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DON’T START ARMAGEDDON, WARNS VEEP

Mr. Sampa

Mr. Mucheleka

…apologise or else, Mucheleka told

By SILUMESI MALUMO

E hope the abduction of police officers in Mpika is not the beginning of armageddon which has been talked

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about, Vice President Inonge Wina has said.

Ms Wina said the hooligans who abducted and attacked the police officers and innocent people would be followed.

The police officers were guarding the area when a convoy passed by showing slogans of their party and the people who were standing on the road side who did not respond were beaten by this group of hooligans driving in a convoy. - Ms Wina

Speaking during the Vice-President’s question time. In parliament, Ms Wina said the hooligans involved were well known UPND cadres and some were leaders of the party.

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The two trucks the Scania from South Africa and the Freightliner (right), Zimbabwean registered where found laden with Mukula tree logs. [Pictures Linda Tembo Soko] See story on Page 4

Mr. Lusambo

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IMF talks on again

Demolish structures • Mwanakatwe reveals contributing to floods - Lusambo talks set for April P.4 See story on Page 3

President Edgar Lungu meets UCZ Synod Bishop Sydney Sichilima and Secretary General Chipasha Musaba (left) at State House yesterday. - Picture courtesy of State House Press Unit. (Story on page 3)

Kenyatta andcure Odinga Gold mining for pledge to heal divisions Zambia’s economy See story on Page 19

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

Commonwealth sidelines ZCID on dialogue preps

GOLD mining if well exploited can assist in addressing macroeconomic challenges in Zambia, a Swedish organisation has said.

Sweden’s Diakonia Country Director, Geoffrey Chongo, said gold mining offered huge opportunities that could stabilise the economy.

He was speaking during the launch of the Centre for Trade and Policy Development (CPTD) gold mining study in Lusaka yesterday. (To page 3)

Inmates’ population ConCourt must explain hits 20, 000vacancy - YALI Chilanga See story on Page 4

STORY PAGE 2 3 See story onONPage

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CASH-STRAPPED AGRO DEALERS CRY FOR PAYMENT

By PETER SICHALI

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GRO dealers have demanded over K600 million owed

by Government for farming inputs supplied between 2016 and 2020.

The dealers said that because of the inordinate delay, some of their businesses were now collapsing.

Agri Business Association president, Mary Tembo, said any more delays in clearing the debt owed to agro dealers would re-

sult in more businesses collapsing.

Ms Tembo said the slow rate at which Government had been paying agro dealers does not support growth of local businesses.

She said Government was owing input suppliers over K600 million, with some of the debt dating back to 2016.

"We appreciate the commitment which Government has shown to clear outstanding payments for agro dealers.

However the pace at

Marshlands directors inflated value to buy company - witness

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

A STATE witness yesterday narrated in the Lusaka Magistrate Court how three arrested Directors of Ultimate insurance faked the value of assets which they used to acquire shares in the insurance company.

Tobia Milambo, Nachi Musonda and Richard Lubemba are charged with fraud and forgery over ownership of Ultimate Insurance Company.

The three are owners of a company called Marshlands Consortium Limited which is the majority shareholder of Ultimate Insurance limited.

Appearing before Magistrate Alice Walusiku, Maybin Silavwe, one of the previous owners of Ultimate Insurance Company, said as the previous shareholders, they issued receipts in the name of wife to Lusaka Businessman Chanda Katotobwe, Felistus Chibamba, for the payment of the K1.5m, which was the full purchase price of the company.

He told the court that according to the valuation report the property of stand no. 9192 Kansenshi Ndola for Richard Chisenga Lubemba whose initial valuation report was presented to him and later submitted to PIA had a value of K2, 400, 000, but the valuation report at Ministry of lands had a value of K420, 000.

Mr Silavwe said Lubemba paid K21, 000 to ZRA which was five percent of K420, 000 the value of the property.

He testified that another shareholder Nachi Musonda’s property from Perfam Agric was valued at over K2, 450, 000 but the valuation report at ministry of Lands showed that the property was only valued at K75, 000

and of which K3, 000 was paid to ZRA as tax at five percent.

He said valuation reports were presented to him by Nachi Musonda but when the complainants in the matter conducted a search at Ministry of lands and ZRA they found other valuation reports purported to have been authored by Bitrust Real estates bearing Holland Mulenga’s signature as the principal surveyor and author of the report.

Silavwe also said the purchaser of Ultimate Insurance was Chanda Katotobwe on behalf of Felistus Kabwe Chibamba and three receipts were issued in the name of Felistus Chibamba.

But at the time of transferring the shares Nachi Musonda told the previous shareholders that he had agreed with Katotobwe and Felistus that they transfer the shares in the ratio of 65 to 35.

Mr Silavwe also testified that a print out from PACRA indicated that Marshlands was a shareholder of ultimate insurance.

He told the court that according to his knowledge, Marshland Consortium Limited was incorporated on 19 February 2018 at the time the transaction for the sale of ultimate insurance was in process.

"Marshlands Consortium has 15, 000 ordinary shares and the purpose it was incorporated is because the sale of ultimate insurance was in process.

Mr Silavwe also testified that the board of Ultimate Insurance was not appointed but that old members signed the unanimous board resolution document because they were exiting the company.

Trial continues.

which the payments are being done is undesirable.

"Our hope is that we were going to be cleared by the beginning of this farming season,” she said.

Ms Tembo said due to the delay most of their members had closed their shops because Government was holding on to their capital.

She said some of their members had lost property to bailiffs for various loans they acquired to buy inputs to supply to Government while others were facing litigation.

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‘Govt should stick to e-voucher system’

By PETER SICHALI

DIRECT Inputs Supply System (DIS) should be abolished to reduce unnecessary Government expenditure, says Agri-business Association of Zambia president Mary Tembo.

She said the direct inputs supply system that the government was using was too expensive and a drain on public coffers.

Ms Tembo said the system has a lot of loopholes for misappropriation of farming inputs.

She said Government must instead revert to E-voucher system, which did not require it to provide transport for movement of inputs from the source to various districts.

She said under the E-voucher system the agro

dealer will be required to transport inputs from the supplier to their respective shops without Government spending anything on transportation.

"This Direct Input Supply (DIS) is a drain on Government coffers because it is required to transport inputs from the supplier to districts and from there it will be required to start taking inputs to various areas," Ms Tembo said.

She said the system did not support economic growth of the country as money was taken out of the country by suppliers.

Ms Tembo said Government should consider avoiding expenses that were associated with DIS to grow the agriculture sector and the country's economy at large.

A convincing economic recovery plan needed to recover - HH

By KETRA KALUNGA

THE Economic Recovery Programme should be convincing enough that as the country we are getting things right, if that happens, the flood gates for financing will come through, Party of National Unity president, Highvie Hamuududu has said.

Mr. Hamududu said in an interview that it was possible for the government to raise the K51.6 billion through domestic external financing with a convincing domestic economic recovery plan in place.

He said the International

financial institutions want to know how bold and convincing the country’s economic recovery plan is to the different stakeholders and financiers before they could consider offering financial help.

Mr. Hamududu said in an interview that the key thing for the country to raise money either through debt refinancing or the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to craft an evidence-based economic recovery.

He said the industry players in the country such as the mining sector should also be able to buy into the economic

recovery plan by agreeing with the mining fiscal regime.

Mr Hamududu stated that one of the problems in 2021 national proposed budget was that the mining fiscal regime was not attractive despite the sector being the major economic recovery.

“The minister of finance has missed it on the mining sector, he has not given the mining sector an incentive to increase production and investment,” he said He said the country’s exchange rate strength would depend on how much the mining sector recovers and

Mr. Hamududu grows and this could only happen if they are given incentives.

Mr. Hamududu has urged the minister of finance, Doctor Bwalya Ng’andu to ensure that the mining taxation becomes attractive to promote growth in the sector.

Lusaka resident jailed for illegal sale of medicines

By KETRA KALUNGA

A 38-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka has been jailed for six months after being convicted of unlawful possession of medicines.

Obrain Phiri of Mtendere Township was found in possession of medicines contrary to the penal code chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia in one

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

IT is shameful and hypocritical for Fred M’membe to cast aspersions on the integrity of the Zambian judiciary by claiming that the trial of NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili was not fair, the Zambia Republican Party (ZRP) has said.

ZRP president, Wright Musoma, said Dr M’membe was being hypocritical to state that Kambwili was convicted by an impartial magistrate

count.

In another count, Phiri has been fined K5, 000 or serve nine months simple Imprisonment or in default for selling at a place other than a pharmacy.

This is contrary to the Medicines and Allied Substances Act No. 3 of 2013.

Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) in conjunction with the Zam-

bia Police took Phiri to Kafue Magistrate court for the offence committed.

ZAMRA senior public relations officer, Christabel Iliamupu, said that the convict works in Kafue where he was operating an illegal pharmacy.

Meanwhile, Ms Iliamupu said ZAMRA was committed to ensuring that medicines were legally obtained and

Musoma blasts M’membe when evidence was there that the NDC leader committed crimes.

Mr Musoma was reacting to remarks attributed to the Socialist Party (SP) leader that Kambwili’s trial was not fair.

Dr M’membe was quoted in one of the Daily tabloid that there was no fair trial in Kambwili’s forgery case and that he was not surprised that

that he had been sent to jail.

But Mr Musoma in an interview took a swipe at Dr M’membe, calling him a sadist who had a grudge with the judiciary.

