Category: Gender & health

Media Statement by the National Biosafety Authority Chief Executive Officer/ Registrar Mr. Lackson Tonga Thursday 6th December 2018 at Best Western Hotel, Lusaka-Zambia Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOS) Media Briefing

Media Statement by the National Biosafety Authority Chief Executive Officer/ Registrar Mr. Lackson Tonga Thursday 6th December 2018 at Best Western Hotel, Lusaka-Zambia Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOS) Media Briefing


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Sandra Lombe-Mulowa Communications Officer Email: nbacommunications1@yahoo.com or lombe2@gmail.com +260 211 278316 /0977854716/ 0961439503   Statement by the National Biosafety Authority Chief Executive Officer/ Registrar Mr. Lackson Tonga Thursday 6th December 2018 at Best Western Hotel, Lusaka-Zambia Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOS) Media Briefing Date: Thursday December 06, 2018 Venue: Best Western Hotel, Lusaka-Zambia Time: 10:00 hours Good morning all, We welcome to this Press Briefing. We called you so we could update you on some latest developments. We have granted three distributors new permits to import products that may contain Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOS). This decision was arrived at after a risk assessment was...

Pay ageing retires, Africa Consumer Union courts Margaret Mwanakatwe

Pay ageing retires, Africa Consumer Union courts Margaret Mwanakatwe


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By Derrick Sinjela in Lusaka, Zambia AFRICA Consumer Union (ACU) 1st Vice President Muyunda Ililonga is prodding Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe to show empathy by paying retirees their pension countrywide. Following a protracted campaign to access their pension, Mr. Illilonga implored the Zambian Government led by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and Vice President Ms. Inonge Mutukwa-Wina to realise that a society concern for the poor is judged by the manner ageing community is treated. Ililonga implored President Lungu, Veep Mutukwa-Wina through Ms. Mwanakatwe to earnestly honour a pledge to pay pensioners their long-awaited dues (money). In a Thursday, 6th December...

More tree plantations are coming – Kapata ….as government races to combat climate change effects

More tree plantations are coming – Kapata ….as government races to combat climate change effects


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Krakow, Thursday December 6, 2018 BY FIRST SECRETARY (PRESS) KELLYS KAUNDA,  ZAMBIA EMBASSY, BERLIN, GERMANY Plans are underway to increase the number of provinces from four to seven with tree plantations, says the Honorable Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Ms. Jean Kapata. Ms. Kapata, who is also Mandevu Member of Parliament, says the program shall be undertaken by ZAFFICO as part of Zambia’s response to the adverse effects of climate change. She made the remarks shortly after concluding her engagement at the ongoing Conference of the Parties, COP24, an annual meeting organized by the United Nations to discuss climate...

President Lungu condoles with U.S.A over George H.W Bush’s demise

President Lungu condoles with U.S.A over George H.W Bush’s demise


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By AMOS CHANDA SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT (PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS) STATE HOUSE Lusaka (Wednesday, 5th December, 2018) His Excellency Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu President of the Republic of Zambia has conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the United States of America (U.S.A) President Mr Donald Trump and the Bush family on the passing away of Former U.S President George H.W. Bush who died on 30th November, 2018. “ It is with a deep sense of sorrow that l learnt of the death of President George H.W. Bush, the former President of your country, who passed away on 30th November, 2018....

Republic of Zambia remarks by His Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu   President of the Republic of Zambia during the Swearing in Ceremony of  Dr. Chisela Chileshe, Commissioner General of the Zambia Correctional Services  Wednesday, 5th December, 2018

Republic of Zambia remarks by His Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu  President of the Republic of Zambia during the Swearing in Ceremony of Dr. Chisela Chileshe, Commissioner General of the Zambia Correctional Services Wednesday, 5th December, 2018


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Dr. Chisela Chileshe; Commissioner General; Zambia Correctional Services: May I congratulate you on your appointment as Commissioner General of the Zambia Correctional Services.   You have served diligently in various positions for close to 10 years having joined the then Zambia Prisons Service in 2009 as Senior Assistant Commissioner in Charge of Health Services and rose to the rank of Deputy Commissioner General-in-charge of Administration and Finance. As you take-up your new appointment, i am aware that the correctional services is taking centre stage in focusing on agri-business and agro-processing and that you will ensure that this is achieved. With...

Millennium Challenge Corporation Improves Electricity Access in Malawi with GE Power’s Energy Management System (EMS)

Millennium Challenge Corporation Improves Electricity Access in Malawi with GE Power’s Energy Management System (EMS)


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By Derrick Sinjela in Lusaka, Zambia This project covering 26 substations will reduce technical losses in the transmission system in the medium-term, while fostering economic growth in the long-term LILONGWE, Malawi, December 4, 2018/ — GE’s (www.GE.com) EMS will provide real-time and remotely managed information on Malawi’s electrical grid and power outages; Project will pave the way for development of Africa’s regional interconnections; This project covering 26 substations will reduce technical losses in the transmission system in the medium-term, while fostering economic growth in the long-term Aligning with MCA-M’s Infrastructure Development Project, GE Power’s Grid Solutions business (http://www.GEGridSolutions.com/) today announced...

Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority Communique issued on the occasion of the 112th Meeting of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) Board of Directors on Monday 3rd December 2018, Lusaka

Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority Communique issued on the occasion of the 112th Meeting of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) Board of Directors on Monday 3rd December 2018, Lusaka


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By Conrad K. Simuchile || Business Communicator ||   Head of Public Relations, Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority Head Office, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Mobile: Tz +255767803074; +255783803074 || Zm +260966803074 Email: cksmooch@gmail.com; hpr@tazarasite.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/conrad.simuchile LinkedIn: Conrad K. Simuchile Skype: Conrad.Simuchile   Communicate we must ! 1 TANZANIA-ZAMBIA RAILWAY AUTHORITY COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON THE OCCASION OF THE 112TH MEETING OF THE TANZANIA-ZAMBIA RAILWAY AUTHORITY (TAZARA) BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON 3RD DECEMBER 2018, LUSAKA We, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) Board of Directors, comprising the Permanent Secretaries responsible for Transport in Tanzania and Zambia, as Chairperson and Co- Chairperson, respectively, together with four other Board members from...

ZESCO should be a Profit Making Venture, as Patrick Mwila prods Zambian Media support

ZESCO should be a Profit Making Venture, as Patrick Mwila prods Zambian Media support


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By Ashton Kelly Bunda written 14th October 2017 ZAMBIA Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) Senior Manager for Corporate Affairs Patrick Mwila has appealed to the media to play an integral role in educating the people that  the  “Sole Kingpin” of electricity supply has been  almost a Charity Organization, hence the increase in tariffs. Mwila explained that the legendary electricity providers very nearly started running on empty as the initial structures did not allow growth since service delivery comes at cost and resulted in the corporation to borrow money from financiers. Mr. Mwila said despite being 100 percent government controlled ZESCO is supposed...

OYDC needs financial support for Innovations, Clement Chileshe

OYDC needs financial support for Innovations, Clement Chileshe


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By Ashton Kelly Bunda 14th October 2017 OLYMPIC Youth Development Center (OYDC) Director Clement Chileshe has announced that the life span of Zambia’s high performance center is reducing by the day as it hasn’t been maintained due financial challenges. The emotional Chileshe narrated that OYDC one of the two “Sports for Hope Center” in the world apart from the other one in Haiti Southern America is under massive pressure as it is home to 20 sport disciplines and hosts 250 young athletes every week and 60,000 competitors annually, making it the busiest ever, he was speaking during media interaction at...

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