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GOVERNMENT has directed the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) to ensure the Indian Covid-19 variant is not imported in the country.

Minister of Health Jonas Chanda said it was important that the surveillance was enhanced as quickly as possible so that possible preparations could commence.

Dr Chanda said that Zambia’s

geographical location placed it at a greater risk of contracting many viruses from its neighbouring countries, hence the need to be alert.

The minister was speaking when he visited the ZNPHI offices in Lusaka yesterday.

“We need to see how we can prevent the importation of the Indian variant into the country because Zambia being surrounded by many countries makes it vulnerable to public

health threats.

“We have noted that the Indian variants are not too friendly that is why we are expecting that the ZNHPI leads us in terms of surveillance and what measures we need to take,” he said.

Dr Chanda said it was important to deal with the problems first unlike waiting for them to generate emergencies.

He said the institute needed to protect the country from all the public health threats according

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Dr Chanda also said that the institute had the full support of the government and that it was ready to fund whatever initiatives that it may require to help manage the situation and protect the country.

Meanwhile, a couple that travelled from India and did not quarantine themselves and reportedly met up with friends, has tested positive for Covid.

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Thursday May 6, 2021 Adverts: dailynationadverts@gmail.com The issue of President Lungu’s eligibility to contest the August 12, 2021 elections has already been adjudicated upon by the ConCourt.

…ConCourt says matter already settled. Pg 3

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA

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PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu is eligible to stand, the Constitutional Court has ruled again.

The court has reiterated that the time he served following the death of his predecessor Mr Michael Sata could not be consid-

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ered a full term and that he was serving his first term after his victory in the 2016 polls , thereafter he is eligible.

The bench of judges included ConCourt president Hilda Chibomba, Annie Sitali, Mungeni Mulenga, Palan Mulonda, Patricia Munalula, Martin Musaluke and Judy Mulongoti, made the

determination yesterday when dismissed the matter in which Katuba Parliamentarian Bampi Kapalasa and civil activist Joseph Busenga wanted it to clearly interpret Article 106 in relation to President Lungu’s eligibility to contest the August 12, 2021 elections.

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By JACKSON MAPAPAYI

WENTY-ONE people have been arrested in Mwinilunga for illegal gold mining and their equipment, including an excavator and a front-end loader seized.

The illegal miners invaded a mining area belonging to Philton Investment Limited near Kasenseli area in the North-Western Province.

According to the provincial Commissioner of Police, Mr Joe Njase, the suspects trespassed on a mining tenement belonging to Philton Investment Limited and were arrested for trespassing on a private property.

Mr Njase said the suspects have also been charged for illegal mining and exploration

By MARTIN AKENDE in Namwala GOVERNMENT will set up an animal disease control fund which will facilitate the availability of funds for rapid response to disease outbreaks, President Edgar Lungu has said.

Mr Lungu said the rapid response will be through availability of vaccine banks, rapid and appropriate measures during the outbreak, timely and adequate disease preventive measures.

Government is on high alert to not only contain the spread of Foot and Mouth disease but to completely eradicate the disease, President Edgar Lungu has said.

He said government is aware of the devastating risk of foot and mouth disease to over 1.6 million households if left unchecked.

which is contrary to section 12 (2) of the Mining and Mineral Development Act number 11 of 2015.

“Apart from that, they have also been charged for undertaking mining activities without an approved Environmental Impact Assessment which is contrary to section 117 as read

with section 126 of the Environment Act. Mr Njase said that during the operation, some equipment which was being used for the illegal mining of gold was seized.

“The equipment include a front end loader, an excavator, two motor vehicles (Isuzu registration number ABG 5907 and a Nissan registration

number ABF 4121), a gold catcher, a crusher, washing machine, water pumps among others,” he said.

He said the seized equipment had been moved from the site and parked at Mwinilunga police station.

Mr Njase said the suspects are expected to appear in court soon.

He disclosed that Government has come up with measures such as mass vaccination to contain animal diseases.

He said this during the first ever national livestock field day held at Chikusu farm in Chief Mukobela chiefdom Namwala organised by the Zambia National Farmers Union.

And Mr Lungu further directed the Zambia police to come up with animal movement control system to curb illegal movement of animals.

On the other hand President Lungu encouraged farmers to venture into goat farming to ensure the Saudi Arabia goat export is actualised.

He said government

remains committed to facilitate the exportation of goats to Saudi Arabia but the volumes are very low.

And ZAMBEEF chief executive officer Walter Roodt said the Foot and Mouth disease remains a big challenge affecting the growth of beef production in the country.

Mr. Roodt said the disease has deprived Zambia of lucrative market in the region and European Union markets.

And speaking at the same event ZNFU President Javis Zimba said union appreciate government efforts to support the agriculture sector by placing policies to grow small farmers.

He said policies such as the ban on importation of certain agricultural products will in

the long run support farmers.

Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Nkandu Luo said Zambia has commenced production of some the vaccines armed at reducing animal diseases.

Meanwhile Southern Province minister Edify Hamukale said the event was important as the district was hub of cattle farming.

Meanwhile President Lungu donated two tractors to the host farmer Royd Mwakamona of Chikusu Farms and the Namwala District Farmers Association respectively.

And the Namwala District Farmers Association presented a gift comprising of 5 cattle, 5 goats and a sheep as symbol of peace and love.

By OLIVER SAMBOKO THE UPND has distanced itself from social media reports suggesting that it has entered into a secret pact with the newly formed Movement for Democratic Change(MDC) led by Felix Mutati.

UPND spokesperson, Cornelius Mweetwa, said in an interview there was no pact with the MDC and advised the public to ignore such misinformation.

“As a party, we are not aware of the MDC alliance and no document has been drafted and circulated to that effect,” he said in a telephone interview.

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But according reports circulating on social media, the two opposition parties were said to have entered into a political pact ahead of the August 12 general election.

The reports indicated that MDC President Felix Mutati had initially hoped to work with the Patriotic Front (PF) but failed to get an audience, forcing him to settle for UPND. “Following frustration of failing to meet President Lungu, Mr Mutati begun talking to the UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema,” said the unnamed source within the opposition.

The source further said Mr Mutati was willing to be Mr Hichilema’s running mate in the coming election considering that his party was still in its infancy.

State applies to join Sangwa Govt to set up animal disease control fund case against ECZ

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA

THE State has applied to be joined to a matter where lawyer John Sangwa has petitioned the Constitutional Court to compel the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to amend the affidavit for Presidential candidate/ Running mate by including a paragraph which says “I have not twice held office as President.”

Mr Sangwa stated that the said paragraph will comply with Article 106 (3) of the Constitution.

He cited ECZ as the respondent in the matter.

In an application for joinder, chief state advocate in the Attorney General’s chamber,

Mr Josiah Simachela, stated that the petition by Mr Sangwa raises public interest issues relating to the process of conducting elections in Zambia.

“That further, the petition herein also has implication of amending the law as contained in the Electoral Process (General) Regulations statutory instrument no 63 of 2016,” he stated.

The State contends that neither Mr Sangwa nor ECZ will be prejudiced by granting them the application.

Article 106 (3) states: A person who has twice held office as President is not eligible for election as President.

Affordable retail bond coming

Katele calls out HH debt reduction lie

ZAMBIANS will be able to buy a retail bond with as low as K500 once an initiative called Retail Bond which is being developed is introduced by Government.

Retail Bonds are specifically issued for retail investors.

The Ministry of Finance is working with the Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) to introduce Retail Bonds.

This is according to the Minister of Finance, Dr Bwalya Ng’andu, who stressed that the introduction of the initiative was a result of perceptions from the general public that it was difficult to meet the minimum investment amount for buying bonds.

Dr Ng’andu said Zambians would be able to buy a retail bond with as little as K500 in comparison to the current K 30, 000 for a competitive bid

IT is a grand illusion for UPND leader, Hakainde Hichilema to claim that some lenders have offered to cut Zambian’s debt by 20 per cent if he forms Government, former Finance minister Katele Kalumba has said.

Dr Kalumba said Mr Hichilema’s claims were economically impossible but just a ‘wishful’ thinking by a politician to gain political mileage.

He said that politicians should not feed citizens with falsehoods and deliberately ‘misinform’ them just because they were looking for votes.

“I have worked with the young man but that is not good politics, unless there is another way he will do things otherwise that is a grand illusion that is what I can say.

“Belatubepa (they should not lie to us) talk to us people reasonably not lying to us with things that are not possible to achieve,” Dr

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once the initiative was introduced.

He said this in a speech read by Permanent Secretary for Budget, Emmanuel Pamu yesterday in Lusaka during the launch of the LuSE Online Application.

“They (retail bonds) will be denominated in Zambian Kwacha and can be bought in relatively small increments.

“In addition to the lower investment amount, retail bonds also encourage domestic participation, promotes financial literacy, gives citizens an alternative form of savings, away from the traditional bank account and offers a fixed interest that ensures the aspect of predictability for investors,” Dr Ng’andu said.

He observed that the trading of shares on the LuSE was relatively easier to understand in comparison to bonds.

Dr Ng’andu said both

Government and corporate bonds traded on the secondary market of the LuSE demanded significantly higher investment amounts than buying shares.

“Once the retails bonds are launched, they will be made available to the LuSE online trading platform,” he said.

LuSE Board chairman, Raphael Kasonde said the introduction of retail bonds was another project the LuSE was working on.

Mr Kasonde said explained that these were ordinary bonds broken down into smaller units that catered to the needs and purposes of retail investors. “Retail Bonds will enable retail investors to participate in Government Bond purchases. With the MyLuSE platform being launched today, Retail bonds will also be accessible using a phone and mobile money platforms to make purchases,” Mr Kasonde said.

