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THE three UPND members of Parliament who voted for Bill 10 have reportedly been expelled from the party for going against instructions of the leadership.

The three MPs, Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa of Nalikwanda Constituency, Solwezi Central MP Teddy Kasonso, and Senanga lawmaker Mukumbuta Mulowa defied party president, Hakainde Hichilema’s instructions not to vote for Bill 10.

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LET’S SECURE LAND

THAT President Edgar Lungu has seen it fit to comment on the purported practice of selling huge tracts of land by village headmen means it is getting out of hand and must be checked.

And it is apparent this is being done without following government procedure.

The President is the chief custodian of land and has every right to voice his concern when things are not being done right.

It is therefore up to the government officials on the ground to ensure that this scourge is stopped before villagers find themselves landless.

President Lungu said he had noticed that the trend was growing among traditional headmen, who were selling huge pieces of land without consultation from chiefs and the local authority.

The President voiced his concern when he addressed village headmen and women in Ngabwe yesterday.

It is clear that this is being done illegally for we wonder where the village headmen and women draw their authority to sell vast tracts of land when they serve under respective chiefs, who are the overall supervisors.

Moreover, as the President noted, there are procedures to follow in the manner that traditional rulers sell land in their jurisdictions.

Traditional land in Zambia has been governed by traditional customs and has generally been accepted to be stable in so far as it has never led to serious conflict over land. The Land Act of 1995 is the guiding Act which recognises customary tenure. The Act further allows for the conversion of Title from traditional to state lease.

To preserve traditional land, the government does not allow chiefs to sell anything over 250, 000 hectares without its approval.

This is meant to guard against foreigners especially those who might want to buy huge tracts of land, thus depriving villagers of their inheritance.

As President Lungu noted in Ngabwe, there would be no chiefdoms in future if village headmen continued selling land illegally.

“You are giving land anyhow illegally, this is not going to help us. There is a procedure when giving traditional land,” President Lungu said.

Traditional leaders ought to realise that land is their biggest asset and need to be careful how it is administered.

At local level, they hold the land in trust for their people. They do not own it but merely administer it for the villagers.

Villagers must have communal grazing land for their animals and we wonder if traditional leaders would be in a position to create any should they sell all the land in their areas.

Greed must not make chiefs and their village heads lose track of their grave responsibilities towards their subjects in relation to land.

As President Lungu noted, land was the only power people had and it should be preserved for the future.

The independence struggle was not just about political rights, it was about ownership of the country’s land which had been seized by the colonial administration.

Moreover, nations throughout history have gone to war over land – that is how important land is and it would be folly for any traditional leader to gamble with it.

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FAKE DRUGS FLOOD ZAMBIA MARKET

By PETER MALASHA

THERE is an increase in illegal importation of drugs in Zambia while many outlets are selling medicines without permits, pharmaceutical expert Jerome Kanyika has said.

Mr Kanyika, who is former Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia president, said the illegal importation of drugs was on the increase, especially those containing codein and tung.

He noted that the trend was growing such that the drugs were prone to be abused.

Mr. Kanyika stated that only duly registered pharmaceutical companies and monitored under the Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority ZAMRA were allowed to import the drugs.

He challenged ZAMRA to intensify inspection on buses and individual vehicles coming into Zambia at borders posts so as to arrest the situation.

“We are watching this while we have the

Mr Kanyika regulators that are supposed to do the work accordingly. Where is ZAMRA in the border posts?

“They need to be checking in buses, they should go further and check individual vehicles that come in the country so that we can stop this.

“If there is less manpower let ZAMRA

employ more people and engage police officers and other trained personnel who can help to stop the cult of bringing medication without following right procedure as well as not having licenses,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr Kanyika has also noted that there was a proliferation of drug stores in the country.

Mr. Kanyika said such outlets should be managed by pharmacist technologists and be located in suitable areas.

He said the challenge now was that drug stores were found along the line of rail and not working for the intended purpose.

“If we have more access to these and we have less prescription people will be forced to sell the drugs without following the laid down procedures.

Mr. Kanyika appealed to the perpetrators of the act to refrain from illegal activities so as to protect the Zambian community.

He said those who be found wanting risked being prosecuted and imprisonment.

Stop selling land illegally, headmen told

By PRISCA LUMINGU-BANDA in Ngabwe PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has warned village headmen against selling huge pieces of land without following procedure.

President Lungu said he had noticed that the trend was growing among traditional headmen, who were selling huge pieces of land without consultation from chiefs and the local authority.

President Lungu said there would be no chiefdoms in future if village headmen continued selling land illegally.

“You are giving land anyhow illegally, this is not going to help us. There is a procedure when giving traditional land,” President Lungu said.

President Lungu said this when he addressed village headmen and women in Ngabwe District yesterday.

President Lungu urged the headmen to always follow the traditional relations before giving land.

The President said some headmen had even gone to an extent of selling communal grazing land without thinking about their people.

“You are giving land to visitors even where you feed the animals from, where will the animals be feeding from. You are being given money, at last people will stand against you and it won’t be good,” President Lungu said.

He said the headmen should be involving chiefs and the local authorities so that before the land was given everyone should be aware.

President Lungu said land was the only power should people had and it should be preserved for the future.

President Lungu also appealed to village head men and women to respect Chiefs.

He said he was getting reports of some headmen who were disrespecting chiefs and that some headmen wanted to proclaim their own chiefdoms which was bringing unnecessary friction.

And speaking earlier on behalf of the headmen, Paison Ngangula, thanked Government for the early distribution of the 2020/2021 farming inputs.

Meanwhile, President Lungu has called on the church to pray for him so that he does not plunge the country into chaos.

He said the country should continue holding together in peace, love and unity.

President Lungu said it was important that the church continued to pray for the leaders in order for the country to hold together just as its motto one Zambia one nation because that it how it had been all along.

“Dr Kenneth Kaunda didn’t plunge us in chaos, President Levy Mwanawasa, President Fredrick Chiluba and President Sata did not,” he said.

Chitotela sued over K397, 000 rent arrears

By GRACE CHAILE-LESOETSA TOURISM and Arts Minister Ronald Chitotela has been sued in the Lusaka High Court over unpaid rentals amounting to K397, 000.

Proprietor of Plot No 291 in Kawambwa, Mr Charles Mpundu, wants the court to order Mr Chitotela to pay him interest on all sums found due, any other relief as the court would deem as well as costs of and incidental to the claim.

He stated in a statement of claim filed on Wednesday that Mr Chitotela was a tenant of a warehouse leased from September 2017.

Mr Mpundu stated that the property was leased at an agreed rent of K10, 000 per month after Mr Chitotela’s pleas to reduce the rent from K16, 000 (at which it was pegged with the previous tenants).

He said that by a letter dated April 15 last year, he advised Mr Chitotela of his decision to increase the rent to K16, 000.

He stated that by Statutory Notice to quit issued on or about November 25, last year, he did give Mr Chitotela the statutory six months’ notice to vacate the premises on the ground that he had persistently defaulted payment of rent.

“As at the date of issuance of the notice, the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff to the extent of K221, 000,” he said Mr Mpundu stated that Mr Chitotela has failed to attend to payment of the accrued rentals and that he was now desirous of taking possession of the premises and recover the accrued rentals.

‘Amending Companies Bill will curb tax evasion’

By SILUMESI MALUMO AMENDING the companies Bill will help address the rampant tax evasion in the country, Government Deputy Chief Whip Tutwa Ngulube has said.

Mr Ngulube said a lot of people who own companies had many times been engaging in illegalities which needed to come to an end.

He was speaking yesterday when Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, Christopher Yaluma, present the companies Bill for second reading in Parliament yesterday.

Mr Ngulube, who is also Kabwe Central Member of Parliament, said many people cheated that their companies were in foreign land while they were operating in the country, thereby evading tax.

He said that amending the bill would bring in the aspect of identifying all companies that evade tax and would be dealt with according to the laws of Zambia.

Home Affairs Minister, Stephen Kampyongo, said amending the bill was not about targeting some individuals. He clarified that amending the bill was in line with the international obligations and that people involved in businesses must be transparent instead of being involved in illegal activities.

Speed up minerals mapping exercise, says chief

By PETER SICHALI THE Ministry of Mines should expedite the ongoing countrywide geological mapping for minerals to safeguard resources from illegal miners and to come up with a proper plan in which the resources can be utilised, Chief Katyetye of Isoka has said.

Chief Katyetye said reports of illegal gold mining are worrying and that there is need for Government to carry out countrywide mineral exploration so as to enhance security in areas where gold and other mineral are found.

“The recent discovery of gold many parts of the country is an indication that there is gold in several other parts of the nation that is yet to be discovered therefore Government should carryout countrywide mapping of minerals and safeguard the resourcest,” Chief Katyetye said.

He said the country has enough resources that can help to clear both internal and external debts and help revamp the economy.

Chief Katyetye said there is need for the ministry to have a hands-on information on availability of minerals in various areas to safeguard it from dishonest investors who illegally mine on pretext of doing explorations. “Prudent management of our mineral resources is key if the country is to benefit from its resources because without it foreigners will continue riping us off,” Chief Katyetye said.

The traditional leader said Government should tighten security of the natural resources by deploying security personnel in gold sites. Chief Katyetye said Government through the Ministry of Mines should identify local firms to partner with ZCCM-IH to develop the gold mining sector.

Earlier, the ministry announced that the geological mapping had reached 60 percent.

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ZESCO LOSS SHOCKER From Page 1 The power utility firm is buying expensive power from the various IPPs to supply to all consumers which include the mines at a lower price.

Zesco’s Corporate Affairs Manager John Kunda said in an interview they bought power from private suppliers at 11 cents but were selling it at 5 cents to its customers.

Dr Kunda said the difference in the buying and selling prices represented a subsidy of about 6.7 cents per kilowatt per hour.

“We are buying power from various IPPs at prices ranging from 8 cents per kilowatt hour to 13.3 cents per kilowatt per hour. The buying

price is higher than the selling price,” he said Dr Kunda said for the power utility to break even, the buying price should be lower than the selling price.

He said what Zesco Limited was applying for from IPPs was a tariff that could give returns for investment not only for the state enterprise but to all the parties involved.

Dr Kunda said the electricity utility was looking at attracting private sector investment in the energy sector.

“We would want to buy at a price lower than what we are buying. When you are encouraging business activities in the sector you don’t need to argue about the selling and buying price because there is money to be made,” he said.

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DEFAULT towards Eurobond payment will be costly for Zambia because no one will be willing to deal with the country in multilateral transactions, says Economic Association of Zambia (EAZ) president, Lubinda Haabazoka.

Dr Haabazoka said Government must sacrifice whatever was available in the coffers to

Extend registration period, ECZ told

By SILUMESI MALUMO and OLIVER SAMBOKO

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) should extend the voter registration in order to capture the targeted number of voters, Leadership Movement (LM) has said.

And ECZ has started deploying additional staff and registration kits to all registration centres which have recorded high numbers of people wanting to register as voters.

LM media director, Tatila Tatila, said the current pace of voter registration was slow such that the ECZ would not manage to capture the nine million projected voters.

“It is our plea that the commission considers to imple-

ment our call so that all the people who need to get their voter’s cards do so and participate in the coming elections,” Mr Tatila said.

He said in an interview yesterday that it was important that the ECZ quickly deployed more officials in various centres to increase the pace of the exercise.

The media director indicated that the ECZ had enough resources to deploy more officials to undertake the process.

And ECZ acting public relations manager Sylvia Bwalya stated that the commission had taken note of the concerns from the public and other stakeholders and taken measures to expedite the exercise.

