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Thursday July 30, 2020

By AARON CHIYANZO

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has fired General Education minister, David Mabumba following a nude video of the minister that went viral on social media.

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Social media monitoring policy approved. Page 4 President Edgar Chagwa Lungu chairs the 17th Cabinet meeting at State House in Lusaka yesterday. Picture By SALIM HENRY/STATE HOUSE

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THE suspension of the two city councils coming on the heels of the wanton desecration of land, will provide an opportunity to identify culprits and also give the state the requisite muscle to remedy the situation. Some councillors at Lusaka and Kitwe City Councils, who should have been providing policy guidance and oversight, went on rampage selling any piece of land they set their eyes on including Zambia Railways Limited reserved portions. The civic leaders also scrambled for land in waterlogged areas such as river beds and streams, endangering the ecological outlay of the community. Their ill-fated conduct did not end at that; they also looted playparks, school sports fields and reserve land near grave yards. They also went on a reign of terror in new residential areas where they illegally converted land reserved for markets and other social amenities into residential plots and issued ownership documents. In many instances, councillors cowed down council employees to generate letters of offer and recommendation letters to the Ministry of Lands and this led to legalising an illegality. They also threatened to run over council chief officers who did not yield to their ways and in the end some full time employees joined in the melee of illegal land sales. Civic Centres were always teeming with “clients” and a horde of councillors flaunting site plans and offer letters in defiance of the fact that land administration does not fall in their ambit as they were merely part-time officials. They walked with their heads high, throwing their weight around and retorted at anyone who addressed them as “Mr” in preference to the erroneous title of honourable. Yes, the title honourable crept into the Local Government parlance when in fact it is not supposed to be used among councillors. A message must be sent in clear terms that councillors are not full-time employees, but are there for policy guidance and should also play an oversight role. It is not the duty of a councillor to be running around the council in day-to-day operations including land administration. They must not involve themselves in physical inspection and land allocation, but only look at the final documents which come to the full-council meeting for deliberations and approval. Civic Centres are not play grounds neither are they dens where to cut deals by the very people entrusted to provide oversight. It is sad that councillors became anarchists. Such a scenario can be likened to a home where the parents misbehave by way of bastardising personal values and traditional norms in the presence of their children. To remedy this growing cancer in councils, the Ministry of Local Government must strictly monitor operations of the councils so that councillors stick to their lane. The Town Clerk or Council Secretary cannot sufficiently guide councillors, hence the need for Government to create a monitoring mechanism through the office of the Provincial Local Government Officers. The principal officers and their chief officers are not able to do so adequately because they are subordinate to councillors. Secondly, many councillors have no clue about the local government system as they are at sea with operations of formal organisations. They come from communities via elections. This means, therefore, that anyone with a green National Registration Card, a Grade 12 qualification can be elected to the position of ward councillor, even with barest understanding of governance, development and administrative knowhow. A filtering system must be introduced to prevent rogues from standing as councillors.

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By PETER SICHALI THE Board of directors for the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) has intervened to help recover millions of Kwacha in unpaid loans from beneficiaries of the revolving funds who defaulted. CEEC public relations and communications manager, Michelo Mukata said the CEEC board would soon sit to provide a road map on how the money would be recovered. Mr Mukata said the nonrepayment of loans was affecting the CEEC’s mandate

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… CEEC GOES AFTER LOAN DEFAULTERS of empowering citizens as the money was a revolving fund which was supposed to be given to new beneficiaries once recovered. The latest Auditor General’s report indicates that CEEC was owed about over K150m in unpaid loans which included amounts totalling K1, 042, 472 in outstanding loans owed by 23 clients who could not be traced by the organisation.

The CEEC had failed to recover the collateral pledged for the loans. “These loans that CEEC gives to citizens are revolving funds therefore nonpayment of loans affects the mandate of the authority,” Mr Mukata said. Mr Mukata however said CEEC had several ways of recovering unpaid loans that may include possession of collaterals from citizens. He said CEEC had also

embarked on close monitoring and evaluation of the funded businesses to ensure that funds are recovered. Mr Mukata said CEEC could also seize collaterals as a last resort for clients that fail to settle the loans. “If all interventions that CEEC has put in place fail, we will go the legal route for clients that provide collaterals and see how we can recover money that was pumped into the business,” Mr Mukata said. On the over K150m unrecovered funds, Mr Mukata said CEEC was waiting for guidance from the board on how the matter could be dealt with.

No more external borrowing - minister By BUUMBA CHIMBULU GOVERNMENT has stopped borrowing externally to reduce the current debt stock as it negotiates for relief, says Finance Minister, Bwalya Ng’andu. Zambia’s current external debt stands at US$11.2 billion. Dr Ng’andu indicated that Government was focusing on negotiating with relevant stakeholders for debt relief as it puts in measures meant to reduce the debt burden. He was speaking yesterday when making a submission to the Parliamentary Committee on budget via webinar. “As far as external debt is concerned, we have stopped borrowing and at the same time we are currently negotiating with the view to get some relief in that space, so as far as external debt is concerned, we are not touching. “Only domestic debt. There is provision

that is available under both bonds as well as treasury bills, but in this instance we are going for specifically bonds and these are long terms bond with maturity going beyond seven years, perhaps going as far as 15 years,” Dr Ng’andu. The minister expressed optimism that Government would be able to deal with the external debt by the time the bonds were maturing. “If you take that together with the kind of measures we are taking in terms of trying to reduce the current debt, I think by the time we are getting into the fifth year, we should be in a better position to manage the debt within the existing debt of the time. “If we had contracted short term debt, it could have been more of a problem but given that they are long term in nature, they will give us the space that we need at the same time to be able to manage the debt situation before we get to that point,” Dr Ng’andu said.

Kapeso’s remarks Nothing illegal about Chimese deals - witness irk Lusaka Province By OLIVER SAMBOKO not in a position to confirm if it was a salary account for PF chiefs Chimese but admitted that his A STATE witness has

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THE Patriotic Front (PF) in Lusaka has taken on deputy Inspector General of Police, Bonny Kapeso for allegedly having said the ruling party knew where fugitive Eastern Province youth chairperson, Emmanuel Banda was hiding. It is alleged that while he was featured on a radio programme at UNZA Radio, Mr Kapeso said the PF officials knew where Banda, who is wanted for aggravated robbery related cases, was hiding. PF Lusaka provincial secretary, Kennedy Kamba said Mr Kapeso should stop dragging the name of the ruling party in a case involving an individual. He said the PF took strong exception to Mr Kapeso’s remarks who seemed to drag it in a matter involving an individual who should be dealt with personally. “We strongly feel Mr Kapeso is maliciously dragging the PF as a ruling party in alleged misconduct of individuals who must personally face the law if found wanting rather than dragging the entire party into the misdeeds of a few individuals,” said Mr Kamba who was with the provincial central committee.

admitted before court that there was nothing illegal about cash withdrawals that were made from a bank account belonging to former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Eric Chimese. This is in a case Chimese is charged with Chita Lodge Director James Chungu over alleged concealing of property suspected to be proceeds of crime and alleged money laundering, among other charges. Testifying in the case before Lusaka Magistrate Nsunge Chanda yesterday, Esther Mwanza, a banker from ABSA, said she had not seen anything illegal about 11 withdrawals that were made between 2012 and 2014 from Chimese’s account held at then Barclays Bank Longacres branch. In her evidence-in-chief, Ms. Mwanza had presented to court 11 withdrawal vouchers and a public prosecutor Sipholiano Phiri showed her a bank statement, which was already presented in a previous sitting, to support her testimony. She said the account in question was a joint one held by Chimese and his wife Sharon but that she did not know the signing arrangements. Ms. Mwanza said she was

gratuity was paid in the same account. She said she was not aware that there was any suspicious bank dealing and admitted that ABSA’s legal department advised her to only comment on the withdrawal vouchers. She also admitted that there was a letter attached to one of the vouchers indicating that Chimese had accrued money from the pension ZAF paid him when he retired in March 2012. Ms. Mwanza told the court that pension payment was legitimate and that she did not know the site for which a Captain Charles Katilungu was paid on one of the vouchers to buy building materials on Chimese’s behalf. She said she does not know the plot Chimese was buying as indicated on the bank statement. She said she is aware that Chimese has property but does not know the exact location of the houses, also admitting that there is nothing illegal about buying a building. She said she did not know the reason for the alleged payment and that she did not know the use of the money that was withdrawn from Chimese’s account. Trial continues on August 19, 2020.

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Govt warns against Covid drug abuse By SANFROSSA MANYINDA GOVERNMENT has warned of stern action against people who are promoting the use of some of the drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients in communities without authorisation. Permanent Secretary for Technical Services in the Ministry of Health Kennedy Malama said the ministry had observed that a number of people had been prescribing the alleged Covid-19 drugs to the people in the communities they live in. He was speaking during the daily Covid-19 update in Lusaka yesterday. The ministry has since directed the Zambia Medical Regulatory Authority (ZMRA) and other relevant authorities to move in and stop the perpetrators. And Dr Malama said the ministry was carrying out a serial prevalence survey in six districts to establish the disease burden of the outbreak in the country. Zambia recorded 146 new cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. Thirty-seven patients are on oxygen while three are on ventilators. The total number of cumulative cases in the country stands at 5, 249 which includes 146 deaths and 3, 285 recoveries.

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QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

as at 30 June 2020 ZMW’000

580,953 1,718,594

INCOME STATEMENT

Interest income from: Loans and overdrafts Banks and financial institutions Securities Other Total interest income Interest expense Deposits Paid to banks and financial institutions Subordinated debt Other

ZMW’000 141,966 19,231 198,892 -

ZMW’000

360,089

656,910

ZMW’000

Year to date ZMW’000 285,595 39,183 332,132 -

(187,464)

(199,400)

(94,452)

(104,779) 457,510

(9,985) (1,951) -

255,310

(9,385) (942) -

Net interest income

(145,782)

65,508

443,743

132,015

311,728

(58,873)

46,014

Provision for loan losses

15,868

27,250

261,945

(18,964) (473)

15,116

71,897 8,410

78,188

196,437

Non-interest income Commissions fees and service charges Foreign Exchange Fees from foreign exchange transactions Realised trading gains (losses) Unrealised gains (losses) from foreign exchange holdings Other Total non-interest income Net interest and other income

(24,548) (608,454)

(189,259)

(11,260) (263,194)

(12,509)

(36,207)

(633,002)

Total non-interest expenses (Loss) before taxes and extraordinary items

(27,155)

(225,466)

(274,454)

Taxation

(39,664)

(Loss) after taxes but before extraordinary items Extraordinary items

(225,466)

Non-interest expenses Depreciation Other

(45,783)

Net interest income after provision for loan losses

Total interest expense

2nd Quarter ending 30.06.2020

Published in accordance with section 92(1) of the Banking and Financial Services Act, 2017 Take note that the financial statements on a month-on-month basis are available on request at every branch of our bank

BALANCE SHEET ASSETS Notes and coins Balances with Bank of Zambia

4,614,176

80,015

Balances with banks and other financial institutions abroad 2,397,062

Balances with banks and other financial institutions in Zambia

Investments in securities 2,293,309 -

Loans and advances (net of capitalised interest on non-performing loans and allowances for loan losses) 119,983

Bills of exchange

774,762

Interbranch Fixed Assets

152,889

350,000

10,285,419

12,578,854

Other assets Total Assets LIABILITIES Deposits Balances due to Bank of Zambia Balances to banks and other financial institutions in Zambia Balances due to banks and other financial institutions abroad Bills of exchange Interbranch 72,536

987,185 730,825

Other liabilities Other borrowed funds

1,428,279

12,578,854

Shareholders’ equity Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity Off balance sheet items Contingent liabilities Allowances for losses on acceptances and off balance sheet items included in other liabilities

1,428,279

(39,664) Net (loss)

as at 30 June 2020

STATEMENT OF LIQUIDITY POSITION

ZMW’000

as at 30 June 2020

585,446

7,080,054

LIABILITIES TO THE PUBLIC

1. Demand deposits

2. Savings deposits

ZMW’000

85,814 -

III LIQUID ASSETS

1. Gold coins and bullion

2. Notes & coins which are legal tender in Zambia

(a) Current account

3. Balances at Bank of Zambia

2,103,698

1,158,388

560,206

580,953

9,932,447

10,285,419

2,619,919

416,745 62,312

4. Bills payable

3. Time deposits

(a) Paid-up common shares (c) Contributed surplus

17,046

(f) Statutory reserves

(i) Goodwill and other intangible assets (j) Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associates

12,285 Total Deposit Liabilities and bills payable 508,388 II TOTAL DEPOSIT LIABILITIES AND BILLS PAYABLE AT THE END OF THE PREVIOUS QUARTER

(k) Lending of a capital nature to subsidiaries and associates

(b) Statutory deposits account

(d) Other balances

4. Treasury bills issued by the Government of the Republic of Zambia (including those held held as collateral for the Clearing House)

6. Bills of exchange and promisory notes eligible for discount at Bank of Zambia

293,364

5. Money at call with any other bank (132,801) 641,189

7. Local registered securities which are issued or guaranteed by Government of the Republic of Zambia and which have a final maturity date of not more than six years (at book value) and such other securities as the Minister may have approved 72,536

31.55%

4,696,609

1. Liquid assets (items 2, 3(a), 3(c)and 4) as a per centage of total deposit liabilities and bills payable

45.66%

38.25%

Kelvin Bwalya Chief Financial Officer

2. Total liquid assets as a per centage total deposit liabilities and bills payable

3. Total liquid assets as a per centage total deposit liabilities and bills payable at the end of the previous quarter

IV RATIOS

Total liquid assets

8. Items in transit between banks, between branches of bank and between branches and head office of bank

3,822 -

(136,623)

(222,437)

(l) Holding of other banks’ or financial institutions’ capital instruments

(items i to m)

SECONDARY (TIER 2) CAPITAL

(n) Sub-total (B) - (Sub-total A above + Other adjustments) (o) Total primary capital (h - n)

Provisions Assets of little or no realizable value Other adjustments (Prepayments)

OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:

Sub-total (A)

(n) Net unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities

(m) Assets pledged to secure liabilities

LESS:

(h) Sub-total

(g) Minority interests (common shareholders’ equity)

(e) General reserves

(d) Retained earnings

(b) Eligible preferred shares

PRIMARY (TIER 1) CAPITAL

STATEMENT OF CAPITAL POSITION I

(a) Eligible preferred shares (Regulations 13 and 17)

(b) Eligible subordinated term debt (Regulation 17 (b)) (c) Eligible loan stock / capital (Regulation 17(b))

72,536

(d) Revaluation reserves (Regulation 17 (a)). Maximum is 40% of revaluation res. (e) Other (Regulation (17 (c)). Specify (f) Total secondary capital ELIGIBLE SECONDARY CAPITAL

713,725

72,536 ELIGIBLE TOTAL CAPITAL (I(o) + III)

520,000

III

(the maximum amount of secondary capital is limited to 100% of primary capital) IV

MINIMUM TOTAL CAPITAL REQUIREMENT: (Higher of K520m or 10% of total on and off balance sheet risk-weighted assets as established in the First schedule)

193,725

(Regulatory capital) V

EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) (IV minus V)

4,110,650

RISK-WEIGHTED ASSETS

Herman Kasekende Chief Executive Officer

Note: These results have not been audited and are derived from the company’s management accounts.