He has accused Dr M’membe of having launched a spiteful campaign meant to cast aspersions on the integrity Zambian judiciary.

“As ZRP, we would like to

sold in registered outlets.

She said this would ensure safety, quality and efficacy of medicinal products and allied substances being consumed by the Zambian people.

Ms Iliamupu said failure to adhere to the set standards as regards possession and sale of medicinal products and allied substances would result in offenders being prosecuted.

rubbish the statement by Fred M’membe that the judgment was not fair. It is shameful for him to try to malign the magistrate. M’membe is just a sadist,” Mr Musoma said.

Mr Musoma challenged Dr M’membe to be objective when commenting on judicial matters.

“I challenge him to be impartial and stop this malicious propaganda to discredit Zambia’s judicial system, and our competent magistrates in particular,” Mr Musoma said.

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GOLD MINING CURE FOR ZAMBIA’S ECONOMY From page 1 Ms Wina

Don’t start armageddon, warns Veep From page 1 “The abduction of the police officers is very regrettable. Mr Speaker, it is very regrettable that things like this can happen in our country and maybe this is the beginning of the stage of turbulence that we have heard about.

“The police officers were guarding the area when a convoy passed by showing slogans of their party and the people who were standing on the road side who did not respond were beaten by this group of hooligans driving in a convoy.

Ms Wina lamented that two police officers were injured and their ammunition snatched from their guns and some of them were in hospital.

“If we start to be unruly before we even go into the 2021 at election time, I don’t know how the situation will be like. And I want to urge our police officers that they should not condone any lawlessness,” she said.

Ms Wina said: “I hope this is not a beginning of Armageddon that we hear about.”

Meanwhile, Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo said the call by the Vice-President to pursue the criminals was timely.

He told the house yesterday that the police would ensure that all those who were involved were apprehended.

Promote Peace, Lungu urges clergy

By SIMON MUNTEMBA PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has urged the clergy in Zambia to take a leading role in promoting peace in the country before, during and after the general elections next year.

President Lungu said the church must remind those threatening violence of the devastating consequences of their words and actions.

According to a statement by special assistant for press and public relations, Isaac Chipampe, the Head of State said this in Lusaka yesterday when he met with the United Church of Zambia synod Bishop Reverend Sydney Sichilima.

“Things won’t be good if we start hacking each other and saying there will be fire. If you as clergy you

The increase of expenditure on public services is an assurance that your Government wants to better the lives of the people.

start giving audience to the people and they start saying such things, ask them what they mean,” President Lungu said.

Our role as Government, on the other hand, he said, is to ensure there is law and order in the country and acts like what happened in Muchinga Province where political cadres beat up innocent people this week will not be tolerated.

And President Lungu has implored people gathering tomorrow to observe the National Day of Prayer to observe the Covid-19 health guidelines.

He said it was important for citizens to attend the event to thank God for the many good things he has done for Zambia.

Meanwhile, Bishop Sichilima thanked the President for the meeting and that the church was praying for him because out of the 18 million Zambians, God chose him to lead the nation.

And UCZ General Secretary, Reverend Chipasha Mushaba hailed the 2020/2021 national budget saying it was aimed at uplifting the living standards of the poor Zambians.

“The increase of expenditure on public services is an assurance that your Government wants to better the lives of the people,” Rev Mushaba told President Lungu.

He added, “The budget is proactive and responds to the plight of the poor by catering for their well-being.”

Mr Chongo expressed optimism that gold mining if well utilised could stabilise the Zambian economy and allow people to do business, leading to a dignified life.

CTPD Senior Researcher, Webby Banda, said the research was conducted in Rufunsa, Mwinilunga and Lusangazi.

Mr Banda recommended that Government should establish market centres in remote artisanal and smallscale mining areas to facilitate the buying of gold by ZCCM-IH. This, he said, could be done through the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry.

“Government should also consider designing a sector specific fiscal regime that support the growth of artisanal and

By KETRA KALUNGA THE inmates and correctional officers ratio is still high in the country despite the recruitment of more officers in the Zambia Correctional Service (ZCS) ZCS Head of Public Relations, Doreen Ngoma, said that there were about 3, 700 uniformed officers against close to 20, 000 inmates.

Ms Ngoma said in an interview the inmate to officer ratio stands at one to seven against the recommended one officer to four inmates.

She was confident that the ratio would reduce to the recommended one to four with the government’s resolve to recruit more officers.

“The ratio is still high although it has reduced a bit. It is one officer to seven inmates currently and there are about 3, 700 uniformed officers with

small-scale mining sector among others,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mines and Minerals Development Minister Richard Musukwa, reaffirmed Government’s commitment to ensuring that gold benefitted the Zambian people.

Mr Musukwa said it was for this reason that Government had declared gold as a strategic mineral meant to allow citizens benefit from its exploration.

He said this in a speech read by the Mine Deputy Director, Brighton Kateka.

“Government through ZCCM-IH will strive to promote the growth of the artisanal and small scale mining in an effort to create employment opportunities for the locals especially where gold mining is taking place to enhance their economic welfare,” Mr Musukwa said.

Mr Musukwa

Inmates’ population hits 20, 000

close to 20, 000 inmates,” she said. Correctional officers, she said, played a major role

State awaits report on illegal mining

By SILUMESI MALUMO GOVERNMENT is waiting for a detailed report regarding the illegal mining of tin and tantalum in Southern Province.

Mines and Mineral Development Permanent Secretary, Barnaby Mulenga, said he was awaiting a detailed report from Director of Mines Fred Banda on illegal mining of the natural resource.

Recently, the minister Mines and Mineral Development, Mr Richard Musukwa, said Government was concerned with the high level of illegal mining in Southern Province.

Mr Musukwa told the Daily Nation he had been dispatched to flush out all illegal miners.

But Mr Mulenga in an interview said that he was awaiting a report from the Director of Mines on whether officers had managed to flush out all illegal miners who were illegally exploiting the resources.

in the transformation of the correctional services in the country. The latest recruitment of

about 941 correctional officers was in July last year at Nyango Training Centre in Kaoma.

‘Nationalize all corruptly privatized companies’

By OLIVER SAMBOKO A CONSORTIUM of 16 opposition political parties has called for repossession and nationalisation of all state companies that were corruptly privatized.

Speaking on behalf of the consortium, National Revolution Party (NRP) leader Dr Cozmo Mumba said a lot of Zambians have died and some continue to suffer because of the manner the privatisation was undertaken by those mandated to sell state asserts on behalf of the people.

He said his late father and grandfather are part of the many Zambians who were affected by the privatisation of state companies and called on President Edgar Lungu and his Government to consider repossessing any state asset that was dubiously sold without Zambians benefiting.

Mr Mumba said as a result of some unpatriotic people some of whom were aspiring for the highest office in the land, having mismanaged the privatisation process, many citizens were thrown into destitution.

“Our appeal to President Lungu is that he should on behalf of Zambians reposes all state companies that were sold,” he said.

He said even the economic problems the country was facing was as a result of some selfish individuals who took advantage of a well-intended privatisation program which was aimed at making parastatal companies

Mr Mumba

viable to enrich themselves at the expense of many Zambians.

“How then can Zambians allow the same person who stole from them to lead them as President. That’s the reason Zambians are saying Government should set up a Commission of inquiry so that the truth can be known,” said Mr Mumba.

And speaking at the same briefing, Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) Edwin Sakala called for speedy investigation of the privatisation process so that the past ills can be addressed.

He said a lot of people are suffering because some few unpatriotic individuals decided to enrich themselves during the privatisation program.

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POLITICAL SANITY

ZAMBIANS must take the bull by the horns and demand from their political leaders that there is sanity in the manner that politics are practised.

This message demanding decency must be directed at politicians not only from the ruling Patriotic Front, but the opposition ranks as well.

The venom that is being spewed from the mouths of some political players is not helping to promote peace in the country.

They must tell some of these politicians that their conduct is a danger to the well-being of the nation.

It is like they are preparing the groundwork for an uprising should things not go their way.

Even as August 12, 2021 edges closer when the nation goes to the polls, all must realise that the political contest among the contending parties and politicians must be based on convincing the voters about their policies that will improve their lives.

Paramount Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba has issued an apt statement warning Zambians to be wary of who they vote for next year, not to fall for political agitators he says are seeking State House at all costs.

His words of wisdom are directed at the political divide in the nation, that even as there are differences of opinion on how the country should be run, peace and unity must always prevail.

“Let us not be excited by political agitators who want to enter State House with or without votes.

Political differences should always exist but within the parameters of peace,” Paramount Chief Chitimukulu said.

The traditional leader called for peace and unity in the country, saying no one should be allowed to promote tension in the country as he met former Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda at his palace in Mungwi.

We laud Paramount Chief Chitimukulu for advising political leaders to always preach peace and not to harbour hatred in their hearts saying those that move with hate are just wasting time.

“Political leaders should preach peace because the person who gates hurt is the one who is harbouring hate and not the one they hate,” he said.

There must be respect for the government and it is for this reason that we abhor some statements from certain opposition figures who are politicising everything, from the issuance of routine national registration cards to criminal cases in the courts of law.

By politicising the issuance of NRCs, some political cadres have ended up in trouble with the police.

When the police have taken action, they have been accused of being politically compromised.

The bottom line though is that it is the warped thinking of certain political leaders that is building tension in the country for not wanting to engage with the law enforcement agencies.