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like to assure all stakeholders and the general public that it has taken into account the concerns raised on the ongoing voter registration exercise which was launched on Monday 9th November 2020," she said.

Ms Bwalya said the ECZ would publish designated registration centres specifically for those who pre-registered online in order to ensure that those who pre-registered online spend less time in centres.

She, however, said all registration centres would still cater for those who pre-registered online and those who would be commencing their registration at the physical registration centres.

Ms Bwalya said officers had

pay the $42 million instalment whose grace period ends today.

Dr Haabazoka said a default would mean many lenders would distance themselves from dealing with Zambia and this would be costly to the economy.

He said it was prudent that the country sacrificed to pay the Eurobond debt by using the little resources to continue enjoying relationship with the leaders. Dr Haabazoka said the

been directed to maintain two lines for the two categories of applicants.

She said all registration centres would ensure that persons with disabilities, expectant mothers and the elderly were assisted and taken in front of the queues.

And Paramonut Chitimukulu has expressed disappointment with the slow pace at which ECZ was carrying out the voter registration exercise.

Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on PF national mobilization committee treasurer, Bizwell Mutale in Lusaka yesterday, Chitimukulu said the ECZ had four years from the 2016 elections to prepare.

He wondered why the electoral body was having problems to carrying out the exercise when it had ample time to prepare.

country would suffer a bit for using its little resources to pay the debt but it would again be able to find funds to revive the economy.

He was confident that the country’s economy would rebound even after using all the resources because of the available mineral resources.

“My advice is that if they say that we are not giving an extension let’s pay them the money, we have the money and we can pay them,” Dr Haabazoka said.

Germany avails K266m for water project

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

GERMANY has committed 10.8 million Euros (K266.1million) for a water and sanitation project to benefit residents of Choma and Livingstone.

Germany Ambassador to Zambia, Anne Wagner Mitchell, announced the funding when she met Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection Minister, Jonas Chanda at his office yesterday.

She said the support would mitigate effects of climate change in the two districts of Southern province.

She added that Germany had provided a further eight million

Euros for Covid-19 response to secure access to safe and clean water and sanitation.

Ms Mitchell said another 4 million Euros would be made available to strengthen the water and sanitation sector for any possible second wave of the coronavirus.

She has since commended the Zambian Government's response in fighting the Covid - 19.

Meanwhile, Dr Chanda said the help was greatly contributing to enhancement of human development and poverty reduction, in line with the Vision 2030 and the Seventh National Development Plan.

The minister noted that the country has made substantial progress in accelerating universal access to water supply and sanitation.

He said 72 percent of Zambia's population has access to clean and safe water compared to 65 per cent in 2014.

CBU strategic plan ‘Hakainde Hichilema is selfish’ Spax’s murder case takes prioritises innovation ….Sean Tembo warns new twist

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

THE Copperbelt University (CBU) has launched the 2020-2024 strategic plan, emphasising research, innovation and industrialisation.

The strategic plan, would enhance the university’s funding through income generating ventures in agriculture, hospitality, mining and innovation in different parts of the country.

CBU vice chancellor Professor Naison Ngoma said the university would grow scholarships, research, innovations, infrastructure such as laboratories and get into game ranching which will provide practical learning opportunities for students.

"The university also seeks to improve its funding through enhanced interest in solar plants, computer assembly, innovations incubation hubs, turning its aluminum into a business opportunity," he said.

Prof Ngoma said that the immediate past strategic plan for 2014 to 2018 revealed that the university's fees were not cost reflective, was over dependent on the government grants for operations.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Higher Education, Kayula Siame, challenged CBU to do more research, evolve continuously and remain relevant industry and the country's vision 2030.

And CBU Chancellor Professor Muyunda Mwanalushi said the seven strategic plan goals would be pivotal to consolidate CBU as a major player in Zambia’s development.

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema is an inherently selfish person who is using the smaller political parties in the alliance as a springboard to ascend to power, Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) leader Sean Tembo has said.

Mr Tembo said talk about opposition unity ahead of next year's election without first defining what it really is was a problem in itself.

"There does not appear to be any consensus among political players on a common definition of opposition unity. Each one has their own, and the definition varies from one end of the spectrum to the other," he said.

He said some bigger parties like the UPND consider opposition unity means total submission of all smaller political to them for the

common purpose of kicking out the ruling party from power.

He said political leaders like Mr Hichilema and NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili believe that in an opposition alliance smaller parties should always be submissive to the main party.

Mr Tembo said he cannot work with Mr Hichilema because the man is a selfish person.

"HH is inherently a selfish person. For example, when we were in an alliance with him, his party enjoyed our full unconditional support, but were unwilling to sacrifice even a single constituency or ward in return, for our party to field candidates under the alliance umbrella. In other words, they want you to use your resources to escort them to State House, with no benefit accruing to yourselves whatsoever," he said.

He said Mr Hichilema

…trial within trial ordered

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Mr Tembo

has problems building sustainable relationships with other political stakeholders because of his habit of using people for his own benefit.

"The second reason why we cannot work together with UPND again is that they do not have any vision for this country. In fact, if UPND had a viable plan to turnaround this country for the better, l would not, in the first place, have found it necessary to form the Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP).

THE murder trial involving Kabaso Mulenga, popularly known as Spax, yesterday took a new twist when the court ordered for the investigation of torture allegations against one of the suspects.

The defense objected to continued trial arguing that their client Jimmy Bwembya had been tortured in police cells.

As a result, the court ordered that trial within a trial would commence to establish whether the suspect was truly tortured by the police or not.

In this matter, Spax 29, Boyd Kamizhi 24, Maclean Kamizhi 22, Gilbert Zimba 22, Syvio Kwibisa 22, and Jimmy Bwembya 23, are appearing before Kitwe High Court Judge, Abha Patel, for three counts of attempted murder, rape and murder.

Between January 22 and 23, last year the accused jointly murdered Emmanuel Mapon-

Spax

da of Chingola district.

On the same date, the six attempted to murder Billy Maponda in Chingola while in the third count they again attempted to murder Sheila Bwembya.

In count four, they attempted to murder Stanley Maponda also of Chingola and in the last charge they allegedly raped a woman.

When the matter came for continued trial yesterday, the defence lawyers said the trail could not continue on grounds that the suspect was tortured.

Trial continues.

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WATER Resources Management Authority (WARMA) is taking audit and assessment of Lunsemfwa sub catchment area water bodies, WARMA Luangwa catchment area manager Oscar Silembo has said.

Mr. Silembo said the authority was taking stock of water permits if people were complying and operating within the confine of the law.

In an interview, Mr. Silembo said WARMA was making assessment to ensure that those with water rights were following the conditions.

Mr. Silembo said in a situation that one was found wanting of diversion of the stream or river the law was clear on action to be taken against offenders.

He said the authority was trying to protect the water bodies and put up measures for domestic and non commercial users to follow.

"We are taking stock of the permits trying to check for any problems may be people are drawing more water than they are given.

65 out of 3, 000 diabetes patients died

By KALOBWE BWALYA

OVER 3, 000 people were placed on diabetes therapy in 2019 and about 65 people died, Health Minister, Chitalu Chilufya has revealed.

Dr Chilufya, however, said the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) ensured that diabetic patients at the referral hospital were taken good care off.

He said President Edgar Lungu had been spearheading for morning keep fit which was meant to avoid non communicable disease and also aimed at sensitising people in communities on the best health practices.

The Minister was speaking at Diabetes commemoration in Lusaka.

Dr Chilufya was concerned that one out four people die of cancer, high blood pressure commonly known as BP, diabetes and other related illness due to lack of physical exercises.

ENGLISH Meanwhile, UTH Director clinical service, Dr Alex Makupa, said diabetes was clinical illness that required continuing medical care and ongoing patient self-management education and support to prevent acute complications.

Dr Makupe said UTH would ensure that patients that were diagnosed with diabetes were taken good care off.

Diabetes care was complex and required multifactorial risk reduction strategies.

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‘Eligibility ‘liars’ must now shut up’

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LIES over President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility to contest the 2021 elections should stop now that he has declared his candidature for polls, a consortium of political parties and non-governmental organizations has said.

The President on Wednesday emphasised that he would stand as a presidential candidate in the 2021 general elections because the Constitutional Court had already settled the issue of his eligibility.

Friday November 13, 2020 Consortium spokesperson, Spuki Mulemwa, said critics must now stop misleading the citizens that concerning Mr Lungu’s eligibility.

“We have noted with dismay how President Lungu's critics in an alliance with media outlets hostile to Government have intensified their campaign to mislead the nation on the Republican President's eligibility to contest 2021 polls,” Mr Mulemwa said.

He said as President Lungu had stated, the Concourt in its landmark judgment declared him eligible to contest the 2021 polls.

“In view of the foregoing, we expect those with the mandate to defend the Republican President to immediately curtail the ill-conceived Third-Term Debate, and stop disgruntled elements from misleading the nation,” he said.

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LL consumers participating in this year’s ‘Black Friday’ promotion must be alert of false sales advertisings, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has said.

CCPC senior public relations officer, Namukolo Kasumpa, said there was need to be alert as Zambia joins the rest of the world in promotional sales during the ’Black Friday’ on November 27, this year.

Ms Kasumpa said ‘Black Friday’ was an activity that

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offersed huge price discounts to consumers ranging from 25 percent to as high as 75 percent.

She said in so far as sales promotions were beneficial in aiding consumers to make savings, they could also be detrimental to unsuspecting consumers due to price misrepresentation and misleading advertising.

“We wishes to encourage all consumers participating in this year’s Black Friday event to be alert of false or misleading sales promotions initiated to attract unsuspecting consumers to buying goods or services through an illusion of a special or reduced price,” Ms Kasumpa said.

She advised consumers to

J’ay Jay’, accomplices fined K150

By GRAC CHAILELESOETSA

SUSPENDED PF youth official Emmanuel "Jay Jay" Banda and three others have been fined K150 each for disorderly conduct in a police station.

The accomplice Maxwell Pito, charged with assault, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour.

Banda 35, John Lungu 26, Morris Silwonde 27, and Lyford Phiri 21 were charged with disorderly conduct in a police station in the first count.

The four on July 6, this year did act in an indecent, disorderly and insulting manner while at Lusaka Central Police station.

In count two, Pito 20, on the same date assaulted Po-

By NOEL IYOMBWA

THE Government with support from European Union has launched the energy sector monitoring and evaluation plan.

Energy Minister, Matthew Nkhuwa, said energy was a key resource that should be developed, harnessed and properly managed within a well-planned and structured sector. Mr Nkhuwa said a properly planned, struc-

lice officer, Allan Mbahwe, who was on duty in the police station.

On the date in question, Banda requested to meet Mr Mbahwe who is a police officer in charge of the Anti-Motor Vehicle Theft Unit whom he had known for a few years and had a cordial relationship.

According to the facts, the purpose of the meeting was for Banda to express his grievance concerning the death of his young cousin William Tembo who was at the time of his death working for him at his garage.

Tembo was allegedly killed by police officers from Mbahwe's unit in the course of an arrest a few days earlier.

Banda who was at the time in the company of the other persons arrived at Lusaka Central Police Station at

about 10:30 hours and met Mbahwe at the reception area of the police station.

Mr Mbahwe requested that Banda accompanies him to his office but he became emotional, unruly and aggressive and began shouting, 'kill me the way you killed my relative'.

In a bid to calm Banda down, Mr Mbahwe got closer to him.

At this point, Pito slapped and kicked Mr Mbahwe while Lungu, Silwonde and Phiri equally became unruly and disorderly.

Lungu, Pito and Silwonde said that they thought Banda was about to be kicked

by Mr Mbahwe hence their reaction.

While this was happening, the police officers in the vicinity, quickly came and broke up the scuffle thereby apprehending Lungu, Pito,

Silwonde and Phiri.

In mitigation for Pito, Mr Ngoma said the convict was equally remorseful and wanted to reconcile with Mr Mbahwe.

When the matter came up for sentencing yesterday, Mr Justice Muma said he had considered the convicts' mitigation and that they deserved leniency.

He said a police station ought to guarantee order for everyone but to the contrary the convicts misbehaved hence making it a circus.

"A police station is supposed to be a place of sanctity. That's where everyone runs to as a sanctuary and for protection. But you turned it into a circus," he said.

Mr Justice Muma said the convicts deserved to be punished but that he was constrained by the prescribed

Zambia unveils energy blueprint tured and managed energy sector played a pivotal role in the development of any country as it impacts the productivity of all sectors of the economy.

He said that there was need harmonize the collection, storage, analysis and dissemination of energy statistics from resource

endowment to production to consumption cannot be overemphasized.

"It is against this background that the Ministry of Energy has developed the energy sector monitoring and evaluation plan. The plan aims to improve performance, transparency and accountability of technical

and related targets for the energy sector.

"The development of the plan was undertaken using a consultative process, as a way of fostering collective involvement and effective participation of all relevant stakeholders," he said.

Mr Nkhuwa explained the energy sector monitoring

‘Dethroned’ Shakumbila seeks court intervention

By GRACE CHAILELESOETSA

SENIOR Chief Shakumbila, Patrick Chibamba, has sued his alleged successor, Netta Shimwambwa Shakumbila and two others, seeking a declaration that he is the reigning Senior Chief Shakumbila of the Sala speaking people.

Mr Chibamba is seeking an order of interim prohibitive injunction restraining the defendants from con-

tinuing to interfere with the execution of his chiefly duties or his administration of the Shakumbila chiefdom.

The same application is seeking an order to stop any further attempt to dethrone him as chief Shakumbila of the Sala in Mumbwa district.

He is seeking damages, costs and any other relief the court may seem fit.Mr Chibamba has cited Mr Netta Shakumbila, member of the royal family Ackson Shibalanga and a resident

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of Mumbwa Edgar Mwambula as defendants in the matter.

In his statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court , Mr Chibamba said he was installed as the senior chief Shakumbila in 2007, following the death of then chief Moses Shandapu Shakumbila.

He said the standard customary procedure of the Sala people was in consultation with the Royal Establishment Committee when inaugurating him as

senior Chief Shakumbila.

Mr Chibamba said he is still the reigning and duly recognised senior Chief Shakumbila and has been confirmed by a letter from the Royal family establishment.

He stated that according to the Supreme Court judgement in a matter involving Netta and himself (Chibamba) the court effectively recognised him as the rightfully appointed senior Chief Shakumbila.

Mr Chibamba stated that he has held his position as

cross check prices of items on promotion to ensure that they were not being exposed to deceptive and misleading business transactions.

Ms Kasumpa also warned traders not to get involved in deceptive and misleading sales promotions as that was prohibited under the Competition and Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) No.24 of 2010.

She said the Commission would continue to monitor the promotions to check their legitimacy and would not hesitate the name and shame where anomalies were observed.

Kamba counsels Chief Mukuni

By SILUMESI MALUMO

Jay Jay

penalty which was not what he would have wanted because police stations needed to be respected.

In the first count, he sentenced Banda and others to a K150 fine each in default three months simple imprisonment while in count two, Pito was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour with effect from July 6,this year. and evaluation plan would build on the existing integrated national wide monitoring and evaluation system.

And Head of Cooperation for EU Delegation to Zambia and COMESA, Arnaud Borchard, said safe and affordable energy was key for Zambia's economic development.

He said that EU would continue supporting the country in the energy sector.

Chief Shakumbila with due diligence and served his people with dignity from the time he was appointed.

He stated on October 13 this year, Mr Netta Shakumbila and two others issued correspondence that was not on a letter head purporting to dethrone him from his position as chief Shakumbila.

Mr Chibamba stated that the trio without the proper involvement of the Royal Establishment of the Royal Family and or the customs of the Sala people interfered in the execution of his duties.

SENIOR Chief Mukuni must begin to carry out his duties with integrity befitting a senior chief, the Patriotic Front (PF) has said.

PF Lusaka Province Secretary, Kennedy Kamba, said the traditional leader carried a status of a senior Chief but does not treat President Edgar Lungu and the PF correctly.

He told the Daily Nation yesterday Senior Chief Mukuni had embraced Mr Hakainde Hichilema of the UPND and did not want anything to do with the PF. His language, Mr Kamba said, had been that of hate against President Lungu over weird claims that the PF Government wanted to arrest Hakainde Hichilema with treason.

Senior Chief Mukuni

“Senior Chief Mukuni says he has nothing against the PF apart from pointing out the wrongs of the ruling party and Government. We consider this to be a strange comment because he does not mean well for the PF and this he knows deep down his heart.

“Further, the levels of bitterness, agitation and aggression that Senior Chief Mukuni exhibits every time Mr Hichilema is called to account on his wealth or the role he played in privatisation has left us perplexed,” he said.

Mr Kamba added: “We must end tribalism, we must end favouritism and we must bring to an end the kind of divisive politics that senior chief Mukuni exhibits. It’s through such honest approach that we will consider his checks and balances that he provides, if any, apart from politics.

Manufacturers upscale innovation

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

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ZAMBIA WOOS BRAZILIAN BIO-FUEL INVESTORS

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

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OVERNMENT has urged Brazilian companies to assist Zambia in enhancing investment in bio fuels which will help in maintaining a stable supply of fuel in the country.

Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary, Mushuma Mulenga, said there were several lessons to draw from Brazil particularly in the biofuels sub sector.

Brazil, Mr Mulenga noted, had been a key partner in many development cooperation ventures.

Mr Mulenga expressed confidence that Brazil had capacity to assist Zambia in developing the biofuels sub sector.

He said the domestic prices of fuel were determined by several factors, among them the international oil prices and the exchange rate of the Kwacha to the United States Dollar.

He said this in a speech

Mr Mulenga read on his behalf by Zambia Development Agency Interim Board Chairperson, David Masupa, during the Zambia-Brazil Biofuel Virtual Conference.

“This has resulted in fluctuation in prices and intermittent supply of petroleum products. To maintain a sta-

ble supply, there is need to enhance the local capacity to produce fuel.

“The Government of the Republic of Zambia therefore perceives you, Brazilian investors as key partners in answering some of the economic challenges highlighted above,” Mr Mulenga said.

Mr Mulenga said Government was committed to creating and sustaining of an environment that suits private sector investments.

This, he said, was evident in the formation of organisations such as the ZDA, One Stop Shops for company registration and allocation of tax identification numbers, industrial parks and farming blocks.

“We therefore invite our Brazilian counterparts to take advantage of these simplified investment procedures and opportunities,” Mr Mulenga said.

Embassy of Brazil Deputy Head of Mission, Eduardo

Lessa, said his country had always believed that the bilateral cooperation in biofuels should be swiftly resumed.

Mr Lessa said the decision was simply based in the shared understanding of the importance of the theme to Zambia and its capacity to fulfil the strategic goals contained in the 7th National Development Plan.

He said these included the diversification of the Zambian economy, creation of jobs, value-addition to agricultural production chains, reduce the country's large oil imports, and improve domestic logistics and infrastructure.

“It is important to highlight that this initiative is a follow-up of the discussions that were carried out during the Biofuels Policy Forum, which was successfully organised in Lusaka in 2019 and enabled the re-launching of the Brazil-Zambia partnership on biofuels, whose roots date back from 2010,” he said.

THE ninth edition of the manufacturer’s week will explore innovation as a means of building resilience, promoting efficient and environmentally friendly manufacturing for economic recovery.

From the 22nd to 27th of November this year, the Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) will be hosting its ninth Annual Manufacturer’s Week, under the theme “Economic Recovery Through Innovative Resilient Manufacturing.”

Recognising the importance of innovation in economic development and the strategic role manufacturing plays in supporting innovation, says ZAM Chief Executive Officer, Florence Muleya.

Ms Muleya said it was for this reason that this year’s event was centred on encouraging collaborative effort to support innovative manufacturing in Zambia.

She reiterated in her write up on the manufacturer week that the manufacturing sector played a strategic role in promoting both radical and incremental innovation.

“Innovation also entails organising production processes better. Innovation is risky and sometimes requires huge sunk costs. These aspects of innovation are likely to discourage many players in the economy to invest in and support innovation.

“Therefore, entrepreneurs in manufacturing take risks to change things and drive innovation,” Ms Muleya said.

The Annual Manufacturer’s Week will be innovatively held in the “new normal” combining virtual and phys-

ical aspects of doing business.

In 2020, Ms Muleya said, the manufacturing sector’s growth was likely to decline further from 2019, owing to the devastating effects of Covid-19.

“In the first quarter, even before the effects of the pandemic hit hard, the Zambia Statistics Agency revealed that growth in the manufacturing sector was only 0.3 percent due to tough economic conditions experienced from 2019,” she said Going into the second quarter, she said, the effects of Covid-19 set on the sector which contracted to a negative growth of 4.3 percent, affecting Governments aspirations for economic diversification and job creation.

“Nonetheless, projections disclose that the economy will recover to 0.6 percent in 2021.

“A robust manufacturing sector will play a key role in moving the economy towards recovery due to its strong backward and forward linkages with other sectors of the economy,” Ms Muleya said.

even before the effects of the pandemic hit hard, the Zambia Statistics Agency revealed that growth in the manufacturing sector was only 0.3 percent due to tough economic conditions experienced from 2019.

Reprimand erring members, ZIPS urged ZiCA calls for innovation zens are economically empowered and improved," he said.

President Lungu said that his Government would remain committed to supporting the business of the ZIPS. Earlier, ZIPS president Chibwe Mwelwa observed that the future of the Institute in general and the development of purchasing and supply profession squarely rested on the shoulders of members.

Mr Mwelwa said the country's development story, could not be complete without the reference to the functions of purchasing and supply.

By ANDREW MUKOMA

ERRING members of the Zambia Institute of Purchasing and Supply (ZIPS) should be reprimanded, President Edgar Lungu has said.

President Lungu said this is so because ZIPS members had a robust management structure which gave him an impression that practitioners were up to the task in managing the country's resources prudently.

Mr Lungu said that ZIPS should therefore ensure that all those practicing in procurement and supply were registered members.

He said this in turn would help Government to manage resources prudently through procurement.

President Lungu said that for those that would be found wanting, ZIPS should reprimand them in order to boost confidence of compliance.

This was contained in a speechsaid by Southern Province Minister Edify Hamukale during the ZIPS annual general meeting, held at Avani Resorts in Livingstone yesterday.

"Like I have indicated

President Lungu said that his Government would remain committed to supporting the business of the ZIPS from time to time, your profession has a responsibility of rescuing itself from being perceived as a centre of corruption. In today's business, a procurement officer is a queen and or a king maker.

You are at the centre of the business process...this is the reason why you are expected

to be level headed and therefore, not become the conduit of corruption," Mr Lungu said.

"We nees to retain money in Zambia and you are instructed to curb capital flight through overseas or international transactions. We want to see a Zambia where citi-

We nees to retain money in Zambia and you are instructed to curb capital flight through overseas or international transactions.

We want to see a Zambia where citizens are economically empowered and improved.

among accountants

By ANDREW MUKOMA

THE business environment is increasingly becoming more dynamic and complex thereby complicating financial reporting, says Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA).

ZiCA Chief Executive Officer, Bonna Kashinga said constant changes and revisions would continue to characterize accounting standards The changes, he said, posed a challenge to the professional accountant.

Mr Kashinga said there had been several major upgrades to key areas of financial reporting in as far as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) standards were concerned.

He said that such changes and innovations were helping to provide investors and other stakeholders with better insights into companies’ financial positions during economically stressful times.

Mr Kashinga was speaking during the opening of a two days IFRS training workshop

held at Radisson Blue Hotel in Lusaka.

"The expected credit loss model of IFRS 9 Financial Instrument means investors can get an earlier indication of credit deterioration in a bank’s loan book IFRS 9’s loan loss recognition approach means that banks are required to adjust loan loss provisions on a timelier basis than was the case under the old accounting standard," he said.

Mr Kashinga said that with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, some hardest hit sectors were those with significant lease obligations such as retail, transportation and commercial property.

"As ZiCA, we have sought to provide support and to move swiftly where the unprecedented nature of the pandemic required our attention," he said.

"Early in the year, we published a technical bulletin to help banks and other financial institutions apply IFRS 9 properly during these exceptional times of Covid-19," Mr Kashinga said

European firms say SA’s poor utilities, BEE costs deter investment 7 / Daily Nation, Friday 13 November, 2020

MBOWENI TALKS TOUGH … The World Bank can 'keep their cents' if they want to dictate SA policy

Mr Mboweni

G20 finalising work on common framework for debt reductions WASHINGTON - Group of 20 finance officials expect to complete work on a common framework for dealing with the debt problems of the world’s poorest countries when they meet today, with G20 leaders due to give their stamp of approval a week later.

Agreed in principle by G20 officials last month and endorsed by the Paris Club of official creditors, the framework will essentially extend the rules of the informal creditor group to include China, which accounted for 63 percent of overall debt owed to G20 countries in 2019, according to World Bank data.

“We expect to go ahead with the common framework, and it’s a very important step to have this creditor coordination at the G-20 level. The idea is that this will be finalised by the time of the leaders summit,” Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, director of the International Monetary Fund’s Strategy, Policy and Review Department (SPR), told Reuters in an interview.

She said the framework was important because it included China, and would help ensure comparability of treatment “much more forcefully” than the G20 freeze in official bilateral debt payments that runs through June 2021.

Pazarbasioglu said IMF

JOHANNESBURG - Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has vowed that policy interventions by multilateral organisations such as the World Bank will not be allowed on his watch.

In a wide-ranging interview with Fin24, the minister spoke on the state of the country’s borrowings, and the tough decisions that had to be taken in stabilising debt.

Government earlier this year successfully secured loans from the International Monetary Fund, the African Development Bank and the New Development Bank to fund its responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Negotiations with the World Bank, however, appeared to have stalled. officials had been meeting with private lenders to explore ways to increase participation in the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI).

“There is potential for having the private sector participate in the DSSI, especially for nonbonded debt,” she said.

Private creditors are pushing for a case-by-case approach.

“The options that investors face with regard to the DSSI cannot be simplified to participate or not participate in debt service suspension,” Ashok Parameswaran, president of the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance representing some 2, 000 asset managers said in a letter to the IMF last month.

Today’s extraordinary meeting comes amid signs the pandemic has exacerbated problems for the poorest countries, 50 percent of which are now in or at risk of debt distress.

World Bank chief economist Carmen Reinhart has warned that debt reductions, not just deferrals, are needed, and that failure by the G20 to move in this direction could result in a “lost decade.” She said China had thus far been reluctant to embrace the prospect of debt cancellation.

One source familiar with the negotiations on the framework said China had sought to “water down” some of the guidelines adopted by the Paris Club, including definitions of state-owned banks -- an attempt to shield the China Development Bank and China EXIM from full exposure to potential restructurings.

REUTERS.

Loans from the IMF and the World Bank are notorious for having strict conditions tied to them – requiring countries to roll out structural reforms and, say critics, lose their sovereignty.

The $4.3 billion secured from the IMF is a rapid financing instrument – it does not come with conditions – Mboweni and Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago, however, had to iron out repayment terms of the loan.

Mboweni says he won’t be conceding to any policy interventions from the World Bank. “We are not under any pressure, so any international organisation that thinks that they can provide funds to us but dictate policy are wasting their time…If the World Bank thinks it can dictate policy, let them

keep their cents I’ll just issue bonds here at home…Thank you very much,” he told Fin24.

Treasury borrows about R20 billion every week from the market. Outside of local borrowings, South Africa also has international bond issues that are dollar denominated.

Treasury’s target for international bond issues is $7 billion this year. It is currently sitting around $6.5 billion.

“South Africa is not your average emerging market country. We can’t be dictated to. We have a deep market here. As long as there is anything to do with policy intervention by the World Bank here, not under my watch…It’s not going to happen,” Mboweni said. – FIN24.

JOHANNESBURG - European businesses are delaying investment in South Africa because of poor power and water supply and the costs of complying with black economic empowerment legislation, representatives of an industry body said.

South Africa has suffered intermittent power outages since 2008 after the state electricity monopoly failed to invest adequately in new generation capacity and the provision of other services such as water has deteriorated.

At the same time laws compelling companies to be partially owned by black South Africans and to procure goods and services from Black-owned companies to help redress the inequities of apartheid are overly bureaucratic and expensive to comply with, the representatives said.

The obstacles illustrate the challenges as President Cyril Ramaphosa backs a drive to attract investment to help the economy recover from what’s forecast by the government to be the biggest contraction in nine decades this year. Ramaphosa is due to hold an investment conference in Johannesburg next week.

Inconsistent water and electricity supply have “wreaked havoc,” said Shane van der Nest, the head of Huhtamaki Oyj’s South African business and a board member of the European Union Chamber of Commerce and Industry in South Africa. Our shareholders say “look at the amount of money we’ve had to spend trying to source alternative supplies of energy. So that’s the delay.”

The Finland-based packaging company has sued the city of Ekurhuleni, which lies east of Johannesburg, after an electricity sub-station it depended on blew up twice and affected production and has delayed a 70 million euro ($83 million) investment in new machinery, van der Nest said.

“Until we see a comfortability in terms of utility supply we are relatively cautious,” he said, listing six companies that have delayed investment.

Tyrone Seale, Ramaphosa’s spokesman, referred queries to the Department of Trade and Industry. Sidwell Medupe, the department’s spokesperson, requested queries by email and is yet to respond. Calls to the communications office of the City of Ekurhuleni weren’t answered.

The government has said it’s working to resolve power-supply issues and plans to procure electricity from private companies.

– BLOOMBERG NEWS.

‘US$70bn economy possible by 2030’ HARARE – Zimbabwe could build a US$70 billion economy by 2030 from the current level of US$21 billion, which will require a consistent annual growth of 10 percent in the coming years, according to the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA).

Already the Treasury, with concurrence of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), anticipate that the economy would be out of the woods next year with a positive growth projection of between 4.2 percent to 7.4 percent from an estimated minus 4.5 percent this year.

The positive growth projections come on the back of global economic recovery from the impact of the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic. Zimbabwe would also seek to ride on gains recorded under the Government’s short-term Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP 2018-2020).

Despite setbacks induced by external shocks such as droughts and natural disasters, the last two years have seen the country successfully implement tough

Zimbabwe’s economy needs to grow by 10 percent consistently to build the US$70 billion economy by 2030 from the current level of US$21 billion. macro-economic reforms aimed at restoring fiscal and monetary stability, restoring international relations and enhancing the ease of doing business.

Zimbabwe’s 2020 World Bank ranking is 140 from the previous position of 155 after

improving by 15 positions. The country is also one of the top 20 on the world and top five in Africa doing business reformers, according to the 2019 World Bank Doing Business Report.

– THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

Covid-19: AfDB postpones investment forum to 2021 HARARE – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has postponed to 2021 this year’s Africa Investment Forum that was slated for Johannesburg, South Africa this month.

The forum has been rescheduled due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

In a statement, AfDB said the decision follows a careful evaluation of the impact and evolution of the deadly viral infection.

“The board of directors of the AfDB group and the

Africa Investment Forum (AIF) founding partners have approved the postponement of the 2020 AIF to 2021, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,” said the bank.

AfDB said the three-day event will continue to curate new deals, track investments and advance the financial closure of transactions and existing deals through innovative digital platforms. At the 2019 AIF, 57 deals valued at US$67.7 billion were tabled for discussions while 52 deals worth $40.1 billion secured

investment interest.

In July this year, the AIF founding partners pledged to strengthen strategic partnership engagement and commitments for the forum’s market days 2021, to help “reboot investments in Africa.”

The founding partners underscored the need to boost local manufacturing while leveraging the continent’s vast resources to unlock investment. In order to achieve its objectives, the AIF is premised on connecting, engaging, closing, and

tracking investments.

The AIF founding partners comprises the AfDB, African Export-Import Bank (AfreximBank), Africa Finance Corporation, Africa50, the Islamic Development Bank, the Development Bank of Southern Africa and the Trade and Development Bank.

Through the investment forum, Africa finds itself in a powerful position as the New World Order begins to solidify.

– THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

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Ban energy and sex boosting drinks

Let’s learn to read Dear Editor, IN Zambia, we waste a lot of time arguing on straight forward issues because many of us do not read; we just follow what others are saying on facebook.

For example we lost a lot of potential candidates in 2016 because of the so-called Grade 12 certificate when in fact there is no such thing as a Grade 12 certifcate.

Because of failure to read, those who did not have the eroneously so-called “Grade 12 certificate” but actually qualified because of some papers which they had either in photocopying or stapling and binding did not contest because they were told that they did not have the so-called Grade 12 certificate. They lost out because of ignorance.

Today, I see people ignorantly arguing that prisoners cannot be allowed to vote. They do not know that the Constitutional Court already passed judgement on this matter giving prisoners the right to vote and I quote: “The Constitutional Court declare that the persons in lawful custody and those whose freedom of movement is restricted under a written law are entitled to vote in future elections,” the court said.

The judges agreed with the petitioner that Sections 9 (1) (e) and 47 of the Electoral Process Act contravene Article 46 of the Constitution as amended.

Even with the eligibility of President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, instead of reading the Judgement of the Court, people are busy arguing out of ignorance.

Why waste your time on opinions when there is a court judgement? Why not read the judgement and save yourself from all these empty hullabaloo from political shenanigans?

Bane, let’s learn to read and stop priding ourselves in advertising ignorance arguing on things that do not exist.

ANTONIO MWANZA, Lusaka.

Mulonga Water Supply deserve kudos Dear Editor, I WRITE to commend Mulonga Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited for going flat out to lay pipes in readiness to water Chingola Central Police Camp.

This police camp has dilapidated pipes where Mulonga has actually been losing a lot of water through uncontrolled leaks year in year out.

The impending installation of new pipes and water connection to the area will surely not only ease the police officers’ livelihood where safe, clean and availability of water is a must but also serve as a cost saving measure for the company by completely resolving the leaks problem.

One interesting fact is that this is not the only area where we see Mulonga Water digging trenches in readiness for this watering exercise but they are over Chingola, which is a plus for the residents.

Chingola residents have for many years complained of dirty or erratic water supply many times and lack of it in most areas where people are using wells to get water.

This exercise when completed will therefore bring sanity to a lot of households as we know water is a very important household commodity we should not undermine.

Kudos ba Mulonga Water Supply.

WISDOM MUYUNDA, Chingola.

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Dear Editor,

Ubusaka campaign Miles within promoting clean, health environment Dear Editor, LUSAKA mayor Miles Bwalya Sampa came up with Ubusaka campaign whose main objective is to promote cleanliness among the people.

Ubusaka is a Bemba word meaning cleanliness. The mayor came up with the Ubusaka or cleanliness campaign at the time Zambia had just experienced a cholera outbreak which claimed many lives mostly in Lusaka. More than 5, 000 cases of cholera were recorded in the country.

The cholera outbreak was, however, attributed to poor sanitary conditions in dwelling and trading places. Drinking of water sourced from shallow wells and street vending were cited as other causes of cholera.

The Zambian government spent a lot of money in a frantic effort to contain the waterborne disease.

This was indeed a financial drain on the part of the central government.

However, the Ubusaka campaign operates in such way that every month, the mayor randomly selects the cleanest house or school in a particular residential area. The deserving winner is rewarded with money ranging from K1, 000 to K1, 500 for instance.

The criterion used in determining the cleanest house or school is that it must be clean, green and health environment.

The building should also be well painted.

The concept of Ubusaka has twofold benefits; it empowers

winners of the cleanest house or school with money and it also promotes hygiene in the environment.

Bauleni and Matero are some of the residential areas in which some of the Ubusaka winners have been selected.

To make the Ubusaka campaign possible and ensure its sustainability, there is therefore need for companies to come on board and render the financial support.

To wrap it up, kudos to Mayor Sampa for initiating the Ubusaka campaign which is slowly but surely bearing fruits in keeping our environment clean, green and healthy.

ELEMIYA PHIRI, Lusaka.

ZAMBIA has in the recent past witnessed the proliferation of energy drinks containing sex boosting substances. Power energy is one type of drink which was reported to contain sex boosting substances.

However, this came to light when a Tanzanian man experienced a prolonged erection after consuming the Power energy drink.

Just recently, Konyagi is another energy and sex boosting drink that has been making rounds as men and women consume it in excess.

The drink is said to make men strong.

The prolonged erection can certainly lead to some side effects both in the short term and the long term period.

In view of the energy and sex boosting drinks which are flooding the market, I earnestly appeal to the government to consider banning them. This is because these drinks are not good by virtue of the fact that they lead to increased sexual immorality by the consumers.

The prolonged erection caused by consuming these energy and sex boosting drinks can prompt men to resort to masturbation to relieve themselves.

These drinks which cause prolonged erection whether they are manufactured within or outside the country should be tested to establish their efficacy.

If they are found to contain sex boosting substances, they should be banned.

E.P, Lusaka.

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OVER 1, 500 UNILUS STUDENTS GRADUATE Zambian Ambassador to Belgium Professor Esther Nkandu was guest of honor who joined the ceremony virtually.

By NOEL IYOMBWA

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HE University of Lusaka held its eight graduation ceremony last Friday at the Leopard Hill Campus under the theme “Conquering beyond the new normal through technology, innovation and excellence,” The memorable event was held virtually as a way of following the Covid-19 health guideline.

Students also followed the event live on television, as the university partnered with Zambia National Broadcasting Cooperation to beam it live.

The University partnered with popular restaurants like Granddays, Keg and Lion and Fig Tree and Copper Creek Spur who offered a 10 percent discount on meals.

One thousand five hundred and seventy nine students graduated, comprising of six at doctorial level, while 620 at masters level in different fields.

Nine hundred and fifty three were undergraduate from various schools which included school of Law, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology School of Education.

Zambian Ambassador to Belgium Professor Esther Nkandu was guest of honor who joined the ceremony virtually.

Other guests included chancellor Dr Caleb Fundanga,vice chancellor Professor Pinalo Chifwanakeni and his vice chancellor Dr Chipasha Mulenga.

Addressing the guests and the graduates Dr Fundanga said that higher education has experienced challenges due to the outbreak of the deadly Covid-19 outbreak.

He noted that the theme of the event reflected that solutions lie with the graduates no one else.

Dr Fundanga stated that categorically that on technology, the health and safety guidelines have made physical classes no longer the primary method of teaching.

He said that the University is utilizing technology to bride the social gap that has

come with Covid 19.

The Chancellor expressed happiness that UNILUS has mounted a robust approach to upgrading its online learning platform and technological infrastructures to enhance teaching and learning.

On excellence, he observed that the university has been able to maintain and build on its tradition

of teaching excellence inspite of the pressure brought upon the institutions by the Covid-19 pandemic.

He stated that this is evident by the deliberate efforts to train faculty and students in the use of adopted e learning platforms.

The Chancellor further challenged the graduates to go out and make use of their acquired skills.

“Some graduates were pursing the last part of their studies under stressful circumstances during the new normal, I wish to encourage you to soldier on and maximize your potential,” Dr Fundanga stated.

Dr Fundanga said the University is using existing infrastructure to meet the health guidelines by way of adopting the blended learn-

ing approach, which uses the physical and technological space allowing people to overcome physical limita-

tions and enabled a successful transition from physical classes to online teach as the main mode.

“This means maintaining Covid-19 safety within the university management must be commended for this innovation.

And Prof. Nkandu stated that the theme for the graduation was timely as the new normal demands a shift in thought and action.

She said that the new normal must not be the lens through which examine the changing world.

Some graduates were pursing the last part of their studies under stressful circumstances during the new normal, I wish to encourage you to soldier on and maximize your potential,” Dr Fundanga stated.

Pro Nkandu said instead it should be an anchor to embrace a new paradigm that enables to develop, adopt and introduce new methods of dealing with unprecedented situation.

The Ambassador said she was humbled to be part of the event and appealed to graduates to remain hopeful even during moments of financial and social challenges brought by the pandemic.

Meanwhile a graduate Nchima Kasongo said that the year 2020 has not been easy due to the Covid 19 pandemic.

He said that despite the challenge, the university still managed to deliver quality education through appropriate technology.

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MOSI NEWS Kopala News

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LSTONE VOTER REGISTRATION CHISOKONE MARKET REHAB COMPLETED STARTS ON HIGH NOTE

She said the council was because of the high demand of was to complete the two projects The projects have been done committed to ensuring that the use of toilets,” she said. before the onset of the rains. under the Local Government general public had access to Ms Mwamba urged all traders Ms Mwamba said this was to Equalization Fund meant for THE rehabilitation of Chisokone clean toilets in public places as from Chisokone Green Market enable traders and the general various developmental projects Green Market and Matuka determines and the future, the voter reg- voting disignated centres namely the interview that

By ANDREW MUKOMA Zambia joins the rest of the world those trading along Matuka public have access to improved within the district.

Avenue ablution blocks in Kitwe there that istration excercise was Civic Centre, Victoriathe Hall and City in commemorating world day Avenue to work together with the sanitation andan prevent fora re lot of things According Kitwe have been completed at costs of FILEtoilet PHOTO HE voter registracomes through when one istoaensure that high levels important undertaking for of Boma were on November 19, 2020. council seasonal outbreak diseases the prominent. contractor, Proflight K350,000tion exercise which the OldCouncil, attained voting age to register," and appealed to registration voter.

Zambians. such as cholera. “The Patriotic Front Livingstone She therefore stated that the of hygiene were maintained. local Investments Limited, completed Chisokone Green Market commenced yester- district chairman Fred Sikazwe Mr Sikazwe said. officers to be more efficient.

"It determines the destiny "I want to urge all rehabilitated toilets would soon be She appealed to the traders authority is aware that there is the works. rehabilitation gobbled K200, 000 day in Livingstone encouraged residents to regis- Livingstonians to turn up in of your life and in that vein, I Some residents in the Others complained that they and the general public to jealously open to the public as logistics for need to adequately improve Council Public Relations while the ablution blocks has started on a high note.were ter in numbers. queues complained that the had been standing in queues would also want to urge the numbers and register as voters maintaining them were being put guard the toilets from vandalism, access to clean toilets in some Manager, Chola Mwamba, said completed at a cost of Long queues at K150, the 000.Mr Sikazwe said in an process was taking too long for many hours people, thoseonce that they have were You knowtrading the power of young in place. open for use. areas within the district the target of the local authority

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

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Gwembe FISP successful

MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

By JOHN KOMBE

OVER 2, 600 of the 4, 400 farmers on the Farmer Input Supply (FISP) FILE PHOTOProgramme : ‘‘Farmers are in Gwembe have so far rehappy with the deemed their inputs, District early delivery of farming inputs by Commissioner, Timothy government.’’

-Mr Manda has said.

Siakaziba Mr Siakaziba said in an interview that the district had an allocation of 4, 400 farmers in the programme for the 2020/2021 farming season.

He said that 3, 600 farmers had already deposited their K400 contributions and that Government had also deposited funds for 3, 500 farmers.

Mr Siakaziba said that the ABOUT farmers in balance7,442 to be deposited by Mufulira will benefit from Government was only for 900 the 2020/2021 Famers of theSupport total farmers.

Inputs Programme According Mr Siakaziba, (FISP, Mufulirato District Commissioner, Mike Mandabethis was unprecedented has said. cause in the past farmers were Mr Manda saidfor thea long time made to wait distribution of farming inputs in before they could redeem their the district had commenced. inputs.

He stated that the district said that some farmers has He received a total of 7,442 bywho 10kilogram maize, as swiped bags theirofinputs 31,768 by 50kilogram bags way back as 2016 had not yet of D compound, 23,826 received their inputs from agro 50kilogram bags of Urea, dealers.

1,000 by 50kilogram bags Mr beans, Siakaziba wasbydelighted of soya 1,500 5kilogram of sorghum that overbags 2, 600 farmers had and 4,442swiped by 25kilogram bags already and redeemed oftheir groundnuts. inputs this farming seaMr Manda said the farmers son. are happy with the early He also observed that delivery of farming inputs by this year’s input supply was a sucgovernment.

And because he disclosed thatwere he not cess farmers has received information being duped by agro that dealers some unscrupulous people unlike in the past years. were collecting money from He disclosed that five farmers, on pretense thatthe they agro dealers in the district had would give them subsidized handled the exercise so well farming inputs.

Mr Manda cautioned that the district has had no farmers be weary of such claimsto from farmers. crooks, adding that anyone Mr Siakaziba said that only found engaging in such acts 130 done partial will be farmers brought had to book. swiping.

“I am appealing to the farmers, anyone coming He said that the agro with dealers information that theyallhave were not swiping the funds, farming inputs, not hesitate but were onlydo swiping accordto report them to the police,” ing to the redeemed inputs. he said.

MrofSiakaziba noted that the One the beneficiaries, early delivery of inputs would Joshua Ngoma said he was happy government has resultthat in increased agriculture given them the on time. production in inputs the district.

Mufulira farmers receive inputs

-ZANIS

SUPPORT TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROJECT

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF LABORATORY, ELECTRICAL AND LIBRARY EQUIPMENT FOR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AND REHABILITED BUILDINGS UNDER SUPPORT TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROJECT (SSTEP).

Date: Loan No: IFB No:

4 NOVEMBER 2020 21001500194 MOHE/SSTEP/G/03/2020

1. This Invitation for Bids (IFB) follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this Project that appeared in United Nations Development Business online (UNDB online) No. [insert number] of 27th January 2015, and on the African Development Bank’s Internet Website (www.afdb.org).

2. The Government of the Republic of Zambia has received a loan from the African Development Fund (ADF) in various currencies towards the cost of implementing the Support to Science and Technology Education Project (SSTEP). It is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contracts for: The Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of various Laboratory Equipment for University of Zambia in Lusaka; the Supply, Delivery and Installation of various Electrical Workshop Equipment for St. Mawaggali Trades Training Institute in Choma; and the Supply, Delivery and Installation of various Library Equipment for NORTEC in Ndola.

3. The Ministry of Higher Education now invites sealed Bids from eligible bidders for Lot 1: The Tender for the Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of various Laboratory Equipment for University of Zambia; Lot 2: The Tender for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of various Electrical Workshop Equipment for St. Mawaggali Trades Training Institute; and Lot 3: The Tender for the Supply, Delivery and Installation of various Library Equipment for NORTEC (hereinafter called “the Goods”). Interational Competitive Bidding will be

conducted in accordance with the Bank's Rules and Procedures for Procurement of Goods and Works.

4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the office of The Head, Procurement and Supplies Unit, Ministry of Higher Education, P.O. Box 50464, Maxwell House, Longacres, Lusaka. Contact details: 0966 740451, 0976 883571, Lawrence.simuunza@mohe.gov.zm.

5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested bidders upon the submission of a written application to the said Executing Agency, and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Kwacha One Million only (K1,000.00) or in a freely convertible currency.

6. The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions are those of the Bank’s Standard Bidding Document for Procurement of Goods.

7. Bids must be delivered to the above office on or before 10:30 hours on 18th December 2020 and must be accompanied by a security of K100,000 for Lot 1; K50,000 for Lot 2; and K25,000 for Lot 3 respectively.

8. Bids shall remain valid for 120 days after the deadline for bid submission prescribed above.

9. Bids will be opened in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at 10:30 hours on 18th December 2020, at the offices of the Ministry of Higher Education, Ground Floor, Maxwell House, Los Angeles Boulevard, Longacres, LUSAKA.

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REGISTER TO VOTE: RETIREMENT BENEFITS, JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC REVIVAL IN A PANDEMIC Zambia lives matter

One of the challenges that and other employers have to the change of retirement age pay two salaries for one job for depositing their ballot papers in November 3, 2020 fromN 55the to 60 years entailed was as long as retirees’ benefits re- answers may be provided like United States of America the devastation by Covid-19 a drop-box, as their constitution holding back retirement for five main unpaid; that is one voted salary and the resultant joblessness elections, the majority of provides.

The Americans years for workers who should for the retiree and another salaeligible voters cast their and the manner the pandemic en masse. otherwisewhether have retired and been ry Why for thedid job holder!

This, cou- has been handled by the Trump votes, physically, the Americans paidmail off and replaced by new pled the nation’s mounting by or drive-through or administration. vote with so massively (nearly 160 workers. external debt obligations, Others saw the indifference million people)?

A myriad has of merely by walking or riding and This matter has brought a put the state in a dilemma. window of opportunity for ZamThe onset of Covid-19 in ARLY this year, a letter bia to resolve a long standing di- Zambia in mid-March has left went viral, purportedly lemma of how to pay off retired Zambia’s labour landscape in written by the Teaching public servants, create jobs for a helpless situation of sorts.

Service Commission so many of our youths and in Therefore, it is imperative to of Zambia in which teachers turn revive the economy. pose the inevitable questions; were told that their retirement A key factor that motivated what is the way forward? How should be in line with the pro- the state to increase the retire- does Zambia get out of this envisions of the Law at the time of ment age was to open a mora- tanglement? their employment! torium window during which Firstly, it is important to note In this regard, all teachers to mobilise resources to pay that the situation is not irreemployed before 2015 when off the huge backlog of retirees deemable; it can be salvaged. budget by sacrificing some capthe Law on retirement age was inherited from the previous ad- Several permutations can be ital projects; LUSAKA TRUST HOSPITAL The government can apammended from 50 years for ministration in 2011. Unfortu- looked at to create a win-win sitearly retirement and 55 years for nately this has not materialised. uation for all – retirees, the gov- proach some local pension REGISTRATION OF SUPPLIERS FOR 2021 normal retirement to 55 years Instead a mountain of unpaid ernment, unemployed youths houses for a loan to finance for early retirement, 60 years for retirement benefits has accu- and the nation at large! How can this; or The government can Lusaka Trust established and reputable companies to register as suppliers goods approach ofsome international normal retirement andHospital 65 years invites mulated. Remember, a dou- this be achieved? for late retirement, have and serviceswould for the year ble-edged 2021 in the following categories: sword was created by First and foremost, the gov- cooperating partners for a grant to leave the teaching service! popular acclaim among work- ernment should see paying off or a soft loan specifically to sort It is commonly argued that ers, labour unions and others retirees from the perspective of out this problem. . does1. notPharmaceuticals and Surgical Several years ago, Tanzania the law work in ret- when the Zambian Parliament, killing several birds with a stone, 2.

Medical Consumables Equipments rospect! This meant that those riding onand the popularity among and as a major stimulus pack- owed its workers in public instisupporting the of theandworkers 3. removal Laboratory X-ray –and Equipment and Reagents labour unions, had age for the retirees to turn their tutions colossal sums of money. affected teachers from theFreight accepted a clauseClearing in the 2016 benefits into investible capital The Tanzanian government of 4. Insurance, & Customs teaching service had a point. Constitution, of retaining re- to play a pivotal role in reviving President Josiah Kikwete bor5. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Yet, others contended that the tirees on the payroll until their the Covid-19-ravaged economy rowed US$100 million from the Printing Services changed law6. had been thrustand on Stationery benefits had been paid. quickly. There are three possi- World Bank and paid off all its 7.

Catering Services the affected teachers! The AttorThis retention on the payroll ble sources to finance the retire- workers in public learning inney General8. assured that there stitutions. Zambia can do the of unpaid retirees created a re- ment packages: Cleaning Supplies and Sanitary Services was nothing 9. to worry about. source drain problem. The state From within the national same. There are several benefits Pest Control and Refuse Collection/ and Sewerage Services

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10. Buildings and Fixtures Maintenance 11. Civil Engineering and Construction 12. Hardware and Electrical Supplies FOLLOWING the 2008 global 13. Furniture and Office Supplies financial crisis, Enterprise Risk Vehicle Maintenance Management14.(ERM) emerged as a critical15. issueRefrigeration in the most Services – Supply and Maintenance varied sectors industry or16.ofFire Protection Services ganisations.17.

Today, with Services the Security world crippled by the novel 18. Tailoring, Protective Clothing & Uniforms coronavirus (COVID-19), the 19. considered Florist Services practice is now as

By FRANCIS ZIBA the must have tool for the enhancement of corporate goverREQUIREMENTS nance that1.should strengthen Name of Company stating, Postal and Physical Address, Phone / E-mail sound decision-making pro2.

Names of Directors and Contact Person (s) cesses.

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Copy of Certificate of Registration Firstly, it may be important to 4. Copy of VAT draw a distinction between theRegistration traditional 5.risk Bank management Reference and enterprise risk manage6. Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority License (for medical and pharmaceutical supplies ment. As obvious as it may apor business units usually deal categories). pear, it is the word “Enterprise” with their own risks, ERM needs that makes the difference. Traeveryone to be involved from CONDITIONS ditional risk management is a frontline staff to Board level, to bottom-up 1. process that focuses Application forms beeffective. obtained makecan it truly Riskfrom man- the Hospital Administrator, upon payment of nonprimarily on losses, costs andfee agement refundable of K350is (Three Hundred ostensibly undertak-and Fifty Kwacha) Cash or Bank Cheque, payable to the negative side of risk; heavy en with the objective of preventTrust Hospital. on compliance Lusaka and specificaing loss while ERM has other, 2. There a pre-registration screening by the Tender Committee and only successful tion and mainly reactive.will Whilebe more far-reaching reasons, like enterprise risk applicants management, will be registered.

However, note that registration does not constitute automatic offer lowering the organisation’s risk on the other hand, has a much and increasing sustainability as of business. broader scope it considers labeled this has the effect of gaining sav3. as Applications “ Registration of Suppliers ” should be addressed to: all the risk factors faced by the ings and increasing value for the organisation, and it helps the firm in the long run THE TENDER COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON Board and management make Although ERM, generally TRUST HOSPITAL informed decisions according to speaking may still LUSAKA be an ongoPLOT NO. 2191, NSUMBU RD, WOODLANDS its acknowledged risk appetite. ing process in most private inWhile ERM like the traditional stitutions and more recently P.O. BOX in 35852 risk management does consid- the public sector, it has moved LUSAKA er compliance it is a top-down out of a reactive or panic-driven process that prevents and mit- mode to become more predicNOTE: CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIVING APPLICATIONS IS NOVEMBER 30, 2020 igates losses and looks for optive and proactive. Siloed ap-

by their leaders to the plight of people of colour, women and those seeking refuge in the USA. The black lives matter movement, to which many Americans accused their President as being indifferent, played a huge role in raising awareness about voting.

Other factors for the high turnout of voters could be attributed to America’s shrinking space on the global scale.

Americans believe in what is called American exceptionalism which entails American desire to take global leadership on all fronts.

There are also climate matters on which American leadership was expected to take a front seat that Zambia accrue from but never did.can There has been clearing retirees the which public a trade war withon China President Donald Trump ignited service payroll: and fervently.

It fought will save resources – from Thentwo came a trade with paying people fortiff one jobthe to European Union, a diminishing paying only one person for that US role in the North Atlantic job; Treaty Organisation (NATO), the The freed resources can be United Nations Organisation (UNO), particularly World used to employ freshthe graduates Healthcolleges Organisation (WHO) from and universities from which America without injecting freshrecently funds withdrew claiming China into the payroll; thus reducing had monopolised these UN the current highAmericans unemployment bodies.

Some also

among Zambian youths currently roaming the streets; Thousands of jobs will also be created as many retirees will invest their retirement benefits in start-ups, some will boost their existing businesses while others

ECZ Vice-Chairperson DR. EMILY SIKAZWE

accused their national political leadership of being aloof from resolving their national challenges.

In Zambia, there is an equally great need for Zambians to register in millions, estimated by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to be nine million plus. Because Zambian lives matter, there is need for citizens to vote on what they want to see better in Zambia – is it better roads, cleared canals, more and better clinics, schools, colleges, universities, a lower and affordable cost of living, more jobs, more freedoms and accelerated overall human development?

Perhaps Zambians want a government that will deliver those rights forfeited in the shotdown national Referendum in 2016! Or is it more representation in Parliament for women, the youth, the differently abled citizens and other interest groups?

Others would like a government that would delimitate this vast country and the increased population into smaller constituencies for easier service delivery, an opportunity squandered on the altar of political partisanship over the “strangled” Bill 10.

In a democracy, these

Why organisations need to integrate enterprise risk management into their strategic planning process?

Ambassador to Ethiopia EMMANUEL MWAMBA

questions can only be resolved if all eligible citizens register to vote for a government of their choice based on informed choices. After all, democracy thrives best in societies where citizens enthusiastically participate in electing their leaders. will invest in stocks on the LusaIt should also (LuSE). be asked: ka Stock Exchange This Should it be on technicalities will increase the buying power, that Zambians must decide who expand thetheir national tax base should be next president and national fromboost August 2021?economic Should Zambians elect a government performance. that will ensure that will the Inevitably, these benefits good things throughfactor the translate into alost feel-good Referendum and Bill 10 are and a win-win situation for the actualised, or should they vote whole nation.who believe that for leaders As Indian mothese issuesauthor, are not activist, important? tivational and founder These speaker questions should Zambians registering ofpropel Country Firstinto Foundation, and, Khera, like the writes: American people Shiv “Winners have world, en see theshown gain; the losers see voting the pain” masse come 12 August 2021. andTo“winners different achieve don’t these do milestones, things, do things there they is need for differentplanning ly,” we can derive gooddeal mileage together, a great of consensus both inside out of an building otherwise hopeless Parliament and outside on the situation! need to uphold peace and unity, and not allow elections to divide us. There must be trust in one another and in our institutions of governance like the Electoral inCommission the end improves operational of Zambia (ECZ), and performance. the financial police, the teachers and To add valueservice to the creation other public workers be called upon to play ofwho thewill business strategy and to critical rolesofat different points set the tone the organisation’s of our electoral process. strategic objectives, it is not Most importantly, our enough to just conduct a strapolitical parties must cultivate a tegic risk assessment or even sense of confidence in our laws having a risk discussion at the and institutions, and restrain strategy setting from meeting, there their cadres violence, isintimidation much moreand thatthreats. organisations Peace does notorganization happen, it need to do.

Most is worked We who followand thatsweated way offor. doing have to continually remind things find it difficult to relate one another about the need for iftolerance the objectives have opinions, not been of divergent defined or well documented or for peaceful resolution of disputes where these arise, for measured.

Strategic planning coexistence, for accommodating that is risk-based helps to define onevalue another’s politicalthat views, the proposition the for non-interference in other business brings to the market, political parties’ internal affairs. andThere the way in which organiis need to work for sations to distinguish peacefulintend campaigns, for security of all lives,from personal state themselves otherand competproperty, election materials and itors. other All political players For things. most organisations, this and ordinary citizens alike must may not be obvious from the prod one another to register outset, the processes to vote,but and as to ensure that all ofeligible ERM voters gains do traction andvote its actually frameworks on August 12,and 2021.systems fall Presidentelect, will Joseph intoUS place, organisations see Biden at holistically 20 hours onmanthe its riskssaid being nightWhat of Saturday, November aged. happens also is that 7, 2020, when news formally organisations see the developbroke that he had won the ment of an appropriate risk that culUS presidential election, ture its value chains. “wethroughout have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies, they Ultimately, what ERM does not ourthe enemies, they are isaresupport organisation in (fellow) In Zambia its effortsAmericans.” to “get ahead of the too, we must learn to treat one curve” and take advantage of another as political opponents opportunities.

Properly applied not political enemies!

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TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF CORPORATE WEAR AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING FOR 2021-2023 NAME OF PROCURING ENTITY:

Bank of Zambiia

BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE IN (DAYS/HOURS):

20/22

APP REFERENCE NUMBER:

1006/7232/92020105

TENDER UNIQUE ID:

7232/2/39/2020

STATUS:

Bid Submission

DESCRIPTION:

CORPORATE WEAR 2021 2023

Procurement Method Rationale:

There is a reasonable number of vendors on the market with the ability to meet the requirements set out in the solicitation document

SUBMISSION METHOD DETAILS

Bids Must be submitted electronically on the e-GP System while samples must be submitted physically to the Bank's address provided in the tender document.

PROCUREMENT TYPE:

Goods

PROCEDURE:

Open Bidding National

COMMENCEMENT TYPE

Advertisement of Notice

THRESHOLD

Below

PROCUREMENT TECHNIQUE

Invitation to Bid (ITB)

NUMBER OF STAGES

1

EVALUATION MECHANISM

Least Cost Selection

CEEC PREFERENCE TYPE

Company Ownership Preference

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ESTABLISHMENT

No

POSTQUALIFICATION

Yes

UNSPSC CODES

53102710-Corporate uniforms

PAYMENT TYPE

Participation Fee Required

PAYMENT AMOUNT (ZMW)

500

PAYMENT TERMS AND METHOD

Online payment through the e-gp system by downloading the Bill Master form, then proceed to deposit the amount and upload the deposit slip onto the e-gp system

BID SECURITY TYPE:

Bid Securing Declaration Required

BID SECURITY AMOUNT TYPE

Percentage

CONTRACT AWARDED IN LOTS

YES

Bids for Lots:

One or More Lots

Number of Lots:

4

Lot Name (0):

Office Attire

Lot Name (1):

Shoes

Lot Name (2):

Personal Protective Clothing

Lot Name (3):

Uniforms

DEADLINE FOR BID SUBMISSION

18/11/2020 10:00:00

END OF CLARIFICATION PERIOD

11/11/2020 16:30:00

BID OPENING DATE

18/11/2020 10:30:00

DATE OF PUBLICATION/ INVITATION

12/10/2020 12:09:10

TENDER FOR THE HIRE OF 14 UNSKILLED LABOUR FOR MAINTENANCE WORKS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FOR 2021 NAME OF PROCURING ENTITY: BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE IN (DAYS/ HOURS): APP REFERENCE NUMBER: TENDER UNIQUE ID: STATUS: DESCRIPTION:

Procurement Method Rationale: AWARD CRITERIA DETAILS SUBMISSION METHOD DETAILS PROCUREMENT TYPE: PROCEDURE: COMMENCEMENT TYPE THRESHOLD PROCUREMENT TECHNIQUE NUMBER OF STAGES EVALUATION MECHANISM CEEC PREFERENCE TYPE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ESTABLISHMENT POSTQUALIFICATION UNSPSC CODES

PAYMENT TYPE PAYMENT AMOUNT (ZMW) BID SECURITY TYPE: DEADLINE FOR BID SUBMISSION END OF CLARIFICATION PERIOD BID OPENING DATE DATE OF PUBLICATION/ INVITATION

BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE IN (DAYS/HOURS): APP REFERENCE NUMBER: TENDER UNIQUE ID:

Bid Submission

DESCRIPTION:

NAPSA/DHRA/01/20: TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF CLEANING, LANDSCAPING AND PEST CONTROL SERVICES TO VARIOUS NAPSA PROPERTIES ON A ONE YEAR RUNNING CONTRACT, SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND POSSIBLE RENEWAL FOR ANOTHER YEAR, BASED SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE

SUBMISSION METHOD DETAILS

ONLINE

PROCUREMENT TYPE:

Non-consulting Services

PROCEDURE:

Open Bidding National

COMMENCEMENT TYPE

Advertisement of Notice

Indeni Petroleum Refinery Company Limited 30/3

1006/22063/174 22063/3/191/2020 Bid Submission TENDER FOR THE HIRE OF 14 UNSKILLED LABOUR FOR MAINTENANCE WORKS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FOR 2021 COMPETITIVE BIDDING ONLINE

THRESHOLD

Below

CASH AND ONLINE TO ZAMBIA PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY Non-consulting Services Open Bidding National Advertisement of Notice Below Invitation To Bid (ITB)

PROCUREMENT TECHNIQUE

Invitation to Bid (ITB)

NUMBER OF STAGES

1

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COVID-19 Realities

Friday 16 7 August 2020 11 9 October, 202016 Friday Friday 13 November 2020

By DR MBUYI MASUWA Frontline doctor working at Levy Covid Centre

QUIET TIMES DISAPPEAR, LISTEN TO THE OCEAN! “A COVID-19 WITH DIABETES The final novel coronavirus, SECTION B: COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES THAI woman holding a bucket of water started screaming” she said. “People started running inland. From where we were, we the Tsunami strikes. Around the started some where in March of could not see the ocean. We could Indian Ocean, this rare shift re1918 in the United States but due not see the beach so we had abso- portedly induced people especialto war censorship, it was not relutely no idea what was going on. ly children to visit the coast and ported. American soldiers spread Nobody was saying run this way, collect stranded fish on as much as it during deployment for war into come here, or it’s a tsunami.”

2.5km of exposed beach. Of course Europe.

“I thought it was terrorist attack the results were fatal.

By April and May it had spread becauseSthere was a horrific noise , through England, Spain, and Italy. explained earlier, Diabetes is one of it sounded me like airplanes and that IS COVID-19 It was only called Spanish flu bethe to underlying conditions has had aOVER IN ZAMBIA? I thought maybe the island beI don’t like starting a sentence cause Spain was not part of the war poor outcome withwas Covid-19.

It attacked, is a very manageable ing so I looked to condition the sky, and withone but… But is Covid-19 over so they had no propaganda cencan a long,clear, healthy and productive life it waslive perfectly perfectly blue in Zambia or could we also be exsorship like other countries and so as long as they follow the advice and make were the first to report on the flu. necessary lifestyle changes which include However by August cases had weight management, good diet and as much as dropped and there was hope that possible a stress-free or less stressful life. the virus had run its course, so However if advice is not followed and things get people loosened up their guard…. out of hand, things can really get ugly. Today, stopped masking up, stopped soI will look a bit at how the complications come cially distancing….this was indeed about and how they can be avoided.

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Usually I write around 03 The main culprit behind most of the long term ing the best of their lives, who were that Covid-19 has been completely actualthe figures vary. they mutate but moment some exotic island in the pacific. hours.

This is my gift to Mother complications is what we call “microangiopathy.” and from an there for in their Christmas kicked out of transmitted Zambia or was it?

Sothen whatjump leasons canbats we to learn *Sexually Zambia whose soil ”angio” myholidays. umbil“Micro” means small, means vessels in intermediate thenwe mutate Once I had a patient who was from this or can really again learn ical case cord is buried. pathy “ means diseases. this capillaries,” and jump to humans and then being stigmatised by her comI hope take you of the anything?

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VOLTAIRE SAID: *It’s the Mark of the beast 666.whichare than normal lead to more surface proteins this war and literally so even in What happens is because of the raised sugar TheofREPEATS word CORONA NEVER ITSELF. MAN which lead to thickening walls which leadsVIRUS to God’s eyes. Each one of us has a coined in 1966 by June levels andinthe fact thatthis the cells loss of elasticity ofwas the vessels.

ALWAYS DOES.” role play defeating invis-surrounding the AlmeidaThis andleads David to to Tyrrell ible enemy.

M.C .BLACKWELL SAID: describe the appearance of In the coming series, I will be poor bloodTHING supply THAT “THE ONLY these viruses under an Electron sharing knowledge on Covid-19 and eventually the WE LEARN which FROMappear HISTORY Microscope, as a with some stories of success and impairment of function or crown IS THAT WE NEVER LEARN some of the battles lost at the even death of the organ *SARS COV 2 which stands FROM HISTORY.” battlefront. that is supplied by those for Severe Acute Respiratory Also a segment called “In their KARL MARX capillaries.

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China somewhere in late 2019 Please note these sectors of the community.

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disease a lot. Unfortunately, the infection may land on one who could succumb.

• We increase the likelihood of the virus to mutate. ignore this part then both you and I have failed humanity and we should urgently seek for forgiveness from both our progenitors and descendants.

This is the most important part of my article, for its here you and I can make a difference.

The Infectiobility of Sars Cov 2.

Corona virus is believed to have an r note that is a reproduction number of 2 to 3, this means one infected person can infect up to 2 to 3 people.

Le’ts say its 3 this means 1 person infects 3 new people who each infect 3 new people and the cycle goes on and on such that by the 3rd cycle about 40 people will be infected and that can be in just a couple of days, by the 10th cycle about 80, 000. This is why corona virus spreads so fast and has the potential to infect everyone on this globe.

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The damage nerves is called a somewhere to have arisen in Europe in aboutto the long as there is a place neuropathy, the explanation is the same the February this year has since bein this world on this place we call small blood vessels that supply the nerves get come the most dominant home, sugar the third from the thickened strain due to excess and planet lose their passed so many different hands. leases these air particles from normal functioning, the blood supply to the nerves Hand hygiene is extremely imtheir saliva, cough, sneezes, or disturbed nervestostart dyingthe out. portant prevent spread of sings. These are is believed to and fly the Usually, it’s the long of the feet the nerves Covid-19 virus balistically in the air up to about and hands that are affected.

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Taking of vitamin b complexes is helpful especially in initial stages of the neuropathy.

DAMAGE TO THE FOOT.

The damage to the foot is usually in the form of what we call a diabetic foot. What happens as explained, blood vessels to the nerves become impaired, this in turn makes blood supply poor to the nerves which they themselves die out, then eventually loses sense of feeling.

This leads to one injuring themselves without noticing, could be as simple as wearing a very tight shoe that causes abrasions and eventually wounds, or a mere prick from a sharp object.

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ZRA extends electronic queue system

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AMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) with the help of Germany’s GIZ has launched the electronic queue management system (EQMS) in Livingstone, Chipata and Solwezi.

The system which was first commissioned in Lusaka, Ndola and Kitwe aims to identify areas of service that require improvements.

ZRA Commissioner General, Kingsley Chanda, said that this facility had already proved to be very helpful in the three stations where the system was first launched.

Mr Chanda said, through the system, ZRA was able to monitor the duration taken to serve one client as well as know how long a client waited before being served.

He was speaking when he commissioned the EQMS in Livingstone yesterday.

“As ZRA, we realize that time is money and so we will endeavour to continue to implement strategies that reduce taxpayers' dwell time in our offices as well as borders “The EQMS also enables the authority to monitor staff performance in order to continuously improve our service delivery," Mr Chanda said.

He stated that in this modern and changing business environment, good customer experience through efficient service delivery is the cornerstone of customer loyalty.

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By JACKSON MAPAPAYI SOLWEZI Municipal Council has advised residents to always obtain burial permits before putting to rest their relatives or friends as it is a legal requirement.

Meanwhile, the local authority has issued about 668 burial permits between January and September this year and buried about seven unclaimed bodies during the same period.

Council Assistant Public Relations Manager, Esther Chirwa, said that of the 668 burial permits, five were from the high cost while the remaining were from the low cost burial sites.

Asked if the council has had situations where people could bury their beloved ones without getting burial permits, Ms Chirwa responded in the affirmative.

She however advised members of the public to always get burial permits from the council before proceeding to Kimiteto grave yard.

"The document is very important because it can be used in various circumstances that may befall them," she stated.

Ms Chirwa added that K13, 260 was collected from the low cost and K25, 000 from the high cost in form of revenue bringing the total to K38, 260.

Please try to keep a distance of at least 1.5 metres from other customers while in-store, as guided through the indicators on our floors.

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NAIROBI - The quest for allowances, love of faceto-face meetings, failure to isolate after showing Covid-19 symptoms, bar meetings and not observing Ministry of Health guidelines are fuelling infections and fatalities among county government and assembly officials in Kenya.

From insisting on in-person meetings to getting allowances, to retreats and meetings in coronavirus-hit areas, many bureaucrats in the devolved units are now paying the price as lives are lost, with more infected.

Mombasa, Kisumu, Nairobi, Bungoma, Vihiga, Trans Nzoia, Turkana, Uasin Gishu, Kilifi, Homa Bay and a host of other counties have been hit hard by the virus.

More than a dozen counties are battling a wave of infections among executives and assembly officials as it emerges many have disregarded safety guidelines and failed to isolate

COVID GREED

…Love of money major setback in war against Covid-19 or seek treatment on showing Covid-19 signs.

“Due to the surge in Covid-19 cases, more than eight county assemblies have been shut.

Sixteen counties have closed facilities while others have scaled down operations,” Council of Governors chairman Wycliffe Oparanya said during a virtual summit last week.

Several ward representatives and county assembly workers are down with the illness in Nairobi.

Assembly Health Committee Chairman Peter Warutere blames the rapid spread of the virus on the casual manner

ward reps and assembly staff go about their business.

“The predominant factor is the interactions at the assembly.

Social distance rules are not being observed. We would not be having the infections or they could be few had the regulations set by the Ministry of Health been obeyed. I intend to raise the matter at the assembly,” he said.

Warutere added that physical meetings among leaders in and outside the assembly are also contributing to the problem.

He pointed to retreats and committee meetings, “which though important for oversight,

could be a contributing factor and should go virtual.”

Representatives still conduct physical committee meetings and workshops outside the capital, the latest being the ICT team, whose members landed from Mombasa last week.

“We must address this matter as people who are expected to lead from the front. We have to say it as it is. We have already lost three ward representatives to the virus. Should we wait until we lose 100 to start taking the pandemic seriously?” he posed.

– DAILY NATION, Kenya.

Republican Georgia official says no sign of widespread fraud in vote count President-elect Joe Biden

WASHINGTON - Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State said on Wednesday there was no sign yet of widespread fraud in his state’s vote count, where Democratic

President-elect Joe Biden currently has a 14, 000 vote lead over President Donald Trump.

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hand recount because of the closeness of the vote count, but he believed votes had so far been tallied accurately.

Biden’s current lead, with nearly all votes counted, is 0.3 percent.

Asked about voter fraud, Raffensperger said: “We have ongoing investigations but we have not seen something widespread.” He added there was no evidence yet of any discrepancies large enough that could reverse Biden’s lead.

Raffensperger said he also believed a hand recount, which he wants completed by November 20, will not overturn the machine count that is near completion. “We believe the ballots were counted accurately,” he said.

The Georgia recount will take place as Republican Trump, who has refused to concede the election to Biden, pushed ahead with legal challenges in several states to try and upend the result.

Meanwhile, Biden has picked veteran political operative Ron Klain to be White House chief of staff.

Klain has served as a top aide to Biden since the 1980s in the Senate and later when he was Vice-President.

The ultimate Washington insider, Klain was also a senior White House aide to Barack Obama and Chief of Staff to Vice-President Al Gore.

The White House Chief of Staff - who manages the president’s daily schedule and is often described as his gatekeeper - is a political appointee who does not require confirmation by the Senate.

– REUTERS/BBC.

Friday 13, November 2020

Ethiopia urges Tigray forces to surrender ADDIS ABABA - The Ethiopian government has urged Tigrayan forces to surrender, as federal troops battle to take control of the region.

This comes as parliament has voted to strip dozens of MP’s from Tigray of their immunity from prosecution.

The fighting, which began over a week ago, is reported to have killed hundreds of combatants on both sides.

Ethiopia’s federal government is sounding confident. Defence Minister Kenea Yadeta said it would not be long before the leaders in Tigray, from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front party, were on trial.

He talked of appointing an interim administration in areas taken by federal troops.

But with all telecommunication switched off it is hard to verify what has been happening since the fighting began.

Both sides have been speaking of success and are also accusing the other of committing atrocities.

What is clear is that civilians are suffering. Thousands have fled to Sudan.

The UN fears a major emergency may be brewing

Kene’a Yadeta and says it’s negotiating with both sides to enable humanitarian corridors to be opened.

Vital aid supplies to hundreds of thousands of people in northern Ethiopia are at risk because of the conflict there, a top UN official said.

“Shortages of basic commodities such as flour and fuel are being reported,” Catherine Sozi, UN country director in Ethiopia said.

The UN supplies at least 600, 000 people in Tigray with food relief on a regular basis and “assistance... is bound to be interrupted if the supplies are not restocked and if movement is not permitted,” Dr Sozi said. - BBC.

News Briefs

Kenyatta saves fig tree from Chinese-funded highway NAIROBI - President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued a decree to save a much-loved century-old fig tree from being cut down to make way for a Chinese-funded highway in the capital Nairobi.

The presidential decree described the tree, the height of a four-storey building, as a “beacon of Kenya’s cultural and ecological heritage.” The fig tree is considered sacred among Kenya’s most populous ethnic group, the Kikuyu. – REUTERS.

Ivorian rivals ‘to make peace’ amid post-election crisis ABIDJAN - President, Alassane Ouattara, and his main rival, Henri Konan Bédié, said they have decided to make peace in the country after weeks of violence over a disputed presidential election.

The two men said they would keep talking following a meeting in the commercial capital, Abidjan, on Wednesday which they described as an ice-breaker. The opposition does not recognise the results of the October 31 presidential election. – BBC.

Genocide accused Felicien Kabuga denies charges THE HAGUE - The alleged financier of the 1994 Rwandan

genocide, Felicien Kabuga, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday as he made his first appearance at a UN court after a quarter of a century on the run.

Now in his 80s, he was arrested in France in May and transferred to the court in The Hague in October to face charges of a key role in the killing of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. - AFRICANEWS.

Libya’s warring sides nod poll roadmap TUNIS - Libya’s rivals have reached a “preliminary agreement to a roadmap” for elections announced UN acting envoy to Libya, Stephanie Williams, who is overseeing the week-long talks being held in neighbouring Tunisia.

At a news conference at the end of the third day of talks here, Williams said participants reached an agreement on a roadmap for parliamentary and presidential elections to be held within 18 months. – REUTERS.

At the close of business on Friday, July 17, Gold was trading at US$1, 812.70 and Silver was at US$19.74 an ounce.

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ZAMBIA FIGHTS BACK

By MICHAEL MIYOBA ZAMBIA redeemed her chances of qualifying for the 2022 Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations after coming from behind to beat Botswana 2-1 in last night’s group H fixture at Heroes Stadium in Lusaka.

First and second half goals from midfield maestro Enock Mwepu and Collins Sikombe handed the Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic-drilled Chipolopolo boys their first win in the qualifiers.

Mwepu levelled matters two minutes before the break after the Chipolopolo had gone down in the 42nd minute following a lapse in defence.

With the match at 1-1 Micho inteoduced Emmanuel Chabula and Fashion Sakala for Lubambo Musonda and wasteful Justin Shonga respectively.

The sub’s made an immediate impact with Fashion Sakaka setting up Sikombe for the winner in the 72nd minute.

The win propelled Zambia to third in Group-H with three points while, Botswana dropped to bottom with one point.

Meanwhile, the Copper Queens missed out on qualifying for the 2020 Cosafa women’s championship after suffering a 2-1 defeat to Botswana.

In the Under-17 category of the Cosafa women’s championship, Zambia beat Zimbabwe 5-2 to maintain their unbeaten record at the youth Championship.

The Kaluba Kangwa-drilled young Copper Queens will now face Tanzania in the final slated for tomorrow at the Holfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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Boxers Alice Mbewe (left) and Zulfa ‘Macho’ Yusufu (right) during their face off before todays’ non-title fight in Tanzania. - Picture courtesy of Exodus Boxing Academy.

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WOMEN International Boxing Association (WIBA) Lightweight champion Alice Mbewe says she is ready for today’s non-title fight against Tanzanian Zulfa ‘Macho’ Yusufu at the Next Door Arena in Masaki, Dar es Salaam.

The Exodus Boxing Promotions boxer who won her WIBA Flyweight Intercontinental championship after beating Zimbabwean boxer Kudakwashe Nyagura via a unanimous poinst decision last year said she has done everything to ensure victory today.

Mbewe said she wasn’t intimidated facing the Tanzanian boxer deemed as one of the best in the region.

“I’m not worried, we have trained adequately for this fight. We started training when we were back home and even when we got here in Dar es

Salaam we continued with our preparations so I’m not intimidated in any way,” Mbewe said.

“I know the boxer I will be fighting with is also a good boxer but I’m ready and my coach has done everything to ensure that I’m ready though this is not a title fight.”

And Mbewe’s coach Antony Mwamba said Mbewe is determined to triumph in Tanzania to protect her reputation as a WIBA Champion.

The fight organised by the Jackson Group (Sports) will be Mbewe’s first fight in 2020 after contact sports was halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, Kenya’s Fatuma ‘Iron Fist’ Zarika is set to make a comeback in nearly 12 months since losing the World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title in a unanimous decision Mexico’s Yamileth Mercado.