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income as they are stuck with 42, 000 tonnes of winter maize which they cannot export and from which they expected to generate a profit.

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DIALOGUE A MUST! DIALOGUE is the best recourse to harmonise a widening gap between the opposition and the party in Government in any democratic dispensation.

The political differences which often degenerate into violence in Zambia can only be ironed out if all political players, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the Church agree to meet on the round-table without giving any pre-conditions.

This has worked in Zambia before and it can still work!

On Wednesday, President Edgar Lungu expressed willingness to dialogue with the opposition on sticky issues affecting the country.

The opposition must seize this opportunity and agree to meet with the ruling party in the presence of the Church and CSOs. It will be prudent to make this initiative workable by ensuring that only established political parties and credible institutions are invited.

This should be so because there are some political parties that have been in existence for some years, without demonstrating seriousness.

Many a time, they have acted as spoilers, always speaking loudly yet they do not even have secretariats and executive committees.

They are one-man parties specialised in press conferences and media interviews; they are spoilers.

Political dialogue is an important national agenda which must only accommodate serious parties which have the ability to mobilise members and participate in elections.

Secondly, CSOs which are politically-inclined must not be allowed to spoil such an important undertaking.

Usually, the heckling which in the past has scuttled political dialogue has been relayed through ‘spoiler’ political parties and biased elements with a narrow agenda.

There are so many sticky issues that require to be included in the political dialogue agenda, such as the Public Order Act, electoral process, political violence, the distressed economy and media reforms.

It is expected, therefore, that the opposition will respond favourably to President Lungu’s announcement that he is ready to meet political opponents.

The UPND, New Hope MMD, National Restoration Party, Forum for Democracy and Development, National Democratic Congress, Andyford Banda’s People’s Alliance for Change and the Patriotic Front must get to the round-table.

There are other political parties such as Alliance for Democracy and Development and the newly-formed Movement for Democratic Change under Felix Mutati that can make valuable contribution during dialogue.

On the other hand, the Church must participate in good faith so should the CSOs as both groups are an integral part of governance.

The Church and CSOs play a vital role in guiding and supplementing Government efforts in communities and elsewhere.

All players must look back and analyse the reasons behind failure of political dialogue so that pitfalls can be avoided this time around.

One of the reasons for failure is that toxic language had continued flying around while arrangements for dialogue were being made.

Another reason is that some players set unnecessary pre-conditions and in the end quarrelling took much of the time and space even before getting to the round-table.

Some people worked hard to scuttle these discussions through various disruptions, hence the need to keep at bay all potential spoilers.

Lastly, all parties must leave behind bitterness and grudges as they discuss arrangements for the political dialogue; they should forget and forgive.

Zambia will be going to the polls on August 12 this year and therefore dialogue must be held in earnest.

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ACCEPT DIALOGUE OFFER, OPPOSITION URGED

By OLIVER SAMBOKO and SILUMESI MALUMO

TAKE advantage of the willingness by President Edgar Lungu to dialogue to air your grievances ahead of the August 12 general elections, the Bishops Council of Zambia (BCZ) has advised opposition political parties.

President Lungu said he was ready for any dialogue aimed at resolving challenges. When he met with a delegation from the Reformed Church in Zambia who paid a courtesy call on him at State House, Bishop Kaela said the church was happy that the President has come out to indicate his willingness to meet and dialogue with his political opponents and the church on matters of national importance.

He said the call for dialogue

by President Lungu was not only timely but also important considering that the country will soon be going to the polls to elect leaders for the next five years. Bishop Kaela said it’s only through dialogue that solutions can be found to the many challenges the country was going through including the economic meltdown caused by the outbreak of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.

“The willingness by the President to dialogue on national matters has come at the right time especially that the country will soon be going to the polls and more also that as a people, it will give us the opportunity to find solutions to the social and economic challenges we face because of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said. Bishop Kaela also said the church was more than willing

to bring together all political opponents to find a lasting solution to end political violence in the country.

He said the country was known to be a beacon of peace and that other countries in the region and Africa as a whole were looking up to Zambia as a good example of how citizens can live in harmony and peace even amid misunderstandings.

Meanwhile, the Bishops Council of Zambia says it is absurd for the church to join the UPND mercenaries in causing confusion in the country,.

Bishop Kaela said God created the church to bring peace to the troubled world, therefore, church leaders engaged in vices were doing the work of the devil.

He was reacting to revelations by former UPND deputy spokesperson, Edwin Lifwekelo, that the UPND had allegedly

Court cancels forged Will

By CHARLES MUSONDA

THE Lusaka High Court has nullified a dead man’s Will which lawyer Nathaniel Inambao is accused of forging.

Judge Pixie Yangailo has nullified the Will after finding that the signature on it, purported to be that of the late Dominic Chimfwembe, did not match signatures on his official documents.

In this case Mr. Chimfwembe’s daughter Hellen sued her step mother Clara who is the deceased’s surviving widow over the Will in question.

According to Helen, after her father’s burial in 2018 there was a family meeting where it was discovered that the deceased did not leave any Will, after which Clara was appointed as administrator and the late Mr. Chimfwembe’s uncle as coadministrator of his estate.

She said a few weeks later a legal assistant Mubanga

Chibonga from ICN Legal Practitioners, a law firm belonging to Mr. Inambao, informed the family that there was a Will left by Mr. Chimfwembe.

Hellen said she and her siblings then went to the law firm where they met Mr. Inambao who was alleged to have prepared the purported Will.

She testified that on March 2, 2018, Mr. Inambao met with the family in Kabwata and read out the Will whose copy he gave to the widow and another copy to Judge Philip Musonda in his capacity as a family representative.

Hellen said when she and her siblings read through the Will they were not satisfied with its contents and discovered that the signature against their father’s name appeared strange and did not look like the one they were familiar with, prompting her to sue her stepmother Clara.

In her judgment, Ms. Justice

Corrupt Council revenue collector convicted

By SILUMESI MALUMO A REVENUE Collector with the Chirundu Town Council has been convicted for corrupt practices by the Siavonga Subordinate Court.

In 2019. the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested Clever Habukali, 44, of Mission Area in Chirundu, and charged him with three counts of theft by public servant and three counts of fraudulent false accounting.

Details in the first count are that Habukali, on January 29, 2018 stole K480 while in count two, he stole a similar amount of K480 from the council.

Habukali was also charged with three counts of fraudulent false accounting, according to a statement yesterday issued

by ACC Public Realtions Manager Timothy Moono.