On Thursday, the UPND Secretary-General Mr Steven Katuka claimed that police are compromised because they are getting instructions from the PF Government.

But he forgets that the PF is the party in government and has to ensure that law and order are maintained by the Zambia Police.

What all should be demanding is that there must be professionalism in the police service and that it should treat all fairly.

Police Inspector-General Kakoma Kanganja, reacting to Mr Katuka called upon all groupings that had issues with the police to engage them so that they could be heard as opposed to issuing inciting statements.

That we believe is the way to go. All have a stake in the country’s peace.

PURSUING JUSTICE AND EQUITY WITH INTERGRITY

By SILUMESI MALUMO THE police officers who were involved in the death of Frank Mugala, a Grade 8 pupil at Chazanga Basic School in Lusaka, must be arrested, MMD New Hope president Nevers Mumba has demanded.

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) said the investigations revealed that Frank was killed during the Zambia Police Service operation on February 13, this year.

The HRC said the 14 year old boy was killed by a bullet when the police were trying to disperse residents who were protesting after a rumour that individuals involved in gassing were hiding at the school.

But Dr Mumba said the conduct of the officers was

ARREST KILLER COP, DEMANDS NEVERS uncalled for and they needed to face the wrath of the law.

He said that no one was above the law and that the police must face the law like any ordinary citizen in society.

Mr Mumba indicated that the law enforcement agencies should take the matter seriously and not shield the officers who had engaged in lawlessness.

“Mugala was brutally killed by the police officers which

is very, very sad. And his is not the only one, we have a young lady at UNZA who was killed by the police.

“We are appealing to the police to be a service and not a force to serve the Zambian people and not work against the Zambian people. So we condemn what happened to Mugala and we hope the police responsible for his death will be brought to book in the totality,” Dr Mumba said.

Dr Mumba

A convincing economic recovery ‘ACC is an agent of the plan needed to recover - HH opposition’

By KETRA KALUNGA

THE Economic Recovery Programme should be convincing enough that as the country we are getting things right, if that happens, the flood gates for financing will come through, Party of National Unity president, Highvie Hamuududu has said.

Mr. Hamududu said in an interview that it was possible for the government to raise the K51.6 billion through domestic external financing with a convincing domestic economic recovery plan in place.

He said the International financial institutions want to know how bold and

convincing the country’s economic recovery plan is to the different stakeholders and financiers before they could consider offering financial help.

Mr. Hamududu said in an interview that the key thing for the country to raise money either through debt refinancing or the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to craft an evidencebased economic recovery.

He said the industry players in the country such as the mining sector should also be able to buy into the economic recovery plan by agreeing with the mining fiscal regime.

Mr Hamududu stated that one of the problems in 2021 national proposed budget

was that the mining fiscal regime was not attractive despite the sector being the major economic recovery.

“The minister of Finance has missed it on the mining sector, he has not given the mining sector an incentive to increase production and investment,” he said He said the country’s exchange rate strength would depend on how much the mining sector recovers and grows and this could only happen if they are given incentives.

Mr. Hamududu has urged the minister of finance, Dr Bwalya Ng’andu to ensure that the mining taxation becomes attractive to promote growth in the sector.

Antonio Mwanza sues Tukuta

By GRACE CHAILE-LESOETSA PF deputy media director Antonio Mwanza has sued photographer Chella Tukuta for defamation.

In a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, Mr Mwanza said the photograppher accused him of being in an immoral relationship with FDD leader Edith Nawakwi.

Mr Mwanza is demanding K500, 000 as damages, damages for libel and an order directing the defendant to retract the defamatory words.

He also wants an injunction restraining Mr Tukuta from further publishing any defamatory statements against him.

Mr Mwanza said the defendant published on his Facebook page entitled christened Chella Tukuta photography, defamatory words against him.

“Is it true that Edith Nawakwi goes out with Antonio Mwanza? Is true she is his sugar mommy? Is it true that she sent him to PF to prepare her way to the running mate position? Let her answer these before attacking my Bally,” read the post on Mr Tukuta’s Facebook page.

Mr Mwanza said the words contained in

Mr Mwanza

the publication meant and were understood to mean that the he was engaged in immoral behaviour with a married woman for financial and political gain.

“The words contained in the publication were false, and published maliciously and were calculated to cause and did in fact cause pecuniary damage to the plaintiff’s character,” he stated.

He stated that he woulf show at trial that the statement published by the defendant were libelous and to the detriment to his reputation and character.

The plaintiff will also state that as a result of Mr Tukuta’s action, he incurred costs and expenses in an effort to mitigate the effects of his reputation in the sum of K500,000 Mr Mwanza will show that he made a demand to the defendant to retract the words and render an unreserved apology t but the defendant has failed to do so.

By PETER SICHALI IT is not strange that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) cannot investigate the privatisation because it is now an agent of the opposition, Zambia Jubilee Coalition (ZJC) Secretary General Kwaela Mwanza has said.

Mr Mwanza charged that the ACC as an Institution with a mandate to investigate corruption had not shown interest to probe the privatisation process.

Zambians, he said, had been demanding answers on how privatisation was conducted and ACC had never made any attempts to get to investigate the matter including how an opposition suddenly became rich. “It has is clear that that the ACC has now become an agent of the opposition UPND because it has failed to investigate the wrongs that were done during privatisation,” Mr Mwanza said.

Mr Mwanza said Zambians had not been calling on the President to constitute a Commission of inquiry on Privatisation because ACC and other investigative wings had failed to investigate the matter.

He said it was disappointing that the ACC, a public Institution funded through taxpayers money, had turned out to be an agent of the opposition.

“We have noticed ACC getting very busy when dealing with matters involving those in Government even when they have inadequate evidence but Zambians have never seen any interest from the commission to investigate privatisation because it involves those in opposition,” Mr Mwanza said.

He said ACC should be impartial and investigate corruption both in Government and private sector.

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Tungati Health Centre needs beds, says chief

By STEPHEN MWEWA A TRADITIONAL leader in Luwingu has appealed to Government to procure beds and linen for patients at Tungati Rural Health Centre.

Chief Tungati of the Bemba speaking people said that despite Government building a maternity annex, there were no beds and beddings for expectant mothers.

The traditional leader stated that expectant mothers were subjected to sleeping on the floor with their own beddings.

He appealed to Government to provide the health centre with much-needed beds and attendant facilities.

Meanwhile, villagers in the Tungati chiefdom have appealed to the Ministry of Health to urgently commission the newly built health posts at Nsemba and Bulambo Villages.

The inhabitants bemoaned that despite having the two health institutions, they still walked long distances to access health care services elsewhere, as the two health institutions had not been commissioned for some time now.

The inhabitants, who made the appeal through Chief Tungati, added that once the two rural health posts were open they would lessen the long distances people covered to access health care services elsewhere.

Meanwhile, Chief Tungati has since thanked Government for constructing four rural health posts in his chiefdom namely, Fikonkonta, Mfungwe, Nsemba and Bulambo.

Mr Milupi

Avoid flawed tenders … Milupi urges Government

By KETRA KALUNGA GOVERNMENT should avoid committing to ‘flawed’ tenders with foreign firms that only allow outsiders to externalize resources at the expense of locals, Alliance For Democratic and Development (ADD) president, Charles Milupi has said.

Alliance For Democratic and Development (ADD) president, Charles Milupi said entering into flawed tenders that fail to be implemented sends wrong signals to the general public as they tend to question the transparency of such projects.

He cited the 17-year speed cameras contract that Zambia signed with an Austrian Firm to improve road safety and traffic

management that have been concealed because it was not handled.

Mr. Milupi said the contract was a hopeless idea because it didn't take into account the number of factors that relate to road safety but was purely commercial.

“The speed cameras project was an absolutely hopeless idea, it didn't take into account the conditions on the road, you set speed limits so low to slow the movement of people which slows the economy,” he said.

The ADD president said the primary consideration of the project should have been safety and not commercial because that was the aim of the speed cameras world over.

Mr. Milupi has urged the government to ensure that next time they consider implementing the project, it should be purely to ensure the safety of the road users.

Government recently announced that a request to cancel the traffic management deal with the foreign firm had been submitted.

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1, 000 CHILDREN TREATED FOR LEAD POISONING

By KETRA KALUNGA

ABOUT 1 000 children below the age of 14 years were being treated for lead poisoning in Kabwe.

Mines and Mineral Development Permanent Secretary, Bernaby Mulenga, said the Multi sectoral approach involved officials from his ministry, Central province administration and the Kabwe Municipal Council.

Mr Mulenga said in an interview that the council was working with the provincial administration to look into the issues of encroachment in the lead hotspot areas on the district.

He added that the ministry under the Zambia Mining and Environmental Remediation and Improved Project (ZMERIP) has included a small component to give alternative livelihood

By JOHN KOMBE THE issuance of mobile National Registration Cards (NRC) in Lusaka province is on course, Lusaka province Permanent Secretary, Elias Kamanga has said.

Mr Kamanga said he was confident that the 240, 000 target would be reached He made the observation when he toured the NRC mobile issuance centres in Chongwe.

The Permanent Secretary said the exercise was going on well and was impressed with the pace at which officers were moving.

He noted that some centres were issuing up to 500 NRCs per day and thanked the registration officers for their hard work.

Mr Kamanga observed that the exercise had received overwhelming response and refuted allegations of any corrupt practices.

He was confident that there was no form of corruption in the process because the centres were managed by a multidisciplinary team that included security personnel.

