Identify and report on potential delays and or cost overruns that can be avoided.
Prepare weekly and monthly reports that cover supervision activities.
Prepare, manage and monitor performance tracking management systems to enable work plans to be followed at the field level with personnel being accountable for their outputs.
Assist the Lead Civil Engineer to ensure that the planned activities are conducted safely, on time, within budget and scope.
Identify risks, develop mitigation solutions and escalate to the Lead Civil Engineer.
Ensure that the implementation of works is in accordance with UNOPS operational directives, instructions and guidelines.
Manage the utilization of Operational Advances (cash advances) in the field and their correct utilisation according to UNOPS operational directives, instructions and manuals.
Zambia is one of the fastest eroding democracies in the world. This is according to the Varieties of Democracy Project (V-dem), one of the most trusted sources of information on indicators of democratic progress or regression. The project’s 2020 report notes that Zambia has registered a remarkably rapid decline in the quality of democracy since the last election in 2016.
Nor is there great optimism about the next set of elections, due to take place in less than four months. Observers have serious concerns ahead of the polls. One of the main ones is about the quality of the voters’ roll.
Zambia’s COVID 19 vaccination campaign has topped over 64, 000 vaccinations but faces a surge in the number of COVID 19 infections being recorded countrywide.
Minister of Health, Jonas Chanda, said 5,029 were vaccinated across the country bringing the cumulative number of people vaccinated against the COVID 19 pandemic to 64, 011.
ZANIS reports that Dr Chanda said the majority of people who have been vaccinated are men at 64%, while women account for 36% of those vaccinated.
The minister explained that women are hesitant to receive the AstraZeneca jab because of safety concerns of the vaccine.
“Community engagement has indicated that the women are hesitant to be vaccinated because of some concerns they may have over the safety of the vaccine towards current and planned pregnancies, and their breastfeeding babies”, said Dr Chanda.
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Why Zambia s upcoming poll risks tipping the balance against democracy
The Conversation
05 May 2021, 00:41 GMT+10
Zambia is one of the fastest eroding democracies in the world. This is according to the Varieties of Democracy Project (V-dem), one of the most trusted sources of information on indicators of democratic progress or regression. The project s 2020 report notes that Zambia has registered a remarkably rapid decline in the quality of democracy since the last election in 2016.
Nor is there great optimism about the next set of elections, due to take place in less than four months. Observers have serious concerns ahead of the polls. One of the main ones is about the quality of the voters roll.