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ITIZENS should question UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema why he has failed to work with seven vice-presidents since he took over the political party, PF vice-chairman for mobilization Geoffrey Mwamba has said.

He said he had worked with Mr Hichilema and he fully understood what kind of a person he was than the UPND members who were blindly chanting slogans.

Mr Mwamba, who served as UPND vice President for administration before he resigned to re-join the PF, was

speaking in Kitwe when he addressed about 200 residents who joined the ruling party together with former NDC secretary general Mwenya Musenge.

He said the patriotic front was a democratic party where those who join the party were being allowed to contest the intra party elections.

“So let me caution you to desist from getting excited. You should seriously analyze the leadership of Hichilema. Those who think Mr Hichilema is better than President Edgar lungu, they should ask themselves why he has failed to work with seven vice presidents since he took over the political party.

“Does it mean that all the seven vice presidents he has worked with were a problem?

He should have a problem himself which makes him fail to work with his vice presidents,” Mr Mwamba said.

Mr Mwamba said the various economic problems the country was going through, were global and no one should mislead Zambians that he would fix the problems in the country.

“Such lies were only aimed at misleading people and should not be entertained by any right thinking Zambian because Zambia is part of the global world and whatever happens globally affects Zambia,” he said

Opposition welcome use of alternative means of campaigning

By KETRA KALUNGA THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) should ensure that all political parties including the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) follow the directive of using alternative means of campaigning amidst COVID-19, opposition political parties have demanded.

While the United Party for National Development (UPND) welcomed the directive for restricted campaigns, it wanted the directive enforced for all political parties including the ruling Patriotic Front-PF. And the Golden Party of

By SIMON MUNTEMBA SENIOR Chief Mukuni should have some self-respect as he has embarrassed himself enough with his hatred for President Lungu and continued hallucinations over the August elections, the Patriotic Front has said.

And the PF says Zambians should ignore the rantings against President Edgar Lungu

by Senior Chief Mukuni who is sponsored by the cowardly UPND leadership.

PF Lusaka Province secretary, Kennedy Kamba said Senior Chief Mukuni is used by the opposition UPND leadership that is scared to face President Lungu in the August polls.

Mr Kamba was reacting to claims by Senior Chief Mukuni that the constitution does not allow President Lungu to contest the August polls because he had served two terms.

The traditional leader was yesterday quoted in one of the tabloids as saying it was

Zambia said in welcoming the directive that the ECZ should ensure that the playing field is leveled amongst political parties in the use of alternative ways of campaigning amidst COVID-19.

UPND spokesperson, Charles Kakoma said in an interview that the ECZ should ensure that the ruling PF adhere to the directive because they have allegedly been campaigning with huge rallies.

Mr. Kakoma said once the ECZ ensures that the PF stops holding rallies especially during President Lungu’s working visits to various provinces, then other political parties would follow suit.

“It's a good suggestion but are is the ECZ going to enforce it, that is a big question because we have noticed that the PF is already campaigning and where they are campaigning, are drawing huge rallies “And where President Lungu has been, to the Northern circuit, for example, he has been drawing huge rallies, big gatherings without any social distancing,” he said.

Mr. Kakoma said the UNPD is of the view that President Lungu and the PF should lead then other political parties would have no choice but to adhere to the directive.

And the Golden Party of Zambia (GPZ said they welcome the directive as long as the playing field is leveled among all political parties.

DPZ national chairperson, Pindulani Njovu said in an interview that political parties should focus on protecting the lives of the people even as they campaign because it's them they would want to serve once voted in power.

“We would not want to worsen the COVID-19 situation, political leaders want an office and that office is to lead people, imagine the people you want to lead are all dead, who are you going to lead,” he said.

`Mukuni is an embarrassment’ …He is sponsored by the coward UPND leadership - PF

unconstitutional for President Lungu to contest this year Presidential elections. But Mr Kamba took a swipe at Senior Chief Mukuni describing him as a bitter tribalist and mere UPND cadre who has hatred for the Head of State.

He said it was saddening that for a very long time now, Senior Chief Mukuni has continued to issue unwarranted remarks against President Lungu, calling him all sorts of names and trying to paint him black before the right thinking members of the public.

And PF media director Sunday Chanda said Senior Chief Mukuni was being sponsored by little men and women who are scared of President Edgar Lungus candidature in the coming general elections. He said

the party is sure that the President qualifies to standing according to the constitution of Zambia.

Mr Chanda advised the traditional leader to challenge the President in the courts of law instead of misinforming the people. He said that as far as the party is concerned, the matter is done and dusted by the constitution court.

The media director said that the party will continue with his developmental agenda for the people of Zambia.

“As a party we will not be moved by people with misplaced agenda aimed bringing confusion in the country.

“Chief Mukuni is being sponsored by men and women who are scared of President Edgar Lungu.

“As far as we are concerned President Lungu qualifies to

stand according to the constitution of Zambia and nothing will stand on his way, “he said.

UPND murder PF youth?

By NATION REPORTER A PATRIOTIC Front (PF) youth, Terence Mutale has allegedly been killed by suspected UPND cadres in Lusaka’s Kanyama area.

Angelos Musonda, PF Lusaka Central Constituency Chairman confirmed in a

Musenge invites Kambwili, Kalaba to PF

By SIMON MUNTEMBA CHISHIMBA Kambwili and Harry Kalaba should swallow their pride and rejoin the ruling Patriotic Front like I have done because there is no political future out there, former National Democratic Congress (NDC) secretary general, Mwenya Musenge has said.

Mr Musenge said the NDC leader, Chishimba Kambwili, Democratic Party president Harry Kalaba and all other members who left PF and formed their political parties out of frustrations must take advantage of President Lungu’s forgiving heart to rejoin the ruling party and contribute to national development.

Mr Musenge who last week rejoined the ruling party said it was time for all members to reconcile with PF because insolence does not pay in politics.

“My appeal is to all those that at one time were members of PF to come back because President Lungu and all PF members are ready to receive former

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members. Let’s come back.

Let’s remove this spirit of selfishness and see how we can collectively build this party and make sure that come August 12, President Lungu wins with a huge margin.

“I want to passionately appeal to ba Kalaba who is an intelligent man to rethink and return to PF. I also want to appeal to ba Kambwili wherever he may be to also come back home.

I know that there has been a lot of political parties that have been formed out of frustrations, but my appeal is that let all of term come back to PF,” Mr Musenge said.

He added, “They should realise that PF is home and in any home, there are differences but what is important is to be bold enough to humble ourselves, accept criticism and seek forgiveness in whatever mistake we made. But if we have no courage to kneel before our colleagues and say I am sorry, that creates a problem. We labored for PF and it is high time we all came together to iron out our differences and work together.”

Mr Musenge who prior to rejoining PF last week was Agenda for Human Development secretary general said he was happy that he was well received.

Schools opening necessary - BETUZ

By NOEL IYOMBWA OPENING of schools today is imperative as Covid-19 seems to have come to stay and Basic Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) public relations director, Katunta Kabika has reiterated that that the focus should be on how to handle pupils especially young ones in lower grades.

“Covid-19 has come to stay so the focus should be on young ones , pupils with special needs. These pupils need extra attention, “he said.

And Zambia Nation Union of Teachers general Secretary Newman Bubala has called on school managers to institute measures that would put confidence in pupils and parents

by Identifying vulnerable pupils and those that could afford face masks. And Secondary Schools Teachers Union of Zambia Sitibekiso Wamuyuwa has acknowledged that no place was 100 per cent safe from covid-19.

The unions were speaking during a live programme on ZNBC yeaterday.

statement and condemned the killing of the youth by people suspected to be members of the UPND. Mr Musonda said, “On behalf of Lusaka Central Constituency we strongly condemn the killing of the PF Lusaka Central youth Terence Mutale who was killed in a gruesome murder by suspected UPND youths in Lusaka's Kanyama township.”

He called upon the Zambia Police service to leave no stone unturned in investigating “ this heinous crime in an effort to bring the perpetrators to book.”

He also called for a strong collaboration between the

police and the community in Kanyama in order to quickly arrest the culprits.

“To all the youths and political players from all political parties in Zambia, I urge you to resort to dialogue whenever faced with differences on political opinions. We can not all be looking at issues from the same perspective hence the need to respect other people's divergent views and agree to disagree as responsible citizens of Zambia,” he said.

Police have however refused to comment on the case saying doing so would jeopardize investigations

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CIVIL SERVANTS SWINDLED From Page 1 The fraudster claiming to be a Zanaco employee called clients with XAPIT accounts informing them that the bank had embarked on an exercise of changing the secret code for XAPIT users from 4 to 5 digits.

The unsuspecting clients then divulged their pin numbers and soon after their accounts were accessed and money withdrawn by account transfers.

And Central province police commissioner, Chola Katanga confirmed the unfortunate incident and assured that his office would engage the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority “ZICTA'' to ensure that the conmen are found and punished in accordance with the law.

The Daily Nation has interviewed five of the victims who include three female nurses at Kapiri Mposhi Urban Clinic who were swindled on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively by an unidentified male who called them using the same Airtel line.

One of the victims who is a nurse explained that she was swindled money amounting to 3, 850 on Tuesday by the trickster who told her to change the secret code while her workmate lost K10,000.

Other workers were too embarrassed to disclose the details.

She explained that when queried why such important changes involving one's account secret code were being made through a phone call, the conmen explained that it was in order to avoid overcrowding in the bank to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

“He told me that he would send a text message with six digits which I should use to change the pin code.

“When I read the mes-

sage, it said don’t share so I called him back and asked why it read that way but he told me don’t worry about what it says because it’s from me, she explained.

The victim said she became reluctant after reading the “don’t share” text message and told the caller that she would rather go in person to the bank to change the secret code.

She said she was convinced when the fraudster explained that the bank had directed them to contact XAPIT clients through a phone call to avoid overcrowding in the bank in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the victims, they all received calls from this number 0975064549 while the money was transferred from their bank accounts to this MTN number 0965884039.

Another victim who lost about K10,000 school fees narrated in an interview that the swindler called and asked her to read the text messages that ZANACO sent to her mobile line.

The swindler then narrated the whole deal to her which she unfortunately believed and gave him her account secret code for him to change.

ZICTA said when contacted over the matter that they could not do much to help the victims apart from continuing to create awareness to the general public through text messages.

Public relations manager, Ngabo Nankonde explained in an interview that apart from being a criminal offence, the case falls under financial regulations, therefore, the Bank of Zambia was in a better position to help the victims and bring the culprits to book.

The victims have had their bank account secret code charged as advised by management at Zanaco Kapiri Mposhi branch while the Airtel and MTN lines for the alleged swindler remained switched off.

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IL marketing companies that are creating an artificial oil shortage risk being blacklisted and having their licenses revoked, Oil Marketing Companies Association of Zambia president Kafula Mubanga has warned.

Dr. Mubanga said selfish companies would not be allowed to sabotage the economy.

He said that the warning

by Government that truant OMCs would have their licences revoked was timely.

HAKAINDE Hichilema has no hidden agenda over the proposed dialogue but has genuine concerns that need ironing out before the August 12 general elections, UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma has said.

Mr Hichilema, he said, had serious concerns such as ending political violence.

He was reacting to Patriotic Front deputy national mobilization chairperson, Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba’s sentiments that President Edgar Lungu was ready for dialogue but only on serious national issues.

Mr Mwamba, popularly known as GBM said Mr Hichilema was too selfish and would want to use the dialogue as a conduit to get to State House.

