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March 6, 2022

AICCRA ZAMBIA, GOVT, ZARI & UNIVERSITIES partner


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…to scale up research-based climate smart agriculture By Alfonso Kasongo ACCELERATING Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA Zambiais set to partner with the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) and universities countrywide to find science based solutions meant to scale- up climate smart agriculture. AICCRA Zambia, a World Bank backed through International Water Management Institute (IWMI) will soon launch internship partnerships with ZARI, university partnerships and the ministry of agriculture find common ground in seeking solutions. Southern Africa region representative Dr. Inga Jacobs-Mata said the internship partnerships will help to effectively address the challenges of climate smart agriculture in...

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March 6, 2022

Gary Chilala Nkombo launches CDF guidelines


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By Esther Munika Mwananshiku and Derrick Sinjela FOLLOWING President Hakainde Hichilema’s decentralisation policy decision, Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister, Gary Chilala Nkombo launched the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Guidelines seeking prudent public resource management and sternly cautioning officers against overpricing contracts. And Secretary to the Treasury (ST), Felix Nkulukusa implored Zambia’s 116 local authorities to prudently and ensure transparency administer CDF fund in all the ten provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western. Meanwhile, LGRD Ministry Permanent Secretary, Wisdom Bwalya says all council workers’ salaries countrywide have risen by 12 per cent in...

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March 6, 2022

Stakeholder meeting Delimitation sittings in Itezhi-Tezhi district were held from 6th August, 2019 to 9th August, 2019 at Lima Hall


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Table of Contents Introduction 2 Date of stakeholder meeting 2 Total attendance and represented organisations 2 District Overview 4 Geography – Surface area, major natural features 4 Surface area 4 Topography 4 Hydrology 5 Vegetation 5 Total population of the district, population above 18, and registered voters 5 Registered voters 6 Rateable value of the District 6 Social Economic activity of the district: 6 Infrastructure and Government institutions 6 Commercial Activities 12 Developmental prospects 16 DELIMITATION SUBMISSION (REPORT) 17 The Submission 17 Overview of the proposed number of constituencies 17 Justifications of the proposal – for each constituency 17 Conclusion...

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March 5, 2022

Indeni refiner in US$250 mln fillip-IDC’s Mateyo Kaluba


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  …‘We could not agree on some of the terms’ By Jeff Kapembwa, Zambian Informer Zambia was to spend an initial US$250 million to acquire a hydro clinker component to treat sulphur during production of refined petroleum products at its incapacitated sole Indeni Refinery, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mateyo Kaluba intimated in August 2021. Production at the over 37-year-old refiner has been reduced to 700 metric tons from its 1.1 million installed capacity following years of low maintenance, inconsistent supply of crude oil and investment in the project, resulting in intermittent shutdowns. Output decline prompted Government...

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March 5, 2022

Patience pays, MMD’s Fackson Ngoma begs citizens


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Fackson Ngoma dancing – Picture by Kwilanzi News Zambia (KNZ) Zambian Children Young People and Women in Development (ZCYPWD). www.kwilanzinewszambia.com By Esther Munika Mwananshiku Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) New Hope Lusaka District Vice Chairperson Fackson Ngoma has advised members of the public to give the new dawn government more time, citing that it is too early to criticize them or to term them as failures. “As MMD we have decided to work together with the new dawn government and to also give them time because it is the right thing to do,” said Mr. Ngoma. The Vice Chairperson says that New...

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March 5, 2022

Government pays TAZARA Salary Arrears, brags Frank Museba Tayali


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… Chambeshi Railway Bridge and Bombwe Bridge repair ready By Ndubi Mvula, Public Relations Officer (PRO) Transport and Logistics Ministry FOLLOWING a directive by President Hakainde Sammy Hichilema, Transport and Logistics Minister Frank Museba Tayali is paying salary arrears owed to Tanzania Zambia Railways (TAZARA) employees. Mr. Tayali is delighted that Government has sourced for funds for the repair works on the damaged Chambeshi Railway Bridge in Kasama, Northern Province and Bombwe Bridge on Mulobezi Railway line in Western Province. Touring Mpika and Kasama, Tayali assured the employees that the financial woes at TAZARA will end as he had engaged...

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March 5, 2022

PNUP attends Africa policy brief


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By Derrick Sinjela ZAMBIA Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) has elected the Party for National Unity and Progress (PNUP) Highvie Hambulo Hamududu, as the Board Chairperson and Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) National Secretary, Ms. Elizabeth Chitika as Spokesperson. In a Monday, 20th December, 2021 Press Statement, ZCID Executive Director Doreen Njovu- Kabwe says Mr. Hamududu takes over from the Forum for Political Parties (FPP) Chairperson and Golden Party of Zambia (GPZ) Mr. Jackson Silavwe, who served for two consecutive terms. Ms. Njovu- Kabwe thanked Mr. Silavwe for his unwavering leadership, professionalism, assertiveness and hands on approach in building ZCID’s...

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March 5, 2022

ZNFU’s Calvin Kakoma Kaleyi tags 2021-2022 agro season difficult


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  By Derrick Sinjela ZAMBIA National Farmers Union (ZNFU) Public Relations Manager Calvin Kakoma Kaleyi has described the on-going 2021-2022 farming season as a difficult mixed bag crowded by late rains, late input distribution, army worms and partial drought. In a telephone interview in Lusaka, Mr. Kaleyi observed that despite noted challenges, Zambia can be transformed in to an agricultural production hub through prudent management of the sector and emphasis on irrigation and mechanisation. In apparent reference to heeding lessons learnt, Kaleyi says timely distribution disbursement fertilizer is essential to coping with unpredictable weather patterns, as experienced in Namwala District...

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March 5, 2022

Dangote Cement crosses the Frontiers


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By Davis Mataka Dangote Cement in Ndola has become the largest Zambian exporter of cement and other cement products to the  Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda Zimbabwe and Malawi. The firm has also taken pole- position as the single highest manufacturing sector net contributor of tax in the country. Chief Executive and Country manager Vipul Agrawal said in an interview in Ndola that the $400 million investment plant, the single largest cement industry in the Sadc region was exporting 1/3 of its annual production to the DRC market. He revealed that It was a strategic decision that the plant was...

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March 5, 2022

FNB Zambia 2022 Lusaka Business EXPO Platinum Sponsor cheers Kabanda Lilanda


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By Rainbow Business Writer In a practical Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and local entrepreneurial improvement, FNB Zambia Head of Business & Commercial, Kabanda Lilanda confirms earning funding of the 2022 Lusaka Business EXPO slated for Thursday, 5th to Saturday, 7th May, 2022 as a Platinum Sponsor after committing K300,000 towards the PUSH Women’s Network themed: ‘Adopting New Technologies for Climate Responsive Business, Trade and Investment’. Since 2013, when FNB started operating in Zambia, the bank initially established in Grahamstown, South Africa in 1838 has continued to adapt in line with its diverse customers’ changing needs. With an ethos built on...

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