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PMRC Endorses New Health Act
THE new national health act passed recently in parliament will encourage research and further regulate the industry which has been perceived to be invaded by illegal drugs. On March 22, 2013, parliament enacted the National Health Research (NHR) act No. 2 of 2013 whose main aims was to establish the national health authority and the national health ethics board, and define their functions and ...
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SMEs Bank to Spur Growth
THE Lack of financing to micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in Zambia, has been a major challenge for many years due to the lack of confidence from lending institutions who consider the sector as risky. Inadequate capital has been cited as a key factor hindering development of the small-scale industrial sector and yet, on the other hand, the sector has been identified as the ...
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JICA-Funded Ndola Water Works Near Completion
THE Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) sponsored rehabilitation project of the Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company (KWSC) main water plant in Ndola is nearing completion. KWSC acting managing director Athanasius Mwaba in an interview yesterday said the $ 25 million project was almost complete and that the utility company had since started pressure testing on the completed water lines ...
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Using ICTs to Unlock Tourism Market
Zambia and Zimbabwe will this August for the first time jointly co-host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) 20th Session of the General Assembly as everything seems set for the big event. It will be a union of the two countries as delegates with tags on them will move freely between the two countries during the event. This is because the two countries will co-host the ...
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New SME Bank to Create 400000 Jobs
The creation of a small and medium enterprise( SME) bank is expected to roll out more than 400,000 jobs countrywide and will also provide the first ever collateral free credit facility to the sector, Prime Data Consult chief executive officer Franly Membe has said. Mr Membe said the bank once established would create at least 100,000 direct jobs as well as an additional 300,000 indirect ...
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Girls Narrate Baby Killing Ordeal
TWO girls aged seven and 10 years have narrated before a Kabwe High Court how a man of Chisamba District allegedly brutally murdered a two-year-old baby by throwing it to the ground and repeatedly stepping on it. The seven-year-old told Judge Elita Mwikisa that on the fateful day, she was carrying the now deceased boy on her back when she met the accused who held her by her neck before turning ...
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Appiah Confident of Qualification
GHANA coach, Kwesi Appiah is confident that his Black Stars are on course for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup finals after collecting maximum points off Sudan and Lesotho to go top of Group D. Ghana beat Lesotho 2-0 at the weekend having overwhelmed Sudan 3-1 in Omdurman on June 8 to go top of Group D on 12 points, one clear of Zambia ahead of the decider in September away in Kumasi. Appiah, in ...
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Mopani Donates Wheel Chairs
MOPANI Copper Mines (MCM) has donated 15 wheelchairs worth KR25,000 to children with cerebral palsy in Kitwe. The donation is part of the mining giant's continued effort to address challenges of disabilities that also come with cerebral palsy. The wheelchair project is under the support of a non-governmental organisation, Laura Quarmby which works in conjunction with Bags of Hope in ...
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Killing fields of Kampasa – A sympton of the mal-administration of Land in Lusaka
ELINA Ngandu one of the residents who's house was raided by Zambia National Service officers in Lusaka's Kampasa area. INSET: Police remove the body of a victim of the shooting in Lusaka's Kampasa area The killing fields of Kampasa over land wrangles are a symptom of our underlying misadministration of Land Administration in Lusaka. It is regrettable that lives must be lost in ...
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Pensions Insurance Records KR1465 BillionGross Premiums
THE Pensions insurance sector last year recorded a total gross written premium of approximately KR1,465 billion in with the long term insurance industry generated more than KR400 billion. Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) registrar Martin Libinga said the total gross written premium for the industry in 2012 was approximately KR1, 465 billion with the long term insurance industry generating ...
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Informal Routes Rule in Cross Border Trade At Malawi Zambia Border
Mchinji - From the corners of Mchinji, I watch with interest various Kabaza riders (bicycle taxi operators), riding their bicycles to and from the borders of Malawi and Zambia with merchandise on their carriers. Most of these people primarily are meant to be taxi operators for carrying people, but it has turned to be that they are more than that. These operators have become transporters of ...
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Stiffer Laws Against Counterfeits Needed
THE observation by the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) that Government is losing huge sums of money through pirated products is not only timely but raises serious concern on the health standards of various products on the market. As rightly stated by PACRA assistant registrar Lloyd Thole, some business executives have continued to infringe on other people's trademarks ...
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Chiefs Vital in Traditional Justice
CENTRAL Province Permanent Secretary Anna Sinyangwe says traditional leaders play an important role in promoting traditional justice and community coherence. Ms Sinyangwe said it was for that reason that traditional leaders had been involved in the development and implementation of the National Anti-corruption policy. She said traditional leaders were well-positioned to take a leading role in ...
