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Minister Nkombo was misquoted regarding motion to increase operating hours for public health facilities.

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From the clip, Local Government and Rural Development Minister and Mazabuka MP Gary Nkombo said: “There is no nuisance to cure here in this motion that you are bringing to us”. he further said, “…we should be looking at more challenging things than opening clinics 24 hours just for the sake of it.”

Verified Oct, 21 2022

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On October 19, 2022 the Patriotic Front Facebook page published an article claiming that Local Government and Rural Development Minister and and Mazabuka MP Gary Nkombo allegedly said “We don’t care about the health of Zambians, that’s Nonsense! We have more important things issues to look out for.”

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The fact checking process has determined as false the claim that Local Government and Rural Development Minister and Mazabuka MP Gary Nkombo allegedly said “ We don’t care about the health of Zambians, that’s Nonsense! We have more important things issues to look out for.” The claim by the PF Face book page comes after Kamfinsa MP Christopher Kang’ombe on October 19 2022 moved a motion in Parliament urging Government to increase number of operating hours for all public health facilities across the nation. To verify the statement, iVerify Zambia examined a video from National Assembly of Zambia Official Facebook page of Mr. Nkombo during his debate on the matter in Parliament, from where the video clip was taken. From the video of the proceedings, at no point did the minister state that he or his entire government don’t care about the health Zambians or use the word nonsense as claimed by the PF page.

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