March 11,
2022 3552 3552 
Zambia Institute of Purchasing and Supply (ZIPS) joins the rest of the nation in celebrating all the women and girls during the 2022 International Women’s Day under the Theme: ‘Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow’.
The President, Council, Management, and the entire ZIPS Family celebrates and honors all the women of our profession for your immense contribution both at national and organisation level in various capacities and portfolios.
Continue soaring high and know that you make ZIPS Beautiful.
Issued on behalf of the ZIPS President, Council, Management and General Membership.
#ZIPSWOMEN
#ZIPSPRIDE
#WOMENINCLUSIVENESS.
March 11,
2022 3795 3795
On Wednesday 19th January 2022, The ZIPS President Fellow Robert Tembo led the ZIPS Executive Committee that included the Council Secretary Mr Lennox Chiluwa, the Vice Council Secretary, Ms Viola Zulu, and the Registrar Mr Lawrence M Sambwa in paying a courtesy call on the Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretaries, Messrs. Wisdom Bwalya in charge of Technical Services and Mambo Hamaundu in charge of Administration. The President took advantage of the fruitful meeting to bring out a number of concerns that the procurement fraternity was encountering in the line ministry.
The ZIPS Council will continue to engage Government and other key stakeholders on matters that affect Supply Chain Management in the Nation
Issued by ZIPS Secretariat
Lawrence M Sambwa
Registrar
1st February 2022
March 11,
2022 3785 3785
Dear Members
On Behalf of the Council, Management, and subcommittees I want to draw your attention to the week of love, it is Valentine’s Day. Valentines has become a part of our life which stems from St Valentine’s Day, an annual festival that comes every year on 14th February to celebrate romantic love, friendship, and admiration.
As an institute in tandem with the Government’s goal to foster the building of strong family relationships, we wish call on every one of you to send messages of love and affection to your partners, families, and friends.
Further, we would like to extend our appreciation to you, our valued members on this Valentine’s Day. There can never be a better day than today to express how much we value the trust you put into our leadership and send you warm wishes on this sentimental day.
Today we’re celebrating you. Thank you for being such awesome members, we surely wouldn’t be where we are without you. Happy Valentine’s Day!
On Behalf of the ZIPS Council and Management
Fellow Robert Tembo
ZIPS President
July 10,
2021 7047 7047
The Elections Committee has observed with concern, some highly charged statements issued on various WhatsApp platforms, concerning the absence of our members, who are from GRZ and whose membership subscriptions are deducted at source.
As communicated from the beginning and re-emphasised in our communications, all concerns must be channeled through the correct communication channel i.e. the dedicated elections communication channel which is elections@zipszambia.org.
We hereby wish to advise and inform the members as follows:
1. ALL members who are eligible to vote in accordance with the Act as per Section 19 (2) of the Act which states that Affiliates and Students may receive notices of the AGM but cannot vote and Section 10 (a) and (b) of the Electoral Guidelines, Rules and Regulations will be entitled to vote.
2. In accordance with Section 18(1) of ZIPS Act No. 15 of 2003 all members must be paid up by 14th January. However, a waiver on the payment by 14th January was granted and all members who had not paid had up to the initial date of 22 June 2021 and subsequently to 31st August will be entitled to vote.
3. In the virtual briefing of 24th June 2021 it was reiterated that GRZ workers eligible to vote by their membership category are further eligible under the waiver by virtue of the MoU between ZIPS and GRZ.
4. The absence of the GRZ members on the first published voters register was as a result of not having a current list at the time of publishing the Voters Register. We have since received the list as at May 2021 which has 751 names and will extract the 92 names of those who are eligible (as per earlier communicated eligibility criteria). We would like to also mention that the list received from PEMEC is very basic and for purposes of the longer term database, there will be need for some additional information that members employed by GRZ will be required to provide. This list will be shared on Monday12th July 2021.
5. It is incumbent therefore for all members to ensure that they verify their names or absence thereof on the revised voter register.
6. We intend to have ONE consolidated accurate voter’s register with your support by the revised date of Monday 4th October 2021. The co-operation of our members is therefore sought in order to ensure that every eligible member is captured on the database.
We request the members to continue to engage with the Elections Committee by emailing their concerns, questions and clarifications and suggestions as opposed to rushing to broadcast their concerns on social media. Email address is elections@zipszambia.org
Thank you and God Bless
Mary Banda
Acting Registrar