BY CORRESPONDENT Fisheries and Livestock Minister MICHEAL KATAMBO says government will rehabilitate and revamp Solwezi Research Fish station and National Aquaculture research and development centre in Mwekera in Kitwe using resources from cooperating partners. Mr. KATAMBO promised to allocate one million kwacha for the rehabilitation and revamping of the dilapidated…
Malawian national Elubey Mwalen says her home in Rosettenville, southern Johannesburg, was torched for no reason. Mwalen is one of several residents left homeless after community members allegedly set their homes on fire. This follows a wave of violent protests in the area over drugs and prostitution that has resulted…
BY CORRESPONDENT Farmers from Misolo and Milungu East cooperatives in Kasama district yesterday stormed the District Commissioners office to complain over the delayed distribution of electronic voucher cards. Aggrieved farmers complained that their crop fields have gone to waste owing to the delayed distribution of farming inputs. The irate farmers…
BY NAMUKALE KAPENDE Residents of Lusaka’s Kabanana compound have called on the ministry of General Education to ensure that schools in that area are stocked with enough furniture. Residents talked to by Komboni Radio News are disappointed that in this modern era, government has schools were pupils are made to…
BY NELLY BOTA Residents of Lusaka’s Matero north area have bemoaned the seemingly lack of development in that area. Speaking in an interview with a Komboni radio news crew that visited the community today, James Bwalya lamented that their area has been sidelined, citing lack of police presence and dilapidated…
BY OSCAR NKHUWA Kanyama residents have expressed gratitude over the completion of the Theatre department at Kanyama health centre. And the residents have called upon the ministry of health to ensure that the newly constructed theatre at Kanyama Clinic is quickly opened. They have noted that once operational, the theatre…
BY MONDE PHIRI Governance activist McDonald Chipenzi has charged that government is most likely to push its agenda in parliament without so much scrutiny as most members of parliament are new and still need to learn how to debate effectively. Mr. Chipenzi has told Komboni radio news in an interview…
BY BOSTON MUVWANGA Residents of Lusaka’s John Laing Compound have appealed to government to consider building a Police Post to curb criminal activities in that community. Mr. James Sinyangwe complained to a Komboni radio news team that visited the community that civil and criminal activities are sky rocketing in the…
BY MONDE PHIRI Residents of George Compound in Kizito area whose houses collapsed after a heavy down pour have bemoaned the delayed assistance from the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit DMMU. Speaking on behalf of the affected residents Lima ward councilor Francis Bwalya has told Komboni news that the DMMU…
BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) Party says it is disappointment with the failure by the Lusaka City Council Fire Brigade to contain the inferno that gutted the Bible House building yesterday. ZED spokesperson Wesley Miyanda says it is unfortunate that fire fighters from the council struggled…