Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

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

-- Zambia has registered 7,440 companies in the first three months of this year, its company registration agency has said.

The Patents and Companies Registration Agency says it registered 2,616 local firms and 4,824 foreign firms during the period. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- Parliamentarians in the world should have a collective responsibility to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and well-being, Speaker of the Zambian Parliament Patrick Matibini has said.

He said lawmakers had a duty to ensure people especially the vulnerable were protected and given opportunities to attain their aspirations to live a dignified life, according to remarks he made when he addressed the 136th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Bangladesh. (Times of Zambia)

-- The Zambian government intends to buy additional laboratory and information technology equipment to strength its program of monitoring mining activities and mineral production.

Ministry of Mines Paul Chanda said the equipment would be purchased under the Mineral Production Monitoring Support Project which is being supported by the European Union to enhance transparency and accountability in the mining industry. (Daily Nation) Endit