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By NOEL IYOMBWA

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HE repeated media calls for an uprising and recent discovery of arms in Kafue must put the nation on alert for those who dont mean well for the nation.

And Christian Democratic Party (CDP) president Danny Pule has warned that the discovery of buried guns in Kafue indicates a serious security threat that unscrupulous people are devising evil schemes which risk plunging the nation into pandemonium. To Page 3

SAKWIBA BACKS PRE-REGISTRATION

By PETER SICHALI

T Lungu wants mining woes resolved collectively. P2 President Edgar Chagwa Lungu in a meeting with the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) President Joseph Chewe, National Union of Mines Allied workers Union Mames Chansa and union officials who called on him at State House yesterday. The meeting was also attended by Mines Minister Richard Musukwa and other Government officials. Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA/STATE HOUSE.

HERE is nothing wrong with online pre-voter registration and UPND should be categorical and state their position and stop misleading the nation, United Liberal Party (ULP) president Sakwiba Sikota has said.

And Mr Sikota has challenged the UPND to state why they insist on having an old register which may have ghost voters.

Mr Sikota

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Lungu wants mining woes resolved collectively PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has called for enhanced cooperation between Government and the players in the mining sector.

Mr Lungu said it was vital for the Government and the players in the industry to work together and improve the working conditions of miners.

He said Government would support any initiative by the mine unions aimed at improving the working and living standards of the mine workers.

The President said this at the State House in Lusaka yesterday when officials from the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) paid a courtesy call on him.

“As Government we are going to make sure that we support you in your efforts to improve the lives of miners, because we share and serve some constituencies, your members are also our members, they are voters and we need to serve their interest and we will support you,” he said.

President Lungu encouraged the union leaders to also engage relevant Ministries on specific issues that were affecting the industry.

He explained that due to the

coronavirus pandemic and other economic challenges, the mining sector was among the industries that had been hit hard hence the need for collaborative efforts from Government and the interest groups to find a lasting solution to the problems.

“There are a lot of issues that I may have and which you may also have so it is important that we meet regularly especially during these critical times when the situation is very difficult on account of the COVID-19.

“The issues you have raised, some of them have been tabled before me, in future ensure that the Ministry of Mines who are your partners are brought closer to you so that certain things are interrogated immediately with relevant Ministries and those that require consultations we shall consult other interest groups,” he explained.

Earlier, MUZ president Joseph Chewe praised President Lungu for the decision he took concerning Konkola Copper Mopani (KCM) and Chambishi Metals.

Mr Chewe noted that the decision which the Head of State took played a critical role in saving the mining sector in the country from collapsing.

“Your Excellency we want to thank for your intervention in the KCM, Mopani and Chambishi issues without your interventions, the sector in the country would have grounded to a halt and all the blame would have been heaped on you, but the decision you made is unprecedented and will be appreciated even by the future generations, “he stressed. - ZANIS

Manufacturers want more incentives

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

MORE relief needs to be provided to manufacturers to stimulate a sector that has been significantly affected by the economic woes of 2019 and the current devastating Covid-19 pandemic.

This has resulted in negative growth for the sector during 2020, says Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) Chief Executive Officer, Florence Muleya.

Ms Muleya said Government should specifically incentivise production capabilities and supplier development for the manufacturing sector to grow.

“ZAM urges the government to reduce the manufacturing CIT rate from 35 percent to 25 percent. Increase the period requirement for presenting proof of exportation from three to four months.

“Reinstate the implied duty rates under the Duty Draw-Back Scheme,” she said in her write up on Unveiled 2021 Budget: Unsustainable for Manufacturing.

Ms Muleya said some other pronouncements made in the 2021 Budget would harm the manufacturing sector.

She said the measures included the introduction of an excise duty on reconstituted milk of K1.5, the introduction of a surtax at the rate of 20 percent on imported un-denatured ethyl alcohol and the introduction of excise duty on plastic flat bags at the rate of 30 percent.

Ms Muleya said, the measures would serve to directly increase the cost of doing business in the manufacturing sub-sectors.

“Government should remove these measures and seek audience with affected industries. The plea arises because the manufacturing sector still faces structural issues that require policy interventions to grow,” Ms Muleya said.

She said Covid-19 had exposed delinked value chains in the country that suppressed local content growth.

She observed that specific measures aimed at promoting economic recovery to boost manufacturing especially the distressed subsectors were missing from the 2021 national budget.

“Factors including the closure of the tourism sector, constrained supply chain movements and slowed down economic activity combined, have impacted negatively on the manufacturing sector,” Ms Muleya said.

UPND TREACHERY SHOCKS PF CHIEF

By PETER SICHALI

THE move by the UPND to torch its own offices in Nakonde is a manifestation that the party is violent, treacherous and ready to do any evil to form Government, Patriotic Front national chairperson Samuel Mukupa has said.

Muchinga Province Commissioner of Police Joel Njase revealed that investigations into the burning of the UPND offices have indicated the opposition party burnt its own offices.

Mr Mukupa said the UPND were headed for political oblivion because they were so desperate.

He said UPND attempts to get the PF implicated were tantamount to “last kicks of a dying horse.”

“Crime has all manner of manifestation, when you have a leadership with a criminal mind then you are headed for political oblivion,” Mr Mukupa said He said it was unfortunate that UPND could go to an extent of burning their own offices to gain political mileage.

Mr Mukupa said God has continued to expose UPND violence for every Zambian to see that it has been a source of violence

Mr Mukupa the country has experienced.

Mr Njase said the burning of the UPND Nakonde office was “an internal matter.”

He however indicated that police would continue with the investigations to get to the bottom of the matter.

He said police had since engaged both PF and UPND in Nakonde to avoid acts of violence or any incident actions that could

affect the investigations.

Mr Njase warned that police will not entertain any acts of lawlessness whether internal or outside the party.

“Let me take this opportunity advise and warn that any acts of lawlessness whether internal or external will not be tolerated,” Mr Njase said.

He said political players should learn to be peaceful and foster national development.

UPND’s Nakonde office on Monday around 20:00 at Ntindi village in Chief Waitwika’s area caught fire and destroyed property valued at K10, 020.

“Brief facts are that Machila Joram on Monday around 20:30 hours whilst at his house, received a call from Pastor Chakulanda Peter who stays near the office that their office was on fire.

“He then rushed to the scene together with other members of the party and found that the office was gutted by unknown people and the following items were burnt, two office tables, one office chair, electrical wirings and all documents valued at K10, 020 were burnt,” Mr Njase said.

He said police rushed to the scene and observed that a tire and grass were used to burn the property.

Suspended Kitwe mayor asks for guidance

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA EMBATTLED Kitwe Mayor, Christopher Kang’ombe, has said there was clearance to proceed with the press conference from the necessary authorities, the reason for which he has been suspended from the Patriotic Front (PF) for alleged gross misconduct.

Mr Kan’gombe was suspended together with former Kitwe District Commissioner, Binwell Mpundu from the Patriotic Front.

According to the letter of suspension, Mr Mpundu has been suspended for gross misconduct.

But Mr Mpundu, who confirmed receiving the letter of suspension, insisted that the move was a political process meant to take his eyes off the ball. “But I wish to assure you all that I am not moved as I remain resolute in my quest to help mobilise for President

Edgar Lungu for 2021 and I will continue to support the party even behind prison walls,” he said.

Mr Kang’ombe confirmed receiving the letter of suspension but asked the party to guide him as he had personally sought guidance on how to proceed with his ambitions to stand as an MP. He also said that there was no element of insubordination on their part in having the press briefing since the press briefing took place after the vice President had left the City.

“I decided to consult the party on the possibility of me contesting where I grew up in Ndeke and Ndeke Village (currently Kamfinsa Constituency) which would form part of the new Constituency to be created after the delimitation exercise,” he said.

Mr Kang’ombe said he was guided to begin establishing

himself in Kamfinsa Constituency as well in order to avoid friction with Kwacha Constituency MP Joseph Malanji who he said kept complaining about his mayoral work in the six wards of his constituency for three years.

According to the party, the suspension was in line with the PF constitution under the discipline and sanctions act number 26 and 29 (a) (b) (c) and (p).

PF Kitwe district chairman Evaristo Chilufya, said the ruling party had noted that Mr Kang’ombe had continued campaigning in Kamfinsa constituency disregarding the directive from the Central Committee not to campaign in constituencies held by PF Members of Parliament.

The Central Committee has also directed members not to campaign in constituencies held

by Independent MPs, who were working with the party.

PIA bosses’ lawyer axed from case

By CHARLES MUSONDA A LAWYER representing Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) Registrar Christopher Mapani and two others has been ordered to stop handling the case because of his conflicted interests in the matter.

Lusaka Magistrate Felix Kaoma yesterday ordered Mr Kaumbu Mwondela and his law firm to recuse themselves and be expunged from the case record after a trial within trial.

In this case, Mapani is charged with PIA deputy Registrar Titus Mkhwale and PIA insurer Nicholas Mbiya for alleged abuse of authority of office concerning the approval of Tobias Milambo as principal officer for Ultimate Insurance Company Limited.

The shareholding dispute in Ultimate Insurance Company Limited has resulted in the arrest and subsequent prosecution of Milambo, Nachi Musonda, and Richard Lubemba- all directors of Marshland Consortium Limited - who are facing 15 counts of forgery, uttering false documents, and obtaining money by false pretences among the numerous charges before another court.

In Mapani and two others’ case, particulars of the offence in the first count are that between January 1, 2018 and March 30, 2020 in Lusaka, the three abused their positions, office or authority by approving Milambo as Ultimate Insurance Company Limited principal officer.

In count two it is alleged that between the same

dates they directly or indirectly abused their positions, office or authority by issuing a 2020 insurance licence to Ultimate Insurance Company Limited against the interests of the Zambian government.

Before taking Mapani and his co-accused to court, on Friday June 12, 2020 the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) had arranged a pretrial briefing with PIA board chairperson Petronella Mwangala and board secretary Kabisa Ngwira at Twangale Park.

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lilian Shawa-Siyunyi attended the meeting which Kaumbu Mwondela joined later and he was introduced to the DPP and her NPA team as a PIA institutional lawyer.

But on Monday June 15, 2020 when the case was called before Mr. Kaoma, Mr. Mwondela placed himself on record as one of the defence lawyers from a private law firm Kaumbu Mwondela Legal Practitioners representing Mapani, Mkhwale, and Mbiya.

This led the State to object to Mr. Mwondela representing the accused persons because just a few days before he had been introduced as an institutional lawyer for the PIA, which is a Government entity.

Mr. Kaoma then ordered a trial within trial leading to yesterday’s hearing in which a public prosecutor, Mr Noah Mwanza, who attended the June 12, 2020 meeting, testified against Mr. Mwondela.

Cop faces murder charge over Kamanga riots death

By SIMON MUNTEMBA A ZAMBIA Police reserve officer who recently shot a 17-year-old boy of Kamanga Compound in Lusaka during a riot has been arrested and charged with murder, Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has disclosed.

And Mr Kampyongo told Parliament yesterday that police officers were trained how and when to use firearms and anyone guilty of taking life illegally would be prosecuted.

Mr Kampyongo said this when he delivered a ministerial statement on incidences involving police shootings in Lusaka and North-Western Province, and an update on mobile issuance of National Registration Cards (NRCs).

He explained that police in the early hours of September 27 fought running battles with residents of Kamanga compound in Chelstone after reserve police officers and members of the neighbourhood watch went to close a night club which was operating after the stipulated hours. In the confusion, a stray bullet caught Timothy Zulu aged 17 years who later died.

Mr Kampyongo said the unfortunate development resulted in riotous behaviour by the mob which went and attacked a local police post and smashed vehicles and injured some officers.

“Investigations were immediately instituted. The police reserve officer involved in the shooting of a juvenile has been arrested and charged with murder,” Mr Kampyongo said.

He said rioters had been arrested and would appear in court soon.

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SAKWIBA BACKS PRE-REGISTRATION From Page 1

Mr Sikota said those that are opposing pre-online voter registration have not taken time to look at what they are opposing.

"It is really unbelievable that some people can focus their energies opposing online pre registration when this is something that should

not raise eyebrows," Mr Sikota said.

