This afternoon, we officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the 600 million dollars UREA fertilizer and ammonia plant at the United Capital Fertilizer Zambia Company Limited in Lusaka's Chilanga district.

It was a pleasure to participate in this year's 'Transform Africa Summit' in Zimbabwe, where we called on African countries to embrace technological innovations across various sectors for enhanced trade and investment opportunities.

We have arrived in Livingstone City, to participate in the 'Transform Africa Summit' (TAS2023), which is scheduled to take place tomorrow in Victoria Falls Town, Zimbabwe.

We were delighted to join fellow farmers at the 2023 AgriTech Expo in Chisamba, Central Zambia.

re delighted to hold a meeting with the Council of Churches in Zambia, led by the organization's President, Rev. Sauros Phaika, and General Secretary, Fr. Emmanuel Chikoya.

We had fruitful discussions with the Grain Producers and Traders of Zambia, comprising the Zambia National Farmers' Union, Grain Farmers, Grain Traders, and Water Harvester Associations.

This afternoon, we joined fellow mourners in putting to rest a family friend and founder of Gonde Lwiindi Culture Group Austin 'Nsabata' Mwiinga in Tebe area of Mazabuka under Chief Mwanachingwala of Southern Province.

We have signed into law, the National Pension Scheme Amendment Bill 2023 which, in line with our promise to the Zambian people, allows for the partial withdrawal of pensions.

In response to the mealie meal shortage affecting certain regions of the country, we have convened multiple consultative meetings with both government and private sector officials at a high level.

It is with great pride that we congratulate Mfikeyi Makayi on her appointment as CEO of KoBold Metals Zambia.

Last night, we attended a state banquet hosted by His Excellency President Nyusi.

In the wake of the pandemic, Zambia defaulted on its foreign debt. Its president argues that democracy alone will not improve his country’s lot.

Yesterday, we joined fellow citizens in officially opening the ABSA Bank House in Lusaka.

Today, we commissioned the 750+12MW Kafue Gorge Lower Hydro Power Station (KGL) in Chikankata District in the Southern Province. We expressed our profound gratitude to the Chinese Government, Sino Hydro, ZESCO workers, and other construction staff for this phenomenal engineering achievement that will go a long way to ending load-shedding, which had become an annual feature in our country.

Yesterday in Chingola, we opened the Mimbula Mine which has created over 900 direct and indirect jobs. We will continue providing an enabling environment for business to thrive because our people need jobs and business opportunities.

Arrived back home from a very eventful 5th UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) whose main objective was to galvanise international support for least developed economies to integrate beneficially into the global economy, through inclusive and sustainable growth and development.