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PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has fired General Education minister, David Mabumba following a nude video of the minister that went viral on social media. And President Lungu has since transferred minister of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection, Dennis Wanchinga to take over from Mr Mabumba. He has also appointed Bwana Mkubwa Member of Parliament, Jonas Chanda as Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection minister. “I hereby terminate your appointment as minister of General Eduaction,” President Lungu wrote in a letter to Mr

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‘BOLA’ BACK …Lungu approves return of football mid July

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Child Development and the President Lungu Ministry of Local Government Number 5 of 2013. ingly stadiums withouttoobserving the ensure By AARON “Guidelines for various will inspect R ECHIYANZO S I D E N T Ms Siliya said the Bill would that they are safe standards for the re- cannot minimum Edgar Lungu has sports disciplines which sumption of football. redefine the mandates, roles go unchallenged. CABINET has approved There is a approved the re-the have been categorised earlier impleNationalsumption Information Com- and functions of the CouncilLungu greathad desire among the stakeof the mented a ban on all sports acas non-contact, semimunicationSuper PolicyDivision and its Im- and the Standards, Evaluation holders to save the the credibility MTN/FAZ tivities in the country to halt contact and full Section contact and Assessment of the plementation to address Ms Siliya in set to resumePlan mid next spreadof ofthe the media,” Covid-19 said pandemand,ofsafeguards Ministry General Education the irresponsible usebyofthe social sport a statement. ic which has claimed the lives of month as planned asand outlined the health 18 peopleMs in Zambia. further,inharmonize them media.soccer governing local Siliya said the establishfor football MinisterCouncil body. so as to enhance cost effec-Meanwhile, The Policy also aims at ad- guidelines ment ofSports the Zambia Emmanuel Mulenga has hailed premierefficiency, and national Speakingthe during yesterday’s and qualdressing challenges Gov- at tiveness, for Journalists would provide President Lungu for lifting the Presidential address oneeducation leagues.”service ity in the ernment was facingatas State regards division legal framework for the jourban onacontact sports. House, Lungu said football can delivery. for various sports nalism urged profession to thrive intra-government communi“Guidelines Mulenga resume next month with strict disciplines whichCabinet have been clubs making to prepare She said also apit more effective and cation and communication adherence to health guidelines. non-contact, their efficient. stadiproved inas principle, the introLungu Government with thesaid public in order has to en- categorised semi-contact and full contact ums and developed guidelines flow which duction of a Bill in Parliament She said the legislation hance information from sport and, safeguards as outtraining will guide the return of contact toinprovide for the establishwould provide for soberness both sides. lined the health guidelines for venues sports such as football, boxing ment of a self-regulatory proand sanity by the journalists. before andChief netballGovernment spokes- football at premier and national one body leagues. Hence fessional for journalists. c o m - And Ms Siliya said the Meperson, Dora for Siliya “Guidelines all said sportsthe division will resume action menc-dia Development Policy to “Stakeholders have gener17th Cabinet meeting held these leagues disciplines to follow as they with strictthat obseri n gdeal with the challenges that consider resuming sports activally 2020, complained a pheyesterday at State House also in July, of health guidelines,” said group ities have been They of vance were constraining the develnomenon where every person approved thedeveloped. introduction Lungu. trainings. include the following, but not opment of the media industry feels that they can practice a Bill in Parliament to amend He said the Ministry of limited to: guiding principles journalism and with do the so will- in Zambia was also approved. the Teaching in cooperation stipulated by the Profession statutory in-Act Health By MICHAEL MIYOBA

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Meanwhile, social media yesterday went abuzz after a nude video of Mr Mabumba went viral. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the video was allegedly circulated by Mr Mabumba’s female friend only identified as Georgina.

Zesco ready for CEC talks

“With the growth of the media industry, comes attendant challenges such as inadequate regulation, inadequate skills among media practitioners as well as inadequate media development-related infrastructure. It has become necessary to ensure a well-coordinated approach in the sector. Further, with the advent of the electronic media, the need for appropriate regulation and capacity building is cardinal for the growth of the sector,” she said. Ms Siliya said Cabinet also approved the introduction of a Bill in Parliament in order to establish the Professional Film Makers Guild of Zambia that would organise and govern the activities of actors and film makers and introduce mechanisms that will monitor quality of films.

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Mabumba. President Lungu thanked Mr Mabumba for his services rendered to Government and wished him well in his future endeavors. He also congratulated Dr Chanda on his new appointment.

It is alleged that the woman demanded for a car, and a farm for her mother but that the minister refused to meet her demands believing that she did not have anything against him. The women is alleged to have threatened to circulate the sex video the two had but the minister apparently did not take the threat seriously. Other social media reports suggest that the video was circulated by the woman’s husband. Earlier yesterday, Spring 24 TV had reported that the minister had committed suicide, information that turnout to be fake. Efforts to get Mr Mabumba proved futile by press time as his phone went unanswered.

WE have sent an invitation to Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) to resume talks on the Bulk Power Supply Agreement but there is no official response, Zesco has said. Zesco Corporate Affairs Manager James Kunda said the power utility company was more than ready to resume talks to arrive at an agreement on new terms. Dr Kunda said Zesco was looking forward to ensure that talks were concluded. He said in an interview yesterday that the team which had been holding talks with the private power supplier had sent an invitation to CEC but there was no response to date. Recently, the Minister of Energy, Mr Mathew Nkhuwa directed the two firms to resume talks and agree on new terms. Mr Nkhuwa said Government wanted to ensure that the impasse between the two parties was resolved amicably. The minister said he was expecting the two parties to resume talks by now so that all the issues which were raised could be resolved and reach at an agreement. "I had a meeting with Zesco and Copperbelt Energy Corporation team at my office on Thursday

last week and I directed them to resume talks as soon as possible and by now I expect them to start the talks," Mr Nkhuwa said. But Dr Kunda said the power utility company had made efforts to ensure that talks began but the private power supply had not made effort to communicate as to when talks could resume. "Our doors have remained open to have that conversation with CEC, we have not refused to meet them, we are very available. So let the CEC make necessary appointment then we sit. Our team can even go to the Copperbelt just to meet them," Dr Kunda said. Meanwhile, CEC corporate communications officer, Chama Nsabika said that while CEC had always been and continues to be keen to engage with Zesco to resolve any outstanding matters, the corporation had not been invited to any meeting in the recent past. Ms Nsabika said CEC had not received any invitation from Zesco to resume talks and that it was not true that they had sent an invitation which was not responded to. "The correct position is that CEC is not in receipt of any invitation on that matter from Zesco," she said. ZESCO Limited wishe INV4114

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NORTH-Western Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu has expressed concern with the levels of falsehoods being peddled by individuals against amendment Bill number 10. Mr Mubukwanu said Bill 10 was innocent as opposed to how some people have been talking about it. He was speaking in Solwezi when a team of Bill 10 advocates paid a courtesy call on him yesterday. “The bill is innocent but some section of the people have been condemning content but I DAILYtheNATION Friday June 26, 2020 can assure you, the bill is good and progressive,” he said. ww.facebook.com/dailynationews https://twitter.com/dailynationzm Mr Mubukwanu said he was convinced that national unity and development were tied to a proper and people-driven constitution and he was hopeful the bill would go through as people of Zambia had seen the importance of it. And leader of the Bill 10 adMr Mubukwanu

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Matafwali injunction tossed out By CHINTU MALAMBO

THE Lusaka High Court has withdrawn an injunction it earlier granted to former Lusaka City Market Manager Mwenya Matafwali, restraining Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa and the Zambia Daily Mail Newspaper from allegedly defaming him. High Court Judge Wilfred Muma vacated the order of injunction granted to Matafwali because he (Matafwali) was claiming damages for defamation as well as an injunction. This is in a matter where Sampa and the Zambia Daily Mail newspaper have been sued by Matafwali for defamation of character when they accused him of stealing K12 million market funds. Mr Matafwali accused the Daily Mail of having published on its Page 1 of April 4 a story under the heading "12 million vanishes from the Lusaka City Market account” He wants the Lusaka High Court to grant him an interim injunction retaining Sampa and the newspaper whether by themselves or their agents from further publishing the said words or any similar libel against him. Mr Matafwali is also seeking damages for libel and a public apology by the two defendants, in a newspaper of wide circulation though out the country.

On April 30 this year, the court granted Matafwala an ex-party order of injunction restraining Sampa and the Daily Mail Newspaper from publishing similar libel. But Mr Sampa and the newspaper opposed the injunction and asked the court to vacate it. And now the court in its ruling, relied on the holding of the Supreme Court that a claim for damages in the originating process, was an acknowledgement that damages would serve as an adequate compensation and that there would be no irreparable injury to be suffered without injunction. Judge Muma went on to say that the burden was on the applicant for an injunction to prove that the respondents have no financial capacity to pay damages. “I note from the endorsement that the plaintiff claim damages for libel and in the same vein the plaintiff had made a claim for injunction to restrain the defendants whether by themselves, their servants from further publishing the same or similar words. “The endorsements invariably flies in the teeth of the holding of the Supreme Court in Kekelwa case as cited. It is on the foregoing that I now vacate the order of injunction granted in April 30, 2020,” Judge Muma said. Meanwhile the claim for damages still stands.

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GOVT LOSING TOLL GATE EARNINGS THROUGH EVADERS By NOEL IYOMBWA

GOVERNMENT is losing money in toll fees at Michael Chilufya and Wilson Mofya Toll Plaza as some motorists are using the Kalulushi bypass road to evade paying the legal requirement. Road Development Agency board chairperson Samuel Mukupa said motorists especially truckers were avoiding two collecting points up through Mpongwe without paying toll fees. Mr Mukupa however disclosed that government is constructing the Kalulushi Sabina toll plaza on Kalulushi by pass which is currently being used to shun toll gates. He said once the Kalulushi

THE Supreme Court has quashed a default judgment where the lower court ordered first President Kenneth Kaunda to pay $645 to Central Chambers legal firm and five others, as a legal service fee. The Supreme Court set aside the default judgment on grounds that the evidence shows that Central Chambers in 1998 undertook to

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA

THE Lusaka High Court has dissolved the marriage between Economic and Equity party leader Chilufya Tayali and his first wife Marie-Reine Ingabire Rutagwera . In granting divorce, Justice Sharon Newa said the evidence before her proved that the marriage between Tayali and Rutagwera had broken down irretrievably as the parties have lived

represent Dr Kaunda on pro-bono basis. The evidence was according to the United National Independence Party-UNIP's Central Committee Meeting Minutes of February 28 and March 04, 1998. Central Chambers and others had represented Dr Kaunda in the Misprision of Treason and citizenship and other cases in the late 1990s. UNIP the former ruling party, led by first President

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AS a party we shall announce the date for the convention once Covid-19 minimises because it will be risky to do it now, MMD president Nevers Mumba has said. And Dr Mumba said nominated Member of Parliament Raphael Nakachinda is not allowed to talk about party activities as he is an expelled member. He said MMD like any other party in the country was ready to hold the convention

Dr Kaunda before the country's independence in 1964 until 1991 was the second appellant in the matter. The Supreme Court has further ruled that the legal fees claim against Dr Kaunda was tainted with irregularity. The court has found no evidence adduced that the bill for legal service was issued to warrant the Central Chambers claim against Dr Kaunda. The court has thus ob-

Tayali, first wife divorce apart for a continuous period of two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition and Tayali’s consent to divorce being granted. In this matter, Rutagwera petitioned the Court to dissolve her marriage of 12 years to Tayali as it had broken down irretrievably. In the petition, Rutagwera said she was lawfully married to Tayali on April

Sabina toll gate is completed government will be able to generate more revenue because most traffic especially

trucks from the mines use the road. “There is need to complete this toll plaza in time as you

can see two collection points are being avoided, when they divert, they go through up to Mpongwe so if we complete on time and start capturing government can generate a lot of income. “I will appreciate if we up the game to complete the toll gate, and bring in the canopies quickly to make it operational. Wilson Mofya toll gate on Kitwe Chingola road Station manager Phillis Mwindi disclosed that 98 per cent of vehicles that are tolled at there were small vehicles. Ms Lwindi said that most motorist who are tolled at the station using tolling electronic cards.

MMD convention will be held after covid minimises

KK won’t pay legal fees – Supreme court By CHINTU MALAMBO

30,2008 at the office of the registrar of marriages in Lusaka. The petitioner contended that she and Tayali had lived apart for a period in excess of two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition. She said Tayali consented to the dissolution of the said marriage. Rutagwera said there were previous proceedings in the High court

to elect new office bearers before the 2021 general elections. Dr Mumba said at the moment the party membership cannot risk to hold a convention amid Covid-19 because many lives would be affected. He said in an interview yesterday, the party membership would be informed when the convention would be held once the situation in the country normalised. Anyone, Dr Mumba said, who wants to talk about holding the convention now

served that the legal fees claim by Central Chambers and others was contrary to legal Practitioners Act Chapter 30 of the Laws of Zambia and Order 50 rule two of the High Court. The Supreme Court consequently, referred the respondents to the Legal Practioners' Committee of the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) to determine an appropriate action against them. The court could not met out the penalty against them as they did not exculpate themselves during the legal fees claim appeal Case.

with regards to the said marriage under cause no. 2010/ HPD/106 but were abandoned after the record went missing at the High court since 2013. Tayali's first wife explained that she petitioned for dissolution of marriage on December 7, 2010 and filed her submissions and judgement date was set for February 2013 and Justice Emelia Sunkutu was transferred from Lusaka and no judgement had since been rendered.

is just a hired gun. Dr Mumba said "PF, UPND and MMD have announced their conventions and all the three parties are just waiting the Covid-19 to clear. "We cannot announce the date for the convention now because there is Covid-19 and any who will continue to about it is just a hired gun. Meanwhile Dr Mumba said as far as the party was concerned Mr Nakachinda was Patriotic Front (PF) as he was a nominated Member of Parliament.

He said currently Mr Nakachinda was an expelled MMD member and he should wait the court to decide. Dr Mumba said therefore the nominated MP had no power to talk on party activities. Recently Mr Nakachinda offered one of his building to be used by the party to hold the convention. Mr Nakachinda said it was prudent that the party elected new office bearers before 2021 general elections.

Magistrate fumes over Kambwili’s ‘missing’ lawyers By OLIVER SAMBOKO

LUSAKA Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba, yesterday fumed over the absence of NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili's lawyers in court in a matter he is facing three criminal charges. When the matter was called for continued defense, all of Mr Kambwili's lawyers were not before court and instead different lawyer Joseph Akafuma, stood and addressed the Magistrate. Mr Akafuma who produced an affidavit in support to adjourn the matter, informed the court that Mr. Kambwili's lawyers were not available because they were attending to other matters in different courts. But Magistrate Simusamba wondered how possible it was for all Mr. Kambwili's lawyers to be attending to other matters when the last adjournment was triggered by them. Magistrate Simusamba who reluctantly adjourned the matter to today after perusing through the affidavit, also

wondered why the lawyers did not indicate exactly which courts they were appearing before. He ordered that Mr Kambwili and his lawyers appear before him today and tomorrow to conclude the defence saying the mater has dragged on for a long time and shoule be concluded. In this matter, Mr Kambwili is charged with three counts of forgery, uttering a false document and giving false information to a public officer in relation to the registration of Mwamona Engineering and Technical Services. It is alleged that on October 29, 2013, Kambwili, with intent to defraud or deceive, forged a ‘no change return’ (Companies Form 71) purporting to show that it was genuinely signed by his son Mwamba when in fact not. It is further alleged that on the same date, Kambwili, knowingly and fraudulently, uttered the same document to an officer at Patents and Companies’ Registration Agency (PACRA).

