Friday, 23rd September, 2016 The House met at 0900 hours The Clerk read the Proclamation ELECTION OF SPEAKER, FIRST DEPUTY SPEAKER AND SECOND DEPUTY SPEAKER The Clerk of the National Assembly (Mrs D. K. K. Mwinga): Hon. Members, allow me to preface my address by congratulating you, on behalf of the National Assembly of Zambia and, indeed, on my own behalf on your successful election to this august House in the 11th August, 2016, General Election. I also congratulate those who have been nominated to be hon. Members of this House. Hon. Members: Hear, hear! The Clerk of the National...

By Dr. Canisius Banda – Public Health Specialist [The Illustrative and Repeating Case of His Vessels] We come. And we go. What really matters is what we do in between. As Father Charles Chilinda of St Ignatius Catholic Church puts it, what matters is whether we are goats or sheep. That is what counts. He was here. And now he is gone. He was born Joseph Mwenya, without a title, an unknown from a remote village whose name only its inhabitants know in Mporokoso, the son of a teacher. Like his father, he eventually became a teacher. Without one at...

By Mildred Kaunda | +260 977 989545 | mildred@cuttingedge.co.zm and Andrew Chinambu   CHIPATA, Zambia. August. 30, 2017–Cargill has reached agreement withParrogate Ginnery Ltd.to purchase Cargill’s cotton gin, maize mill as well as land, buildings and equipment associated with Cargill’s operationsin Chipata, Zambia. The transaction is subject to clearance by the relevant competition authorities.   In Parrogate Ginnery Ltd., Cargillhas found a buyer who will secure a future for the cotton and maize operations in Chipata. Parrogate Ginnery Ltd.’s extensive experience with cotton origination and ginning operationsin Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi, as well as its considerable network in the region...

In countries beset by violence, displacement, conflict and instability, children’s most basic means of survival – water – must be a priority, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today, warning that children living in fragile situations are four times more likely to lack access to drinking water.“Children’s access to safe water and sanitation, especially in conflicts and emergencies, is a right, not a privilege” said Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF’s global chief of water, sanitation and hygiene, who warned, as World Water Week gets underway, that more than 180 million people in crisis-torn countries have no access to drinking water. UNICEF said that in Yemen,...