Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:53:00 +0000 By OSCAR MALIPENGA MEMBERS of Parliament, on the committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, have appealed to the Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs to ensure that uranium resources in Zambia were protected. The committee, led by former Inspector General of Police Dr Martin Malama, who is Kanchibiya Patriotic Front (PF) Member of Parliament, expressed fears that there was lack of proper communication on issues of national security on uranium ore mining. Speaking when Home Affairs permanent secretary, Mulenga Chileshe, appeared as a witness before the committee, Dr Malama demanded to know who the focal institution or person for the International Atomic Energy Agency in Zambia was. He told the PS and his delegation that as a new institution the ministry needed to familiarize itself with the agency’s key elements in order narrow the gap of knowledge. “What we have identified is that the right hand […]
