Republic of Zambia MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MEDIA STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER EDUCATION, HONOURABLE DOUGLAS SIAKALIMA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF 1500 BICYCLES PROCURED UNDER THE KEEPING GIRLS IN SCHOOL FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – 20TH JANUARY, 2023. For Immediate Release The Ministry of Education, through the Keeping Girls in School (KGS) Initiative is distributing 1500 bicycles for the implementation of the Case Management System in KGS districts across the Republic of Zambia. The 1500 bicycles were procured at a total cost of Zambian Kwacha 4 million Seven Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand (K4, 785,000.00). The bicycles are aimed at enhancing outreach activities for...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva-Kinova (Second from Left) welcomed at State House in Lusaka by President Hakainde Sammy Hichilema (far Right). ANTI-TOBACCO CIVIL SOCIETY CELEBRATES A BIG WIN AND URGES ALL GOVERNMENTS INCLUDING ZAMBIA TO REJECT PARTNERSHIPS WITH TOBACCO COMPANIES “Zambia Pass The Tobacco Control Bill” By Saeed Simon Banda in Ndola, Copperbelt Province Derrick Sinjela in Lusaka Province THE Global Tobacco Control Civil Society including Zambia civil societies in tobacco control welcomes the expulsion of tobacco giant Philip Morris from Medicago Inc, the corporation involved in Canada’s major government-backed COVID-19 Vaccine collaboration. In a Saturday,...

*FINANCIAL irregularities in Government Institutions need to be addressed and bring ‘Culprits’ to book* -IPPR- Zambia By Fidelis Solomon Ngoma Director for Policy & Research Department- IPPR- Zambia In order to maintain a stronger economy, Government will need to continue to dismantle the stock of public expenditure arrears and improve Commitment controls and monitoring with the a view to ensure that there is no uncontrolled build-up of arrears. To augment Public expenditure management further, including cash-flow flow management, Government will need to roll-out the treasury single account to all administrative units under the central government. This entails consolidating several accounts...