By JOHN SAKALA Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa says Zesco will effective a country wide 12 hours load shedding to facilitate the filling of the new Dam at Kafue Gorge Lower. Mr Nkhuwa said the 12 hours load shedding which starts on November 8, 2020, is great news to Zambians because the filling of the dam […]
By JOHN SAKALA President Edgar Lungu has given Chingola marketeers K86, 000 in his continued marathon of empowering the marketeers. Under the Presidential Empowerment Fund (PEF), President Lungu has already given out K580, 000 to various marketeers in Chingola who operate in designated markets. Over the weekend, President Lungu sent Chingola Member of Parliament Matthew […]
By JOHN SAKALA Chingola Member of Parliament Matthew Nkhuwa has commissioned the rehabilitated Mutenda Police Post to Zambia Police. The Police Post was damaged by incensed mob that wanted to personally lynch gassers who were reported to have been detained at the police post. Despite this damage, Mr Nkhuwa mobilised resources to refurbish the post […]
By JOHN SAKALA Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa says there was a flash-fire accident that hapened at the Kafue Gorge Lower Hydropower Plant (under construction) on Friday, 23rd October 2020 at around 11:30hrs. Mr Nkhuwa said preliminary investigations had revealed that the fire was started but a cutting torch. He sais three employees were assigned to […]
Each year on Independence Day I remember those who lost blood for this day of freedom we are celebrating. I wish they were here to see how the country is progressing toward greatness. We may not achieve everything as Government but we are firmly on solid ground. Our current leader His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa […]
By JOHN SAKALA President Edgar Lungu has given Chingola marketeers another K200, 000 as seed money for their buineseses. This is a continuation of Presidential Empowerment Fund to Chingola marketeers. In September and August, President Edgar Lungu had sent Chingola Member of Parliament Matthew Nkhuwa to delivered K160, 000 and K200,000 respectively to Chingola marketeers […]
By JOHN SAKALAChingola Member of Parliament Matthew Nkhuwa today delivered another K200,000 to Chingola marketeers as revolving fund from President Edgar Lungu. Last month, President Lungu had sent Mr Nkhuwa to hand over K160, 000 to Chingola women under Presidential Empowerment Fund. Mr Nkhuwa said capital injection into any business is a shot in the […]
By JOHN SAKALAChingola Member of Parliament Matthew Nkhuwa has repaired the bridge connecting Chabanyama and Lulamba Hillside. Initially, the Chingola Lawmaker had used Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to construct a bridge on the Chabanyama stream but it was washed away because the people engaged to do the job had put the culverts parallel to the […]
…additional 450 MW by May 2021 By Staff Writer The Kafue Gorge Lower Hydro Power Project will soon be injected in the national grid and may reach 300 mega-watts by the end of the year (2020) before peaking at 750 mega-watts by May 2021. Project Director Wesley Lwiindi told a visiting ministerial delegation that the […]
Energy Minister Matthew Nkhuwa has sued Choma Central Member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa for alleged defamation of character. Mr Nkhuwa and Chembe Member of Parliament Sebastian Kopulande have sued Mr Mweetwa and three others for alleging that they are stranded with over one million litres of fuel they imported during the temporary shutdown of Indeni […]
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