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Kalumba said.

He said unless Mr Hichilema had ways of doing things other than the natural way, there was no way debt could be cancelled just because a particular leader had come into power.

Dr Kalumba said that whether in ruling or opposition party, polDr Kalumba iticians should not be deceiving people by suggesting things that were not possible.

Mr Hichilema claimed that he has commenced negotiations with some lenders who have agreed to reduce the country’s debt up to 20 per cent once he ascends to power.

Mr Hichilema

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“We have considered the motion by the respondent (Attorney General) and finds merit in the motion as it relates to Article 106,” ruled.

The Court has set this Friday for rending of a full judgement in the matter.

However, Mr Busenga’s petition to have the court clearly interpret article 70 on whether an MP serving a sentence of imprisonment can continue in office survived with the matter scheduled for hearing before a single judge.

In the case of Dr Danny Pule and others, the ConCourt ruled that President Lungu was eligible to contest the forth-coming elections Attorney General Likando Kalaluka has submitted that the issue of President Lungu’s eligibility to contest the August 12, 2021 elections has already been adjudicated upon by the ConCourt.

Mr Kalaluka stated that the ConCourt adjudicated upon it under the case of Dr Daniel Pule, Mr Wright Musoma, Pastor Peter Chanda and Mr Robert Mwanza vs.

Attorney General, PF Secretary General Davies Mwila, the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) and then UPND Secretary General Steven Katuka selected judgement no. 60 of 2019.

The State therefore asked the Court to dismiss or set aside the originating sum-

mons by Mr Kapalasa and Mr Busenga .

Mr Kapalasa and Mr Busenga appeared without a lawyer and could barely argue the matter and requested for more time to retain a lawyer to represent them.

Mr Busenga stated that he had no legal expertise to argue the matter and therefore needed time to appoint a counsel well vested with constitutional issues.

Mr Kapalasa argued that the matter was about the Constitution, therefore it would have repercussions if it was thrown out.

After the ruling Mr Kapalasa said he was disappointed with the outcome of the case and the court should have given them time to find lawyers to argue it.

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BLIND CANDIDATE REJECTED

… Shiwang'andu PF, residents reject council aspirant

By CHARLES MUSONDA

A VISUALLY impaired candidate adopted by the Patriotic Front for the position of council chairperson in Shiwang’andu has been rejected by locals who feel he cannot effectively represent the area.

Both the district and constituency have rejected an adopted candidate for the position of council chairperson on the ruling party ticket.

In a phone interview yesterday, PF Shiwang'andu district task force chairperson Michael Sikabalu said the adopted candidate Peter

Makumba Nsuluka is blind and that people in the area had preferred a Mr. Sampa Bwali.

Mr. Sikabalu said Mr. Nsuluka is allegedly not fit for the position and that there is no need to have a person who does not see in an election race.

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JOHN Sangwa and his cronies who have been scheming to stop President Edgar Lungu from contesting the 2021 elections must now move on since the Constitutional Court has settled the matter of eligibility, stakeholders have said.

The stakeholders said the decision of the Constitutional Court on the eligibility of President Lungu should be respected.

Zambia Republican Party (ZRP) president, Wright Musoma said Mr Sangwa must now move on and stop plotting to bring down President Lungu.

Mr Musoma also demanded that President Lungu strips Mr Sangwa of his State Counsel status for embarrassing the legal fraternity by misleading

the nation on President Lungu’s eligibility.

“We hope that this judgement will enable Sangwa, KBF and others to move on,” he said.

And UPND Solwezi West Member of Parliament Teddy Kasonso observed that Mr Sangwa, only wanted the ConCourt to interpret the eligibility of President Lungu in a manner that would fits his agenda.

He said in an interview that if Mr Sangwa does not understand the court’s interpretation on the matter, he should not expect the court to interpret the law in a way that suits him.

Meanwhile, PF Chasefu aspiring candidate Chanoda Ngwira has said Mr Sangwa should search his conscience and stop wasting the court's time over a matter that is water under the bridge.

Mr Ngwira, who gave Mr Sangwa 48 hours to withdraw what described as "a baseless petition," warned that the PF youths would be forced to also ask the court to cite him for contempt.

"We ask Mr Sangwa to search his conscience within 48 hours and do the right thing by withdrawing that baseless petition he has filed in the Constitution Court or else, we may be forced to also practice our freedoms and rights to cite him for contempt," Mr Ngwira warned.

And Zambian DNA spokesperson, Spuki Mulemwa said Mr Sangwa was abusing of the judicial system.

“These are futile attempts by the opposition who are dead afraid of facing ECL on August 12 polls as this will be the final and closing call for he who has been losing elections time without number.

the ground and the person known on the ground is Mr. Sampa Bwali. If we are given Mr. Nsuluka he risks losing votes for the party and I am speaking on behalf of the people in the district, constituency and wards who have gathered to protest against the adoption of Mr. Nsuluka," Mr. Sikabalu said.

‘DON’T IMPORT INDIAN COVID, SAYS MINISTER From Page 1 According to a source close to the couple, the people they met up with also got it and they are in isolation at home having treatment.

The couple is reportedly in hospital under going treatment.

Government has been advised to ensure travelers from India are quarantined and not allowed to go our at all.

“Not even to Work, Mandirs, Mosques, Gudwaras, Temples, Churches, Shopping centers, “ the source said.

“Please make sure that whoever comes from outside the country especially India should be quarantined,” the source insisted.

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ELECTION FEVER SOON, politicians will be on the campaign trail, traversing the width and breadth of the country in their spirited urge to get as much support as possible for the August 12 general elections.

Yes, politicians will have the chance to interact and address the people beginning May 12, the official day for kick-starting campaigns.

The bitter rivalry is between the Patriotic Front (PF) and the United Party for National Development (UPND) and it is the hope of the people that the two front-runners will maintain the peace which this country has cherished thus far.

Political parties and the public in general should not look at this contest as a “do-or-die” but must regard it as a normal political process for the Election Day is not an end in itself.

Elections come and go but the governing process continues and this must be done in accordance with the statutes, with the Republican Constitution being supreme.

All politicians, therefore, must bear in mind that Election Day is just but a date on the political calendar when people cast their vote to choose leaders of their choice.

The most important is the political process which shapes the country’s destiny; governing process which inevitably has to be done to the satisfaction of the people for prosperity.

During the process, leaders must decide on behalf of the people and thus must be held accountable.

Patrick Murphy, a former Democratic congressman for Florida in the United States once said: “The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make.”

Therefore, the focus is not the Election Day, but the political process which is expected to improve with time.

The PF has advanced in the adoption process, the Presidential candidate, Edgar Lugu having been given the adoption certificate already while adoptions for Western, Southern, Central, North-Western and Muchinga provinces have been completed.

Other parties are also in the process of announcing their candidates.

Our appeal to all the politicians is that they must aspire to improve the polity of the country and also yearn to become the best.

“Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable - the art of the next best,” once said Otto von Bismarck, founder and first chancellor of the German Empire.

All winning teams must be bonded to a condition that they are there to serve the people and not themselves and should be held in servitude until the living standards of Zambians improve significantly.

Being a politicians is offering oneself to serve the people selflessly and should not be looked at as a lucrative “profession” for survival.

Individuals who get into politics for their survival usually fail to perform and resort to underhand methods and insults as a way of outwitting their opponents.

Therefore, there should be sober and mature politics, whereby political stakeholders must focus on sustainable development for the country and citizens therein.

Opposition political leaders must work with those in the ruling party and vice-versa, without looking at one another as enemies.

Thus, there is no reason for tensed political fever as an election is part of the normal political process.

COUNTRYWIDE strike by public prosecutors entered the third day yesterday without any sign of ending anytime soon.

All cases that were due to take off were adjourned to later dates because of the prosecutors’ absence from the courtrooms while spooky silence greeted litigants, lawyers and other court officers at the generally eventful Lusaka Magistrates’ Court complex.

The strike has been initiated by public prosecutors who were transferred from the Zambia Police Service to the National Prosecutions Au-

Zambia to get 15m pounds from UK for three national parks

By NATION REPORTER

THREE national parks are expected to benefit 15 million pounds from the United Kingdom government to support Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) landscape.

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PROSECUTORS’ STRIKE ENTERS DAY THREE thority (NPA) in 2016, seeking answers as to who should pay them their benefits for the period they served under the police.

They downed tools on Monday morning after learning that the NPA paid only K13, 000 to their former colleague late Nsama Nsama Chipyoka’s family as his benefits from 2016 to December 23, 2020

when he was shot dead in a fracas between the police and UPND cadres.

The NPA has told the administrator of Mr. Nsama’s estate to claim benefits for the rest of the years he served from the police service, which has shifted responsibility to the NPA on grounds that public prosecutors were no longer under the police since 2016.

Majority of the NPA prosecutors were transferred from the police after some of them had already served for more than 20 years in the service.

On Tuesday, incarcerated accused persons, who are awaiting their fate in the subordinate courts, fumed at the public prosecutors’ strike, saying it has prolonged their stay in custody.

Ethiopian, Proflight to pay CAA debt in instalments

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA

THE Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has agreed with Ethiopian Airlines and Proflight Zambia to pay the outstanding passenger safety charges in instalments.

CAA this year separately sued Ethiopian Airlines and Proflight Commuter Services Limited in the Lusaka High Court for failure to pay US$75, 652.15 and US$78, 865 respectively.

According to a consent judgement passed by Judge Charles Zulu, Ethiopian Air-

lines would have to settle US$75, 652.15 in instalments.

