Author: Oscar Malupenga

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž๐ญ

Serenje Town Council has approved its proposed 2026 Annual Budget estimated at K139.1 million, following a Special Council Meeting held on 26th December, 2025, in line with the provisions of the Local Government Act No. 2 of 2019. The approved budget will now be submitted to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development for… Continue reading ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ—.๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž๐ญ

๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ฒ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 

KITWE โ€” Serenje Town Council is among Local Authorities attending the Website Content Management and Cybersecurity training in Kitwe, which has brought together participants from Luapula, Muchinga and Central provinces under the Zambia Devolution Support Programme (ZDSP). The capacity-building programme has been organised by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) through its… Continue reading ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ฒ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 

๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐€๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž-๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Serenje District yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating World AIDS Day under the bold theme โ€œOvercoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response!โ€, with Deputy Council Chairperson Douglas Free Johns Sigauke urging communities to take full ownership of the fight against HIV. Speaking during the event, Mr. Sigauke warned that the withdrawal of major… Continue reading ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐€๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž-๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง

The government has reiterated its commitment to advancing the rights and welfare of persons with disabilities as Zambia joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Officiating in Serenje, Central Province Minister Honourable Mwabashike Nkulukusa said persons with disabilities remain an integral part of society and must be… Continue reading ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง

๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐จ๐›๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž

SERENJE – Central Province Permanent Secretary Dr. Milner Mwanakampwe has officially opened Choppies Store in Serenje District, describing the development as a landmark economic milestone that is expected to stimulate commerce, create jobs and attract further private investment into the region. Choppies – Zambia is one of the leading retail supermarket chains in Africa, offering… Continue reading ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐จ๐›๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž

๐๐‹๐†๐Ž ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ƒ๐… ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ง๐ฌ

SERENJE โ€” Central Province Local Government Officer (PLGO) Mr. Clint Susiku has urged the newly selected 2025 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) loan beneficiaries to strictly adhere to their repayment obligations, emphasising that the K3, 699,262.00 investment for Serenje Central must revolve to benefit more community members. The loans, which carry a 5 percent interest rate,… Continue reading ๐๐‹๐†๐Ž ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐ƒ๐… ๐›๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ง๐ฌ

๐Œ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ” ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ƒ๐… ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ

Serenje, Wednesday, 15th October 2025 โ€” Twenty-one entrepreneurs from Muchinga Constituency have received Constituency Development Fund (CDF) loans amounting to K3,645,000, in a move aimed at boosting local entrepreneurship and improving livelihoods in Serenje District. The handover ceremony, held at the Council Chamber, was officiated by Council Chairperson Mr. Staivous Mulumba on behalf of the… Continue reading ๐Œ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ” ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ƒ๐… ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ

๐ƒ๐‚ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ƒ๐… ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ

Serenje (02nd October 2025) – Families in the remotest corners of Serenje District can now breathe a sigh of relief after the Government handed over two fully equipped ambulances to the district under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), a milestone hailed as life-saving for thousands of residents. The ambulances, destined for Serenje Central and Muchinga… Continue reading ๐ƒ๐‚ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ƒ๐… ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ

๐‚๐ƒ๐… ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž โ€“ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ

A combined team of officers from the Local Authority, the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises has successfully carried out a comprehensive monitoring exercise in Masaninga, Kabwe Kupela, Sancha, and Chisomo wards of Muchinga Constituency. The exercise aimed to assess whether Constituency Development Fund (CDF) grant beneficiaries are… Continue reading ๐‚๐ƒ๐… ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž โ€“ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ

๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

Serenje, (11th September, 2025) – Central Province Minister Hon. Nkulukusa Mwabashike has launched the listing of new 2,112 beneficiaries under the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme, raising the districtโ€™s total to about 12,000 by January 2026, in Serenje district. Speaking during the official launch of listing new beneficiaries, Hon. Nkulukusa said President Hakainde Hichilema had… Continue reading ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