In count one, on January 22, 2018, Habukali made a false entry on a duplicate copy of a receipt, a transaction concerning Chirundu Town Council.

When the matter came up for commencement of defence, Habukali changed his plea from not guilty to guilty.

He was accordingly convicted on all the six counts on his own admission and given a suspended sentence of three months for each count with hard labour.

Yangailo found that the late Mr. Chimfwembe was not the one who signed on the purported Will.She ordered Clara to deliver letters of administration granted by the High Court to the court forthwith and also ordered her to give a full account of all the assets belonging to the deceased’s estate, including rentals from the lease of stand number 471 of 11063 Libala Stage 3.

Ms. Justice Yangailo said this should be from the date of Mr. Chimfwembe’s death to the date of production of the said account, which should be done within one month from the date of the judgment.

Mr. Inambao, who is former Commissioner of Lands and one of the lawyers who represented UPND president Hakainde Hichilema in his treason case, is also facing a criminal charge of forgery over the same Will and the case is still at trial stage before Magistrate Judith Chiyayika.

Church to engage political leaders – Fr. Lungu ZAMBIA Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) Secretary General Cleophas Lungu says political leaders have an important role to play in ensuring that there is peace before, during and after the August General Election.

Fr. Lungu has also appealed to political leaders to refrain from using youths to perpetuate violence.

He says political parties should instead encourage youths to be promoters of peace- building in the country.

Fr. Lungu says the church also has a critical role to play in peace building especially as the country moves to the August poll.

He says the church has to advocate for peace and ensure members commit to what Jesus Christ calls Christians to abide by.

Speaking to ZNBC News in Lusaka today, Fr. Lungu said the Catholic church in Zambia is committed to play a prophetic role. He said the church has come up with a strategy for peace building in Zambia in the run up to the elections.

Fr. Lungu said it is important for the church to engage several stakeholders as the country prepares for the polls. He said the church has been engaging Government to see areas where they can collaborate to achieve the goal of maintaining peace in the country.

Fr. Lungu has called on political parties to demonstrate that they are responsible enough to lead the people by managing their members. - ZNBC

Mr Lifwekelo engaged some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and few priests to issue malicious statements against the Government.

Mr Lifwekelo said he was informed that some days ago the UPND leadership had a meeting with some priests and CSOs to issue statements aimed at distabilising the ruling party ahead of the August general elections.

‘State must get more revenue from mines’

By NATION REPORTER GOVERNMENT must negotiate for a fair share of revenue from the mines of at least 50 percent of profits and stop tax exemption as other neighbouring countries are doing, a mining expert Mwimba Bwalya has said.

Mr Bwalya said currently, foreign investors under the Mineral Royalty Tax regime were the major beneficiary of 90 percent to 95 percent of revenue on production of minerals while the State, the owner of mineral resources ends-up getting a paltry five percent to 10 percent of revenue.

He said Mineral Royalty Tax was paid on production such as sales, revenue and tonnage when the mines become profitable.

Mr Bwalya said other countries such as Botswana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe were benefitting meaningfully from the mining sector.

“Botswana’s royalty is at 55 percent, Tanzania at 60 percent and Zimbabwe has increased royalty to 70 percent,” Mr Bwalya said.

Mr Bwalya said Zambians were free willing with their mineral resources at the expense of earning foreign exchange, strengthening the Kwacha and developing the economy from their God- given mineral resources.

Mr Bwalya called on Government to ensure that mineral royalty paid to the State be a deductible share of revenue for computing corporate income tax when arriving at the gains or profits of foreign investors in the exploitation of natural resources.

He also urged the State not to give foreign investors five-year tax exemptions.

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WIDEN KILLING PROBE, SAYS LUCHEMBE From Page 1 Speaking in an interview yesterday, Chief Luchembe said the law of natural justice should prevail over the December 23, 2020 shooting incident in which a public prosecutor Nsama Nsama Chipyoka and a UPND cadre Joseph Kaunda died.

He said UPND president Hakainde Hichilema must be held responsible for the deaths of two people last December just like Americans have blamed their outgoing President Donald Trump for the deaths of four people who died during protests at the Capitol Hill yesterday, an opposition leader has charged.

The chief said this was because prior to the incident, police had warned the UPND supporters to stay away from the proceedings but Mr. Hichilema failed to control them and he must therefore be held responsible for ferrying them from even outside Lusaka.

Chief Luchember said the police and other law enforcement agencies must investigate Mr. Hichilema for ferrying the UPND cadres from as far as Mazabuka and Kafue to police headquarters where he appeared for questioning.

He said the Zambia Police Service and President Editor Lungu’s government are not responsible for ferrying the UPND cadres to go and cause havoc in the name of offering solidarity to Mr. Hichilema.

“In as much as we are aware that Mr. Hakainde Hichilema has written to the Human Rights Commis-

sion, we want to call upon the same Commission to thoroughly investigate all the UPND cadres if they possess guns. They should be scrutinised through the system to know which ones among those people from the UPND camp own guns.

“What happened in Zambia where two lives were lost could have been avoided. In the same vein, what happened in the United States of America could have been avoided if President Donald Trump had told his people to stay home. This is the more reason we are saying that a businessman is not good for top leadership of President,” Chief Luchembe said.

He called on the police and other law enforcement agencies to extend their investigations to Mr. Hichilema’s camp and scrutinise all his cadres and the people who went to police headquarters, adding that he is happy that some of the 32 buses that were used to ferry the cadres had been impounded.

Chief Luchembe called on Mr. Hichilema to learn from late President Michael Sata who stopped Copperbelt-based Patriotic Front supporters from coming to Lusaka to protest against his loss in the 2006 general elections and 2008 Presidential by-election on grounds that he did not want to come and rule a ruined country.

He said even when Mr. Sata was summoned to police on various occasions he stopped PF cadres from accompanying because he was called alone and he was able handle it.

MINE UNIONS BACK LUNGU

By ROGERS KALERO

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HE Mineworkers Unions of Zambia (MUZ) and the National Union of Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW) have declared their support for President Edgar Lungu.

According to the unions, President Lungu had worked very hard to protect the mining industry and cited the repossession of Konkola Copper mines (KCM) from Vedanta Resources PLC as one such bold decision.

MUZ President, Joseph Chewe, said previous Republican Presidents had failed to act on Vedanta Resources, but President Lungu took a bold decision to place KCM on liquidation after the Indian investor failed to run the giant mining company.