“That the defendant shall pay the net sum (US$75, 652.15) in three equal instalments of US$25, 217 .38 commencing on 31st March, 2021 and thereafter on or before the last day of each subsequent month, the last instalment being due on 30th May 2021,” read the judgement.

In a separate consent judgment, Proflight paid CAA the settlement of US$63, 870 being part payment of the outstanding Passenger Safety Charge due in the sum US$78,

865.

“That the outstanding disputed sum of US$14, 995.00 by the defendant shall be subject to a reconciliation and assessment by the parties and the reimbursable amounts if any, shall be payable to the defendant by the plaintiff within a month after reconciliation and assessment by the parties,” read the judgement.

It is further agreed that the outstanding US$14, 995.00 should be paid in three equal settlements of US$4, 998.33 with the last settlement being due on May 30, 2021.

Zambia’s maize, soya beans output rises

By SENIYA BANDA

Mr Chitotela

British High Commissioner to Zambia, Nicholas Woolley, said the UK was allocating 100 million pounds for five landscapes across the world and KAZA was among them.

Mr Woolley said this during a meeting with Tourism and Arts Minister, Ronald Chitotela in Lusaka.

He said the money was planned for supporting various countries to address the effects of climate change and bio-diversity loss ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) to be hosted in Glasgow, Scotland in November this year.

He named the parks to benefit from the funds as Kafue, Mosi-Oa -Tunya and Sioma-Ngwezi.

And Mr Chitotela appealed to the envoy to prioritise the Kafue National Park in the support programme Mr Chitotela observed that earlier support to the Zambian component of KAZA by other cooperating partners has been concentrated in the Sioma-Ngwezi leaving the Kafue with several challengers like poaching and habitat loss due to human encroachments.

GOVERNMENT has projected an increase in maize production at 3, 620, 244 tonnes in the 2020/21 marketing season.

Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo said the maize production would increase from 3, 387, 469 tonnes recorded in the 2019/20, to 3, 620, 244 tonnes to be recorded

in the current agriculture marketing season.

Announcing the crop forecasting survey for the 2020/2021 season, Mr Katambo said the increase represented a seven percent rise.

He said Zambia was expected to record a maize surplus of 1, 528, 980 metric tonnes.

He said 1, 671, 991 metric tonnes is expected to go towards consumption and 409,

347 towards industrial utilisation.

Meanwhile, Mr Katambo said following the increase in maize production, Government has allowed export of 80, 000 tonnes under the Food Agriculture Organisation for humanitarian use.

He said more maize was also expected to be exported under the millers and Government agreement.

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Councillor pledges Covid-19 vaccine alert

By CHARLES MUSONDA

A CIVIC leader has pledged to intensify community sensitisation on the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination exercise in various health centres in Lusaka.

Silwizya Ward 13 Councillor Tarcisious Ndolesha has encouraged people in his ward to get vaccinated as the only way to keep themselves safe from the pandemic.

Mr. Ndolesha, who is aspiring to retain his seat on the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) seat, said this shortly after attending a workshop for civic leaders and ward development committee members in Lusaka.

He has also pledged to work

with his ward officials to sensitise people on the Covid-19 Astra Zeneca vaccine in the ward.

Mr. Ndolesha advised the people to ignore myths about the vaccine as it is safe as advised by the Ministry of Health.

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‘CHIEFS NOT ABOVE THE LAW’ ...EYA says it’s unfortunate that some sections of society are politicising the Hatembos’ matter which if mishandled could bring disunity.

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VEN chiefs who commit crimes can be prosecuted and jailed just like acting Chief Tafuna who was sentenced to death for murder, therefore the is nothing wrong with Senior Chief Mukuni’s wife being arrested and taken to court for alleged abduction, says the Evangelical Youth Alliance (EYA).

And EYA says it’s unfortunate that some sections of society are politicising the Hatembos’ matter which if mishandled could

bring disunity.

EYA President, Reverend Moses Lungu said Zambians should not politicise the arrest of Queen Mukuni in connection with alleged disappearance of the Hatembos because no one was above the law.

Rev. Lungu said in an interview that it was wrong for people to insinuate that some citizens were immune to prosecutions and possible sentence if found wanting because no one was above the law.

He said the best Zambians could do, including traditional leaders, their subjects and even the cler-

gy is to restrain themselves from committing crimes.

“We are all equal before the law, the traditional leaders, the retainers and the subjects, we have a situation in the country where Chief Tafuna was jailed for commuting a crime,” he said.

“We should not politicise the issue of Queen Mukuni, an offence is an offence, no one is above the law,” he said.

Rev Lungu said Zambians should desist from the tendency of making political gimmicks out of real situations that affect people in reality.

He also warned against interfering with the police in their duties because they are there to ensure that people live within the framework of the law.

“Even chiefs may not be able to rule their subjects properly in a situation where crime is prevalent and a country that lives outside the framework of the law is as good as not having the law,” he said.

Rev Lungu however ssaid that every person who is found wanting should be given an opportunity to prove themselves innocent before the court makes its final judgement.

Lunte district expo on cards

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Capital Buses Company proprietor Ishmael Kankara (second from right) with health workers addressing bus drivers after the Covid-19 vaccination

Chief Kapijimpanga extols Lungu

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI

CHIEF Kapijimpanga of Solwezi has extolled President Edgar Lungu for ensuring equal distribution of development across the country.

The traditional leader said President Lungu has exhibited unique leadership by ensuring that all people benefit from his Government’s development agenda.

He cited the drilling of more than 35 boreholes, construction health facilities, schools and staff houses as some of the project that had been implemented in his chiefdom.

“For us a chiefdom, I can say we have seen some projects being undertaken which were not there before. And this we say thank you to our government,” he said.

Chief Kapijimpanga was speaking when Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection Minister, Raphael Nakacinda, and his North Western Province counterpart Nathaniel Mubukwano paid a courtesy call on him.

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He called on Government not to relent but to continue with its development agenda without leaving anyone behind.

And Chief Kapijimpanga has

called on politicians in the country to conduct violence-free campaigns.

He said violence should not be entertained as it has potential to divide the nation.

“Our interest as people is service delivery at the end of the day.

I therefore pray that we are going to have a violent free campaigns because Zambian is known for that,” Chief Kapijimpanga said.

Meanwhile, Mr Nakachinda said he is happy with the collaboration existing between traditional leaders and Government in fostering development.

He said traditional leaders were key stakeholders in the development process of their chiefdoms.

“This is the more reason why at every stage, chiefs are always involved because they are the custodian of the people,” he said.

Government, he said, was working round the clock in ensuring that people both in urban and rural areas have clean and safe drinking water.

Mr Nakachinda is in the province to check on water and sanitation projects.

Charitable entity aids Kasama schools

By STEPHEN MWEWA

A CHARITABLE organisation, Sony, has allocated K610, 000 to 20 villages in Senior Chief Mwamba’s area in Kasama to support villagers build more classroom blocks in their communities.

Among the institutions, Chafwa Day Secondary School has been allocated K50, 000, from the same amount.

Chafwa Parents Teachers’ Association (PTA) chairman, Mubanga Chipoya, said that the other schools will receive different amounts out of the funding depending on the works required at each particular institution.

Mr Chipoya, who is also Lukupa Senior village headman, said that the move would improve school infrastructure in the communities.

He was happy that the Ministry of Education has partnered with Sony, which had bailed out schools in the rural community.

Mr Chipoya urged all the benefiting communities to remain united and support the project by providing the up-front requirements such as building material.

THE Lungu Royal Establishment (LRE) will this year host the Lunte investment expo.

LRE representative, Chitoshi Mulenga, explained that the initiative came from the establishment after realising that the district has a lot to offer and yet it remains behind in terms of development.

Dr Mulenga said the investment expo slated for June 1, this year would showcase some of the investment opportunities in the district.

He said Lunte is endowed with plenty of natural resources that could be harnessed for national economic development.

“This expo is special, as you are aware most investment expos are provincial but this one is a district investment expo. It is purely organised by traditional leaders in Lunte district.

“Lunte is strategically located and agriculture resources can be utilized to harness the agriculture market in the Great Lakes Region that includes Burundi, Rwanda, DRC and other countries,” he said.

He noted that although there were no mining activities currently, Lunte district has potential for mining of both precious and non-precious stones.

Dr Mulenga observed that processing industries could be developed to add value to the agriculture raw materials once the investments had been implemented in the area.

“The area produces plenty of cassava, beans, maize and other crops that can be introduced for medium scale such as soyabean, sunflower and moringa,” he said.

Dr Mulenga said the establishment has engaged events’ organisers to ensure that all things are in place and goes as planned.

He said that President Edgar Lungu has been invited to officiate at the event while a number of companies have shown interest in participating in the expo.

Dr Mulenga called on corporate entities to come forward and partner with the establishment for the event, whose launch will be held in Lusaka on Friday this week.

He said the launch dubbed ‘Meet the Chiefs’ will be held at Mika convention.

Trading MFEZ app industr on cou launchedyards at LuSE

yards in the L Works are go and the contr CONSTRUCTION of industrial yards in the on site.

“Once that Lusaka South Multidone, we will Facility Economic to see SMEs Zone (LS-MFEZ) which will boost local the zone and from there,” M participation in the said. area is expected to He also ob be completed in the the need participation levels in theto in nextlower 12 months.

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU incentives Capital Markets, especially on to Participation the stock market. willing to inve of local investors A MOBILE Trading He said it was therefore the zone. Mr in the economic Application to boost expressed co zoneGovernment’s is currently to ensure investment by local that Zambians participated that Zambia h low due to, among and foreign investors in

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU actively in utilising thecompetition financial f companies listed on the other reasons, the instruments that are made countries suc Lusaka Securities Exchange minimum investment cause of the simplified trade available in which the market.

