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Minister of Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili welcomes Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa when he called on the Minister at Government Complex
Government says it is working tirelessly to create wealth for the country in order to improve the welfare of the people.
When Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa of the United Family International Church of Zimbabwe paid a courtesy call at her office today, Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili said wealth creation is a very important topic as the nation aspires to prosper.
Mrs. Sumaili informed Prophet Makandiwa, that God has blessed Zambia with abundant natural resources which can accelerate economic development of the country.
She stressed that she is particularly happy that Prophet Makandiwa is in the country to share biblical principles of wealth Creation to the nation.
Meanwhile, Prophet Makandiwa said there is need to appreciate the men and women that have contributed to the economic and stability of Zambia.
Prophet Makandiwa, prayed that Zambians should be prayerful and appreciate the many good things that God has blessed the country with.
Prophet Makandiwa is in Zambia for a three day Wealth Creation Summit which will run from 11th to December 13, 2018.
Minister of Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili welcomes Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa when he called on the Minister at Government ComplexMinister of Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili confers with Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa when he called on the Minister at Government ComplexMinister of Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili confers with Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa when he called on the Minister at Government Complex
A gang of five women are in police custody after a video emerged on social media showing them torturing a naked young woman. The gang is alleged to have shoved a castle bottle into her vagina, thereafter, they pumped chili sauce into her vagina.
The incident happened when the young woman was drinking beer at Start Point in Masala main market Ndola, with a Mr. Mwanza who is the husband to Precious Kapambwe. Whilst there, Mr.Mwanza’s wife Precious showed up in the company of other women.
Upon seeing his wife and her friends, Mr.Mwanza run away leaving the victim alone. Precious and her friends then picked the victim by force and took her to a home where she was forced to undress. Her arms and legs were held by the four women whilst the fifth one inserted an empty bottle of castle beer into her private parts. One of them started making a video and taking pictures. Police visited the scene and apprehended the named suspects and recovered 2 cell phones containing the video and pictures and clothes belonging to the victim.
Police spokesperson Esther Katongo has expressed disgust over the incident. Esther Katongo said it is saddening that women are the ones in the forefront undressing fellow women in public and taking videos which they later post on social media.
“This country has got laws and channels of reporting grievances and anything short of that will not be condoned. We are not in a jungle where only the fittest survive. We are ruled by laws and the provisions of the law should be adhered to,” Katongo said.
Meanwhile NGOCC has condemned in the strongest terms the assault of a woman by fellow women in the video that has gone viral on social media in which some women are visibly abusing another whom they have accused of being in a relationship with a married man.
The conduct of the women in the video is not only cruel, but inhuman and an abuse of the other woman’s rights. The behavior of the women to undress and dehumanize a fellow woman is the worst form of indignity and a violation of human rights that any human being can be exposed to.
As an organisation we have this morning engaged the Zambia Police command to demand the immediate arrest of those women for their barbaric conduct. It is therefore good that all those that were involved have since been arrested by the police on the Copperbelt. Nothing can justify their inhuman and degrading treatment of a fellow human being in such a manner.
NGOCC will follow this case to its logical conclusion to ensure that justice is done. In the meantime our members are working with the police to help the victim with some counselling in view of the traumatizing experience.
Zambians must desist from taking the law into their own hands by engaging in mob justice.
President Lungu receives a Bible from Bible Society of Zambia Board president Professor Edwin Zulu and Bible Society of Zambia General Secretary Dr Abraham Chikasa (L) at State House where he Renewed his Membership as Patron of Bible Society of Zambia on Tuesday,December 11,2018 -Picture by THOMAS NSAMA/State House
President Edgar Lungu has called on leaders across sectors to embrace the word of God as they lead people.
President Lungu said the word of God is an anchor in decision-making and many other undertakings.
He said it is incumbent upon all leaders to support the fundamental responsibility of the churches and other Institutions such as the Bible Society of Zambia to propagate the biblical teachings and values to the children of God.
President Lungu was speaking at State House today, during the launch of the 2019 Membership Renewal of the Bible Society of Zambia.
President Lungu, who is a patron of the Bible Society of Zambia has noted that the Society had made significant strides in its Evangelism and distribution of audio bibles translated into Seven local languages.