Mr Chewe was speaking yesterday when President

Lungu visited KCM in Chililabombwe.

He said the two unions were grateful to President Lungu for taking a bold decision on KCM and urged him to continue with the same spirit in dealing with other mines which were facing problems like Chambishi Metals "Your Excellency, you have done a great job which other previous Republican Presidents failed to do. We had other previous Presidents but they failed to sort out the mess at KCM until when you became President.

"This is why we have decided to publicly declare our support for you as mine unions because you also demonstrated the love and care you have for miners," Mr Chewe said.

And President Lungu said he was grateful for the confidence and trust shown in

THE Lusaka High Court has granted an order of interim preservation and detention of properties to the 59 investors allegedly swindled of their money through an online business called MyZamfund Village Banking run by a Nigerian and seven Zambians.

The court has also granted the 59 permission to serve the eight defendants the writ of summons and statement of claim by advertising in the newspaper.

This is in a matter Mr Davies Musonda and 58 others have sued Nigerian Prosper Sylvia Ezeokah, Rodrick Mulumbwa Musonda, Nelly Banda Zimba, Luyando Dyololo, Joseph Mwaba, Joshua Chikonko, George Chishimba and Chilufya Mulolo for fraudulently obtaining their money amounting to K6, 760, 245.

In their statement of claim Ezeokah together with the seven Zambians created and operated the online business My Zamfund Village Banking.

The 59 who invested between K5, 000 and K480, 000 want the

President Lungu him and that he will continue to provide quality leadership which will take Zambia to greater heights.

The Head of State said he was strong and ready for the August general elections because his conscious was clear that he had been providing quality leadership.

‘Vedanta is a closed chapter’

By ROGERS KALERO

VEDANTA Resources PLC has gone for good and will not come back to Zambia regardless of how many times it will seek court intervention, President Edgar lungu has declared.

President Lungu urged management and employees at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) not to worry about Vedanta Resources coming back to Zambia, but to put in their best to revive the mine The President noted that the Indian investor failed to run the mine. He was speak-

ing yesterday at KCM plant in Chililabombwe when he addressed miners Mr Lungu said miners should not listen to prophets of doom, but remain focused because he will always act in the interests of the miners, suppliers and contractors.

"Don't doubt me because I also don't doubt you. I have my strength in you. If you say let's move this way, then I will move. As your Republican President, I will always do things in your interest.

"I am happy that from the time this mine was placed on liquidation, Zambians, man-

Court ’holds’ MyZamfund Village Banking properties

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Lusaka High Court to order Ezeokah and the others to pay the K6, 760, 245 which was fraudulently collected from them.

One of the victims, Christian Bwalya filed an affidavit in support of ex-parte summons for an order of interim preservation and detention of the defendant’s motor vehicle Toyota Allion reg no. BAP 3297, computer server and any other property which is subject of proceeds of the matter.

Bwalya said if the properties are sold, the plaintiffs will be seriously prejudiced as they will lose both their investments and property capable of being held for the purposes of security.

In an ex parte order signed on December 30, 2020 by Judge Mathew Zulu, the court ordered that the application for an order of interim reservation and detention of the defendants’ motor vehicle Toyota Allion reg no. BAP 3297, computer server and any other property which is subject or a proceed of the matter be granted.

Mr Justice Zulu set January 25, this year as date for the intra-parte hearing of the application for an order of interim preservation and detention.

The 59 seek an order and declaration that the defendants’ conduct to illegally collect and withhold their money was extremely deceptive, fraudulent and that it deprived them of their legitimate revenue.

Mr Musonda and others want the court to order the eight to give a complete account of all the business transactions and money they fraudulently and dishonestly collected from them.

They want the court to order that the nine administrators open the website and whatsapp group to allow them to access their accounts.

The 59 are also seeking an order that Ezeokah and others surrender all the properties, motor vehicles, server and other gadgets which were bought through the money generated from them.

Mr Musonda and others want an order of compensation for the loss of business and earning as a result of the defendants’ fraudulent conduct.

They also want damages for fraud and misrepresentation by the defendants, an order for interest on any sums found due, an order for costs and any other relief that the court may deem fit.

agement and workers, you have run the mines profitably. So don't worry, Vedanta is gone for good. Continue working hard to take the mine to greater heights," Mr Lungu said.

President Lungu said there were a number of issues affecting the mining company, but his Government and management will continue to discuss and find solutions.

He was impressed that the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) had continued to exhibit innovation through establishing of a milling plant in Chambishi.

"I am happy that you organised this time for me to meet you and I can assure you that I will support you from now up to the elections in August. Don't listen to lies from some people they are always leading a life of lies and deceit," President Lungu said.

President Lungu also promised to work on the bad state of the Chingola-Chililabombwe road, saying he had seen that the road was in bad state. The President was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister, Joe Malanji, Chililabombwe MP, Richard Musukwa, Chali Chilombo for Nchanga, Mathew Nkhuwa of Chingola constituency and, Wusakile parliamentarian, Pavyuma Kalobo.

Others in the MP entourage were Kamfinsa MP Elario Musonda, PF Copperbelt chairman Nathan Chanda and other officials.

He said he will discuss with the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) so that some maize could be offloaded to the milling plant at a subsidised price.

President Lungu said his desire was to support progressive ideas by mining companies, unions and other stakeholders in improving people's lives.

At the same occasion, KCM acting chief executive officer, Enock Ponda, said during Vedanta’s reign, most departments had stopped operating and the giant mining company had literary collapsed.

Mr Ponda said after Vedanta left, the mine was brought back to life and that the management and employees were working closely.

China donates K4.2m medical tools for Covid-19 fight From Page 1 And 28 Chinese doctors have been deployed to Zambia to assist fight the Covid pandemic.

Chinese ambassador to Zambia Li Jie announced the donation when he paid a courtesy on Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya yesterday in Lusaka.

Mr Li said the Chinese government made the donation to help Zambia because of the second ferocious wave of the coronavirus.

“In consideration of the urgent need, we have decided to provide another batch of medical supply just now because we have noticed with great attention that Zambia is coming into the second wave of coronavirus,” Mr Li said Mr. Li said the 28 medical doctors have arrived in the country and they will be deployed at the University Teaching Hospital,

Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital, Ndola University Teaching Hospital and Livingstone General Hospital.

In an effort to enhance skills transfer to the locals, Mr Li said China has sent another group of medical doctors who would be in the country for one year.

