Zambia’s borrowing appetite worries UPPZ President Charles Chanda By Derrick Sinjela in Kasama, Northern Province, Zambia UNITED Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda is worried over increased borrowing by the Zambian Government led by Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu and Vice President, Ms. Inonge Mutukwa-Wina. Responding to information attributed to Chinese Ambassador to Zambia, Mr. Li Jie that the Xi Jinping leadership will provide a US&28.8 million grant toward debt repayment, Chanda found the reality as regrettable. In opposing the noted increaser in Zambia’s debt burden, Chanda cited Psalms 37: 21-22: “The wicked borrows but does not pay back,...

Charles Chanda’s land acquisition empowerment reduces Zambia’s housing deficit By Derrick Sinjela in Kasama, Northern Province, Zambia A WORKING visit to the Northern Province had resulted in United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda acquiring a 400 hectare farm block and a 250 plot site land in Kasama. A practical Mr. Chanda is in the Northern Province inspecting UPPZ projects, bragging that the party is the only one in Zambia with a countrywide infrastructure project in Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western provinces. In addition, Chanda has secured 1,900 hectares of land in...

CCZ calls for ‘Expeditious Investigations into How and Why the ‘Convicted Killers’ had access to details of their ‘Victmins’ Press Release Thursday 3rd June 2021 By Reverend Canon Emmanuel Y. Chikoya The General Secretary Stand No. 377A, Ecumenical Centre Bishop Road, Kabulonga P.O. Box 30315 Lusaka – Zambia Tel: 260-211-267744 TellFax: 260-211-267740 E-mail.irifo@ccz.org.zm www.ccz.org.zm The Council of Churches in Zambia has received with shock the story of two convicts reported to have gone on rampant raping and murdering innocent nine women and later burying them at Mukuyu farms after escaping custody from Mukobeko Correctional leaving the bereaved families in tears...

ZTP’s Ellen Makinishi calls for enhanced support towards Private Sector Development By Derrick Sinjela “The private sector in Zambia, like in many other developing countriesis key to spur economic growth and development,” laments Private Sector Enhancement (PSE) Specialist – ZambiaTax Platform Ellen Makinishi. If effectively managed, Ms. Makinishi says the sector has potential to address most of the economic challenges that the country grapples with. As a base, mixing human skills and investment, Makinishi tagged the private sector as critical in transforming people’s lives and addressing challenges of poverty reduction, job creation, access to critical goods and services, contributions to...