He has pledged his continued support to the work of the Society and that State House will consider assisting in restoring the Bible Society House.
President Lungu described the work of the Bible Society as crucial in the country’s desire towards actualisation of the Declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation.
And Bible Society Board President, Edwin Zulu said the vision of the Society is to see the country transformed through the bible.
Professor Zulu explained that the Society has translated the bible in close to twenty languages and will strive to translate it into all languages.
President Edgar Chagwa Lungu poses for a photograph with a delegation from Bible Society of Zambia, Minister of Religious Affairs,Godfridah Sumaili and other State House Officials and Senior government officials and shortly after the President renewed his Membership as the Patron of Bible Society of Zambia at State House on Tuesday,December 11,2018 -Pictures by THOMAS NSAMA/STATE HOUSE
The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation will switch off analogue television by 31st December 2018.
ZNBC Corporate Affairs Manager Yvette Chanda however says five districts will not be switched off.Mrs. Chanda says the districts to remain on analogue are Mbala, Senga Hill, Nakonde, Chirundu and Manyinga.
She was speaking in an interview with ZNBC News in Lusaka.
ZNBC switched off analogue television along the line of rail in October 2017.And Top Star Vice President Cliff Sichone said 90 percent of the work regarding digital migration has been done.
Mr. Sichone said Zambia has done well with the migration process getting to a stage where many channels can be accommodated on a platform.
File picture:Scores of people waiting for their turn to apply for new passports
It is every Zambian citizens right to have a passport.It is an important document to every one of us to enable us travel outside the country, be it for leisure or business.With a minimum of K310 required by the home office to process this very important document, we understand as citizens, but let see to it that a portion of these funds are used for the maintenance of the very offices that we use for the application and collection of these documents.
How does one pay that much and the very office that one has to wait to be interviewed for a minimum 3 hours has no toilet? The offices have a 1950’s look, are poorly ventilated with tons of files that can be sorted and stored off site or documented electronically to create space and create a conducive environment for our hard working brothers and sisters.The offices have no backup generator as we are all aware of persistent power cuts.
Why should we wait for donor funding or experts from abroad to just fix simple systems to create better and efficient services for our people. Why do we have only two collection windows functioning.Why should we have those officers close for lunch when we can have some start at 7:30 and knockoff at 15:30, take early lunch and then let the others do a 9 to 5 shift. Why should the department not send an SMS to advise the passport applicants if the document is ready so as to avoid citizens not to make unnecessary trips to and from the offices just to check on the status of their applications.
I know most of these highlighted issues will be rebuffed as “this is Zambia the real Africa” where suffering is acceptable.Yet we do have well educated individuals such as a Dr Chileshe Mulenga and others at world renown institutions managing these same institutions yet simple solutions are far-fetched. Is the Home affairs budget for police operations only?
Summary Analysis of the Constitutional Court Decision That the Presidential Tenure From 25 January, 2015-13 September, 2016 Did Not Constitute a Full Term
By Elias C. Chipimo
Origin of the Three Year Partial Term Rule
Under Zambia’s Republican Constitution, the rule about a presidential term not qualifying as a full term if it spanned a period of less than 3 years, first came into existence in the 2016 amended Constitution. It arises in only two situations: (a) where the office of president falls vacant and the vice-president automatically takes over (e.g. if the incumbent dies); and (b) when an election is held because the vice-president who should take over to serve the remaining term is either unwilling or unable to do so. We can call these the “New Clauses”.
Obviously neither of these situations was at play during the 2015 presidential election because these provisions were not in existence and were therefore not recognised in the law at that time.
Decision of the Constitutional Court
In a case brought to determine the eligibility of President Edgar Lungu to stand as a presidential candidate in 2021, having served less than three years in his first term, the Constitutional Court determined that:
“…. _the presidential tenure of office that ran from January 25, 2015 to September 13, 2016 and straddled two constitutional regimes, cannot be considered as a full term_ “.
In doing so, the Constitutional Court effectively backdated the application of the New Clauses to a time when there was already a law governing: (a) the eligibility of a person to stand again as a presidential candidate who has twice been elected as president (he or she would be disqualified); and (b) how long a presidential term needed to be in order to count as a full term under the law (there was previously no minimum period, meaning prior to the 2016 amendment to the Constitution, a person could technically be president for less than a year and still be deemed to have served a full term).
