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No, Democratic Party President, Hon. Harry Kalaba did not urge government to legalize homosexuality in Zambia.

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#Democratic Party President
#Embassies
#Harry Kalaba
#Homosexuality
#LGBTQI
#LGBTQI Flag hoisting
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ACC officers went to Rwanda for a Commonwealth conference, not to investigate properties believed to belong to former President Lungu

False
#2022
#Anti Corruption Commission(ACC)
#Commonwealth
#Edgar Lungu
#Patriotic Front
#Raphael Nakachinda
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No evidence that Davis Mwila’s relatives are linked to the abduction of mobile money booth agent.

Unproven
#2022
#Abduction Case
#Mobile Money Agent
#Patriotic Front
#PF Secretary General
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Yes, an Office of Security Cooperation at the U.S. embassy in Zambia to be set up, but it’s not a military base.

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#AFRICOM
#Hon Ambrose Lufuma-Minister of Defence.
#U.S Military base
#U.S Military base in Zambia
#United States Africa Command
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No, the cholera case recorded in Lusaka Province is not the first case in 5 years.

Misleading
#Cholera Outbreak
#Ministry of Health
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No proof that UPND Ministers are spending over K85,000 per day in bars and nightclubs

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#85 thousand Kwacha
#Hon. Chilangwa
#UPND Ministers
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No, the cost of living from Sept 2021 to Feb 2022 has increased.

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#2021Elections
#2022
#Cost of Living
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#Situmbeko Musokotwane
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No, Zambia’s inflation rate in August 2021 was not at 31.6% as purported by the Presidential Press Aide but stood at 24.4%.

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#Anthony Bwalya
#August 2021 inflation rate
#Inflation rate
#Presidential Spokesperson
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FACT CHECKED STORIES

No, Democratic Party President, Hon. Harry Kalaba did not urge government to legalize homosexuality in Zambia.

ACC officers went to Rwanda for a Commonwealth conference, not to investigate properties believed to belong to former President Lungu

No evidence that Davis Mwila’s relatives are linked to the abduction of mobile money booth agent.

Yes, an Office of Security Cooperation at the U.S. embassy in Zambia to be set up, but it’s not a military base.

No, the cholera case recorded in Lusaka Province is not the first case in 5 years.

No proof that UPND Ministers are spending over K85,000 per day in bars and nightclubs

No, the cost of living from Sept 2021 to Feb 2022 has increased.

No, Zambia’s inflation rate in August 2021 was not at 31.6% as purported by the Presidential Press Aide but stood at 24.4%.