This morning, we held a meeting with the Africa Finance Corporation president and Chief Executive Officer Samaila Dalhat Zubairu and his delegation at State House, Lusaka Zambia.

This afternoon we took a visit to flood hit areas in Kabwata, Chawama, Kanyama and Matero constituencies of Lusaka.

We are committed to addressing and finding long-term solutions to the many challenges we have inherited. One of these challenges is resolving the issue of medical supplies in our hospitals and clinics at reduced costs and eliminating corruption in the sector.

This morning, we held a meeting with traditional leaders in the House of Chiefs in Lusaka.

We were delighted to have received a delegation of investors in the energy sector from the United Kingdom led by the UK High Commissioner to Zambia, Mr. Nicholas Woolley.

We were delighted to have hosted Professor Richard Williams, the Principal and Vice Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University of Edinburgh, Scotland with whom we shared a number of ideas around developing necessary skills in entrepreneurship, renewable energy, accountancy, management, strategic planning and many other fields, in our country.

We have returned from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where we had a productive AU Summit and advanced our work towards Agenda 2063.

Today we visited Chipata Trades cholera centre to extend our gratitude and encouragement to the frontline staff that are doing a wonderful job looking after patients who are recovering from cholera. We donated chlorine for sanitation purposes.

This afternoon we held a consultative meeting with Civil Society Organizations(CSOs) drawn from various segments. We discussed a wide range of matters around the debt question, governance, Human rights, the rule of law, independence of the Judiciary, the fight against corruption, Public Finance Management and many other issues affecting our nation.

Today we visited areas that have been ravaged by floods in the Central and Southern parts of our country.

We have arrived back from Windhoek, Namibia where we had gone to attend the Extraordinary Summit of the SADC Troika Organ on Politics, Defence and Security.

We have arrived in Windhoek, Namibia for an Extraordinary Summit of the Organ Troika of SADC, that deals with the region’s Politics, Defence and Security.

It was such a humbling experience, to have met fellow Zambians that are resident in Senegal, who waited for long hours at the hotel to greet us yesterday.

This afternoon, we were honoured to welcome His Majesty Paramount Chief Mpezeni and Chief Maguya of the Ngoni-speaking people to Community House.

We have today witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a landmark Joint Development Agreement (JDA) between Zambia and the United Arab Emirates, aimed at facilitating massive investment in renewable energy in our country.

We have safely arrived from Angola where we undertook a state visit on the invitation of counterpart and brother President João Lourenço. We sincerely thank our Angolan brothers and sisters for the warmth hospitality during our stay there.

The relationship between Zambia and Angola is historic, and we have for many years enjoyed a peaceful coexistence.

Following yesterday's tour of Maamba Collieries and and Kariba North Bank Power Stations, we met today with various stakeholders to chart a way forward in resolving the electricity challenges our country is currently experiencing.

Today we undertook site visits to Maamba Collieries, and Kariba ZESCO power plants to fully appreciate the extent of our electricity generation capacities as a country.