Author: Hildah Lumba

Govt sets aside K670,000 for IsokaSAPP

By HILLARY MUSONDA - GOVERNMENT has set aside K670,000 to farmer groups under the Smallholder Agri-business Promotion Programme (SAPP), in Isoka District of Muchinga Province for infrastructure development. Isoka District Marketing Development Officer (DMDO) Thomas Ngosa said Government has so far disbursed K270,000 out of the K670,000. Mr Ngosa said five of the six projects

COMACO product sales to go up

By GLORIA SIWISHA - THE Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) has projected to increase its annual turnover in product sales to US$5 million this year. The company known for the ‘It’s Wild!’ brand, also expects to raise peanut butter production levels from the current 18 tonnes to 30 tonnes per week. The targets would be

August referendum: A dilemma

Voters in the June 23 British referendum on staying with the European Union (EU) or exiting understood fully well what specifics they were deciding on. Voters in the August 11 referendum on amending the Zambian Bill of Rights do not know what they will be deciding on. On this score alone, freedom of information has

Sinkamba sues State over $323, 560

By SYLVIA MWEETWA - GREEN Party Presidential aspirant Peter Sinkamba has filed a petition in the Kitwe High Court seeking a court order to declare unconstitutional Government’s failure to pay him US$323,560.00 which it owes him. The payment is in respect of part of the work he did as a consultant to establish and operationalise

Baby (2) drowns

By MILDRED KATONGO  - A TWO-YEAR old boy of Ntindi village in Nakonde District has drowned after falling into a neighbour’s well. Muchinga Province Police chief Auxensio Daka said the incident happened on June 24, around 15 hours when the boy fell into the neighboour’s well and drowned. Mr Daka said the father of the

Help reduce GBV, women challenged

By PASSY HAACHIZO - THERE is need for women to be drivers of the anti- Gender Based Violence (GBV) agenda by making use of the women empowerment funds to provide necessities for families. Gender Permanent Secretary Edwidge Mutale said GBV cases would still remain on the rise if the spirit of hard work was not
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