Category: Gender & health

By Derrick Sinjela ADDRESSING a United Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance Partners Media Briefing on Sunday 28th January 2018, People’s Party (PP) President, Mike Mulongoti challenged President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to elaborate on his nationality.   Flanked by Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) President, Charles Lubasi Milupi, UPND President, Hakainde Sammy Hichilema, UPND Deputy Secretary for Administration, Gertrude Imenda Mobilisation Chairperson, Silvia Tembo-Masebo, Lusaka Province Chairperson, Obvious Mwaliteta,  and Political Activist Dante Saunders, a soft-spoken Mr. Mulongoti wondered why President Lungu remained mute on accrued wealth and his true nationality. Formerly, Information and Broadcasting Minister, during the Movement...

…and prods right to food By Derrick Sinjela UNITED Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda has successfully managed to lure an investor involved in the purification of water and production of chemicals that fight Cholera spreading germs. Folowing a successful business partnership trip to South Africa, Mr. Chanda, the UPPZ President indicated that he will soon be presenting the chemicals to the relevant authorities for testing. Preaching a unified approaching to Keeping Zambia Clean and Healthy, Chanda reiterated a viewpoint that a united response will build a habitable environment for all people in the country. “Together, we can...

As progress toward global budget transparency stalls for the first time in a decade, Zambia ranks among the least in providing its citizens with information on how public money is used Amid declining public trust in government and increasing inequality around the world, a major independent global report finds that the government of Zambia could improve transparency quickly, with little cost or effort. Many governments around the world are making less information available about how they raise and spend public money. Zambia based on information assessed between July 2015 and December 2016 was rated among the least transparent with regard...