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UTH Nutritional Needs Massive
UNIVERSITY Teaching Hospital (UTH) managing director Luckson Kasonka has said the country's largest referral hospital has competing demands in running the institution as well as management of patients that make it difficult to effectively meet nutritional needs. Speaking when Java Foods company donated 60 cases of food items to UTH, Dr Kasonka said the hospital was overwhelmed with over ...
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Lusaka Road Reserve Encroachers a Challenge to Expansion Works
TRAFFIC jam has been a nightmare for Lusaka motorists for some time now, where some people fail to meet job and medical appointments or reporting to work late if they have not started off early enough before the set time. Unless it is in the night, rushing the sick (emergencies) in ambulances or private vehicles to the nearest health facility on time is almost impossible during the day due to ...
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Zambia Chikopa Tribunal Begins Sitting Today
The Judge Lovemore Chikopa tribunal is this morning expected to commence sittings with focus expected to be matters surrounding the resignation of one of the suspended Supreme Court judge Phillip Musonda. Justice Musonda recently wrote a resignation letter in circumstances observers say have left the tribunal in an awkward position as it pre-empts the judicial process. His co-accused Nigel ...
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Zambia Use U.S.$36 Million Climate Fund Wisely - WB
THE World Bank has advised Government to make good use of the US$36 million finance which has been provided for Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Barotse Sub -Basin project in Western Province. Country Director Kundhavi Kadiresan said in Mongu that this was an opportunity for Zambia to make the best use of the finance for one of the poorest parts of the country. Speaking after being ...
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Zambia How Much Blood is Zambia Going to Spill Under Sata
Tears rolled, hair froze and my heart dropped as an excellently choreographed television package by Muvi television reporter Mwape Kumwenda streamed the small screen on the evening of Friday June 15, 2013. For a moment, I was numb. The images were graphic. The narration was perfectly scripted for the moment. There was nothing one could miss from this ordeal. But in the first few minutes, there ...
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State Prosecutors fail to show up at RB’s case Magistrate disappointed with their conduct
Court Room THE Lusaka magistrate court yesterday expressed disappointment at the conduct of Anti corruption commission (ACC) officers' failure to appear before when the matter in which former president Rupiah Banda is charged with concealing gratification of motor vehicles came up. The former head of State is charged with concealing gratification of motor vehicles valued at over KR470, 000 ...
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Government releases details of 2013 budget performance
Government says it has raised a total of KR5.1 billion from January - March, 2013 in terms of revenues and grants while expenditure totalled KR8.1 billion but regretted that it was below target by 13.6 percent. Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba says during the same revenue performance period, government projected to collect a total of KR5.9 billion as revenues and grants but a sum total ...
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Sakeni rebuffs Kampasa shooting accusations
Government Chief Spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni GOVERNMENT has described as unfortunate and untrue insinuations that it was abbeting violence and should be held accountable for the Chongwe shooting incident. Mr Sakeni said contrary to the accusations, Government had a duty to ensure the safety and security of all its citizens regardless of their political affiliation and that at no time would it ...
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HH condemned for allegedly supporting bus drivers breaking the law
Opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema Passengers, Pedestrian and Cyclists Association of Zambia ( PPCAZ ) president Lawrence Kaoma has condemned United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema for declaring illegal support to contravening bus drivers. Mr. Kaoma said that any form of lawlessness should not be encouraged at all cost. He said it is not fair for any ...
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Breakdown of law in land acquisition worrying- Masebo
Chongwe Member of Parliament Sylvia Masebo says the breakdown of law and order in the acquisition of land in the country is worrying. Ms. Masebo says there is an urgent need therefore for the Ministry of Lands, Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (MOLEPNR) and other stakeholders to address these irregularities that have resulted in violent attacks in the country. The ...
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Chikopa tribunal to sit today to hear preliminary issues raised by Judge Musonda
Judge Chikopa -Malawian high Court judge chosen to head the Tribunal The Chikopa tribunal set up to probe judges is today expected to sit and hear preliminary issued raised by Dr Justice Philip Musonda. The Tribunal which is expected to sit in the morning would among other things consider Dr Musonda's submissions that it had no jurisdiction proceed with the hearing because he had decided to ...
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Government temporarily suspends maize purchasing exercise by the Food Reserve Agency
Agriculture, Cooperatives and Livestock Minister Bob Sichinga THE maize purchasing exercise by the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has temporarily suspended due to high moisture content recorded at 13.96 per cent, Agriculture and Livestock Minister, Bob Sichinga has said. The FRA was supposed to commence the purchasing of maize on June 10, this year but the 13.96 per cent moisture content is higher ...
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