Author: Millennium
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The US$100 million TFM Holdings contract to construct prefabricated hospitals in Zambia has taken a new twist with Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary (Technical Services) Lackson Kasonka admitting that in fact, the contract was signed by the new dawn administration and not the Patriotic Front (PF) government.
THE court has added more counts to Ndozo Lodge’s proprietor Chrint Sichamba, his wife and son of corruption involving over K781 million and more than US$10 million.
Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CSAWUZ) says it is shocked over reports that the NAPSA act have been assented to when the law is still in parliament and is expected to be under consultation.
President Hichilema is the leader for all Zambians irrespective of their ethnicity or region and should therefore endeavour to balance his appointments into government, Greyford Monde has said.
Civil servants who are resisting change and frustrating the UPND administration by being bureaucratically unhinged shall not be allowed to remain in the civil service as they will be replaced, President Hakainde Hichilema has warned.
A manager for contracts and procurement audit at the Ministry of Health has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that former Health Permanent Secretary Dr Kennedy Malama and eight others did not stick to procurement guidelines during the purchase of 50 ambulances.
Government lost about US$10 million as charges and arrangement fees in the contract it entered with Mikalile Trading Limited of Hong Kong to supply police uniforms and other equipment, The Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard.
A hailstorm has caused significant damage to over 120 maize fields in seven villages in Zimba’s Simwatachela Chiefdom of Southern Province.
It is interesting to hear that despite the advocacy being done, some people are still falling prey to human trafficking scams. Immigration Officers at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport has denied exit to a Zambian woman travelling to Oman to work as a house maid in a suspected human trafficking case.
The uncompetitive mining tax regime remained a challenge for the industry as it was prone to constant interfering and change by the previous Government and this should not be repeated by the current administration.