To give you an example of the awkwardness of this position, imagine the Constitution being amended to raise the qualification age for presidency to 40 years from 35. Using the logic above, a president who was elected at 35 years would now be deemed to be ineligible to have stood in the earlier election based on a law that had not existed at the time.
The pre-amended Constitution clearly stated that “a person who has twice been elected as President” could not run again for that office, while the amended Constitution states that a person who has “twice held office” cannot run again for that office. There is no contradiction in these two positions – the later version simply tidies up the earlier one by making clear that there also has to be a swearing in.
Basis of the Decision
The Court’s justification for their decision is that they felt Parliament would have intended to make transitional provisions to address the question of the term of the president under the pre-amendment Constitution but simply overlooked it. As stated by the Court:
“….. _the question is what could have been the intention of the legislature on this aspect of the transitional arrangements for the presidential term straddling two constitutional regimes? Our firm view is that it could not have been the intention of the legislature not to provide for the period that was served and that straddled two Constitutional regimes, as to how it should be treated_ .”
In short, the Court decided that they should backdate the application of the three-year rule, even though it did not exist at the time of President Lungu’s first election, because of the need to clarify how this would affect a person that happened to be president in between these two constitutional regimes.
Critique of the Decision
I believe the Constitutional Court misdirected itself and I set out seven grounds to justify this conclusion:
1. The idea that the first period served by the incumbent president straddled two Constitutional regimes and therefore needed some form of transitional wording is really a fabrication of a concept. The Court somehow managed to identify a problem that did not exist – the amended constitution was assented to seven months before the 2016 election. Parliament was dissolved in May, 2016 and the remaining time to the election was merely a caretaker phase as the official campaign period had already commenced and was nearing its conclusion. The president’s tenure was therefore coming to an end under the 2015 mandate which was adequately covered by the pre-amended Constitution. As we shall see later, serving even for one year constituted a full term under the pre-amended Constitution.
2. In inserting and backdating the application of a provision that was only due to come into effect after the Constitutional Amendment Bill was passed, the Constitutional Court has, in effect, usurped the power of Parliament, abrogating the fundamental rule of separation of powers. They concluded that ” _it could not have been the intention of the legislature not to provide for the period that was served and that straddled two Constitutional regimes, as to how it should be treated_ “, and then went on to decide on behalf of Parliament, which option they believe Parliament would have chosen. Raising the concern about intention is one thing; deciding which option Parliament would have taken is quite another. The Court has therefore planted into an earlier time, a provision in the law that Parliament did not on the face of it intend to come into effect until 2016 and they have done it using a set of facts that does not fit with the situation contemplated by the very provision they are relying on. For there to be justification that Parliament’s intention should be assumed by the Courts, there would have to be compelling reasons that doing nothing would result in injustice or unreasonableness. This was not the case – there would be no crisis if President Lungu was subjected to the same rule as his predecessors, namely that anything less than three years still constitutes a full term.
3. In 2015, the president was elected under the pre-amendment Constitution and was therefore subject to its provisions as they existed at the time. When the amendments were made – not too long before the campaign period had been officially opened – the logical assumption is that they would apply to future elections since they referred to a system that was planned to be introduced by the very amendments (i.e. the system of the running mate).
4. Interpreting the intention of Parliament in this way goes against the principle in law that unless expressly stated, law has no retrospective effect. As a general rule, law is not to be applied to the retrospectively unless it clearly stipulates as such. Even then, it cannot be applied to undermine rights that were available to someone before the new law existed.
5. No transitional provision was necessary in this case if the intention (as is clearly stated in the amended Constitution) was to tie the three-year rule to vice-presidents taking over from an incumbent (or any other person doing the same because the vice-president could not or chose not to stand). By deciding that some form of transitional provision was necessary, the Court was effectively making a decision to protect one man, President Lungu, because only he was affected by the decision of Parliament not to include any transitional provisions. This was not a new Constitution that was being presented; it was merely the same document being amended and unless the intention was clearly stated by the Legislature, there was no basis for the Court to impose an intention on Parliament.