Mr. Li said the Chinese doctors will not only help in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic but also support the general requirement and provision of medical services to the people.

Dr Chilufya, who thanked the Chinese government on behalf of President Lungu, said the donation has come at the right time because of the soaring numbers of Covid-19 patients requiring life-supporting gadgets.

He said the equipment will strengthen the Covid-19 response, which

Mr Li is in line with President Lungu’s aspiration to ensure that the pandemic is curtailed.

“In the last 24 hours 149 cases of Covid-19 were admitted to our varous hospitals, out of these, 88 are on oxygen, so when we receive a donation of Oxgenerator and ventilators and Oximeters, it is speaking precisely to the interventions we are putting in the response to Covid-19,” Dr Chilufya said.

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E need a forensic audit on all projects that the Patriotic Front government has initiated to make sure that we got value for money, says president of the Alliance for Democratic Development Charles Milupi.

Mr. Milupi, said an audit is needed on all projects because the general public has lost confidence in certain

MILUPI DEMANDS FORENSIC AUDIT ON GOVT PROJECTS engineers. He said in an interview that engineers engaged to certify government projects should willingly accept a forensic audit if they are sure

that they did a proper job.

He alleged that there was a lot of technical theft that took place during certification of the projects and this has led

to shoddy works on bigger projects such as the Alick Nkhata flyover bridge in Lusaka among others.

“Sometimes when engi-

Union sues water utility firm over unpaid salary increment

By GRACE CHAILELESOETSA

THE Zambia Water and Sanitation Engineering and Allied Workers Union (ZAWSEAWU) has taken Lusaka Water and

Sanitation Company Limited (LWSC) to court demanding a 15 percent salary increment across the board for 2020 to 2021.

The union is claiming a consolidation of salary into

one block comprising current basic salary, education, transport and water allowances with a subsequent 40 percent increase in stand-alone housing.

ZAWSEAWU wants the

court to order LWSC to grant its members an increase of K2, 500 in funeral grant and a further payment of K10, 000 and K5, 000 for burial sites within and outside Lusaka respectively.

It is also seeking an amendment of clause on uniforms and protective clothing by the insertion of a particular month for actual issuance of the uniform and protective clothing namely “January of each year.”

ZAWSEAWU known as Referor in its statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, Industrial division recently stated that by way of collective bargaining for 2020 to 2021, it presented some demands to LWSC which include salary consolidation, funeral grant, protective clothing and salary increment.

It stated that under salary increment, initially salary consolidation was proposed by the employees during negotiations for the previous collective agreement, but the union needed to consult its members before taking a position on the same.

But in its answer, LWSC asked the court to dismiss the matter claiming that it was impossible to award the union any of the reliefs sought.

LWSC argued that awarding the union any of its claims was highly detrimental to the company’s continued existence and may result in the union members losing out on their accrued benefits.

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done. Corruption has permeated these contracts such that certain engineers are able to certify something that is not proper,” he said.

Mr Milupi said a proper audit on all projects was inevitable and independent engineers should be engaged to ascertain whether the money was properly spent.

Mr Milupi added that there are so many projects especially roads that would deteriorate even before the loans could be paid.

Be patient, Covid-19 Emergency Social Cash beneficiaries told GOVERNMENT has appealed to beneficiaries of Covid-19 Emergency Social Cash Transfer in Kasama to be patient as the Social Welfare Department finalises the process of payments.

District Social Welfare Officer Mwila Chinda said the delay in the disbursement of the funds is because the pay managers are putting in place modalities to effect the transfers.

Mr. Chinda has refuted claims from the public that beneficiaries of Covid-19 Emergency Social officer Cash Transfer will not get their money.

He assured beneficiaries that the department will pay them the money in full as promised by Government.

“I can assure all beneficiaries that there will not be any discrimination in the disbursement of the funds,” he said.

Mr. Chinda said in an interview that the government has chosen the district to be among the beneficiaries of the programme and affirmed the department’s commitment to ensure that the programme is a success.

Mr. Chinda said the pro-

gramme was initiated by the government to cushion the impact of Covid-19 on the vulnerable.

“Government remains committed to improving the lives of vulnerable citizens through various social protection programmes,” he said.

And Mr. Chinda says households with people living with disabilities are paid double transfers at K360 while the able-bodied but vulnerable households receive K180.

Clarifying reports that the social welfare office is under paying some disabled people on the Social Cash Transfer programme in the district, Mr Chinda explained that for people living with disabilities to qualify for double transfers, they need to have medical certification from a recognised institution to ascertain the level of their disability.

Meanwhile, beneficiaries have commended the government for the Covid-19 Emergency Social Cash Transfer which they said will help to mitigate the impact of the pandemic in vulnerable homes.

– ZANIS.

I am still PF, but standing as independent – Munir Zulu

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

I AM still a PF member who believes in President Edgar Lungu's leadership but will contest the Lumezi Parliamentary seat as an independent candidate because the PF provincial chairperson Andrew Lubusha has been fighting me, says Munir Zulu.

He explained that he would not apply for adoption on the ruling party ticket because he was being fought by Mr Lubusha for having not called him boss.

"I will just stand as an independent candidate. I cherish the ideals of PF and believe in the leadership of President Edgar Lungu but I am not going to apply for adoption on the PF ticket. This in my opinion will make my job a little bit easier," Mr Zulu said in an

interview.

He wondered why Mr Lubusha has been fighting him when he was not even his business competitor.

"I have been fought by the likes of Andrew Lubusha for so many years when in fact, I am not even his business competitor.

The only sin I have committed is not to refer to Andrew as boss," he said.

Mr Zulu also clarified that he would not apply to be adopted on any opposition political party ticket as he was still a PF member.

"I wish to state categorically that I am not going to apply for adoption on any political party ticket, for a simple reason, I am in possession of all the basic requirements to stand as member of Parliament for Lumezi constituency, Lusaka

Mr Zulu Central, Nalolo constituency or any other constituency," he said.

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WHAT ARE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS?

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HE killing and subsequent characterisation of Public Prosecutor Nsama Nsama Chipyoka and Joseph Kaunda as judicial killings, belies the criminal liability of those who organised and caused the transportation of youths to confront Police who had made it abundantly clear that any demonstration of support would not be tolerated. Ordinarily, extra judicial killings are ordered by political or military leaders to eliminate organised opposition.

By definition, extra-judicial killings, also known as extrajudicial executions or extra-legal killings, common in many dictatorships, where specialised squads are established by governments.

