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Top news items in major Zambia media outlets

Xinhua, October 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Monday.

-- Zambia's investment agency plans to empower local suppliers to the mining industry through an initiative called local content framework.

The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) said it was unfortunate that out of 3 billion U.S. dollars mining companies spend annually on the supply of goods and services, only 10 percent remains in the country.

Mukula Makasa, the agency's director of enterprise development said the initiative will address some of the challenges that local suppliers and contractors faced in doing business with the mines. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ), an association representing lawyers, has backed the government's decision to hold another referendum aimed at enhancing people's rights. (Times of Zambia)

-- Small-holder farmers in Zambia have recommended that a program that supplies farming inputs to farmers on a subsidized basis be taken from the government and be spearheaded by the private sector.

The Zambian government has been implementing the Farmer Input Support Program (FISP) which provides subsided inputs to small-holder farmers.

But the National Union for Small-Scale Farmers of Zambia said the program in its current form would not help in diversifying the country's economy. (Daily Nation) Endit