Chongwe District Commissioner (DC), Robster

Mr Mulenga

to the youths that access the dump site of the closed Kabwe Zink and Lead mine.

"There has been a multi sectoral

approach which has been used to the problem of lead poisoning in Kabwe, we recognise that it’s not just the ministry of mines but we need to work with the council, the provincial administration and other stakeholders on the ground," he said. Mr Mulenga said community sensitization programmes were being undertaken along with the lead poisoning testing and treatment.

The ZMERIP in collaboration with the Ministry of General Education has launched the Lead Education and Awareness Training Guide (LEATG) for Kabwe schools.

The guide targeting children from Preschool up to Grade nine, was developed within the framework of the Curriculum Development Centre and seeks to help teachers raise awareness on lead poisoning in a classroom environment.

NRC issuance in Lusaka on course - PS

FILE PHOTO : ‘‘There is no form of corruption in the process because the centres are managed by a multidisciplinary team that include security personnel.’’- Mr Kamanga

Mwanza, appealed to members of the public to take advantage of the mobile registration exercise and accord their children and dependents a chance to get their cards.

He observed that the exercise had received

‘Enhance voter registration awareness’ COMMUNITY leaders should take a leading role in educating people in their respective areas to turn-up in numbers to register as voters ahead of next year’s general elections, Government Chief Whip, Brian Mundubile has said.

Mr Mundubile, who is also Patriotic Front (PF) Chilubi mainland Campaign Manager for the Council Chairperson by-election, said leaders should create awareness on the registration exercise

overwhelming response and as such appealed for calm among the people.

He said that the exercise was still on in Chongwe and that there was no need to panic.

Chongwe Mayor, Geoffrey Chumbwe, stressed that the

which starts on October 28, 2020.

He was speaking to journalists shortly after addressing public meetings to drum up support for PF candidate, Rosemary Chimbini in the Chilubi Council Chairperson by-election slated for October 22, this year.

Mr Mundubile said all eligible voters should obtain new cards as the old ones would be invalid for next year’s general elections.

“We are asking our leaders to help us inform people on the forthcoming voter registration exercise so that they obtain cards and be able to take part in the 2021 polls,” Mr Mundubile said.

Mr Mundubile has called for increased sensitization on the importance of voting to reduce voter apathy.

He said it is worrying that voter turnout in recent elections had continued to reduce hence the need for leaders at

exercise was not political and as such it must not be politicized.

He however said that people must not view the exercise as political because it would help those who were far from the registration centres.

various levels to get involved in voter education.

“We see huge crowds at rallies but when it comes to voting, it is only a handful of people. We need people to understand why it is important for them to vote and hold elected leaders accountable. Community leaders should educate electorates on the need to vote,” he advised.

Earlier, Lubansenshi Member of Parliament (MP), George Mwamba, appealed to eligible voters to ensure that they obtain cards during the registration period.

Mr Mwamba said people need to be aware that the cards used in the 2016 general elections would no longer be of use as the Electoral Commission of Zambia was introducing new ones.

-ZANIS

Third quarter imports increase

By HELEN ZULU

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By BUUMBA CHIMBULU THE Kwacha is anticipated to trade firm but could lose some ground as market players close off the week before the long weekend.

This is after the local unit held steady against the dollar, putting a pause to the losses made earlier in the week with some activity recorded on the interbank, says Absa Bank Zambja daily market report.

According to Absa, commercial banks at 08:00 hours quoted the Kwacha at 20.18/20.23 to the greenback, unchanged from the previous day’s close.

“The local unit closed the trading session at 20.13/20.18/$, 5ngwee stronger after the Central Bank sold some dollars on the market,” the report said.

Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB) indicated that the Kwacha traded in the range 20.10 and 20.20 with most players sitting on the fence.

“Globally, the U.S. Dollar was bullish across the board with most emerging market

KWACHA TRADES FIRM Copper was trading just above the US$6,700 per tonne level but little impact on the performance of the local currency which closed at 20.15/20.20, a tad softer compared to its opening levels of 20.10/20.15. currencies trading on the back foot,” ZICB said. Elsewhere, the rand weakened ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s unveiling of a recovery plan that investors were awaiting for details on South Africa’s prospects of bouncing back from

the coronavirus crisis.

The rand was 0.54 percent weaker at 16.6325 per dollar, from an overnight close of 16.5425 in New York.

Meanwhile, copper was trading just above the US$6,700 per

FNB contactless payment system unveiled

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU FIRST National Bank (FNB) Zambia has launched a Tap to Pay-enabled Contactless Debit Cards onto the market in line with the digitisation journey.

The new payment solution will make all purchases made via a Tap to Pay-enabled Point-of-Sale (POS) simpler and safer for its customers, says FNB Zambia Chief Executive Officer, Bydon Longwe.

Mr Longwe said contactless cards allowed users to simply tap against any enabled Point of Sale machine to buy goods and services, without the card ever leaving their hand.

“We absolutely thrilled to announce the rollout of FNB Contactless debit cards which we believe will contribute to an improved payments experience for all FNB cardholders.

“With our over 3,100 POS machines (approximately 15 percent of the national total), these Tap to Pay-enabled Contactless cards will empower customers with a more convenient and safer way to make card payments at checkout,” he said in a statement.

Mr Longwe said the result of this was added convenience, safety and security which is particularly important during this Covid-19 period.

He said this innovative technology would also help to protect customers against card-related fraud such as skimming, as they no longer had to insert their card into the point of sale device.

“According to data from the Bank of Zambia, an average of 2.7million card transactions were made per month at POS machines in the period January – June 2020.

tonne level but little impact on the performance of the local currency which closed at 20.15/20.20, a tad softer compared to its opening levels of 20.10/20.15.

Market liquidity is currently K2.9 billion

‘Barotse landscape will attract investment’

By HELEN ZULU

Mr Longwe

“FNB aims to minimise the reliance on cash with the launch of its Tap to Payenabled Contactless cards, by ensuring that customers have access to safe and cost-effective payment options that accommodate their day to day needs,” Mr Longwe said.

He encouraged all customers to apply for a free new Tap to Pay-enabled Contactless card through any branch and start to enjoy a new card purchase experience when paying for everyday needs.

Mr Longwe also encouraged businesses owners to take advantage of this opportunity to make customer transactions a more seamless and enjoyable experience.

“Interested businesses can contact the Bank on 362 to apply for Contactlessenabled devices,” he said.

THE Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency (ZCSA) has cleared over 14 000 import consignments in the third quarter of 2020 compared to 11,195 consignments in the second quarter.

ZCSA communications officer, Caroline Kalombe, said 14,947 import consignments were cleared compared to 11,195 consignments in the second quarter representing an increase in inspected consignments of about 33 per cent.

Ms Kalombe said the largest number of consignments was for fuel, fertilizers and food products cleared mostly through Chirundu and Chanida borders.

She said this in a statement released in Lusaka yesterday. Ms Kalombe said there was an increase in the number of consignments cleared through Livingstone, Kazungula and Katima Mulilo because of the easing up of COVID-19 measures and resumption of some economic activities in the neighbouring countries.

“It is also anticipated that the newly constructed Kazungula Bridge, once opened will become a very busy entry point for the country and is also expected to reduce traffic at Chirundu border,” Ms Kalombe said. She said the pre-export inspection of imported used motor vehicles continued during the quarter under review in a bid to ensure public safety and health. Ms Kalombe said 3,882 motor vehicles were recorded compared to 2,356 in the second quarter of 2020 representing an increase of about 65 per cent.

She said 97 market surveillance inspections were carried in the third quarter compared to 132 inspections carried out in the previous quarter.

The inspections were carried out to ensure products continue to be compliant to compulsory standards Ms Kalombe said during the period under review, ZCSA conducted 189 factory inspections compared to 114 in the second quarter.

She said inspections in the second quarter were affected by the COVID 19 pandemic, but as industry began to devise safer ways of doing business, ZCSA managed to increase its inspections in the third quarter.

THE proposed declaration of the Barotse Cultural landscape as a world heritage site will attract more investments, says National Heritage Conservation Commission (NHCC).

NHCC chief natural heritage officer, Kelvin Chanda, said declaring the Barotse plains cultural landscape as a world heritage site would attract investments as visitors to the site were expected to increase.

It is situated in the Western province of Zambia.

Mr Chanda said this would also mean that jobs for the local people would be created through the investments.

He was speaking during the World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature key conservation messages development and validation workshop in Lusaka.

Mr Chanda said once the landscape was declared a heritage site, it would automatically be known worldwide thereby attracting international recognition for the country.

“The Barotse Plains is proposed for inscription as a heritage site on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. We anticipate that once this happen, the result will be increased visitations, a boom in businesses and increased investments in lodges and other facilities which will in turn result in job creation for locals,” he said.

The Barotse Plains is proposed for inscription as a heritage site on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. We anticipate that once this happen, the result will be increased visitations, a boom in businesses and increased investments in lodges and other facilities which will in turn result in job creation for locals.

Mr Chanda clarified that people would not be displaced from the plains as the mission was to showcase the traditional way of life to the rest of the world through the declaration.

NHCC executive director, Collins Chipote, explained that the tradition and livelihood of the people was an integral part of the Barotse landscape.

As such, he said, no people would be moved out because their social economic livelihoods were hinged around the landscape.