They are called extrajudicial because the killings are without the sanction of any legal or judicial proceedings and are targeted at political, trade union, dissident, religious and social figures.

In 1973 when Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet assumed power, he ordered the purges, torture, and deaths

The killing and subsequent characterisation of Public Prosecutor Nsama Nsama Chipyoka and Joseph Kaunda as judicial killings, belies the criminal liability of those who organised and caused the transportation of youths to confront Police who had made it abundantly clear that any demonstration of support would not be tolerated.

of more than 3, 000 supporters of the previous government without trial.

Between 1973 and 1989, his military and police committed some of the most unconscionable extrajudicial killings.

Their modus operandi included numerous assassinations, human rights abuses, abduction and forced disappearances.

In El Salvador, extrajudicial killings and death squads were famed for their notoriety. They assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero in addition killing hundreds of peasants and activists, including such notable priests.

The squads were made up mainly of soldiers from the Salvadoran military, and were cooperating directly from superior orders of the military leadership.

The events of in Lusaka do not rise anywhere near organised and directed killings, hence perhaps the difficulty at arriving at a conclusive finding.

In Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari recently announced that 69 people had

been killed in protests against police brutality. Those killed included police, soldiers but mainly Civilians.

The deaths were mainly civilians but include police officers and soldiers.

The protests in Nigeria began on October 7 with mostly young people demanding the scrapping of a notorious police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars). The unit was dissolved later.

President Buhari, 77, justified the killings by stating that his administration would not fold its arms and allow criminals who had hijacked the protests to continue to perpetrate "hooliganism" and announced that 51 civilians, 11 police officers and seven soldiers had been killed in the unrest.

On November 9, 2020, Uganda police shot dead 16 protesters and seriously injured 45 others during protests by supporters of an opposition presidential candidate. Many others suffered serious injuries After the clashes and deaths, the minister in charge of security announced that police had been given the right to shoot protesters dead if they reached a certain level of violence.

Similarly in October last year at least seven people were shot dead during clashes between protesters and police following elections in Ivory Coast.

Half a dozen opposition protesters were killed by defence forces in Zimbabwe in August 2018 when they took to the streets to demand the release of the results of presidential elections held on July 30.

This year, the Kenya Police Service has been responsible for 267 extrajudicial killings, a report by the Democracy in Africa states. “That is six deaths every week. With a recent tally of 24 in just three weeks, this issue has come to the forefront,” the report says.

Amid the widespread condemnation, the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) announced that it will be investigating the problem.

The Independent Medico Legal Unit (IMLU), which investigates police brutality, reported 152 deaths by the police in 2017. Over the four previous years, 612 people were killed.

It has been noted that 2017 had been one of the worst years on recent records, with a spike during the presidential election. Many thought that there would be a decrease this year.

But what is extra judicial killings?

An extrajudicial killing is the killing of a person by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process.

They often target political, trade union, dissident, religious and social figures. This is beyond the action or authority of a court, beyond, outside, or against the usual procedure of justice; legally unwarranted: an extrajudicial penalty.

In Zambia, the United Party for National Development

This year, the Kenya Police Service has been responsible for 267 extrajudicial killings, a report by the Democracy in Africa states. “That is six deaths every week. With a recent tally of 24 in just three weeks, this issue has come to the forefront,” the report says.

(UPND) has written to the Human Rights Commission (HRC) asking the organisation to probe what it terms extra judicial killing of two men in Lusaka about a fortnight ago.

This however, is not backed by evidence that the two men were killed by police as an investigation is being awaited.

The opposition party has drawn its own conclusions which it would want the HRC to rubber stamp with a skewed investigation.

In other countries, challenging security forces in the manner that the UPND has been

In Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari recently announced that 69 people had been killed in protests against police brutality. Those killed included police, soldiers but mainly Civilians.

daring and provoking the police at their own gazetted formation would have resulted in a massacre. Examples abound of how armed forces have handled violent protests around Africa.

In its usual sensational way of attracting public sympathy and rallying support from its allies, the UPND has submitted a lengthy complaint to the HRC against President Edgar Lungu and the ruling Patriotic Front (PF).

As expected, the letter, which has been widely circulated to friendly civil society organisations, is full of exag-

gerations aimed at painting the President and the country in charcoal black locally and internationally.

In the rambling letter, the UPND president Mr Hakainde Hichilema has accused the government through the Zambia Police Service of carrying out “extrajudicial” killings citing the unresolved deaths of two people in Lusaka a fortnight ago during clashes between police and his supporters.

Public prosecutor Nsama Nsama Chipyoka and Joseph Kaunda were shot dead by unknown people as police dispersed raucous UPND cadres who had been bused from various towns to give solidarity to Mr Hichilema as he appeared at Police headquarters for questioning against advice by government.

As far as the UPND leader is concerned, the police are guilty. All he wants is an endorsement of his “findings” from the HRC so that he can use it in his smear campaign against his political rival using international media.

An extrajudicial killing, also known as extrajudicial execution or extra legal killing in legal circles, is the killing of a person by government agents without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process.

The term itself should not be abused but applied in its true context.

Where the United Nations and other international human rights

Mr Hichilema

watchdogs have reported extrajudicial killings state agents have either abducted or arrested citizens and executed them without subjecting them to the due process of the law.

But where there are clashes between state agents and protesters and some people get killed it is prejudicial and premature to call the deaths extrajudicial killings even before investigations are concluded.

The HRC must approach its independent investigations with extreme caution to avoid stoking the UPND’s political propaganda as it has done in the past.

It has been quick to blame the government without raising a finger at those who created the circumstances in which the deaths have happened.

It borders on misinformation and crass propaganda to call the deaths of Mr Nsama and Mr Kaunda as extrajudicial killings. If indeed Mr Hichilema has material evidence as he has claimed in his letter to the HRC why hasn’t he provided it to the police or to the public?

The Sun here and

Raturempos eosam recture nam corero imaxim sequam, adite in pro imus.

It evelige ndaecaeptis modis nectur?

Liquam eos etumquatur, audignihil ex efugiasimus soles idi at Similarly in October last year least seven people were shot iliquisinis et essequo dead during clashes between dignaturand sequi officimi protesters police following elections in Ivory Coast.

If such evidence were available indeed, as he claims, he would have held a huge press briefing to which he would have invited friendly international media to shame his arch political enemy.

