Opposition Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) Party spokesperson Wesley Miyanda has expressed shock and disappointment over the fire that has swept through City Market. Mr Miyanda says the suspected burning of the country’s biggest and busiest market is a clear indication of the porous security situation in the country.…
Siavonga District Commissioner Lovemore Kanyama has directed the Zambia Police and all security wings in the District to coordinate and monitor individuals coming into Siavonga. And Mr Kanyama has called for intensified police patrols in Siavonga in order to protect public institutions such as markets and other facilities from being…
MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba has called for calm and reasonableness in the wake of the fire that swept through Lusaka’s City market this morning. Dr Mumba says there is need for members of the public to remain calm as the whole country waits for the investigative agents to indicate…
Property worth thousands of Kwacha has been reduced to ashes after fire swept through City market this morning. A Komboni Radio News crew that rushed to the scene this morning found scores of Lusaka residents and traders watching in disbelief as fire fighters struggled to quench the inferno. The…
Acting President Inonge Wina has described the gutting of Lusaka’s City Market as an act of Sabotage and warned that government will sternly deal with people who want to make the country ungovernable. Speaking when she toured the market this morning, Mrs. Wina says government will no longer tolerate…
At least 15 people have been killed in the Central African Republic following an exchange of fire between United Nations peacekeepers and fighters from the Central African Patriotic Movement (MPC) rebel group. The incident took place on Saturday in the remote northern town of Kaga-Bandoro, where there’s been a surge…
Mafinga Constituency Member of Parliament Jacob Siwale has officially launched the installation of 8 out of the 22 Presidential Hummer Mills allocated to the newly founded Mafinga District of Muchinga Province. And speaking during the handover ceremony, Mr Siwale expressed delight at what he termed government’s commitment towards reducing the…
Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Environment Protection Permanent Secretary EDDIE CHOMBA says the Kimilombe Dam under construction at a cost of 5.5 Million Kwacha with the capacity of 250 thousand cubic metres will provide quality water to the Lumwana East communities in Kalumbila District of the North Western Province. …
NELLY BOTA Residents of Chipata compound in Chimweme area have expressed happiness over the ongoing construction of Township roads in the community. Speaking in an interview with Komboni radio news, Timothy Chanda notes that once completed, the good road network will help change the face of the community and easy…
Over 5000 farmers in Kasama risk losing their farm produce to agro dealers. This follows the alleged delay by government to pay the agro dealers who supplied farming inputs on credit to farmers in the 2016-2017 farming season. The agro dealers who have since given government up to Monday next week to…