Fact Checking – Alliance for Community Action

April 3, 2023
Chanda Chongo
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Office of The Public Protector Responds to Complaint Raised on 42For42 Case

We are pleased to inform you that we have received a response from the Office of The Public Protector following the complaint raised regarding the inconclusive investigations into the purchase […]

November 3, 2022
acazambia
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Did Kenneth Kaunda International Airport Beat any Others to be Awarded Best Airport in Africa?

Claim being Checked: Did Kenneth Kaunda International Airport Beat any Others to be Awarded Best Airport in Africa? Background: On Wednesday 2nd November 2022 a news story was published to […]

May 17, 2022
acazambia
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Can citizens check declarations of MPs and Ministers at the National Assembly and the Electoral Commission of Zambia?

Claim being checked: Can citizens check declarations of the assets, interests, liabilities, and income of Members of Parliament and Ministers at the National Assembly and the Electoral Commission of Zambia? […]

March 30, 2022
acazambia
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Have all Ministers Declared their Assets and Liabilities in accordance with the Law?

Background: On 6th March 2022, Chapter One Foundation released a press statement that stated that there was low compliance with the Parliamentary and Ministerial Code of Conduct Act among Cabinet […]

March 29, 2022
acazambia
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We have found “the Office of the Filer” and we looked at the files!

The current “Office of The Filer” is the Registrar of the Supreme Court, who is appointed by the Chief Justice in accordance with Section 11(2) of the Parliamentary and Ministerial […]

February 24, 2022
acazambia
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ZLDC review of the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Act Fact-Checks

Does the ZLDC Report propose decriminalisation of bigamy? Following the release of the Zam Law Development Commission review of the Penal Code & Criminal Procedure Acts, the debate suggests that […]

October 13, 2021
acazambia
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It is an offence not to display the presidential portrait in Zambia?

Following allegations that some Choma UPND youths attempted to close the local Debonairs franchise on account of not displaying the presidential portrait on the business premises, we republish a fact-check […]

July 21, 2021
acazambia
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Promise Check: Construct and establish universities in each province

Promise Being Checked: Construct and establish universities in each province (Eastern, Northern, Southern and North-Western Provinces). BACKGROUNDElections in Zambia take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy with elections […]

May 11, 2021
acazambia
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Did Government really increase the monthly allowances for Social Cash Transfer (SCT)?

BACKGROUNDOn 26th September 2020, Finance Minister Bwalya Ngandu disclosed, as he unveiled the proposed 2021 national budget in Lusaka, that the government of Zambia will increase the monthly allowances for […]

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