Thursday 30 July, 2020

‘Zambia MFEZ industr needs yards on cou drastic economic shifts’

that had been heavily impacted by the pande Mr Gabaraane said the real estate sector was mic. Mr Gabaraane howevin the L er observed that yards despite By BUUMBA CHIMBULU Works are go being in a precarious and the contr CONSTRUCTION position dueofto reduced industrial yards in commercial the on site. demand for Lusaka South Multi- there“Once floor space, re- that we will Facility Economic mained plenty ofdone, room to see Zonefor (LS-MFEZ) growth in real estate.SMEs the zone and which will boost local “Thanks to from social there,” M participation in the distancing and said. people area is expected to working from home, He we also ob be completed in the have fewer the people need to in next now 12 months. coming into ourincentives build- to By BUUMBA CHIMBULU Participation ings. We expect this trend willing to inve of local investors ZAMBIA needs to emcontinue even the after zone. 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Executive Officer, Jim- th better incenti Development from artisanal and small scale gold Mr Gabaraane said the my Khan, said there had Mr Kunda s Manager, miners Zambia. pandemic had resulted beenFrancis a marked shift in minimum US Kunda, said ZCCM-IH has setExpenditure up the laboratorywith in the private sector. Medium-Term upscaling domestic comin the creation of new the local construction 000 investme construction works of partnership with Karma Services“Granted, the year has Framework must be Mining consispetitiveness. commercial sectors de- sector as there investors was a to q the industrial yards and Rural Development Limited in tent with existing policy inpresented various challengMs Zulu said this required spite stifling others. sharp increase inavailable small ince were currently on Consolidated Gold Company. struments such as National es of its own with respect to an enabling tax policy that He indicated that there projects while major was a limiting course. Chief Executive Officer, Mabvuto the onset and impact of the Investment Policy, National supported the developwas no doubt that the Mr infrastructure projects local busines Kunda Chipata, explained that the purpose of Trade Policy and the SevCovid-19 Pandemic on the industries would see explained a ground ment of globally competiacross said that to thea halthowever the jointNational venture was to develop a gold enth Development coffers, further exacerbatdrastic change in ecothe country. tive non-traditional exports had been lob industrial yards, processing and trading operation in Plan,” Ms Zulu said. ing the need for a compreits parent nomic landscape going Mr Khan said with the Min once completed, which can compete favourZambia. She said tax policy and its hensive review to inform tax forward. wouldmarket boost local shifting toCommerce small- T ably in regional and global Mr Chipata said the investment was and fiscal policy developIndustry whic participation in the stakeholders “But the question is, er projects, ineffective line with administration one of ZCCM-IH’swas strategic markets. critical toofthe renaissance of was ment and implementation talking to Min economic zones. how do we as country objectives value creation which must find ways to stim“This requires a review Zambian economyaway and fromgoing forward,” Ms Zulu Finance to im explained tothe diversify its investments adapt and take advan- Heulate thisinnew dynamic and subsequent updatwouldtocontribute to such quick said. an interview that the realincentives. copper other minerals as gold tage of this pandemic to and keep estate ing the strategy with and re- Rural Development, “AsofKarma Mining Services our “For invest the industrial yards economic recovery Ms Zulu said with the and other precious metals. post restructure our econoindustry viable. expertise is in gold processing, but we are mostly working spect to the development qualify, one h would enable small Covid-19. He said this during the laboratory emergence of AfCFTA, Zammy and stimulate new “What we are seeing is artisanal and small scale gold miners.’’ ofwith Multi-facility Economic invest minimu and medium sized media tourconsistency in Lusaka yesterday. 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Development, our expertise is in gold ment and wealth creation,” regimes in all sectors and an tic industry from external not be entitle and Empowerment process about 30 samples per day. Mr Keer said the laboratory would also processing, but we are mostly working active consultative process dumping while accordingly Ms Zulu said. incentives,” M Commission who are

Thursday 12 March, 2020

INVESTS $250, 000 IN GOLD LAB ‘2021ZCCM-IH BUDGET MUST A ENSURE STABILITY’ By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

HE 2021 National Budget must ensure stability in the macroeconomic environment through adoption of medium-term reforms, says the Zambia Association of Manufactures (ZAM). Government is currently conducting consultative meetings regarding the 2021 national budget. The measures must ensure low inflation rates, exchange rate stability and minimised fiscal deficits, says ZAM Vice President for South, Chipego Zulu. “Budget reforms in line with the Economic Stability and Growth Plan and

Mr Keer said the laboratory was critical to determine the gold accurately in the

with artisanal and small scale gold miners.

be open to the general public for them to come and have their samples tested.

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AS a bank customer it is important to know your rights, responsibilities, and obligations in your engagements with commercial banks. This week, we delve further into the 2020 Code of Ethics and Banking Practice to bring you up to speed on what you should expect in your transactions with your respective banks.

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HIGHER TARIFFS …Higher electricity tariffs on the cards as court rules in Eskom’s favour

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Eskom had argued that Nersa treatment of the equity injection, which was converted into tariff subsidies for electricity consumers, was unlawful, and placed its finances in jeopardy. It had further stated that the reason why government support was necessary was because Nersa’s tariffs decisions had resulted in cash from operations being insufficient to service its debt. The court noted the risk

posed by a potential collapse of Eskom’ s finances, saying it would have a “catastrophic consequences” to the state coffers. The power utility, which reported a net loss after tax of R20.7bn for the 2019 financial year, previously blamed the regulator’s lower tariff adjustments for its revenue shortfall. In March, Nersa granted Eskom approval to recover R13.3 billion as part

of the power utility’s regulatory clearing account (RCA) application for the 2018/19 year. Eskom said it welcomed the ruling, saying it allowed the utility to “migrate towards a solution where it could become more self-sufficient” and recover efficient costs, ultimately reducing its dependence on government for further equity support. – FIN24.

AirZim plans to buy smaller aircraft

HARARE - National airline Air Zimbabwe is working on acquiring smaller aircraft to service local routes as part of efforts to enhance connectivity within the country and boost domestic tourism. At an online tourism stakeholder engagement hosted by the Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe (HAZ), the national airline acknowledged the air connectivity gap in the country despite having several other airports outside the three major international airports in Harare, Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. The airline’s head of marketing, Tafadzwa Zaza, said the country has smaller airports but the airline does not have smaller planes to service those airports. He added there is urgent need to complement each other within the tourism and hospitality sector to boost the domestic market, which has now been identified as the launch pad for sector growth and recovery after setbacks caused by the

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Eskom had argued that Nersa treatment of the equity injection, which was converted into tariff subsidies for electricity consumers, was unlawful, and placed its finances in jeopardy.

Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as international and regional travel restrictions were imposed to limit the spread of the pandemic. “As a national airline, we do not expect to make profit right away but we believe we should work with every other player in

the travel and tourism sector. “We have plans to acquire smaller aircraft so that we can service those smaller airports that we cannot reach right now,” he said. Zaza also highlighted the need for inter-ministerial engagement in the efforts to

revivee the industry. This, he said, would bring together a combined effort by all ministries that have a direct effect on the smooth flow of the tourism and hospitality sector. “As AirZim, we are under the Ministry of Transport. Other players are under Ministry of Tourism. All these businesses require fuel which brings in the Ministry of Energy. “If these ministries work together then we can easily handle fuel challenges that may affect transporters in the sector,” said Zaza. According to the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, the majority of Zimbabwe’s hotel accommodation is taken up by domestic travellers, with the exception of Victoria Falls, which is dominated by foreign tourists. ZTA also notes there is potential for domestic tourism in the country, but growth is slowed down by low disposable incomes, poor connectivity, lack of packages and a general lack of information on the available tourism products and services. – THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

BEING 21 UNITS ON STAND NO. F/396a/A/22, MAKENI, LSK LAMASAT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (in receivership) hereby invites bids for the purchase of 21 UNITS ON Stand No. F/396a/A/22, MAKENI, LUSAKA of the Republic of Zambia. The subject property is a commercial property located at the heart of Makeni, 5 minutes drive from the Kafue round about and within 10 minutes of all the Shopping malls. The total extent of the land is set approximately on a 22.5 acres site and bordered by 227.5 acre pristine site. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY In addition to the aforesaid, the subject property further comprises of the following developments: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Total of 21 Villas 8 Luxury 475 sqm built area 4 bed room Villas with own private 6 x 9m swimming pool and garden. 8 Luxury 328 sqm built area 3 bed room Villas with own private garden and access to shared swimming pools facilities. 5 Luxury 285 sqm built area 2 bed room Villa with own private garden and access to shared swimming pool facilities.

OTHER INFASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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JOHANNESBURG - In a victory for Eskom, the High Court has reviewed and set aside a decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to deduct a R69-billion equity injection from the power company’s allowable revenue for the current three-year period, instructing instead that the full amount must be reinstated to the embattled utility’s allowable revenue for the next three years. This, in turn, will impact Eskom’s tariff increase application for the three-year period to 2022 - meaning it can charge a higher tariff. In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, the Johannesburg High Court ordered that the first R23bn should be added back into the revenue considered allowable for Eskom for the 2021/2022 financial year. “There is simply no way for the harm caused by Nersa’s 2019/22 decision, to be rectified other than by reinstating the misappropriated R23bn in each of the next three available financial years,” read the judgment. The court ordered that the average standard Eskom tariffs approved by Nersa for the 2021/2022 financial year would be increased by from 116.72 c/ kWH to 128.24 c/kWh. The R69bn over the next three years was allocated to Eskom in the 2019 Budget to help the ailing state-owned power generator service its skyrocketing debt.

JOHANNESBURG - Standard Bank says lower transaction volumes due to depressed spending during the lockdown, coupled with decreased loans and debt relief for customers have negatively impacted its earnings by some R2 billion. In June, Africa’s largest lender had already detailed in another trading update how the lockdown had put the brakes on ATM volumes. It added then that on lending activities, its home loans division had to halt payouts of mortgage as deeds offices were closed during the hard lockdown, while vehicle and asset finance saw disbursements tank 70 percent in April. Both transactional and lending activities have improved since then, but Standard Bank said it was still receiving additional requests for debt repayment holidays from clients in June. Total relief provided to clients increased from May to June. By May 28, Standard Bank’s personal and business banking division had already provided R92bn in relief to individual clients and businesses in SA. A further R11bn and R30bn was extended to commercial clients in Africa, as well as Corporate & Investment Banking division clients respectively. As more clients sought relief in June, Standard Bank has now warned shareholders that this will cause its headline earnings to tank by between 30 percent and 50 percent compared to June 2019. The group’s earnings per share would be more severely impacted, declining by between 60 percent and 80 percent. Standard Bank said it would provide more details when it presents its half year results on 20 August 20. But it said the gains from sale of its 20 percent stake in ICBC Argentina to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, finalised in June, was the reason for the discrepancy between its headline earnings and its earnings per share. – FIN24.

1,500 Kva site Zesco substation. 1,000 Kva Site Genset for back up power. 40,000 cubic meter water storage tanks. 300 cubic meter sceptic tank. All Villas are connected to telephone and internet services.

Interested Bidders and those intending to view the subject property should get in touch with the Receiver and Manager on +260 977 774747, +260 211 259015 or email: mam@ isaacandpartners.com. The deadline for the submission of sealed bids shall be no later than Friday, 15th August, 2020 at 12:30 hours. Strictly no agents. LAMASAT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (IN RECEIVERSHIP)

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Sanitise regardless of their status, this behaviour was uncalled Wash and elected its first black president, fears of open systemYour allowing farmHands Regularly. ers to sell maize at market worsening for. racial tensions are on the rise Kachinga Mulenga:Â Dr Lubinda with growing emergence of white â&#x20AC;˘ the ENOCK MASIYE: TCZ should do something about this value. A healthy situation. (Antonio Mourinho Mwanza) supremacism. from the savage teacher. A poll in February Government on the other HaabazokaÂ sometimes i like hand has continued to proâ&#x20AC;˘ KAY CHIBALE: This teacher is very stupid. levels in your replies cure agricultural produce â&#x20AC;˘ CHERRY KABISA: Thisdocđ&#x;¤&#x153;đ&#x;?žđ&#x;¤&#x203A;đ&#x;?ž teacher is very stupid from farmers as per tradi(COMMENTS) â&#x20AC;˘ CHARITY KASONGO LENGWE: This is bad, who tion (at slightly lower pricdoes that? es) and to beef Heartson Mabeta: Unfortunately this is the backbone of democracy itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up not food only security Dr Lubinda Haabazoka:Â Kachinga MulengaÂ â&#x20AC;˘ DEBORAH TAIZYA'S MUM: Shocking, why treat a the Food Reserve politics but also religions like Christianity which promotes freedomthrough of association hence fellow human like that. Agency. some suggestions killidiotic mefriend lol the weâ&#x20AC;˘have protestants in a his cold war with Roman Catholic Church. VICKY ZULU: And is laughing and This market value or cost filming sure. Both need to be arrested. reflective tag has led to an inCde Katontoka Mweemba: I agree with Antonio Mourinho Mwanza. crease in mealie meal prices â&#x20AC;˘ Michael MULENGA MWILA FUNDANGA: But why ai?you Manyaki Yamba:Â Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the question ISome keep for the consumer. It's a bitter people are evil. Peter Mfuni: Correct. InNot our to make believe sweetthat taleregionalism of sorts in that the â&#x20AC;˘ LUCIA MWANSA: atcountry, itscovid level someone best but and atwants its worst. asking. Once I take the test am came with PF, (WRONG). SILISAPO: They should readisSikota Winaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Night a farmer is Without getting value with â&#x20AC;˘ JOCH NAITUMELA bad and every drop of sweat and the President.â&#x20AC;? found negative does it meanThis thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it? totally unacceptable. consumer (mostly in urban â&#x20AC;˘ KAMIZHI NDONYO: Harassment at its level best. areas has to forego certain Isaiah Sakala: Chendi Mukwasu, sinceact.. 1998should political â&#x20AC;˘ ALEX MALAMBO: Unprofessional be campaign language changed to tribal regional politics, now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to reverse itjust because of the 2016 election. Jignesh Mody:Â Manyaki YambaÂ it clears disciplined.

