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LUANGWA POTOON SOON TO BE OPERATIONAL
Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary Robert Kamalata says the pontoon between Zambia and Zimbabwe on the Zambezi River will soon be operational.
Mr Kamalata who was in the area to check on government developmental projects says the pontoon has already been assembled and it will commence operations once a landing bay at the harbour has been constructed.
More in the report….
Parents appeal for infrastructure
The Parents Teachers Association (PTA) at Chinzete Primary School in Rufunsa District of Lusaka Province has appealed to Government to help them build permanent structures as pupils are learning in grass thatched structures.
Parents Teachers Committee (PTC) Chairperson, Christopher Mwila and Senior Headman Chinzete who together with other parents, found quenching a fire that had gutted one the makeshift structures yesterday, said that parents have been struggling to have permanent structures at their school but to no avail.
Mr Mwila who thanked Government for introducing free education from pre to secondary school but appealed for construction of classroom blocks to help pupils learn in a conducive environment.
Mr. Mwila said people especially in rural areas are happy with the introduction of free education from pre school to grade twelve as this has enabled those that could not afford to pay school fees to send their children back to school.
He however said just as much as they appreciate the free education, they are appealing to Government to consider putting up permanent structures so that children learn in conducive environment.
And Roleni Njovu, a mother with three children at the school lamented that the parents moulded bricks and applied for Constituency Development Funds (CDF) but their application was not considered.
Ms. Njovu said the bricks have now gone to waste as they are the ones pupils use for sitting as they do not have desks or furniture.
And Senior Headman Chinzete added that the school was upgraded from a community school to a primary in 2017 and one Government teacher was deployed to the school.
“But we do not have infrastructure so the teacher commutes from another school where there is accommodation, he has to cover a distance of 15 Kilomters,” he said.
Headman Chinzete said the school which runs from pre school to grade seven has only one teacher on pay roll while the other is a volunteer but trained.
He appealed to the Government to consider putting up classroom blocks and staff houses in schools that were upgraded from community schools to primary and also send teachers to help the learners.
Headman Chinzete also thanked Government for its free education policy as this has helped a lot of families take their children back to school.
He said families were failing to raise school requirements and school fees and most of the children had stopped going to school with others going into early marriages.
Headman Chinzete added that most children who had stopped school have now gone back into school.
GIZ DONATES K 1.3 MILLION COVID19 PREVENTION MATERIALS
The German Agency for International Corporation has donated facemasks, reusable sanitary towels and Covid 19 prevention materials worth K1.3 million to adolescents in Lusaka province.
GIZ Project Manager Dieneke Huumba who made the donation to Lusaka Province Minister, says it is intended to help address the barriers of access to health services among adolescents and young people.
Ms Huumba observed that Zambia has seen an increase in teen pregnancies stating that following the indefinite closure of schools, many young people had no activities to keep them busy and engaged in illicit sexual activities.
In receiving the donation, Mrs Mulyata noted that poor access to health facilities among the poor and underserviced remains a challenge in many rural areas.
The provincial minister added that the rural adolescents are facing challenges in education due to lack of sexual reproductive health.
And Mrs Mulyata has commended the Japanese Government for its support in various sectors of the country’s economy especially in the areas of education, health and infrastructure development.
ZANIS has more with the details…
CSPR CONCERNED ABOUT FAULTY VENTILATORS
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) is concerned with revelations that ventilators at the University Teaching Hospital were being operated by untrained staff, a situation which is reported to have led to the malfunctioning of the equipment.
Executive Director Faides Temba Temba notes that revelation made during a Public Accounts Committee hearing that the equipment was being operated by untrained staff is a matter of concern especially that the ventilators stopped working only a month after they were installed at the country’s biggest hospital.
Ms Temba Temba says the revelations bring into question both the quality of the equipment and the capacity of the handlers.
“This is an issue of accountability, and it does not make sense that the equipment would stop working in a month period,” she said.
Mrs. Temba Temba said the procurement process should be questioned and that Government should take responsibility to+ acquire proper and genuine equipment.
She has since urged the government to ensure that the procurement processes are followed so as to avoid a repeat of cases.
