Monthly Archive: February 2018

Zambian DNA’s Spuki Mulemwa backs National Health Insurance bill

Zambian DNA’s Spuki Mulemwa backs National Health Insurance bill

By Fulman Mukobeko ZAMBIAN DNA Spokesperson Spuki Mulemwa is elated that Parliament has resumed its sitting after it adjourned sine die on December 13, 2017. The Parliament session will, among other critical business in the House, consider the National Health Insurance, Human Rights Commission and Access to Information Bills. The National Health Insurance Bill, once enacted, will help improve many poor majority Zambians’ access to quality health services as well as enhance the delivery of quality health care services for all. The Human Rights Commission Amendment Act will also help the country improve the human rights situation. As for the...

100 primary school children join SDG Advocate team to kick SDGs into action at the Olympics 

100 primary school children join SDG Advocate team to kick SDGs into action at the Olympics 

By Martin Samaan View Larger Image SDG branded football serves as a reminder of the cooperative action needed to achieve the SDGs On the 16th of February, high-level dignitaries brought together the messages of the Olympic spirit, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the importance of providing quality education for all to a classroom in Gangwon Province, South Korea, showing the intersection of these important ideals through a recognizable and beloved object: the football. In a ceremony led by the United Nations SDG Advocacy Group’s Co-Chair, H.E. Mrs. Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway, and fellow SDG Advocate Ambassador Dho Young-Shim,...

LET US PAY WORKERS ON TIME – MWANAKATWE

LET US PAY WORKERS ON TIME – MWANAKATWE

By Derrick Sinjela  www.mof.gov.zm MINISTER OF FINANCE MARGARET MH’ANGO MWANAKATWE held her first strategic visioning meeting with top management in the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday 20th February 2018. During the meeting, the Mrs. MWANAKATWE commended the MoF team for ensuring that economic stability was attained. She reiterated the consensus of Cabinet to improve domestic resource mobilisation. In a Media Statement by Ministry of Finance (MoF) Public Relations Officer (PRO) Chileshe KANDETA, Mrs. MWANAKATWE asked her top management team to ensure that the actions and performance of the Ministry of Finance met people’s expectations. Secretary to the Treasury FREDSON YAMBA,...

Mwanakatwe to deliver 2018 Commonwealth Business Forum Keynote Speech

Mwanakatwe to deliver 2018 Commonwealth Business Forum Keynote Speech

By Derrick Sinjela The Commonwealth Enterprise and Business Council has invited Zambia’s MINISTER OF FINANCE MARGARET MWANAKATWE as a VIP SPEAKER at the Commonwealth Business Forum on the sidelines of the April 2018 Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Summit in London, United Kingdom (UK). Delivering a congratulatory message, at the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in Lusaka, envoy to Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) LORD MARLAND OF ODSTOCK, ALISTAIR JOHNSON, said the Commonwealth Business Forum is on platform on which to showcase the soundness of Zambia’s economic reforms. In a Media Statement by Ministry of Finance...

Zambia hosts 15-17 April 2018 Micah Regional Consultation

Zambia hosts 15-17 April 2018 Micah Regional Consultation

By Derrick Sinjela The Micah Regional Consultation which was rescheduled from November 2017 will now be held from April 15 to 17 in Lusaka, Zambia, says Micah Zambia National Coordinator Martin Kapenda Mr. Kapenda says the Micah Regional Consultation conference is themed: Peace, Reconciliation and Healing Ethnic wounds Southern Africa Consultation. Kapenda observed that most communities in Africa have been wounded by acts of impunity. “These deep wounds have affected the identity and self-confidence of communities and societies are receiving end of the devastation brought about by violence. Colonial and post-colonial Africa has witnessed painful struggles, with words and weapons,...

Brian Mushimba revives Zambian Airways

Brian Mushimba revives Zambian Airways

By Evans Sinjela TRANSPORT and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba is elated following cabinet approval to resuscitate a national flag carrier so as to boost Zambia’s hospitality potential. Mr. Mushimba says Government following a decision by Government to invest US$1.7bn on infrastructure development of the aviation industry; it is the right time for Zambia to restart the National Airline. Mushimba reiterated that Cabinet chaired by President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu approved the reestablishment of the National Airline on December 18,2017, with Government through the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) holding 55 per cent and Ethiopian Airlines having 45 per cent equity in the...

Bumper harvest must improve farmers

Bumper harvest must improve farmers

By Evans Sinjela Agricultural policies and bumper harvest must positively transform farmers livelihood, says Party of National Unity (PNU) Secretary General Kasote Singogo. Singogo is worried that though government continuously celebrates bumper harvest figures as three thousand metric tonnes, farmers remain poor. In a Tuesday 23rd January 2018 interview in Lusaka, Singogo says policies in agriculture must transform peasant farmers. “It is important that agricultural policies must not just provide incentives but ensure that farmers are guaranteed a good price,” said Singogo. However, Singogo says the e-voucher system must be holistically improved through elaborate infrastructure as internet and finances must...

ZANACO- WCFCB clinch 3-year Compensation MoU deal- Maybin Nkholomba

ZANACO- WCFCB clinch 3-year Compensation MoU deal- Maybin Nkholomba

By Derrick Sinjela THE Elizabeth Nkumbula led Workers Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) has signed a three year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) facilitating payments to beneficiaries through the bank’s system. WCFCB Head of Communications and Customer Services Maybin Nkholomba told local media that the Board’s beneficiaries will access their individual funds through Xapit ATM (automated teller machine) cards, proven to be a fast and easy payment solution. As Zambia digitalises her commercial activity, recipients of the WCFCB will benefit from the comparably countrywide ZANACO, which is in all the  ten Zambian provinces, namely; Central,...

The Thrill of the Black Panther

By Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Professor of Sociology I put on my colorful embroidered African shirt I brought from Zambia years ago. I put on my West African colorful hat. I wore my Zambian flag colors scarf around my neck. I got into my car and selected from my !pod Vimbuza Tumbuka traditional music I hand tape recorded at night in August in 1993 at Chifwiti Village in Lundazi. Listening to this music was perfect for this special occasion. I had digitized the entire 40 minute audio tape of the music in 2000. I drove the 6Kms on the...

Emirates and Arsenal Renew Sponsorship Deal

Emirates and Arsenal Renew Sponsorship Deal

Emirates to remain shirt sponsors of Arsenal to the end of the 2023-2024 season Emirates Stadium naming rights already signed to 2028 By Gillian Langmead at Langmead & Baker Ltd; +260 979 060705; info@langmead.com London, UK & Dubai, UAE, 19th February 2018: Emirates, which flies daily from Lusaka and Harare to Dubai, and Arsenal Football Club, have today announced a new sponsorship deal. The sponsorship, the largest ever signed by the club and one of the biggest ever agreed in football, grants the airline a 5-year extension to their shirt partnership with the Club until the end of the 2023-2024 season. The new...

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