He said online registration is optional and should not be made an issue.

Mr Sikota said online pre voter registration is a good thing as it will decongest registration centres.

He said it could have been wrong if online pre voter registration was the only op-

tion.

"There is no problem with that because it is optional. In fact it is very good initiative because it will decongest the registration centres," Mr Sikota said.

He said those that are against online pre registration should come out clearly and state why they were against it.

He said there were some people who could not manage to go to the registration centres due to time but can have time to go to the centres to complete the process.

Mr Sikota said it was import for the opposition to understand that online registration is optional and those that are not comfortable with online pre registra-

tion can do physical registration.

He has advised the opposition to stop making issues out of non issues such as online pre registration and invalidation of the old register.

And Mr Sikota challenged the opposition to state why they are insisting on having the old voters’ register.

He said UPND is on the re-

cord of having taken ECZ to court of the same register in 2016.

"It is the same opposition that took ECZ to court in 2016 because they wanted a new register and today they want the same old one, so we do not know which is which, therefore they should tell the nation what they stand for," Mr Sikota said.

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Dr Pule called on law enforcement officers to intensify their operations and ensure the evil plans were stopped before the country is plunged into chaos.

Lusaka Province Commissioner of Police, Nelson Phiri confirmed that an undisclosed number of firearms and ammunition were discovered buried in a sack in Kafue’s Soloboni compound.

Dr Pule

Unconfirmed reports suggest that the guns were discovered near the home of a named opposition party official.

Dr Pule said unscrupulous people were up to no good but that their evil plans would not succeed.

“The discovery of stashed guns attests that evil plans are being planned but they will not succeed in this Christian nation. Any evil plans will be exposed. We just call on our police to intensify their operations,” he said.

According to Soloboni resident, Glenn Belemu who witnessed the recovery of the guns, the fire arms where found by young boys near the Kasenje Stream near Lee Yeast Zambia Limited in Kafue. He said that the guns, some with five rounds of ammunition were hidden in a sack near the stream.

Mr Belemu stated that the weapons were discovered by passersby who immediately alerted the authorities.

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Mwata Kazembe disowns fake prince

By NOEL IYOMBWA

THE Lunda Kingdom of Mwata Kazembe of Luapula Province has distanced itself from a person impersonating a prince from the Lunda kingdom.

Lunda Kingdom spokesperson Peter Chanshi said they were disturbed with news going round that there is a person who goes round to business houses, public and private institutions and government offices claiming to be a prince from the Lunda Kingdom.

Mr Chanshi said in a statement that the imposter is said to be in the company of some people who may as well be of the same plans and intentions.

He explained that the imposter does not only end by claiming to a prince but also asks for money from those he approaches for the upkeep of

the palace.

Mr Chanshi explained that the imposter has not only enraged Mwata Kazembe but the entire establishment.

He explained that being a relative does not warrant one to be a prince.

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CLIP SMUGGLERS THE desire to sell maize beyond the national borders stems much more from greed and can spark a shortage and sharp rise in the price of the staple food.

For now, the export ban of maize and mealie meal still subsists to guarantee national food security and ensure the prices of mealie meal are within affordable levels.

With the ban in force, some greedy “traders” are buying the grain from small-scale farmers around the country with an illicit aim of selling the commodity across the border; this is greed of the highest order.

It will be important to put issues into context through a simple analysis of maize production figures for this year.

Zambia has this year produced about 3.4 million tonnes of maize, the second largest output on record and 65 percent above the level in 2019 of 2, 004, 389 tonnes.

Out of the total output, the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has been tasked to buy one million tonnes for strategic reserves while the private sector is expected to buy the rest from small-scale farmers.

The FRA has fixed the maize price at K110 for a 50kg bag while soya beans of the same weight is going at K150 and paddy rice at K70 for a 40kg bag.

With a projected population of over 17 million people, the total maize required for both industrial and human consumption is about 3.3 million tonnes, just slightly above this year’s total output.

Government, therefore, would not risk opening the borders for maize exports because that could lead to food shortages as traders and other people alike will start flocking to frontiers to sell the grain, especially to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, it is safer for Zambia to maintain the ban on maize and mealie meal exports.

One of the effects of the pandemic is the unavoidable breakdown in food supply chain, which poses a threat to food availability.

Secondly, the reduction in economic activities and loss of income are likely to curtail capacity in many households to access food, hence the need to maintain the export ban.

It is surprising, therefore, that even with the critical factors being very clear, some unscrupulous elements still want to smuggle the maize to neighbouring country without due regard for the local people who are in dire straits.

The story of the 23 truckloads of maize which were impounded before being transported into Zimbabwe is a case in point.

Smugglers should appreciate that the maize they are attempting to haul out of the country was grown from subsidised inputs at Government expense.

Therefore, the output must be consumed locally until such a time that the strategic reserves are full and the open market has excess grain.

Millers should have enough maize in the storage facilities all the time so that the mealie meal prices are affordable to the ordinary citizens.

Smuggling of maize is counterproductive and a smudge in Zambia’s quest to diversify the economy from heavy dependency on copper mining to agriculture.

For several years, the Zambian economy has relied on the mining sector, which has been affected by fluctuations in commodity prices.

This is the more reason why stakeholders have been calling on accelerating economic diversification to agricultural and other critical sectors.

Smugglers must be clipped!

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TRANSPORTERS BOYCOTT INPUT DISTRIBUTION T

RANSPORTER in Chipangali have boycotted participation in the distribution of farming inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) for the 2020/2021 farming season.

They complained that Government still owes them money for transporting seed and fertiliser during the 2019/2020 farming season.

Government has in the past engaged transporters to move seed and fertiliser from the central sheds to cooperative centres.

However, transporters in the distributions of inputs from Mugubudu sheds to cooperatives centres have shunned the exercise this year because they have not been paid for previous season's exercise.

A check at the Mugubudu shed revealed that farmers were organising their own transport to ferry inputs to their destinations.

One of the farmers, Mr James Nkhoma, said transporters complained that they had not been paid for the transportation of inputs last season.

Mr Nkhoma, who is from Chanje East Agricultural block, said that leaders of cooperatives societies were now asking their members to contribute money to facilitate the transportation of inputs to their destinations. ''We have no option but to ask our members to contribute money so that we are able to deliver inputs closer to them," he said.

Meanwhile Mr Nkhoma commended Government for the timely distribution of inputs to farmers, despite the

challenge of transport to ferry fertilisers and seed to farmers’ destination. Early this year, a meeting was held in Chipangali where transporters complained that they had not been paid after Government engaged them to transport inputs from Mugubudu shed to different cooperatives.

Some of the transporters said they had to sell some of their assets to buy fuels in order to remain in business because they had not being paid.

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PMRC launches malnutrition study ‘Re-open Kalengwa Mine’

By NOEL IYOMBWA

THE Policy Monitoring and Research Centre has launched study on malnutrition among children with disabilities in Zambia.

Speaking during the launch Minister of Community Development and Social Services Kampamba Chewe said that according to the 2015 survey 4.4 per cent of children aged two to 17 were living with disability.

Ms Chewe said that disability rates were found to be higher in urban areas, and that in terms of gender there more females with a disability than males.

She explained that government attaches great importance to the welfare of children and endeavors to provide an

Ms Zulu enabling environment in the best interest of the child.

Ms Chewe observed that the launch of the study was an important tool to enable govern-

Standby generators on way for water plants, parley told

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

GOVERNMENT says it has plans to procure generator sets for use as power backups by water plants during electricity load-sheddng management periods.

Minister of Water Development, Sanitation and Environment Jonas Chanda has however urged managements at all water reticulation plants to negotiate directly with Zesco so that the pole lines that

supply power to plants are not subjected to load-shedding.

Dr Chanda said this in Parliament yesterday during the question for oral answer.

Nakonde member of Parliament Yizukanji Siwanzi asked the minister whether the government was aware that the water reticulation plant in Nakonde was not operating at full capacity, as of December, 2019, due to rationing of electricity which is provided through a pre-paid tariff plan.

Mr Siwanzi also wanted to

ment and other stakeholders respond to challenges of nutrition.

She also said that evidence has shown that nutrition sensitive social protection programs can successfully contribute to the reduction of malnutrition adding that the ministry of Community Development is implementing the social cash transfer programme which presents a unique opportunity to use social protection as a platform to improve chronic malnutrition and stunting in Zambia.

And PMRC executive director Bernadette Zulu said that it is not secret that in Zambia and world over, differently abled persons especially children face stigma, discrimination and are often deprived of full participation in society.

know whether the government has any plans to migrate the Nakonde plant and other facilities, countrywide, which are on pre-paid tariff to the fixed tariff payment plan.

"If so, when the plans will be implemented; and whether the government has any plans to procure generator sets for use as power backups by water plants during electricity load management periods," Mr Siwanzi asked.

In response, Dr Chanda said Government was aware that the water reticulation plant in Nakonde was not operating at full capacity due to rationing of electricity, but said it has now improved from 6-20 hours.

Suspend comprehensive sexuality education – Kopulande CHEMBE Member of Parliament Sébastian Kopulande has introduced a motion in parliament to suspend the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and allow for wide consultations from stakeholders.

Dr. Kopulande said offering Comprehensive Sexuality Education is against the Christian values of the country.

He said children are being taught the subject at an early

age and that there is need for interrogation before the subject can continue.

Seconding the motion Chiengi Member of Parliament Given Katuta said there is need to scrutinize Comprehensive Sexuality Education to ensure it does not conflict with the country’s culture.

And Nominated Member of Parliament Raphael Nakachinda said he does not support the motion to suspend

Comprehensive Sexuality Education.

Mr. Nakachinda however stated that consultations must go on.

Others who contributed to the debate include Chinsali Member of Parliament Kalalwe Mukosa and Kaputa Member of Parliament Maxas Ng’onga who did not support the motion but said the matter needs to be investigated - ZNBC.

KALENGWA Mine in Mufumbwe should re-open immediately to promote economic activities, the North-Western Province Council of Chiefs has demanded.

Provincial Council of Chiefs chairperson, Senior Chief Kanong'esha, said it was important that the mine was operating to improve the economy of Mufumbwe and the country as a whole.

The traditional leader said through the Council of Chiefs consultative meeting held last year, chiefs in the province resolved that the mine be reopened to provide jobs to the local people.

Senior Chief Kanong’esha presented a petition to Mines and Mineral Development Minister, Richard Musukwa, signed by all traditional leaders, seeking the immediate reopening of the mine.

He said any matters before the courts of law concerning the mine should be resolved quickly so that benefits from the mine could start accruing to the residents.

Meanwhile, the traditional leader has applauded Government for the massive infrastructure development.

Senior Chief Kanong’esha said Government had achieved most of the programmes outlined in the PF manifesto such as building of hospitals, roads and communication towers.

And Mr Musukwa assured the traditional leader of Government’s support to ensuring that benefits from all mining activities in the province accrued to the local people. - ZANIS.

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Development, ouraexpertise is in gold interview. tries. conditions. not be entitle they are but arranging a restructuring going process about 30have samples per Mron,” KeerMr said the laboratory would also processing, we are mostly working “It could not come atday. a ahead and “Developed countries areand Empowerment incentives,” M Commission who are the ticketing Lesagold said.

Mr Keer said thethis, laboratory was critical be open to the general public for them to with system.” artisanal and small scale better time than especialconstructing industrial said. to determine the gold accurately in the come and have their samples tested. miners.

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AMBIA Airways which is expected to take to the skies in the next two months will be a catalyst for economic growth, says Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General, Gabriel Lesa.

Mr Lesa said the national airline would come at a better time when the economy needed rejuvenation after being hit by the Covid-19 related factors.

He stressed that the national carrier would tremendously contribute to the revival of the economy as transportation was for economic development.

Transportation, he explained, facilitated trade, ag-

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HE month of October is usually reserved for the commemoration of the World Savings Day, an annual event that Zambia joins the rest of the world in observing.

This week, we begin a series of articles throughout the month of October, with a special focus on the up-coming World Savings Day commemoration.

This article will introduce to you this global and historic perspective of the World Savings Day and its significance.