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it came out negative. This does not The that following are some from mean am immune tocomments the disease. our online edition. To watch the video It means so far I have been lucky. I will go to www.thezambiansun.com the Pew Research Centre, a think-tank, Dear Editor, social distancing and observing continue found that 58 percent of Americans think â&#x20AC;˘ CLARA S HAMOOYA: As a Tonga I get allto his words government laidand out race relations are â&#x20AC;&#x153;generally badâ&#x20AC;? and People may pretend sayprocedures whatever but this is not how we play chimbuya. This Lozi teacher 45 percent believe it has become more they want to appear morally upright or Miracle Life Family has joined prevent the disease. must be arrested, this is tooChurch much. My heart bleeds. acceptable to express racist views since politically correct but the truth remains He canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t donot suchstigmatize a thing to an elder not to found talk of taking We should those Donald Trump that no one can ignore the potent role other churches that have began towas elected president. a video The exit polls by various researchers that tribe and region play in African with the disease. can happen anyone â&#x20AC;˘ INKECHI ANDREW,It MWEENE CHIYUNI:to Clara S show divisions politics. postpone church gatherings in light of across racial and He wasotherwise locked up is yesterday. educational groups, too. As was the To Hamooya. ignore or pretend to be anywhere. â&#x20AC;˘ CLARAtoSthe HAMOOYA: Nice can't his friend in the 2016 presidential election, hypocritical realities that wehe face astreatcase increasing cases of COVID-19. thatare way not If you infected now, you are white men voted Republican by a wide Africans. â&#x20AC;˘While Ă&#x2018;Ă&#x201D;RĂ&#x20AC;H Ă&#x17D;Ă&#x2018;Ă&#x201D;Ă&#x2018;GĂ&#x2030; LĂ&#x2122;MĂ&#x20AC;Ă&#x2018;Ă&#x201D;: This is someone's dad margin (60 percent to 39 percent) while tribe and region are important affected. In aandNotice given to itsto members, thewere divided (49 percent why would a teacher do that a grown man, huh white women demographics in elections and why? Let us avoid funerals, churches and the Democratic candidate; as favoured campaigns, tribalism and regionalism are Church stated that there will be no the Republican). Blacks â&#x20AC;˘ CATHARINE CHANDA: Only Bembas and Ngonis are many supported dangerous sentiments that needs to be necessary visits to public places. the only people who know chimbuya very well. I love overwhelmingly (90 percent) for fought with everything weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got. physical gathering until furthervoted notice. you Koswes the Democratic candidate, including The world over, demographics such God save Zambia â&#x20AC;˘ JOHN C NKHOMA: Catharine Chanda, we love you to

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Dear Editor, THE warning by Home Affairs Minister, Stephen Munalula Mwendende : This is a lovely move! Kampyongo against Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fight this scourge together, not lyonse people who abuse waiting on govt to give us directives when we the country. President Edgar luxuries to meet the cost of the social media to Lungu and PF government nshima.) The PF governalready know what needs to be done to help has tossed the coin and it ment's open market policy commit crime should is still spinning. The farmhas created a conducive enDear editor, flatten the curve. Well done! er's side of the coin is finally vironment for sector growth. trigger facing upwards. The farmer For decades Zambia has HONESTLY, President Lungu doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;taction look from law has for the first time sold his enjoyed government subsienforcement maize at the market price. dies on food and essential so inspiring but on several occasions his officers, this Henruth Henrash : In Zambia we are too This has put more monservices such as electricity. has been long overdue. ey in his pocket. This has With time, these subsidies decisions have proved to be inspired. scared and emotional about everything.. This stirred a production movehave been reduced and for packaging materials such It has become a ment and an increase in the in some cases withdrawn as sacks Whether you like it or not, there is something can kill us completely.. wait... number of persons putting to ease the burden on the The ultimate result is new common phenomenon for What we can spend Dear Editor, hoe to ground.Can The we rightconvincingly fornational treasury. The adjobs, new income term. streams the waypeople he doesto commit declare mula has been foundthat andwe a are justment process is never andseriously a broadened taxnow baseto all test as many as we more than President Lungu in some An increase seamless but is a necessary with an aim the quarantine those can and fighting Covid-19? What is of enhancing SOMETIMES when I sitbalance and struck. things, which keeps this Country at peace, Catherine Pongolani : The only right thing to in agricultural output for willthenationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s measure. quality of livelihood. found positive, will be less the reason seemingly crime on social media have a critical look at the mean; We need to ask ourselves; increase in mealie than the money that will be stable and promising. casual approach toThe a deadly cumulative number of cases do as at now if you love your flock! *A reduction in prices of "Who feeds Zambia?" meal prices is therefore a with impunity which is very spent to repair the damaged pandemic such as Covid-19? cases reported byproduce agro and increased "Atand whatnew cost do they do it?" blessing in disguise whose The man is just appointed byunacceptable. God to lead exports. This turn "Do they make a of profit out economy resulting from the Is itin that we bedo not have will be appreciated benefits the minister Information They do this comes a self-regulating or of it?" The answer to each of beginning next harvest slowseaprocess of testing very Zambia in these difficult times, because of his enough Covid-19 test kits or everyday, Brian Mutale : Do not test the Lord your God. market driven sector of the these three questions will in son.have Everythe wise citizen with to escape the dragnet. few people daily. we have but do not I ask myself a lot of economy. turn determine whether or foresight should seize this is better to test even political to expediently and answers*An increase serene temperament otherwise if Mr we had a man Good move, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say that because am a in will indusnotquestions the current with price no of meamoment and join the It bandKampyongo started a million speedilyfarming do the right thing.? forth. Where we manufacturing lie coming meal is justified. Zambiaare tries wagon of new farmers. The people a day we would equipment, fertiliser and Christian i will not run away and climb the tree is largely fed by subsistence rewards will be worth it. sounding this warning countrywide if possible, and like those others, including myself, The more we keep releasing going as a country? Is the farmers most of KAY MUSONDA, have 4, 000 positive people have made big blunders to cost the Country. small numbers every day the approach wewhom have are takenother inputs, *An increase in demand PF Media. in rural or outskirt areas of in 2017 in the wake of but i will keep on praying and God will save quarantined than a gradual more we build more anxiety in testing the people for discovery of the same number We stood up, and pushed President and fear in the Zambian Covid-19 realistic? Economic Equity Party Lungu meâ&#x20AC;˘ from the lion. I say run for safety as you are SODA: Where is this? of positive cases within a people. It would even be In the face of Covid-19, is uChristopher of SANDRA covidChimfwembe virus for now. So Comrade donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t letMwanza, ur guard Bwalya: what it is, even when we (EEP) president, Chilufya to open Bars and he insisted that it was not â&#x20AC;˘ JOCH NAITUMELA: Silisapo, Sandra the Sodalion it's written praying and climb that tree when is it is us period of four months or more. better to keep quiet and the government giving hope were growing up no matter how bad our brothers mistreated at home when they are in down. somewhere For me, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;new casesâ&#x20AC;? the right time. Look where we Tayali announce the cumulative to the people or more fear fights with our people, because they were are our brothers and cousins we sided them who was arrested are today with chasing you. â&#x20AC;˘ NAMAKAU SHIYANGA: This was too much. we are announcing everyday results over a period of two and negative anxiety is being and we still do. â&#x20AC;˘ NAMAKAU SHIYANGA: Foolish teacher. for libel. are not new but the slowly Coronavirus. weeks. created in the minds of the Mupepe Shibulo:Â These testing outlets â&#x20AC;˘ VINCENT YONA: The law should visit immediately. Mead Mutale : This is very true and only human comrade. Voting on racial, gender discovered cases of people The government might people? Is the approach we â&#x20AC;˘ MISHECK M KAYARA JR: OK what wasisfunny ai? Many people have In my view we must have a much higher or tribal lines isat expected. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerning the growing lack of coexistence Minyoi Munu : When I say I will never go to Dear Editor, and Dear Editor,say they have no money should be every corner especially with already infected. We are just have taken cost effective to â&#x20AC;˘ GEORGE CHAINDA SR: Mr Bowman Chilosha tolerance in between elections. making a gradual discovery of to speed up the process continued to abuse social the Zambian government in Lusambo take note. plenty donor Covid money...ooups, forgot number in the communities than the official CROWDS are not a determinant of winning elecI AM dismayed that Radio church until .... ati eyo you are of little faith.my the cases. but the question is, havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the long term? â&#x20AC;˘ YVONNE NJELESHI: Shame. those Lutanda was closed because Denver Nkunde : Youfor are road very right Antonio Mourinho some tribestions. want Most other of tribes to who attended the HH/UPND media with impunity. And that itine was used constructionÂ đ&#x;&#x2DC;ˇđ&#x;&#x2DC;ˇ The 50 cases discovered we received any donations Zambia has a population of â&#x20AC;˘ MATE BIZMARCK MUTABA: Vacancy iyo. records of COVID-19 because many of us are rally in Kitwe didn't come from the district. of a programme that was dear I pray in my own house imwe who want vote for them while they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been voting for other tribes in their region..... That was a UPND national approximately rally. Epobapela18.38 million. deemed tribal. My own the feel-Covid-19 fight? â&#x20AC;˘ LIMPO MWANGALA: He is playing with his retirement over two weeks could be towards authorities have been apopene. Ba UPND Zambia yonse.Every day new cases of ings are that truth hurts. not testing and we have reduced on contact to gather continue.s o when I say am at church package. known in one day had And if we have received less Cassius Lungu : This problem comes about owing to the existence Most of democracy. of his members were ferried from Southern Weundertake all know the voting Kasongo Makoba:Â You are this leading by Minister of Agriculture, Mr agricultural activities. Dear Editor, warning that they will take â&#x20AC;˘ ALICKhas KAMANGA: Please have teacher arrested. more than 5,The 000 people than five on average are Democracy such divisions, today in Rwanda no one makes nonsensical and a few noise from Western and other provinces. pattern in thesomething, UPND strong-how have we used tracing. am having a fueled home service.oooo an animal and needs be isolated from theThere was noProvince been tested in one day. it?include basedHe onisdemocracy in turn the to country is at peace. division in Libya untiltrying to hoodwink example Doc... announced by the Ministry of UPND and HH are Zambians holds, especially in Southern crop Michael Katambo is on record These farming, AGRICULTURE has been action but little has been IBA Director General community. the demise of Gadaffi and subsequent introduction of democracy. that they have become popular on the CB. is so For this reason, I suggest If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the money we have Health. OnUsing some daysProvince. no new The voting Josephine Mapoma I am also told we have few test kits and â&#x20AC;˘ DUMI SANI: That idiot of a teacher must be fired..... crowdsregarded are their old tactic. At lastcases they always lose. regional and received sohusbandry tribal that of assuring the nation that the animal and poultry as the mainstay of the done. the government must order as a donation, are are announced. There His so nonsensical you don't treat people like the way willwe crycall even 2021. no amount of masking it can closethose the radio station for Charles Mwape : That will continue because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s u normal Globally inThey Africa it in tribal laboratories so many people are not being Neuville Bwalya:Â Good move...but could mandatory testing for all the we using it to feed who reason for having no new HH countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cannot change anything in Zambia. Afternation all behaving. hide farming it. Let us callamong a spade a others. distribution of farm inputs would economy. Our speaking the truth. The tribTo arrest the culprits, the votinghe in was developed world itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strongholds or by color of the strong Party in the region, citizens in the country. are quarantinedalor what? verythe few cases as they don't have a manifesto. They cases can't doorwhat spade. get even astupid medical personnel vote wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;tEven stop unless we â&#x20AC;˘ Covid19 ANGELA MBIRI: is very and foolish how can tested even in hospitals while results arePolice taking Service will province or state such He asfrom red and blue state . The earlier we accept it the better commence soon. The rainy season is coming and Let us all queue up one PF government has done in seven years since 2011. if no donation has come forth, The tribal vote that comes compared to other countries is slowly but surely reducing Zambia talk about it openly. I say he do that, let the law take its course like that one: We nothave wearing adequate PPE They are very far from ECLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful development from4,Southern is well done dayforand be tested. We can longer to come for those being tested. theProvince government can stillRadio find Lutanda recording even more than â&#x20AC;˘ LUIS LENNOX I: Thealready only idiot is the hearing one whotribal was talks from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;high Peter Funsani started profiled Toway thisweend, Government through the Ministry agenda which has delivered. her over dependence ona copper documented anywork in conjunction with tribaldo vote it the same queueI implore the someand money tohighlighting sort out thethe 000 cases day is thewell number shooting the video. peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.....then come 2022 we constitute a commission of inquiry on SONTAPO the votingnot patterns? ukulandafye and promising people one is free to go to the Elecfrom Southern Province. (friends), it is timethe to get back toInformation â&#x20AC;˘ GARNET MUMBA: The teacher and the idiot of a up when government casting a vote in through an Awe, bane problem at hand. of people being testedtoral on a the Ministry of Agriculture quickly embarked as the major foreign exchange impossible or manna from Heaven. Commission of Zambia Zambia Napwisha, Gershom Mwewa:Â Even campaign rallies camera man should be put behind bars. election. Many things Antonio Mourinho Mwanza : Peter Funsani we must never stop fighting tribalism, wefor 2021 polling certain one We shall only wait day. day. In Zambia,and check on the results of have come to those tight measures we started with because Agriculture to expedite ontwothe distribution farm inputsLastly, of â&#x20AC;˘ use KAYwhatever CHIBALE: Very stupid teacher mmmmmm Communication Yourearner. ratings on HH, CK are FAKE. beatonly 80 the last elections. must it takes to fight its dominance in our society NSHANGALILWA, should be avoided.why are you all only I appreciate the a standstill andCHANDA noof one knows dayHH wecan't tested people ELC. I think it when was wrong to â&#x20AC;˘ Papadopoulus Munkombwe: He is a fool. Lusaka. will end. efforts the government is for coronavirus recorded wethe are distribution in more danger, now, than when we had preparations across thethecountry as announced. Thiseach is becauseand copper isvery a few cases. talking about funerals andMwanza weddings? Technology Authority. PAUL CHILESHE. Peter Funsani : Antonio Mourinho social beings have way of clustering making in uplifting the living At the pace we are moving As a country, we need to other. The biggest issue is that we use those social clusters to fight eachwasting other. We asset; meaning that once few cases. farm inputs distribution farm standardof of the people. Whatthroughout a nation, with peopleof freely Those with a tendency move. But we cannot move Theaslate practice social clustering almost everyday of our lives....the issue is to use it as a tool to have given is a piece of from the epicentres to the pace at which the At and the same time letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pray for Country crime on fight a cause which involve masses such an election the country. Over above can adversely affect theIadvice depleted throughdue mining, it cannot inputsmoving ofour committing to help save the people to other places and taking a government is moving in terms Smith Siyumbwa Monde:Â We thank God for better given the gravity of theand snail's pace in testing of testing As longjust ancestral greedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s induced curse. people. In this case, ourfarmers leaders. will I think President Lungu was should desist everything else, the crop yield. Worse still,people, some roads Dear Your Excellency, (c). REPARATION be replaced. social media Mupengelanyika Hamuyuni Simon : Good observation Sir. situation in which we are. we are likely to cover more as we keep testing very few protecting you Dr. benefit a greatinspired deal bynot planting in otherwise, incollective rural areas become is a wellJudas established fact theIthistorical Iscariot, the bulk the particularly to open bars, it would I WISH seek: Ithe indulgence good We need and concerted effort, to avoid the long arm of years dealing with the virus. Jordan to Malawo agree with you ...butof thatyour is where we miss it as like Zambians. people every day inofproportion FR. MATALAYI KABINDA, The longer we in the entire population of over goodC.time. impassable during thetake rainy that agriculture business thethat law. Their curse rested on him in is histo capacity asand the seller have been a disaster. I am sorry I was onedays are office, over a very urgent indetermining mounting atime robust â&#x20AC;&#x153;COME BACK HOME Goldens Golden : Trueimportant , unfortunately the two major political are quilty on this Abel Mudawanhu:Â Just theand process ofmatter, beingparties Ofm Conv. who is infected 18 million, can we be proud scheme. I wish one day Zambians will realize that they are just been used by some season. Ultimately, the distribution it is no longer the preserve for numbered. Mikomfwa, Luanshya and who is not, thecampaign greater or convinced of making any and traitor. of those that pushed him to open bars. deserving of your utmost attention. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the â&#x20AC;&#x153;campaign. This should be twofold: swabbed is something else, had one at work politicians and do the needful. Zambians themselves can correct this by saying no to theinputs repercussions in the will long progress? PHIRI, exercise oldwhat people. This is because tribalism vote onamerit. One Zambia Nation Nothe matter economic gains and progress of farm TAYALI NI TOUCH AND GO! E.P issue ofand finding solution to theOne generational 1. Target those who wouldbe like to own aELEMIYA piece last month very difficult to be carried out.what to do Lusaka. both young and old people can Lusaka. that we record in our individual countries, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like Chilufya Tayali curse which black Africa has been labouring of land in Zambia and decide on it. It Malama Grace thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a force which takes us backwards and under, since timeMulayamba-Zimba:Â Great immemorial. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a curse would also encompass all those who would like to Doc causes us to just to go round circles. which was incurred by black Africa, through use their skills in Zambia. Even the price for our mineral wealth is set by itsRabecca role during the slave trade. 2. Target African Americans who are in Mombelo Kawanguâ&#x20AC;?:Â Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s those who once colonised us. This comesdoc with the realisation that Zambia business, to consider Zambia as an investment wonderful is a Christian nation, which through your good their choice. Necessarily, the latter independent of his interference should not always call for the have destination found thatofmost Zambians Dear Editor, Mulindi OUR WAY FORWARD: office and Mwanahamuntu:Â Did initiative, has set aside athe dayswab for go mightfornota be in a position toPresidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire and that is why he even clearly blood lest we make prefercategory a dictator President deep enough at some point brotherman? Your allowknowledge me to suggest the national prayer and reconciliation. That day being relocation. There are some under thishim category, stated earlier that Members of a jack of all trades which is than the one that allows for the ITExcellency, is common that Covid lives further. following practical stepsare that actually your good office can October 18, every year. Your Excellency, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my who have attained the socialpractically status of selfimpossible and very Parliament and ministers who separation of already powers. most dictators consider andand hopefully, spearhead fail to perform will find it difficult unfair. as our democracy is considered view and expectation that this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actualization. made not born with on behalf of Much to be adopted on the Patriotic I therefore seeDear no reason young, Zambia is very ripe with Zambia: the dictatorial leadership national prayer event, would need to be more editor Joseph Kapandula:Â Encouraging Front Party ticket why we want to associate democracy unless for someone tendencies. definitive, laser focused and strategic in nature CONCLUSION Dr.thankyou. Since when did we start celebrating the in 2016. That is because he values President Lungu with aYour blind eye. whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suggested above, A dictator in simple language 1. REPENTANCE. and application. Excellency, wouldEdgardeath of to ourmost fellow Zambians? Chibuye Kunda:Â Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s news.. the ministries or brought us have is a President assumesof ZambiansMuch (a).Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need for who this generation I say so, because it wouldgreat be held at a time turnas outmost to be aZambians game changer for black Africa and ministers Has politics to separation this level of of powers that exists in our Constitution, yet we eventhe Permanentwickedness? Secretariesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; beenincraving of the powers of all spel-out to repent before God, for well the sins of our when the world has been awakened afresh to general for andseparation Zambia in particular, once How in your right senses as Masuzyo Nkoma:Â No you can still get want him to usurp the same and inefficiencies of clergyman some of these powers, their actions actually Government organs and quasi ancestors/ forefathers; specifically for their role in the harsh realities of the effects of racism against conditions are met and the curse is supernaturally do you find pleasure in the death of infected, later, there are people that are then blame him for abusing his government organs and quasi entaillifted. the opposite. Why do I Government departments selling of our brothers and sisters as slaves; and the African Americans in the United States of someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father,husband, uncle,brother and getting infected more than once. They test authority later. government to say so? and dictates day to day the bloodshed whichtheir ensued America. There is need to contact leading personalities in departments positive, after 14 days they test negative then above all fellow country men? Let us take keen interest as How does a Ministry, Minister their get (b).functions Ask God towithout redeem following our land from the Thisinfected has beenagain climaxed by the brutal murder of the African Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sub-culture orhim. community, Is this you want to Government give Zambians in all Yes, the President is the thekind of leadership or Member of Parliamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laid down mandates. an African American man, by the name of George curses incurred from the cries of those slaves to have them play the role of representatives, to theinZambian people?ministries Not even David the and quasi appointing authority most failure to execute their functions With a lot of talk that Dee Kolala Mdoma:Â Ine I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand whose blood was shed on the African soil; thoseaccordingly Floyd, at the hands of a white police man in when webecoming as the Zambian to that should one younot lookbe to, in your Government Christian claimsdepartments found cases but the people, endeavour have been advanced for why people are even stigmatising...its not who fell sick and left for dead andbefallen became foodPresidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Minneapolis. render that public apology. in the death ofand thosestart he knew wanted like anyone does anything bad to contract compounded to pleasure make him usurp preserve? Our blaming them for shortcomings that have for wild animals I have come to the conclusion that the genesis I wouldgive suggest that can from the appointed. to take his lifeThat cause they saw him as anot threat the disease....bututufye power Constitution a lot ofthese individuals inefficiency; thetoRepublican some of our ministries due (c).to Ask God to redeemfrom our land from the of the cause of that death, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily be invited to Lusaka that solemn occasion. throne.for a is what creates atheir dictator separation of power tofor most President. shortcomings their Myante Sinkonde:Â We share the same curses of those slaves who were sick aboard the racism butTroy slavery and its historical ramifications. Members of the House of Chiefs should This is not us as Zambians and I wish to President. Government organs and their technocrats, Zambians can type of nose, i need to conduct a corona shipsforce and got thrown overboard, left to drown atfailureparticipate This generation of black Africans in Zambia, this gathering, stand President condemn this unZambian WISDOM culture of hate and Lungu to spell in them out to theso that theyLuckily, MUYUNDA, a President to falter. thing as well.. sea andItbecame the sharks that I general being descendants of the African chiefs, family in the gap for theexpectation ancestors of their Royal inhumane, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s satanic, barbaric and evil and has left all ministries to operate citizenryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chingola. is with food this for observation