Mr Kakoma however said

in an interview that Mr Hichilema had no hidden agenda and was ready for genuine dialogue.

He claimed the issues Mr Hichilema wanted addressed were already in public domain.

“There are no hidden agendas. All the issues Mr Hichilema wants ironed out are in public domain and he has posted on his Facebook page.

We are looking at issues like how to end political violence,” said Mr Kakoma.

Mr Kakoma also said other stakeholders were free to bring out issues that they wanted addressed at the dialogue forum.

He said the dialogue was not only about UPND but addressing the concerns that other stakeholders had as well.

And Mr Kakoma said it was only the church that could

Dr Mubanga advised that OMCs should instead inform government what they bring in and engage authorities on any matter affecting them and their operations.

He said that for government to issue the statement, it means that it has done its investigations.

Dr Mubanga stated that unlike revoking licenses, government should instead control those buying the product.

He observed that the lack of control by indigenous OMCs is what is leading to the current situation adding that the country is yet to see

more of the same situation in the coming months especially when parliament is dissolved.

“The move by government is welcome but it is not a lasting solution, the solution lies in control of those buying the oil.

Dr Mubanga further suggested that government should create a habitable platform for local oil marketing companies to participate in supplying oil.

He noted that government should begin the implementation of the 50 per cent supply of oil on the Zambian market by the local compa-

Resident doctors’ salary arrears will be paid soon’

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

GOVERNMENT says salary arrears for junior doctors will be pay soon and advised the medical personnel to desist from rushing to the media.

Ministry of Health Spokesperson, Abel Kabalo has urged the Junior Resident Doctors to stop rushing to the media when their matter was being attended to.

In an interview, Dr Kabalo said there was need for Junior Resident Doctors to be patient as government was doing everything possible to clear the

outstanding salary arrears.

He was reacting to allegations that government had failed to pay settling allowances and five months’ salary arrears for 309 Junior Resident Doctors who were deployed in March 2019.

Dr Kabalo said contrary to what has been reported, Government has not failed to pay the doctors.

The medical doctors reportedly wrote to President Edgar Lungu seeking his intervention in the matter where they have not been paid salaries and settling in allowances for five months.

The doctors say they were employed by the government in March 2019, but they were issued fresh engagement letters in September of the same year with a new appointment date, forfeiting the five months they had earlier worked for.

A representative of the workers Dr. Simon Sampa has been quoted saying the group has resolved to down tools in February if they were not paid their money.

Dr. Sampa said they were disappointed and frustrated that government was allegedly ignoring them.

Rupiah Banda in Dubai for check up, not evacuated

By NATION REPORTER

GOVERNMENT has not evacuated former President, Rupiah Bwezani Banda to Dubai but has gone on a routine check up, a family member has said.

According to the family member, it was alarming the way the situation was being portrayed in the story being

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circulated on social media as if he was very sick and needing evacuation when that was not the case.

“He is there for a routine check on his condition and his Zambian doctors are in constant touch with the doctors there,” the source said.

Government has no role in this trip by the former republi-

Chinese investors hands back part of ‘his’ land

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Mr Kakoma spearhead the proposed dialogue because it had been ‘tried and tested’.

He said the church mother bodies had a track record of having spearheaded political dialogue before during the UNIP era.

Mr Kakoma said there was no time to entrust any other grouping that had never spearheaded a dialogue process.

A CHINESE investor who was sold 300 hectares of land which included settlements, graves and grazing land for villagers has handed back part of the land in Chibombo.

Chibombo town council chairperson James Ntalasha disclosed that the investor agreed to give back part of the land which people already occupied and only got part of the land.

“The matter has been resolved, there was an argument that the burial was inside the farm, people’s houses and fields, so we involved office of the Surveyor General so fields, burial site and houses have been left to

can president, the source said.

The family was reacting to a social media report that Mr Banda had been flown to Dubai for treatment.

And when contacted for a comment, Foreign Affairs minister Joe Malanji expressed ignorance over the supposed evacuation saying he had no information of such. the villagers, the investor understood, “he said.

A traditional leader allocated close to 300 hectares land to the investor which housed a burial site and people’s houses. The Chinese Investor subsequently went through all procedures and obtained the land legally but was not aware that there were houses, graves and other facilities on the land.

Mr. Ntalasha has warned traditional leaders to desist from denying local people land, saying headmen should be aware that they were holding land in trust on behalf of the people.

He also warned headmen against involving themselves in land wrangles because their authority could be repudiated.

Local people, he said, should not be denied an opportunity to own land for their animals and for agriculture purposes at the expense of other people.

nies as stipulated in the 7th National Development Plan.

Government has threatened to revoke licenses of oil marketing companies that are creating fuel shortages.

Earlier, Energy minister Matthew said it was disappointing that erratic supply of fuel has continued despite government having waived the exercise duty and value added tax (VAT) on the commodity.

Mr. Nkhuwa said government will have no option but to revoke licenses of the OMCs that were creating artificial shortage in the country.

COVID-19 CLAIMS 18 LIVES ZAMBIA has recorded Eight Hundred and Sixty-Five (865) Covid-19 new cases in the last 24hrs out of the 6, 759 tests conducted countrywide.

Minister of Health, Jonas Chanda, has disclosed that Lusaka recorded the highest cases at 229 followed by the Southern province with 123.

In a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday, Dr Chanda pointed out that 18 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours with Copperbelt having recorded 6 deaths, Northern 4, Southern Province 4, with Eastern and Western Provinces recording one each. Dr Chanda explained that the country has recorded accumulative COVID-19 deaths of 763.

“Today, we report 865 new cases out of a total of 6,759 tests performed.

The new cases by province are broken down as follows; Lusaka 229, and 123 Southern,105 Central,104 Copperbelt, 81 Northen,74 North-Western,63 Eastern,51 Muchinga, 20 Luapula and 51 Western Province . The cumulative number of confirmed cases recorded to date now stands at 54, 217,” he stated.

The Health Minister said a weekly rotational schedule has been devised for critical care management teams to build up capacity of handling COVID-19 patients across the provinces.

He stated that 2.557 patients recovered from different health care facilities in the last 24 hours bringing a cumulative number of recoveries to 48,000. - ZANIS

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REMAIN PEACEFUL ZAMBIANS must foster peace and remain united knowing too well that campaigns for this year’s general elections will start soon.

During campaigns, the country more often than not, is gripped in anxiety as political leaders jostle for positions, hence the need for citizens to embrace unity.

Leaders from various political parties will start traversing the width and breadth of the country, already constituencies are abuzz with aspiring candidates wishing to be adopted.

Some leaders will genuinely reach out to the masses while others will engage in half-truths and blatant lies.

It is also during such a period that some political leaders resort to tongue-lashing in a desperate effort to garner support and votes.

However, democracy requires political players remain truthful and fair in their speeches and conduct during campaigns.

Political leaders must always respect other stakeholders, particularly the voters and political opponents.

It is important for political players to always appreciate that their role, whether in opposition or ruling party, is to provide selfless service to the masses; they are servants of the people.

Notwithstanding the demands of their offices, they must always attend to people’s needs with humility while maintaining an open-door policy.

Political leaders both in the ruling and opposition parties are also required to involve citizens in development projects and not to impose any concept on the communities.

Councilors and Members of Parliament (MPs) in particular must respect the people they represent and maintain a mutual relationship during their term of office.

Elections this year will be held on August 12 and therefore political representatives must remain transparent and resolute if indeed their purpose will be to serve the people.

One of the most important aspects of political process is the imperative need for the opposition and ruling parties to narrow their differences and completely eliminate bitter toxic language, which often result in violence.

The recourse at this juncture is to engage in political dialogue as President Edgar Lungu and UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema have expressed willingness to talk.

Therefore, genuine Civil Society Organisations (CSO) must step in and offer objective guidance as they are among important stakeholders.

Only genuine CSOs should get involved.

Zambia has always been an oasis of peace and a pioneer of multi-party political system in Africa, having responded to the wind of change that blew across the globe in late 80s to early 90s.

The country has transitioned through six Heads of State peacefully, an attractive record on the world map which must be guarded jealously.

Therefore, it is incumbent upon all citizens to maintain peace and refrain from uncivilized tendencies such as invectives towards political opponents.

Political office must not be seen as an occupation for personal survival, but an undertaking to serve the masses with due diligence. Violence has no place in the country’s politics.

Zambia has been independent for 56 years and must be seen to be growing democratically and not moving in reverse.

Thus citizens must remain peaceful even as the campaign period draws near.

…as Police impound truckload of mukula logs, detain Tanzanian

By NOEL IYOMBWA

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OV E R N M E N T should lift the ban on Mukula trade to boost economic activities and stop the illegal trade, Mukula Dealer Willard Kapila has said.

Mr Kapila was reacting to Police in Nakonde intercepting a Scania Truck and Trailer loaded with Mukula logs.

He said such illegal activities would be curtailed if the ban on mukula trade was lifted because people are suffering who had invested heavily in the business.

Acting police spokesperson Danny Mwale said the truck bearing registration number T317 CAP and T686 CAH was intercepted at GMC parking area in Ilendela village.

He said the incident happened on January 30, 2021 around 22:00 hours in Nakonde district.

He identified the driver as Michael Musa aged 32, a

Mukula logs Tanzanian, who has been detained in police custody to assist with investigations and that the Truck has since been impounded.

That driver has been detained for being found in possession of Mukula logs.

And Mr Kapila who is a license holder said there were a lot of Mukula logs that have been laying idle in the bush

that may bring revenue to government through ZAFFICO if amnesty is given to dealers including those without licenses.

"When the Mukula trade was at its peak a lot of people sold their assets , some got loans so that they invest in Mukula and their investment has been stuck in the bush after government abruptly

banned all Mukula dealings , it is therefore in this vein that we appeal for an amnesty to allow us sell the logs to ZAFFICO and a reasonable price so that we recover our money, "Mr Kapila said.

Mr Mukula said even those that duly acquired production and conveyance licenses at huge cost were also affected by the decision hence the need for an amnesty.

Mr Kapila said ZAFFICO has never been to some areas in Muchinga since government's announcement that it will be buying Mukula from dealers. He also said the price offered by ZAFFICO is not cost reflective hence the need to increase the price.

"Government told us that it will be buying Mukula through ZAFFICO but we have never seen them here in Isoka, Mafings or Nakonde and hear they are offering K30,000 for a truck load which is not an attractive price," he said.

Shakumbila chiefdom wrangles persist in court Stop arrests for marijuana cultivation

By GRACE CHAILELESOETSA

THE newly appointed Senior Chief Shakumbila, Netta Shakumbila and two others have asked the Lusaka High Court not to grant dethroned Patrick Chibamba an order of interim prohibitive injunction to stop them from further interfering with his chieftainship.

The three have argued that this was not a fit and proper case in which the court should exercise its discretion to grant Mr Chibamba an order of prohibitive injunction.

In this matter, Mr Chibamba who is alleged to have been dethroned from the throne for gross misconduct sued in the Lusaka High Court seeking a declaration that he is the reigning Senior Chief Shakumbila of the Sala speaking people in Mumbwa district.

Mr Chibamba is seeking an order of interim prohibitive injunction restraining the defendants from continuing to interfere with the execution of his chiefly duties or his ad-

ministration of the Shakumbila chiefdom.

