Category: Gender & health

Lloyd Mulenga  Kaziya launches 2016 Water Resources Management Authority Annual report

Lloyd Mulenga Kaziya launches 2016 Water Resources Management Authority Annual report


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Water Resources Management Authority Water Resources Management Authority 8th December, 2017 Lusaka For immediate release ZAMBIA’S WATERS – OUR FUTURE Water Resources Management Authority releases Annual Report • The Water Resources Management Authority launched its Annual Report 2016 in the presence of Government Ministers, Senior Officials and representatives of the private sector and civil society• Honorable Lloyd M. Kaziya, Minister of Water Development, Sanitation, and Environmental Protection, commends the organization for the successful work done and encourages citizens, the private sector and authorities to work with WARMA to ensure Zambia’s water resources benefit the key sectors of the economy as a prerequisite...

STATEMENT BY  HIS EXCELLENCY MR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU,  PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA WHEN HE RECEIVES LETTERS OF CREDENCE  FROM AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE ACCREDITED TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA  THURSDAY, 14TH DECEMBER, 2017

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA WHEN HE RECEIVES LETTERS OF CREDENCE FROM AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS-DESIGNATE ACCREDITED TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA THURSDAY, 14TH DECEMBER, 2017


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YOUR EXCELLENCIES, AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS: I WISH TO FORMALLY WELCOME YOU TO ZAMBIA AND TO STATE HOUSE IN PARTICULAR. LET ME CONGRATULATE YOUR EXCELLENCIES ON YOUR APPOINTMENTS AS AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA. YOU HAVE JOINED A VIBRANT DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY IN LUSAKA. ZAMBIA VALUES THE WARM RELATIONS SHARED WITH EACH COUNTRY REPRESENTED HERE, PREMISED ON MUTUAL RESPECT, TRUST AND COOPERATION AT BOTH BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL LEVELS. I AM CONFIDENT THAT YOUR APPOINTM ENTS TO REPRESENT YOUR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS IN ZAMBIA WILL SERVE TO FURTHER ENHANCE OUR RELATIONS AND TRANSCEND OUR BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL COOPERATION TO...

Macpherson Mutale at ‘2018 UNILUS The Tell Your Own Story Authors Awards’

Macpherson Mutale at ‘2018 UNILUS The Tell Your Own Story Authors Awards’


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Said Macpherson Mutale: “Tonight, Saturday 21st April 2018,  we honoured some of the local writers and authors who have done us proud. In our own small way we will contribute to this nation. Legacy continues as my man Gift Cosmic Phiri the main architect of this event would always say. Am proud of you my man and great work done. The Tell Your Own Story Authors Awards. Congratulations to all the winners. Let me also take this opportunity to thank the management of University of Lusaka (UNILUS) for according us a chance to host the awards at their Pioneer Campus. Let me...

Violent elections worry GOP’s Jackson Silavwe


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By Derrick Sinjela and Gregory Kakoma Kasoka GOLDEN Progressive Party (GOP) President Jackson Silavwe has vehemently condemned the violence being perpetrated by both the ruling and the opposition political parties participating in ongoing local by-elections. Currently serving as Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) Spokesperson and Chairperson for political parties ‘OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT’ under ZCID, Mr. Silavwe  described acts of violence by ruling and opposition party cadres as disruptive on  the peace and democratic gains that Zambia enjoyed as a multiparty dispensation As Zambian political parties vie for the Tuesday 5th June 2018, Chilanga Parliamentary seat, which fell vacant as a...

Daniel Mwamba outlines private sector road safety outcomes in Zambia

Daniel Mwamba outlines private sector road safety outcomes in Zambia


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By Daniel Mwamba-Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) Chairperson This article offers a perspective on opportunities for the private sector to improve road safety outcomes in Zambia. Road safety has been recognised as an increasing public health burden that disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries, including Zambia. Ninety-one percent of the global road fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries although these countries have approximately half of the world’s vehicles. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 50 million people are injured and 1.25 million are killed in traffic-related crashes. Back home, the Zambia Police reported that 2206 people were killed...

Hakainde Hichilema mourns Mrs. Maria-Theresa Maimpampe Malila


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By Derrick Sinjela As the electorate prepare to vote in the June 5th 2018 Chilanga by -election, two more polls are expected within 90 days following the death demise of United Party for National Development (UPND) Chilanga District Council Chairperson Mrs. Maria-Theresa Maimpampe Malila and Patriotic Front (PF) Mpulungu Vice Council Chairman Teddy Sichula, who died in a road traffic accident . UPND leader, Hakainde Hichilema expressed sadness over the late Mrs. Malila demise while Patriotic Front (PF) leader Edgar Chagwa Lungu had not yet made a comment by Press Time. Mr. Hichilema described Ms. Malila as a highly dependable representative...

Namakau Siyanga mourns Victoria Kalima-Phiri

Namakau Siyanga mourns Victoria Kalima-Phiri


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By Fullman Mukobeko and Derrick Sinjela NALELI Women’s Initiative (NWI), an organization that spearheads entrepreneurial mentorship a group of over 1000 vulnerable women in business in Livingstone has mourned Gender Minister Victoria Kalima-Phiri (4 October 1972 – 11 June 2018), put to rest at the Lusaka’s Leopards Memorial Park on Saturday 16th June 2018. NALELI Women’s Initiative Executive Director, Namakau Siyanga described the death of Ms. Kalima-Phiri’s at Maina Soko Military Hospital, on Monday June 11th 2018, as a blow to the nation as Zambia lost a dedicated champion of human rights. Ms. Siyanga who is Livingstone Chamber of Commerce...

Council of Ministers resolves to finance the re-capitalisation of TAZARA

Council of Ministers resolves to finance the re-capitalisation of TAZARA


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We, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) Council of Ministers, comprising the Ministers responsible for Transport, Finance and Industry in Tanzania and Zambia, meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, this 13th Day of October 2019, do hereby declare the following. Operational Performance We noted that the performance of the Authority remained below breakeven point and therefore requiring immediate action to improve the situation. Review of the TAZARA Act We noted that the review of the TAZARA Act is nearing final conclusion and the Bilateral Agreement to pave way for the revision of the Act will be signed by the end of...

DCG, TAZARA seal agreement for development of a new Dry Port

DCG, TAZARA seal agreement for development of a new Dry Port


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By Conrad K. Simuchile || Business Communicator || Head of Public Relations, Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority Head Office, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania   The Dar es Salaam Corridor Group (DCG) and the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) have entered into a partnership agreement for the development of a Dry Port at the terminal end of TAZARA in New Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia.   DCG emerged winner from an open competitive bidding process and is soon expected to begin constructing the Dry Port on a Build-Lease-Transfer (BLT) Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model.   Included in the terms are that DCG will take hold of the four (4) hectare piece...

Senior citizens deserve better, pleads Olipa Phiri-Mwansa

Senior citizens deserve better, pleads Olipa Phiri-Mwansa


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By Ashton Kelly Bunda Community Development and Social Services Minister Olipa Phiri-Mwansa says elderly people in society should be recognized for the contribution in building a strong and peaceful Zambia with developing families. Barely a fortnight after replacing Patriotic Front Luapula Member of Parliament Emerine Kabanshi, Ms. Phiri-Mwansa says her ministry has embarked on focusing effort to improve elderly people’s welfare, in collaboration with Health Minister, Dr. Chitalu Chilufya. Officiating at the ‘2018 Global Elderly People Day’, annually commemorated on 1st  October under the auspices of the United Nations (UN), at the Civic Center in Lusaka, Ms. Phiri-Mwansa restated Government...

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