Northern Province Minister Chungu Bwalya says the Patriotic Front in Northern Province is ready to support the agenda of President Edgar Lungu as presented during the general conference and the national convention.
Mr. Bwalya explained that the party has a national character as presented in the presidential speech adding that it needs to be supported.
The provincial minister also pledged to ensure that there is peace and unity, before, during and after the August 12 general elections.
And reacting to the presidential speech on agriculture Mr. Bwalya who is also Lupososhi Member of Parliament said Zambians should take advantage of the favorable climate conditions in country and venture in crop diversification.
Patriotic Front (PF) Lupososhi Constituency Chairperson, Cosmas Kangaale’s wife, Theresa Chibwe, yesterday appeared in the Luwingu Magistrate court charged with murder.
It is alleged that on December 2, 2020, Chibwe 34, of Chikondo village in Senior Chieftainess Chungu’s area, Lupososhi district, murdered Yvonne Kabwe 30, who is also a third wife to her husband using a hoe after a dispute, contrary to section 200 of the penal code chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia.
It is purported that Chibwe had a dispute with Kabwe after she found her cultivating in the farm belonging to their husband and instantly hammered her with a hoe on her shoulders and died on the spot.
Dr Chitalu Chilufya
MINISTER of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya says the country has almost tripled the number of COVID-19 cases from 295 reported last week to 620 new cases in the last seven days.
Speaking during the weekly COVID-19 update, Dr Chilufya said the country was experiencing a second wave of the pandemic.
“Country men and women, it is very clear that the second wave is here. We had reported only 295 last Wednesday in the update in the previous week but this week, we report on 620 new cases. This week, we reported increased number of cases that are severely ill in our hospitals. There is adequate evidence for us to conclude that we are in the second wave. The possibility of mutation of the virus we have been seeing here, different from the strains we see in South Africa, in the UK. This is the reason why our professionals are alert and working hard to do genomic sequencing to ensure that we determine the strain that we are having in the second wave,” Dr Chilufya said.
Provincial Minister, Chungu Bwalya says the funds will cater for payments from March to December this year.
Mr Bwalya, who is also Lupososhi Member of Parliament, has since directed the Department of Social Welfare in the province to ensure that the money is quickly disbursed to beneficiaries.
“His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu through the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services has released K42.2 million to Northern Province to serve those who are on the Social Cash Transfer scheme,” said Mr. Bwalya.
He stated that government remains committed to improving the lives of vulnerable citizens through various social protection programmes.
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