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

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

However, according to an affidavit in opposition to summons for an order of interlocutory prohibitive injunction filed in the Lusaka High Court on January 25, 2021, Mwambula on behalf of the other defendants stated that it was the royal duty of all members of the Shakumbila Royal Family to select the Chief to preside over the Chiefdom and to remove the chief whenever he failed to safe guard the interests and aspirations of his subjects.

He stated that he was reliably advised by his advo-

State sued over police post

By GRACE CHAILELESOETSA

AN administrator of the late Sainet Chitema Tembo’s estate has sued the State in the Lusaka High Court for alleged refusal to hand back a house which was given to the Zambia Police Service for temporal use as a police post.

Ms Edina Tembo an administrator and also daughter of Mr Sainet Chitema Tembo has

stated that the Police Service was given the house at property lot no. 2966/M situated in Kabanana site and service in Lusaka as Police Post on condition that the Service hands over the house as soon as they built their own post.

In an affidavit in support of originating summons for vacant possession, Ms Tembo who has cited the Attorney General Likando Kalaluka as the respondent stated that the Police Service used the house

cate and believed that as an injunction was not available in circumstances where Mr Chibamba was seeking damages, the injunction would not in any way serve the interest of justice in the present case.

“As the plaintiff (Chibamba) has already been removed from the throne at the time he commenced these proceedings on November 9, 2020 as evidenced by the letter dated October 13, 2020 coupled with the fact that one of the reliefs the plaintiff is seeking from this honourable court is ‘damages’,” “I am reliably advised by our advocate and verily believe that this is not a fit and proper case in which this honourable court should exercise its discretion to grant the plaintiff an order of prohibitive injunction to prevent what the plaintiff wrongly perceives to be further interference with his chieftainship,” Mwambula stated.

The defendant denied interfering with Mr Chibamba's execution of his duties when he was removed from the throne.

as a police post from the 1980s to 2016 when they vacated after building their post.

She however stated that the Police Service has refused to hand back the property even after constructing their own.

“That the applicant has on several occasions written to Zambia Police to be handed back the house but to no avail,” Ms Tembo stated.

Ms Tembo stated that the State has no legal right to keep holding on to the property as such, the court should order the State to handover the property to the rightful owner (plaintiff/family).

From Page 1 SAFADA executive director Boyd Moobwe said if the cultivation of marijuana was implemented, the arresting of farmers should be avoided.

“SAFADA is expressing displeasure on the latest arrest of three small scale farmers in Luapula province as unfair. Government has being debating to legalize marijuana plantation in the country based on its medicinal properties and other economical values but it is not clear as to what government resolved on the matter,” Mr Moobwe said.

Mr Moobwe has said government must show seriousness in legalising the cultivation of marijuana as the delay being witnessed is denying the country of the much needed revenue.

He wondered why government was taking long to actualise the implementation of marijuana cultivation policy.

Mr Moobwe said government needed to be practical on national issues if the economy was to quickly be revived.

He said in an interview that mere rhetoric and lack of seriousness would continue pushing Zambians into extreme poverty.

When government approved the legalisation for marijuana cultivation, Mr Moobwe said, Zambians were hopeful that implementation would be instant.

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Value addition key to cracking foreign markets – Saasa

By NATION REPORTER ECONOMIST Oliver Saasa says Zambia’s failure to penetrate foreign markets is as a result of the failure to diversify the country’s export base and prioritising value addition.

Professor Saasa said the failure to penetrate foreign markets for Zambian products cannot entirely be blamed on other countries for not opening up but the country has allowed itself to be import-dependent.

Prof Saasa also says it is wrong for Zambia to keep exporting raw materials such as grain instead of making a rule that no grain is exported without being milled.

He says doing so will be a measure to enhance value addition to attract better export earnings as value addition remains mere pronouncements without actualisation.

‘Opposition leaders hypocritical’

By AARON CHIYANZO HYPOCRISY by some politicians is making them fail to acknowledge the unprecedented development being witnessed under the Patriotic Front administration, a PF official Lemmy Bwalya has said.

Mr Bwalya observed that some opposition leaders were pretending not to see anything good that PF had done when the whole country was littered with development projects.

He said each and every district in Zambia had new infrastructure to boast about.

Mr Bwalya however said some politicians were blinded by sheer jealousy, bitterness and hypocrisy to pretend not to see the developments taking shape in the country.

“Look at how Great East Road in Lusaka is changing it’s shape. I feel the time has come now to speak out, on any single development at least every citizen has witnessed in their respective areas, like Mongu -Kalabo road,

Kitwe- Chingola road, Chingola -Solwezi, Lusaka Kafue road and many more,” he said.

Mr Bwalya said citizenry should not allow politicians to be loud mouthed when they cannot speak of any tangible things they have done. “it’s high time that politicians can allow the referees or neutral people to judge the conduct and performance of every political party without being misled,” he said.

Mr Bwalya said it was only in Zambia where politicians reduce themselves to being hypocritical when inside they understand that real works had been performed above expectation.

He said the same hypocritical politicians have distinguished unprecedented developments in their areas such as health infrastructure, police stations and schools among others.

Mr Bwalya said ‘evil’ politicians would never applaud government even when they were enjoying the services it had provided.

“As a party official and a christian, I implore other stakeholders like the church, community leaders and NGOs to stand up against evil politicians and talk over what’s visible based on their analysis,” he said.

2 arrested for insulting President Lungu POLICE in Solwezi, Western Province have arrested two people for allegedly using insulting language against President Edgar Lungu.

The case is believed to have been committed on January 27, 2021 at Kazomba market.

Provincial Police Commissioner, Joel Njase confirmed the incident to ZANIS in Solwezi yesterday and has since identified the suspects as Victor Sankisa 42, a mechanic and Nicholas Sankisa 39 both of Kazomba compound in Solwezi.

“The two suspects are in police custody and will be charged with insulting language contrary to section 179 of the penal code and defamation of the president contrary to section 69 CAP 87 of the laws of Zambia,” Commissioner Njase stated.

Maamba General Hospital

UNCLAIMED SOUTH AFRICAN ‘ROTS’ IN MORGUE

.as body remains unclaimed for almost 3 years

By ANDREW MUKOMA IN what seems unusual, the body of a foreign national who died in Maamba General Hospital three years ago is still in the mortuary.

The South African national died in 2019 and his body has remained unclaimed.

Sources at Maamba Ganeral Hospital

have indicated that the identity of the male deceased has made authorities difficult to locate his relatives in that country.

Hospital sources said authorities have been engaging relevant authorities to give guidance on how the remains of the South African man can be repatriated back to South Africa or be buried in Zambia.

And Southern Province Deputy Permanent Secretary Kennedy Mubanga has confirmed

ZABS certifies 156 products

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU A TOTAL of 156 products were last year certified against a tough environment due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has said.

ZABS was still able to embark on some of planned activities for the year 2020 that contributed to uplifting the quality and competitiveness of local products on the market, says Executive Director, Manuel Mutale.

Reviewing the year gone by, Mr Mutale said that a total of 156 products were certified, bringing the cumulative number of certified products in the country to 371.

“Our target at the beginning of the year was to certify 150 products, and I am glad to report that we certified a total of 156 products representing 104 percent achievement. This brings the cumulative total of certified products in the country to 371,” Mr Mutale said in response to a press query.

Mr Mutale said the demand for standards last year was high, increasing the number of published standards, thereby recording 380 against a

the development in Livingstone.

Mr Mubanga indicated that, truly the body has been in the mortuary for too long.

“This is a case of a South African national who died in Maamba and the Zambia Police and Immigration conducted the burial we believe after no relative claimed the body.

Yes the body has been in the morgue for some time now but not three years,” he said.

Increased Covid-19 cases worries Kaputa officials

By STEPHEN MWEWA

Mr Mutale target of 280.

ZABS, he said, was assured that products would continue to conform to performance, quality, and safety requirements knowing that there were standards in place to support the various sectors of the economy.

On the testing front, Mr Mutale said ZABS recorded a 68 percent achievement against the target of 8,900 samples.

“Our laboratories serve an important role in identifying potential risks and ascertaining the quality of products which our clients use for decision making. In the year under review, we recorded 6 065 samples analyzed against a target of 8,900 samples.

“We have increased our testing capacity in the petroleum laboratory by purchasing new equipment

that we hope to commission before the end of February. With this piece of equipment, we will be able to offer comprehensive tests in the petroleum industry,” he said.

He said ZABS scaled up its support to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

Mr Mutale said this was done by conducting training to 199 SMEs in peanut butter production, Wine production, Honey production, and meat and meat products processing.

“With our mandate streamlined to support the industry’s growth and competitiveness, we will focus on ensuring that challenges faced in relation to compliance, quality, and safety are addressed through the services that we will offer,” Mr Mutale said.

A senior government official in Kaputa district is worried that the spread of Covid-19 pandemic may rise in the border district, due to the fear of some residents to go for testing at Musosa border in Congo when crossing into that country.

District Commissioner Ernest Bwalya has disclosed that it has come to his attention that some Kaputa residents when crossing from Kaputa going into Congo are by passing Musosa border in preference to using footpaths in the bush for fear of undergoing Covid-19 test at the border.

Mr Bwalya who was speaking in an interview, said if the situation is left unchecked the spread of Covid-19 may go up in the border district.

He said to this effect government departments in the district together with the local authority have partnered and intensified sensitization on the preventive health-guidelines of the pandemic so that people get adhered to.

Tuition cash deposits overwhelm banks

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ZAMBIA’S COMESA, SADC TRADE LEVELS DROP

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU A NET revenue loss of US$636.3 million arising from Zambia’s trade with COMESA and SADC was recorded over the period 2017-2020.

Zambia enjoys a positive trade balance with COMESA exclusive countries and suffers trade deficit with SADC exclusive countries and COMESA-SADC countries.

This is according to the Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) president, Ezekiel Sekele.

Mr Sekele said over the period 2017-2020, exports to the COMESA-SADC countries averaged US$252.3 million while imports averaged US$332.4 million, resulting in a trade deficit of US$80.1 million.

He said this in a submission to the Parliamentary Budget Committee on the Impact of Trade and Other Partnerships Agreements on the National Budget presented on his behalf by ZAM Chief Executive Officer, Florence Muleya.

“There are some countries with over-lapping membership. Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe and Zambia belong to both COMESA and SADC. “Taking the value of trade as a proxy for revenue gain or loss, we could say that there

By Dr LABANA MWANSA MANY projects are undertaken in the public and private sector to deliver various deliverables to satisfy requirements stated in the project plan. In this discussion we will bring out interesting aspects of quality management in projects, who is accountable, and who is responsible. Borrowing from the ISO definition of quality: “The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs”.

In simpler words, one can say that a product has good quality when it “complies with the requirements specified by the client and quality standards”.

In other words, a product or service must be fit for purpose before being accepted or signed off.

Do our organisations follow any of the formal methods for quality management, e.g., ISO9000? One has to weigh the cost of quality conformance versus the cost of quality non-conformance. Quality costs money and therefore it is prudent to undertake a quality cost benefit analysis.

In project management the project manager is responsible for developing the project plan which should include quality management plan. Quality project management plan should include quality policy, acceptance criteria, change management procedures, quality tools and standards.

Quality is usually measured by the extent to which requirements are met in the project.

In the project quality

Mr Sekele was a net revenue loss US$636.3 million arising from Zambia’s trade with COMESA and SADC over the period 2017-2020,” Mr Sekele said.

Mr Sekele explained that increased trade arising from importation of cheap final goods had made Zambia an import-oriented country with liberalisation threatening the survival of emergent local industries.