The World Savings Day is an event to increase the public’s awareness of the importance of savings for both modern economies and for individual alike. Savings is important in the global economy and every depositor contributes to its development.

About World Savings Day For more than 90 years, the World Savings and Retail-Banking Institute (WSBI) and its members have spearheaded annually a day dedicated to promoting the virtue of people saving money. This day is called the World Savings Day. It was first the initiative of the WSBI, the voice of savings and retail banks in close to 80 countries, the day remain relevant for members who engage actively in celebrating their local areas.

Why it is Important For Brussels-based WSBI and its members, World Savings Day places added focus on the stabilising role played by savings and retail banking in the overall financial system.

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Zim makes progress in anti-money laundering efforts 7 / Daily Nation, Thursday 8 October, 2020 OHANNESBURG - The SA Reserve Bank has shifted to a “wait and see” strategy as it expects the repo rate to remain low after aggressive monetarypolicy easing in the first half of the year to counter the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.

“While the initial Covid-19 shock clearly justified a forceful response,” policy is once again more data dependent with the rate either cut by smaller increments or left unchanged in the second half of the year, the SARB said on Tuesday in its six-monthly Monetary Policy Review.

The central bank last month held the repo rate at 3.5 percent after 300 basis points of reductions this year.

With the key rate at the lowest level since it was introduced in 1998 and inflation forecast to have bottomed out, it’s likely to move “somewhat higher” in future, the central bank said.

The normalisation of the repurchase rate is “likely to be gradual, with rates staying at low levels for an extended period,” it said. While the monetary policy committee hasn’t committed to an interestrate trajectory, the bank’s forecasting model suggests

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WAITING GAME …SA Reserve Bank shifts to ‘wait and see’ after Covid-19 response

The central bank last month held the repo rate at 3.5 percent after 300 basis points of reductions this year. an upward movement will take percent this year. However, it output will only recover to place toward the end of 2021. maintains that monetary policy pre-virus levels by mid 2023, The model shows the repo rate alone can’t deliver prosperity. according to central bank at 4.03 percent by the end of “Monetary policy is providing forecasts. that year. significant support, but low It could recover faster if The central bank has been rates would provide even more constraints including electricity criticised by politicians and stimulus if there were greater shortages, record-high labour-union officials who say it certainty about the economy’s government debt and weak should be doing more to create medium-term direction,” it said. confidence are addressed, the jobs and support an economy Even with a rebound bank said. that it sees contracting by 8.2 expected in the third quarter, – BLOOMBERG NEWS.

WTO sees less sharp trade plunge, but more muted rebound BRUSSELS - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) upgraded its forecast for trade in goods this year due to improvements from June, but saw a more muted rebound in 2021 with further lockdowns from a second wave of Covid-19 infections posing clear risks.

The WTO said on Tuesday that global merchandise trade would fall by 9.2 percent this year and then increase by 7.2 percent in 2021.

Europe and the Americas would be heaviest hit this year.

That compared with an April forecast of an “ugly” 13-32 percent decline this year before a rebound of 21-24 percent in 2021.

The forecast suggested the drop would not be as steep as the 12.8 percent decline in goods trade during the global financial crisis in 2009, although the recovery would fall short of the 13.8 percent surge of 2010.

The Geneva-based trade body said aggressive fiscal and monetary policies had supported demand. It also noted that consumers had shifted spending from services, notably travel, to goods.

Trade in medical equipment had surged and in electronic equipment, such as computers, was also strong as millions of people worked from home.

– REUTERS.

South African miners ‘almost unscathed’

by Covid-19 pandemic, PwC report says JOHANNESBURG - The local mining industry has weathered the Covid-19 pandemic better than other sectors, according to a mining report released on Tuesday which highlighted the bullish impact of stronger commodity prices and a weaker rand on the key sector.

According to the 2020 PwC SA Mine report, the favourable market conditions pushed the total market capitalisation of companies by 52 percent to R1.2 trillion, cushioning the sector from the devastating impact of the global pandemic which affected other sectors.

Although local mining houses operated at lower capacity as a result of the national lockdown, the platinum basket price rally supported growth as gold reached record highs in the early months of the years, with investors turning to the metal amid Covid-19 jitters and global

trade tensions.

The gold price has gained 14.9 percent in six months, currently trading at $1910.64, while platinum was 18.6 percent up, in the same period.

The total revenue generated by the South African mining industry for the year ended 30 June 2020 grew by four percent. This was mainly driven by Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), gold and iron ore, which saw increases in revenue for the 12-month period, the report said.

“The mining industry weathered the Covid-19 storm, mostly unscathed, and certainly better than

many other sectors,” according to the report.

PGMs generated the largest portion of revenue at 28 percent, in what is a 56 percent increase from the previous year, overtaking coal for the first time since 2010.

“The long-term future is unknown however as there is little consensus on how the pandemic will impact the mining industry. The pandemic highlighted the absolute need to build back better and Mining will play a key role in that recovery,” said Andries Rossouw, PwC Africa Energy Utilities and Resources Leader.

– FIN24.

HARARE - Zimbabwe’s insurance and pensions sector is targeting to complete assessment of its exposure to money-laundering crimes.

The assessment is expected to “inform a Risk-Based Approach to Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) supervision.”

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommends that countries are required to identify, assess, and understand the money laundering and terrorist financing risks for the country, and should take action, including designating an authority or mechanism to coordinate actions to assess risks, and apply resources, aimed at ensuring the risks are mitigated effectively.

The insurance sector is typically vulnerable to white-collar crimes due to high levels of financial flows.

The Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) is currently in the process of implementing a sector risk assessment, which is expected to be completed by year end.

“We envisaged completion of IRAs and Sectoral Risk Assessment by December 2020,” said IPEC director for pension supervision Cuthbert Munjoma during the AML/CFT awareness workshop for the insurance sector recently.

Following the completion of the assessment, IPEC has said there will be enhanced focus on AML/CFT supervision going forward.

Because of the role and structure of insurance and pensions business, players in the sector typically operate by moving funds from parties with excess capital to parties needing funds.

All things being equal this financial intermediation works to create efficient markets and lower the cost of conducting business.

But it also makes the sector a target for money launders.

Money laundering has over the years become a potent threat to economies across the globe due to the rising volumes and sophistication of white collar crimes. – THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

COVID aid could bring years of austerity, charities warn IMF LONDON - Five hundred of the world’s leading charities and social groups have sent a letter to the International Monetary Fund warning that its support programmes, which have had to be ramped up to cope with Covid-19, were condemning many countries to years of austerity.

The concern raised before the IMF and World Bank annual meetings next week said current programmes would see 80 countries required to implement austerity worth on average 3.8 percent of their annual economic output between 2021 and 2023.

An analysis by one of the 500 signatories of the letter, the European Network on Debt and Development, estimated that future fiscal consolidation would represent almost five times the resources allocated to this year’s Covid-19 packages.

More than half the projected consolidation measures equivalent to two percent of gross domestic product - will take place next year, they added.

Some 56 countries would be left with higher public debts by 2023; 30 would end up paying an additional amount equivalent to their 2020 Covid-19 packages to creditors as debt service costs rose every year.

“For 46 countries for which data is available, a decade of austerity measures will reduce public expenditures from 25.7 percent to 23

percent of GDP between 2020 and 2030,” the analysis said. The letter called on the IMF to “immediately stop promoting austerity around the world.”

The IMF has responded to an unprecedented number of calls for emergency financing as a result of this year’s pandemic and lockdown measures driving the global economy into a severe recession.

More than 100 countries have requested its help so far. The IMF has doubled the access to its emergency facilities - the Rapid Credit Facility and Rapid Financing Instrument - expecting demand for support to reach about $100 billion.

On Monday, the Fund’s board also approved a second six-month tranche of debt-service relief for 28 member countries under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust. The trust has already provided over $30 billion and is backing an extension of the G20-led Debt Service Suspension Initiative for over 70 of the world’s poorest countries.

“Where debt is unsustainable, it should be restructured, the sooner the better,” IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said as part of a blog post last week. – REUTERS.

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Unethical journalism engulfs media houses

The boy-child’s silent cry Dear Editor,

Dear Editor, I WRITE to urge all media houses to stop being entangled in political battles which have erupted prior to the 2021 general elections.

It is sad that some media houses are exhibiting un-professionalism in the way they report or/and conduct their interviews with their guests.

Sun FM is such a media house that need condemnation from firstly IBA for unprofessional conduct when its presenter Kausa Mbasela hosted Rehoboth Kafwabulula from the Socialist Party where she was asked who she slept or is sleeping with, away from the tenets of ethical journalism.

To me and everyone that was following that programme, it sent two messages namely, the presenter was either tailored to get to Rehoboth’s private indulgence by some political enemies or the presenter is ill-trained for the job and should therefore be fired.

A trained journalist should always endeavour not to sway away from ethical presentation and should never fight people’s battles.

The IBA board and indeed all political and Zambians should be heard condemning Sun FM as a media house and its journalist Mbasela for such an attack on Rehoboth just the same way everyone stood up for Edith Nawakwi when we felt she was publicly insulted, failure to which we are going to set a bad precedence not only for ourselves but the future of this great nation.

It is even worse when you listen to some media houses’ production where their reporting is even predetermined. Worse for print media where ethical reporting that require balancing has been lost.

What crop of journalists then do we have in these media houses who have diverted from the likes of late Charles Mando and Frank Mutubila, to name but a few.

It is important therefore that these media houses don’t get abused by politicians for the sake of survival, which is currently obtaining, which should not be the case. Journalists are there to inform, educate and entertain among others, not fixing battles.

WISDOM MUYUNDA, Chingola.

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UPND must not resist a peace deal with PF its cohorts. We recall that in the run-up to the 2016 elections, the AS we head toward the politically UPND did not shy away from its charged season, political parties resistance to sign a peace deal.

As simple as it may appear soon participating must commit after the UPND were pronounced themselves to preserving the peace after the 2021 Presidential losers of the 2016 Presidential polls, the nation witnessed elections. spontaneous displacements of the All stakeholders must be ready PF sympathisers in Namwala. to accept and respect the will of They know that with the peace the people and can challenge the deal, they will be under obligation results in a more sober and civil to take practical and proactive manner using the mechanisms steps to align their activities with established by the law. the peace deal. For example, the The recent confirmation by the peace deal will demand that the Patriotic Front (PF) through its UND drop the chaotic slogans such Media Director Sunday Chanda as “panga for panga” and above all in an interview with the online they will be expected to harmonise publication Spring TV where he their relationship with organs of said the PF was ready for the peace deal should excite Zambians the state such as Zambia Police, Electoral Commission of Zambia especially that the PF has a broad and above all the unconditional followership. amenability and allegiance to the On the other hand when legitimate Government of the day. approached by Spring TV for a They know that the peace deal comment, UPND Media Director will compel them to desist from Ruth Dante categorically turned away the offer by the PF to sign the threatening the perceived PF supporters from facing unknown binding peace deal. consequences in an event they Her statement is quoted in part were given the instruments of as follows; “………………PF can powers. say today they are ready to sit All that, in the UPND’s estimation on round table with opposition cannot be popular among the ranks political parties in order to sign and file of the UPND and its ranks a peace deal for 2021 elections. and file.

It is unfortunate the suggestion Moreover the peace deal will can be correct but not with the Patriotic Front,” quotes Ms. Dante’s be an opportunity for the UPND to redeem its past and possibly take statement in part.

As unfortunate as that may seem, a new direction by denouncing the infamous “Mapatizya Formula” the statement requires us to take which has inculcated the a careful thought over the war mindedness of the UPND and their unconventional ways of dispute resolution. pathological hatred for the PF and Dear Editor,

With the hostile opposition we have had since a named opposition leader came on the scene in 2006, we are desirous to think whether Zambia is divided because of comrade Hakainde Hichilema who came on the political battlefront in 2006?

Before 2006, we did not have certain slogans which were directly designed to incite violence. On Sunday, when I visited Munali where his supporters vandalised the PF offices, Mr Hichilema apparent endorsed the violence by saying that they should “defend themselves” as opposed to reporting the issue to the police.

In as much as Zambia values the pursuit of democratic rights of citizens, the insolent and contemptuous behaviour by opposition politicians cannot be adopted as the new normal in the period leading to the 2021 General elections. In all successful elections, the PF has all what it takes to win the peaceful and violent free elections.

