Sat, 16 Sep 2017 10:11:30 +0000 By Oscar Malipenga PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has promised to work towards giving people living below the poverty datum line hope for a better life and that of their children and children’s children. The Head of State said poverty levels in Zambia remained unacceptably high, with 54.4 percent of people living below the poverty line. Speaking when he officially opened the second session of the 12th National Assembly in Lusaka yesterday, President Lungu said poverty in Zambia was overwhelmingly a rural phenomenon with a rate almost three times the levels observed in urban areas. The theme for President Lungu’s address yesterday was “Moving towards a Prosperous Smart Zambia in Peace and Tranquility without leaving anyone behind.” “More than half of the rural population at 55 percent is affected by poverty while in urban areas the extreme poverty is at 13 percent, “Our vulnerable include orphans, female and child-headed households, differently […]