He said much as trade had important benefits, it could also harm domestic industries if there was a surge in imports that competed directly with local products, He said it was therefore important to advocate

for protection for infant and emerging strategic industries that may require assistance and grow to face competition in the trading blocs.

“This will also give time for technology assimilation in those industries. Protection through high import tariffs also contributes to the treasury,” Mr Sekele said.

He also said non-traditional exports in Zambia remained low, making it difficult for the country to reap the benefits of export earnings and foreign exchange.

He complained that Zambian manufacturers continued to experience several challenges to free trade on account of Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) whilst exporting into SADC and COMESA partner countries.

“Without practical measures to remedy and eliminate the usage of NTBs by trading partner states to enforce the free flow of trade and accord all partners the most favoured national treatment.

“The country sometimes fails to export ban on this account loses out on export earnings and foreign exchange,” Mr Sekele said.

He further said Zambia’s geographical position means that all trading partners have to pass through its borders.

Mr Sekele said different transport routes were utilised as entrance into other countries before reaching the export-destination country.

COMMERCIAL banks are worried about Government schools and tertiary education insistency on actual cash deposit for tuition fees instead of electronic payments, thereby congesting the branches throughout Zambia which is against the five golden rules to fight Covid-19.

The schools are only admitting cash deposit into their school accounts not any other means of payments like electronic fund transfer, says Bankers Association of Zambia Chief Executive Officer, Leonard Mwanza.

Mr Mwanza in an interview complained that the banks were finding it difficult to deal with the current situation, especially at a time when the Covid-19 cases were rising on a daily basis.

“It is not just secondary schools even tertiary institutions such as the bill buster, you have to go into a branch to pay. These are for the University of Zambia and Mulungushi University where you need to visit the branch physically,” he said.

Mr Mwanza said the banks were currently overwhelmed by a number of parents and students that had flooded their branches without practicing social distancing “Parents and children are congesting banks branches and breaking one of the key golden rules in the fight against Covid-19 in terms of social distancing so banks are overwhelmed, creating another super spreader environment in bank branches.

“Children and parents are queuing up impatiently and congesting bank branches so the children, parents and members of staff are all exposed to the overcrowding effects,” he said.

Mr Mwanza had since urged Government to revise its policy and advise all their schools to adopt and admit electronic payment transactions which are available in the market.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Quality management, why do we have so many projects in Zambia with poor quality? It is time to hold those accountable and responsible for quality to task?

management plan the project manager normally specifies the standards and quality measures which will be applicable to the project deliverables and specifies the quality team and their duties. It is important to note here that the quality team is accountable in ensuring that deliverables are fit for purpose.

Quality activities take time hence a good practice will be to schedule them in the project timeline or GANTT chart.

Project manager is responsible for ensuring that quality activities are taking place as scheduled. The professional reputation of the quality team is at stake when defects reach the customers and this must not be allowed.

As the saying goes, you cannot mark your own

homework, therefore the quality team must be independent of the project management team to avoid conflict of interest for obvious reasons. The quality team members must be members of professional bodies to promote good ethics in their work.

They must also possess industry standard qualifications and licences to enable them approve and sign-off project deliverables. Are members

of your quality teams in your projects independent of the project management team? I leave the answer to you. Quality activities cost money because they take time.

Therefore quality activities must be budgeted or accommodated in the project budget.

The cost of quality must be understood and appreciated weighed against the cost of quality conformance versus the cost of quality nonconformance. Just to elaborate a little bit more on quality costs. Quality conformance costs arise from efforts to keep defects from occurring at all and also includes efforts arising from detecting defects via inspection, tests or audits.

Quality non-conformance (Costs

of failure of control) costs arise from defects caught internally which might mean costs of rework or externally where defects actually reach the customers.

When a building collapses, or the newly constructed road, bridge collapses barely some months after

being commissioned? who is to blame? The sponsor?

The project manager? The quality team? Professional ethics? Project management methodology?

The list can go on and on. However in project management best practice the project quality team is accountable for approving deliverables as meeting quality standards stated in the quality management plan.

It is at this point when membership to professional bodies becomes very key and especially in the construction and building industry.

Professional bodies like EIZ, ICTAZ must have teeth in order to make sure that professional members competencies and ethics are constantly upheld and in good standing.

Practicing licenses of engineers and technologists who sign-off defective products must be withdrawn and should suffer penaulties.. The project manager must ensure that members of the quality team are duly qualified, certified and experienced to undertake quality work in projects.

Project manager is responsible in ensuring that planned quality activities are

actually taking place according to project schedule.

Final thoughts, project quality management should identify and document all work that will develop deliverables and spend some time on quality planning identifying the quality standards and how to meet them. Some principles to keep in mind when performing quality management include customer satisfaction, defect prevention (keep errors out of process) over inspection (keep errors away from customers), and continuous improvements. Corporate or programme management responsibility at organizational level Policies ensuring process audits Continuous improvement and investment in quality standard like Total Quality Management (TQM) ISO 9000 or Six Sigma.

At project level ensure that quality processes satisfies customer needs, plan how the quality team will implement project quality policy Lifecycle probably sufficient to reap rewards of quality investment This article was written by Dr Laban Mwansa, MSP®, PMP®, PRINCE2® Practitioner, P2Agile®, COBIT5®, ITIL®.

Laban is a consultant and trainer in project management and specifically trainer/coach in Agile, PMP®, PRINCE2® Practitioner, PRINCE2 Agile® in Zambia, South Africa and Europe for many years. He is also the managing partner of Betaways Innovation Systems and can be reached at: Laban.Mwansa@ betaways-innovations.com . +260975280392 | WhatsApp: +27817029669

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UNPREDICTABLE TAX REGIME TANZANIAN GOLD EXPORT HURTING ECONOMY - EXPERTS

The IMF expects Covid-19 vaccines to be rolled out across most countries by the second half of 2022.

WB commits $12bn for vaccinations in Africa JOHANNESBURG - The World Bank has committed $12 billion to African countries to support vaccination programs across a continent that has not been able to keep pace with developed nations' rollouts.

The World Bank money will be in the form of grants or on "highly concessional terms," said David Malpass, president of the World Bank, in a statement following a virtual meeting in January on the Africa Covid-19 vaccine financing and deployment strategy.

"We're preparing emergency vaccine financing projects in 21 countries in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, Tunisia, Eswatini and Cabo Verde to name a few," said Malpass. "The funds are available now," he said.

The cost of vaccinating 60 percent of Africa's 1.3 billion people would be between $10 billion and $15 billion, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control.

The continent has secured 36 percent of its vaccine

needs, with 25 percent of the doses to come from the Covax initiative and 11 percent from a separate African Union programme, Africa's CDC said. But it’s far behind the rest of the world in terms of acquisition and inoculations, with richer nations having secured the scarce shots early.

"Since the outbreak of Covid-19 last March, the bank has committed $25 billion to African countries to support their health and economic recovery, and we expect to commit an additional $15 billion by June," Malpass said.

"We urge leaders of African countries to move quickly to secure vaccinations for their populations, and to avail themselves of the financing available from us."

South Africa, the continent’s most industrialised nation, is one country that didn't move quickly to secure vaccines.

The first doses are due to arrive this month after widespread criticism of the government’s failure to sign bilateral agreements with drug makers in 2020.

– BLOOMBERG NEWS.

Washington says it’s ready to engage on WTO reform GENEVA - The United States is committed to “positive, constructive and active engagement” with all members of the World Trade Organisation on reforming the body and is actively considering who to choose as its next chief, a U.S. official has said.

The comments by David Bisbee, charge d’affaires at the U.S. mission to the WTO, are an early sign of how U.S. President Joe Biden plans to approach the global trade body and appeared to be in sharp contrast with the stance of ex-president Donald Trump, whose actions paralysed some of its workings.

“The United States stands ready to engage on all of these difficult issues,” Bisbee told a virtual informal WTO ministerial gathering in place of the annual Davos meeting.

The 164-member WTO has gone for months without a director-general after the Trump administration rejected a candidate from Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, selected as the first woman and first African to lead the body by a WTO panel.

Its top appeals body that arbitrates on global trade disputes is also inoperable because the former U.S. administration refused judge appointments, accusing the body of overstepping its mandate and making unjustified trade rules.

Trump, a strong advocate of “America First” unilateral action, had described the WTO as “horrible” and biased towards China.

Biden, who took office last month and favours a more multilateral approach in diplomacy, has still to get his choice of U.S. trade chief, Katherine Tai, approved by Congress. – REUTERS.

EARNINGS RISE 34% IN N 2020 ON HIGHER PRICES AIROBI -THE government’s frequent introduction of new taxes and failure to develop a proper tax policy framework is hurting the economy more and risks raising inflation and driving away investors to neighbouring countries.

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turnover of at least Sh50 million to pay one per cent of the annual gross turnover as the Minimum Tax. Players have argued that the tax will push product costs up, risking a cost-led inflation in the country, besides locking out potential foreign investors.

“It’s an additional, unnecessary double taxation. Raw margin sectors will be forced in one way or another to increase their margins so that they can be able to take care of the Minimum Tax. The margins that have been placed will be pushed to the consumers,” said Mr Job Wanjohi, from the Kenya Association of Manufacturers.

Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) chief executive Kwame Owino says Kenya lacks an appropriate tax policy, despite the fact that the public debt continues to eat more into the tax revenues.

Mr Owino also faulted Parliament for failing to block some of the badly structured tax laws that end up hurting the economy.- DAILY NATION KENYA

SARB governor Lesetja Kganyago sees room for stimulus in reaction to possible third wave of Covid-19 JOHANNESBURG - The South African Reserve Bank has room to provide stimulus in the event of a third wave of coronavirus infections, according to Governor Lesetja Kganyago.

"To the extent that there is a third wave that could hit South Africa and hit its economic activity, we have got the scope to respond," Kganyago said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. "But that all depends on the data that we would see when the third wave sets in - if it does come in."

The monetary policy committee last week left the key rate at a record low 3.5 percent for a third straight meeting and signaled that tightening may start sooner than previously indicated.

That's even as the country is battling a second wave of infections, after detecting a more infectious strain of the virus known as 501.V2.

While the central bank flagged the risk of a third wave of infections, Kganyago said that monetary policy doesn't respond to disease but rather to the fallout of infections on economic activity.

He said he hoped that the country's vaccination program would have been rolled out by winter, helping to avert another Lesetja Kganyago wave of infections.

While South Africa's first vaccinations are due to arrive in behind its trading partners.

"You can't vaccinate one part February, it and most other African nations have been slow to of the world and hope that the procure shots, raising fears that world will be safe," Kganyago the continent's recovery will lag said.

"We are facing a humanitarian crisis and it is important that governments roll out the vaccination programme as quickly as possible for the benefit of the global community."

The bank projects that South Africa's economy will return to growth in 2021 and raised its forecast despite the reintroduction of restrictions to curb the second wave of the pandemic.

It sees gross domestic product expanding by 3.6 percent this year, well above the International Monetary Fund's growth estimate of 2.8 percent.

The implied policy rate path of the central bank's quarterly projection model indicates two increases of 25 basis points in the second and third quarters of 2021. – BLOOMBERG NEWS.

GDI gets five-year tax exemption HARARE - Great Dyke Investments (GDI), which is developing a platinum mining project in Darwendale, Mashonaland West province, has been granted a five-year tax exemption by the Government.

The mining entity is a joint venture between Russia’s Vi Holdings and Zimbabwe’s Landela Mining Venture (Pvt) Limited and is investing US$3 billion into the platinum project.

