Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

The following are the highlights of Zambia's major media outlets on Wednesday.

-- Zambia and Uganda plan to introduce a new oil pipeline to be linked to Zambia's sole oil refinery to help reduce the cost of importing the commodity from the Middle East.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Kalaba said this was one of the issues discussed between President Edgar Lungu and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni during bilateral talks held on Tuesday.

He said Zambia wanted to take advantage of Uganda's plans to start producing oil by constructing a pipeline to run from Uganda to Indeni Oil Refinery.

He however said the two governments intend to put in place all logistics for the program after next month. (TIMES OF ZAMBIA)

-- A company responsible for the supply of water and the sanitation services in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, has complained that wrong disposal of fat and cooking oil waste were contributing to blockages in sewer systems in the city.

Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company head of marketing and public relations Topsy Sikalinda said resturants and other fast food businesses located in the central business district had contributed to the frequent blockage of sewer disposal of fat and oil waste from their premises.

The company has since advised the foot outlets to install fat traps which they should be cleaning regularly to avoid unnecessary sewer blockages.

According to the Water and Sanitation Act, businesses must take responsibility of disposing of sewerage system and not use the sewerage system as it could cause giant "fatbergs" and other blockages which could have a devastating impact on the sewer network. (DAILY NATION) Edite