“The Barotse plain cultural landscape is not like Victoria Falls where people need to move but the culture of the people is part and parcel of the natural environment

of the landscape and that’s what makes it unique,” Mr Chipote said.

He said NHCC was in talks with the Ministry of Mines for an area which could be left for the purposes of preserving culture saying such an area was not supposed to be part of the heritage site.

“There could be certain activities that might be introduced in the landscape such as mining which is mostly at variance with conservation and by its nature; the extractive industry is usually quite a destructive part of the natural environment.

“But in the set up like the flood plain, there are certain areas where such activities are not allowed if certain aspects of culture are not considered so they are certain extractive industries that might not be permitted in the core area,” Mr Chipote said.

The Barotse landscape is a vast expanse of open land with a gently undulating topography incised with a network of canals that are denuded with the waters of the Zambezi when it bursts its banks at the height of the rainy season from October to May. It is also known as the Bulozi Plain, Lyondo or the Zambezi Floodplain and is one of Africa’s great wetlands. It is designated as a possible Ramsar site on the basis of it being of high conservation value.

The landscape is a flat plateau at an elevation ranging between 914 to 1218m tilting gently to the south.

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Embrace malaria fight, says chief CHIEF Kanyama of Mwinilunga has called on his subjects to take the ongoing 2020 Indoor Residual spraying (IRS 2020) and Insecticide Treated Mosquito Net (ITNs) distribution exercise seriously in order to eliminate malaria.

The traditional leader said the success of the Government programme could only be actualized if people in the area allowed various sectors to do their work diligently.

Chief Kanyama was speaking during the launch of the exercise.

He encouraged his subject to embrace the indoor residual spraying programme and use treated mosquito nets for the intended purpose.

The traditional leader warned that he would not hesitate to punish anyone locking up their houses, running away from their homes instead of obeying the instructions from the

health staff.

“I am warning you, whoever will not allow the health staff conducting the spraying exercise to spray your houses will face punishment from the palace. I am urging you to take this exercise seriously if we have to eliminate malaria,” Chief Kanyama said.

Meanwhile, district health director, Brian Mwachisowa, said Government had provided support to his office to carry out the IRS exercise.

Dr Mwachisowa said the involvement of chief Kanyama to launch the exercise was aimed at regaining confidence in the programme following the gassing incident that affected the exercise early this year.

And Headman Makachi expressed happiness with the exercise and thanked Government for the intervention that will see the country free from malaria.- ZANIS.

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VOTER EDUCATION VITAL, SAYS EXPERT

By ANDREW MUKOMA

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OTER Education Facilitators (VEF) and District Voter Education Committee (DEVC) members in Monze have been implored to remain professional and non-partisan to ensure a successful voter education programme.

Monze District Electoral Officer, Pathis Samakango, said the national assignment required utmost fairness in dealing with the public and stakeholders such as politicians.

He said, therefore, that VEF and DEVC members should carry the tasks seriously as the 2021 general election would largely depend on the success of the voter education programme.

Mr Samakango was speaking when he officially opened the VEF and DVEC capacity

building training at the Council Chamber in Monze yesterday.

He explained that the electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) had a targeted to register nine million people and that it was the duty of the VEF

MOST schools in Manyinga district are faced with a shortage of school desks for pupils, District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Kenneth Solochi has disclosed.

Most schools do not have adequate desks to accommodate pupils thereby affecting their learning as well as the observance of social distance.

Mr Solochi said the school population had rapidly increased especially after the reopening of schools.

"The biggest challenge that we have is the inadequate of school desks in most of our

schools in the district. It’s a challenge in that the observance of social distance in the wake of Covid19 is almost a non-starter," he said.

He also revealed that the pupil teacher ratio was another challenge the district was facing as number of pupils had drastically increased.

Mr Solochi said that currently the district has 17,764 pupils, comprising 9,033 boys and 8731 girls against 416 teachers.

He bemoaned a shortage of classroom and staff accommodation in most schools in the district.

Manyinga District Commis-

sioner (DC), Geoffrey Malayiti, confirmed the biting challenges affecting the Ministry of Education in the district.

"And all the reports have been submitted to relevant authorities for possible action. As district administration, we are sure something will be done in a soonest possible time because education is the nation," he said.

Mr Malayiti, however, called on the corporate world and other stakeholders to come on board and supplement Government's efforts not just in the education sector but other sectors as well.

By ANDREW MUKOMA

‘Accountants must embrace innovation’

By ANDREW MUKOMA

ACCOUNTING professionals have been challenged to adapt to new innovations that will sustain the profession during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Outgoing Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA) president, Jason Kazilimani, in the current environment, accounting professionals should continue searching for ways to weather the storm.

He said that while it was too early to predict the future path of the pandemic, it was certain that the most innovative firms and economies would emerge stronger out of this crisis.

Mr Kazilimani was speak-

ing during the official opening of 2020 ZiCA Pre-Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Falls Park Mall in Livingstone yesterday.

He encouraged ZiCA members to acknowledge that innovation was not a means to end in itself, but it was a continuous long-term endeavour.

"As accounting professionals existing in this highly globalized economy, innovation and adaptation has become the key driver for growth and competitiveness in developing and advanced economies “The capability to innovate will be increasingly a crucial determinant of the global competitiveness of nations over the coming decades,"

he said. The outgoing ZiCA president observed that the rapid pace of technological change continued to disrupt traditional procedures in all spheres, including the accounting profession.

Mr Kazilimani noted that both the accounting and auditing functions were experiencing a major wave of automation that most likely would result in substantive reduction of staff.

"It is predicted that the traditional mix of jobs in accounting firms will change substantially, and accountants will need to learn new skills when the more traditional tasks become automated and analytic needs of the work increase substantively.

and DVECs to help achieve the target within the 30 days’ timeframe.

“ECZ has a target to register nine million people within the 30 days and therefore, you have an onerous task to ensure that you take the voter

education programme seriously to ensure that this target is achieved.

“More importantly, I urge you to be professional and be non-partisan all times as you carry out the voter education activities in the District,” he added.

Mr Samakonga urged the ECZ officials being trained to avoid immoral activities that could dent the image of the electoral body.

He called on the VEF and DVECs to show exemplary behaviour during the course of the voter education activities.

He also urged the DVEC members to avoid any favouritism in monitoring the VEFs in the voter education activities next week.

The voter registration exercise was expected to commence on October 28 and would end on November 30, this year.

‘Don’t entertain non-performing employees’

Manyinga in shortage of desks

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI

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"We now have Covid-19 impacting differently on organisations and individuals, as such the demand for robust financial leadership, innovation and adaptability cannot be over emphasised.

Therefore, the role of the accountant has become highly susceptible to external and internal scrutiny," he said.

And ZiCA Chief Executive Officer, Bonna Kashinga, said that the AGM would provide a platform for members to consider adopting new ideas to work more efficiently and effectively in a changing business and work landscape.

Mr Kashinga thanked members who turned up for the elective AGM amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

GOVERNMENT and other employers should not entertain employees who are schemers but accommodate and promote performers and hard-working employees.

Southern Province Minister, Edify Hamukale, said the public and private sector should employees who were productive and not those only interested in promotions through selfpraise and connections.

Dr Hamukale said that only performers and qualified people should get promotions in order to improve productivity.

The minister was speaking at the 23rd Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management (ZIHRM) annual general meeting at Avani Victoria Falls Resort in Livingstone.

Dr Hamukale, said human resource practitioners should be wary of unproductive individuals in work places.

He note that productivity was the only basis for any institution to perform well and that depended on the input from employees.

"The key to national development is productivity and the key to productivity

is the development of positive work culture. As managers of the most important resource, therefore, human resource practitioners play a critical role in steering productivity both at individual, or enterprise and National levels," he said.

The minister said this was one way in which ZIHRM could contribute to realisation of Zambia's vision to be a prosperous middle income Nation by 2030.

"It is against this background that all employers in this country should engage qualified and members of the Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management in Human Resource positions. The Government will work with your institute to ensure that unlicensed people are not allowed to practice as HR professionals," he said.

ZIHRM president Mooka Silumbu urged his fellow practitioners to take active role in the affairs of the institute and together achieve its vision and mission.

Mr Silumbu said this would ultimately contribute more effectively to the economic growth of companies, members serve and the country at large.

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HILE Hakainde Hichilema is entitled to his opinion, he is not entitled to his own facts.

While it is right for him to express himself within the law, it is not right for him to carry on with alarmist statements which threaten the very peace Zambia is enjoying.

The assertion by UPND president Hakainde Hichilema is not only careless remarks but a recipe to anarchy as this is calculated to sow discontent against the legitimately elected government.

As a leader of the longest opposition political party, Mr Hichilema should realise that statements of that nature have political repercussions even on Zambia’s international standpoints. Not even countries like one country in East Africa (name withheld on public policy grounds) which had a dysfunctional government from 1991 to 2016 had its citizens disrespect the government.

Ever since he came on the political platform, Mr Hichilema has had no regard for the government of the past but this unprecedented hatred against the government of the

day should not be the basis upon which he can undermine lawful authority.

It has also become fashionable that Mr Hichilema has launched plot to prepare his supporters to rise against the will of the people. It is also important that like any other citizen, interests of the nation must always prevail above his narrow interests of becoming Republican President.

We are made to speculate that the constant attacks on the Presidency as an institution and the persona of President Edgar Lungu is meant to solicit for the personal reaction from President Lungu.

