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Families must accommodate citizens with Intellectual disabilities, Mbeba  

Families must accommodate citizens with Intellectual disabilities, Mbeba  

By Ashton Kelly Bunda FAMILIES and communities should be the ones to take the first to step, embark on this progressive and promising journey to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal participation of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for People with ‘Psychosocial and Intellectual Disabilities (PID). Families must go with them to Church and sports activities,” advised Sani Foundation Teacher and Job Coach Lesa Mbeba. Mbeba explained that families and communities must supplement Government provision of care and support to persons with disabilities by imparting a sense of identity, responsibility and independence as disability is not inability....

ZESCO to light up Livingstone with the 19th Congress of the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA)

ZESCO to light up Livingstone with the 19th Congress of the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA)

By ZESCO PRO Imagine Jane, a thirty-something, year-old, mother of three, in a remote part of Zambia, flipping the light switch on, in her hut made of poles, mud and grass thatch, and voila! The tiny, rondavelle, instantly lights up inside, as if it is daylight. Thanks to electricity, she and her family can enjoy modern comforts, like having an electric stove, a television set, a radio, and other appliances that require power. Picture a similar scenario, in every part of Africa, both rural and urban. “It sounds impossible”, you might say. Well, if the people at the Association of...

Dr. Ashton Mwansa Mbita, Zambian Pace Setter of Human Rights Advocate

Dr. Ashton Mwansa Mbita, Zambian Pace Setter of Human Rights Advocate

Profile Dr Ashton Mwansa Mbita, Zambian Pace Setter of Human Rights Advocate By Ashton Kelly Bunda He is Dr. Ashton Mwansa Mbita, Mulongoti Bunda his contemporaries call him a simple honorable institution in his own right for the academic achievements garnered and his sacrifice and humble contribution he has made to the human race and mother Zambia. He was born in the winter month on June 22, 1932 in a family of three. Education: The walking institution started his journey advocating for human rights in Zambia in the year 1945 at Chipempe Mission School in Kawambwa District of Luapula Province,...

Dr. Chitalu Chilufya extols ChildFund’s Doras Chirwa

By Derrick Sinjela HEALTH Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has extolled Acting Country Director Doras Chirwa for providing 55 computers to Kafue School of Nursing and Kafue General Hospital in Zambia’s Lusaka Province. During a double-header occasion transforming Kafue District Hospital into a General Hospital and opening of Kafue School of Nursing, Dr. Chilufya praised Childfund for complementing Governments provision of medical services to citizens through graciously facilitating 5 computers to Kafue General Hospital, 50 computers to Kafue School of Nursing and 176 e-learning tablets worth K455, 000. Dr. Chilufya equally showered praise on community members for achieving a dream mooted 19...

Dr. Chitalu Chilufya unviels Kafue General Hospital

By Derick Sinjela, Evans Sinjela and Jessie Zimba ZAMBIA”s youthful Minister for Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya says the elevation  of Kafue District Hospital into a General Hospital is empirical evidence that President Edgar Chagwa Lungu is determined to provide excellent services throughout Zambia’s ten provinces namely; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western Provinces. “We are committed to provide health services in a clean, caring, competent environment, Dr. Chilufya, a medical doctor, and holder of MbcHb, with a wealth of public health experience,”said during the upgrade of Kafue District Hospital into a General Hospital and launch...

THE VEEP, THE SCOT AND THE LAW

THE VEEP, THE SCOT AND THE LAW

By Emmanuel Mwamba   Just in a period of six years, Zambia has lost a second president in office.   As it was in 2008, the political terrain has dramatically shifted and power centers are being re-aligned.   The political landscape has become one big shifting sand dune.   Alignment of political foes and friends, relationship of conveniences and speculation are underway.   Night meetings, office meetings, car park meetings, hotel meetings, meetings and meetings will be the order of the day as people position, size and pick their opportunity that this tragedy and adversity has brought.   For many...

The Obamas Send Newlywed Couple a Moving Note of Congratulations

The Obamas Send Newlywed Couple a Moving Note of Congratulations

By  Yahoo StyleAugust 2, 2017 Barack and Michelle Obama left the White House almost 200 days ago, but some supporters of the 44th president are still reaching out to him as if he were in office. We’re not talking about policy changes, though he probably gets plenty of letters about that still. It seems many people are still inviting the Obamas to their weddings — and the Obamas are writing back. Twitter user Brooke Allen posted the response her mother, Liz Whitlow, just received after inviting the couple to their wedding in March. “Congratulations on your wedding,” said the signed card that Liz Whitlow and Eddie Edgar received....

Embrace all children, prods Ian Banda

Embrace all children, prods Ian Banda

By Exhilda Siame in Minnesota, USA and Caesar Edward Sindele in Lusaka, Zambia A BODILY challenged Zambian studying in the United States of America (USA) Ian Banda is inspiring persons living with disabilities to have self-assurance of working like the able bodied citizens. In an interview with Pan African Radio’s Correspondent Exhilda Siame in Minnesota, USA, Banda who is pursuing fellowship studies under the auspices of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) said disability is not inability. Banda said people living with disabilities should not be stigmatized and subjected to all sorts of discrimination because they have the capacity to...

2017 Luapula Expo cheers Spuki Mulemwa

2017 Luapula Expo cheers Spuki Mulemwa

By  Caesar Edward Sindele Zambian DNA Spokesperson  has commended Luapula Provincial Minister Nickson Chilangwa and his team supervised by Permanent Secretary (PS) Buleti Nsemukila for a well organized Luapula Expo that attracted hundreds of people among them investors. “We are happy with the Luapula EXPO as it is a home grown initiative to unlock the economic potential of the whole province and beyond, as this is in line with government, policy to industrialize the country through local and foreign investment. Zambian DNA is confident that this will spur massive development in Luapula which is one of the least developed areas...

Zambia’s Maize Floor Price, The Food Reserve Agency and De-Regulation

Zambia’s Maize Floor Price, The Food Reserve Agency and De-Regulation

By PMRC Executive Director Ms. Bernadette Deka Dear Friends and Colleagues,   Agriculture provides the main support for Zambia’s rural economy, and because of this, growth in the agricultural sector is the clearest avenue through which poverty reduction can be achieved in Zambia. Sixty seven percent of the Zambian population depend on agriculture, primarily through smallholder production for their livelihoods and employment. Zambia recognizes agriculture as one of the key priority sectors in achieving sustainable economic growth and diversification away from copper mining.   The Food Reserve Agency -FRA- recently made a decision to set the floor price of a...

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