6. Under the pre-amended Constitution, there was no such thing as a partial term. If the incumbent died two years before the next election then a fresh election would have to be held and this remaining two years would be counted as a full term. The clear intention of the legislature under the pre-amended Constitution was not to have partial terms. By introducing this new issue of a partial terms of less than three years not counting as a full term, it ought to have been clear that this was only to apply under the new dispensation – i.e. after the amended Constitution came into force and not before. Parliament would not have needed to put transitional arrangements in place to deal with such a straightforward matter. All future elections would be subject to the new provisions and all prior elections would be subject to the old provisions.
7. The facts that would need to be present to support the retrospective application of the minimum three-year term rule are absent: in 2015, there was no automatic process for any vice-president to take over and the election was held, not because there was a vacancy or because of any incapacity of the vice-president. The election in September 2015 was held because the Constitution at the time required an election to be held within 90 days whenever there was a vacancy in the office of the president.
Conclusion
The indisputable fact is that the person whose term of office started on 25 January 2015 did not ascend to the office of President because he was vice-president or as a result of an election held because the then vice-president could not, for any reason, assume the office of President. There was no need for the Constitutional Court to assume that Parliament overlooked the need for transitional provisions regarding the issue of term of office. In doing so, the Court has probably overstepped its jurisdiction and granted rights to an incumbent president that were not given to him by Parliament. Although in their judgement they try to distance themselves from making this an issue about President Lungu, their decision makes it precisely that because he is the only one that will acquire a new right as a result of their assumption of what they believe Parliament would have done if they had applied their minds to it. This is a matter that can be taken up in the High Court as it is not premised on the interpretation of the Constitution but is a jurisprudential issue concerning the separation of powers and the powers the Constitutional Court has given itself to address a problem that never existed in the first place.
The Author is the President of the Opposition National Restoration Party in Zambia
nformation and Broadcasting Services Minister who is also Chief Government Spokesperson & Petauke Member of Parliament Hon Dora Siliya MCC with kids at Chimunsi Primary School after the launch of the Satellite Village Television in Sinda District
Milenge District Education Board Secretary Lameck Lungo has commended government for initiating the village Television program aimed at increasing access to information among the local people.
Mr. Lungo revealed that Top Star decoders have since been distributed to beneficiary institutions and community members in the district, adding that 60 decoders have been delivered to the district.
ZANIS reports that Mr. Lungo was elated that residents especially pupils will now have access to television programs.
He noted that access to news has been a challenge in the area, due to the scarce availability of broadcast signals for any radio station, television or even access to daily newspapers.
Mr. Lungo said village Television further increase the knowledge among the locals in terms of informing and educating community members.
Minister of Energy Mathews Nkhuwa confers with World Bank Practice Manager, Energy and Extractives, Africa Wendy Hughes
Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa has commissioned.
Speaking during the commissioning ceremony of the power line today, Mr Nkhuwa said the development will not only benefit Zambia but also neighbouring countries, especially in areas where financial resources are scarce.
The project is targeted to supply Malawi with 20 Megawatts of power in order to mitigate the power deficit has continued being experienced in that region.
He said the shared grid will further attract investors from both Malawi and Zambia, which is intended to cater for the increasing populations.
Mr Nkhuwa notes that the connection of electricity will be also be beneficial to nearby schools, clinics and villages, in order to help reduce inequalities between rural and urban areas.
“Easy access to electricity also has power to reduce the gender inequalities in society owing to various roles that men and women must play in their daily lives,” he said.
And Malawian Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Aggrey Masi has commended the Zambian government for assisting his country towards reducing load-shedding.
“As you are aware, Malawi has been facing serious power shortages during the past seven years. This problem resulted from a number of factors both natural and man-made. I greatly excited to see this project coming to fruition,” he said.
Meanwhile, ZESCO Managing Director Victor Mundende said the Malawian government through Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) made a capital contribution of $548,100 towards the construction of the line to Mwami border.
Mr Mundende said the scope of works included the construction of the 35 kilometres of 33 kilovolt overhead line from Chipata West into Muchinji and the establishment of a switching station at the border.
Meanwhile ESCOM Chief Executive Officer Alexxon Chiwaya said his company looks forward to engaging ZESCO in future power supply projects.
Dr Chiwaya said ESCOM is effectively working to address the current power challenges being experienced in Malawi.
