PRESIDENT Michael Sata has appointed newly-elected Mansa Central Member of Parliament (MP) Chitalu Chilufya as Deputy Minister of Health. Dr Chilufya replaces Christopher Mulenga who has been transferred to the Ministry of Youth and Sport in the same capacity. Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations, George Chella announced the development in a statement yesterday. Dr Chilufya was ...
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Chilufya Is New Deputy Health Minister
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Mongu-Kalabo Road Works Advance
CONSTRUCTION of the multi-million Kwacha Mongu-Kalabo Road has reached an advanced stage. The US$286.9 million project to cover a 36 kilometre stretch from Mongu to Tapo is being constructed across the famous Mongu plains and would connect Mongu and Kalabo districts. The contractor, AVIC International has so far completed the setting of the base where the road would be constructed. The stretch ...
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Chief Chikanta Retrieves Girl 13 From Marriage
CHIEF Chikanta of Kalomo District has retrieved a 13-year-old girl from marriage a day after she finished writing her grade seven examinations. This comes barely a week after Chief Singani of Choma District also rescued young girls aged 12 and 16 from marriages and surrendered their parents to the police for encouraging early marriages. Cases of early marriages in Southern Province are rising, ...
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Golf-4-All Salutes Dedicated Parents
THE golfing community has paid tribute to parents that have kept the sport alive through supporting their children; highlighting Peter Muthiya, who guided his son Madalitso to the top of Zambia's golf. During a luncheon ceremony at Lusaka Hotel yesterday, Golf-4-All facilitator, Brian Chisengalumbwe said junior golf in Zambia over the last two decades had existed only because parents had ...
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Central Permanent Secretary Warns Truant Civil Servants
INDISCIPLINED and corrupt civil servants will not be transferred to other stations but will be retired, Central Province Permanent Secretary Edwidge Mutale has warned. Ms Mutale said transferring indisciplined officers would mean transferring problems to other departments or districts, which should not be tolerated. Speaking when she paid a courtesy call on Chief Liteta of Chibombo, Ms Mutale ...
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Zambian Minister Stresses Gains From Train Circulation
The Zambian Minister of Natural Resources, Christopher Yaluma, Thursday in Luena, eastern Moxico province, stressed the benefits from the circulation of the Benguela Railway (CFB) train for the peoples of Angola and Zambia. Christopher Yaluma was speaking at the inauguration of the Luculo railway station by the Angolan Transport Minister, Augusto da Silva Tomás. The Zambian official said ...
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State to Act Against Public Funds Abuse
GOVERNMENT says it will work to strengthen the offices of the controller of internal audit and accountant general to give them more capacity and ability to prevent the misuse of public resources. Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said efforts in improving service delivery in the public sector could only be effective if the two offices were strengthened and eventually reduce on queries by the ...
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Tilka Starts On Good Note
ZAMBIA'S swimming ace Tilka Paljik gave the local swimmers some hope of winning medals at the 2013 Confederation of Aquatic Nations (CANA) 10th Africa Junior Championships that got underway in Lusaka yesterday. The four-day event has attracted 15 countries and is taking place at the 90 Days Legacy Swimming Pool at the Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC). Paljik emerged fifth in the 200 ...
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Are Manhood Herbs Effective
MANHOOD enlargement posters are pasted at every wall. So glaring are the tables laden with bottles labelled mutototo, strong man, manhood cream that you have no choice but to notice them. Then you have the posters "manhood cream; increases energy and enlargement, call Dr Ibrahim". The posters are so intricately designed; they have little sleeves of paper you can pull off with the ...
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Return to the Wards Save Lives
AFTER several appeals from senior Government officials, it is expected that the nurses and midwives will today troop back to the wards and render their services to the patients. This would facilitate the smooth conclusion of the negotiations for improved conditions of service which would ultimately address the valid concerns raised by the nurses. The nurses and midwives should also heed to ...
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Chibombo Council Land Deal Raises Dust
CHIBOMBO District Council has allegedly issued 1,000 hectares of land to four foreign investors disregarding laid down procedure. The investors had initially applied for 4,000 hectares, which could have meant each of them receiving 1, 000 hectares, but the council went ahead to parcel out 250 hectares per investor. Central Province Permanent Secretary Edwidge Mutale has since ordered a probe ...
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MMD Vehicles Case - State Seeks Parley Proof
THE State has asked the National Assembly payroll accountant to submit to the court information on the amount of money MMD Members of Parliament (MPs) contributed to the party from 2007 to 2012. Principal State advocate Susan Wanjalani asked Evans Ndabali to submit to the court the amount of money deducted from the MPs' monthly allowances as personal contributions. This is in a matter in ...
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510000 Agro Jobs Coming
AGRICULTURE and Livestock Minister Robert Sichinga says 510,000 jobs will be created in the ministry in the next five years to enhance economic growth. Mr Sichinga told Parliament yesterday that Government was determined to address the bottlenecks that had continued to hinder development in the agricultural sector and increase jobs to help increase the country's Gross Domestic Product ...
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Policy to Take Sports to Communities Coming
SPORTS Minister Chishimba Kambwili has said his ministry is formulating a policy to take sport to the community starting next year. Kambwili was speaking on a Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) Radio 2 phone-in programme in Lusaka yesterday. In reaction to a question from a caller who wanted to know how far the government has gone with the opening of the planned Sports University ...
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Treason accused Barotseland activists freed
Clement Sinyinda in traditional gear Ngambela of Barosteland All the 64 Barotseland activists accused of treason have been discharged by the Lusaka Magistrate Court. The 64 which includes former Ngambela Clement Sinyinda were discharged this morning by Lusaka Magistrate Alidah Chulu after the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi. Magistrate Chulu however warned that they ...
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FODEP advises Masumba to stop attending parliament
Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) Executive Director, Macdonald Chipenzi, has advised convicted Mufumbwe Member of Parliament, Stephen Masumba, to accept the National Assembly's decision and stop attending Parliamentary debates until his case is disposed of by the courts of law. Mr Chipenzi said Mr Masumba should not push his luck too far and become arrogant because the rules of the ...
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United Nations Development Programme signs MOD with Dr Kaseba’s UUB
ut- going United Nations (UN) co-coordinator to Zambia Kanni Wignaraja (l) with First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba, Alchemy Women in Leadership -Zambia founding director Chimango Chikwanda (second from right) and UUB Board member Dr Maureen Chisembele during the signing ceremony between UNDP, Ubutala ubwa Bumi (UUB) and Alchemy Women in Leadership Zambia at State House on November 29,2013 Ubuthala ...
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Chinese Ambassador Donated 20 Wheelchairs to Zapd
"People with disabilities are not disable at all, they are as able as anyone else", said H.E. Mr. Zhou Yuxiao, the Chinese Ambassador at the handover ceremony of 20 wheelchairs he donated to the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD) held on November 25th, 2013. In his remarks, Amb. Zhou commended handicapped persons from the Disacare Wheelchair Centre for producing such ...
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Zambia frees 54 treason accused
Lusaka - A court in Zambia on Friday freed 54 separatists who were facing charges of treason for trying to create a new state called Barotseland in the west of the ...
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Zambia Malawi finally connected by rail
Planned since the 1970s and inaugurated last month, commercial transports have now started on the Chipata-Mchinji railway line between Zambia and Malawi. Soon, a connection to Mozambique's coast will come, pending ...
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