MBALA, Sunday, September 29, 2019 – – – – President Edgar Lungu has promoted Special Forces Group Commander Colonel Augustine Chirwa to the senior rank of Brigadier General.
And President Lungu says his administration is keen to see a well grounded defense force in professionalism, discipline and loyalty.
President Lungu states that government is also determined to equip defense forces with skills to enable them to contribute to national development.
He was speaking, Saturday, during a demonstration of advanced special forces training at the School of Special Forces in Mbala, Northern Province.
The President also reassured defense forces of government’s commitment to ensuring the provision of all necessary resources for their welfare and general operations.
President Lungu has equally acknowledged government’s awareness of the challenges faced by special forces during the training.
He has since promised them to address the challenges in order to maintain high standards among the defense forces.
At the same event, Zambia Army Commander William Sikazwe assured the President of the defense forces’ support and loyalty.
Lieutenant General Sikazwe has further reaffirmed his pledge to support the government and commit the army to professionalism in the discharge of duty.
And Special Forces Group Commander, Brigadier General Augustine Chirwa, has equally declared his readiness to undertake any task in his new rank without excuses.
Read this article from the original source: President Lungu Promotes Special Forces Commander To Brigadier General.
]]>Lusaka City Council (LCC) market master Nora Kayombo said the incident happened when the minister was interacting with traders at Kabwata market.
Read this article from the original source: Masked Men in PF T-Shirts Attacked Minister Lubinda – witness.
]]>This is in a case Mr Lusambo and 16 others are accused of contempt of court after they allegedly evicted retired teachers at Kabulonga Girls and Boys secondary schools, against a court order which stayed the eviction.
Read this article from the original source: Lusambo Escapes Arrest Warrant.
]]>PLEASE POST FOR ME
Kindly help me, today in the morning I received this message “Ministry of General education is making replacements for teachers in primary and secondary respectively. If you are ready manage a k1000 for Ts form 9 and teaching service commission now only qualified teachers”. from the number 0979139927. I called back after receiving the message he told me that he will post me to Mufulira but i have to make a deposit of K500 using mobile money then tomorrow I can go to Mufulira DEBS and collect the offer letter. Fellow academicians, how true is this?
Read this article from the original source: Fake Teacher Recruitment Imposter Exposed, Charging K1000 For Exercise.
]]>
By Tetiwe Mweemba
As the nation awaits the official presentation of the 2020 National Budget by Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu in Lusaka tomorrow amidst the high cost of living, Power outages and suffering intense effects of Climate Change, the Operation Young Vote OYV says the country is expectant of a user friendly budget which should accommodate all and be supported by all.
Speaking in Lusaka today, OYV Executive Director Guess Nyirenda said the budget must provide clear indicators, measures and investment in having duty bearers working closely with the citizens in finding solutions to problems that confront the country.
Mr. Nyirenda said the budget must clearly show an interest in the fight against corruption but incentivizing the whistle blowers and also providing better allocations to the institutions of governance.
“The budget, while it endeavor to address issues raised about the theme “Accelerating Sustainable Development for a Better Zambia Amidst the impact of Climate Change” in the state of nation address by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, it must be reflective of the day to day social economic challenges, poverty as well as hunger situations citizens are currently in,” Mr. Nyirenda noted.
He added that OYV expected a budget that provided for speedy, manageable and consistent development in the face of climate Change and its impact.
“It would be wishful thinking if you have a budget that is not alive to the poverty and hunger that is ravaging the majority of households in the country. The hunger in the country is real, how then does the 2020 budget resolve the widespread hunger while encouraging and motivating the hungry population to venture into agriculture in a diversified sense not only for food security but also for good nutrition and health food, “he added.
Mr. Nyirenda said OYV is expectant to see how the budget will float practical ways of tackling the reality of climate change.
He added that the policy of purchasing of furniture and other school and office material and equipment from the youth enterprises and cooperatives must not be rhetoric and a myth but be actualized in the budgetary indicators to be given by the Minister of Finance.
“On mining and tourism, OYV expects the budget to allude to and pay particular attention to the targeted review of the APRM in the two sectors that Zambia will be embarking on with the collaboration of the continental APRM Secretariat between the end of this year into 2020, so as to shape a progressive trajectory and embrace ways of harnessing dividends,” Mr. Nyirenda stressed.
Read this article from the original source: OYV Wants A Progressive Budget.
]]>Speaking when Chipata Central Member of Parliament Moses Mawere visited the hospital, some members of staff explained that currently the hospital is also experiencing load shedding.