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Thursday 30 July, 2020

By AARON CHIYANZO

MITACH Enterprises Limited and its directors have been permanently barred from participating in public procurement in Zambia for failing to fulfil contractual obligations without any reasonable cause or excuse. The Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) has since directed all procuring entities to enforce the debarment by not having any dealings with Emitach Enterprises Limited and its Directors or awarding them any contracts. ZPPA principal officer for public relations, Laura Mushaukwa-Hamusute said procuring entities had also been barred from selling or issuing solicitation documents to Emitach Enterprises Limited and its directors. “In exercise of the powers vested in the Authority under Section 67 of the Public Procurement Act No. 12 of 2008, be advised that Emitach Enterpris-

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NON PERFORMANCE COSTS COMPANY es Limited and its Directors, Mr. Chao Mbewe, Mr. Boniface Chirwa and Ms. Emeldah Mutinta Mutafu of Suite 1, 1st Floor Exchange Building, Farmers House, Cairo Road, Lusaka have been permanently debarred from participating in public procurement in Zambia for failing to substantially perform contractual obligations without any reasonable cause or excuse,” Ms Hamusute said in a statement. Ms Hamusute said procuring entities were further directed not to have any dealings with Emitach Enterprises Limited except

FOR SALE LAMASAT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (in receivership) hereby invites bids for the purchase of STAND NO. 397A OFF KAFUE ROAD, CHIPWENUPWENU ROAD, MAKENI, LUSAKA of the Republic of Zambia. The subject property is a commercial property located at Stand No. 397A East of Kafue Road, Chipwenupwenu Road, Makeni, Lusaka. The total extent of the land sits approximately on 10 acres with 5 acres fully built and 5 acres available for future development. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY In addition to the aforesaid, the subject property further comprises of the following developments:

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1. 8 multi- storey apartment blocks with each block having 6 units. The Forty- Eight Units comprise mixed 2 and 3 bedroomed apartments. 2. Modern quality finishing with top class fittings. 3. Fitted Kitchens. 4. Fully tiled. 5. Air conditioned. 6. Each of the bedrooms in all apartments are self-contained. 7. The blocks of apartments cover a floor area of approximately 11,000 sqm. 8. There is a separate standalone 3 bed roomed house with floor are of 450 sqm.

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3 boreholes. ZESCO substation. Swimming pool. Perimeter fencing with electric fencing on top to enhance security. Concrete drive way. Well matured green gardens. Kids Play Ground.

Interested Bidders and those intending to view the subject property should get in touch with the Receiver and Manager on +260 977 774747, +260 211 259015 or email: mam@isaacandpartners.com. The deadline for the submission of sealed bids shall be no later than Friday, 15th August, 2020 at 12:30 hours. Strictly no agents. LAMASAT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (IN RECEIVERSHIP)

misconduct relating to the submission of bids, including corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices, price fixing, a pattern of underpricing of bids and breach of confidentiality; “A bidder or supplier can also be barred following substantial non-performance or under-performance of contractual obligations, conviction of a criminal offence relating to obtaining or attempting to obtain a contract or subcontract; or conviction of a crime related to business or professional activities,” she said.

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ments and suspensions of suppliers or bidders. She urged procuring entities to report all erring suppliers and contractors in line with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act and the Public Procurement Regulations. Ms Hamusute also warned that all contractors and suppliers who fail to fulfil their contractual obligations risk facing sanctions. “According to Section 67 of the Public Procurement Act No. 12 of 2008, a bidder or supplier can be permanently barred from public procurement over

Chief Mpepo cries for relief food By STEPHEN MWEWA CHIEF Mpepo of the Bemba speaking people of Kanchibiya has appealed for relief food for his subjects whose field were submerged in floods last rainy season. The traditional leaders made the passionate appeal to Government for distribution of relief food through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU). Chief Mpepo disclosed that his subjects, particularly in Chendapanshi village along the Chambeshi River were in urgent need of relief food. He was speaking in an interview in Kanchibiya, which lies between Kasama and Mpika The traditional leader charged that the 12 Kg packs that were given to some households in Chambeshi in February this year by the DMMU were not enough. He has since urged the DMMU to re-assess the extent of the loss encountered in order to ascertain the hunger situation.

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in respect of existing contracts placed prior to the debarment. She said the debarment included any “successor in interest” which employs or was associated with the directors of Emitach Enterprises Limited. “It is important to note that the debarment does not in any way limit Emitach Enterprises Limited and its Directors from performing outstanding contracts that were entered into prior to the debarment,” she said. Ms Hamusute said ZPPA was mandated to publicize all its decisions on debar-

THE World Bank Board of Directors has approved additional financing to support the Girls Education and Women’s Empowerment (GEWEL) Project in Zambia meant to empower women and girls. This financing includes a US$142 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and US$35 million in co-financing grants from the UK Department for International Development and the Swedish International Development Association. These are jointly funding the programme under a Bank-administered multi-donor trust fund. This support augments the existing US$65 million GEWEL Project which was approved in 2015. Government and the World Bank have therefore signed a credit agreement for additional financing to support the GEWEL Project.

Dr Kpundeh The additional finance will support Government’s goal to increase access to livelihood support for women and to boost access to secondary education for disadvantaged adolescent girls in extremely poor households in selected districts

World Bank Country Manager for Zambia, Sahr Kpundeh, said the group was hopeful that a better human capital outcomes would be attained through educating adolescent girls with the additional support. Dr Kpundeh was also hopeful that the support would empower women and support the poorest households with longer-term investments, as well as enhancing Government’s capacity to manage such interventions. World Bank Task Team leader of the project, Emma Hobson, said the project was mostly implemented in rural areas where education levels were low and the prevalence rates of gender-based violence (GBV) were high. “Considering that gender-based violence (GBV) is a major concern in Zambia, under the Additional Financing a more concerted approach to prevent, mitigate, and respond to GBV risks will be introduced, with complimentary interventions within

Envoys woo Saudi investors By SIMON MUNTEMBA

ZAMBIA'S Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Mr Ibrahim Mumba has urged investors in that country to explore the huge potential in the country’s agriculture sector. Mr Mumba said Zambia has continued to prioritise the agriculture sector through various strategies aimed at increasing production and productivity.

In a statement by Zambia's deputy ambassador to Saudi Arabia , Huzaifa Jada, Mr Mumba made the remarks during a virtual meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture in Zambia and the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) to explore investment opportunities in the agriculture sector. The meeting, organised by the embassy, was attend-

ed by SALIC Chief Executive Officer Mr. Suleiman Al Rumaih and officials from Ministry of Agriculture led by Ms. Peggy Mlewa, Director, Policy and Planning. Mr Mumba highlighted the available resources and key incentives that are vital for the agriculture sector to thrive and reach its maximum potential. And Mr. Al Rumaih reiterated SALIC’S willingness to invest in Zambia’s agricul-

the Bank’s health and education projects,” she said. The GEWEL Project has supported more than 28,000 girls from poor households by covering their secondary school costs and 75,000 poor women in Zambia with livelihood packages, including, life and business skills training, mentorship, and support to form savings groups. Recognising the dire needs of these girls and women, the GEWEL Project also supports regular and predictable cash transfers to 245,000 extreme poor and vulnerable beneficiaries through the government’s Social Cash Transfer (SCT) Program. Such cash transfers have improved basic consumption, resilience and investments in productive activities in Zambia and are crucial to protect the basic needs and human capital of the poor, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, which is negatively impacting the country’s extreme poor and vulnerable.

ture sector and work with companies that deal with wheat, barley, corn, soya beans, rice, sugar, vegetables oils, green fodder, red meat, poultry, milk products and aquaculture. He said the company was keen to partner with institutions, companies or individuals who embrace the principles of ethical and responsible investment. SALIC takes into consideration and prioriitises the food security of both the host country and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in all its agriculture investments across the globe.

Thursday 30, July 2020

Kopala News

BANNED COUNCILLORS’ SCHEME TO RESIGN CRUMBLES By ROGERS KALERO

Itimpi ward councillor Mpasa Mwaya

SOME councillors in Kitwe attempted to resign from the Patriotic Front (PF) in frustration following their suspension, but the move was aborted after realising that they could not muster enough support. Some ring-leaders organised a meeting in an attempt to incite others, but their manoeuvres

crumbled. Councillors who were interviewed confirmed that there were manoeuvres to organise mass resignation, but that such moves had failed. But Itimpi ward councillor Mpasa Mwaya pledged that she would remain loyal and committed to the PF despite the council being suspended. Ms Mwaya said while the suspension of the council would affect service delivery, it would

also facilitate the process of identifying councillors who were involved in the illegal land allocation. Ms Mwaya, who is also PF Copperbelt vice provincial Youth Secretary, noted that not all councillors were involved in illegal deals. Some master minds had even proposed for a lunch on Tuesday, but Luangwa ward councillor who is also PF Kitwe District chairman Evaristo Chilufya advised them against

the idea. And Kawama ward councillor, Bonnie Kaonga, said he would continue serving as a loyal member of the PF and was not part of those inciting other councillors to resign from the PF. Mr Kaonga, who is PF Copperbelt Youth Treasurer, said the council had been suspended and that people patiently wait for investigations to be done.

"As councillors, let us not say all sorts of things, but wait for the outcome so that we know who is innocent and who is not innocent. For those who are not innocent, they should be ready to defend themselves,” Mr Kaonga said. But other councillors expressed disappointment at the suspension of the council and said they would completely abandon their wards.

CB in Covid-19 prevention boost

By MUYANI SHINJABALE

GOVERNMENT has scale up enforcement of Covid-19 preventive guidelines on the Copperbelt following the escalation of cases. The state would ensure that adherence to the Covid-19 guidelines improved among citizens, who had dropped the guard. Copperbelt Minister, Japhen Mwakalombe, said Government was saddened that many people on the Copperbelt were not following preventive measures, even when indications were that cases were escalating. He said Copperbelt, which only had two cases when Covid-19 broke out about five months ago, had struggled with cumulative cases standing sat 704. He said with the swelling cases, there was need for Government to respond quickly in order to protect the lives of people. According to the minister, Copperbelt has 367 active cases, who were in quarantine while three were in the hospital. Mr Mwakalombe said there was one patient at Masaiti District Hospital, one at Ndola Teaching Hospital and the other at Kitwe Teaching hospital. He said Copperbelt had recorded nine deaths and further directed District

Mr Mwakalombe Commissioners (DC) and all local authorities to go all out and ensure that Covid-19 guidelines were being followed. All public places, he said, would be inspected to ensure that there was social distancing, masking up, sanitising and keeping the surrounding clean at all times. Mr Mwakalombe urged the provincial medical team to scale up screening at the Kafulafuta Toll Gate to ensure that everyone entering Copperbelt was checked. And Copperbelt Provincial Health Director, Dr Robert Zulu, said it was important to scale up the enforcement in order to prevent any further spread of the disease. Dr Zulu explained that the delay in the release COVID-19 results was because of the rising demand for the service as people were flocking the testing centres. He said the province only had the Tropical Disease Reach Centre (TDRC) and Arthur Davidson Hospital as testing centres whose testing equipment capacity could not handle hundreds of tests a day. Dr Zulu said the machinery was turned off at least twice a week to ensure that it was in good condition for accurate results.

