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Lusaka - Zambia: Government has, with support from cooperating partners, embarked on the establishment of four irrigation schemes in the Gwembe district. The irrigation ....
The government says all social protection programmes namely the Food Security Pack (FSP), Social Cash Transfer (SCT) and Girls’ Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihoods (GEWEL) will next year be up-scaled. Minister of Community Development and Social Services Kampamba Mulenga-Chewe says the government wants to increase the number of beneficiaries under the social protection empowerment programs. Mrs. Mulenga-Chewe says government recognizes the vulnerability of women and girls in the country. Speaking when she paid a courtesy call on Gwembe District Commissioner yesterday, the Minister said government is determined to improve the welfare and livelihoods of women in the country through ambitious empowerment programs. ....
Heavy rains have destroyed crops and swept away bridges and houses leaving more than 30 people homeless in Gwembe. District Commissioner Timothy Siakaziba told ZANIS in an interview today that the affected areas are Chisanga, Kayuni and Sinafala. He has since appealed for tents, relief food and other material and technical support from the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU). He said prolonged rains have also made roads impassable while fields have been washed away. “Fields have been washed away and the people will definitely need relief food. Over 30 households have been left homeless, and the government will have to provide tents for temporary shelter,” he said, ....
Police in conjunction with the community members in Gwembe district yesterday retrieved all the four Kkoma accident victims. The four have been identified as Kennedy Hamboole, aged 49, Joyce Hamuntila, 43, Steven Habeenzu, 19 and Chuma Chibale 26, a nurse at Sinafala clinic. ZANIS reports that Gwembe District Commissioner (DC) Timothy Siakaziba who confirmed the development in an interview said the quartet met their fate when the vehicle they were traveling in was swept away by floods at Kkoma bridge along Chipepo /Sinafala road on Tuesday 2nd March, 2021 at about 02-00 hours. “All the bodies of four Kkoma accident victims have today been retrieved by police with the help of the community,” the DC said. ....