We therefore wish to urge the UPND to take responsibility and ownership of the peace we cherish.

The UPND must publicly denounce the violence which has been committed and should emulate the PF who have expressed unwavering readiness to sit with the political foes and sign the peace deal with stakeholders.

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI, Youth Rights Activist, Lusaka.

AS an educationist, research shows that we are getting fewer boys in schools than girls as school grades go up. This could be due to many reasons, but one of the reasons could be that the boys have been left to defend themselves while the girls have received a lot of support.

I feel that whilst most of the NGO world protect and advocate for the girl-child and women, this has brought fear and uncertainty on the boy-child.

This has impacted the lives of most boys in our society. The boys feel vulnerable and insecure and this puts them in a situation that is making them make bad decisions in life.

My advice to all NGO advocates is, let us not only promote the interests of the women and the girls, but let us be inclusive of both genders. Everyone needs a secure and promising environment to grow in.

Let us create a balanced, healthy and promising community for both boys and girls.

Most boys are lacking motivation for the future and hence drop out of school and resort to drugs and alcohol.

Please, let us show some love to both the girl-child and the boy-child. They both need it, or else we will find out in the near future a boy-child that messed up because they raised themselves up as criminals, boys who have learned how to survive on their own in a world that pushed them away in support of a sister that was loved.

We can avoid that.

BISHOP ALICK MALAMA.

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MKUSHI MINER DIES IN ROCKFALL

By PETER MALASHA

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MINER has died after a rock fell on him at Mkushi Copper Mine while

working underground.

The accident occurred on Tuesday around 13:30 hours at 93 metres level section nine.

Central Province Commissioner of Police, Chola Katan-

ga, confirmed the accident in an interview and identified the victim as 34 year-old Palazi Zulu.

At the time of the accident, Mr Zulu was working as a

driller underground.

Mr Katanga explained that after the rock fell on the miner, he suffered a deep cut on the left thigh and was rushed to Mkushi Copper Mine clinic.

He was treated at the clinic but was referred to Mkushi District Hospital where he died upon arrival due to excessive bleeding.

"Brief facts are that the vic-

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tim was drilling copper underground at 93 metres level section nine where a rock fell on him and he was rushed to the hospital where he died,� he said.

Mr Katanga added that the scene of the accident has since been preserved to be visited by police while the inquiry file has been opened.

Mufuchani power cables stolen

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

ABOUT 50 metres of 220 volts power supply cable meant for supplying power to the 25 street lights at Mufuchani Bridge in Kitwe have been stolen.

According to Kitwe City Council, after the contractor China Henan International handed over the project to the council in 2017, the power supply to the street lights was cut off because the Project Transformer that was used to supply power to the Street Lights was handed over to ZESCO after the project was completed.

Unfortunately, residents of Musonda Compound took advantage of the power cut to the street lights and stole the power supply cable and the switch to the feeder box.

The local authority warned that it would not condone thefts of public infrastructure and that legal action would be taken against anyone found wanting.

"Vandalism is a serious offence and is a derailment to infrastructure development and economic growth of the district.

"However, the Local Authority will soon move on site and reinstall a new power supply cable and apply for a service line from ZESCO to supply power to the Street Lights," KCC Public Relations Manager Chola Mwamba has said.

Ms Mwamba urged all residents of Musonda Compound to take ownership of all developmental projects in their area and guard them jealously.

The 160 metre Mufuchani Bridge was constructed at the cost of about K62 million to ease the movement of residents on either side of the river.

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Kopala News

Tuesday 6, October 2020

Thursday 8, October 2020 Kopala News

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NAPSA TENANTS RENTAL RELIEF FORESTRY FIRMGIVES UP KITWE IN FLAMES

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

THE National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has extended the “Kindly be informed that NAPSA, therefore, Kalulushi decided Municipal Council fireIn brigade the district as a whole.

June thiscommunity and

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA relief on rentals granted that NAPSA reviewed to extend awho 40 responded per cent to the emergency could not Ms Mulenga said that thehas livelihood of year, NAPSAhalf of the community to all tenants Forestry at Provident the negative of the relief. put out the fire in time, due to its intensity. in theimpact area was COPPERBELT Companypercent (CFC) rental House in Kitwe.

Covid-19 pandemic on its that the were summoned Reinforcement from CFC, which had employed had granteddependent on in Kalulushi caught fire on Sunday Mr Zimba said Ndola,was Kitweonly and Luanshya fire brigades some workers directlybusiness while others were In a letter to the tenants, tenants’ operations rental reduction evening, reducing Chati depot to ashes. relief on rentals as as from the Copperbelt Energy indirect employees.

NAPSA Registered and has since decided to onwell rental invoice The company, whichValuation is the biggestapplicable timber to all tenants Corporation.

The inferno destroyed property “We wouldextend like to thank Copperbelt processingKapumpa, company onZimba the Copperbelt, Surveyor, a 40the percent rental and did not apply to utility material, Minister Mr Japhen Mwakalombe was burnt to ashes and had only the processing said the organisation relief on rental invoice for charges. and equipment and forestry on commercial leaving the over 150 workers in a quandary, for responding to us swiftly. “Further plant was saved. reviewed the negative four months with effect He explained that tenants not knowing their fate. and residential appreciation goes to CEC, Kitwe, The fireofstarted from the nearby farms, impact the Covid-19 from 1stLocal September 2020 would be expected to meet Kalulushi Mayor, Rashida Mulenga, Ndola and Luanshya Authorities where some small-scale farmers were properties across the pandemic on the tenants’ to 31st December 2020,” the utility charges because respectively for coming on board to quench burning and clearing their fields and spread said the burning of the forestry firm country. business operations. they were consumable. would negatively affect the surrounding the fire,” sheZimba said. said in a letter to the to the warehouse.

tenants.

In June this year, NAPSA had granted relief on rentals to all tenants on commercial and residential properties across the country.

This was meant to help mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 on various businesses that had already been adversely affected.

NAPSA had given 40

percent waiver on monthly rentals for properties that had remained trading during the COVID-19 while those that were closed in line with Ministry of Health guidelines were granted a 100 per cent waiver.

The three-month waiver for all tenants was effective from 1 April 2020 and run up to 30 June this year.

Mr Sinkamba

Zambia must eliminate violence Green Party

names such as commander.

And by the way, these violent cadres don’t drop from hell, the come from homes and these homes have parents,” he said.

Mr Sinkamba was particularly worried that if such cadres were not stopped now, they could get more vicious towards election time.

He said the Church must

By NATION REPORTER continue preaching a message of peace and love so that unity and tolerance THE Church must work could prevail in the nation. hard to help politicians Mr Sinkamba said his eliminate violence Mr Mpundu organisation believed perpetrated by cadres, in civility and advised especially as Zambia gets politicians not to use vulgar closer to the campaign language against each other period for the 2021 general as that could be pollute the elections, Green Party minds of the young people in president Peter Sinkamba the country. has advised.

He said his party would Mr Sinkamba said it was stick to policy issues and time the Church, politicians only engage stakeholders and other stakeholders on matters of development, worked towards curbing without piking any political violence and altercations in the process. lamented that some cadres Mr Sinkamba reminded were using machetes to congregants that the maim innocent people ad Green Party spearheaded

By SANFROSSA were also rising MANYINDA against rival the policy and regulation political camps. changes on cannabis and FORMER District Commissioner (DC) Binwell He observedKitwe that parents pledged to advocate for andMpundu guards also had a role yesterday failed to appear for questioning more policy changes that to play in curbing violence at Kitwe Police District Headquarters over allegedin would spur development because the weaponunlawful assembly.

Zambia. wielding cadres were Mr Mpundu was on MondayHe afternoon warned and also pledged to buy coming from households. cautioned with three others for holding a meeting 100 pockets of cementwith for Mr Sinkamba speaking residents at was Luyando Community in Mindolo Township. the congregation. during a special thanksHe was expected to appear Rev for questioning yesterday Matutu on the giving service at the United in the morning. other hand thanked the Church of Zambia (UCZ) congregation for having But his lawyer, Irvin Mulenga, of Irvin Mulenga and Hillcrest congregation in recognised his spiritual and Company that Ndola held in said honour of Mr theMpundu would only be availed on other roles in Church.

Monday next week.

Minister-in-Charge Reverend In reciprocating, the Mr Mulenga Musonda Matutu. said that he had engaged the police and reverend in charge pledged suggested that Mr Mpundu should report on Monday “People are being maimed towas continue praying forand thethe because the firm’s schedule full for the day by cadres, some of them in and the entire time his client wasmilitary required congregation was already taken up. attire which looks like body of Christ.

Mpundu, who was optimistic that the police and Mr have given themselves

Binwell Mpundu fails to appear before police

intended to effect his arrest yesterday, confirmed that he would only show up on Monday next week.

And Copperbelt Commissioner of Police Charity Katanga confirmed that Mr Mpundu was summobed to appear at the police for unlawful assembly, but declined to comment on allegations of his planned arrest.

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

Luanshya water blues to end

THE water challenges and sewer blockage in Mpatamatu Township will soon be resolved, Luanshya Mayor Nathan Chanda has assured.

Mr Chanda said Government was aware of the challenges the people were facing and that they were currently receiving attention.

The mayor was speaking in Luanshya when he held a meeting with the residents of Mpatamatu’s section 21 and 22 areas.

“I can assure you that this challenge will soon be a thing of the past. We saw President Edgar Lungu coming to check on the Kafulafuta dam project which will improve water supply in Masaiti, Mpongwe, Ndola and Luanshya districts” he said.

Mr Chanda explained that the project would supplement the $104 million DANIDA project that was being undertaken at Kafubu water treatment plant and Makoma dam.

He said that once the project was completed, people would live normal lives as they would have plenty of running water.

The mayor however added that the Kafubu Water and Sanitation Company was working on a project called the Kafubu water and sanitation project.

The project, he said, involved unblocking sewer lines once and for all.

‘‘Mr Mpundu was summoned to appear at the police for unlawful assembly, but declined to comment on allegations of his planned arrest.’’

- Ms Katanga

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By ANDREW MUKOMA PND youths in Livingstone have protested the “secrecy” surrounding the mobile National Registration Cards (NRCs) exercise in the tourist capital.

The youths said that the exercise was being handled as though it was a secret or private exercise when in fact it was a national exercise.

UPND District Youth Chairperson for administration, Gerald

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UPND PROTESTS OVER SLOW PACE OF NRCs ISSUANCE

Kuyewana, accused District Commissioner (DC), Pascalina Musokotwane, of attempting to manipulate the exercise to the disadvantage of UPND youths.

"We want to express our disappointment with the way the DC Ms Pascalina Musokotwane and some officers in the national registration office are issuing out the NRCs “We have realised that they

have a scheme to deliberately slow down the process by making up so many excuses," he said.

Mr Kuyewana said that on several occasions, his party had engaged the DC on the need to speed up the process but no tangible solution had been found.

He said there was need for transparency in the manner the exercise was being conducted as it was a public

affair and not a private one.

"If they were not ready for this then why did they start it? This exercise has been postponed twice and now, it is very difficult to follow up on this issue and, we don't even know how many people are issued with NRCs in a day.

"We are very disappointed with this exercise which they are making look like it is a secret or a private exercise and when they moved from

Nansanzu going to Libuyu, we couldn't find them and three days later we were told that they are in Katapazi which is in Kazungula district,” Mr Kuyewana lamented.

He challenged the DC to come out and explain if the lost time would be compensated and also state why the exercise was being conducted as though it was a private affair.

Mr Kuyewana said the DC

ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA

Mr Musukwa

25th September, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE ONLINE VOTER PRE-REGISTRATION

The Electoral Commission of Zambia wishes to inform all stakeholders and members of the public that the Online Voter Pre-Registration was launched on Monday, 21st September 2020. The exercise will end on 6th November 2020.

The Online- Voter Pre-registration is not a final registration. All those who will preregister online will be required to visit a physical Registration Centre to submit their biometrics, have their details verified and obtain a voters card. Registration Centres will be open during the period 28th October to 30th November 2020.

