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(TIMES) Broken Hill Man’s ours also —Britain

Broken Hill Man’s ours also —Britain
By Times Reporter

THE British government has said it also has a right to the remains of the Broken Hill Man, Foreign Affairs Minister Kabinga Pande told Parliament yesterday.

Mr Pande said this in response to a question by Bahati member of Parliament (MP) Besa Chimbaka (PF) who wanted to know when the remains of Broken Hill Man would be brought back to Zambia from Britain.

He said although the Zambian Government intended to pursue the matter to recover the remains of the Broken Hill Man, the British government believed that he was the ancestor of humanity and that Britain was also entitled to the remains.

He said the remains of Broken Hill Man were being kept at Westminster Abbey Museum in London.

He said there were also other fossils or items of historic significance that were taken by the colonial government and were being kept at the Oxford University and in California in the Unites States of America.

Vice-President, George Kunda told the House that there had never been any students from other universities apart from the University of Zambia that had applied to study at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education .

Responding to a question raised by Mr Chimbaka (PF), Mr Kunda also said that amendment to the ZIALE Act had commenced to allow students from other universities to enroll.

Communications and Transport Deputy Minister, Mubika Mubika said that the Government intended to transform the Lusaka International Airport into a fully fledged air-link.

Mr Mubika said lack of money was hindering the transformation and the Government was looking at using the Public Private Partnership to improve the facility.

And deputy speaker of the National Assembly Mutale Nalumango advised MPs to consult quietly instead of talking loudly.

Mrs Nalumango was prompted to advise the MPs because they kept talking loudly when Works and Supply Deputy Minister Mundia Ndalamei was debating this year’s Budget speech.

Labels: ANTHROPOLOGY, BROKEN HILL MAN

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