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Christopher Mayhew, Program Associate Christopher Mayhew joined ABA ROLI as a Program Associate in February 2021. He graduated from Goucher College with a BA in International Relations and French. While in college, he focused on topics related to international development and diaspora studies, researching the effects of immigration on development. Christopher served as a Peace Corps Volunteer, teaching English in a rural primary school in Muchinga Province, Zambia. Most recently, he worked with the Fairfax County Health Department in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD ) spokesperson Yotam Mtayachalo has commended President Edgar Lungu and the Patriotic Front ( PF) government for accelerating major investments in the electricity sub sector such as the 750MW Kafue Gorge Lower power project. Mr. Mtayachalo who is also PF Chama North Constituency in Chama district of Muchinga Province aspiring candidate in the August 12, 2021 elections, has also commended the Government for the allocation of K305m in the 2021 national budget for rural electrification projects. Mr. Mtayachalo has told the Zambia News and Informati...

Chinsali Senior Resident Magistrate Julius Malata has set March 3, 2021 as judgment day for a case in which United Party for National Development (UPND ) Sesheke Member of Parliament (MP) Romeo Kang’ombe is charged with four counts of abduction and assault of two police officers contrary to the laws of Zambia. It is alleged that the accused person whilst acting with others unknown in Lavushimanda district of Muchinga province did abduct and assault two police officers who were assigned to facilitate the smooth passage of the United Party for National Development President Hakainde Hichilema...

Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda speaks to director of health commission Dr Abel Kabalo (l) during a press briefing in Lusaka on February 16, 2021 – Picture by Tenson Mkhala HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says the country has recorded 575 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths in the last 24 hours. And Dr Chanda says Zambia has received US$500,000 from the United States government towards the COVID-19 response. Meanwhile, Dr Chanda says there is no room for fake and substandard vaccines in Zambia. Speaking during a press briefing, Tuesday, Dr Chanda said the cumulative number of confirmed cas...

By Sunday Chilufya Chanda His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has continued to work tirelessly to promote economic diversification through value addition and industrialisation, as espoused in our nation’s development blue-print, the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP). President Lungu and his administration is also cognizant of the fact that, without a thriving energy sector, our country cannot attain economic diversification through industrialisation and value addition. Hence, the Patriotic Front (PF) Government has continued to prioritise and invest significantly in energy ge...