Registration Centres will operate from 07:00hrs to 18:00hrs hours each day.

Those who may not have access to internet to enable them to pre-register online can visit any registration centre to register and obtain their Voters cards.

and her team must avail more information especially on movement of the registration team from one place to the other, as it was a mobile exercise.

"The District Commissioner promised that they will be announcing in the night informing people where they will be so that people can go and get NRCs but none of that has happened and this is why we are complaining," he said.

The Online Voter Pre-Registration is convenient as those who will pre-register online will be expected to spend less time at registration centres.

The Commission is calling upon all eligible Zambians to register during the 2020 Voter Registration Exercise even if one is currently registered. If you do not register you will not vote in the 2021 General Elections. The current Voters card will not be used in the 2021 general elections.

ISSUED BY: The Chief Electoral Officer Electoral Commission of Zambia, Elections House Haile Selassie Avenue P O Box 50274, LUSAKA.

PF wants own MPs in North-West

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI THE Patriotic Front has challenged its members in North-Western Province to produce Members of Parliament (MP) in the 2021 general election.

PF National Mobilisation Chairperson, Richard Musukwa, said there was no reason why North-western Province should fail to have a PF MP in next year’s election with all the development taking place in the region.

Mr Musukwa said, in fact, the ruling party had been enjoying support as could be seen from the victory in several local government elections in the region.

“As a party, we are banking on North-western province to give us a winning a vote. And that can only come when you work extra hard by producing some members of Parliament,” he said.

He was speaking when he met with party officials in Mwinilunga District on Monday.

Mr Musukwa, who is Mines and Mineral Development Minister, said the opposition had lost grip in the province because of failed promises.

He said the opposition UPND failed to bring meaningful development to the province despite having representation in parliament.

Meanwhile, North-Western Province PF provincial youth chairman, Aminon Hara, urged young people to form cooperatives and benefit from Government empowerment programmes.

Mr Hara said Government had numerous empowerment schemes that were meant to benefit young people.

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Daily Nation, Educating Zambia!

Thursday October 8, 2020

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION The word environment refers to the surroundings and things found on earth both physical and cultural which differ from place to place.

It also means conditions within which something exists. It is made up of components Which do not work independently but depends on each other.

COMPONENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT The components of the environment are divided into living and non-living components.

If human activities are considered central, then the environment is divided into natural and cultural components. i.

Natural Component: Physical and living environment, atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, animal and plant. ii. Political Environment: Political instructions – decision – making. iii. Economic Environment: Economic systems, Economic Institutions, Rural and Urban landscape. iv. Social and Cultural Environment: Cultural and Social Institutions, beliefs, customs and Traditions.

Causes of environmental degradation.

Environmental degradation refers to any action that makes the environment less fit for human, plants and animal life. And the following are some of the causes of environmental degradation. a. Over population: More people concentrated in one area.

This brings a lot of environmental problems such as cutting more trees for construction, charcoal, production and many more. b. Pollution: It refers to the reduction in the quality of environment by introducing harmful material in it.

Generally pollution takes two (2) forms.

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Synthetic Waste: People are able to make new chemical compounds called synthetic chemicals such as pesticide, fertilizers, clothes, cleaning material, plastics, cosmetics, building materials. Some of these materials are proved to be harmful to the environment.

Note: Biodegradable Substance is the material that decomposes in the environment as a result of biological action.

Non Degradable substances: These are synthetic substances that do not decompose so easily for example; plastics can remain in the environment for hundred years because organisms that feed on them are rear. c. Depletion of Resources: A Resource is any source of raw material or object that human being are able to use to sustain life or produces wealth. A resource is depleted or used up when it becomes less available for its intended function or use. Resources can get depleted in three (3) ways: (converting them into another substance; displaced to another location; and by being polluted).

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Soil Erosion: Comes as a result of the removal of the vegetation cover due to human activities.

Deforestation: The high demand for timber and domestic use has led to the destruction of forests.

Desertification: If a gradual destruction of the capacity of semi and lands for plant and animal production. Also overgrazing and over cultivation of grasslands leads to rapid decrease in soil nutrients reducing the chance for further growth of vegetation. Loss of plant cover promotes aridity and desertification.

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Over Fishing. Rapid increase in global fish harvest has resulted in over fishing. This leads to depletion of some fish species (e.g. the use of illegal fishing methods like use of mosquito net and poisoning).

Fresh Water: The demand for water for irrigation, power generation, domestic and industrial use has exceeded sustainable supplies of the world resulting into depletion of fresh water.

Climate Change: Human beings have altered the environment through many activities such as excess emission of carbon dioxide from burning fuels, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCS), from refrigerators, aerosol sprays, our conditions and methane into the atmosphere. This has led to global warming (increase in global temperature resulting in the melting of glaciers and rise in mean sea levels which in turn may cause flooding of the coastal regions).

Note: The gases contribute to the destruction of the ozone layer which filters harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun. Further, global warming has resulted in changes in the weather pattern globally.

- War: War is a combination of all environmental problems. It leads to pollutions and depletion of resources far more than any single peace time activity.

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Land Degradation: Human activities have led to land degradation in the quest to bring economic development.

Activities such as agriculture, settlement, mining and quarrying have made changes to the natural landscape.

Inadequate Sanitation: Poor sanitary conditions especially in towns like Lusaka, Ndola, Kitwe and Livingstone have been regarded as being responsible for the outbreak of communicable diseases such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid. The use of pit latrines and shallow wells for domestic water supply as well as the use of untreated water contribute to the spread of such diseases.

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Zambia Environment Management Authority (ZEMA) formally known as the Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ) has identified the following major environmental concerns in Zambia. a. Deforestation: This is the indiscriminate destruction of forests. Vegetation is cleared for a purpose of wood fuel, timber, farming and settlement among others Note: Unstable utilization of forests when left unchecked eventually leads to forest depletion. Therefore, there should be deliberate effort by the government and the community as a whole to replant trees (re-afforestation). Thus re-afforestation means planting of trees to replace destroyed forests while afforestation is the planting of trees where there was no forest before.

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- Restrictions: Some pollutants are so toxic that even in small quantity they can kill wildlife, domestic animals, agricultural crops and human beings. Thus the government should abolish the production of such harmful substances.

- Qualified Restrictions: Some pollutants are not very dangerous such as Sulphur dioxide which is released whenever fossil fuels are burned. It is harmful in many ways. Therefore, the government can permit a specific emission levels.

If the mine emits more than expected, it must be fined.

- Subsidies: Government can encourage environmentally friendly practices by Industries. Tax deduction can be given to these Industries and Companies that do not pollute the environment.

- Residual Charge: Industries and individuals who pollute the environment can be charged the amount of money proportional to the quantity of the pollutant emitted.

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PROVISION OF VARIOUS INSURANCE SERVICES TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS NAME OF PROCURING ENTITY: BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE IN (DAYS/HOURS): APP REFERENCE NUMBER: TENDER UNIQUE ID: STATUS: DESCRIPTION:

Procurement Method Rationale: AWARD CRITERIA DETAILS SUBMISSION METHOD DETAILS PROCUREMENT TYPE: PROCEDURE: COMMENCEMENT TYPE THRESHOLD PROCUREMENT TECHNIQUE NUMBER OF STAGES EVALUATION MECHANISM CEEC PREFERENCE TYPE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ESTABLISHMENT POSTQUALIFICATION UNSPSC CODES PAYMENT TYPE PAYMENT AMOUNT (ZMW) PAYMENT TERMS AND METHOD BID SECURITY TYPE: BID SECURITY AMOUNT TYPE CONTRACT AWARDED IN LOTS Bids for Lots: Number of Lots: Lot Name (0): Lot Name (1): Lot Name (2): DEADLINE FOR BID SUBMISSION END OF CLARIFICATION PERIOD BID OPENING DATE DATE OF PUBLICATION/ INVITATION

National Council for Construction 20/5 1006/18576/NCC/NCS/004/2020 18576/3/2/2020 Bid Submission Lot 1 Provision of Medical Insurance Scheme to NCC Employees Lot 2 Provision of Group Life Assurance Scheme to NCC Employees Lot 3 Provision of Non – Life Insurance Cover (Group Personal Accident, Office comprehensive and Motor Vehicles) The amount provided in the Procurement plan justifies the use of the method The award will be based on a lot by lot basis ONLINE THROUGH THE ZPPA EG-PROCURE SYSTEM Non-consulting Services Open Bidding National Advertisement of Notice Below Invitation to Bid (ITB) 1 Least Cost Selection No Preference Yes No 84000000-Financial and Insurance Services Participation Fee Required 500 Through the e-GP System.

Bid Securing Declaration Required Percentage YES One or More Lots 3 Provision of Medical Insurance Scheme to NCC Employees Provision of Group Life Assurance Scheme to NCC Employees Provision of Non – Life Insurance Cover (Group Personal Accident, Office comprehensive and Motor Vehicles) 20/10/2020 15:00:00 13/10/2020 17:00:00 20/10/2020 15:30:00 22/09/2020 10:49:19

CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY INTO SETTING UP A PRECIOUS METALS PLANT NAME OF PROCURING ENTITY:

ZCCM INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS PLC

BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE IN (DAYS/ HOURS):

15/23

APP REFERENCE NUMBER:

1006/20696/ZCCM-IH/104/2020

TENDER UNIQUE ID:

20696/4/2/2020

STATUS:

Bid Submission

DESCRIPTION:

Conduct a Feasibility Study into Setting up a Precious Metals Plant

Procurement Method Rationale:

Within the threshold of OSI

AWARD CRITERIA DETAILS

Best Evaluated Consultant

SUBMISSION METHOD DETAILS

Online through the e-GP System

PROCUREMENT TYPE:

Consulting Services

PROCEDURE:

Open Selection International

COMMENCEMENT TYPE

Advertisement of Notice

THRESHOLD

Above

PROCUREMENT TECHNIQUE

Expression Of Interest (EOI)

NUMBER OF STAGES

2

EVALUATION MECHANISM Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) CEEC PREFERENCE TYPE

No Preference

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ESTABLISHMENT

NO

POSTQUALIFICATION

No

UNSPSC CODES

80101601-Feasibility studies or screening of project ideas

PAYMENT TYPE

No Participation Fee

BID SECURITY TYPE:

No Bid Security

DEADLINE FOR BID SUBMISSION

16/10/2020 10:00:00

END OF CLARIFICATION PERIOD

02/10/2020 17:00:00

BID OPENING DATE

16/10/2020 10:30:00

DATE OF PUBLICATION/ INVITATION

Procurement Method Rationale: AWARD CRITERIA DETAILS SUBMISSION METHOD DETAILS

18/09/2020 15:31:28

TENDER FOR PROVISION OF CLEANING SERVICES TO BANK OF ZAMBIA HEAD AND REGIONAL OFFICES FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (03) YEARS NAME OF PROCURING ENTITY: BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE IN (DAYS/HOURS): APP REFERENCE NUMBER: TENDER UNIQUE ID: STATUS: DESCRIPTION:

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

Bank of Zambia 21/23

1006/7232/92020105 7232/3/39/2020 Bid Submission PROVISION OF CLEANING NON CONSULTING SERVICES Procurement Method There is a good number of cleaning service Rationale: providers on the market AWARD CRITERIA DETAILS The contract (s) will be awarded to the lowest evaluated Bidder (s) that will successfully meet the requirements set out at both Preliminary and Technical Evaluation Stages.

SUBMISSION METHOD Bid must be submitted online through DETAILS the e-GP System. No Physical bids will be entertained.