Zambia’s planned mining royalty increases could lead to more than 21,000 job losses and operators cutting $500 million in capital spending over the next three years, the Chamber of Mines has warned.
The Chamber said it’s members will have to consider “scaling back substantially” their operations if the proposed increases proceed as planned on Jan. 1, it said in response to questions on Monday from Bloomberg.
The threat ratchets up risks for the southern African nation that is grappling with rapidly increasing public debt, while trying to curtail a stubbornly high-budget deficit.
The government has responded to previous threats of job cuts by mines with its own warnings of taking over mining licenses, but has not acted on them.
Zambia, Africa’s second-biggest copper producer, plans to increase mining royalties by 1.5 percentage points across the board, Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said in her 2019 budget speech in September.
The current tax rates range from 4 percent to 6 percent, depending on the copper price.
The government also proposed a 10-percent charge if the metal climbs above $7,500 a metric ton.
The Chamber of Mines counter-proposals to the government include:
*Cap mineral royalties to 0.5 percentage points across all price bands up to $7,499 a ton, rather than the 1.5 percentage points proposed, “via an incremental and not a step sliding scale.”
*Royalty capped at 7.5 percent when copper price is above $7,500 per metric ton, rather than the planned 10 percent.
*Maintain royalties as tax deductible. Increase cobalt royalty by 0.5 percentage points, rather than the government’s planned 8 percent royalty.
*Scrap planned copper and cobalt concentrates import duties.
“Our members continue to review their operations and are having to consider scaling back substantially while reducing capital expenditure by over a half billion dollars over the next three years,” the chamber said.
“Consequently, reductions of over 7,000 direct jobs and more than double this number of indirect jobs would result. The companies hope to avert the outcome through “robust engagement,” it said.
A finance ministry spokesman and a government spokeswoman didn’t immediately respond to calls and text messages seeking comment.
Mr Hichilema with other opposition figures at Lusaka Central Police.
Police have denied a consortium of opposition political parties the right to hold a demonstration on Friday in protest over the hike increment in the salaries of cabinet ministers by 50%.
Lusaka Province Commissioner Nelson Phiri informed the opposition leaders led by the UPND’s Hakainde Hichilema that they could not proceed with the demonstration this Friday as it fell within the festive season when police had other engagements.
And in a statement, Mr Hichilema said the opposition political parties compiled fully with the requirements of the law.
“Together with nine other opposition political parties, we were invited by the Lusaka Province Police Command led by Commissioner Nelson Phiri. This is over the matter in which we notified the police to hold a peaceful demonstration in Lusaka. We have fully complied with the legal provision as provided for under the Public Order Act,” he said.
Mr Hichilema added, “We have so far been told that we cannot go ahead with our planned demonstration as it is a festive season. For now we have requested the police command to give us a date that they think is suitable for us to hold our peaceful demonstration.”
“The public must note that our colleagues in the PF have been holding these public processions and demonstrations even outside sacred institutions such as the judiciary as was the case last week without police notification,” he said.
“We have been promised that some form of commitment in writing will be done before the end of today.”
Zambia’s quest to redeem themselves at the COSAFA U20 Cup continues on Tuesday when they face their trans-Zambezi neighbours Zimbabwe in the semifinals at Nkana Stadium in Kitwe.
Both sides are on a roll after disappointing group stage exits at the 2017 tournament also hosted by Zambia.
But the pressure is squarely on Zambia who relinquished the crown last December in Kitwe a year after lifting it away in South Africa.
Although Zambia have struggled to convince in the group stages, they are unbeaten heading into the semifinals with 2-0 and 1-0 Group A wins over Malawi and DR Congo respectively before Mozambique held them to a 1-1 draw but still finished top on 7 points.
“We have picked up the pieces and it doesn’t matter what team comes our way. We will go for it,” Zambia coach Charles Bwale said.
But Zambia have suffered a setback with impact substitute striker Mwiya Malumo ruled out with a knee injury he sustained in the draw against Mozambique.
“Mwiya Malumo stretched his lateral medial ligaments on the left knee and he has not been able to train this (Monday) morning,” team doctor James Nyimbili said.
“Because of the same problem, he is obviously ruled out of Tuesday’s match.”
The spotlight will now fall on the player he has replaced at the tournament, midfielder Lameck Banda, who has continued to blow hot-an- cold at Under-20 level.