However, President Lungu has always stood above board even in the midst of the provocation by the opposition leader. If truly there was no government, his bloodshed prophesy would have come to pass. We take exception to such statements as they have a bearing on investor confidence.

While we are displeased with the malicious verbal harassment President Lungu may have constantly been subjected to, we remain committed to an issue-based political campaign.

We also wish to reaffirm that there is no vacancy in the

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As a leader of the longest opposition political party, Mr Hichilema should realise that statements of that nature have political repercussions even on Zambia’s international standpoints.

Presidency as this will manifest with the political will President Lungu has demonstrated to respond from the will of the citizens who are in dire need for answers to the ills Mr Hichilema allegedly committed during privatisation.

The people of Zambia cannot be swayed by the unwarranted harassment as they know so well that there is a Government under President Lungu which has shown determination to deliver the social and economic programs to the Zambian people.

We urge Mr Hichilema to swallow his bitterness and come to term with reality that his archrival is the President.

We are also determined to undertake a rigmarole of activities to explain why there is no alternative and why State House does not need any tenant beside President Lungu.

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI, Youth Rights Activist, Lusaka.

LET us use the remaining months before the 2021 general elections focusing on empowering our Patriotic Front structures countrywide.

Honestly speaking, the PF hierarchy urgently needs to look into the plight of our party structures countrywide, as the current status surely needs economical uplift as one way of motivating them ahead of 2021.

It's shocking to see that leaders who have offered themselves to assist improve the welfare of the PF structures and functionaries are easily frustrated with accusations of harbouring presidential ambitions, something that is forcing them to pull back and only our party structures are affected.

Some leaders when they had opportunities to help our party structures and functionaries chose to serve the interests of their close associates and relatives, people who clearly do nothing to grow the PF. Surely we don't expect the PF to grow if our structures are ignored economically because these are the custodians of our voters.

I feel we need to come up with a proper system in place which can be used to improve the welfare of our party structures countrywide, for clearly only a few individuals are benefitting from the party structures.

I have also noted that we have leaders who feel jealous when fellow leaders are assisting party structures and functionaries countrywide to the extent they start sending young people by way of giving them political handouts

to scandalise other leaders saying they have Presidential ambitions.

There is no vacancy in the PF for now as endorsements countrywide point at one person as a sole candidate on the PF ticket come 2021 and that is President Edgar Lungu.

President Lungu is on record preaching on the need to improve the welfare of not only our PF structures and functionaries but the general citizenly of this nation.

If only all PF members regardless of our positions would focus on the party and President Lungu, putting our interests aside, then our party structures countrywide would be extremely comfortable to the extent that the PF would be growing on a daily basis.

It's shocking that a party the size of the PF would have structures at district level with no vehicles and we expect these people to mobilise the party on foot.

Let's allow leaders with capacity to assist party structures as that will surely be of great service to the PF and President Lungu.

What shocks me is that those leaders in the habit of accusing those that are helping party structures and functionaries with both employment and business opportunities, do little to help our party structures and functionaries yet are quick to spread accusations.

Youths should refuse to be used by leaders with hidden agendas to propel their political aspirations by mudslinging others.

This is no time to be fighting one another within the party but to appreciate every one’s effort and use it to grow the PF. MAXWELL CHONGU.

Let us change our mindset the USA way I WRITE to urge our politicians and the general populous of this nation to change or mindset and aspire to co-exist as the nation heads to the 2021 general elections.

Let us know that politics is about service not about life and death. The country is currently being embroiled in a lot of political confrontations ignited by various political media personnel playing the I know it all game of words.

Not until as a nation we change our mindset on politics, such media personnel have the potential to put this nation on fire not for the sake of service to this nation but for their own selfish agenda.

Why can't we emulate the way Americans are doing their politics where despite there being heated rivalry ahead of next months' elections Trump and the opposition's campaign teams clash for not for bodily harm but for solutions to the current situation.

Why if we really call ourselves a democratic nation

should we advance political brutality at the expense of political answers that people need to hear on the way forward.

Media houses have also been victimised by cadres who are sent many times to disrupt live radio programs and yet we claim not only to be a democratic nation but a christian nation as well.

All these bad political vices are happening because political heavy weights are using money to induce illiterate cadres to advance their personal agendas against the national agenda, which should not be the case.

Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the Americans are not shedding blood against one another because their mindset is fine tuned to service delivery for the Americans and not for political power, hence we see their campaigns to be peaceful.

We can equally do it if only we remove the "I" and replace it with "WE", to mean us as a nation.

Wisdom Muyunda Chingola.

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ZEMA ORDERS COPPER FIRM TO HALT OPS

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

THE Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has ordered Rongxin Investments Limited Copper concentration and electro-winning plant in Kalulushi district to suspend operations.

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ZEMA Acting Manager Corporate Affairs Friday Phiri revealed that preliminary investigations by a team of Inspectors indicated that the incident happened when a dam embankment at the plant collapsed, thereby discharging huge volumes of tailings into the Luela Stream.

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HE Copperbelt Energy Cooperation (CEC) is dismayed that the Kitwe City Council has advertised the land on the way leave stretching from Kwacha to Kawama before an agreement is signed to see which part of the land can be given to the people for occupation.

The land in question has for the past few years sparked

ZEMA has also directed the cleaning up and restoration of the polluted stretch of the Luela Stream.

The order comes after the bursting of an acid dam on Kitwe-Mufulira Road and whose effluent moved into Luela Stream which feeds into Mwambashi River where Nkana Water and Sanitation Company has a treatment plant.

There was imminent water pollution in Kitwe, Chambishi and Kalulushi after the burst-

ing of an acid dam at the firm.

The effluent was moving into Lwela Stream which feeds into Mwambashi River where Nkana water has a treatment plant.

Itimpi Ward Councilor Mpasa Mwaya expressed worry that people in the area had started getting and selling fish which was dying on its own due to the acid discharged into the main stream and further feeding its waters into Mwambashi River.

Ms Mwaya appealed to the

general populace in her ward to desist getting, selling or eating the fish from Lwela Stream until a time when the experts give guidance.

ZEMA Acting Manager Corporate Affairs Friday Phiri revealed that preliminary investigations by a team of Inspectors indicated that the incident happened when a dam embankment at the plant collapsed, thereby discharging huge volumes of tailings into the Luela Stream.

"A stretch of more than 200 meters along the Luela stream has been polluted, affecting fish and other aquatic organisms and that some smallscale farmers who grow crops on the banks of the Luela stream have also had some of their crops buried by the discharge," he said.

Mr Phiri said ZEMA was working with other Government agencies and departments to ensure that further regulatory action was taken in line with the provisions of the Environmental Management Act No. 12 of 2011.

copntroversy as most people were looking forward to having portions while others have even received death threats as they battled for it.

On Thursday, residents in Kwacha, Chimwemwe and Kawama townships stormed

CEC head office in Nkana East to protest against what they claimed to be a denial of access to land.

This was after the council announced that it had completed and approved the planning arrangements on the eastern portions of the revised

CEC wayleave S129, stretching from Kwacha to Kawama into stands.

The advertisement stated that this was in order to meet the demand for land in the city with priority being given to residents of the three areas.

But the residents said they

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KALULUSHI Municipal Council and Smart City Limited have sealed a $550 million (K11billion) deal for the construction of a mini smart city in the district.

The planning aspect of the project commenced in February, last year.

Smart City Limited had embarked on the first phase of the project, involving invitation for bids from qualified and credible contractors to be engaged in the construction of the smart city.

The whole project is set to be executed in two phases.

Kalulushi Smart City Limited Chairman, Peter Nasilele, said the first phase of the construction of the mini smart city would commence next month after awarding of the contracts.

"The first phase will run for a period of 36 months and this will in-

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could not comprehend how the power utility company wanted to acquire part of the land when it clearly declared its intention of allowing residents to occupy it.

CEC chief project officer, Vincent Nyirenda, explained that the company had en-

volve the construction of a shopping mall, hospital, hotel, office block, golf course, filling station, adventure city and construction of 200 residential houses among other works," he said.

Kalulushi Mayor, Rashida Mulenga, said the local authority would always be available to render support towards the project.

Ms Mulenga said this would bring about employment opportunities among the youths and greatly contribute to the modernization of the district.

"Owing to the significance of the project, Kalulushi Municipal Council was compelled to respond favourably to the company’s request to use council premises for the tender process," she said.

Ms Mulenga said the mini smart city would be constructed on farm number 3380 which is 67 hectares of land at the corner of Luapula road and President Avenue.

gaged the council regarding the land which the company had no future use for of about 82 hectares.

"We were expected to sign an agreement with the council before the close of business on Wednesday after several meetings. We did not conclude," Mr Nyirenda said.

Meanwhile, Kitwe Town Clerk Mbulo Seke said the matter would only be handled

by CEC which was the sole owners of the land.

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GUINEA ELECTIONS: ...the 82-year-old seeking six more years

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ONAKRY - Alpha Condé, Guinea’s 82-year-old head of state, will tomorrow ask his country’s 5.4 million voters for a third term, opening what promises to be a tense, high-stakes electoral season for West Africa, with contests soon following in Ivory Coast, Ghana and Niger.

If he fails to clinch outright victory with more than 50 percent of the vote, the president will probably have to face off against his leading opponent, Cellou Dalein Diallo, in a run-off that on past form will probably spark violent confrontation on the streets of Con-

tional stadium.