PROCUREMENT TYPE: Non-consulting Services PROCEDURE: Open Bidding National COMMENCEMENT TYPE Advertisement of Notice THRESHOLD Below PROCUREMENT Invitation to Bid (ITB) TECHNIQUE NUMBER OF STAGES 1 EVALUATION MECHANISM Least Cost Selection CEEC PREFERENCE TYPE Company Ownership Preference FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT NO ESTABLISHMENT POSTQUALIFICATION No UNSPSC CODES 76110000-Cleaning and janitorial services PAYMENT TYPE Participation Fee Required PAYMENT AMOUNT (ZMW) 500 PAYMENT TERMS AND Payment Terms and Method: Online METHOD payment through the e-gp system by downloading the Bill Master form, then proceed to deposit the amount and upload the deposit slip onto the e-gp system BID SECURITY TYPE: Bid Securing Declaration Required BID SECURITY AMOUNT Percentage TYPE CONTRACT AWARDED IN YES LOTS Bids for Lots: One or More Lots Number of Lots: 2 Lot Name (0): Provision of cleaning services to Bank of Zambia Head Office in Lusaka for a period of three (03) years Lot Name (1): Provision of cleaning services to Bank of Zambia Regional Office in Ndola for a period of three (03) years DEADLINE FOR BID 22/10/2020 10:00:00 SUBMISSION END OF CLARIFICATION 14/10/2020 16:30:00 PERIOD BID OPENING DATE 22/10/2020 10:30:00 DATE OF PUBLICATION/ 23/09/2020 09:53:59 INVITATION

TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ZAMTEL BRANDED POINT OF SALE MATERIALS ON A ONE (1NO) YEAR FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT NAME OF PROCURING ENTITY:

Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited

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NAIROBI - A court in Kenya has found two men guilty of helping Islamist militants to attack an upmarket shopping mall in 2013.

At least 67 people died in the assault by al-Shabab on the Westgate shopping complex in the capital, Nairobi.

The state said the four militants who carried out the attack were found dead in the shopping centre’s rubble.

The militants occupied the mall for four days, in one of the deadliest jihadi attacks in Kenya.

A third man was found not guilty on all counts of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.

The trial is the only one so far over the Westgate shopping mall attack.

More than 140 witnesses testified in the case. The accused denied conspiring to commit terrorism.

The presiding judge ruled that the two suspects, both Kenyan citizens, will be sentenced on October 22.

Mohammed Ahmed Abdi and Hussein Hassan Mustafa were charged with planning and

GUILTY AS CHARGED

…Two found guilty over Kenya shopping mall attack

Hussein Hassan Mustafa (left) and Mohammed Ahmed Abdi (right) were charged while Liban Abdullahi (centre) was found not guilty. committing acts of terror, as well as supporting and helping a terrorist group.

The third suspect, Liban

Moz probes fake Covid-free certificates MAPUTO - The health authority overseeing Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, has said an investigation will be opened following reports of an ongoing trade in documents certifying a negative result for Covid-19.

Mozambique and neighbouring South Africa require travellers to present a Covid-19 free certificate from a test taken 72 hours before travel.

The tests, however, are mostly done in private hospitals, and cost between $41 and $97, which many consider to be very expensive.

The Maputo Provincial Health Director, Daniel Chemane, said on Tuesday that the authorities will try to find out who was behind the fake Covid-19-free certificates which are being sold for $7 on the black market.

Mozambican traders cross the border into South Africa frequently to buy stock for their businesses and want the government to come up with a Covid-19 testing system that they can afford.

In Kenya, the education ministry has said masks will be distributed to needy students.

The Education Minister George Magoha said the government would begin sending funds to public schools starting from today.

Face coverings reduce the spread of coronavirus droplets from coughs, sneezes and speaking.

When worn correctly, they should cover the nose and mouth, which are the main confirmed sources of transmission.

They can help to reduce the spread of the virus from people who are contagious, including those who have no symptoms, or are yet to develop them. – BBC.

Abdullahi, was found not guilty. The Somali refugee was also acquitted of the charge of being in Kenya

illegally and possessing identification documents by false presences.

– BBC.

Women creators of genetic ‘scissors’ win Nobel Prize in Chemistry STOCKHOLM/BERLIN - Two women scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry yesterday for creating genetic ‘scissors’ that can rewrite the code of life, contributing to new cancer therapies and holding out the prospect of curing hereditary diseases.

Emmanuelle Charpentier, who is French, and American Jennifer Doudna share the 10 million Swedish crown ($1.1 million) prize for developing the CRISPR/Cas9 tool to edit the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with precision.

“The ability to cut the DNA where you want has revolutionised the life sciences,” Pernilla Wittung Stafshede of the Swedish Academy of Sciences told an award ceremony.

Charpentier, 51, and Doudna, 56, become the sixth and seventh women to win a Nobel for chemistry, joining Marie Curie, who won in 1911, and more recently, Frances Arnold, in 2018.

It is the first time since 1964, when Britain’s Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin alone won the award, that no men are among the chemistry prize winners.

Charpentier, of the Max Planck Institute

for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin, said she was “very emotional” after getting a call from Stockholm with the news.

“When it happens you are very surprised, and you feel that it is not real,” she said. “But obviously it is real so I have to get used to it now.”

Doudna is already employing CRISPR in the battle against the coronavirus as co-founder of biotech startup Mammoth, which has tied up with GlaxoSmithKline to develop a test to detect infections.

“What started as a curiosity‐driven, fundamental discovery project has now become the breakthrough strategy used by countless researchers working to help improve the human condition,” Doudna said in a statement issued by Berkeley.

Chemistry is the third Nobel announced every year and follows those for medicine and physics earlier this week.

The prizes for science, literature and peace were created and funded in the will of Swedish dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel and have been awarded since 1901, with the economics award a later addition.

– REUTERS.

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Belgium arrests 3 Rwandans over 1994 genocide BRUSSELS - Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday it had arrested three people of Rwandan origin who were charged with serious violations of international law linked to the 1994 genocide.

The arrests come as survivors of the genocide have demanded an acceleration in the pace of international justice, and Belgium, the former colonial power in Burundi and Congo as well as Rwanda, seeks to do more to come to terms with its past.

Militants from Rwanda’s Hutu ethnic majority killed about 800, 000 minority Tutsis and Hutu moderates in 100 days during the genocide in 1994.

Belgium’s prosecutor said the trio were arrested following police searches in Brussels and the Belgian province of Hainaut on September 29-30.

“The investigations are conducted by the federal

On October 1 survivors of the Rwanda genocide said a special U.N. tribunal in Tanzania should quickly try elderly tycoon Felicien Kabuga on charges of financing the genocide. police of Brussels and concern serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda during the 1994 Tutsi genocide, in Kigali, in the Gikondo and Kacyiru sectors,” the prosecutor said in a statement.

The prosecutor’s office did not identify the suspects or specify what role they were accused of playing in the killings.

On October 1 survivors of the Rwanda genocide said a special U.N. tribunal in Tanzania should quickly try elderly tycoon Felicien Kabuga on charges of financing the genocide.

Last June, France’s top civil court ruled Kabuga could be handed over to a U.N tribunal for trial. – REUTERS.

Kidnapped Cuban doctors freed in Somalia

MOGADISHU - The authorities in Somalia say two Cuban doctors, kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya and held in the country for about a year and a half, have been released.

The two doctors were abducted in April 2019 in the northern Kenya town of Mandera by suspected members of the al-Shabab Islamist militant group. They were then taken across the border to Somalia where they have been held since. – BBC.

French MPs vote to return artefacts plundered by colonial forces to Benin, Senegal

PARIS - French lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously voted to return prized artefacts to Benin and Senegal more than a century after they were looted by colonial forces and hauled back to Paris to be displayed in museums.

The pieces include a royal throne and statues taken by the French army during a war in Benin – then the wealthy African kingdom of Dahomey – as well as a sabre once wielded by a 19th-century Muslim sheik in what is today Senegal. – AFP.

Greece’s far-right neo-Nazi party branded a criminal group

ATHENS - Greece’s neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was branded a criminal organisation yesterday, with its leaders facing heavy sentences in one of the most important trials in the country’s political history.

Reading out the verdict in a trial that lasted over five years, presiding Judge Maria Lepenioti said Golden Dawn founder and leader Nikos Michaloliakos and other senior members were guilty of running a criminal organisation. – AFP.

France passes new law to protect child influencers

PARIS - France has introduced a new law to protect child influencers. The legislation aims to regulate the hours under-16s can work online and what happens to their earnings.

It also enshrines the right to be forgotten, meaning that platforms will be obliged to take down content on the child’s request. – BBC.

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$145M KCM DEBT CHOKES CEC

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

DEBT owed by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) to the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) for power consumed has escalated to US$145 million, posing the largest business risk for the power company.

CEC Chief Executive Officer, Owen Silavwe said in his presentation at the virtual annual general meeting that KCM debt to CEC stood at $145m at May 2020 and remained unpaid to date.

“KCM continues to run away from its contractual obligation to settle the debt. CEC continues to seek all options available to get KCM to pay,” he said.

He complained that despite the initial legal commitment

by KCM and the provisional liquidator to pay for power consumed, KCM continued to default on payment obligations.

Mr Silavwe noted that the non-payment had become the largest business risk for the CEC.

“While a one-off payment arrangement was agreed towards year end to settle part of the debt, non-payment generally continued in 2020 culminating in a debt of US$145m by May 2020,” he said. Mr Silavwe said the first round of negotiations for a new agreement between CEC and Zesco that started in February had failed by March 30, 2020 He explained that efforts to resolve the impasse were yet to yield positive results as parties had continued trading on disputed terms.

Texila University, nurses’ union seal deal

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

THE Texila American University (TAU) has entered into a bilateral cooperation agreement with the Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) aimed at pro-

viding high quality research in the health sector.

The MoU will see TAU and ZUNO cooperate in academic and the university offering 15 percent discount for all ZUNO registered members and further 30 percent dis-

count for executive members.

TAU deputy Vice Chancellor, Dr Vijayakumar Rajarathinum, said they were intent on contributing to the development and sustenance of Zambias and the

CEC Chief Executive Officer, Owen Silavwe

“Above developments are a threat to the continuing viability of the business. It is noted that no similar decision has been made on the nationwide Zesco infrastructure,” Mr Silavwe said.

world through provision of flexible and entrepreneurial programmes in teaching, learning, research and service.

And speaking earlier, ZUNO president Tisa Chiponde said the union was excited to sign the MoU with TAU which would benefit members.

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Pay levies, Samfya council appeals

By KALOBWE BWALYA

SAMFYA Town Council Secretary Francis Nkhoma has appealed to businesses and individuals to pay their levies as the enforcement of council levies cannot be a success if those eligible do not comply.

Mr Nkhoma has taken a step further by getting on the ground to monitor how levies are being collected by the revenue collectors.

Mr Nkhoma said the local authority has embarked on a five - day programme to help its officers in collection of funds in all revenue points which includes markets, barriers and bus stations.

He said that the team which is being headed by chief officers from the six departments were on the ground monitoring and collecting levies to alleviate financial constraints faced by the local authority.

He disclosed that it was

time his management team went on the ground to appreciate how funds were collected and the challenges faced by officers in collecting revenue.

He said in as much as he understood the efforts made by the revenue collectors in bringing funds in the coffers of the Council, he, however felt that a lot has to be done in terms of revenue collection if the local authority had to deliver sufficient services to its residents.

“Our revenue base is too low, so as a management we have decided to physically get involved and monitor all activities in relation to levy collections. We also want to grasp the challenges our officers might be encountering in the field," Mr Nkhoma said.

And Mr Nkhoma said residents required to pay the levies must do so if they want to see improved service from the council in their localities.

Crocs on the loose in Sinazongwe

By ANDREW MUKOMA

SHUTDOWN NOTICE ZESCO Limited wishes to inform its esteemed customers and the public that there will be an interruption of power supply in the following areas: PROVINCE: AFFECTED AREAS: PURPOSE: DATES: TIME:

NORTHWESTERN PROVINCE: MANYAMA AND SURROUNDING AREAS TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE WORKS. 9TH OCTOBER 2020 08:00HRS TO 17:00HRS

However, all supply lines must be treated as live as power may be restored before the stated time. We regret the inconvenience this may cause.

FIGHT CORONAVIRUS: Customers are encouraged to purchase electricity units through channels such as online banking and mobile money.

Customers are further advised to report faults by contacting Zesco National Call Centre on 0211 363636 (all networks) or 322 (MTN & Airtel) or SMS supply status query and account/ prepayment number to 3600.

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THE Department National Parks and Wildlife and crocodile farmers have been urged to address the human-animal conflict in Sinazongwe.

Sinazongwe Member of Parliament Gift Sialubalo said there had been an increase in the number of people being attacked by reptiles particularly on the shores of Lake Kariba.

