Fact Checking – Page 2 – Alliance for Community Action

March 29, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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 […]

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