Business sector should complement Covid-19 fight

THE business sector in Kalulushi to compliment government’s efforts in the fight against the Corona virus to enhance economic activities, Copperbelt Permanent Secretary, Bright Nundwe has said. Mr Nundwe said cases of the pandemic in the district have escalated just like in other parts of the country. He said this in Kalulushi when he met heads of government departments. “The cases recorded here are worrying, that’s why it’s important for the business community to play a part in stopping the spread of the virus.” Said Mr Nundwe. Mr Nundwe said the mining sector anchors on a strong and healthy workforce and that this was the only attainable if the spread of Covid-19 was stopped. “My private appeal to you, the business community is to come on board and assist us,” said Mr Nundwe. Mr Nundwe emphasized that President Edgar Lungu will not find pleasure in losing anyone’s life as he’s a President for every Zambian.- ZANIS

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Thursday 30, July 2020

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BBC Tanzania reporter SAMMY AWAMI writes that President John Magufuli’s faith-based approach to coronavirus has caused tension in his family INCE the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Tanzania in March, I have been bombarded with messages and phone calls from colleagues, friends and family members living abroad. They’ve been wondering: how did a country with some of the most relaxed coronavirus measures in Africa manage to so far escape the kind of crisis which has visited many parts of the world. It’s a question puzzling even those of us who are living in the country. President Magufuli was among the few leaders who declined to impose any sort of lockdown and has scorned what he’s termed unnecessary panic in other countries Yet, despite what many of his critics - and the more anxious among us - feared was a woefully reckless approach, the nation seems to have avoided for now the catastrophic number of deaths that many anticipated. The most confusing thing about all of this, is that no-one

‘MY TANZANIAN FAMILY IS SPLIT OVER CORONAVIRUS’ really knows how.

‘Prayers are true healing’

One of the issues is that we don’t have any figures to go on. President Magufuli chose to put statistics in lockdown rather than people. As analyst Aidan Eyakuze said: “He officially made the country operate in data darkness.” Three doctors I spoke to off record said hospitals had not been overwhelmed. Some would argue that they

support the government’s narrative because of fear of possible retaliation if they were to speak out. The president of the Medical Association of Tanzania, Dr Elisha Osati, has said there has never been a cover up, but he now wants to run for parliament as a candidate for the governing Chama Cha Mapinduzi party. In a situation where the government is not releasing figures and journalists cannot access health facilities to investigate independently, it’s the doctors’ word against their doubters.

While some government health officials warned the public that the virus posed a real threat and urged them to follow basic hygiene guidelines, the president encouraged people to carry on with their business and pray to God for protection. As a devout Catholic, he told a congregation of worshippers that prayers are where “true healing” is found, and the disease had been been “eliminated thanks to God.” The president’s stance made things awkward between me and both my immediate and extended family. Most of my close relatives are supporters of the president and all of them are die-hard, thoroughly devout Christians.

‘WhatsApp battleground’

From the very start of the outbreak, when daily reports of case numbers started to climb, I became increasingly worried about their safety. But the creeping politicisation of coronavirus in the country made it hard to convince some of my loved ones that they needed to take precautions. The family WhatsApp group became a battleground. It was flooded with a cocktail of re-shared media supporting the president and pseudoscience urging people to throw caution to the wind and hope for the best. They were also anxious about the loss of income that could result from a fierce lockdown. And as we learnt of the police brutality used in neighbouring countries to enforce such restrictions, this was only compounded. Take three of my uncles for instance, all of whom are fulltime pastors. For them, the church is not only their core spiritual and social community, it is also their main source of income.

‘I tried to educate older relatives’

My parents run a convenience store in their neighbourhood in the capital, Dodoma.

Magufuli alleged that the “mabeberu” and their cronies in the country were keen to use the virus to distract the country from achieving its economic goals. In one of his freestyle speeches he even suggested that the West could plant the virus on imported goods just to hurt Tanzanians. It’s their sole source of income and a spot where they meet with their neighbours and friends on a daily basis. Because they are older I was concerned that their daily movements put them at risk. So, I set out to craft WhatsApp messages tailored to older family members to try to educate them about the pandemic, and convince them to stay at home. Unlike people living in other countries, they do have a choice. Do they listen to me, stay at home and lose their livelihood? Or follow the president’s advice to carry on their business and pray for the best?

‘Inventing a new enemy’

Of course they believe the virus is deadly. But they also believe in prayers - perhaps even more so when their earnings are on the line. In a country where almost everyone identifies with one religion or another, and where the majority of people live handto-mouth, the president honed in on faith and income to promote his strategy. The president also made sure to invent a new enemy in the fight against the pandemic - the West.

He consistently refers to powerful Westerners as “mabeberu,” literally “male goats.” The term was coined during the independence struggle which referred to a colonialist. This resonates well with the older generation, like that of my parents and uncles. Magufuli alleged that the “mabeberu” and their cronies in the country were keen to use the virus to distract the country from achieving its economic goals. In one of his freestyle speeches he even suggested that the West could plant the virus on imported goods just to hurt Tanzanians. The president hearkened back to the era of measles and the early years of HIV/Aids, reminding people of a time when some parents stopped their children from visiting neighbours, for fear that their sons and daughters would be infected. At this point the government’s policy seems to be: “If people are not dropping dead in the streets, then life should go on.” It’s a risky strategy, but one that many here are willing to accept, and pray that the government is right. – BBC

Thursday 30, July 2020

Mosi-Oa-Tunya News

THE Itezhi Tezhi Magistrates Court has slapped a 30-day jail term on a shoplifter who stole clothes worth K211 from Pep Stores. Magistrates Mugala Chalwe convicted Nchimunya Chelebela , 40, a fisherman of Kataba Compound after he pleaded guilty of shoplifting ladies cyclers from Pep Stores. Chelebela was arrested on July, 20, 2020 and was charged with theft. Particulars of the offense

MAN JAILED FOR SHOPLIFTING LADIES CYCLE PANTS are that Chelebela on July 17, 2020 in Itezhi Tezhi did steal 4 ladies cycle pants valued at K211.60n, the Property of Pep Stores. Facts before court were that on July,17 , 2020 around 15:30 hours , the complainant in the matter Zacharia Makwayanga, the Manager at Pep Store was on duty standing at the entrance of the store when Chelebela entered the store

for shopping. The court heard that Chelebela was treated like any other customer and after a while the offender left the shop but the Shop Manager observed that his posture and demeanor was different as compared to the time he entered the store. It was also disclosed before the court that when Nchimunya reached at the corner of the store,

Makwayanga called the offender back but he opted to run out of the shop until he was pursued and searched and was found with four ladies cycle pants hidden under his garment. Makwayanga then apprehended Nchimunya and reported the matter to Itezhi Tezhi Police Station where he valued the stolen property at K211.60. After conducting

investigations, Police charged and arrested the offender for the subject offence. During the same court session State Prosecutor Sydney Jere stated that Nchimunya had had no justification to steal the items in question and had no bonafide right to the stolen property. In passing judgment, Magistrates Chalwe found

the offender guilty of the charge and sentenced him to 30 days simple imprisonment with effect from the day he was arrested. In mitigation, Nchimunya appealed for leniency as he had realized that what he did was wrong in consideration of him being the first offender and that he was on drugs arguing that if sent to jail, he would lose focus on the treatment. - ZANIS

Lstone Council secures property By ANDREW MUKOMA

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

ZAMRA/ORD/03/2020: TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENT. The Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) in its 2020 Annual Work Plan (AWP) has set aside funds for the procurement of Laboratory equipment. The ZAMRA now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the supply and delivery of Laboratory equipment: Lot No.

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Automatic Digital Polarimeter

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Karl Fischer Volumetric Titrator

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Digital Melting Point Apparatus

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Bidding will be conducted through Open National Bidding (ONB) procedures specified in the Public Procurement Act No. 12 of 2008 and the Public Procurement Regulations of 2011, and is open to all local bidders as defined in the Bidding Documents. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority, Procurement Officer, email: gmwange@zamra.co.zm and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 08:00 – 13:00 hours and 14:00-17: 00 hours local time. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders from the address below upon payment of a non-refundable fee of K1,000.00. The method of payment will be cash or bank certified cheque. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of 2% of

the total Bid sum. Bids must be submitted in sealed envelopes, bound and clearly marked “TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENT” and shall be deposited in the Tender Box situated on the Ground Floor of ZAMRA Office complex, Plot No. 2350/M, Off KKI Airport Road, ZAF-KKIA Bypass Route (Behind Hitachi Offices), Lusaka not later than Thursday 27th August, 2020 at 10:30 hours local time. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. The bids will be opened in the presence of bidders who choose to attend. LATE BIDS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Bernice Mwale (Mrs) DIRECTOR-GENERAL ZAMBIA MEDICINES REGULATORY AUTHORITY

THE Livingstone City Council (LCC) has begun the process of placing on title all its properties spread across the city. Town Clerk, Gertrude Chibiliti, said that properties being titled included the Maramba stadium and many others which had not been on tittle for a long time. She said this during a full council meeting. Nansanzu ward councillor, Sakubiwa Nyambe asked during the meeting when Maramba Stadium was going to be on title following interest by the World football governing body, FIFA to revamp the facility. Ms Chibiliti said the process of placing properties across the city had started and that Maramba Stadium was also on the list. “The process of putting all council property on tittle is on-going and we are working with the Ministry of Lands to ensure that is done,” Ms Chibiliti said. Ms Chibiliti informed the full council that the rehabilitation of the playing surface at the stadium had been completed and was being maintained. Ms Chibiliti assured that Livingstone Pirates Football Club would no longer play their games at Busiku Ground. During an inspection of the facility by FAZ officials in June this year, the Council was advised to expedite the processing of title deeds that was a requisite for FIFA to release funds. FIFA would only release funds for infrastructure if the stadia was in the hands of a member club or association, Livingstone Pirates in this case.

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Thursday 30 July, 2020

FETAURES

BALANCED DIET KEY TO COVID-19 PREVENTION By MILDRED CHISANGA

AS the weather has kept on dropping in terms of temperature,a number of airborne disease outbreaks has shot up in Zambia including cases of Covid- 19 and the toll death . And in his Covid-19 update, Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya alluded to the fact that ellency the Republican President Edgar Lungu has expressed concern with a sharp rise in the cases of Covid-19 that has seen a big number of people getting infected with the virus. Dr. Chilufya stressed that apart from the health guidelines such as regular hand washing, masking up, social distancing whose compliance level has gone down said it is still an offence to default from statutory instrument 21 and 22 of 2020. Indeed it has been observed with dismay that the general public has not taken Covid- 19 cases seriously. Suprisingly, even well learned and mature people have failed to comply to the guidelines but put on masks to cover the wrong parts of the faces. The Health Minister also cautioned the general public to be sensitive with the diet

The Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya cautioned the general public to be sensitive with the diet by ensuring that they adhere to good diet to reduce on non-communicable diseases that are also causing some underlying factors that may compromise the immunity to those who maybe infected with Covid- 19.

by ensuring that they adhere to good diet to reduce on non-communicable diseases that are also causing some underlying factors that may compromise the immunity to those who maybe infected with Covid- 19. It is justifiable that the current food utilisation has become a source of worry as it is leading to

malnutrition, chronical diabetes, hypertension and cardiac to mention but a few. Obesity has become another Underly factor due to poor diet as many people have developed health complications that have led to deaths. And National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC) Director, Fred Mubanga said government has prioritised good Nutrition as key to preventing non communicable disease and boost the immune system of people. Mr Mubanga was

The situation of hunger at household level need to be eliminated at all cost as this may lead to other outbreaks in future due to the fact that people have compromised immune systems which habors non com-

municable diseases. Government initiative of empowering both youths and women should be supported especially the programs aimed at livelihood which is the pillar to ending malnutrition in

both children and elderly people who are prone to Covid-19. Muchinga Province has the potential to become a green province rich and capable of producing all varieties of crops ranging

from legumes, grains, fruits and vegetables and what is needed is supporting and massive campaign against non communicable disease to good and diverse diet. Sensitisation coupled

with right skills and empowerment need to be done hence the need for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Fisheries and Livestock to support government policies that aims at improving livelihood. -

Innovators Wanted! Apply for the 2020 ICT Innovation Programme at: onlinesystems.zicta.zm:8585/yi

speaking in an interview recently. He said if an individual health is compromised, due to poor food utilisation and diet, such people are prone to be infected with Covid-19. He advised the general public to ensure that indegenous foods that are locally produced should be preserved and dried to ensure food security at household level is available at all times. "The National Food and Nutrition Commission has embarked on a roburst campaign to sensitise people on the need to have green leafy vegetables at each household back yard garden, store the legumes, carbohydrates and proteins both in livestock and grains"says Mr. Mubanga as he announced the partnership with UNICEF to support Nutrition in Muchinga Province. The issue of food utilisation has been a serious issue in Zambia as most households have been selling the crops to briefcase buyers which leaves them without anything to eat for the whole year. Government must be recommended through the Nutrition Commission to realise the need to reduce non communicable disease and stunting levels in Zambia under two years children.

The Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) with support from Airtel Zambia is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2020 cycle of the ZICTA ICT Innovation Programme. The ICT Innovation programme is open to Zambian ICT related innovators or start-up entrepreneurs aged between 18–35 years who have innovative, viable and scalable business ventures that attempt to solve current challenges relating to the following sectors of the economy;

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Digital Financial Services Education Agriculture Energy Climate Change, Water and Sanitation Health, including responses to COVID-19 related challenges vii. Road Safety

How to apply: Applications should be submitted online through the following website: http://onlinesystems.zicta.zm:8585/yi

The best sixty (60) candidates or teams to participate in the innovation programme will be selected by an independent technical evaluation committee who will assess the applications based on business potential, technical feasibility and scalability of the business idea.

Only successful applicants shall be contacted.

The 2020 Innovation Programme shall run for a maximum duration of six months from August 2020 to February 2021. Expected Benefits: • Business development support services • Technical development support • Access to free working space complimented with internet connectivity, computers, test devices and other office equipment

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Mentorship opportunities with identified industry experts and entrepreneurs Business linkages with possible off-takers of the participants’ innovations Financing support of up to ZMK50,000.00 to support the implementation of three (3) selected innovations at the end of the cycle Any other support that could assist with the development of the innovation into a viable business venture

Deadline for receipt of applications is August 7, 2020. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

For more details please contact ZICTA using the following address: Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority Stand No. 4909 Corner of Independence Avenue 8 United Nations Road P.O Box 36871, Lusaka. Tel: +260 211 246697 | 244424-26 Fax: +260 211 246701 Email: ictinnovation@zicta.zm

Thursday 30 July, 2020

EXTRA WORLD NEWS

ARARE - Zimbabwe agreed yesterday to pay $3.5 billion in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle black families, moving a step closer to resolving one of the most divisive policies of the Robert Mugabe era. But the nation does not have the money and will

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ZIMBABWE AGREES TO PAY $3.5BN COMPENSATION TO WHITE FARMERS issue long term bonds and jointly approach international donors with the farm-

ers to raise funding, according to the compensation agreement.