According to Mr Sialubalo, about 20 people have lost their lives this year while doing their gardening near the lake. He said that the sad development had raised concerns among residents in Sinazongwe and surrounding areas. He said in an inter-

view that the human-animal conflict must be addressed through the Department of National Parks and Wildlife before more lives could be lost.

“The reptiles were not very vicious towards the people in the olden days, but now things have changed, maybe it is due to the increase in the number of the reptiles in the area," he said.

Mr Sialubalo suggested that the crocodiles should be cropped to reduce the number of reptiles that were on the loose.

“If they crop the reptiles, they would still have enough to sell to the outside market which can in turn contribute to the country’s gross domestic product,” he said.

Government to government policy dialogue launched

By KALOBWE BWALYA

THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the African Union (AU) and Germany have launched a new quarterly series of Government to Government Policy Dialogues on Demographic Diversity and Dividends (4D).

This dialogue would facilitate government to government exchange on policy lessons and innovative practices for promoting human potential and planning well for demographic change.

Zambia was selected to

participate in the 4D launch as one of the African countries making strides towards development, as well as implementation of population and development policies, plans and Programmes that promote human-centred development.

Ministry of National Development Planning, Permanent Secretary in charge of Development Planning and Administration Chola Chabala participated in the launch of the 4D and highlighted Zambia’s successes.

Mr Chabala highlighted that through the 7NDP,

He said the crocodile attacks were not common in Sinazongwe until the number of crocodile farmers increased.

He said the lake was created for the people that were displaced during the construction of the Kariba dam to have some form of livelihood and not to be harmed.

Mr Sialubalo said he appreciate the importance of the reptiles as they contribute to the creation of employment and to the promotion of tourism in Sinazongwe.

Sinazongwe District Council chairman, Alick Muleya, advised residents to be alert as the reptiles were more active because of the hot weather.

Zambia recognises the need for timely, strategic, targeted and simultaneous people-centred investments in various sectors of the economy through integrated efforts that translate policies into equitable cost-effective interventions that leave no one behind.

Mr Chabala stated that Zambia had a large youthful population with 46 percent being children under 15 years of age, therefore the large youthful population presented an opportunity for harnessing the demographic dividend with appropriate investments made in priority areas of the economy, such as education, health and family planning among others.

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The early 1990s were difficult times for Kenya.

There was an aid embargo as Western countries put pressure on Kenya to allow for multiparty elections. This left the government with a huge Budget hole.

NAIROBI - The government, like any other individual or business, occasionally runs out of money, with its bank account at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) reading zero.

However, it has certain statutory obligations that it must meet, whether it is broke or not.

Some of them, such as debt payments and pension, are urgent and leave no room for delays.

The easiest way out is for the Treasury to request its bank to credit some money into its account as a temporary measure, allowing it to meet its obligations. This type of facility is known as an overdraft facility.

But in plain language, this is printing of money that is not supported by any economic activity.

This is what happened between September 18 and September 25, when the government took an overdraft facility of Sh15 billion that experts say was precipitated by the adverse effects of Covid-19,

WHY THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO PRINT MONEY

At CBK, interest is charged at the Central Bank Rate, which is currently at seven per cent.

Printing of money went overboard in the early 1990s, a period that was also characterised by high inflation, which is the rate at which the prices of goods and services increase over a given period, typically a year.

which has hurt the country’s tax base.

“It (overdraft facility) is supposed to function as a temporary source of cash whenever the Treasury does not meet its target debt raising,” said Ndoho Wahoro, the CEO of Euclid Capital and former director-general of public debt management at the Treasury.

Should the government issue

security, a bond, for example, and most of the offers come in at higher interest rates, then a responsible CBK would advise the Treasury to take an overdraft, said Wahoro.

He added that the facility is taken to cover urgent pending bills, including emergencies, priority payments such as local loans, or emergency measures such as the Covid-19 crisis.

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Around this time, the government might also have paid some syndicated or Chinese loans, according to Churchill Ogutu, a financial expert at Genghis Capital, an investment bank.

The government might have also tapped into money it expected to get from the local market by issuing short-term securities of Sh24 billion.

However, it only received offers of Sh7.1 billion and ended up accepting Sh6.6 billion from investors.

Even worse, most of the money that was accepted was rolled over, meaning it was used to repay maturing loans.

The current cash crunch was further aggravated by poor revenue performance, which was a result of reduced economic activities after the pandemic hit the country in March. As a result, CBK had to credit some money into the Treasury’s Consolidated Fund.

Excess printing, however, is highly discouraged.

The law only allows the government to take an overdraft facility of up to five percent of the gross recurrent revenue as reported in its latest audited

CBK

‘‘Should the government issue security, a bond, for example, and most of the offers come in at higher interest rates, then a responsible CBK would advise the Treasury to take an overdraft.’’ financial statements. This is put at Sh68.5 billion for the year to June 2020.

And with the government having already borrowed Sh46 billion, it still has room to add another Sh12.5 billion through the overdraft facility.

The limit “The limit for the year ending June 30, 2020, is Sh68.5 billion, while in the previous financial year it was Sh65.7 billion based on the gross recurrent revenue for the year ended 30 June 2018, which are the latest audited

financial statements at the date of approval of these financial statements,” said CBK in its financial statement for the year ending June 2020.

With an overdraft account, a bank covers the payments a customer has made that would otherwise be rejected, or in the case of cheques, would bounce.

At CBK, interest is charged at the Central Bank Rate, which is currently at seven per cent.

Printing of money went overboard in the early 1990s, a period that was also characterised by high inflation, which is the rate at which the prices of goods and services increase over a given period, typically a year.

The early 1990s were difficult times for Kenya. There was an aid embargo as Western countries put pressure on Kenya to allow for multiparty elections.

This left the government with a huge Budget hole.

“The escalating fiscal deficit had to be financed from money printing,” said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a paper that evaluated Kenya’s inflation from independence to 1996.

Besides excess money in circulation, this period was characterised by a severe shortage of foreign exchange, price decontrol following inadequate supplies of essential commodities, and increased spending in the run-up to the 1992 elections, according to the IMF. As a result, inflation touched an all-time high of 61.54 per cent in January 1994. There was too much money chasing too few goods.

In other words, Sh1, 000 in January 1994 could barely buy half of what it bought in January the previous year.

Three years later, the Central Bank converted this overdraft facility that exceeded statutory limits into a loan at an interest rate of three percent, which is repayable by 2039.

This loan is guaranteed by a deed executed by the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury. - THE STANDARD, KENYA.

FILE: Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge addresses a press conference in Nairobi

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FAIRVIEW near Levy Park, complex comprising several shops, warehouses , storeroom ,offices, showrooms, U$D4m.

KATUBA 6.5ha K400,000.15 acres K15acres K350,000.3.8ha K260,000.73ha 11km off Great North road K2m. 2.5ha(7 acres 2 bedroom house, piggery, borehole hand pump power generator K1.3m.

KAFUE Greenfields plot 30m x 87m K50,000.Shikoswe Turn off 3 big shops,K500,000.Chirundu roadfront 0.394 acres fenced U$D 380,000.Kafue Gorge road 18ha K1m.Mungu 200 acres K35,000 per acre.

BARLASTONE PARK 2 acres K300,000 or one acre K150,000.

STATE LODGE area plot 50m x 50m K400,000. 4 bedroom house K2m.

K A N A K A N TA PA , C h o n g w e , 4 . 3 h a K250,000.

LEOPARDS HILL road Palabana turn off 770sqm K100,000.

CHILANGA Opposite Chilanga Cement,3 bedroom house 1km off kafue road double storey K3M. SHIMABALA 7ha K1.7m. Lusaka westwood 100 acres K3m. Quarry Road 20 acres K2m.Barmoral 7 acres K1.3m.

Mwembeshi 50 acres K15,000 per acre.

Barm0ral plot 30m x 40m K75,000.

RUFUNSA 12 acres on offer letter 2km off Great east road K100,000.

PALABANA University 12 acres(5ha) K200,000.

KAMWALA Trading area, double storey building with ground floor shops plus offices or hostel rooms with kitchen upstairs K18m.Shop K1m in Kamwala.

LUANGWA River 17ha for lodge near game park K350,000.

CHALALA 2x3 bedroom houses K875,000.

CHIPATA Compound complex one small shop, two bars, one tavern,storeroom,3 bedroom house, three flats, 6x2 bedroom houses.7 x 1 bedroom house houses, shelter and car park K1.3m NDEKE Meanwood plot 18m x 22m K170,00.Chamba Valley plot 20m x 30 K180,000. Kanyama flats 4x2 bedroom K160,000.

CHILANGA house double storey near Golf club, plot size 80m x 80m K2m.

Mt Makulu area 1.5 acres K400,000.1.4 acres K650,000.Musamba premises for school or shops nine rooms plus five toilets K2m.

KAFUE Kasaka area 4ha(ten acres)price to be discussed. Mungu 50 acres K35,000 per acre.

LUSAKA City Center,Cha Cha Cha road large shop/warehouse U$D800,000.Off kafue road Warehouse 4274sqm.200m off kafue road near Carousel. Price to be discussed.

MUNGWI road, Barlastone Park Lusaka west warehouse and shops K600,000.

Plots 25m x 40m K80,000.

LEOPARDS Hill road off tarmac two kilometers 2.8ha(7 acres) K450,000.

CHAWAMA Shopping Complex available for sale comprising: Sizes 326sqm K12,000.135sqm K7,000.45sqm.44sqm.1700sqm K160, 000.140,138sqm.207sqm.427sqm,44o sqm.346sqm LUSAKA Kafue Great North roadfront, Makeni near Makeni Mall, complex comprising:8x3 bedroom double storey flats(mansionnettes),Shop 75sqm,restaurant/bar with upstairs extension 170sqm,second floor office space on top of restaurant 170sqm,upstairs church hall 600sqm,showroom,events hall for weddings ,meetings, workshops, conferences 1,800sqm.Warehouse at rear 719sqm.

Price U$D14m or Kwacha equivalent.

CENTRAL CHIBOMBO 3 bedroom house in Shifwankulu- Spin along Great North road K350,000.20 acres 13km off Great North road on Old Mumbwa road K800,000(Liteta).

KAPIRI 2.7ha 30m of Great North road K120,000 44ha 7km off Ndola road K200,000.on offer Letter.199ha K750,000.30km from Kapiri Hospital.22ha 20km off Ndola road K100,000.22ha CHISAMBA opposite golden valley 250 acres K40,000 per acre. Kamaila area 4ha(10 acres)K200,000.

COPPERBELT MASAITI 150ha K2000 per ha.100ha K850,000.

LUFWANYAMA 10ha(25 acres) K90,000.

MPONGWE MACHIY area 800ha K2.5m.

CHINGOLA Maiteneke 2 bedroom house K90,000.

KITWE Bulangililo house 7 rooms K150,000.

KAOMA near tbz farms 178ha K2m.

SOUTHERN Bridge plot for lodge near border 1750sqm K100,000.

Monze town center on Livingstone road,

complex of eight shops K8M.Choma old Machapopota road plot 40mx 90m K85,000. Mazabuka Lodge 13room K2m.

KARIBA LAKE waterfront 4ha(10 acres) with 3 bedroom lodge U$D600,000.3 acres overlooking Lake Kariba Plot for Lodge K300,000.

CHIPEPO Lower Zambezi river waterfront fishing business or tourist lodge comprising 3 bedroom lodge on 7 acres, on Monze Chisekesi road,6 fishing riggs,two speed boadts,U$D800,000.

MUCHINGA MPIKA town plot 50m x 50m with 2 rooms K180,00.Farm 2700ha K3,00 per ha.

SERENJE Nansanga block 2000ha K75m.

CHINSALI 5000ha K35m.

NORTHERN: SENGA HILL 12ha (30 acres) on Mbala Kasama road with house 6 rooms, six boreholes,warehouse,shop,grocery,80km from Mbaka 85km from Kasama K1.2m.Chama Matumbo roadfront 1.5ha K175,000 KASAMA 10,000ha K70m.

