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Ministry of youth on scholarship

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  Ministry of Youth ,St. Eugene University to Provide   Scholarships By Ashton Kelly Bunda Ministry of Youth ,Sports and Arts and DMI Saint Eugene University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate 1,700 university   degree scholarship to vulnerable youths involved in sports and arts. Speaking during before the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at Government complex in Lusaka 21 st August 2023, DMI St.Eugene   Secretary to the University Council   Reverend Sister Mary Fatima said working inconjuction with the Ministry of Youth ,Sports and Arts   will strengthen education standards of youths and provide a platform for interacting and sharing ideas to develop communities. Reverend   Fatima the guest who was   flanked by Dr.Kavita Ramasamy DMI St,Eugene University chancellor said her organization will always ‘Free Education’   as it is an idea that help vulnerable and they will provide scho...

Chama rice exports benefiting farmers

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  Chama rice export positives benefitting Zambia’s economy, brags Rebecca Snyder BY Ashton Kelly Bunda COMMUNITY Market for Conservative (COMACO) Communications Manager Rebecca Snyder says the exporting of white and brown rice to South Africa and the rest of the region is paying off as the return of sales are helping the sustain their agriculture business. Speaking during one the country wide road show in Chaise Township in Lusaka’s Mandevu Constituency   hosted in a local stadium an optimistic Snyder expressed delight that Chama rice sourced from peasant farmers in the Eastern Province is one of the groups most reliable nutritious product   for Zambian families. Snyder explained that her organization, COMACO is constantly working to establish new innovations that will continue to help improve the nutritional lives of small scale farmers living in rural areas of Zambia, while promoting wild life and natural resource conversation. Snyder told this author, COMACO ...

st monica

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Saint Monica Secondary Needs Up Grading , Dr.Freda Kazembe By Ashton Kelly Bunda          Re-elected Saint Monica Secondary Girls   School Alumni Association president Brigadier General Dr.Freda Sakala Kazembe has implored former students of the Legendary   Catholic institution of   Eastern province Chipata to come out of the fringes and lobby for the boarding facilities. Speaking during the fun draising banquet at the government complex on Monday 7 th August 2023 at which 3 Alumni namely :Chasa ,Chizongwe and St,Monica secondary school join hands to support lobby for finances to build additional classroom blocks and dormitories . She said From inception in 1962 St,Monicas has more classes at junior level and half of the same at grade 10 to 12 level ,with 100% pass rate ever year students that don’t meet the internal pass mark get “exported” to other schools within the province a very painful experience for most 10 th grad...

Avoid Debt Mountains, Cecillia Zimba prods Future leaders

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By Ashton Kelly Bunda Zambia Institute of Chartered   Accountants (ZICA) President Cecillia Zimba has urged future heads of state to insure they avoid falling in to insurmountable debt situations that would put the future generations’ economy in jeopardy due to unplanned borrowing and diverting of funds to unintended expenses. Speaking during a Second Quarter Meeting at the ZICA Secretariat on Lusaka’s Thabo Mbeki road, Mrs. Zimba congratulated Zambian President Hakainde Sammy Hichilema, through Finance and National Planning Minister, Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane and Bank of Zambia Governor, Dr. Denny Hamachila Kalyalya for earning a successful debt restructuring from the month of June 2023, during negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Elected as first female ZICA President in August 2020, Mrs. Zimba reiterated that ZICA holds a statutory mandate to give advice to government, pointing out that it is an open secret that ‘Mother Zambia’ is rich  in natural...