Category: Sustainable Development

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...

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...

By Auspine Sichoombe, ZANIS  in Chikankata District, Southern Province Munyomezi Ward Councilor in Chikankata Constituency of Southern province Best Muyaya has paid Kudos to the UPND New Dawn Government for timely distributing the 2021-2022 farming inputs to all the Small Scale Farmers in Munyomezi Ward. Mr. Muyaya said government deserves a pat on the back for the gesture and urged the New Dawn government to iron out all the lacunas surrounding Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). However, in a Tuesday 22nd February, 2022 interview with this Zambia News and information Services reporter in Mapangazya, Muyaya expressed worry that heavy rains...