ACCOMMODATION OFFERED LUSAKA KABULONGA off Brentwood Drive 6x4 bedroom houses double storey, masters self-contained K36,000 each per month.

MAKENI near Kankole house 3 bedrooms K35000.4 bedrooms K7,000. Makeni Konga houses and warehouses rent ranging K5000 to K8,000.

MAKENI opposite Andres Motel 500m off kafue road 3 bedroom house K18,000 per month.

BARLASTONE PARK off Mungwi road,flats,6x2 bedroom K4,500.4x1 bedroom K3,200, CHALALA off Lilayi road 4x2 bedrooms K2,500.

COPPERBELT KALULUSHI Napsa Complex 3 bedroom hose K4,000.

REAL ESTATE TO LET MAKENI Konga warehouses and storerooms ranging K6,000 to K8,000.

MAKENI Kafue road,150m off Great North road light and heavy vehicles workshops with offices, storeroom, service pits and big parking yard K75,00 per month.

CHAWAMA near Chawama market , several shops available for short or long lease sizes 326sqm K12,000.135sqm K7,000.45sqm.44sqm.1700sqm K160, 000.140,138sqm.207sqm.427sqm,44o sqm.346sqm Carousel shopping center, several shops on the ground, first, second and third floors including events halls ,furnished with kitchens for self catering can be hired for weddings, workshops, seminars, meetings, conference etc. various sizes and amounts.

LODGE, GUESTHOUSE , OFFICE Complex along Independence Avenue Rhodes Park near Civic Center details on request and rental open to discussion.

MAKENI Los Angeles Road, HOTEL 91 rooms, 4 offices, one bar, 3 bars, 3 conference halls, big swimming pool, baby pool, two car parks, twelve shops,3km from Cairo road post office.

Long lease rent to be discussed.

LUSAKA Kafue Great North roadfront, Makeni near Makeni Mall, complex comprising:8x3 bedroom double storey flats(mansionnettes),Shop 75sqm,restaurant/bar with upstairs extension 170sqm,second floor office space on top of restaurant 170sqm,upstairs church hall 600sqm,showroom,events hall for weddings ,meetings, workshops, conferences 1,800sqm.Warehouse at rear 719sqm.

BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT CONTAINERS-old steel containers in Makeni South K35,000.Scrap metals also available from a road constructors yard.

Mining, copper, cobalt, gold, emerald, beryl, aquamarine, to maline, amethyst, garnet-existing registered and liceneced mines are looking for partners, sponsors, investors, financiers or outright purchasers.

AGRICULTURE- Vast agricultural farming lands available for partnerships or joint ventures.

We invite persons, companies, organizations, local or international to enter into any agreements where locals can make land available and foreign or local investors provide capital then market produce locally and abroad-crops, livestock ,game ranching or fisheries.

REAL ESTATE AND ACCOMMODATION WANTED Landlords or property owners in all areas of Zambia and Africa Free Trade Countries are invited to list with us for marketing, selling ,leasing and renting: houses, flats ,shops, warehouses, factories, hotels, motels, lodges, tourist facilities, mines, plots farms, office building, highrise buildings, filling stations, companies, businesses, bars, restaurants, butcheries, shopping malls, blocks of flats, housing estates.

If you have idle land, we can sell for you either as a whole or by sub-dividing into sub-divisions or plots. Send us your e-mail address so that we send you our blank standard mandate forms which you can fill to give us required details.

Tuesday 6 October, 2020

NEWS OF THE WORLD

POLITICAL VIOLENCE

BRIEFS Ugandan judge injured in road accident KAMPALA - A Ugandan judge was injured in a road accident early yesterday while travelling to a court in the western part of the country, according to the Uganda Red Cross.

The Daily Monitor newspaper has identified the judge as Paul Gadenya and a hospital official is quoted as saying the judge was in a life-threatening condition and will be air-lifted to the Kampala, for further treatment. – BBC.

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Magistrate Francis Andayi said yesterday that there were Police chief Hillary some sections in his ruling that had loose ends that needed to Mutyambai has also ordered be tied up. – BBC. Ruto that vehicles hired to “ferry goons” be tracked and deNdindi Nyoro and tained to assist in the investiABUJA - Nigeria’s inspector general of police has banned a Alice Wahome are gation. notorious unit from carrying out stop and search duties and setaccused of hiring Supporters of President ting up roadblocks amid growing anger at routine harassment people to instigate Kenyatta, and those backing and atrocities allegedly committed by its officers. clashes between supKenyatta and Ruto had ahead of the 2013 polls. his deputy, Ruto, pelted each Mohammed Adamu also said members of the Special AntiThe two leaders have fall- porters of President other with stones and burnt long been political rivals but Robbery Squad must always wear uniforms. Videos shared retyres outside a church in cen- when both were accused by en out, largely due to Ruto’s Uhuru Kenyatta and cently on social media appear to show officers extorting money to run tral Kenya. The police fired the International CriminalChildintention and even shooting people. – BBC. Development andfor thepresithose backing his

By MICHAEL MIYOBA President Lungu dentofinLocal two years’ time when tear gas - some of which went Court of election-related vio-Ministry Government deputy, William Ruto. stadiums to ensure Kenyatta steps down.

– BBC. lence they formed an alliancewill inspect into theRchurch.

“Guidelines for various E S I D E N T that they are safe for the reEdgar Lungu has sports disciplines which sumption of football. approved the reSTOCKHOLM/BERLIN - Two Americans and a Briton won have been categorised Lungu had earlier implesumption of the process theallpublic fol- under threat from land degthe 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine yesterday for identifying the mented a ban on sportsshould acas non-contact, semiMTN/FAZ Super Division beat ascarcity very strong side without professional starsthat fromhas thehelped South to in the country to and halt MUKWIMA the radation, water and Malawian low when applying for avail-CHILALA contact and full contact tivities Hepatitis C virus, in with worksixspanning decades

By MICHAEL MIYOBA set to resume mid next spread of the Covid-19 pandemconceding a goal.

African premier and league lost. antiviral drugs sport and, safeguards urban encroachment.

We able agricultural state land as limit the spread of the fatal disease develop ic which has claimed the lives of month as planned by the ”Micho” was however dissatisfied that his ”I’m not really impressed with the way the ZAMBIA coach Milutin “Micho” as outlined in the health 18 people prime agriculpart the government’s con- are also losing to cure it. inof Zambia. local soccer governing missed a lot of chances especially in players played though we knew as we were Sredojevic says he is still having tural land team guidelines for football Meanwhile, Minister through land-use tributionSports to the land reform The discoveries by scientists Harvey Alter, Charles Rice and body. the first half. preparing that it would be tough playing sleepless nightshas with his changes,” Ramaphosa Mulenga hailed at premier and national Emmanuel Speaking during yesterday’s said. programme.

Intogether his newsletBriton Michael Houghton meant there was now a chance of “We have played against a very Zambia.

President Lungu for lifting the of the million because Presidential address at State one leagues.”

“Given our history, broadon bench Monday, Ramaphosa last week’s announcement ban by technical the Hepatitis which causes and JOHANNESBURG -division experienced side with a loteradicating of good “We C arevirus, happy Zambia gavecirrhosis us a good onter contact sports.

House, Lungu said football can challenges facing the national team as to agricultural said the availability and sus- ening access the D epartment of Agriculture, liver cancer, said.

REUTERS. President Cyril Ramaphosa “Guidelines for various sports Mulenga urged professional players and I’m proud that the we award-giving game andbody we will see– where we need to resume next month with strict they prepare for the CHAN tournament haveand been Rural clubs to prepareuse of farmland to land for commercial Land which Reform on Monday committed adherence to health guidelines.him-disciplines got a goal producdespite having missed a lot of improve when we go back home,” Mwase andtainable the AFCON qualifiers next month. as non-contact, their stadiLungu Governmentland has re-categorised chances. farming said. grow crops and for Chipolopolo animal tion and subsistence Development that 896 farms, self to said government’s Speaking after a shaky semi-contact and full contact ums and developed guidelines which “I’m happy that we have done very well Zambia’s goal was thanks to NAPSA Stars is a national priority.”

He said husbandry was key to South comprising 700, 000 hectares form process, saying it aims comprising local stars doused the Flames of sport and, safeguards as outtraining will guide the return of contact defensively midfielder Collins 14th minute the health guidelines for state venues although the post-1994though land we need to improve on Africa’s survival. friendly “South at National or vacant to strike a football, balanceboxing betweenlinedofinunderutilised virus –Sikombe’s and endangered his Malawi 1-0 in yesterday’s sports such as defending set pieces. I’m happy because strike as the Secret Chipoloplo started i’s series of at premier and national before and netballjustice and redress,football reform process had resulted Africa has vast“Micho” tracts of land land, would be released for agsocial Service protection.

Heroes Stadium, said the players division one leagues. Hence comwe being didn’t concede international friendly a positive “Guidelines for all sports are far from being ready as individuals. in more land restored a goal though we are purposes. and enhance agricultural Trump,matches who hason been thesericultural leagues will resume action menc- suitable for agricultural prodisciplines to follow as they not happy the way we transformed when note. ”Micho” however believes that with the to black South Africans, the Land Reform outputresuming by bringing morein July,Agriculture, repeatedly rebuked for 2020, with strict obseri n g duction, with 37.9 percent of consider sports activwe had the ball I’m not happy with our open Zambia will now focus attention to the at hisland disposal, God will recognise of health guidelines,” said g r oplayers u pour total pernicious effects of the 1913 area currently Rural Development black into the main-vanceand flouting public health ities havefarmers been developed.

They play system,” “Micho” said. remaining two friendly fixtures against Lungu. andbeing reward the Chipolopolo to achieve their Land Act continued trainings. include theoffollowing, but not Chilongoshi Natives used for commercial Minister stream the economy.

WASHINGTON - US Kenya and South guidelines spreading Zambias’ left back Zachariah leaves aThoko Malawian Didiza Meanwhile Malawian coach Meck Mwase Africaand to be played He said the Ministry of set objectives. limited to: guiding principles defender for deadcomments during yesterday match atthe Heroes Stadium. of farmland made announcement on agriculture. “Like many other to be in patterns Ramaphosa’s inHealth President Donald Trump misinformation on the in cooperation with the expressed disappointment that his charges tomorrow and Sunday respectively. stipulated by the statutory inThe Serbian is happy that the Chipolopolo - Picture

by MIYOBAWednesday MICHAEL and outlined the countries, our arable land is ownership. – NEWS24. his weekly newsletter followed sparked an angry backlash pandemic, said in a video that Ministry of Sports, Youth and struments 21 and 22 of 2020, www.dailynation.info

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Kenya mall attack verdict postponed

Nigeria reins in ‘rogue’ police unit

…Lungu approves return of football mid July

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Chama explains ‘missed flights’

dropped on Twitter just before the appearance that he had “learned a lot about Covid” by to arrangements for the players “really school” astoheDar travelgoing all thetoway back has battled the virus. after the match in Dodoma.

But healthwant experts took to “I didn’t to speak out in the airwaves and social media this but I feel like there’s a need do so. the “stunt,” which totocriticise “I said don’tdemonstrated agree with many they that whonothing believeatthat heZambians had learned all.

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By MICHAEL MIYOBA as he waved from inside his CHIPOLOPOLO midfielder bulletproof vehicle during the Cletus Chama says he did not short trip outside Walter Reed miss anymedical flightscentre as alleged military near by national teamwhich coach Milutin Washington, appeared “Micho” Sredojevic who designed to take back the dropped him and Obrey Chirwa narrative on his improving for allegedly missing two flights health after a weekend of from Tanzania. muddled from Chama, messaging who features for his doctors.

The last-minute Tanzanian giants Simba FC said limousine outing came with he explained to “Micho” that it Trump’s doctors was imposible forsatisfied him to get on aenough flight which scheduled aboutwas his progress to for Monday hoursofwhen suggest at the03:00 possibility his he haddischarged. a game at 16 hours on a being Sunday in Dodoma.

But experts complained Chama said the eight-hour that the outing broke his own distance from Dodoma to Dar government’s public health es Salaam made it difficult for guidelines patients him to jumprequiring on the 03:00 hours to isolate while they are in flight. treatment and still He said Simba FCshedding had no

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