According to a Government Gazette Extraordinary dated January 27, 2021, Finance and Economic Development Min-

ister Professor Mthuli Ncube, granted the exemption in terms of the Income Tax Act (Chapter 23:06).

“This notice may be cited as the Income Tax (exemption from income tax) (Great Dyke Investments (Private) Limited notice, 2021.

Recently, GDI announced that the African Export-Import Bank (AfreximBank) completed a due diligence study for the platinum project paving way for the regional financier to proceed with a US$500 million syndicated funding programme.

The mining firms has also said the first phase of the new platinum mine on the Darwendale concessions was on course.

Towards the end of last year, GDI announced that over US$25 million had been spent in the development of the mines and a total of US$110 million had been invested.

Under the first phase, GDI is expected to develop two mines, a concentrator, engineering workshops, storerooms, staff change rooms, portal offices and fuel storage.

– THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

Professor Mthuli Ncube

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KAZALA IS ABUSING MY NAME Dear editor, HAVING taken time to watch and analyze the contents of a video message created and distributed by Former Deputy Minister in the MMD administration Mr Richard Kazala, I have drawn a few conclusions which I wish to share. As a citizen of this great nation, Mr Kazala has every right to express himself and hope to be listened to. He also has a right to claim a share of the national cake, just like every other citizen.

However, the privilege that Mr Kazala does not have is to drag individuals and state institutions in his predicament. Mr Kazala claims that I influenced the loss of his business opportunities in some mining operations in the North Western Province, a claim that he knows he cannot substantiate. In the process of validating his claims, Mr Kazala ends up spewing remarks laced with racial undertones. It should be stated that Zambia has always embraced different races to live and work in Zambia since the nation was founded in 1964.

We have Zambians of Asian origins who we have lived with for decades, we also have Zambians who are descendants of Europe who have lived here for so many years and they have every right to

be called Zambians and participate in the economic activities in Zambia. It is therefore shameful that a man who once worked in a senior government position can record a video of himself attempting to justify why Zambians with a lighter skin tone should not be given business opportunities. It is a known fact that Mr Kazala had dominated and to an extent almost monopolized the Copper hauling sector on the Copperbelt and North Western Provinces.

Using his proximity to power, Mr Kazala had mopped up almost all the contracts to haul Copper and other minerals and in the process accumulated a lot of wealth. It is therefore an act of selfishness for Mr. Kazala to attempt to denounce the same process and institutions that have enabled him to make the money he has made. Zambia is for us all and if opportunities to make money arise, all Zambians should be allowed to participate with no considerations on the colour of the skin.

It is undeniable that His Excellency President Edgar Lungu has always preached on the need to increase the level of beneficiation for local Zambians from our mineral resources. All the key mining policy measures taken since he assumed the Presidency bear testimony to

the fact that President Lungu wants Zambians to benefit more and play a key role in the mineral value chain. Mr Kazala is therefore shooting in the dark when he links President Lungu to his current personal frustrations. As a citizen, Mr Kazala has every right to engage State House but for someone who served as a Deputy Minister, he should know better how His Excellency President Lungu could be engaged and that does not include recording a video message whilst with your drink buddies cheering you on. The Zambian government has well established processes of engagement which I believe Mr Kazala fully understands having served as Deputy Minister.

Yes, I can be a very action oriented public servant but that does not mean I should be the one to sort out issues happening in other Ministries and Provinces where I do not hold jurisdiction. Kalumbila or Solwezi Mines where the contract was allegedly terminated from is overseen by a Provincial Minister for North Western Province and I am Minister for Lusaka Province. If Mr Kazala’s lamentations were coming from a good place, he would have at least engaged the Minister in that Province or forwarded his complaint to Minister of

Mines, or Labour or indeed Commerce and Trade.

The other painful truth is that Covid-19 has wreaked havoc across all sectors.

Millions have lost jobs globally and President Lungu’s has acted decisively to avert serious job losses in Zambia.

President Lungu has introduced a wide ranging stimulus package that has protected a large number of working Zambians and the 200 jobs Mr Kazala is claiming have been lost represent a small fraction compared to the millions that been safeguarded during this pandemic.

My message is that Mr Kazala should refrain from using my name in vain. He is not my friend and he has never been. He never taught me politics as he claims in the video. Granted, we were all members of the MMD but he was never my boss as I never reported directly to him. Of the two, Mr George Chulumanda has every right to say that I worked with him unlike Mr Kazala. Mr Kazala should also stop dragging the name and the office of the President into his perceived misery. The President has a big task of representing and protecting over 18 million Zambia and Mr Kazala only happens to be one of the over 18 million.

BOWMAN LUSAMBO

Our collective allegiance is to zambia first and foremost- ECL's spirit Dear editor, WE are already in a politically charged season and evidently various people will retain the liberty to flex their political six pack and join the battle front.

Usually in some instances, some politicians will use every means possible including underhand methods or ulterior motives to acquire the mandate of the people to rule. In some instance, others will go to great lengths of either using hook or crook, ballot or bullet. Evidently, national values and principles will be under siege and seek refuge at the mercy of few Zambians who will resist that temptation.

While declaring the national day of prayers at the gathering he attended on 17th October, 2015, President Lungu had courageously put it (in paraphrase) as follows; "Let us identify ourselves as Zambian first and foremost, before we begin to divide ourselves before we begin to divide ourselves into politics, region, color.........."

In this write up, we thought of reflecting on this inspirational note from President Lungu he made six years ago as it is still fresh in our thoughts.

We can discern and listen from this whisper from President Lungu and appreciate the importance of our belonging to Zambia. This should constantly remind us that our primary belonging is to the nation of Zambia while our secondary allegiance lies to our respective sectoral groups or interests. This entails the pursuit of our right to participate in public affairs including political activities, we are naturally bound to defend the identity of the nation.

As we count down to the polls, we should be wary on the invisible hands that is determined to alter the identity of what our forefathers have perpetually protected.

It is in this vain, that the framers of the constitution did not want to leave anything to chance but seal the loop holes with potential to undermine the identity of the nation. Under Article, there are inscribed national values and principles which inter alia includes "morality."

Therefore, the political players must ensure their affiliation is not inappropriate and their interests are in tandem with the inviolable and sacrosanct norms that collectively define our Zambian society.

This can be achieved if we don't take politics as a matter of life and death to substitute our efforts to better Zambia.

To express it in a practical way, there are few examples which can be adduced. For instance, the fate of the workers at Mopani Copper Mines was uncertain than and the

future of the workers was literally grinding to a halt since the the majority owners were threatening to put the mine under care and maintenance.

The protectionist approach was unavoidable and necessary to rescue the workers who were facing life on the streets. The Government in its wisdom deemed it fit to acquire the 90% shares to allow for continuity and transition for possible equity partner. However, our colleagues overlooked the greater national picture and put on political lenses and criticized the progressive move.

Like we have always emphasized, patriotism demands objectivity on national matters.

A classic example is the operation of law enforcement agencies and other institutions that are part of the justice delivery system. When the police or indeed the judiciary makes a decision against those in power or those perceived to be aligned to them, they cheer it without any objection that the rule of law thrives.

On the other hand, if the same proportional action is taken against them, there is evident resent and they throw mud and link the ruling party to their own troubles with the law. This shows their chronic desire for personal liberty over that of the nation. It is ostensibly clearly the chaotic nature of some cross section of people in society cannot let national interest prevail over expectations.

As all political parties wage and renew rivalry toward our democratic calendar set for August, 2021, our primacy should be Zambia.

On our side as sympathizers of President Lungu and PF, we have taken his counsel seriously and our conscious reminds us not to betray him.

The best interests of the nation should always prevail.

To our colleagues on the left, our sincere hope is not to let our insatiable appetite for power be a medium for national destruction.

All our objectives is to serve our country to the best of our ability thus our rivalry should end on ideological and intellectual interrogation. We should not reduce our difference in opinion to be settled through fist and fury or simply put it; by physical means.

As active political players, let us take responsibility to ensure those we influence do not undermine the inherent values which are the building blocks for our nation.

We end by reciting the quote from President Edgar Chagwa Lungu on 18th October, 2015 in the show grounds as he addressed the worshippers, "let's identify ourselves as Zambians first and foremost, before we begin to divide ourselves into politics, region, color..........."

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI. YOUTH RIGHTS ACTIVIST. LUSAKA.

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ADVANTAGES OF DRAFT ANIMALS

BY MAKELI PHIRI

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AN is getting weaker by the day our days are actually numbered we cannot live as long as the biblical characters. Because of the reduction in the number of years it means we have to work hard to achieve or attain certain assignment while still alive.

As farmers and so we are meant to be. In our weak state we need additional labour to have things done and accomplished especially in the farming circles. Some farmers cannot afford to have a tractor or any other equipment to help them sort out their labour issues in their farming activities. They may have animals especially cattle. A pregnant cow has a 50 – 50 chance of delivering a male calf. It is this calf or calves that we have to

look at in terms of alternative labour. Yes, it can be fattened for the market or trained for the purpose of work on the farm. This is what we can refer to as “draft animal”. Draft animals are meant to be used for various activities on the farm.

They are used for transport, plowing planting and many other farming operations in and around the farm mostly field activities substituting human labour. Draft animals can either be cattle (oxen these are castrated males) or they can be donkeys.

Draft animals are very important on and around the farm for reasons given above.

They are the alternative farm power. If a farmer cannot afford mechanical power like tractors. Therefore livestock power in the form of oxenization or in short animal draft power. This can fall on either side be it oxen or donkeys.

Donkeys are the strongest draft animals, but in our case our farmers may prefer oxen the reason being that after their useful life they can be slaughtered and the meat sold, eaten or exchanged with other needy items by the families.

To have useful and reliable draft animals it must start with the selection. This is possible when the farmer has a reasonable herd size from which to select. This because not all cattle or donkey makes a good draft animal. However, this would also depend on how the animals have been brought up through feeding during the time they were

young, their health status at the time of selection equally their physical condition.

Sometime the farmer can go a bit further in terms of breed. He would want to know what type of animal or breed do better in terms of training and hard work.

Therefore, from any locality it best to select from the locally bred animals in other words indigenous. They should be of reasonable weight or age for the sake of training. Health wise, they should not be lame, blind or suffering from major diseases. Behavior, this has to do with temperament, and how it responds to its surroundings.

For proper training of such draft animals, the farmer must spend much time with the animal so that it is able to grasp instructions as a draft animal. If no ample or quality time is spent the animal would end up a poorly trained animal and it will be difficult to use. This would lead to women and children avoid using such animals for farm work. In addition, such animals would require more people to control when carrying out farming activities that may be taking place.

Training draft animals need people who are experienced

in this activity. People who have trained animals before, they should be called upon to help with good training arrangements with training aids where necessary e.g. ropes.

TRAINING

For proper training of such draft animals, the farmer must

spend much time with the animal so that it is able to grasp instructions as a draft animal. If no ample or quality time is spent the animal would end up a poorly trained animal and it will be difficult to use.

It is equally important that animals that would be used as work animals must be fed properly because this makes a difference in how the animal would perform. Therefore, proper feeding is more than sending the animal for grazing. Animals also require different type of feed for growth and maintenance, produc-

tion and reproduction and protection. Because of this, animals need they should be availed energy foods for them to perform the required activities. Hence, carbohydrate foods such as grains in the form of maize can be given to them and leafy fodder crops.

Molasses if access is available it can be given or used to feed the animals as one of the main source of carbohydrate.

Shortage of proteins in any feed would render animals to be very weak. The absence of this would make the animal lose weight and have a lowered resistance to disease. It is important to fed such animals with legume fodder crops and also oil seed products such as sunflower and groundnuts.

Further, for the animal to perform well they must be availed with necessary minerals which should be in cooperated in their feed. Minerals play a very important role or functions in the animal’s body especially the skeletal structure. Minerals give rigidity and strength. Working animals should always be given these minerals in the form of salt. Animals lose salt through sweating when they are working therefore, this must be replaced.

Vitamins cannot be left they are equally important although they are needed in small quantities. However, it through grazing that they would be able to get the required vitamins. It is abundant during this time of year when there is plenty of green herbage. From this fresh feedstuff they are unlikely to suffer vitamin deficiency.

As long as farmers have draft animals the issue of labour on their farms especially among the rural farming communities would be solved. Other members of the families can be deployed to other small tasks to increase food production and more food for other people. Man indeed has to have alternative labour in the form of animal draft power.

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BUMPER HARVEST IN LUFWANYAMA

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HIEFTAINESS Shimukunami of the Lamba people of Lufwanyama has predicted that the district will produce a bumper harvest during the 2020/21 farming season owing to the timely delivery of inputs.

The traditional leader said the timely delivery of inputs

by Nyimba Investment Limited was in line with the presidential directive to ensure that farming inputs reached the farmers before the planting season.

Chieftainess Shimukunami was speaking at the weekend when Nyimba Investments Head-Sales and Marketing Manager Willings Mulendema paid a courtesy call on her.

Mr Mulendema was in the area to inspect the yield from beneficiaries of the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) for the season.

next season so that the good works continue for the benefit of the farmers,” said chieftainess Shimukunami.

And Mr Mulendema said Nyimba would not want to fail the government by not delivering inputs on time.

He said Nyimba has realised that the government was serious about diversifying the economy and would there-

fore ensure that it plays its role of delivering inputs early.

He said Nyimba has already started procuring inputs for

the 2021/22 farming season and the stocks were currently in the main warehouse in Lusaka.

PUBLIC NOTICE CALL FOR PAPERS: BANK OF ZAMBIA WORKING PAPER SERIES Chieftainess shimukunami “We are expecting a bumper harvest and this can be seen from the way the maize fields for the farmers are looking and this includes my field.

The maize really looks promising. We are sure that we are going to have a bumper harvest,” the traditional leader said.

During the 2020/21 farming season, the area did not record any complaints from farmers in as far as the distribution of inputs was concerned.

The traditional leader said even in the wake of the covid-19, the beneficiaries as well as officials from the supplying companies adhered to the health guidelines as stipulated by the ministry of Health.

She said Nyimba was in a way supporting the government’s efforts of diversifying the country’s economy from copper mining to agriculture.

“The job that Nyimba did was not easy as you really supplemented the government’s effort. You did a great job on behalf of the people of Zambia. All our farness received the inputs on time and there were no complaints,” she said.

The traditional leader said it was her desire that during the 2021/22 farming season the government engages Nyimba so that the works for the 2020/21 season could be replicated.

“I would love that the government picks on you for the

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GWEMBE ANTICIPATES ECONOMIC BOOM G WEMBE district in Sothern Province is poised for an economic boom resulting from various government interventions seeking to fully exploit the resource endowment.

District Commissioner, Timothy Siakaziba, says the government has created a conducive environment in Gwembe that is now attracting investors both local and foreign, to invest in energy and mining as well as fisheries on lake Kariba.

Mr. Siakaziba has disclosed that a number of investors have already been to the dis-

trict to assess the investment opportunities with many of them indicating their readiness to invest in the area.

He told ZANIS in Gwembe that the valley district is endowed with vast deposits of core and that an investor is finalizing formalities to begin mining. The District Commissioner said the investor has also shown willingness to partner with the government to upgrade the Chisekesi-Munyumbwe road to bituminous standard, saying once this is done the new road will open up the valley district to more development.

Mr. Siakaziba also disclosed that a number of investors want to invest in fish farming on lake Kariba while others would like to invest in tourism along lake frontage. – ZANIS.

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Dream comes true for Chifwani concept THE distribution of cassava cuttings to small scale farmers under the Chifwani Concept project has commenced in Senior Chief Mwamba's chiefdom of Kasama District in Northern Province.

A check by ZANIS found farmers obtaining the cuttings of Mwelu cassava variety sourced by the Chifwani Concepts with support from Zambia's Ambassador to Ethiopia, Emmanuel Mwamba.

And farmers talked to have thanked Mr. Mwamba for spearheading the project.

The farmers said the project will improve their livelihoods.

And Ambassador Mwamba has expressed happiness at the positive response by farmers.

He said his project will coordinate and scale up cassava farming in other areas where similar interests have been shown.

Mr. Mwamba noted that the Chifwani Concepts will help grow exponentially the cassava farming and also help to source markets for farmers.

He added that the project will rapidly help change the livelihoods

of rural communities and give them reliable income.

Mr. Mwamba revealed that the Chifwani Concepts has entered into agreements with the country's biggest commercial buyers of cassava.

"As part of establishing market linkages for smallholder cassava farmers under his Chifwani Concepts launched in Northern Province, we will closely work with stakeholders in the cassava sub-sector to scale up cassava production and help in food and income security in rural communities," he said. - ZANIS

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‘Support education sector’

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

IT is important for various organisations to pool resources and invest in education or help institutions in this important sector, the Kitwe Round Table number two has said.

The Round Table, therefore, attaches great importance in the education as well as the well-being of vulnerable and disabled children in the community.

Organisation Chairman, Nathan Kazembe, said the organization placed at heart

needs of the vulnerable especially children in the community.

Mr Kazembe said the Kitwe Round Table would continue to interacting with the community and identifying where help was required.

The Chairman was speaking during the donation 31 × 20 litres and 30 x 5 litres of paint worth K15,000 to Rokana Primary School.

Also donated were assorted items including food stuffs worth over K10, 000 to Ukwashu Wa Nzambi and BenDoree children’s homes with disabilities at the weekend.

And organisation Project Convener, Albert Chingobe, said the donations were made using proceeds from the fundraising golf tournament held last year.

Meanwhile, Ukwashu Wa Nzambi children’s home with disability Executive Director, Joyce Mutembu, said the donation would go a long way in taking care of the many children with disabilities.

COME BACK HOME, FORMER PF MEMBERS URGED

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

PF Copperbelt Chairman Nathan Chanda has urged all that left the party to emulate former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary General Mwenya Musenge to rejoin the ruling party.

He said the old members were free to go back to the ruling party which he described as their home.

Mr Chanda who described the party as the most attractive said the leadership was more than ready to welcome those that would want to rejoin.

He was speaking when Mr Musenge and other former NDC members paid a courtesy call on him.

“This is your home and no place is better than home. Just feel free by writing to the Secretary General for

re-admission in the party using the same platform when you left and work with the structures,” he said.

Mr Chanda described the decision Mr Musenge made as wise and long overdue.

Meanwhile, Mr Musenge commended the provincial leadership for trying by all means to re-unite the party members in the province.

Mr Musenge said the leadership led

by Mr Chanda made the party in the province grow and become attractive.

“You are really a good servant of President Edgar Lungu and the PF Party. Iam also grateful for the works that the party is working on in the province,” he said.

Mr Musenge said the PF party had political stability stating that it was also evident that the party and the head of state provided unmatched leadership.

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By ROGERS KALERO PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Kamfinsa constituency aspiring candidate Kelvin Chipili is to spend a total of K27,000 on a chicken rearing project to empower a group of women in Mulenga township of Kitwe who are popularly known as Ndosha because of the help they give during funerals Mr Chipili said the chicken rearing project came up after the women met him during one of the funerals in the sprawling township In an interview in Kitwe at the weekend, the aspiring candidate said he had decided to support the women group with K27,000 for the chicken rearing project because he was in support of the idea to help funerals and the sick ones.

“I met the Group of women called Ndosha Group in Mulenga Compound in Ndeke Ward of Kamfinsa Constituency. This Ndosha Group is working within Mulenga Community to

help funerals, the sick ones to mention but a few.

“The Group requested me for an empowerment that will help them boast their works. One project which came up was the chicken rearing project. They already have a chicken run and for me, I will give them K27,000 to see how the project will go,’’Mr Chipili said.

Mr Chipili said quality leadership was not about propaganda and mudslinging, but it is about good character and finding solutions to the various challenges and problems in various parts of the communities in the constituency He said, in his aspirations to become Kamfinsa MP, he has been more focused on meeting the people on the ground as opposed to witch-hunting “We are aware that some aspiring candidates are going as far as sleeping in grave yards to get Kamfinsa, but that will not unsettle me. No, I believe in hard work. ‘’I don’t believe in witch hunting, deceit and character assassination, but I believe in

hard work, humility, respect for other people. Am a christian who seeks God’s guidance through prayers and respect for authority,’’ he said Mr Chipili said once elected as Kamfinsa MP, he was determined to deal with the various issues facing the constituency and youth empowerment problems among other issues facing the constituency “Kamfinsa constituency has a lot of challenges and problems hence it is important that whoever is aspiring for the constituency dwells much on how best he will deal with those problems than other things which may promote division in the party “Aspiring candidates must explain to the electorate their capacity to deliver. It is known that good leaders ought to have two things which are a good character and a strategy to help those in need. If one of the two be absent it should not be the character of a man, because this is his true nature,’’ he said

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LSTONE WOMEN CRY FOR EMPOWERMENT B

By ANDREW MUKOMA

LESSINGS and Tusole women's group in Livingstone have appealed for empowerment from Government and from cooperating partners.

The two groups which are engaged in chicken rearing are appealing funds under Government's women empowerment to grow their businesses.

In an interview with the Daily Nation in Livingstone, Idah Sitenge of Blessings said that despite the business being viable, her group was struggling to purchase feed for the chickens.

Ms Sitenge said as a result of that her group was struggling to stay afloat.

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She explained that during the start of the project all was well but slowly as demand went up, the pressure caught up with them.

"When we started this project everything was going on well but currently we have a challenge in terms of funds to buy the feed. So we are appealing to the government to empower us through the ongoing women empowerment program," she said.

And Christine Makungu the founder on the two groups echoed Ms Sitenge's cry for empowerment.

Ms Makungu said that the little profit the women have been making from the chicken sales was sustaining their families.

Gwembe receives K2 Million to battle Covid-19 GOVERNMENT through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) has released Two Million Kwacha towards strengthening surveillance and prevention of COVID19 in Gwembe district, Southern Province.

Gwembe is one of the districts in the Province that has been hit hard by the pandemic with more than 100 accumulative cases.

ZANIS reports that Gwembe District COVID-19, Planning Coordinator, Lucy Zulu , said the funds would go towards preventive,

strengthening and surveillance in public places as well as putting measures at crossing points.

Ms Zulu who also doubles as District Administrative Officer, has since urged the COVID19 Committee members, to be proactive in fighting the pandemic before the virus causes havoc in the district.

"We have Two Million Kwacha towards the fight against the pandemic, therefore, l urge you Committee members to be proactive if we have to win this battle ," she said.- ZANIS

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LUSAKA CITY COUNCIL CITY OF LUSAKA PLANNING AUTHORITY THE URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACT No. 3, SECTION 53(2) OF 2015 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Grace Mwenya Zimba of Lusaka intends to apply for planning permission for a Change of Land use from Agricultural to Commercial (Shops) on Sub S of Lot 15144/M, Libala South, Lusaka. The plot measures approximately 3216 Square Meters in extent.

The application may be viewed at the Office of the Town Clerk of Lusaka City Council; P. O Box 30077, Lusaka and submissions or observations on the application may be made to the planning authority without charge. Submissions or observations must be in writing and made within the period of 30 days beginning on the first date of the period for the publication of this notice being 1st February, 2021 and ending on 2nd March, 2021.

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File Photo: (Right) PF Livingstone Constituency Youth Chairman Ikuka Muleta

PF wants disciplined youths

By ANDREW MUKOMA THE Patriotic Front (PF) in Livingstone has urged youths to be disciplined and guard against crime and immoral behavior that could jeopardize their future.

PF Livingstone Constituency Youth Chairman Ikuka Muleta noted the future of the country rested on the youths hence it was necessary for them to grow up with a sense of discipline.

Mr Ikuka asked young people to desist from vices such as beer drinking, crime and substance abuse.

He was speaking at the Southern Province Armature Boxing Tournament held at the Yard Entertainment Centre in Livingstone on Saturday night in the Company of Livingstone Constituency Parliamentary aspirant Namakau Sianga.

The constituency chairman said majority of the crimes committed by the youth was as a result of drug abuse.

“Parents and guardians need to nurture their children into responsible people as they grow before they regret the consequences of their bad behavior,� he said.

He said youths should value themselves and never allow any politician to use them in this year's general elections.

And Ms Sianga described boxing as one of the sport which was a unifying factor in society.

Ms Sianga pledged to continue supporting boxing and other sport activities in the province as it brings people of different religions, tribe and believes together.

She encouraged everyone to support sport whenever they have time and further encourage young people to stake sport as an activity that can change their lives.

The tournament had 25 bouts in total drawing from eight clubs clubs from Livingstone, Choma, Monze, Maamba and Mazabuka.

LUSAKA CITY COUNCIL CITY OF LUSAKA PLANNING AUTHORITY THE URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING ACT No. 3, SECTION 53(2) OF 2015 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC KENNEDY MPHANDE of STAND No SUB 28 OF FARM 1751, MAKENI, IN LUSAKA intends to apply for planning permission for Change of Land Use from AGRICULTURAL to MIXED USE comprising of A COMMERCIAL BLOCK AND TRUCK FREIGHT on STAND No SUB 28 OF FARM 1751 MAKENI ALONG LINDA ROAD, LUSAKA. The stand measures approximately 1.1404 Hectares in extent.

The application may be viewed at the Office of The Town Clerk of Lusaka City Council P.O Box 30077, Lusaka and submissions or observations on the application may be made to the planning authority without charge. Submissions or observations must be in writing and made within the period of 30 days beginning on the first date of the period for the publication of this notice being 1st February, 2021 and ending on 2nd March, 2021.

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7 KILLED, 28 INJURED AS ANGOLAN POLICE CONFRONT PROTESTERS

SEVEN people were killed and 28 injured in Angola on Saturday as police quelled protests in Lunda Norte province, 656km north of the capital, Luanda.

The incident took place in Cafunfu village, Cuango Municipality.

In a statement, however, the police service said it foiled an armed rebellion, organised by 300 members of the Lunda Tchokwe Protectorate Movement (LTPM), in self-defence.

The police officers accused the demonstrators of attacking a police station in order to raise the movement’s flag.

LTPM’s head, José Mateus Zecamutchima, rejected the claim of an armed rebellion, saying it was a peaceful and orderly demonstration agitating for talks with the government about the region’s autonomy.

“The killing of seven demonstrators and the injuring of 28 others is a barbarous and cowardly act,” he said. LTPM, a political group set up in 2007, seeks the administrative and financial autonomy of the former Tchokwe Kingdom, which comprises the provinces of Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Moxico

Police officers are seen during an anti-government demonstration on the day of independence in Luanda, Angola and Kuando Kubango.

Angola has extensive diamond reserves (estimated at 180 million carats), especially in the provinces of Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul in its north eastern region.

In 2007, the group sent its manifesto to the then President

José Eduardo dos Santos asking for discussions on autonomy, but there was no feedback.

In 2017, the US Department of State, in its ‘Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Angola, noted that LTPM members held several protests

that year in a demand for autonomy.

It added that the government at times arbitrarily restricted the activities of associations it considered subversive by refusing to grant permits for organised activities.

-Daily Nation/Kenya

Central African Republic’s SA’s first Covid-19 vaccine shipment capital in ‘apocalyptic takes flight situation’ as rebels close in THE situation in the Central African Republic’s (CAR) capital of Bangui is “apocalyptic” as rebels encircle the city, a former prime minister says.

Martin Ziguélé said there was daily fighting across the country and that he couldn’t leave Bangui without an armed escort.

The UN says more than 200,000 people have fled their homes since the conflict erupted last month.

Rebel forces now control two-thirds of the country.

The CAR is one of Africa’s poorest and most unstable countries, even though it is rich in resources such as diamonds and uranium. The UN estimates that about half the population is dependent on humanitarian aid.

Rebel forces now surrounding Bangui dispute the validity of President Faustin Archange Touadéra’s reelection in December and want to see him ousted.

The city is being defended by government forces backed by UN, Russian and Rwandan troops. A state of emergency was declared earlier this month.

Mr Ziguélé, who came third in the poll, said everyone’s focus was on keeping the main supply route between Bangui and eastern Cameroon open.

“I cannot leave Bangui... without a heavily armed army escort,” he told Reuters news agency by phone. “Imagine, then, the population. Add the curfew and the state of emergency - it is really an apocalyptic situation,” he added. - BBC

Cape Town - The first shipment of 1 million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) left the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on Sunday.

According to the Department of Interbational Relations and Cooperation, the Consul-General of South African in Mumbai, Andrea Kühn and members of the Consulate were in attendance “to extend South Africa’s deep appreciation to the exceptional and professional support rendered by the government of India, the SII, Mumbai International Airport Cargo, Expo Freight Private Limited (EFL) and Emirates Airline”.

“This milestone highlighted the solid relations and deep friendship that exist between South Africa and India and further consolidated the cooperation between our two countries in the fight against the spread of the global pandemic,” Dirco said.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, developed by the Oxford University and AstraZeneca and produced by the

Serum Institute of India, will travel via Dubai, and arrive in South Africa on Monday.

He said that the vaccines would first have to go through strict quality assurance and stock control over a period of 10 to 14 days, before they are distributed across the country’s nine provinces. Healthcare workers will be first to receive the vaccine. The first doses of the vaccine are arriving at the time the South Africa is battling a second wave.

The cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in the country on Saturday stood at 1 449 236 and the death toll at 43 951. - IOL

Trump’s impeachment lawyers leave his team: US media WASHINGTON - Several of former US president Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers have left his team a little over a week before his trial, US media reported Saturday.

CNN cited unnamed sources as saying that five lawyers — including two who were thought to be leading the team — had parted ways with the Republican billionaire after disagreeing over his legal strategy.

Trump had wanted the lawyers to continue his baseless claims of mass election fraud rather than focus on the legality of convicting a president after he has left office, CNN said, adding that he was “not receptive” to discussion.

The lawyers included Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, expected to lead Trump’s defence, CNN and other outlets reported, saying it had been a “mutual decision.”

“We have done much work, but have not made a final decision on our legal team, which will be made shortly,” tweeted Trump advisor Jason Miller in response to the reports.

The development leaves Trump, who has reportedly been struggling to form a defence ahead of his historic second impeachment trial over the ransacking of the US Capitol this month, facing new hurdles with just days to go.

However, even with his

legal team in chaos he looks increasingly likely to dodge conviction.

Nearly all senators from his party have signalled opposition to his trial and fuelled efforts to censure him instead. The trial — in which Trump faces a charge of “incitement of insurrection” — will begin on February 9.

But with just five Republicans joining all 50 Democrats this week in agreeing that the trial should go forward, it appears unlikely that 17 Republicans would vote against Trump, the minimum number needed to reach the two-thirds threshold for conviction.

A censure would be less severe than expulsion but is a formal statement of disapproval.

It would still need 10 Republicans to go along in order to overcome any blocking tactics set out by Trump loyalists.

While a conviction would lead to a simple-majority vote on whether to bar Trump from holding any future public office, a censure resolution carries no such trigger.

That would leave the door open for Trump to run again in 2024, a prospect that a significant portion of Republicans now support, despite the deadly storming of the Capitol on January 6 by a mob of pro-Trump extremists in an effort to overturn the results of the election.

--Daily Nation/Kenya

Main opposition to boycott Republic of Congo elections Brazzaville - The Republic of Congo's main opposition party will boycott the March 21 elections in which President Denis Sassou Nguesso, in power for decades, is running for reelection.

The 77-year-old has held office for a total of 36 years, making him one of the longest-serving leaders in the world and head of a deeply poor nation.

The holding of the presidential election "must not divide us as it has done in the past", said Pascal Tsaty Mabiala, first secretary of the opposition group Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (Upads).

"We have unanimously decided not to take part in it, either directly, or by a proxy candidate," he added.

Upads — the group of former president Pascal Lissouba, who died in France last August — is the only opposition party to have a parliamentary group in the current national assembly.

Lissouba was overthrown in a brief civil war in 1997 by Sassou Nguesso, who had lost the country’s first multiparty elections in 1992.

In 2015, the country staged a referendum on removing a 70-year age limit and a ban on presidents serving more than two terms.

The move paved the way

for Sassou Nguesso to secure a third term in 2016 elections that were marred by bloodshed and claims of fraud.

His rivals, former general Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko and ex-minister Andre Okombi Salissa, disputed the results.

They were arrested, put on trial and each handed 20 years in jail on charges of undermining state security.

The country is in the grip of a deep economic crisis, triggered by the slump in oil prices but worsened by longstanding debt and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

-Daily Nation/Kenya

The Republic of Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso, 77, who has held office for a total of 36 years,

Monday 1 February, 2021

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THE EVOLUTION OF THE FILLING STATION “The best designs are yet to come�

By JOHNSTONE CHIKWANDA

Saturday 25 April, 2020

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NE of the most amazing technological changes in the oil industry has been the evolution of the filling station; also called gas station or simply petrol station depending on the country of jurisdiction.

In the beginning, there were no filling stations as we know them today. Fuel was sold in small tins at pharmacies, hardware shops, black smith shops and some motels and filled in the automobile by the customer.

At that time, it was inconceivable to imagine that one day, we shall have a filling station as we have today.

From buying prepacked fuel in small cans, an evolution started. The filling station has evolved not just from an architectural design point of view but also from selling fuel only to a full service station status; one which sells fuel, lubricants, battery water, coolant and has a convenience shop.

Not only that but has also got tyre pressure facilities, ATMs and electronic payment facilities. Full service station simply means full service station. If it does not have what constitutes a full service station, it is a partial service station.

Fuel was initially sold in cans at pharmacies, black smith shops and hardware shops

History of the filling station-19th century

The history of the filling station, between 19th and early 20th centuries

NP Gas Station, Spain was also voted in the top 10. Design concept of canopy-soaring birds

From historical images to the 21st images of the modern filling station, it is clear that the best design is yet to come. Designing something outstanding does not necessarily mean investing too much money. It must be designed around a certain unique concept. Some concepts can be basic but yet outstanding and unique.

I have seen concepts which look mushrooms before. In Zambia, the most used shape is the rectangular standard shape; not sure which concept was relied upon to arrive at a rectangular shape but some look really good.