They added that this also leads to unavailability of water as the hospital is only able to pump water using electricity.
And Chipata District Hospital Administrator Noah Banda noted that despite the hospital being new, it has challenges with transport as it only has one ambulance which is not in good shape, making it difficult for health workers to carry out their duties effectively.
He notes that the hospital is also having challenges with hospital equipment such as the extra software machine, and dental equipment.
Meanwhile Chipata Central Member of Parliament Moses Mawere assured the hospital management that he will personally engage the minister of health to find out why the hospital despite being new has challenges with equipment.
The MP who was visiting the hospital to understand the challenges it is facing, further promised to engage management at ZESCO to exempt hospitals and other health facilities from loadsheding.
On September 13, during the presidential address to the nation, President Edgar Lungu directed the power utility company to exempt health facilities from load shedding.
Read this article from the original source: Exempt Hospitals from Loadsheding, Govt Told.
]]>The cancellation is on the grounds that Vodafone has ceased to fufill the eligibility by not being technically and financially capable of meeting the obligations and the terms and conditions of the licence.
According to ZICTA Board Chairperson Emmanuel Musonda, the decision to cancel the licence was arrived at during a special meeting held on september 12, 2019.
Read this article from the original source: ZICTA Cancels Vodafone Licence.
]]>Minister of Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo clarified the false reports in an interview with the media.
Mr. Kampyongo further said only 2000 police officers were deployed in Kafue from around 07 Hours to 17hrs to monitor the security situation in the area where the UPND leader was scheduled to donate mealie meal and tour some places.
He appealed to individuals, Non-Governmental Organizations and political institutions to follow procedures whenever they are intending to make donations to avoid unnecessary tension in the country.
Mr Kampyongo said the Ministry of Home Affairs shall remain firm and ensure that law and order is maintained and no illegality would be tolerated.
This is according to a statement released by Home Affairs Public Relations Officer Nephas, Chifuta.
(Credit: Lusaka Times)
Read this article from the original source: Kampyongo: We Only Spent K65,000 To Block HH From Kafue & NOT K80,000 Being Reported.
]]>We would like to air our displeasure on the individual mentioned above . The named person has a very bad and abusive language toward us Zambian workers he works with, whether in the office or in the field .We seek government intervention on the brutality and slavery minded of Mr sword Li .
All we are asking for, is for this Chinese goon called Sword Li to be sent back to china because he has proved to be one of the most useless Chinese man we have worked with without courtesy and respect for this government and the Zambian workers who fall under his department .If anything even fellow Chinese don’t like him especially those who have worked under him before. He is such a ruthless, evil and deceitful man!!! All employee who work under him ,work with fear and he has even reached level where he want to start beating us so his reaction shows ,Before he beats one which will also retaliate can we have the government intervention. This is the man who wants all workers under him to be worshiping him. How can we have another god in the name of Mr sword Li?
Most good and performing employees who worked under him have since either resigned or just stopped coming for work because of frustrations .We have had three managers, three supervisors and some technical Zambian guys who he fired them. You can investigate to prove these facts! As if this is not enough, the employees’ under his department are the least paid and motivated workers. When we are out in the field with him he is such a cruel man, ever scorning on “WECHAT” to those left at the office. This is the man who stole money for the village project and nothing was done to him. We visited villages with him in the pretext that he was working and yet not. He has made so many deals which later we shall reveal as the team is gathering more data…..
How can we have such kind of a heartless, unprofessional, deceitful and evil man in such a department? This is uncalled for as we can’t have a man who managers Aftersales and call center which we the Zambian can do even better!! Zambia has enough professional individual who can work better than him.
This man has been a thorn in our flesh which has to be removed!! In due course we shall release the recording’s here if nothing is going to be done. Were he was shouting and insulting .We don’t hate him but he has proved to us he has no respect for us he works with and the fact that he insult’s and threatens to beat us up which we cant allow. He is such a deceitful man and arbors hatred! We don’t want him. Mr sword Li is a dangerous insect that need to clashed fast before he inflict more pain on us Zambian workers
Read this article from the original source: Chinese Abusing Zambians At Topstar.
]]>The agri-business firm has entered into a binding sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Chenguang Biotech Zambia Agri-Dev Limited (Chenguang) to sell the Sinazongwe farm at a cost of US$10 million.
Chenguang Zambia, which is a subsidiary of the Chenguang Biotech Group Company Limited based in China, is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange with 22 subsidiary companies.
Read this article from the original source: ZAMBEEF To Sell Farms.
]]>