Zambia remains generally a peaceful country despite the unfortunate, unresolved deaths of civilians in isolated incidents when compared to other African countries.

Zambians have not forgotten how Mr Hichilema’s cadres manhandled and slapped police officers at Lusaka Central police station in 2016 and got away with the mischief.

Lethal shootings by troops have not been seen in Zambia at that scale. It is therefore surprising that some people are trying to portray a picture to the outside world that Zambia is in the grip of extrajudicial killings.

Police and independent investigating agencies should be allowed to conclude their investigations and release their findings to the public without undue pressure from those who are clearly seeking reap political benefits from the recent deaths of Mr Nsama and Mr Kaunda.

December performance drop slightly

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

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BOZ PREDICTS REDUCED LENDING RATES T

Dr Chipimo said that the current monetary policy framework was such that the BoZ sets the Policy Rate with a view to influencing the interbank rate.

This is the rate at which banks lend short-term funds to each other and ultimately impact on the cost of funds in the retail market and the lending rates.

He explained that the reduction of lending rates was broadly in line with the percentage points adjustments in the Policy Rate.

This reduction, he said, was supported by other measures the Central Bank had undertaken to provide liquidity support to the financial service providers.

He said this in the ZamBanker Magazine prepared by the BoZ. “The recent adjustment in the Policy Rate should, therefore, translate into lowering of lending rates by commercial banks. This would help to stimulate demand for cred-

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

Copper prices hit highest level

Dr Chipimo

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU HE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) expects to see lending interest rates trending downwards due to the adjustment in the Policy Rate as well as other measures that have been undertaken.

Commercial banks, in general, have responded positively to the Policy Rate reductions by adjusting their rates downwards, says BoZ Deputy Governor-Operations, Francis Chipimo.

The Policy rate currently stands at eight percent, the lowest since 2012.

COPPER prices advanced hovered around US$8,169 a tonne, the highest since February 2013.

The prices hovered near an eight-year high, on hopes of further stimulus measures from the United States after Democrats won control of the Senate, says Absa Bank Zambia daily market report.

Absa indicated that threemonth copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.5 percent to US$8,077 a tonne , hovering around US$8,169 a tonne, its highest since February 2013, hit in the previous session.

The red metal opened this week on a high note as most other industrial metals rose on Monday.

This was after a weaker United States dollar boosted the appeal of the greenback-priced metals, with sentiment aided by gains in the commodities markets on hopes of a recovery in the global economy.

“On Monday, three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange climbed 1.5 percent to US$7,880 a tonne,” the bank said.

Elsewhere, Absa said oil prices rose on Thursday as Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest exporter, unilaterally

it as well as provide relief to bank customers who may have borrowed funds from commercial banks,” he said.

Dr Chipimo, however, noted that the speed of adjustment in lending rated differed from bank to bank.

“Regarding whether there is anything the bank can do to compel commercial banks to adjust their lending rates, I wish to state that the Bank of Zambia does not directly determine interest rates in the market, but influences them indirectly through the Policy Rate,” he said.

Dr Chipimo explained that in arriving at the cost of their funds, commercial banks took into account a number of factors, with the policy rate being the key reference rate.

Commercial banks, he said, added a premium on the policy rate which included consideration of the risk profile of the individual borrower, liquidity conditions, the prevailing rate of inflation, including yield rates on Gov-

ernment securities, which are considered risk-free assets.

Dr Chipimo noted that the Central Bank was aware of the high yield rates on Government Securities which had remained high as Government’s financing needs from the domestic financial markets have grown over the years due to high fiscal deficits. ‘’However, we are hopeful that the broader set of measures the Bank has undertaken, such as the Medium Term Refinancing Facility and the issuance of the Covid-19 Bond on behalf of Government will provide adequate liquidity to financial service providers to pass on the benefits to their customers.

“The rise in liquidity in the financial system, which has led to an increase in demand for Government Securities is putting downward pressures in yield rates on Government Securities. This will help in reducing commercial banks’ lending interest rates overtime,” he said.

THE final month of 2020 saw a further slight moderation of business conditions in the Zambian private sector.

There were some pockets of improved demand, but operations continued to be hindered by Covid-19 and currency weakness, says Stanbic Bank’s Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI™).

The headline PMI posted 49.0 in December, down marginally from 49.3 in November and signalling a further modest deterioration in business conditions in the private sector.

According to the survey, the reading was the second-highest in almost two years, with conditions much closer to stability than was the case earlier in 2020.

“The pace of reduction in output eased to the softest in 22 months during December as some companies increased activity in response to rising sales.

“A number of firms continued to see output decline, however, linked to closures due to Covid-19 and price pressures related to currency weakness,” the survey said.

It however indicated that despite some signs of improvement, demand conditions remained challenging, resulting in a further modest reduction in new business.

According to the survey, firms lowered employment, and to a greater extent than in November.

“In contrast to the picture for employee-related costs, purchase prices continued to rise in December. The latest in-

crease in purchase costs was widely linked to currency weakness.

“That said, there were signs of inflation softening, with the latest rise the weakest in four months.

With overall input prices rising, companies increased their own charges for the fifth successive month, albeit at the slowest pace since August,” the Survey said.

The survey also indicated that purchasing activity fell again in December, but at the slowest pace since prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

It explained that restrictions related to the pan-

THE SURVEY

According to the survey, the reading was the second-highest in almost two years, with conditions much closer to stability than was the case earlier in 2020.

demic hampered supplier deliveries, resulting in a further lengthening of lead times.

“Some panellists reported delays at the border.

Falling purchasing activity and a reluctance to hold inventories led to another monthly decline in stocks of purchases, and one that was the most marked in three months.

“Companies expressed muted optimism in the 12-month outlook for business activity. Sentiment dipped to a five month low, and was at a level below any seen prior to the Covid-19 outbreak. Concerns remained around the future path of the economy,” the survey said.

…since February 2013

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agreed to cut output over the next two months and as United States crude stockpiles fell.

Brent crude was up 40 cents, or 0.7 percent, at US$54.70 a barrel, after gaining 1.3 percent overnight.

Meanwhile, the Zambian Kwacha held firm against the dollar for a third consecutive day in yesterday’s trading session.

According to Absa, demand for the greenback continued

to dominate the markets as corporates from various sectors of the economy continued to hunt for foreign currency.

“The local unit opened and closed at K21.15/21.20 per dollar, same as the previous day’s close as market activity remains relatively low with most corporates still on industrial break.

