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CCZ processes over 1, 600 birth registration certificates

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Council Churches of Zambia (CCZ) Social and Economic Justice Programme Officer Andisen Zulu has bemoaned the low percentage of Zambians who have birth certificate documents. Mr. Zulu says the low percentage of Zambians who have birth certificates is due to the fact that the system is not decentralized. He has urged Zambians to realize that acquiring a birth certificate is an important process which must be given attention. Meanwhile Mr. Zulu says so far over  one thousand  six hundred  have been issued with birth certificates since the program started early this year. This year Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched children welfare hubs project that are being implemented in Lusaka province. The project is being hosted by CCZ member churches namely united church of Zambia-mount olive in Chongwe, reformed Church of Zambia in Chawama, Reformed Church of Zambia in Liba...

LWSC shuts down water supply to parts of Lusaka

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Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company has shut down water supply to some parts of the city which are supplied through the main transmission line from Iolanda Water Treatment Plant in Kafue in order to facilitate emergency repair works at the intake station. LWSC Public Relations Manager Patson Phiri says the interruption will result from ZESCO maintenance works in Chilanga which will affect the LWSC booster station. He adds that as a result of the shut down some parts of the city will experience water supply interruptions mainly on Sunday 21 st October 2018 from 06 hours to 18 hours. Mr. Phiri further adds that other parts of the city which are supplied through LWSC industrial boreholes will not be affected. He says the works being undertaken are part of the us $355 million Lusaka water supply, sanitation and drainage project with support from the millennium challenge corporation. Mr. Phiri has encouraged residents to store enough water for use on Sunday and Monday...