Rwanda, Ken (LuSE) from any part of the of US$500,000 BOUT $250, 000 has been certificate which was not pro“The increased of South world has been launched. some locals say is useEgypt, invested in setting up a vided at the border posts bemobile services in Zambia is Mozambique With the application called prohibitive. laboratory that will establish gold cause most information desks undeniable.

As businesses Zimbabwe th MyLuSE, users will now be LS-MFEZ Business content in ore which will be bought and financial institutions, it isincenti do not have people due to better able to buy and sell securities Development from artisanal and small scale gold important that we leverage Mr Kunda s lockdowns. regardless of their location.

Manager, Francis miners Zambia. on technology to make minimum US$ The Online Platform The certificate is provided Kunda, said ZCCM-IH has set up the laboratory in financial products services investme allows the public to directly construction works of and000 under the Simplified Trade partnership with Karma Mining Services accessibleyards to all Zambians,” Drto q investors trade shares, bonds and the industrial Regime which is an arrangeand Rural Development Limited in said. available ince other financial instruments wereNg’andu currently on Consolidated Gold Company. ment implemented by the LuSE Board chairman, was a limiting on the LuSE, says Finance course.

Chief Executive Officer, Mabvuto Common Market for Eastern local busines Minister, Bwalya Ng’andu.

MrRaphael Kunda Kasonde, expressed Chipata, explained that the purpose of and Southern Africa members confidence that the innovation however said Dr Ng’andu explained that explained that the the joint venture was to develop a gold to formalise and improve the would yards, open doors forhad a more been lob the platform would simplify the industrial processing and trading operation in performance of the smallrobust capital market its in parent Min often misconceived idea that once completed, Zambia. scale cross border traders.

Zambia. the stock market was complex, would Commerce T boost local Mr Chipata said the investment was “Another challenge that we Mr Kasonde risky or only for a select group participation Industry whic in the said the in line with one of ZCCM-IH’s strategic have is that many countries platform enabled LuSE to to Min of wealthy people. talking Mr Makambwe economic zones. objectives of value creation which was have continued to extend the target a greater of local He said this in a speech Finance to im He explained in number to diversify its investments away from lockdowns that has affected retail investors in urban as well read by Permanent Secretary an interview incentives. that copper to other minerals such as gold ers especially. We have seen tegration agenda,” he said. the“As clearing of goods because Karma Mining Services and Rural our as the more remote parts of investo the forDevelopment, Budget, Emmanuel Pamu the industrial “For yards and precious metals.

He said traders were willing there the other rolling out of the vaccines expertise is inon gold processing, but we are mostly workingduring the is more the demand country yesterday in Lusaka qualify, one h would enable small said countries this during but the laboratory and small inHe many we are to be vaccinated so that they of with theartisanal certificate of scale origingold miners.’’

“The LuSE launch of the Application. invest minimu and medium sizedMobile Trading media tour in Lusaka yesterday. still wondering how countries could continue trading.

Applicationto is set a digitalUS$500,000 platform which most of our small scale “The simplicity of the online entrepreneurs “This is also in line with Government’s Mr Makambwe complained traders have no reach. within the SADC region would that allows users to have direct platform is its accessibility; some of the l up businesses in the classification of gold as a strategic “This laboratory is targeted at the ore that would be received from various access the LuSE market. that the extended lockdown not consider to open borders. anyone with a phone and “The simplification of siminvestors that zone. resource for Zambia,” he said. operations we are setting up starting with miners, who would get a fair share and The one LuSE, with MyLuSE the clearing of “So what we Gold are calling for isChiefhad affected moneywith account limiting factor is wemobile “That is on the Consolidated Company Rufunsa, were are working smallcan value for their material. plified trade certificate application, aims to enhance access theisplatform.

You goods as there was more for countries such as Botswayou invest les not and provided the border table and we have Executive Officer, Faisal Keer, explained miners there and art anal miners “As Karma MiningdeServices Rural at scale the Economic levels of financial S$500, literacy,000 y can purchase securities on the certificate of na and Zimbabwe mustbeopen Citizen because there is not trade that the laboratory would able to mand for from the surrounding area,” he said.

Development, our expertise is in gold amongst the general public, the LuSE such as shares or not be entitle and Empowerment origin which most small-scale the borders for the movement information trade desk beprocess about 30 samples per day.

Mr Keer said the laboratory would also processing, but we are mostly working by reaching to a wider bonds,” Dr Ng’andu said. incentives,” M Commission whoout are traders do notartisanal have access to. scale ofMr goods services.

Thiswas is critical cause borders are still closed,” Keer and said the laboratory be open to the general public for them to with and small gold number ofindustrial potential and current indicated that said. constructing to determine thethe gold accurately explained, was be- Makambwe said. come and have theirHe going to affect regional in- in theThis, he samples tested. miners. investors,” he said.

Government was aware of the

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TRADERSZCCM-IH URGEINVESTS SADC$250, 000 IN GOLD LAB COUNTRIES TO OPEN BORDERS

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OUNTRIES in the Southern and African Region Community (SADC) and other trading blocs should open borders to promote the integration agenda as the Covid-19 vaccine is being rolled out.

Borders should be open as governments harmonise policies and improve business among countries in the same regional block if regional integration is to be attained.

This is according to the Southern Africa Cross Border Traders Association (SACBTA) Secretary General, Jacob Makambwe.

Mr Makambwe said in an interview that opening up borders would also support the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which Zambia recently ratified.

“The closure of borders within the SADC region has affected the small scale trad-

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URING the course of the week, it was interesting to note yet another interesting post on social media relating to banking.

“Which Bank would you advise someone to open an account with and which Bank would you advise them to avoid,” the post read.

These are very important questions to ask as you go about looking for the best ways to secure your hard-earned financial resources. However, more interestingly were some of the comments that followed this post.

“From my experience, what should determine the choice of your bank is the amount of income that you earn. Some banks are not for certain categories of workers, some banks are for big businessmen and women who earn a lot. Open an account that supports the degree of your income. Some banks may turn your entire monthly earning into book balance,” the paraphrased comment read.

There were other comments relating to some banks having higher charges on certain accounts in comparison to other banks.

Allow me to begin by indicating that banking plays an important role in the financial life of a business through financial intermediation. Banks facilitate the process of production, exchange, and distribution of wealth across the various sectors of the economy, and this entails that banks are critical partners in the process of economic development and growth.

However, Savings Accounts the National Financial Switch

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SA fishing communities fear floating powerships will scare fish away

7 / Daily Nation, Thursday 6 May, 2021 AIROBI - Kenya and Tanzania on Tuesday signed a deal to start working on a gas pipeline from Dar es Salaam to Mombasa, in what their leaders said was part of a long-term project to share energy resources.

At a joint press conference in Nairobi, Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu and Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta generally said they had agreed to build more interconnecting infrastructure, starting with the gas pipeline and roads.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in Natural Gas Transportation means the countries’ ministers of energy can start negotiating the design, cost and other logistical needs for the pipeline to be erected.

A joint statemente said it will enhance “energy sufficiency” with Kenya keen on importing gas from Tanzania’s nascent plant.

No timelines were given but President Suluhu said respective technocrats have been directed to start working on it immediately.

“That is a long-term project ... we are thankful that today we have signed an agreement ... what remains is

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BIG DEAL Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi. implementation,” she said.

“We have agreed on the need to ease the transportation of key energy resources and have reached one such understanding on the

New rules to force power suppliers to pay for connection delays NAIROBI - The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) is seeking to stamp its oversight roles in the energy sector with new draft regulations targeting both suppliers and consumers.

The draft seeks to compel power suppliers to submit to the EPRA performance reports indicating the reliability and quality of supply as well as quality of service after the end of each month and financial year.

The monthly report shall be submitted not later than the fourteenth day of the succeeding month while the yearly report shall be submitted within 120 days of the end of the licensee’s financial year.

“Objective of the new plan is to prescribe penalties to be imposed for defaults in supplying electrical energy to any consumer and circumstances under which the licensee shall be exempted from such penalties,” states EPRA. “On the consumers’ side, the new regulations spell out instances when the power supply to a consumer may be discontinued, it is also heavy on complaints and disputes handling. The licensees will also be required to furnish EPRA with data and reporting requirements.”

The draft states that where the licensee fails to address a complaint to their satisfaction, the complainant may lodge a dispute with the Authority following the applicable regulations on complaints and disputes resolution.

A delay to report accidents within 48 hours after the accident becomes known to the licensees will be penalised Sh10, 000 per day for the first 10 days that the incident is not submitted.

Through the draft, a power supplier risks between Sh5, 000 to Sh2, 000 per month for delay in the connection of service for paid-up consumers and failure to notify consumers for planned interruption 48 hours before notice attracts Sh10, 000 per interruption.

The draft also states instances when a power supplier may disconnect services to a consumer. This includes when the consumer fails to pay charges for consumption of electrical energy or instalments relating to deferred connection costs.

– THE STANDARD, Kenya.

transportation of gas. What we need to do now is start implementing the project.”

The development means both sides are scoring early wins as Tanzania starts a new life under

…Kenya, Tanzania agree on plans for gas pipeline President Suluhu.

In Nairobi, her host said the two countries must build their close cultural and historic ties to ensure the people benefit from interactions.

“We are connected by a common culture: we have a common language and heritage.

We do not take Tanzania just as a neighbourly country.

We consider it a brotherly country.

We have agreed to work on the main highway between Malindi through Lungalunga to Bagamoyo,” President Kenyatta said.

