By Derrick Sinjela and Favourite Kalando MINISTRY of Health (MoH) Permanent Secretary (PS) for Administration Kennedy Malama has commended the Geoffrey Musonda led Rural Electrification Authority (REA) for increasing access to electricity in rural Zambia. Dr. Malama is delighted that as a government institution, REA is progressively targeting rural people   by linking rustic areas to Zambia’s electricity grid which for years has limited access to line of rail communities. In an interview in Lusaka, Dr. Malama acknowledged the imperative need for cross-sectoral interventions that facilitate smooth implementation of the 2017-2021 Seventh National Development Plan launched at Mulungushi International Conference...

 By Ashton Kelly Bunda COMMUNITY Development and Social Services Minister Emerine Kabanshi sees light at the end of the Zambian poverty tunnel once a parliamentary draft social protection bill is tabled and assented to by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Kabanshi says he Social Protection Act (SPA) will enhance stakeholder coordination and lift the majority of vulnerable people. Launching the 2017 National Social Protection Week at the New Government Complex in Lusaka, Kabanshi says the vicious poverty cycle will go and people can lead decent livelihood with dignity, once the Social Protection Act is actualised. “Enactment of Social Protection Act will...