Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

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

-- Zambian President Edgar Lungu challenged politicians to bury their differences, respect one another and campaign within the rule of law as a way of curing violence ahead of next month's general elections.

Lungu said he will continue to defend and uphold peace and unity as the country goes to polls but urged other leaders and their supporters to exercise tolerance and use sober language towards each other during campaigns. (Times of Zambia)

-- Zambia's human rights body said it has started a process of drafting an anti-torture Bill to operationalize the prohibition of acts of torture and other inhuman treatment.

The Human Rights Commission said the drafting was in process and was expected to be finalized in the coming two months. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- Zambia's power utility said it has saved about 122 megawatts of electricity after the distribution of about 2.5 million energy saving bulbs across the country.

Zesco Limited spokesperson Henry Kapata said the company was expected to save an additional 200 megawatts of power upon the completion of the distribution of the energy saving bulbs. He said the power utility was certain that it would procure 500,000 energy saving bulbs before the close of this year because the target was to save as much electricity as possible.

Zambia has banned the manufacture and use of ordinary bulbs in preference for energy saving bulbs as one way to save electricity due to a power deficit. (Daily Nation) Endit