He had himself served jail time for challenging General Lansana Conté, who had ruled from 1984 to his death in 2008, and he faced a huge task to gradually reform the security forces and construct a democratically accountable state with a

Monetary Fund (IMF) and the donor community.

Guinea has huge mineral wealth and regulation of the extractives sector has been overhauled.

Confidence among investors has recovered, opening up the prospect that Simandou, one of

- creating thousands of new livelihoods and the construction of a new rail line to link the landlocked southern interior to the coast.

As one of the three countries severely affected by West Africa’s 2014-16 Ebola outbreak - alongside neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia - Guinea developed experience in tackling infectious disease that it has been able to bring to bear in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

One of the grand old men of sub-Saharan politics, Condé re-established Guinea’s profile on the African diplomatic stage.

Disappointments

The 2009 stadium massacre is a reminder of Guinea's brutal past

akry, the crowded capital city, crammed into a narrow peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic.

Condé’s accession to power in December 2010 was the first genuinely democratic handover in his country’s 52-year independent history - a saga of authoritarian and military rule pockmarked with episodes of severe repression and spectacular brutality, the most recent of which had been the September 28, 2009 massacre, when troops killed at least 160 opposition supporters, and raped 110 women, attending a rally at the na-

basic respect for human rights and transparent public finances.

Achievements The past 10 years have brought significant progress.

Early fears of a comeback coup by army hardliners gradually faded, and the military has been at least partly reformed, with many officers sent into retirement.

A team of capable technocratic ministers has got the economy back on track, rebuilding a solid cooperative partnership with the International

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Capt Camara remains hugely popular in his home region, Guinée Forestière, and senior politicians seem reluctant to sanction any move that could threaten hopes of attracting support there.

the world’s largest untapped iron-ore deposits, might finally be exploited

But serious problems persist, particularly in human rights.

Opposition figures such as Diallo have suffered sporadic harassment, while political life is still scarred by periodic outbreaks of street violence between frustrated youthful demonstrators and security forces that, despite retraining, still frequently resort to lethal force to curb unrest.

Moreover, the long promised trial of the military figures indicted for the September 28 massacre has still not taken place, despite a sustained campaign by the families of victims, foreign diplomatic pressure and hints that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will step in if the Guinean authorities fail to act.

At least one of the soldiers formally indicted has actually held government office under Condé, while Moussa Dadis Ca-

Alpha Condé, Guinea's 82-year-old head of state, will this Sunday ask his country's 5.4 million voters for a third term, opening what promises to be a tense, high-stakes electoral season for West Africa, with contests soon following in Ivory Coast, Ghana and Niger.

mara - the military ruler whose troops carried out the massacre - has been questioned but, ultimately, left untroubled in exile in Burkina Faso.

Capt Camara remains hugely popular in his home region, Guinée Forestière, and senior politicians seem reluctant to sanction any move that could threaten hopes of attracting support there.

In the 2015 election Diallo even formed a bizarre electoral alliance with his camp, while a key ally of-

Capt Camara is a senior minister in Condé’s government.

Third-term controversy That is the unsettled background contest for this year’s election, which has been rendered hugely contentious by Condé’s determination to seek a third term - a move that has meant changing the constitution, through a referendum in March. – BBC.

Cellou Dalein Diallo is the president's main rival in the race

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Explosion Band

John Cena secretly married to grace Elders Entertainment opening

By TERENCE MISELO

Z JOHN Cena took his WWE catchphrase, "You Can't See Me," quite literally when he secretly married girlfriend Shay Shariatzadeh.

E! News can confirm the Blockers star exchanged vows with the Canada native in Tampa, Fla. on Monday, Oct. 12.

At this time, there are few details on the secret ceremony, which was first reported by PWInsider.

John Cena was previously engaged to Nikki Bella

Fans of the WWE star learned of his relationship with Shay in March 2019. The two were spotted on a date night in her hometown of Vancouver, Canada, but kept things low-key.

They later made their romance red carpet official at the Playing With Fire premiere in October 2019. John shared at the time, "What's truly special about this one is that, no matter what projects I'm involved in the future, this one will always have a special meaning because I got to film a special project and meet someone special."

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AMBIA'S seasoned music band Xplosion Band is tonight set to grace the official opening of Elders Entertainment Cafe in Lusaka's Emmasdale area.

The band which is renowned for its cover performances of local hits as well as international sounds is

scheduled to give an all live show starting at 18:00 hours.

Led by Layton Mupeta Jr, Xplosion Band is geared to offer the best in live music at a venue posed to become a centre of music, dance and entertainment.

Located at the former SilK Club on Vubu Road, Elders Entertainment Cafe is planned to be hosting top ranking artistes.

DJ Cosmo happy with Malawi invite

By TERENCE MISELO

ZAMBIA'S dancehall artiste DJ Cosmo says he is happy to get an invitation to perform in Malawi.

Speaking in an interview, the raga dancehall artiste who has been selected to perform at the annual Sand Music Festival starting on October 30, said he will represent Zambia with pride.

"I am very happy and for me, it is a moment to represent my country Zambia," he said.

The Sand Music Festival brings together Africa's top artistes. DJ Cosmo will share the stage with the likes Diamond Platinum-Tanzania, Master KG- South Africa, Lucious Banda, Skeffa Chimoto and Namandingo from Malawi to name only a few.

The three-day, all-inclusive music festival will take place at Sunbird Livingstonia Beach in Salima.

Sand Music Festival is Malawi’s most settled and con-

sistent music festival with a history of hosting star-studded performers in a festival that has been lauded as the premiere al-a-carte of the finest music and dance on the beaches of Lake Malawi. It is a celebration of culture and song spread over three days.

Apart from the Xplosion Band tonight, the opening show will also feature music by guest DJs Bizzy Wizzy of the Bizzy Wizzy Entertainments and ManStan of Club Amnesia supported by DJ Clif and DJ Duda. All this action is free of charge but the club management will operate under strict guidelines of the Covid-19 preventive measures.

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Meet artiste Plight Intellect

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DJ Cosmo

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Taking to Instagram Live Tuesday, Cardi B revealed that she decided to reunite with her husband, 28, during her birthday weekend celebrations in Las Vegas — just weeks after filing for divorce.

“It’s hard not to talk to your best friend. You know what I’m saying? It’s really hard not to talk to your best friend,” she adds. “And it’s really hard to have no d—. And it’s just like, I don’t know.” - YAHOO

PLIGHT Chapusha professionally known as Plight Intellect aka “The Mind of Plight” is a Zambian RnB/ pop artiste born in Mazabuka on 6th November 1987.

As a first born in a family of three boys, Plight always had a strong desire and passion for music from his childhood. He would always orient himself with music which he did in his grades 8 and 9 at Matero Boys Secondary. Thereafter, he started using music to express himself and to share other people’s experiences.

The first song he released was titled ‘You’ which featured the late Daev Zambia, and Yo maps. He is yet to release another single titled ‘Change’ which is about trying to do things right after making mistakes.

He intends to release more singles before the end of this year.

Outside music, Plight holds a computer degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MİT ). He is also a USA online, Microsoft Certified IT Specialist and Programmer, Cisco Networking, Web Engineering, Cyber Security and he also holds a Masters in Information Systems Management from the University of Roehampton.

Professionally, Plight is a certified programmer, web engineer, systems administrator, cyber security specialist and runs an Information Technology firm called Inwit Systems Ltd. He is additionally Co-founder of ‘My Ride,’ the taxi booking app among other things.

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IN SEARCH OF AN IDEAL COACH… Even if we don't really know who is telling the truth between coach “Micho” and the senior players, all we want to see is a united squad. Anyone and everyone who is committed to representing the nation must be part of the team but someone who is bringing a bad vibe must be booted out.

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel if what we saw during the three friendlies is anything to go by. In the friendly against South Africa, we saw massive team spirit, hardwork and commitment.

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“Micho” seems to be willing to give any talented player a chance to prove themselves. No one could have imagined players like Kondwani Chiboni and Zachariah Chilongoshi would don the national colours so soon and fight for places.

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However, inconsistency as said earlier, has been an enemy of progress. We have been changing coaches like shirts. When a coach loses, we rush to call for his scalp.

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We have had coaches in the past who initiated the building processes but just when they were starting to put up structures we frustrated and chucked them out.

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CAMPAIGN BAN …Zanzibar presidential candidate barred from campaigning

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AR ES SALAAM - The Zanzibar Electoral Commission has barred an opposition presidential candidate from campaigning for the next five days.

Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad of ACT Wazalendo party becomes the second opposition candidate in the country to be restricted from campaigning by the electoral body.

He was accused by a rival party, Demokrasia Makini, of violating electoral regulations. He can appeal against the ban.

Earlier this month, Tundu Lissu, the presidential candidate from Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema,

was also barred from campaigning for seven days.

Elections will be held in the semi-autonomous archipelago alongside Tanzania's general elections on October 28.

Voters will elect the islands' president, members of the legislators and local councillors.

In Ivory Coast, the two main challengers to President Alassana Ouattara in this month's election have announced they are boycotting the poll.

At a joint news conference in Abidjan, the former head of state, Henri Konan Bédié, and the former prime minister, Pascal Affi N'Guessan, called on their support-

Bushiris’ fraud and money laundering trial set for May 2021 JOHANNESBURG - Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary Bushiri are expected to be tried in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria from May 31 to June 18, 2021, it emerged at a pre-trial conference yesterday.

The Hawks arrested Bushiri and his wife on February 1, 2019 on charges of fraud and money laundering, involving more than R15m.

