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Only four countries—Brazil, Mauritius, the Netherlands and Turkey—have adopted all the anti-tobacco measures recommended in the fight against the “deadly scourge” of smoking, the World Health Organization said Monday.

By ROGERS KALERO

GENUINE clerics and patriotic freedom fighters should stand up and denounce the increasing injustices and the looting of the country’s natural resources by the privileged in the country, the Patriotic Front (PF) has warned.

By NATION REPORTER

CHILDFUND Zambia has donated 29 bicycles to support youth development programmes peer educators involved in disseminating information on sexual and reproductive health in Luangwa.

Speaking at the donation, Luangwa District Commissioner Luke Chikani said Government would continue to provide adequate resources to facilitate availability of essential infrastructure, transport, and equipment to support youth development programmes.

Mr Chikani paid special tribute to ChildFund working together with Luangwa Child Development Agency for donating 29 bicycles for peer educators. 

He said the bicycles would go a long way in strengthening the activities conducted by young people that were involved in providing mobile youth friendly services that enable young people to make healthy behaviours.

“May I take this opportunity to thank Luangwa Child Development Agency working with ChildFund for partnering with the government to support our young people with bicycles. These will greatly help to improve service delivery as these young people will now be able to move into distant villages to educate others on various issues affecting their lives,” he said.

 Mr. Chikani said the programme by Luangwa Child Development Agency were in line with the government’s transformation agenda under President of Hakainde Hichilema.

“Investment in education and skills development is one of the key focus areas of the 8th National Development Plan and is fundamental to inclusive development,” he said. 

Mr Chikani said the 8th National Development Plan seeks to ensure that life relevant knowledge and skills were provided to young people in promoting the application of National Values and Principles.

A 23-year-old student of RockView University in Lusaka has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his fellow student with a knife  in unclear circumstances. Chipipa Saenge, who is studying law is alleged to have stabbed Nsama Kelvin Mwale also 23 at their boarding house at Mungule Rock View University. The incident was reported by Rabbeca Nakazwe, […]

By ROGERS KALERO

INACCURACIES in the metering system by Nkana Water Supply and Sanitation Company (NWSSC) has resulted in the unreasonable water bills on the residents of various parts of Chimwemwe Township, Allen Banda has said.

By NATION REPORTER 

THE Zambia Police Service has noted with dismay, the propensity of some politicians to drag the Police Service into political matters when it suits them and to call them names.

By VITA BANDA

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema will from today undertake a two-day State visit to the State of Israel at the invitation of President Isaac Herzog, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations has announced. 

THE United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has agreed to create bankable investment projects among African countries, by embracing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. In a statement issued by First Sectretary Press at the Zambian Embassy in Paris, France, Naomi Mweemba said this is aimed at increasing value addition and to break barriers […]

By NATION REPORTER 

IT will be folly for government to phase out the Farmer Input Support Program (FISP) instead of investing more in it to take advantage of business that has come with the increasing demand for maize in the region, says former defense minister George Mpombo.

Dr. Mpombo said it was shocking that government was contemplating on FISP, a program that has proved to be working and effective because Zambia was the only country that still has non-GMO maize in the region.

Defence Minister Ambrose Lufuma disclosed that there was a tremendous demand of mealie meal and maize from Zambia’s neighbouring countries with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has already made an advanced payment of US$15 million to Zambia for the supply of mealie meal to that country, Kenya and Tanzania making a request for 1 million metric tonnes of maize each.

Dr. Mpombo said currently the demands coming from outside were a threat to Zambia’s food security and the country must ensure that they were harvested for local consumption.

He said government must make sure they pumped in more money into FISP for the coming farming season so that they could satisfy the demand in the region and earn foreign exchange.

Dr. Mpombo said it was shocking that government wanted to phase out a program that has produced massive dividends to the small-scale farmers and the nation at large.

He said UPND was politically embarking on a suicidal mission because the consequences of their planed action would attract a massive backlash from the farmers.

 Dr. Mpombo said what government was supposed to do was to consolidate the benefits of FISP and start improving on its performance.

 “Right now FISP was delivering and it would achieve wonders if more measures were put in place to streamline operations like the problems of misapplication,” he said.

 He also said the priority should not even be to service the yawning market in the religion but it should aim at making the staple food available and affordable in the country. 

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By NATION REPORTER 

THE Free Press Initiative (FPI) has welcomed government’s decision to approve and introduce the Access to Information (ATI) Bill to Parliament but says the bigger test for the UPND government is having the bill enacted into law.