Two decades ago Mugabe’s government carried out at times violent evictions of 4,

500 white farmers and redistributed the land to around 300, 000 Black families, ar-

guing it was redressing colonial land imbalances. The agreement signed at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State House offices in Harare showed white farmers would be compensated for infrastructure on the farms and not the land itself, as per the national constitution.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RDA/CS/ONS/001/020: CONSULTING SERVICES FOR CAPACITY RATING AND DETAILED STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF BRIDGES ON SELECTED TRUNK ROADS IN ZAMBIA

The Employer now invites proposals to provide the following consultancy services (hereinafter called “Services”): “Consulting Services for Capacity Rating and Detailed Structural Assessment of Bridges on selected Trunk Roads in Zambia”. More details on the Services are provided in the Terms of Reference (Section 7).

Section 1 - Letter of Invitation Section 2 - Instructions to Consultants and Data Sheet Section 3 - Technical Proposal [FTP] - Standard Forms Section 4 - Financial Proposal - Standard Forms Section 5 – Eligible Countries Section 6 – Bank’s Policy – Corrupt and Fraudulent Practices Section 7 - Terms of Reference Section 8 - Standard Forms of Contract Lump Sum Details on the proposal’s submission date, time and address are provided in Clauses 17.7 and 17.9 of the ITC. Sealed bids clearly marked “Consulting Services for Capacity Rating and Detailed Structural Assessment of Bridges on selected Trunk Roads in Zambia.” must be deposited in the tender box situated at the Road Development Agency, Plot 33, corner of Government and Fairley roads, Ridgeway, Lusaka not later than Friday 27th August, 2020 at 10:30 hours. However, Late Submission of the RFP’s Will Not Be Accepted.

This Request for Proposals (RFP) has been advertised through Open National Selection (ONS) procedure to whichever Consultant is qualified to provide such services in Zambia. in accordance with the requirements of the Engineering Institution of Zambia.

The bidding document may be purchased at the above address upon payment of a non-refundable fee of ZMW 1000.00, at the Procurement Department situated at Headquarters. The contact telephone numbers are +260-211-253088/253801/254838; the telefax numbers are +260-211-253404/251420 and the email address is rda_hq@roads.gov.zm or tchansa@roads.gov.zm.

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Acting Agriculture Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri

Details of how much money each farmer, or their descendants, given the time elapsed since the farms were seized, was likely to get were not yet clear, but the government has said it would prioritise the elderly when making the settlements. Farmers would receive 50 percent of the compensation after a year and the balance within five years. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and acting Agriculture Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri signed on behalf of the government, while farmers unions and a foreign consortium that undertook valuations also penned the agreement. “As Zimbabweans, we have chosen to resolve this long-outstanding issue,” said Andrew Pascoe, head of the Commercial Farmers Union representing white farmers. The land seizures were one of Mugabe’s signature policies that soured ties with the West. Mugabe, who was ousted in a coup in 2017 and died last year, accused the West of imposing sanctions on his government as punishment. The programme still divides public opinion in Zimbabwe as opponents see it as a partisan process that left the country struggling to feed itself. But its supporters say it has empowered landless Black people. Mnangagwa said the land reform could not be reversed but paying of compensation was key to mending ties with the West. – REUTERS.

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News of the

HARARE - Seven babies were stillborn at Harare Hospital in Zimbabwe on Monday night after urgent treatment was delayed because of staffing issues, two doctors have confirmed. Nurses are on strike nationwide because of a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other concerns, and the maternity wards were overwhelmed. One doctor said Monday’s deaths were “the tip of the iceberg.” The health sector has recently been hit by a Covid-19 procurement scandal. It is alleged that multi-million dollar contracts were awarded to buy supplies at inflated prices - and the health minister has been sacked over the allegations. A leaked government response to senior doctors, who wrote to complain about conditions and to threaten strike action, acknowledged “challenges” in hospitals, an “increase in poor outcomes” and a serious shortage of medical supplies because of a lack of foreign currency, but urged medical staff “to reconsider your intention of withdrawing services.” The deaths at Harare Hospital first were first published by Dr

HOSPITAL SHOCK

…Seven Zimbabwe babies stillborn in one night at hospital

A doctor tweeted that the bodies of the seven babies were wrapped up in green cloth. Peter Magombeyi, who tweeted, “We have been robbed of our future, including our unborn babies. Please stop the looting.” Two doctors with direct knowledge of the situation at Harare Hospital confirmed

to the BBC that on Monday night eight Caesarean section operations were performed. Seven of the babies were stillborn. “There was very, very late intervention,” said one

doctor, speaking on condition of anonymity because he did not have official permission to talk to the media. “Two of the mothers had ruptured uteruses and needed early operations. The other operations were done because of obstructed labour, but were not done on time so the babies died, stuck in their mothers’ pelvises.” The doctor described “dire” scenes at Harare’s two main state hospitals, with only a handful of nurses and doctors at work because of a strike. “These are not isolated incidents. This is repeated every day and all we can do is watch them die. This is torture for the families, and for the junior doctors,” said a second doctor. In a statement, Zimbabwe’s Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists described the situation in hospitals as “grave,” and “beyond dire.” – BBC.

Probe starts on police beating Mugabe coup plotter dies at 65 of Kenyan lawmaker HARARE - Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri, a retired general who helped plot the ouster of Robert Mugabe in a 2017 coup, has died, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday. Shiri, who commanded the Air Force for 25 years until he joined the government in 2017, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, two government sources said. He died in the early hours of yesterday. “Shiri was a true patriot, who devoted his life to the liberation, independence and service of his country,” Mnangagwa said in a statement. He did not say how Shiri died. But domestic media said Shiri, 65, succumbed to complications from the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, which has infected 2, 817 and killed 40 in Zimbabwe. A liberation war veteran, Shiri had a chequered past. He commanded the army’s Fifth Brigade unit that carried out the 1980s massacres of thousands of civilians in western Zimbabwe as the government sought to quell an insurgency. The army massacres, known as “Gukurahundi,” a Shona term meaning the “early rain that washes away the chaff,” remain a sore point for the people of the Matabeleland region, many of whom demand justice and reparations. The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change accused Shiri of being among the security chiefs who organised violence against its members after Mugabe lost the first round of the presidential vote in 2008. – REUTERS.

NAIROBI - Kenya’s police watchdog has launched investigations into Tuesday’s brutal conduct of four police officers pictured beating a female lawmaker in the capital, Nairobi. The police were deployed to the Nairobi County Assembly to disperse lawmakers who had tried to impeach the Speaker amid chaotic scenes, according to local media. A standoff between the police and lawmakers ensued and the four police officers were pictured assaulting local representative Patricia Mutheu. The country’s police watchdog said it had “contacted some of the people who were present during the chaos” to get testimonies. “The preliminary enquiry seeks to establish the role played by police officers who were deployed at the premise,” it said in a statement. The local affiliate of Amnesty

International has called on the police officers to be held accountable. Meanwhile, Kenyan police arrested a fugitive wanted in the United States on charges of trafficking ivory and rhino horn, who arrived in the coastal city of Mombasa from Yemen, authorities said yesterday. Abubakar Mansur Mohammed Surur was detained for alleged “ivory-related offences” after he landed in a chartered plane, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations said on Twitter. In a June 2019 indictment, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration charged Surur and three others with conspiracy to traffic at least 190 kilograms of rhino horn and 10 tonnes of ivory worth more than $7 million. Surur was also charged with conspiracy to launder money and distribute heroin. The quartet had run their enterprise out of Uganda and neighbouring countries between 2012 and last year, according to the DEA indictment. – BBC/REUTERS.

Thursday 30, July 2020

Gbagbo wants passport to return to Ivory Coast

BRUSSELS - Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, freed conditionally by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has applied for a passport so that he can return home, his lawyer said in a statement on Tuesday. Gbagbo is the first head of state to stand trial in The Hague. He and his deputy Charles Ble Goude were cleared in early 2019 of crimes against humanity - eight years after the former Ivorian strongman’s arrest and transfer to the court. Belgium agreed to host Gbagbo after he was released under strict conditions, including his return to court for a prosecution appeal against his acquittal. An ICC spokesperson has said Gbagbo can travel provided the destination agrees to receive him. After multiple unsuccessful requests to the foreign minister in Abidjan for a diplomatic passport, Gbagbo had gone to the Ivory Coast embassy in Brussels to request an ordinary passport and clearance to visit, his lawyer, Habiba Toure, said.

After Gbagbo’s acquittal by The Hague court “it is high time for president Laurent Gbagbo to return home,” Toure argued. The return of Gbagbo to Ivory Coast is a sensitive political issue three months before the presidential election. His party the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) is urging him to throw his hat in the electoral ring. Gbagbo, 86, and Ble Goude were acquitted of four counts of crimes against humanity over the 20102011 bloodshed following a disputed vote in Ivory Coast: murder, rape, persecution and other inhumane acts. They had always maintained their innocence. Technically, Gbagbo could be jailed on his return, having been sentenced in absentia to a 20-year term last November for the “looting” of the local branch of the Central Bank of the West African States during the post-election crisis. The 2020 presidential elections are already set to be tense, after years of political turbulence. – AFP.

News Briefs

US summons Zim envoy to explain ‘thug’ slur WASHINGTON - The US government has summoned Zimbabwe’s ambassador to explain comments made about its envoy by the country’s ruling party which called the American ambassador Brian Nichols a “thug.” The Assistant Secretary for the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs Tibor Nagy termed the comments as “deeply offensive,” adding that the Zimbabwe envoy had been summoned to explain. – BBC.

SA prosecutor nabbed for graft JOHANNESBURG - A control prosecutor based in Standerton, Mpumalanga, was arrested on Tuesday in an intelligence-driven operation on allegations of corruption as well as defeating the ends of justice. According to provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Leonard Hlathi, the prosecutor is alleged to have solicited bribes in exchange for cases to either be withdrawn or struck off the court roll. He is expected to appear in the Standerton Magistrate’s Court today. – NEWS24.

Mali prime minister ‘visits popular opposition imam’ BAMAKO - The government in Mali has reached out to a key opposition figure in efforts to resolve ongoing political crisis, AFP news agency has reported. Mali’s Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has invited influential imam Mahmoud Dicko to bring his movement into the unity government. Cisse visited the imam at his home, according to a statement quoted by the news agency. – BBC.

Twitter removes Trump’s Covid-19 misleading video A standoff between the police and lawmakers ensued and the four police officers were pictured assaulting local representative Patricia Mutheu.

WASHINGTON - Twitter has withdrawn a video retweeted by President Donald Trump in which doctors made allegedly false claims about the coronavirus pandemic, after Facebook took similar action. “Tweets with the video are in violation of our Covid-19 misinformation policy,” a Twitter spokesperson said, declining to give details on how many people had watched the video. – AFP.

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energy. During burning of charcoal, chemical energy is converted to heat energy. The other change of energy from one form to the other which is of interest in this study is the change from potential energy to kinetic energy. When the body at rest begins to move, its potential energy is changed to kinetic energy. A good example in this case is a falling object from a certain height. See the diagram below.

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At the end of this lesson, learners should be able: Explain the meaning of the terms work, energy and power. Identify the units of the terms work, energy and power. Calculate work using the appropriate formula Identify the type of energy Explain qualitatively and quantitatively the terms gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Work. The term work is used in our everyday interactions. For example, people normally say I have gone for work. Children also usually say that Daddy or Mommy has gone for work. However, in physics, the term work has a different meaning. The term work is defined as the product of force and the displacement in the direction of force. The SI unit for work is joule(J) or Newton- meter(Nm). The formula for work is expressed as follows:

This means that when a force is exerted on an object and the objects moves through some displacement in the direction of force, then work has been done. However, if force exerted on the object and the displacement are not in the same direction, then then there is no work done. For example, a man carrying a log on his shoulder through some distance is not doing any work because the force he is exerting on the log and the distance covered are not in the same direction. The only instance when this man does work is when lifting the log putting it on the shoulder. We should also be quick to state the similarity and difference between work and moment. Both work and moment are measured in Joules or Newton-meter. Moment is the product of force and the perpendicular distance from the line of action while work is the product of force and the displacement in the direction of force.

Stretched or compressed spring and streched catapult have elastic potential energy.

Example 1 1. An eagle lifted a snake of mass 2kg to a height of 10m. Take g=10N/kg Calculate: (a) The force exerted by an eagle (b) The work done by an eagle. Solutions (a) F = W = mg Page 1 of 7

2. The diagram shows an object W that was moved to some height using an incline raised through and angle X. Take g = 10N/kg

(a) Calculate the work done against the gravitational force (b) Calculate the work done in object W along the incline. Solutions (a) W = F x d F = 40N d = 4m [ vertical distance] W= 40N x 4m W = 160J or 160Nm (b) W = F x d F = 40N d = 5m W = 40N x 5m = 200J

Energy The term energy is defined as the ability to do work. The SI unit for energy is joule(J). This implies that energy and work are both measured in joules. There are different forms of energy. The following are examples of forms of energy: Â§ Chemical energy Â§ Electrical energy Â§ Potential energy Â§ Light energy Â§ Kinetic energy Â§ Mechanical energy Â§ Nuclear energy In this study, we shall look at two forms of energy and these are potential and kinetic energy.

P.E

B P.E = K.E

Work = mgh= gravitational potential energy P.E = mgh The figures below show objects that possess gravitational potential energy.

From the above diagram, at point A, the bob of the pendulum has potential enerngy. When the pendulum swings from point A to B, half of the potential energy is chnanged to kinetic energy. This implies that at point B, the remainng amount of potential energy is equal to kinetic energy. From point B to point C, the kinetic energy is converted to Page 5 of 7

potential energy hence at point C the pendulum bob has gravitational potential energy. The similar change of energy occurs when the pendulum is swinging from point C back to point A. Example 5

Near the surface of the earth, the value for the force of gravity is taken to be 10N/kg. On places that are very far from the surface of the earth, this value degreases. Example 3 3. Study the diagram below showing object X that was raised to some height(h).

5. A stone of mass 5kg is dropped from the top of the cliff and the stone hits the ground with a velocity of 10m/s. (a) What is its kinetic energy just before it hits the ground? (b) What was its gravitational potential energy before it was dropped? (c) Calculate the height from where stone was dropped. Solutions (a) K.E = K.E =

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(a) Calculate the height (h) through which object X was raised. (b) Calculate the gravitational potential energy object X aquired. Solutions (a) h = 2m x 8 h = 16m (b) P.E = mgh m = 10,000g = 10kg[ convert mass to kiligrams(kg)] g = 10N/kg P.E = 10kg x 10N/kg x 16m P.E = 1600J Kinetic Energy

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object X 10,000g

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In the above equation, time must be expressed in seconds(s). The SI unit for power is joule per second(J/s) which is called watt(W).

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K.E = mđ?&#x2018;Łđ?&#x2018;Ł "

Example 6.

Example 4

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4. A body of mass 5kg was moving at a velocity of 20m/s. Calculate the kinetic energy this body has. Solution.

A crane lifted an object of mass 600kg in 3s and put it on a truck that is 4m high. Take g = 10N/kg

But force = weight = mg

Kinetic energy is the form of energy a body has because of its motion. This implies that when an object is in motion, it has kinetic energy. Examples of bodies that possess kinetic energy include: a moving car, a person who is walking, a swinging pendulum among others. The faster the body is moving, the more kinetic energy it has and vice versa. For a body of mass m moving at a velocity of v, the formula for kinetic energy is expressed as follows:

Example 2

P.E

Work = force x vertical height

When the object is on top of the wall, it gravitational potential energy is 40J as shown above. As the object falls, its gravitational potential energy is changed to kinetic energy. When the object has fallen half of height(h), half of the gravitational potential energy is changed to kinetic energy. Just before the object hits the ground, all the potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.