One of the charges related to exchange control regulations and involved foreign currency of $1, 147. 200. Bushiri, also known as "Major 1", is the leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church. – NEWS24. ___________________________________________________

UN peacekeeper killed in Mali roadside bomb

BAMAKO – A UN peacekeeper was killed in northern Mali and another seriously wounded after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb on Thursday, some 50 kilometres south of the northern city of Kidal the UN mission said.

The United Nations has some 13, 000 troops deployed in Mali as part of its peacekeeping mission - known as Minusma. Over 220 UN peacekeepers have lost their lives in Mali since first deploying in 2013. – AFP. ___________________________________________________

ers to block what they described as an electoral coup.

Ouattara is standing for a third term on October 31, which his opponents say is illegal.

Their declaration - on the first official day of campaigning - has raised fears of major political unrest.

The only other opposition candidate - after several others were disqualified - is the former MP Kouadio Konan Bertin.

– BBC.

WHO names independent body to probe Congo sex abuse claims GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday it was setting up a seven-person independent commission to investigate claims of sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers during the recent Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.

In an investigation published last month by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian, more than 50 women accused aid workers from the WHO and leading charities of demanding sex in exchange for jobs during the 2018-2020 crisis. Five out of seven of the organisations named in the expose have pledged to investigate, as has Congo's health ministry.

Leading the WHO inquiry will be Aichatou Mindaoudou, former minister

Kenya sees red over EU ‘betrayal’ NAIROBI – Government has written a protest letter to the European Union (EU) delegation to Kenya over what it terms betrayal after it withdrew support for Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed’s bid to head the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Kenya wrote to the EU on Tuesday after a Cabinet meeting where the matter was discussed, citing misrepresentation of facts about Amina’s bid, sources said.

Sources within government and diplomatic circles said the EU had indicated support for Amina when campaigns started. EU had promised to support Kenya’s bid financially and also take a leading role in lobbying for the Sports Cabinet Secretary, they said.

However, as assurances were being made in Nairobi,

a separate campaign was being orchestrated from the EU headquarters in Brussels with a different candidate being fronted. Kenya’s candidacy lost steam after EU members questioned Amina’s loyalty to the goals and ideals of the WTO. Kenya’s closeness to China also came into sharp focus, sources said. China continues to take what many countries see as the undue advantage of poor nations by offering endless lines of credit often with little checks and balances but with punitive repayment options. An Amina-led administration created the impression she would be a partial arbiter whenever matters touching on China came up in the 164-member WTO Council. It is this perceived impartiality that made the EU

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to declare support for Nigerian candidate Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

The anger from Nairobi isn’t just about the lack of support. Those privy to talks that preceded Kenya’s protest letter to the EU team say it was the manner in which the EU conducted itself that got Kenya angry.

“To the last days, they never told the Kenyan delegation about their change of heart,” a source who did not wish to be named said. “They were just stringing them along.”

The Kenyan delegation went on a campaign blitz with Amina honouring numerous media interviews - both national and international - to outline her agenda. From face-to-face question and answer sessions to hours-long webinars. When the WTO

of foreign affairs and of social development of Niger, and Julienne Lusenge, a Congolese human rights activist, the UN agency said in a statement. Lusenge is known for her work advocating for victims of sexual violence in eastern Congo and co-founded a Congolese women's rights group that supports survivors.

Mindaoudou has been a UN special representative to Ivory Coast and to Darfur since working for the government of Niger.

The two co-chairs will choose up to five other people with expertise in sexual exploitation and abuse, emergency response, and investigations to join the commission, the WHO said.

"The role of the Independent Commission will be to swiftly establish the facts, identify and support survivors, ensure that any ongoing abuse has stopped, and hold perpetrators to account," – REUTERS.

CLOSENESS Kenya’s closeness to China also came into sharp focus, sources said.

China continues to take what many countries see as the undue advantage of poor nations by offering endless lines of credit often with little checks and balances but with punitive repayment options.

chairman David Walker, on September 18, confirmed Amina was among five candidates who’d qualified for the last round of tests, it was widely assumed this was so because of EU’s support. – THE STANDARD.

Mali civil servants demand release of colleagues

Africa can't afford a second coronavirus wave - WHO

Robbery or social justice?

GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Africa cannot afford a second wave of Covid-19, saying it would be devastating especially to the economy.

The warning comes as infections continue to spike in many countries that have recently been easing restrictions.

The health body said the virus will run out of control if African countries continued opening up

BAMAKO - Hundreds of civil servants in Mali demonstrated in the capital, Bamako, to call for the release of local administrators held by jihadists.

The protesters walked to the Prime Minister's office on Thursday where they presented their petition. They said more than 10 local administrators were being held by the jihadists. – BBC. ___________________________________________________

PARIS - A French court on Wednesday convicted Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza of aggravated robbery and fined him 1, 000 euros ($1,176) after he snatched a 19th century central African funerary post from a Paris museum in June.

Diyabanza, who has lived in France for 20 years, belongs to a pan-African movement that is pressing France to return thousands of art works removed from its African colonies and make reparations for acts of slavery. – REUTERS.

without adequate interventions in place.

It also warned of a return to lockdowns - which the continent cannot afford.

WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, also said measures are in place to ensure the continent gets its fair share of any vaccine developed.

Africa has reported more that 1.6 million coronavirus cases since the pandemic began with more than 39,000 deaths. – BBC.

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In search of an ideal coach…

SINCE winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2012, the country has witnessed a massive drop in the performance of the Chipolopolo team.

Even though the “class of 2012” had been together for a good number of years, Zambia has struggled to build another golden generation.

Zambia has changed six coaches since Patrice Beaumelle quit his job in 2014 to join Herve Renard who was then coaching Ivory Coast.

We currently have Serbian tactician Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic on the hot seat and already some fans are not happy with his recent decisions during Zambia’s three friendly games. He is an experienced coach and possibly the only Zambian coach in many years who has come to the country with a rich curriculum vitae.

Conflicts between him and some senior players have raised a lot of dust, with some feeling that the “Serbian Wolf” is an enemy of the “legends.”

We have had the Clatous Chota Chama and the Kabaso Chongo issues which have brought a lot of controversy.

But I will not delve into these issues, debates will definitely To Page 14

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MULENGE PREACHES RECONCILIATION

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

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INISTER of Sports, Youth and Child Development, Emmanuel Mulenga is confident that the much anticipated meeting scheduled for October 31 will reconcile warring football administrators.

Mulenga said there is need for the warring football administrators to reconcile for the benefit of the Zambian game.

He was speaking when he hosted FAZ General Secretary Adrian Kashala and the national team technical bench led by Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic at his office on Thursday, He said the wrangles are

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ABSA Bank Zambia has raised K160, 000 from the Mizinga Melu challenge during the ongoing ABSA Virtual Marathon which was launched yesterday.

And Sports Minister Emmanuel Mulenga has commended ABSA Zambia for consistently organising the event.

Mulenga noted that the consistency of the bank in organising the marathon underlined the focus of the ministry's national sport policy.

The minister noted that the event also underscores the call by the President Edgar Lungu for Zambians to stay fit and healthy.

He was speaking during the launch of the three-day ABSA marathon held at Garden City Mall yesterday.

"The consistency by ABSA to organise the marathon does not only underline the focus of the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development’s national sport policy but also underscores the call by the President for Zambians to stay fit and healthy," Mulenga said.

“I wish to call other corporate institutions to emulate ABSA in its quest to contin-

detrimental to the development of Zambian football.

Mulenga has challenged sports administrators to think of players who would suffer most if Zambia was to be sanctioned by FIFA because of the endless squabbles.

Mulenga said players would suffer most if Zambia was to be sanctioned by FIFA because football is a career where they earn their living.

“My hope is that the outcome of this meeting with FIFA is going to unite all stakeholders because we want all the efforts to be put on the table so that we advance the development of football in this country.

“The misunderstandings

which are there currently are detrimental to the development of football in this nation but once we have this meeting at the end of this month, I think we are going to put everything behind and I urge all the stakeholders to put this country first,” Mulenga said.

“I pray for the best, I pray for reconciliation, I pray that these people who are fighting will reconcile and we will move as one team.”

Meanwhile, Mulenga says the ministry will consult the Ministry of Health on the need for soccer fans to be allowed to support their teams from match venues.

Mulenga said the Ministry of Sports does not have an

ultimate say on whether fans should be allowed in stadia because it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health to regulate the conduct of the public during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We are into consultation with the Ministry of Health, we know life comes first. Football can be played even next year but once you lose a life you can’t replace it next year so we are in consultation with the Ministry of Health.

“Our desire as a ministry is to allow fans. But we don’t have an ultimate say, the Ministry of Health will come on board to advise accordingly and we will go by their guidelines,” Mulenga said.

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ue promoting healthy living and we hope to see corporate institutions join hands with government in promoting physical activities and sport as an aspect of preventing non communicable diseases in the country.”

ABSA Bank Zambia Chief Executive Officer Mizinga Melu said the bank had raised K160, 000 from the Mizinga Melu challenge during the marathon.

Melu said the money raised would go towards the building

of ablution blocks for girls in underserved areas.

She said that the virtual marathon would run for three days up to tomorrow and that participants could register from anywhere for as long as they had recognised applica-

tions in which they could post and then be given some medals later.

Others present at the marathon were Zambia Institute of Bankers Managing Director Victoria Mumba, Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa.