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==2021 - 2023==
==2021 - 2023==
*'''2023 March 31''' - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits Zambia
*'''2022 Dec 29''' - [[Katele Kalumba]] and three others sentenced to five years imprisonment for corrupt practices. Chief Justice Mumba Malila upheld the five years jail term earlier imposed on the four by the LUSAKA Magistrate Court in 2010. Their conviction arose from the payment of US$20 million made to US security companies Systems Innovation and Wilbain Incorporation involving US$20 million during the time Kalumba served as finance minister in the [[MMD]] under the leadership of second republican president late [[Frederick Chiluba]].<ref>[https://www.znbc.co.zm/news/ex-minister-kalumbathree-others-jailed-for-corruption/ Ex Minister Kalumba,Three Others Jailed For Corruption], 29 December 2022, [[ZNBC]]</ref>
*'''2022 Dec 29''' - [[Katele Kalumba]] and three others sentenced to five years imprisonment for corrupt practices. Chief Justice Mumba Malila upheld the five years jail term earlier imposed on the four by the LUSAKA Magistrate Court in 2010. Their conviction arose from the payment of US$20 million made to US security companies Systems Innovation and Wilbain Incorporation involving US$20 million during the time Kalumba served as finance minister in the [[MMD]] under the leadership of second republican president late [[Frederick Chiluba]].<ref>[https://www.znbc.co.zm/news/ex-minister-kalumbathree-others-jailed-for-corruption/ Ex Minister Kalumba,Three Others Jailed For Corruption], 29 December 2022, [[ZNBC]]</ref>
* '''2022 Nov 11''' - Government shuts down [[Kamwala Remand Prison]], transfers inmates to [[Mwembeshi Correctional Facility]].<ref>[https://diggers.news/local/2022/11/11/govt-shuts-down-kamwala-remand-prison-moves-inmates-to-mwembeshi/ Govt shuts down Kamwala Remand Prison, moves inmates to Mwembeshi], Diggers, 11 Nov 2022</ref>
* '''2022 Nov 11''' - Government shuts down [[Kamwala Remand Prison]], transfers inmates to [[Mwembeshi Correctional Facility]].<ref>[https://diggers.news/local/2022/11/11/govt-shuts-down-kamwala-remand-prison-moves-inmates-to-mwembeshi/ Govt shuts down Kamwala Remand Prison, moves inmates to Mwembeshi], Diggers, 11 Nov 2022</ref>