The fact that the most used shape at filling stations in Zambia is the rectangular canopy

does not mean that this is the only canopy type which we can come up with. We can come up with extra ordinary canopies and overall filling station design never seen before yet at an affordable cost. It is all about creativity. May be we have not just pushed each other much or allowed innovative concepts to be used.

While we have hard media awards in the industry, we have not yet moved to an extent of voting the best filling station in Zambia or something like the best 10 filling stations in the country or in a province meeting certain criteria such as architectural design and full service level. This recognition award has to be thought about

and voted by a combination of motorists and architects among others but awarded by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) if possible.

Johnstone Chikwanda is an energy expert and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Zambia, a PhD candidate at Johnson University, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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SENIOR MATHEMATICS GRADE: 11

SENIOR MATHEMATICS GRADE: 11 TOPIC: VARIATION LESSON 2 : INVERSE VARIATION

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DATE: 22/01/2021 TOPIC: VARIATION LESSON 2 : INVERSE VARIATION 6

INVERSE VARIATION Two quantities A and B are said to be in inverse variation if one quantity increase and another decreases. Mathematically if quantity P varies directly as Q , this can presented as

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DATE: 22/01/2021

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Chiyangi loses his cool

By MUKWIMA CHILALA

THE ever cool, calm and collected Aggrey Chiyangi lost it on Saturday following his team's 2-2 draw against NAPSA stars in their week 15 fixture played at the Independence Stadium in Choma when asked if he needed strikers.

This was Eagle's seventh draw out of their 13 games played in the league having only recorded four wins.

But when asked by a journalist why Eagles had not made any acquisitions with only two days before the close of the window transfer de-

Monday 1 February, 2021 spite lacking strikers, Chiyangi fumed and said his team had not yet identified any player worth their salt.

The Eagles coach noted that the quality that his team wants was someone who was going to play better than what they had currently. " I think you don't understand, you have to understand what I am saying, I have said for instance all the good strikers are with clubs.

So which one do you want us to go and get, it’s a simple thing some of these questions you ask you don't even need to ask. It's a straight forward thing which you have to see," Chiyangi said.

"Tell me if I want to get Akakulubelwa, he is with Kabwe Warriors, I want to get Ngonga he is with Power so which striker are you going to talk about. Do you mean you can't see that and again for me what is shocking me is why is it that it is only Eagles which people are talking about, there are other teams that are below us, why are you not talking about them, " And Chiyangi noted that there was no need to over emphasize his team's issues so as to make it look like it was a big problem.

He said that his team was not scoring but that it was something that they were working on with his players.

Since returning from continental competition in which the team was ejected in the first round, Eagles have struggled in the domestic league recording only four wins out of the 13 games played so far.

Mercedes' F1 domination 'a problem', says Eddie Jordan FORMULA 1 has "a problem" with Mercedes' dominance likely to go unchallenged this year, says former team boss Eddie Jordan.

Mercedes aim to improve on a record seven consecutive constructors' titles.

They are still negotiating a new contract with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton but Jordan believes both parties will "come to a good solution".

"The sport is in a difficult situation because no-one can put their finger on Mercedes," Jordan told BBC Scotland.

"They do it better than anybody else.

"Racing Point won a race last year, that was amazing from Sergio Perez, and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the last race but that shouldn't confuse people into thinking it will be much more open.

"Mercedes have the best people and the best engine, MANCHESTER United dropped points for the third time in four Premier League games with this goalless draw against an under-strength Arsenal side at Emirates Stadium.

United striker Edinson Cavani had two good chances late on but Arsenal fully deserved their point on a bitterly cold night in north London.

The Gunners went closest when Alexandre Lacazette's

so how can they not win the championship? That's a problem for me.

"It's difficult to find the right sponsorship and you're just not going to compete with that."

Mercedes finished top of the podium in 13 of the 17 Grands Prix held in 2020, with Hamilton winning 11 of of his 16 starts.

Hamilton has yet to agree terms with Mercedes for the coming season but Jordan reckons it is only a matter of time.

Talking to the This Sporting Life podcast, the 72-year-old Irishman said: "Lewis Hamilton is the jewel in the crown.

He's the one every TV station wants to interview.

"Mercedes are probably saying a lot of this is to do with the car and we've given him an outstanding chance to be world champion because he has the best car. - BBC

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CHELSEA'S CÉSAR AZPILICUETA LEADS DEFEAT OF BURNLEY FOR THOMAS TUCHEL'S FIRST WIN

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OW this was more like it. Although it was slow going at first, Chelsea were well into their stride by the end. The football was crisp, urgent and inventive once César Azpilicueta had scored the first goal of the Thomas Tuchel era. There was a clear idea in attack and far more discipline without the ball, ensuring that Burnley never seriously threatened an equaliser during the second half.

After the choked introduction against Wolves, this felt like the true start of Tuchel’s reign. The tactical coherence

missing under Frank Lampard returned. Marcos Alonso, a player banished under Lampard, returned to underline the change by scoring the clinching goal. Callum Hudson-Odoi was outstanding again, combining slickly with Mason Mount to ensure that Tuchel’s second game in charge ended in a deserved win over Burnley, lifting Chelsea up three places to seventh.

The rush to judge Tuchel after his first game, the drab stalemate with Wolves, felt ridiculous. This is a manager who needs time on the training ground to make his ideas work; a scientific coach with

an idealistic zeal who has been parachuted in mid-season and asked to rebuild a broken team.

The German is battling against a cramped schedule, offering him little time to prepare. Perhaps he can be forgiven the heresy of omitting Mount against Wolves, even if he has offended certain people by replacing Lampard, a legend in these parts despite the removal of the “In Frank We Trust” banner from the Shed End for this match. Even Tuchel has seemed slightly swept away by the pace of change. With the games coming thick and fast, the impression remains

of a manager still working out how best to utilise his squad. Once again Tuchel made personnel changes as he searched for the perfect blend in his 3-4-3 system, completely overhauling his front three after blunt displays from Hakim Ziyech, Olivier Giroud and Kai Havertz against Wolves.

Tammy Abraham came in as the central striker, Mount returned in a free role on the right and Timo Werner, an unused substitute in midweek, began as an inside-left forward, a role that brought the best out of him at RB Leipzig last season. - THE GUARDIAN

Lionel Messi: Barcelona deny leaking forward's contract BARCELONA say they will take "appropriate legal action" against Spanish newspaper El Mundo after it published details of forward Lionel Messi's contract.

Barcelona denied "any responsibility for the publication of this document".

Argentina international Messi, 33, joined Barcelona at 13 but handed in a transfer request in August.

His contract runs out in the summer and there is uncertainty if he will remain with the club.

Barcelona said in a state-

ment that they "regret" its publication, adding: "FC Barcelona categorically denies any responsibility for the publication of this document, and will take appropriate legal action against the newspaper El Mundo, for any damage that may be caused as a result of this publication.

"FC Barcelona expresses its absolute support for Lionel Messi, especially in the face of any attempt to discredit his image, and to damage his relationship with the entity where he has worked to become the

best player in the world and in football history."

Messi is Barcelona's record goalscorer and has won 10 La Liga titles, the Champions League four times and the Ballon d'Or awarded to the world's best player - six times.

His controversial summer request to leave followed clashes with club president Josep Maria Bartomeu, who resigned in October. Messi, who described Bartomeu's reign as "a disaster", said in December: "I don't know what I'm going to do yet." - BBC

Man United loose ground at top with draw at Arsenal clipped free-kick hit the bar after the break while United keeper David de Gea saved well from Emile Smith Rowe and Nicolas Pepe also threatened to break the deadlock.

De Gea's counterpart Bernd Leno also distinguished himself with an athletic fingertip save from Fred in the first half.

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United came within inches of winning it in the closing stages when Cavani saw a close-range effort deflected wide off Leno and the Uruguay striker then hooked a superb cross from Aaron Wan-Bissaka just wide when he looked certain to score.

Arsenal gave a late debut to

Martin Odegaard, signed on loan from Real Madrid, but he had little impact and the stalemate leaves United three points behind Manchester City having played a game more. Arsenal will always hope to win games at home but manager Mikel Arteta is unlikely to be too unhappy

with this point against United.

The Spaniard suffered a couple of significant injury blows before kick-off when Bukayo Saka and Kieran Tierney were ruled out, adding to the absence of leading striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who was missing for personal reasons. Arsenal’s reshuffled

side acquitted itself well, although they were breathing a heavy sigh of relief when Cavani missed two openings that such an accomplished marksman might be expected to convert. Arteta’s players have responded well to last Saturday’s bitterly disappointing FA Cup fourth-round loss at Southampton with a league victory away at Saints followed by this hard-earned point against United. - BBC

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ZAMBIA DUMPED OUT OF CHAN

By MUKWIMA CHILALA

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HE Zambia National Soccer Team has yet again been dumped of the Confederation of African Nations (CHAN) fol-

lowing their 3-1 quarter final defeat to defending champions Morocco.

Morocco started the match living up to their favorite tag while Zambia looked jittery from the first whistle leading to them conceeding in the first minute .

Morocco’s Sofiane Rahimi opened the scores in the first minute but was only confirmed after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) decision was invoked.

Morocco doubled the lead in the sixth minute as Zambia continued to look jittery in defence.

The woes for Zambia could not have been worse as defender Zachariah Chilongoshi was in the 23 minute shown a red card for fouling Morrocan Ali. It couldn’t have gotten any worse for Chipolopolo as the Morrocans were awarded a penalty in the 38’ minute after Paul Katema was adjudged to have handled the ball in the eighteen area.

Ayoub EL Kaabi converted from the spot to give the defending champions a three nil lead going into the second half.

Zambia’s coach Milutin Micho Sredejovic changed his formation going into second half withdrawing defenders for strikers as he

brought on Moses Phiri for Kelvin Kapumbu in the 45 minute while Emmanuel Chabula later came on for Benson Sakala in the 54 minute.

With the match headed for a three nil win for Morocco, substitute Phiri scored for Zambia in the 84 minute to give the Chipolopolo a consolation.

It could however have been worse for Zambia but Morroco’s fourth goal was only denied by VAR for being adjudged to have been offside.

This is the third time Zambia are falling through at the quarter final stage after being ejected at the same level of the competition in 2016 and 2018.

NKANA WALLOP EAGLES … Mulenga is hat trick hero in 4-0 victory

By MUKWIMA CHILALA

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TRIKER Simon Mulenga was a hat trick hero as 12 times Zambian Champions Nkana were four goals to nil winners over Young Green Eagles in their week 15 fixture played at the Nkana Stadium yesterday.

And Young Green Eagles cosch Kelvin Mwinde expressed concern at his team's flatness in their loss to Nkana.

Mulenga had a splendid man of the match reward, getting his hat trick the 4', 12 and 18 minute while debutant Emmanuel Mwiinde got his first goal in the 64 minute to lead the home side to a 4-0 win.

The result has moved Nkana into position number 12 on 17 points after playing 13 games while Young Eagles are static in the relegation zone on number 17 with 13 points after 14 games played.

And Eagles coach Mwanga was concerned that his team

played a flat game but said that they would go back to the drawing board to see where they went wrong in the match.

Mwanga said that it was surprising that they played that way to Nkana when they have previously managed to play well to other big teams .

Eagles will now shift attention to their next game as they host Zesco United at the Khosa Stadium in Kafue while Nkana play Buildcon in Ndola in next weekend's week 16 games.