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Director of Public Prosecutions Gilbert Phiri has issued consent to have Patriotic Front member of the central committee In charge of Information and Publicity Raphael Nakacinda to be prosecuted for allegedly defaming President Hakainde Hichilema. 
Nakacinda is also accused of expressing hatred against another tribe.
When the matter came up before magistrate Idah Phiri, a state prosecutor Michael Nundwe informed the court that he was in receipt of a consent from the DPP to allow Nakacinda take his plea.
But in response, the defence informed the court that they were not ready to proceed to trial because of the absence of the client in conduct of the matter and asked for an adjournment. 
Arising from that, the court granted the defence their application for an adjournment with the matter coming up on March 6, 2023. Last year, police charged and arrested Mr. Nakacinda with an offence of defamation and another one of expressing or showing hatred, ridicule or contempt contrary to Section 70(1) of the Penal Code, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
His arrest follows a complaint from a member of the public, Bruce Kanema. He said Mr. Nakacinda alleged to have defamed President Hakainde Hichilema in a video widely circulated on social media.
“This is in connection to a matter where we received a complaint from Bruce Kanema against him on allegations that he promoted hate speech against the Tonga speaking people and is further alleged to have defamed the Republican President in a video that has been widely circulated,’’ Mr. Hamoonga said.

A recent study found that a Medicaid program in Colorado can help address the shortage of home healthcare workers for children with complex medical needs by offering family members certified nursing assistant (CNA) training and paying them for at-home medical care their child requires. Results show that children who received family-CNA care were not more likely to be hospitalized than children cared for by a non-family CNA. Children with family-CNA caregivers also experienced greater care continuity since turnover was not an issue as it tends to be with traditional home healthcare workers. Findings were published in the Journal of Pediatrics.

In recent years, suicide has become one of the leading causes of death for adolescents and young adults nationally. Texas is no exception to this trend, with a significant increase in suicide deaths over the past decade. Depression, which affects millions of American adolescents, has long been associated with a higher risk for suicide. However, there are other factors that may be linked to suicidal thoughts and actions that could serve as predictors to alert caregivers, clinicians and others when an intervention might be needed.

New research from Tufts University School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences suggests that the timing of the death of certain inhibitory neurons in the brain shortly after birth may be at least partly to blame for infantile spasms syndrome (ISS), a rare but devastating form of epilepsy that develops most frequently between four and eight months of age but can emerge within weeks of birth until ages 4 or 5.

 HEAVY RAINS in some parts of the country may be looming after latest reports indicating that Zambia is among the seven countries warned to stay alert of a tropical cyclone also known as ‘Freddy’. A tropical cyclone has hit some parts of Madagascar leaving one person dead on Tuesday as heavy rains and strong winds […]

A new study published in Genes, Brain and Behavior has identified several genetic variants that may be linked with mathematical abilities in children.

New research published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica found that in women with uncomplicated pregnancies, elective induction of labor at any point between 37 and 41 weeks was consistently associated with lower school performance in children at age 12.

Acute low back pain is a common cause of disability. An analysis in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research examined which non-opioid drugs are best for treating this condition.

Bovine meat and milk factors (BMMFs)—initially identified by de Villiers et al. in 2014—represent a class of infectious agents in beef and cow’s milk that have been linked to the development of cancer. New research published in Molecular Oncology suggests that monitoring the presence and rate of expression of a BMMF-encoded replication protein (Rep) in inflammatory sites of the tissues may help identify individuals at risk for developing colorectal cancer subsequently after decades-long latency periods.

POLICE in Chambishi have detained a truck driver whose stray bullet hit and injured two women who were in makeshift restaurants selling food when one of the several shots he fired to scare criminals hit and injured the women.
Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba said the incident occurred yesterday around 11: 30 hours along the Chambishi Copper Smelter (CCS) road near Puma Filling Station in Chambishi in which an anonymous call was received by Police that women were shot at and injured after a truck driver fired gunshots
Mr Mweemba said the two victims who were rushed to Chambishi Government Clinic, have been identified as Treazer Kamwendo Malichi aged 37 of house number B- 282 Kabanda Area Zambia Compound Chambishi, a business lady, who sustained a gunshot wound on her left knee
The other victim was identified as Getrude Chilumba, aged 27 of the same address, who sustained a gunshot wound below her left shoulder.
Mr Mweemba said there are booths and makeshift restaurants alongside CCS Road near Puma Filling Station and along this road, criminals usually jump onto trucks to steal whatever cargo or goods they find on the trucks, especially when trucks stop or slow down. 
He said on February 20, 2023, at around 12:30 hours, a truck driver namely identified a Trust Sakala aged 56 of house number 108/75 Kanyama West Lusaka, driving a freightliner truck and trailer reg No ALE 4791 and ABZ 9111T belonging to AM Transport Company, was going towards CCS from Kitwe-Chingola road.
“The truck driver stopped along the road to pick up his fellow driver, who was going to CCS. Immediately, a group of criminals jumped onto the trailer and started pulling the tents. He tried to stop them, but the criminals started throwing stones at him. It was at this point that the driver got his pistol and fired several shots towards the group to scare them, forcing the group to run away.
“However, it was discovered that two females who were in one of the makeshift restaurants doing their business of selling food, were caught by stray bullets, and got injured, Ms Treazer Kamwendo Malichi and Ms Getrude Chilumba, aged 27 of the above address (B 282) who sustained a gunshot wound below her left shoulder,” Mr Mweemba said
He said Police rushed to the clinic and found victims being attended to and later referred to Kitwe Teaching Hospital (KTH) where their condition for both was stable. 
“Medical report forms were issued. The truck driver is in police custody for unlawful wounding pending further investigations, while the pistol Luger, serial No C6878 with 13 rounds of ammunition has been confiscated,” he said