Top news items in major Zambia media outlets

LUSAKA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Monday.

-- Many residents of Lusaka, the Zambian capital, are drinking highly contaminated water because of the use of septic tanks, a senior government official has said. (Times of Zambia)

-- A hailstorm has extensively damaged five schools in northern Zambia's Nakonde district. District Commissioner Field Simwinga said the district experienced a heavy downpour which led to the collapsing of roofs of the five schools (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- Zambian President Edgar Lungu has pardoned 125 prisoners through the presidential amnesty as part of the Christmas celebrations. (Daily Nation)

-- Zambia's biggest referral and teaching hospital has refuted media reports of food poisoning at the institution.(The Mast) Enditem