“We also agree that we will work on resumption of transportation services on Lake Victoria, which were useful in the movement of people and goods from Jinja to Kisumu, and to Mwanza and Bukoba.”

– DAILY NATION, Kenya.

JOHANNESBURG Representatives of some small-scale fishing communities say they are worried about the impact that floating powerships will have on scarce fish stocks along SA’s coast.

This comes after the environmental assessors for Karpowership SA found that a project to produce electricity on gas-fuelled powerships moored at the ports of Saldanha Bay, Richards Bay, and Ngqura could go ahead.

Separate impact reports were produced for each of the three sites. The reports ran to well over 1, 000 pages.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment now has about eight weeks to study the impact assessments and grant or refuse authorisation for the multi-billion-rand project.

While environmental groups have criticised the project, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has said the project will help cut down on load shedding.

“The presence of these ships, off our coast, will have a real impact in scaring off the fish in the area, and we

fishers will be the ones going hungry,” said Carmelita Mostert of Saldanha Coastal Links, in a statement.

Khalid Mather, an environmental activist from KwaZulu-Natal, said few of the fishing communities along the province’s coastline had been consulted.

“They are the ones who will suffer from the effects of the added pollution and other negative environmental impacts these vessels pose,” he said.

Karpowership SA’s proposal is part of a department of energy initiative to fast-track new, independent power production.

The group, which is part of Turkey’s Karadeniz Energy Group, has been named a preferred bidder in the department’s Risk Mitigation IPP Procurement Programme.

It has bid to moor a total of five powerships and three gas support vessels, known as floating storage regasification units, at the ports of Saldanha Bay, Richards Bay, and Ngqura. The vessels will produce a total of 1 220 MW of power from liquefied natural gas. – FIN24.

Some small fishing communities along SA’s coast fear the impact of floating powerships on fish stocks.

Tobacco proceeds channelled offshore HARARE - There are growing fears that earnings from tobacco, which remains touted as the country’s second single largest foreign currency earner after gold’s net export proceeds, might be far less in foreign receipts compared to other commodities because most of the contract schemes are sponsored using offshore funds.

Reports say after export, most of the proceeds remain offshore in the hands of funders and the country benefits less since it’s just a production platform.

The central bank is on record that the country earns an average US$800 million from tobacco annually, but the huge amounts of money running into billions realised after value adding the cross as it circulates in global value chains is not enjoyed in Zimbabwe.

Stakeholders said it was high time the country reverts to domestic funding of the crop, as was the case two decades ago to also ensure viability of the farmers and continuity of the auction marketing system.

Foreign tobacco merchants claim they bear a lot of costs and risks, including borrowing and production costs, which according to reports, are passed to farmers and as a result making them less viable.

In as much Zimbabwean farmers are paid nothing beyond US$6 per kg, a local contractor that cannot be named for professional reasons, said high quality Zimbabwean tobacco can fetch more than US$15 per kg on global market and the amount increases along the value chains.

Similarly, the bulk of the money earned from tobacco exports is kept offshore

largely to repay the said loans obtained for sponsoring the contract schemes mainly inputs.

According to figures from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board, about 96 percent of the farmers this season were under contract schemes, amid concerns that this may lead to the demise of the auction system.

“It’s good on paper (the contract farming system) but there are many costs involved which are passed on to farmers and this renders them less viable yet on global market they (contactors) benefit a lot,” Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr John Mangudya said recently.

“The model is now expensive and needs to be reviewed so that we can have kind of an equitable mix of contract and auction.”

THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

Eurozone suffers double-dip recession as pandemic impact continues LONDON - The eurozone’s economy has fallen back into recession as the impact of the pandemic continues to hit activity.

Europe’s economies have been set back by a renewed surge in infections this year and Covidrelated restrictions.

The eurozone shrank by 0.6 percent in the January-to-March period - the second consecutive contraction, which is a widelyused definition of a recession.

It is the second such episode, a so-called double-dip

recession, since the onset of the pandemic. However, among the national economies that have reported data so far, that pattern was repeated only by Italy.

Other countries reported some growth in one or other of the last two quarters.

The French economy did grow in the first three months of this year, by 0.4 percent, after a decline at the end of 2020, although the rebound was described by the national statistical agency as “limited.”

In Germany it was the other

way around, with some growth in the fourth quarter of last year and a sharp decline - of 1.7 percent - revealed by the latest figures. The bigger picture is a region where economic activity has been set back once again by the spread of the virus and restrictions imposed to curb it.

The figures are particularly bleak in the case of Italy, where the economy is still 6.6 percent smaller than at the end of 2019, before the pandemic.

That said, the economic damage in this phase of the

health crisis is less severe.

Economic activity in the eurozone in the most recent period was 11 percent higher than at the nadir in the second quarter of last year.

Looking ahead, this weak performance is expected to improve as vaccination programmes allow further easing of restrictions and support consumer confidence. That will be especially important in southern Europe where many businesses need to see a recovery in tourism. – BBC.

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Lubusha remains the ideal candidate for Chipangali constituency

PF 2016-21- UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR Dear Editor, IN the times of antiquities and more than four decades after independence, the agricultural sector has been widely seen as the preserve of the low income earners.

However, the post 2011 era brought about a paradigm shift and transformative approach with regard to public perception about agriculture.

Agriculture is now among the most chased after income earning initiatives and it is slowly identifying itself as a lucrative hobby among Zambians.

Ever since its assuming office, the Patriotic Front government has made various strides aimed at reforming the agriculture sector. The agricultural sector is no longer seen as the default way of income earning but its commercial face is slowly but surely unfolding. This is attributed to the knowledge base which has been expanded among the Zambians and the variety of agricultural alternatives that have been presented.

A look at page 15 of the PF manifesto (2021-26) has demonstrated political will by aiding the marginalised people in society to secure their meaningful participation in the diversified agricultural activities.

The importance of page 15

is to among other things, establish an agricultural institution to support the sector with a bias toward youth and women farmers.

It is clear that once the PF mandate is renewed after the general elections, the PF government seeks “to embark on a number of institutional initiatives that will elevate Zambia as a food basket of Southern Africa.

Agricultural diversification will only be harnessed by putting in place necessary institutions which will enable

diversification.

The capacitation of the Zambia Research Institute (ZARI), an agency under the Ministry of Agriculture is a progressive way of establishing the agriculture driven Zambia in the years to come.

ZARI is the largest agriculture research institute and it has over 10 research station across the country and its principal aims are to develop and adopt crop, soil and plant protection technologies and to provide high quality, appropriate and cost effective

services to agriculture.

It is clear with the environment for knowledge base the data collected from evidence-based research, there is an assurance of having a diversified agricultural sector.

The promise of promoting the graduation of 100, 000 small holder farmers to commercial agriculture per year as promised in the 2021-26 PF manifesto will therefore soon become a reality.

MARVIN MBERI,

CHANDA

Dear editor, PATRIOTIC Front Chipangali constituency aspiring parliamentary candidate and former eastern province PF Chairman Andrew Lubusha is the ideal candidate for the Chipangali seat owing to his great transformation of the constituency even before he becomes the area lawmaker.

The area has of late recorded massive infrastructure transformation which has impacted positively on the livelihood of the locals.

1. Among the notable developments Lubusha has executed in Chipangali constituency includes the road sector.

Roads make a crucial contribution to Chipangali’s economic development and this brings important social benefits. In addition, providing access to employment, social, health and education services makes a road network crucial in fighting against poverty.

Roads tend to open up more areas hence stimulating the economic and social development of the constituency. To this effect, Andrew Lubusha has rehabilitated the 54Km Mgubudu via MafutaChinunda road which has greatly stimulated economic activities in Chipangali. This is a milestone achievement.

Furthermore Mr Lubusha has successfully rehabilitated a stretch of 100Km of roads leading to schools, palaces and clinics. This has eased the movement of people and essential materials to these facilities.

2. Education in every sense is one of the fundamental

factors of development as it raises people’s productivity and creativity and to a great extent promotes enterprenuership and technological advances. In addition it plays a very crucial role in securing economic and social progress and improving income distribution especially for the rural population. To actualise the output of education, Andrew Lubusha has embarked on the construction of the first ever KAPATAMOYO secondary School and works are progressing well. The school will significantly help in eradicating some bad vices such as early marriages and drug abuse among boys and girls.

3. Andrew Lubusha recognises the fact that the health of women, mothers and children in Chipangali constituency is fundamental to the development of the constituency and Zambia at large.

To support the advocacy for increasing access to maternal health, Mr Lubusha is spearheading the construction of Kapara Maternity which will cater for a large population. This will greatly improve women’s and children’s health in the area.

Other health projects being undertaken include the construction of toilets and mother’s shelter at Mshawa’s Clinic, construction of Maternity ward at Chanyumbu health center and the stocking of health centers with beds, mattresses, blankets, bedsheets just to mention a few.

Andrew Lubusha remains the people’s favourite in Chipangali constituency as he recognises the fact that the ultimate purpose of development should be to improve the prosperity and well-being of each individual in Chipangali constituency and Zambia at large.

He has earned kudos from the people and traditional leaders for his commitment to better the lives of people of Chipangali. He is the man with the people, for the people.

MANGANI MBEWE

DAILY

CHONGWE COUNCIL GETS 5,000 HECTARES OF LAND

By JOHN KOMBE THE Chongwe Municipal Mouncil has been given 5, 000 hectares of land by Chief Bunda Bunda of the Soli People of Chongwe and Rufunsa.

Chongwe Mayor, Geoffrey Chumbwe, confirmed the development during a full council meeting at the civic centre yesterday.

