the President would hold bilateral talks with his counterpart João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço. He said the talks would culminate in the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) including…...
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Beston desperate for striker as Ng’onga nears Nkana exit
NKANA coach Beston Chambeshi says his club is desperate for a striker but the challenge is that players are not available currently. Nkana’s hitman, Alex Ng’onga is expected to leave the club with TP Mazembe as his possible destination. The Kitwe giants are currently experiencing a dip in form and they dropped into the relegation…...
Team Red fails its first big test
So, after all that braggadocio about ending load shedding, the “New Dawn” administration has failed to “fix it” and are doing damage control with lots of egg on their faces. They have been giving endless explanations for their failure to fix load shedding. Among the explanations, acts of God, it’s the fault of PF, missing…...
Kariba dam leaking, says HH, as he insists ZRA failed to manage water allocation
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has revealed that there are leakages at the Kariba dam, saying there is no need to hide such things. The President says his administration spoke a lot in the past year and it’s now time to get things done. And Energy Regulation Board Chairperson Reynolds Bowa has announced that Zesco and Maamba…...
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…...
