BY RUTH MUMBA Kabwata ward 6 Councilor Longa Chiboboka has urged residents and traders to embrace the Make Zambia Clean Campaign that was recently launched by President Edgar Lungu. Mr Chiboboka says it is the responsibility of every individual to ensure that the environment is clean. In an interview with…
BY OSCAR NKUWA Residents of Chaisa compound have repeated calls on the authorities to construct a Police Station in that area. Mr Francis Mulenga says there is need for the authorities to construct a bigger police station as the current one is too small to fight crime in the area.…
Female candidates will pay 25 percent less than men to run for parliament in Malawi under a scheme to get more women into power in a general election due next year, authorities have said. The decision, announced on Thursday by the Electoral Commission, follows a fall in the number of women MPs…
BY RUTH MUMBA Residents of Kaunda square Stage Two have called on the Lusaka City Council to provide skip bins in the community. The residents have complained that lack of garbage disposal bins has resulted in some residents to throw their waste in undesignated places. They have since appealed to…
BY KALALUKA MUSHAUKWA Residents of Lusaka’s Matero North Township have castigated their civic leaders for allegedly failing to visit the area. The residents complained to a Komboni Radio News crew that visited the community that their area Member of Parliament and area councilor have never visited the community ever since…
BY NAMUKALE KAPENDE A civic leader in Mazabuka Central constituency Crispin Hamangaba has disclosed that the contractors engaged to work on the dilapidated roads in his ward will soon move on site. In a telephone interview with Komboni Radio News, Mr. Hamangaba has clarified that the roads to be worked…
Government has hailed midwives’ contribution to maternal and child health in Northern Province Provincial Permanent Secretary, Elias Kamanga said this during the commemoration of this year’s International Day of Midwives which was celebrated under the theme” Midwives leading the way to quality care”. Mr. Kamanga says government is aware of…
BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA Governance activist McDonald Chipenzi has defended the appointment of Charmaine Musonda as the UPND candidate for the Chilanga Parliamentary by-election. Mr Chipenzi says it is unfortunate that people are raising moral issues which are not prescribed in the electoral law and the Zambian constitution. He states that…
BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has suspended broadcasting licences for 12 radio stations and revoked the broadcasting licence for Copperbelt Television for failure to comply with the conditions of their broadcasting licences. IBA Board Chairman Brigadier General Justin Mutale revealed at a media briefing in Lusaka today…
BY SYLVESTER KAUMBA The Patriotic Front (PF) has condemned threats of violence allegedly made by UPND Vice President Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba, and Mazabuka MP Garry Nkombo in Chilanga District on 3rd May 2018. PF Media Director Sunday Chanda says the UPND Vice President is reported to have instructed his supporters…