“In the near term, we still anticipate the Kwacha to

trade on the defensive as dollar supply still remains thin in the market,” Absa said.

Elsewhere, the South African rand weakened for the third day in a row on Wednesday as a stronger dollar and speculation over further lockdown restrictions weighed on sentiment.

The rand was down roughly 0.2 percent at 15.0225 against the dollar from an overnight close of 14.9900.

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KENYA RISKS EUROBOND ACCESS OVER DEBT PILE UP, WARNS IMF NAIROBI - Kenya risks losing access to cheap Eurobonds due to its debt pile-up, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned, citing investor concerns over possible defaults or deferment of repayments.

The IMF’s latest assessment of Kenya’s debt sustainability shows the country is likely to breach the threshold over the next decade going by the level of external loans against the value of dollar-earning exports, tax revenues and gross domestic product (GDP) - factors that drive lending decisions and pricing of sovereign debt.

Official data shows that Kenya’s debt stood at 69.2 percent of the GDP in August 2020, having climbed from 61.7 percent at the end of 2019 and 50.2 percent at the end of 2015.

“The DSA (Debt Sustainability Assessment) suggests that Kenya is susceptible to export and market financing shocks and more prolonged and protracted shocks to the economy would also present downside risks to the debt outlook, including from the continued potential loss of market access for frontier economies at reasonable prices, thus raising the probability that the debt indicators would remain in breach of the thresholds over time,” the IMF said in its assessment report.

The IMF warning comes barely a month after Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani told Parliament that Kenya expects to return to the Eurobond market in 2024 to refinance $1.2billion maturing bonds it

The Kenyan National Treasury borrowed in 2014.

Sub-Saharan African countries have been tapping cheap dollar loans that saw outstanding debt nearly double to $625 billion between 2011 and 2019, according to the World Bank.

But now the continent is facing jittery investors since Zambia defaulted on its Eurobonds and other countries restructured bilateral loans under a deal offered by the Group of 20 of leading economies.

The IMF projects that Kenya’s debt in present value terms will hit 69.9 percent of the GDP in 2022 and breach the 70 percent threshold up to 2024 when the country is scheduled to settle the 2014 Eurobond in a bullet payment - a single repayment of principal of a bond or loan on its maturity date.

The fund’s assessment further shows

that Kenya will also be in breach of the amount of interest payments against dollarearning exports and debt service against tax revenues in 2024.

The country has recently turned to expensive commercial loans to refinance maturing debt and fund the budget. These include syndicated loans arranged by banks which are short-term and charge interest rates as high as eight percent.

The IMF and the World Bank are helping Kenya balance its books by offering low-cost loans with long grace periods and lengthy maturity to reduce interest payments and make debt easy to service.

Last year Kenya turned to the two institutions for cheaper concessional loans, tapping $100 million from the World Bank and $79.3 million from the IMF. – DAILY NATION, Kenya.

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R&B star Akon enters Congo mining sector in JV with state company …SA Breweries to face off against DAKAR - A company led by AmericanSenegalese R&B singer Akon has signed a deal to finance a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint venture with a state miner, according to a contract published by the mines ministry.

The Grammy-nominated singer, known for hit songs like “Don’t Matter” and “Smack That,” has launched a number of business and philanthropic ventures across Africa in recent years, including a $6 billion futuristic city in Senegal and a cryptocurrency called Akoin.

Akon’s foray into Congo’s mining sector comes through a U.S.- registered firm called White Waterfall LLC, of which he is the president and CEO, according to contracts published on the mines ministry website.

One of the contracts, dated December 14 and signed by Akon, whose legal name is Aliaune Thiam, commits White Waterfall to paying a $2 million signing bonus and financing a feasibility study of the Kimono reserve in Haut Katanga province.

Congo is Africa’s top producer of copper and the world’s leading miner of cobalt, used in electric car batteries.

– REUTERS.

government in court over alcohol ban JOHANNESBURG - SA Breweries has decided to challenge the current blanket alcohol ban in court as a last resort, its Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Zoleka Lisa, said on Wednesday.

In SAB’s view, the decisions taken and the processes followed by the National Coronavirus Command Council to re-ban the sale of alcohol were unconstitutional.

Last week on Monday President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a ban on the sale, distribution and most transportation of alcohol, saying the move was prompted by the steep second wave of Covid-19 infections hitting the country.

“According to the data we have, with every relaxation of the restrictions on the sale of alcohol, the number of trauma cases reporting at our hospitals has increased,” said Ramaphosa.

SAB says it now sees legal action as its only option left to protect its employees, suppliers, customers, consumers and all the livelihoods it supports.

According to SAB, it supports all lawful measures that curb the spread of the pandemic, including an earlier curfew

to limit movement, reduced indoor and outdoor capacity at gatherings, measured alcohol restrictions, and heightened law enforcement.

It does not, however, agree with the introduction of a new outright ban on the sale of alcohol as is currently in place.

“As seen with the last two alcohol bans, the unintended consequences of an outright ban on the sale of alcohol are dire.

Over 165, 000 people have already lost their jobs with a further 100, 000 people moving into poverty as a result of the alcohol bans,” said Lisa.

“We have seen small and large businesses severely impacted, billions of rand lost in taxes, the entrenchment of illicit trading and the looting of alcohol stores.”

“We ensured we engaged with Government (before the current ban was imposed). We asked Government to consider a reasonable alternative.

Unfortunately, those proposals and (the) basket of potential restrictions we suggested to consider instead of an outright ban were not taken into account,” Lisa. FIN24.

HARARE - Many African countries - including Zimbabwe - have pinned their hopes for economic revival on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement that came into force on January 1, 2021.

The AfCFTA - which was initially set to commence on July 1, 2020 but delayed due to the coronavirus - seeks to boost intra-Africa trade.

As of December 2020, 54 countries had signed the agreement, while 34 countries have deposited their instruments of ratification, according to Wamkele Mene, the AfCFTA secretary-general.

If implemented fully, the trade pact could boost regional income by seven percent or US$450 billion, speed up wage growth for women, and lift 30 million people out of extreme poverty by 2035, according to the World Bank.

A report from the World Bank shows that Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast - where trade costs are among the continent’s highest - would see the biggest gains of the AfCFTA, with each increasing income by 14 percent.

But economists argue Zimbabwe needs to put its house in order first for it to benefit.

Zimbabwe used to have a robust manufacturing sector, which would have

put it first in the queue of countries that could benefit from the AfCFTA. Decades of mismanagement, however, have created an economy of importers rather than producers.