He said that Chief Bunda Bunda donated the land after a request by the local authority.

The Mayor said the piece of land was meant to facilitate the development of a Smart City and an economic zone.

He said that the land which was earmarked for housing and commercial plots must not be demarcated for individual plots.

Mr Chumbwe stressed that the local authority could only achieve the goal of creating a Smart City and an economic zone if the land was well utilised.

He observed that Chongwe had seen a number of infrastructure development due to upgraded status from a district council to a municipality status. He said that the developments were testimony of the hard work of both the councillors and council technocrats.

Mr Kapita

West livestock disease control faces hitch

By IIRVIN MUYUMBWA THE selling of sick animals by people from neighbouring Angola to unsuspecting farmers is making it difficult to control the spread of the contagious bovine pleural pneumonia disease, says Western Province Minister Richard Kapita.

Mr Kapita said while efforts were being made to contain the spread of the disease through vaccination, it was difficult to succeed because of the influx of animals from neighbouring countries.

The Minister, however, said the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries had embarked on a sensitization programme that the affected animals would be slaughtered and owners compensated, but people misunderstood the initiative.

Mr Kapita said among the affected areas in the province include Lukulu, Mangango and Kalabo districts, which weer the key routes for Angolan livestock traders.

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KTH recalls croc victim for treatment

By ROGERS KALERO

THE Kitwe Teaching Hospital (KTH) has recalled for treatment the 16-year-old Newton Mulolo who was attacked by a crocodile on Mindolo stream four months ago Mulolo, who sought help to get specialist treatment at Sinozam Friendship Hospital (SFH), was recalled by management at KTH on Tuesday, where he is receiving serious attention from a number of medical personnel at the institution.

The plans to take Mulolo to SFH came up after the family felt he was not getting the required attention from KTH where he was initially was just being given days of review as an out-patient case.

But while Mulolo’s family and supporters of Patriotic Front Chimwemwe aspiring candidate Allen Banda Banda were planning to move the boy to the Chinese-run hospital, KTH Senior Medical Superintendent, Abidan Chansa, called Suwilanji Machalo, who was delegated to help the boy.

Ms Machalo explained that Dr Chansa told her to halt their plans of taking the boy to SFH. According to Dr Chansa, KTH had assembl;ed a team of doctors to give treatment to the boy.

Ms Machalo said, with the

help from others, they were set to take the boy to SFH, but a phone call came from Dr Chansa to take the boy to his hospital.

"We had decided to seek specialist treatment at Sinozam Friendship Hospital after no positive results were recorded at KTH. But before we could move on, Dr Chansa stopped us and told us to go back to KTH. So this is how our plan to take the boy to SFH was halted.

"It appears he did not know about the condition of the boy and what kind of treatment he was being given during the reviews. He only came to know about it through the media. We pray that God through these doctors and nurses, the boy will recover," Ms Machalo said And Zambia Chinese Association (ZCA) Copperbelt Chapter President Wang Xin has so far contributed K15, 000 towards the welfare of the boy.

Mr Wang had on Monday contributed K5, 000 towards the support of the boy before contributing another K10, 000 on Tuesday.

Mulolo was attacked by a crocodile on Mindolo stream four months ago and is confined to a wheel chair and seeking support from well-wishers to enable him walk again and continue with school.

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CHINGOLA PURSUES ILLEGAL LAND DEALERS

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HINGOLA Municipal Council has intensified inspections to rid the mining town of illegal land dealers, who were wantonly demarcating and allocating land to unsuspecting residents.

Chingola Mayor Titus Tembo, said more illegal dealers were still appearing in court for the illegal allocation of land in the district.

Mr Tembo however said that such cases were likely to increase especially when parliament is dissolved.

He observed that such cases increased when parliament dissolves because people feel they no longer have representation.

Mr Tembo said in an interview that the local authority had partnered with both state police in ensuring that the situation did not get out of hand.

Chingola is one of the districts on the Copperbelt that has been experiencing rampant illegal land allocation.

"We have formed a task force to intensify patrols in areas we feel are more vulner-

Mr Tembo

able to the illegal allocation of land. We have in the past seen that these kinds of illegalities

KCM workers’ perks ready this month

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KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) is expected to pay 40 percent of the total amount each employee has contributed to the pension fund by the end of this month, Mines and Mineral Development Minister, Richard Musukwa has disclosed.

The minister assured that the government would honour its agreement and pay workers at KCM their next installments.

Mr Musukwa said KCM management and unions have agreed to pay off the workers before the end of this month.

He said contrary to assertions that KCM was running at a loss, the mining firm managed to mobilise resources in excess of over $45 million to liquidate in excess of over 5, 865 direct employees’ benefits and paid the first installment of the redundant package.

Mr Musukwa, speaking on ZNBC’s Sunday interview said Government would at all cost ensure that workers at KCM and Mopani Copper Mines do not become destitute as was the case with workers at RAMCOZ in Luanshya.

“This is another system of ensuring that our workers and our people do not wait for their benefits in perpetuity, most of the people’s benefits have been held in trust for a long time, many of them have died without accessing these resources,” he said.

Mr Musukwa said Govern-

become common when parliament is dissolved," he said.

Mr Tembo advised the residents to always deal with the council or Ministry of Lands and ensure that they follow law at all the time.

He challenged people who wished to acquire parcels of land from individuals to demand for proper documentation and go to the council for verification and inspection.

Mr Tembo added that the council would continue acting within its legal mandate as enshrined in the Urban and Regional Planning Act to always do what was right on such matters.

Luanshya is yearning for growth, says DP candidate

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

Mr Musukwa

ment envisaged that after the liquidation process is finished with the fresh injection of investment from the equity partner, the company would be kept afloat and profitable.

He urged employees at KCM to put in their best and build on production to ensure that the company was sustained given the attractive price of the commodity.

Copper prices have hit $10, 000 per tonne on the international market.

“This is the PF liquidation which ensures there is protection of our workers, protection of assets and sustainability, this a government that respects agreements, and this the government that respects the workers not just at KCM but across the country,” Mr Musukwa said.

DEMOCRATIC Party (DP) Luanshya Central aspirant Thomson Ng'ambi has expressed worry on the high levels of unemployment in the mining town.

Mr Ng'ambi said it was sad that the little economic activities that had been going on for the past years were dwindling alongside employment levels.

He said in an interview yesterday that this could not sustain the town despite it being the once mining giant town.

"This is not supposed to be the case for a once mining giant town because the economy of the town depended and still depends on the mines. We have the Luanshya Copper Mine here which has only offered very little job opportunities for the people in the town.

"The deplorable state of recreation facilities as well as the dilapidation of the road network also makes it almost difficult to attract real investment in the city which I feel is not supposed to be the case," Mr Ng’ambi said.

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Kansanshi Mining urges workers to go for vaccine

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI KANSANSHI Mining has implored all employees to go for Covid-19 vaccination as a measure to protect themselves against severe pandemic attack.

John Gladstone, the Kansanshi Mining Assistant General Manager, said this was a proper response to the Covid-19 crisis.

Mr Gladston encouraged employees at Kansanshi Mine to be ready for the coming vaccines for the sake of their health. He was speaking during the World Day for Safety and Health at Work at Kansanshi Safety Centre.

“I implore you to think very hard and volunteer yourselves to get the vaccines in a timely manner to facilitate immunity to the COVID-19,” Mr Gladston said.

Mr Gladson said getting vaccinated against Covid-19 was the only way employees would remain safe and healthy at work.

He noted that the Covid-19 vaccination was the safest and most effective and reliable way for the control and prevention of the pandemic.

He said the company anticipated to receive the vaccines soon and advised employees willing to be inoculated to access the vaccine from the mine clinic as soon as it arrives. “The vaccination is part of the safety measures to protect yourselves from becoming prey to the pandemic and to make the mine site an environment of healthy workers,” he said.

Meanwhile, Kansanshi Mining Safety Manager Teza Kasengele commended employees in the Safety Department for being actively engaged in promoting occupational health and safety.

He assured the safety practitioners that they have support from management in all they do and this was the reason why managers from various departments of the company left their busy schedules and joined the safety practitioners in celebrating the World Day for Safety and Health.

Use Govt funds prudently, councils told

By ANDREW MUKOMA LOCAL authorities have been challenged to emulate the Livingstone City Council (LCC) in the prudent utilisation of the Local Government Equalisation Fund.

Local Government Minister, Charles Banda, said Government expected councils to use 20 per cent of equalization on capital projects.

The minister was speaking when he inspected the newly constructed fire officers’ dormitories on Tuesday.

Dr Banda was happy that the local authority in Livingstone had come up with such an initiative, using the Local Authority Equalisation Fund.

“I am very happy to be at your station and see to it that you’re very healthy and apart from that, to see to it that the Livingstone City Council are doing everything possible to make your stay in your work comfortable.

“That is a very commendable job that the Livingstone

City Council has done especially that they have been able to put up a structure like that, furnish it in the manner they have done and they continue to do up to the completion utilizing the equalization fund, the much talked about equalization fund,” he said.

Dr Banda said the council was not only beautifying the place but making work easy for officers.

“This is the way to go.

When we say we give equalization fund to local authorities and that they should utilize 20 per cent on capital projects, we expect things like that and we would like to encourage the Livingstone City Council to continue doing more with the little which they receive,” Dr Banda said. “...so kudos should go to the town clerk, management for a job well done. Don’t stop here, continue doing whatever you can,” he said.

He urged the local authority to make it a model for fire stations in the country.

