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By Kwilanzi News Zambia ECONOMIC Association of Zambia President Lubinda Haabazoka says the depreciation of the Kwacha now trading at K20 to One United States Dollar is a global rather than a domestic issue attributed to the outbreak of Coronavirus Covid 19. Sounding quite optimistic of Zambia recovering after the rampaging impact of covid 19, Dr. Habaazoka says though the U-S dollar had gained a lot of value against other convertible currencies, the Economic association of Zambia remains hopeful that the global economic and financial environment is going to stabilize. Having studied economics in Russia, Eastern Europe, Dr. Habaazoka is...

By Kwilanzi News Zambia ZAMBIA Union of Financial and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW) General Secretary Chingati Msiska has disclosed that the union is investigating some Financial Institutions that have forced employees to sign agreements that are not making sense. A worried Mr. Msiska has warned erring employers involved in imposing unfavourable employment contracts to prospecting employees of the impending ZUFIAW wrath once ongoing investigations find them wanting. Issuing a timely warning, in an interview with Kwilanzi News Zambia in Lusaka, Mr. Msiska advised employers abrogating existing labour laws to desist from abuse employee rights, as some employers are illegally deducting hours...

By Kwilanzi News Zambia As 15 months and two (2) weeks remain ahead of Zambians Voting, Leadership Movement Leader Dr. Richard Silumbe is advocating for a thirty-five year-(35 year) imprisonment with hard labour for anyone found misappropriated public funds in Zambia as it is a heinous crime against society. With barely, 473 days before Zambia Votes on Thursday 12th August 2021, from today Saturday, 26th April 2020, Dr. Silumbe has told Kwilanzi News Zambia in an interview in Lusaka that the Leadership Movement considers corruption as a ‘Defilement of the State’ stressing that anyone who is found misusing public funds must be mercilessly...

By Kwilanzi News Zambia UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) for Rural Reconstruction and Development Chairman Moono Mapani is demanding for high maize price for the 2019-2020 Marketing Season to protect Zambian peasant and commercial farmers. And Mr. Mapani has told Kwilanzi News Zambia in an interview in Lusaka that the Hakainde Hichilema led UPND expects the Zambian Government to take into account the socio-economic challenges faced the agricultural sector before arriving at the grain floor price. As the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) pegs agriculture as a spring board for a diversified economy and employment creation, Mr, Mapani advised...

[blockquote style=”1″][/blockquote] *Issued by Saboi Imboela* *Spokesperson- NDC* Sunday 26th April 2020 – Lusaka THE National Democratic  Congress, NDC, says that the Energy Regulation Board, ERB, should reduce pump prices to help cushion the social effects of COVID-19. The NDC president Dr. Chishimba Kambwili says that fuel pump price reduction and crude oil world over has become a trending phenomenal which should also benefit Zambians. This week’s global oil market prices have reduced following the COVID-19 pandemic encircling economic lockdowns in many countries, coupled with uncertainties within the OPEC agreement. Cuban Crude oil prices had reduced by 69% from $69.58...