Banda has struggled to replicate his fine domestic club form at Zesco United where he was also been convincing in the 2018 CAF Champions League campaign.
Meanwhile, the winner will face the victor of the Angola versus tournament defending champions South Africa tie who meet in the early lunchtime kickoff at the same venue.
The final will also be played at Nkana on December 13 after it was brought forward from December 14 due to Nkana FC’s 2018/2019 CAF Champions League second round, first leg date there against Simba SC of Tanzania on December 15.
The Law Association of Zambia has called on Zambians to stand up for Human Rights for everyone.
The LAZ Council says Zambia’s dreams and aspirations can only be achieved if the human rights, worth and dignity of each and every human being are respected, protected and fulfilled.
This is contained in a statement issued to mark the commemoration of the Human Rights Day which falls today, the 10th December 2018.
The Day also marks the 70th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights which is a document that remains a beacon for the protection and promotion of Human Rights around the World.
Meanwhile, President Edgar Lungu has directed Justice Minister Given Lubinda to soon present to cabinet the revised Human Rights Commission Act for adoption prior to tabling it in parliament for enactment.
President Lungu says government is committed to giving legal effects to the republican constitution by reviewing the Act to empower the commission to grant quasi-judicial remedies and binding orders to enhance the protection of human rights.
In a speech read for him by Vice President Inonge Wina at the commemoration of the Human Rights Day, President Lungu has further directed that the process of reforming the Public order Act be brought to its logical conclusion within the shortest possible time.
RTSA Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Zindaba Soko
Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has called on public service vehicle operators to acquire long term road service license.
RTSA Chief Executive Officer, Zindaba Soko said the long term service licence is issued to a person or a body corporate who wishes to use the public service vehicle for hire or reward for a period of more than three months.
Mr Soko said this in a speech read on his behalf by RTSA Principle Registrar, Joseph Mumba during the official opening of a two day public sitting held at Solwezi Lodge today.
He said the licence is granted in accordance with the provisions in section 100 of the Road Traffic Act number 11 of 2002.
Mr Soko said the licence for the fiscal year 2019 can only be awarded to operators or owners who meet the terms and conditions and with public approval.
He said the applicants will be assessed in threefold that include operator, vehicle and driver.
Mr Soko said the operator requirements demand that applicants must be individuals or corporate bodies as specified in section 108 of the Road Traffic Act No.11 of 2002 which require that an individual need to be a citizen of Zambia or a non-Zambian citizen who is a holder of an investment licence.
He added that a partnership needs to be composed of exclusively of persons who are citizens of Zambia while a corporate body needs to be incorporated in the laws of Zambia, certified by the minister, with not less than 75 percent membership exclusively of citizens of Zambia whose directors are exclusively citizens of Zambia and which is not controlled by any means directly or indirectly outside Zambia or by persons who are not exclusively citizens of Zambia.
Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya who was accompanied by Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe and Chipata Central Member of Parliament Moses Mawere and the the boy’s mother, 19 year old Rosemary Jere
The Condition of the 3-year-old boy admitted to the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka with needles and wires in various parts of his body, is stable.
And Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya says a team of surgeons is currently building the nutritional status of the boy, to enable them to remove the remaining 19 needles and wires in the most delicate parts of the body.
Dr. Chilufya says the boy will not be evacuated abroad but will be operated on by specialist doctors locally.
He told ZNBC News that Zambia has qualified and specialized doctors that can handle such delicate operations.
On Saturday, President Edgar Lungu gave a directive to the Minister of Health to evacuate the boy to UTH for Specialist treatment.
Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya said the Ministry of Health is on alert and ready to handle any possible Cholera Outbreak.
And Zambian DNA has praised President Lungu for directing that the three-year old boy of Chipata with needles and wires in his body be evacuated to University Teaching Hospital(UTH) in Lusaka for specialist treatment.
Zambian DNA Spokesperson Spuki Mulemwa has since called on all Zambians to come together and pray for the healing of the boy.
Mr. Mulemwa told ZNBC News that Zambians need to show compassion and Pray for the boy.
He said it is extremely shocking that so many needles and wires could be found in the boy’s body.
Mr. Mulemwa said he sympathizes with the boy’s condition and wishes him a speedy and full recovery.