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ZAMBIANISATION TAKES POSITIVE EFFECT AT BARRICK LUMWANA MINE GOVERNMENT has commended Barrick Lumwana mine for reducing the number of expatriates at the mine, in line with its Zambianisation programme .

North-Western Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu says it is government’s desire to see more Zambians taking up senior positions in foreign owned companies.

“On behalf of government, I would like to acknowledge their (Barrick Lumwana) Zambianisation programme.

We have seen a drop in the number of expatriates from more than 50 in the recent past to just about less than 20, that is what government desires to see.

“We have many capable Zambians with the requisite qualifications and experience to run these jobs, like this the people of Zambia feel that they are part of these investments and that is a big plus for Barrick

Monze drills boreholes

By ANDREW MUKOMA MONZE Town Council has commenced drilling boreholes using the Constituency Development Funds (CDF).

Council Secretary, Pythias Samakong’a, said council was drilling boreholes in all the three constituencies of the district.

He said the exercise commenced in monze central constituency where 11 boreholes had already been drilled and were awaiting installation of hand pumps.

Mr Samakong’a explained that the next in line was Moomba constituency where 18 boreholes would be drilled to be shared among the wards.

He added that the drilling company has already been engaged and was expected to be the constituency this month.

Meanwhile, some beneficiaries in Monze central have thanked the council for bringing water close to their homes.

They promised to guard the water sources jealously and that the gesture shortens the distance for drawing water.

Dr Mubukwanu

Lumwana management,” Mr Mubukwanu said.

The mining giant has so reduced the number of expatriates in managerial positions to about less than 20.

And Barrick Lumwana mine General Manager, Paul Gillot said the mine will continue giving opportunities to Zambians to hold senior positions because they already have the capacity.

“It is not just about training more Zambians, what we

see is that Zambians are capable already, they just need to be given an opportunity to take over the reins in the positions and that is something we are doing with vigour,” Mr Gillot said.Mr Gillot said the mine will continue undertaking the programme with vigour by offering more training opportunities.

And speaking after he conducted a tour of the mine in Kalumbila yesterday, Mr Mubukwanu commended the mine

management for the huge step and encouraged them to continue engaging more skilled Zambians.

However, Mr Mubukwanu appealed to the mine to consider engaging more Zambian owned companies in such processes to help keep the money in circulation.

“There are quite huge sums of money going into communities through corporate social responsibility, subcontractors and investment procurements, but we would like to see not only Zambian registered but Zambian owned companies taking part in these processes so that we help keep the money in circulation,” Mr Mubukwanu said.

He said the provincial administration is looking forward to the enactment of the local content Bill as it will give more opportunities to Zambian companies with capacity to compete for opportunities in mining firms. - ZANIS

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Election 2021 - Political violence never wins an election!

provide timely support for and the vaccination process. the rapid deployment of the Mr Young commended the Covid-19 vaccine plans, in- Zambian government on the cluding the coordination of approval of its Covid-19 vacvarious stakeholders and im- cination programme. plementation of the vaccinaHe said Covid-19 vaccination process. tions are critical to controlling "These funds will also sup- the pandemic, slowing the port supply chain logistics emergence of new variants, Mr Mulambia made the apof the Covid- 19 vaccination and helping to restart the peal when Commerce, Trade tressed. They bid for power total civility. It should not be al Congress (ANC) led by the box. killed for an offence campaign, including assis- globalwere economy. and Industry Permanent SecPost-independence po- in the hope that they will too difficult for the PF to get “Old Lion” Harry Mwaanga they never committed. tance in maintaining the cold "In support of the global retary Mushuma Mulenga litical violence in Africa has have access to state pow- rid of any violent cadres. ViNkumbula from paid the south. chain, which is vital for safe The chief planner of the vaccination effort, the Unita courtesyThis call oninter the Northern delivery of the vaccine" Mr party violence mostly been motivated by er and block any potential olence can work in favour of Chachacha uprising Lewis ed States recently announced Administration.

Young said. after indepen- selfish interests. Jonas Sav- claims on their businesses. a very unpopular candidate.

Mutale Changufu refusedProvince to continued K42 billion ($2 bil- from Mr Mulambia the provMr Young said he was look- an initial The ruling party must dence. said First Republican imbi in Angola fought the They also hope to raid state receive any honours obligation out of to- MMD ince was endowed with various David MPLA Government because coffers to settle their private raise its standards to highing forward to continuing lion) UNIP President Dr Kenneth as -well asa the tal planned K84 billion minerals whichgave small-scale supportOLITICAL throughout Zambia’s liabilities. er levels so that violence is Kaunda the eradication of Angola’s diamond riches. governments as ($4 a protest STILL have violence faint mem-is billion) to Gavi, the Vaccine not a new phenomeminers ofcould once vaccination rollout.

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18, Edward independence, United making the Paikani United Phiri, ing hadOne not been tapped, ue to work with the the Ministry late 1950s.

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People marched ising tothose who dared to over Congolese cottan and es, the business people will tional pictures and listen to ers. He strongly believed that licensing officesout were only inits poli- gold. victims of that strug- the colonial government alongside the violent motorcade sponsor violence and cause motivational speeches. speak against Lusaka, Mansa and Mkushi. gle Ms to Lillian andwho they included were singing the The motivation for politi- despondence in a nation. If Violence never wins an hanged them to scare other cies. The unfortunate vicHe also appealed to GovernMargaret Burton, a white youths from involvement in praise of the Old Lion. cal power through violence the other political players election. Ask Donald Trump. tims were lifted “by air.” ment to The providereintroduction small-scale settler killedothers in Ndola.

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A PF parliamentary aspiring candidate in Kaumbwe Constituency, with Chinese links has continued to dish out money to electorates against party orders, the Daily Nation has learnt.

The candidate has also been buying residents of Mwanjabantu Chiefdom beer and other goodies on the belief that he would be adopted by the ruling party.

Some residents have however protested against the candidates’ continued use of ‘desperate’ tactics to hoodwink voters.

Mr Peter Mumba of Zumaile Village has appealed to PF leadership to step in and stop this as it was going against party rules.

Mr Mumba said aspiring candidates should campaign with ideas and tell people what they would do once ushered in to office not buying their way to the top.

He said the candidate

This is not in order and the party has stopped this kind of campaigning where candidates just splash a lot of money to residents without telling them what they will do for them if elected,” he said. had been buying residents beer and splashing goodies on the pretext that he had already been adopted even before individuals who had been picked for Eastern Province were announced.

Mr Mumba said individuals who were not popular on the ground should not be adopted despite the amounts of money they were committed to pump in.

“This is not in order and the party has stopped this kind of campaigning where candidates just splash a lot of money to residents without telling them what they will do for them if elected,” he said.

He said it was important for the party to reward loyalty by picking people who have stood with the party for many years and especially those who applied in 2016 and were not picked but continued supporting the party like the grassroots, favourite, Jimmy Lungu.

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CHISAMBA Katuba 2ha 300m off Great North road K300,000.6ha,piggery 6km off great north road K400,000.3ha cottage, borehole, wirefence, zesco power K1m.2ha to 40ha 12km east of fringilla K65,000 per ha.

CHIBOMBO near Ibis Gardens tarred Great North roadfront,2ha,4ha,8ha,10ha,12ha K250,000 per ha.

Same area 300 to 600m off Great North road,2ha,4ha, K125,000 per ha.2.5ha,3 bedroom house, poultry, near Chibombo Basic School K300,000.Liteta area 8ha K900,000.23ha near Mungule Place K1.5m.

MUMBWA Tollgate 78ha K1.5m.40ha In Mumbwa town K50,000 per ha can Sub-divide.

CHIBOMBO Near Ibis Gardens 4 bedroom house on 4ha 300m off great north road with poultry K2m.55ha K750,000.

SERENJE Nansanga farm block 118ha K750,000.16ha price offers invited.32ha K150,000.80ha K500,000.230ha K850,000.265ha K2m.105ha.18ha offers.

MKUSHI 3km from town 160ha K1.2m.35ha K1.3m.390ha K1m.Shiwang’andu 200ha K1m.

KABWE 6ha 2km off Lusaka K225,000.45ha 3 bedroom cottage, borehole, Zesco 3-phase power,20km from Kabwe cbd 500m off Great North Lusaka road K5.5m.

KAPIRI town ten shops as a complex K250,000.

Kapiri Hillside plot 20m x 40m with five room house K150,000.

COPPERBELT NDOLA Northrise 5 bedroom house K1.5m.Mitengo 3 bedroom house K300,000.

LUFWANYAMA Emerald mines seeking partners, investors, sponsors or financiers.

EASTERN CHIPATA City Kalongwezi 3 bedroom house K650,000.4 acres Great east Msekela road junction K1m.

LUSAKA KALUNDU Lusaka west 2km off mumbwa road several plots,20m x 30m K35,000.30m x 30m K45,000.40m x 50m K60,000.50m x80m K80,000.

MUNGWI Road, Lusaka west near Appolo several plots, one acre tar roadfront commercial K400,000.2Bedroom house on 4 acres K3m.several plots 50m x 80m K130,000.40m x 50m K80,000.

MAKENI off Mumbwa road one acre K180,000.Makeni West Kacheta area,2ha to 80ha K100,000 per ha.

Before Oriental 4900sqm 3 room house K1.3m.makeni south tar road front commercial plot for shopping mall and filling station or warehouses 4 acres K6m.

MAKENI Great North roadfront. Makeni West Kacheta 11 acres K400,000.

KAFUE estates plots, 20m x 30m K35,000.Shikoswe 20m x 30m K40,000.Mpande area one acre to 3 acres K60,000 per acre. Hillside 50m x 100m K100,000.

Chikupi 50m x 50m K60,000. 59m x 100m K80,000.

