$8bn required for nuclear power plant
ZAMBIA needs an investment of about US$8 billion to produce 1,200 megawatts of power. National Energy Programme Implementation Organisation (NAPIO) national coordinator Reuben Katebe said Government has
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Mansa records low child malnutrition levels
GOVERNMENT has scaled up its nutrition programme in Mansa aimed at reducing malnutrition levels through implementation of 1,000 ‘Most critical days programme’ (MCDP) under the National Food and Nutrition
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Mwinilunga records reduced malnutrition
MWINILUNGA district has recorded reduced malnutrition levels from 4.2 percent to 1.7 percent since 2015 to date. Mwinilunga district commissioner Daniel Butali attributed the reduction to various interventions
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Typhoid brought under control in Muchinga
THE Ministry of Health (MOH) says typhoid that broke out in Muchinga and Lusaka provinces early this year is now under control. MOH spokesperson Kennedy Malama said currently, there is no patient under
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K1.3 million injected in Moringa project
CIVIL Society Environmental Fund from Finland has injected K1.3 million in the Moringa Plant Project which seeks to improve food security and nutrition in Mongu and Nalolo districts in Western Province.
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Lusaka master plan approved
LUSAKA Province Minister Japhen Mwakalombe says Cabinet has approved a K247 million master plan for infrastructure development to decongest the capital city. And Mr Mwakalombe has described proposals
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Water association to spend $288,000 on bio-latrine toilets
THE Water and Sanitation Association of Zambia (WASAZA), in partnership with the Millennium Challenge Account Zambia (MCA-Zambia), will spend US$288,000 on the construction of bio-latrine toilets in eight
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Clean water for all in K400m pipeline
PRESIDENTIAL Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe says the allocation of close to K400 million in the 2017 budget towards improvement of water supply and sanitation infrastructure in the 2017 budget is in
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Mwansabombwe gets 4 solar-powered plants
GOVERNMENT has installed four solar-powered milling plants in Mwansabombwe, Luapula Province, out of the five allocated to the district. Mwansabombwe district commissioner Victor Kasuba said in an interview
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OECD ready to join climate change fight
THE Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is willing to help Zambia integrate measures to tackle climate change into regular economic policy. The OECD says integrating measures
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1,000 hectares of Dambwa forest degazetted
PRESIDENT Lungu has degazetted 1,000 hectares of the Dambwa forest for allocation to people who applied to Livingstone City Council (LCC) for residential plots in 2012. The 1,000 hectares of land will