Fact Checking – Page 2 – Alliance for Community Action

July 21, 2021
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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
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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 […]

June 24, 2020
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Does the Constitutional Amendment Bill 10 provide that pensions will be paid promptly and regularly?

Claim checked:In Bill 10, Pensioners will be paid promptly and regularly. (Claim made by the Policy Monitoring and Research Centre (PMRC) BackgroundA robust and polarised debate has been going in […]

February 12, 2020
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Are Ministers declaring their assets, interests, liabilities, and incomes?

Issue to be Investigated 🔍🔎 The Alliance for Community Action (ACA) works to strengthen public resource management accountability, in Zambia. In this regard, the ACA, cooperating with other CSOs, advocates for […]

October 17, 2019
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Minister Mushimba Fails to Prove He Paid for his Medical Evacuation to South Africa

On the 27th of February 2019, then Minister of Transport and Communication, Dr Brian Mushimba, stated on his Twitter page that he had paid the cost of his evacuation to […]

August 27, 2019
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NDC Deregistration – Is Another Roan By-election Looming?

Claim checked: The de-registration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)by the Registrar of societies means that the party’s Roan parliamentary seat held by Mr Joseph Chishala becomes vacant leading to […]

June 17, 2019
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Was National Dialogue Forum Delegate from a Ghost University?

On the 5th of May 2019, a number of Civil Society Organisations participating in the National Dialogue Forum (NDF) announced the formation of the Constitutional Reform and Education Coalition (CRECO). […]

May 28, 2018
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Can an unmarried mother register a child’s birth without the consent of the father? What surname is the child legally allowed to carry?

Following the recent drive by the Department of National Registration Passports and Citizenship for parents to apply for birth certificates for their children, a request was made to the ACA […]

April 26, 2018
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Are Emergency lines accessible to citizens?

Alliance for Community Action Fact Checking Unit The ACA fact checking unit embarked on a fact finding exercise to determine whether emergency lines were accessible to citizens in an event […]

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