Greenfields 30m x 87m K120,000.Town 40m x 40m K100,000.Kafue Lusaka road near Avic 30m x 40m K40,000.

MIKANGO Mwanawasa Settlement, several pieces 2ha to 3ha K125,000 per ha. Five hectares 300m off Leopards Hill road opposite Barracks entrance commercial K2m.Nkwashi 2ha K1m.Plot 2500sqm K80,000.

PALABANA Lusaka East, Chalimbana river damfront 40ha to 300ha K200,000 per ha. Away from dam 600ha K150,000 per ha. Also same area 2ha 80ha K90,000 per ha.

KANAKANTAPA ,Chongwe, 22 acres, 3 bedroom house 3 fish ponds, poultry facility 2500birds capacity K3m.6ha K250,000.

WATERFALLS, Silverest area 1km off great east road several plots,30m x 30m K150,000.30m x 44m, 30m x 47m, 33m x 60m,K250,000 each. Same area, buildings can be residential or offices K1.5m.

CHINIKA GARDEN house area, warehouse near SGS Filling Station plot sizes 3 acres built space 20m x 60m.

U$D740,000 warehouse 4,738sqm K6m.House 6 rooms plus Mumbwa roadfront K850,000.

NDEKE Meanwood, 3 bedroom house K580,000,3 bedroom house,2x 1 bedroom houses small shop wallfenced K1.5m.

MAKENI off Kafue road , motor vehicle workshops on 2.5 acres and 2 acres adjacent, big truck and bus parking space, service pits, storerooms U$D 1.8m.

MAKENI East commercial plot 6,603sqm K700,000.3 bedroom executive house, ceramics K3m.

SHIBUYUNJI MWEMBESHI Bridge 75 acres K1m.300 acre K3m.

CHILENJE South 2x2 bedroom house houses one plot K850,000 2 bedroom house K500,000.

KAFUE Roadfront opposite Embassy Mall 2 acres, office block, big space for further construction K38m.

CAIRO road Kafue roundabout Commercial plot 3100sqm K36m BARLASTONE PARK ,Lusaka west 8 acres with 5 bedroom house, 4 and 2 bedrooms, workshop, storeroom ,2 boreholes,2 water tanks,Orchard,K10m.

CHIPATA Compound 3 bedroom house K200,000.2 bedrooms K250,000.Chunga Extension 3 bedrooms K400,000.

CHILANGA Shimabala, Safari Ranch 26 acres,6km off Lusaka Kafue Great North road,40km from Lusaka cbd four chalets, solar power, dinning room, kitchen, braistand, two offices, fish pond, two boreholes, some zebras, puku, peacock K2m.Good for weekend and holiday camping.

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

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

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

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

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

KANAKANTAPA,Chongwe,4.3ha K250,000.

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

CHILANGA Opposite Chilanga Cement,3 bedroom house 1km off kafue road double storey K3M. SHIMABALA 7ha K1.7m. Lusaka westwood 100 acres K3m. Quarry Road 20 acres K2m.Barmoral 7 acres K1.3m.Mwembeshi 50 acres K15,000 per acre.

Barm0ral plot 30m x 40m K75,000.

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

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

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

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

CHALALA 2x3 bedroom houses K875,000.

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

CHILANGA house double storey near Golf club, plot size 80m x 80m K2m.Mt Makulu area 1.5 acres K400,000.1.4 acres K650,000.Musamba premises for school or shops nine rooms plus five toilets K2m.

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

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

MUNGWI road, Barlastone Park Lusaka west warehouse and shops K600,000.Plots 25m x 40m K80,000.

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

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

Warehouse at rear 719sqm.Price U$D14m or Kwacha equivalent.

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

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

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

LUFWANYAMA 10ha(25 acres) K90,000.

MPONGWE MACHIY area 800ha K2.5m.

CHINGOLA Maiteneke 2 bedroom house K90,000.

KITWE Bulangililo house 7 rooms K150,000.

KAOMA near tbz farms 178ha K2m.

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

Monze town center on Livingstone road, complex of

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

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

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

MUCHINGA MPIKA town plot 50m x 50m with 2 rooms K180,00.

Farm 2700ha K3,00 per ha.

SERENJE Nansanga block 2000ha K75m.

CHINSALI 5000ha K35m.

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

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

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

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

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

COPPERBELT KALULUSHI Napsa Complex 3 bedroom hose K4,000.

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

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

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

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

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

Long lease rent to be discussed.

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

Warehouse at rear 719sqm.

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

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

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

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

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

If you have idle land, we can sell for you either as a whole or by sub-dividing into sub-divisions or plots.

Send us your e-mail address so that we send you our blank standard mandate forms which you can fill to give us required details.

DAILY

Thursday 6 May, 2021

COMMITTED TO DEMOCRACY …We will not overthrow Buhari Nigerian military

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BUJA - Nigeria's military has warned local politicians to desist from incitement and pledged it would not overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari, whose government has come under criticism over growing insecurity in the country.

From a jihadist insurgency in the northeast to herder-farmer clashes in the centre, banditry in the northwest and separatist tensions in the southeast, Buhari's armed forces appear to be struggling to curb insecurity.

However, the country's military, while reacting to agitation by some secessionists and opposition figures to topple the government, has pledged its loyalty to Buhari, a former army general. - AFP.

SA’s Health ministry in urgent talks on cases at ports of entry amid new variant concerns

JOHANNESBURG - The Health Ministry is urgently seeking advice on how to handle a rise in Covid-19 cases at South Africa’s ports of entry.

“This increase in (the) detection of cases at the ports of entry is of deep concern to us as government, and we have been attending to this as a matter of urgency,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said in a statement.

The government’s efforts to seek advice come after 14 crew were quarantined on a bulk carrier cargo vessel from India at Durban Port as well as allegedly fraudulent Covid-19 declarations on a ship from Kenya. – NEWS24/AFP.

Malian woman gives birth to nine babies

BAMAKO - A 25-year-old Malian woman has given birth to nine babies - two more than doctors had detected during scans.

Halima Cisse gave birth to the nonuplets in Morocco.

Mali's government flew her there for specialist care.

The five girls and four boys were born by Caesarean section and were doing well, Mali's health minister said.

It is extremely rare to give birth to a set of nonuplets - and complications during and after birth often mean that some of the babies do not survive.

– BBC.

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Trade Kings boost Olympics-bound athletes

By NOEL IYOMBWA TOKYO-bound athlete, Sydney Siame has hailed Trade Kings for donating assorted beverages to the athletics team.

Siame said the donation was a morale booster to the team as they prepare for the Olympic Games.

He said he was encouraged to note that there are some corporate entities that are ready to help and contribute to the team.

The 2014 Youth Olym-

pics gold medalist called on other companies to emulate Trade Kings group of Companies which also donated washing paste and cereals.

And Trade Kings Group Media manager James Songwe said they are proud to be associated with the development of sports in the country.

Speaking when the Trade Kings handed over the donation, Songwe said they decided to come on board to donate to the team so as to supplement Government’s efforts.

He said the partnership has not ended on the donation but that they will do more for the team.

Lungu tips Fashion

By MICHAEL MIYOBA PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has hailed Chipolopolo striker Fashion Sakala who has signed a pre contract to join Scottish champions Glasgow Rangers FC led by former Liverpool and England legend Steven Gerrard from KV Oostende of Belgium.

In a congratulatory message posted on his facebook page, Lungu said Sakala’s move to Glasgow Rangers is a huge boostto the Zambia national team.

“Let me congratulate Zambian striker Fashion Sakala jnr for

joining Rangers FC of Scotland.

This is a huge step in your career and a positive gain to our national team.

“I hope you learn more skills from the tuition of Liverpool great Steven Gerrard. We look forward to watching you in the Champions League,” Lungu said on his social media account.

Responding to the post from the President, Sakala said, “Thank you so much your excellency and I really appreciate your support it means a lot to me.”

The former Zanaco and Nchanga Rangers striker has

penned a four-year deal at the newly-crowned Scottish champions and will join up with his new team-mates in summer.

The 24 year old 2017 Under-20 AFCON winner has been in a decent form for Oostende scoring 13 league goals this season, a tally that has seen him on the radar of a number of club in Europe.

NKANA STILL IN RED

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

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KANA’S bid to survive relegation from the MTN Super League suffered a major setback after being held to a 2-2 draw by Nkwazi at Nkana Stadium in Kitwe.

Goal keeper Moses Mapulanga made a costly mistake in the dying minutes to gift Nkwazi a point.

Nkana started positively and were awarded a penalty in the 30th minute after Nkwazi defender Andrew Mpende was judged to have handled the ball which Nkwazi players disputed.

Nkwazi team manager Henry Kalaba who also complained was given his matching orders after causing a fracas that lasted for close to five minutes after Frederick Tshimenga converted the controversial penalty that

gave the hosts the lead.

Nkwazi levelled matters nine minutes later through Bernard Kumwenda.

Nkana restored their lead again through the penalty spot converted by Richard Ocran after a hand ball from a Nkwazi defender in the 60th minute.

Nkwazi remained resilient and were rewarded for their efforts in the 85th minute following a moment of madness from Mapulanga in the Nkana goal.

Steven Mutama took a perfectly timed free kick beating the Nkana goal keeper to rescue a point for Nkwazi SCOREBOARD Green Buffaloes 2, Forest Rangers 1 Buildcon 2, Prison Leopards Kabwe Warriors 1, Power Dynamos 0 Napsa Stars 2, Kitwe United 0 Lusaka Dynamos 1, Indeni 2 Lumwana Radiants 1, Zanaco 1