A Ministry of Health audit of accounts for the financial year ended 31, 2020 revealed that the university teaching hospital has been using 25 faulty ventilators.
POLICE ATTRIBUTE RISE IN CRIMES IN KAMANGA COMPOUND TO ABSENCE OF POLICE POST
Police have attributed the rise in criminal activities in Lusaka’s Obama and Kamanga Townships to the absence of a police station which residents demolished.
Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says the residents demolished a police station as they protested against law enforcement officers in 2020, a situation which has seen a rise in cases of burglary.
He tells ZANIS in an interview that police have engaged ward councilors to allocate money for the construction of a police post using the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
“We have also ventured into mobilized patrols even though they are not as effective as having a police post.” he said.
Mr. Hamoonga has warned the residents to desist from damaging public infrastructure as a way of demonstrating their grievances.
“No matter how angry citizens get, police infrastructure should never be tempered with,” he said.
There have been reports of criminal activities in Lusaka which have prompted the police to enhance patrols in the townships of the district.
In 2020, a crowd which was avenging an incident where a reserve police officer allegedly shot dead a local teenager during a routine exercise to enforce covid 19 regulations damaged the police post, forcing police to withdraw services.
LUANGWA RESIDENTS PROTEST AGAINST NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE
Residents of Kapyanika village in chief Mphuka’s area have protested the death of a person who was on Tuesday killed by an elephant.
The residents who have carried the body of Norman Malunga to a police station in the area are accusing the National Parks and Wildlife of being reluctant to find the jumbo that killed Malunga.
They want a permanent solution to the human/ animal conflict which they say has led to the death of many in the area.
But Luangwa District Commissioner Luke Chikani has appealed for calm as authorities are doing everything within their means to address the situation.
Mr Chikani says that government remains committed to addressing the problem of human/animal conflict in the district.
Lista Ndumba has more in the following report…
LUANGWA RESIDENT PROTEST AGAINST NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE
Residents of Kapyanika village in chief Mphuka’s area have protested the death of a person who was on Tuesday killed by an elephant.
The residents who have carried the body of Norman Malunga to a police station in the area are accusing the National Parks and Wildlife of being reluctant to find the jumbo that killed Malunga.
They want a permanent solution to the human/ animal conflict which they say has led to the death of many in the area.
But Luangwa District Commissioner Luke Chikani has appealed for calm as authorities are doing everything within their means to address the situation.
Mr Chikani says that government remains committed to addressing the problem of human/animal conflict in the district.
Lista Ndumba has more in the following report…
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LUANGWA POTOON SOON TO BE OPERATIONAL Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary Robert Kamalata says the pontoon between Zambia and Zimbabwe on the Zambezi River will soon be operational. Mr Kamalata who was in the area to check on government developmental projects says the pontoon has already been assembled and it will commence operations once a landing bay at the harbour has been constructed. More in the report….
LUANGWA POTOON SOON TO BE OPERATIONAL Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary Robert Kamalata says the pontoon between Zambia and Zimbabwe on the Zambezi River will soon be operational. Mr Kamalata who was in the area to check on government developmental projects says the pontoon has already been assembled and it will commence operations once a landing bay at the harbour has been constructed. More in the report….
GIZ DONATES K 1.3 MILLION COVID19 PREVENTION MATERIALS The German Agency for International Corporation has donated facemasks, reusable sanitary towels and Covid 19 prevention materials worth K1.3 million to adolescents in Lusaka province. GIZ Project Manager Dieneke Huumba who made the donation to Lusaka Province Minister, says it is intended to help address the barriers of access to health services among adolescents and young people. Ms Huumba observed that Zambia has seen an increase in teen pregnancies stating that following the indefinite closure of schools, many young people had no activities to keep them busy and engaged in illicit sexual activities. In receiving the donation, Mrs Mulyata noted that poor access to health facilities among the poor and underserviced remains a challenge in many rural areas. The provincial minister added that the rural adolescents are facing challenges in education due to lack of sexual reproductive health. And Mrs Mulyata has commended the Japanese Government for its support in various sectors of the country’s economy especially in the areas of education, health and infrastructure development. ZANIS has more with the details…
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