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Chingola Constituency borehole sinking projects commence

By MERCY MULENGA Chingola Constituency Member of Parliament Chipoka Mulenga has disclosed that the building of markets and sinking of boreholes have commenced in some rural area. Mr Chipoka says the implementation of projects in the first year has seen a lot of focus in rural areas with the construction of markets and sinbking of […]

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Former Uganda Airlines CEO given judgement day date

The court in Kampala has set October 28 when it will deliver its judgment in a case in which former Uganda Airlines chief executive officer, Mr Cornwell Muleya is accused of disobedience of lawful orders in regard to the national carrier’s management. The Zambian national appeared last week before Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate, […]

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3 children die in an inferno

Three children of Kafunda village in chief Mibenge’s area in Mansa district have been burnt to death in an inferno after the grass thatched house they were in caught fire. Luapula Province Police Deputy Commanding Officer, Daniel Mseteka, confirmed the incident to ZANIS in Samfya in an interview yesterday. Mr Mseketa identified the deceased as […]

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3 file in for Bupalo by-election

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Three Political parties have successfully filed in nominations for Bupalo ward upcoming By-election in Chingola. By Press time the Patriotic Front (PF) Kunda Kapambwe, United Party for National Development (UPND) Mushimbwa Gardner and Socialist Party (SP) Clara Chisanga had filed in their nominations. The Nominations for the Bupalo By-Election commenced with the […]

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KCM commission refurbished OPD at over K5milloin

By ALICE NACHILEMBE Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has rehabilitated Out-Patient Department (OPD) at Nchanga South hospital at a cost of K5.3 million to enhance quality health care. The wing has been refurbished and modernized by upgrading the Pharmacy, emergency and records rooms and creation of the brought in dead (BID) room which has not been […]

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Utilise free education, Chieftainess Chungu urges subjects

By Staff Writer Chieftainess Chungu of Yaba people in Lupososhi Town has urged parents and guardians in her chiefdom to ultilise government’s free education policy by taking their children to school. Chieftainess Chungu said that with the free education policy in place, no child should fail to go to school. “Previously some parents and guardians […]

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Cases of cholera in Malawi triple

Cases of cholera in Malawi have more than tripled in the last two months as authorities struggle to contain an outbreak that has killed more than 117 people so far. The UN says that cases across the country have jumped from 1,000 to more than 4,200 since August. The first case of cholera, which spreads […]

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KCM financial advisor RMB commences its works 

Further to the announcement of 28th September 2022, in relation to the appointment of Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) as financial advisor to Konkola Copper Mines plc (KCM), the Company is pleased to inform stakeholders that RMB has commenced preliminary works at KCM leading to the search for a provider of long-term finance. RMB has been appointed […]

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20 Ethiopians nabbed for illegal entry

By Staff Write The Monze Immigration Office has apprehended 20 Ethiopians for illegal entry into the country. The immigrants who are aged between 15 and 35 were apprehended by a Joint Team of Immigration and Police Officers around the Monze-Chisekesi Area on Saturday October 8, 2022 between 07:00 and 13:30 hours after they failed to […]

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