The body that is raised above the surface of the earth have gravitational potential energy which is equal to the work done on that body by the force exerted on it in lifting it. For a body of mass m that has been lifted to some height(h) against the gravitational force (g), the work done is expressed as follows:

Work = force x displacement W= F x d

40N

K.E = 40J P.E = 0J

This principle is also applied during the swinging of the pendulum. Study the diagram below showing a pendulum swinging from point A through B to C and back to A.

WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

m = 2kg g = 10N/kg F = 2kg x10N/kg F = 20N (b) W = F x d F = 20N d = 10m W =20N x 10m W = 200Nm or 200J

K.E = 20J P.E = 20J

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Potential energy

Potential energy is the form of energy a body has because of its position or condition. Bodies at rest possess potential energy. See the figures below showing object that have potential energy

General Physics

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Conservation of Energy

The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed 4 of 7 but it can be changed from one form toPage another. Certain devices are used to change one form of energy to another. For example, an electric bulb changes electrical energy to light energy. In addition, an electrical stove changes electrical energy to heat energy. During burning of charcoal, chemical energy is converted to heat energy. The other change of energy from one form to the other which is of interest in this study is the change from potential energy to kinetic energy. When the body at rest begins to move, its potential energy is changed to kinetic energy. A good example in this case is a falling object from a certain height. See the diagram below. K.E = 0J P.E = 40J

Wall

(a) Calculate the work done by the crane in lifting the object. (b) Determine the rate at which the crane was doing work. Solutions (a) W = mgh m = 600kg, h = 4m, g = 10N/kg W = 600kg x 10N/kg x 4m W = 24, 000J (b) P = P=

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1. A body of mass m was dropped from a height of 10m.Take g = 10m/s2. (a) Show that the velocity with which it hits the ground is expressed as V= <2đ?&#x2018;&#x201D;đ?&#x2018;&#x201D;â&#x201E;&#x17D; (b) Calculate the velocity with which it hits the ground (c) Given that the value of mass m is 25000g, calculate the potential energy of this object before it was dropped. 2. A box of laboratory chemicals was pushed and pulled on the ground through the distance of 25m as shown below. Direction of motion

K.E = 20J P.E = 20J

50N

200kg

350N

Potential energy Page 2 of 7

Potential energy is the form of energy a body has because of its position or condition. Bodies at rest possess potential energy. See the figures below showing object that have potential energy

K.E = 40J P.E = 0J

Stretched or compressed spring and streched catapult have elastic potential energy.

(a) Calculate the resultant force that moved the box. (b) Calculate the acceleration of the box. (c) Calculate the work done in pushing and pulling the box. (d) Determine the reaction force exerted by the ground on the box of chemicals. (e) Given that this box was pushed and pulled by two boys where one boy was pushing and the other was pulling, which of the two boys got tired more than the other. Give a reason for your answer.

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Trump's shortcomings make weak opponent Biden look strong Biden’s bunker strategy has proved resistant to the Trump campaign’s bunker-busting bombs the claims of senility, the charge he has become a cipher for the radical left, the false claim that defunding the police formed part of rapprochement with Bernie Sanders. By NICK BRYANT in New York

Y early take on Joe Biden was that the weaknesses that made it harder for him to secure the Democratic presidential nomination would ultimately make it easier for him to win the presidency. At a time when the Democratic Party was lurching leftwards, his pragmatic centrism would be advantageous because hard-hat voters in the Rust Belt and Starbucks moms in the swing state suburbs would find it unthreatening. Nor was his inability to rouse a crowd necessarily a drawback. Many Americans, after all, were yearning for a presidency they could have on in the background: soothing soft jazz after the roundthe-clock heavy metal of the Trump years. Biden's geniality was the key, his smile almost his philosophy. In a politics often driven by negative partisanship - odium for your opponent more so than fervour for your own party's nominee - Biden would be hard to turn into a hate figure. Certainly, he was nowhere near as polarising as Hillary Clinton, whose negatives helped Trump pull off his unexpected victory in 2016.

2016

In 30 years of covering US politics, he was the most lacklustre front-runner I had seen, worse even than Jeb Bush in 2016. Then I went to Iowa and New Hampshire and was shocked to see how the 77-year-old could barely hold a tune. Speeches became rambling soliloquies, a reminiscence from his Senate career here, a name drop from his vice-presidential tenure there. Looping and meandering, his train of thought regularly careered off the rails. Anecdotes did not seem to make any political point; and while he spoke in vague generalities about redeeming the soul of America, he never thrashed out what

precisely that meant. Still he could flash his mega-wattage grin, but he appeared before us as an ambient presence who struggled to light up a room. In 30 years of covering US politics, he was the most lacklustre front-runner I had seen, worse even than Jeb Bush in 2016. The former Florida governor could at least complete a cogent

had not even campaigned. But the opposite may well have been true. Biden might have performed well in places precisely because of his absence. The lesson from Iowa and New Hampshire, after all, was that the more voters saw of him, the less they were likely to vote for him. His stealth candidacy ahead of Super Tuesday helped him

The early primaries did not go well

sentence, even if nobody applauded when it came to an end. After Biden's fourth place finish in the Iowa caucus and his fifth place showing in New Hampshire, many of us thought the time had come for him to don his trademark Aviator shades and ride off westward into the sunset. Instead, of course, he headed to South Carolina, where the endorsement of the influential black Democratic congressman Jim Clyburn and the support of African Americans produced a Lazarus-like return from the dead. Moderate rivals, such as Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, left the race, coalescing around the establishment candidate deemed to stand the best chance of fending off the insurgent challenge from Bernie Sanders. Faced with the alarming prospect of a one-time socialist emerging as the party's nominee, they smashed the emergency glass in the hope that amiable Joe could put out the firebrand. Days later, following his cascade of victories on Super Tuesday, some pundits marvelled at how Biden had triumphed in states where he

wrap up the nomination. The Covid lockdown, then, has been a boon to his candidacy. The months sequestered in the basement of his Delaware residence has provided a useful cloak of invisibility. Social distancing has even helped neutralise an issue that once imperiled his campaign: that he was inappropriately tactile with women, creepily touchy-feely. More importantly, the

CAMPAIGN Biden’s bunker strategy has proved resistant to the Trump campaign’s bunker-busting bombs the claims of senility, the charge he has become a cipher for the radical left, the false claim that defunding the police formed part of rapprochement with Bernie Sanders. Instead, the focus has been on Donald Trump’s imploding presidency.

pandemic has taken the heat out of the ideological battle within the Democratic Party. Biden has reached a unity accord with Bernie Sanders without granting too many concessions to the left; one

which stops short of promising universal healthcare and a Green New Deal, and avoids altogether polarising issues such as abolishing ICE (the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency), or decriminalising unauthorised border crossings. Biden will doubtless lose some progressive support, especially amongst the young, but his campaign calculates this will be offset by attracting the backing of seniors and retirees, many of them one-time Trump supporters. Not only do the elderly vote at a higher rate than any other age group, they are also the demographic most vulnerable to Covid-19. After the troubled start to his candidacy, it is as if the coronavirus has given Biden a political version of antibodies offering protections from his own underlying conditions. His personal narrative also finds a mournful echo in these sorrowful times. Just after winning election to the Senate in 1972, he suffered the trauma of losing his first wife, Neilia, and 13-monthold daughter, Naomi, in a car accident. Then in 2015 he watched his son, Beau, who had survived that car accident, die from a rare form of brain cancer. Biden is naturally empathetic. It puts him on the same emotional plain as many of the 140, 000 families who have recently suffered bereavement as a result of Coronavirus. So far, Biden's bunker strategy has proved resistant to the Trump campaign's bunker-busting bombs the claims of senility, the charge he has become a cipher for the radical left, the false claim that defunding the police formed part of rapprochement with Bernie Sanders. Instead, the focus has been on Donald Trump's imploding presidency. Incumbency ordinarily bestows advantages. Since 1980, only one sitting president, George Herbert Walker Bush, has failed to win re-election. Even during the post-war period from 1945 to 1980, when only one President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, successfully completed two full terms, voters ousted just two incumbents - Gerald Ford

and Jimmy Carter. Donald Trump, however, has annulled the benefits of occupancy through his mishandling of the pandemic. The usual rule of thumb is that incumbency combined with a strong economy almost guarantees re-election

Joe Biden

- in 1992, Bush senior was primarily a victim of a recessionary economy that failed to rebound by Election Day. But Covid-19, of course, has decimated the economy, causing the most serious economic shock since the Great Depression. Voters who pointed to their soaring 401K retirement plans to rationalise their support for a president whose behaviour they often found distasteful, are shopping around. Many, the polls suggest, have already checked out. Even some of his supposed loyalists, the non-college-educated white voters who comprise his base, are deserting him. Earlier in the year, he enjoyed a 31-point lead among this demographic, but recently that has slipped by 10 points.

Polling shows that an unexpectedly high number of white voters disapprove of the president's handling of the racial protests following the alleged murder of George Floyd. They have not responded to Trump's tough law and order stance, which borrowed from Richard Nixon's winning presidential campaign in 1968 that followed a long summer of racial turbulence. Maybe Trump has failed to appreciate a key difference between then and now. In 1968, Nixon was not the president. Elections are often framed as a choice between continuity and change. Yet a selling point for Biden is that he offers voters a version of both. To the eight in 10 Americans who polling suggests believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, he is promising a course correction. Thus, he can plausibly present himself as a candidate of change. But by pledging to serve as a conventional president, returning to the norms of behaviour that Republicans and Democratic incumbents have abided by for decades, he also represents a continuum. The repair of a chain in which Trump became the missing link. Because of the false prophecies of 2016, pundits are understandably reluctant to make predictions, and to call time on a president with a double-digit deficit in most national polls and in some battleground state surveys, too. The caution is well-advised. As Biden ventures out more often from his basement redoubt, he will face closer scrutiny. – BBC.

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Video analysis course excite coaches By MICHAEL MIYOBA NAPSA Stars assistant coach Dominic Yobe has hailed Zambia National team technical bench led by Serbian Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic for facilitating the Video Analysis training course implemented by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). Yobe said the capacity building programme facilitated by the Chipolopolo coaches would help the local coaches because they will be able to use the knowledge at their respective clubs. He was speaking after participating in the course which saw 41 coaches from Super Division and National Division One clubs trained. Yobe said what Micho and his team had done is unprecedented in Zambia. “Many people have come to this country to come and coach our national team but have never initiated something like this. You came with your team and recognised areas of development and initiated this capacity building for coaches within a short period and we give you the appreciation,” Yobe said.

Yobe urged coaches to put into use what they had learnt during the Video Analyst training course. “To my fellow coaches, we have a duty to implement what we have learnt at our clubs. Yes we have learnt and now we must act,” Yobe said. Meanwhile, FAZ president Andrew Kamanga said the association has done its research and has been monitoring modern trends to introduce Video Assistant Referee technology in Zambia. “We can begin to prepare to match up with the developed world through the utilisation of technology such as Video Analysis. “I am happy that our technical bench has embraced this technology wholeheartedly and are taking it across our leagues. As FAZ, we shall continue to invest in capacity building for our coaches at various levels to ensure that we sustain the momentum currently underway with our grassroots football,” Kamanga said. He said the association will continue to conduct various capacity building workshops which are part of the 10-year FAZ strategic plan for coaches and administrators to develop the Zambian game. Kamanga said the association shall keep true to its pledge to build a solid foundation for the future of the Zambian game after 88 coaches were trained in the last three weeks in Goalkeeping and Video Analysis.

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“We created so many chances but again the players couldn’t use those chances and we don’t know what happened, we cannot blame them but we just have to plan for our next game against Kansanshi Dynamos.” Meanwhile, Zanaco coach Chris Kaunda who picked his first win following the 3-0 bashing by Nkana and a draw against Nkwazi on Sunday hailed his boys for maintaining discipline to beat Eagles at their base. “This ground is a very difficult ground to play on and we have been struggling with fitness and some players are out of the team because of Covid-19 but luckily enough the players have remained disciplined and they are following whatever they are told to do as a result we got what we wanted,” Kaunda said. Eagles had begun the game at Independence Stadium on a promising not and created numerous scoring opportunities but failed to find the back of the net. The bankers punished Chiyangi’s boys in the 37th minute when top man Kola beat Eagles goal keeper Justin Munyika from the spot to give Zanaco the lead. Eagles tried to get the equaliser through Spencer Sautiu who ballooned his effort off target in the 43rd minute as the first half ended 1-0 in favour of the visitors. The second half saw Eagles dominating play but were unlucky as Zanaco goal keeper Racha Kola produced some decent saves to help the bankers emerge victorious after the final whistle.

elected on October 1, 2016 and its term ends on October 1, 2020 in line with article 10.6 (g) of the ZA constitution. Our worry is that the executive committee is trying to shift the election date from October 2020 to unknown month which is unconstitutional and human rights abuse on individuals wishing to participate in the elections,” the letter read. But ZA General Secretary Davison Mung’ambata said the association would only announce the election date at an appropriate time. Mung’ambata refused to be dragged into issues raised by Chilombo saying that they were bent on just bringing confusion into the sport.

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SOME members of the Zambia Athletics (ZA) have appealed to the National Sports Council of Zambia (NSCZ) to take an interest in the association’s election slated for this year and ensure that the constitution was followed. In a letter addressed to the NSCZ chairperson Patrick Mutimushi and accessed by the Nation Sport, Young Mokola Athletics club secretary Misheck Chilombo has expressed concern that the Zambia Athletics executive intends to postpone the elections from October 1 to an unknown date which was against the

association’s constitution. Chilombo said that moving the date from October was not only unconstitutional but against the rights of the members of the association who wished to participate in the competition. He also noted that the ZA executive committee had been misleading the public by alleging that the athletics body was established under an Act of Parliamen. Chilombo since appealed to Mutimushi to ensure that the ZA constitution was followed and that elections were held in the first week of October 2020 and not beyond. “On behalf of Young Mokola Athletic Club , I would to inform you that the current term Zambia Athletics executive committee was

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GREEN Eagles missed out on an opportunity to claim top position on the MTN/FAZ Super Division table after suffering a shocking 1-0 defeat to Zanaco in a rescheduled week-19 fixture at Independence Stadium in Choma. A lone goal from striker Rodger Kola, who converted a penalty in the first half of the game gave Zanaco the much needed victory which propelled them to seventh on the 18-team Super Division table with 39-points. The home loss was disappointing for Green Eagles coach Aggrey Chiyangi who described it as a painful defeat. “It is painful, we really wanted to win this game but we conceded a penalty and there is nothing we can say about it. We can’t blame anyone, the players wanted to win the game but we have accepted the loss, it is part of the game. We have lost and we have to look forward,” Chiyangi said. (To page 19)

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SUPER Division side Napsa Stars has recorded 19 Covid-19 cases ahead of their fixture against Buildcon to be played tomorrow in Lusaka. Napsa Stars Board chairperson Greg Nsofu said the club undertook Covid-19 tests on Monday in line with FAZ guidelines and that results that came out yesterday indicates that 15 players, and four officials tested positive. Nsofu said all the positive officials and players had gone into self-isolation in line with Ministry of Health guidelines. He said that the club was in touch with the ministry to ensure that the cases were closely monitored so as to avoid the spread of the virus and that the rest of the team would continue preparation for upcoming fixtures. Nsofu however said that the club was committed to

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