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Former President Lungu never named President Hichilema as one of the people he said lied their way to power

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#15 Houses seized by DEC
#Esther Lungu to appear for questioning
#Former President Edgar Lungu
#President Hichilema
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No, Mr Kingsely Chanda is not the author of the circulating “analysis” of ZRA revenue and taxes

False
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No, President Hichilema did not meet Mr. Ndambo as purported by a picture circulating on social media

Misleading
#2022
#Chellah Tukuta
#Image Photoshop
#James Ndambo
#President Hichilema
#President Hichilema confers with Ndambo
#Presidential State Visit
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Yes, Former First Lady, Esther Lungu has admitted owning the 15 houses seized by DEC

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#15 houses
#Drug Enforcement Commission
#Former First Lady Esther Lungu
#Makebi Zulu Advocates
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Yes, Former First Lady, Esther Lungu has admitted owning the 15 houses seized by DEC

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#15 houses
#Drug Enforcement Commission
#Former First Lady Esther Lungu
#Makebi Zulu Advocates
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Yes, Government will distribute fertiliser to farmers through FISP but the number of bags is yet to be officially announced

Misleading
#2022
#Bags of Fertilizer
#Farmer Input Support Program (FISP)
#Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
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No, the video of the alleged school feeding program circulating on social media is not from Zambia, but from Uganda

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#1.9 million students pupils benefit
#feeding program implemented in Zambia
#GRZ Disbursement
#k20 million school feeding program
#Ministry of Education
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Delayed repatriation of the remains of Sampa Mwenya was due to Government Bureaucracy and Covid 19 guidelines.

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#2022
#Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
#Repatriation of Sampa Mwenya
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FACT CHECKED STORIES

Former President Lungu never named President Hichilema as one of the people he said lied their way to power

No, Mr Kingsely Chanda is not the author of the circulating “analysis” of ZRA revenue and taxes

No, President Hichilema did not meet Mr. Ndambo as purported by a picture circulating on social media

Yes, Former First Lady, Esther Lungu has admitted owning the 15 houses seized by DEC

Yes, Former First Lady, Esther Lungu has admitted owning the 15 houses seized by DEC

Yes, Government will distribute fertiliser to farmers through FISP but the number of bags is yet to be officially announced

No, the video of the alleged school feeding program circulating on social media is not from Zambia, but from Uganda

Delayed repatriation of the remains of Sampa Mwenya was due to Government Bureaucracy and Covid 19 guidelines.