Jubilee Centre June 29th, 2009
The recent press conference at which President Rupiah Banda instructed the senior government officials to use government vehicles for the intended purpose; reduce on foreign travel; and hold government workshops in the ministry boardrooms as opposed to the current use of hotels and guesthouses should be welcome by all Zambians. What was missing in the […]
Jubilee Centre June 8th, 2009
Something is not right.
Things just take a long time to get done in Zambia. The nurses and medical personnel are on strike as well as the teachers because the government promised salary increases have not been honoured. The donor countries are withholding their support to the Ministry of Health because of corruption. But who cares? […]
Jubilee Centre June 2nd, 2009
The pending investigations into corruption scandal of over K10 billion in the Ministry of Health is very disturbing, especially in light of the current discussion on why the West’s efforts to aid Africa have done so little good. In January 2005, the then United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown offered hope when he […]