The country relies on imports of nearly everything from furniture, chemicals, clothing to even toothpicks from neighbouring South Africa and China.

Prosper Chitambara, an economist in Harare, says that Zimbabwe will not immediately benefit from the trade pact.

“We have low capacity in all key sectors of the economy and in particular the agricultural and the manufacturing sectors.

(Our) competitiveness and productivity gap is huge and this renders us incapable of competing with the rest of the African nations,” he says.

He adds that the country needs to strengthen the industrial sector and address challenges in the agricultural sector.

Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce president Tinashe Manzungu says for liberalisation of trade to bear fruit, African states must overcome the trade constraints. “These supply constraints include weak infrastructure (and) time consumed procedures at customs borders,” he explains. - The Africa Report.

Coronavirus: Arrivals in UK could soon need negative test LONDON - Travellers to the United Kingdom from abroad could soon be required to prove they have had a negative coronavirus test.

The Department for Transport (DfT) said the measure is one of several being considered to “prevent the spread of Covid-19 across the UK border.”

“Additional measures, including testing before departure, will help keep the importation of new cases to an absolute minimum,” the department added.

It is thought that haulage drivers coming through ports would be exempt. However, the DfT said full details are still to be agreed and will be set out in “due course.”

Any such measure would be a devolved issue, so the the DfT would need to agree a path forward with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to make it UK-wide.

A spokesperson said: “With a new strain of the virus on the loose in South Africa and a more infectious variant already widespread in the UK we need to do more.”

The measures were being discussed as Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed the third national lockdown in England to prevent the NHS being overwhelmed.

The prime minister has faced some calls to strengthen border protections to prevent the arrival of new cases, particularly of new and concerning strains.

However, there was no mention of tougher border controls during his address to the nation on Monday, or press conference on Tuesday. – BBC.

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KATUKA’S ‘FOOL’ REMARKS INSULTS TO COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE OF ZAMBIANS

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Dear Editor, WE are extremely shocked that an elderly citizen in UPND SecretaryGeneral Stephen Katuka can issue a statement that only fools can vote for the PF. From the time he was quoted we had exercised patience to comment on it to be fair to him hoping that perhaps he will do the honourable thing and dispute the statement.

Mr Katuka is not only a political figure but he is a senior citizen to whom young people look up as a standard of morality.

By calling the people voting for PF as fools, Mr Katuka is insulting the collective wisdom of Zambians who have overwhelmingly and consistently been voting for the party since 2011.

The people of Zambia have also shown unrelenting desire to vote for the PF and President Lungu this year.

Not only that, the PF has MPs, councillors, and Council chairpersons nearly in all corners of Zambia. It is therefore demeaning to the people who have entrusted the PF with the noble and fiduciary responsibility to manage their capacity.

Mr Katuka In a direct democracy like ours, the PF is a mere proxy and the shareholders are the people that still hold the PF as a political movement of their preference.

Mr Katuka who joins his boss, Mr Hakainde Hichilema in publicly issuing discourteous statements should appreciate the importance of diversity in a democratic society.

We are not surprised since he did not denounce Mr Hichilema’s insults when he addressed a rally in Kasama’s Lukashya constituency last year.

We also wish to remind the UPND that in a democracy, the people’s choices must be respected. We wondered what the UPND would do to people that have exercised their democratic right to associate with PF in an event they had instruments of powers.

We say so because the crude language from the UPND top brass has a ripple effect to their members. We are therefore not surprised as to why the UPND bloggers continue to verbally abuse the PF sympathisers and referring to them as fools.

Further, the Zambian society has national values and principles. Among the basic tenets of national values and principles is morality. It is immoral for the party seeking to hold political office to refer to the classes of citizen as being second class citizens.

This is tantamount to democratic and it is evident that the UPND is not ready to rule the country. The Patriotic Front for instance, was humiliated terribly in other parts of the country during the 2016 elections.

However, as the political party founded on democratic tenets, it did not take offence of the clear rejection but accepted that democracy had prevailed.

We also wish to counsel the UPND to desist from politics of character assassination and must debate national issues with utmost objectivity and sober mindedness. The UPND should be explaining the plan it has for Zambia if at all it has any.

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI, Lusaka.

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CALLS FOR KAMPYONGO’S RESIGNATION ARE MALICIOUS, MISPLACED Dear Editor, IT is also clear to everyone that the UPND is now not just a political party but a militia organisation that is bent on destabilising our country in their selfish quest for political power.

With the current escalation of UPND’s violence into assassinations, the Police Service must go full force with all its armoury and deal with them once and for all before they send this country into a civil war.

It is a nightmare and a frightening thought to imagine UPND in power.

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo must ignore and brush off the renewed calls for his resignation by UPND president Hakainde Hichilema and his surrogates because the move is highly misplaced.

He should instead continue to execute the tasks mandated to him by the President to turn around the working culture of the Zambia Police Service.

Resigning from office is a critical ethical decision for individuals and cannot be done because of mere calls from disgruntled people who have a political agenda to usurp power and paint the government in place as black.

Resignation also remains one of the basic moral resources for individuals of integrity. The option to resign reinforces integrity; buttresses responsibility, supports accountability, and can provide leverage and boundary drawing.

This promise presumes that individuals have the capacity to make and keep promises, the competence to do the tasks of office, and the ability to be effective, as Mr Kampyongo has shown.

The Minister must not be shaken or disturbed by such calls but go flat out with his team to investigate who give the command for those assassinations

Mr Kampyongo and the starting point without any doubt must be Mr Hichilema who seems to have information and has publically announced of such knowledge.

Mr Hichilema must be quizzed to give his side of the story and no investigation officer must be intimidated by anyone. Mr Hichilema and his UPND surrogates must not even cry political persecution, as we now know what their intentions are and what results they want to achieve. No stone must be left unturned to solve this dilemma, as it may become a nuisance if not abated.

UPND as a political party is part of the bigger violence problem that Zambia is facing and the powers that be must deal with them with the force they deserve if we are to enjoy any more peace in this country.

UPND has managed to pollute the entire political landscape of our country to never imagined levels of violence and intolerance.

Anyone who suggests or offers an opinion or statement contrary to their thoughts or beliefs is deemed an enemy and the entire organisation will go up in arms threatening violence and using words one never thought they would be used against a fellow human being in our Zambian Christian nation. It is a nightmare and a frightening thought to imagine UPND in power.

UPND has caused so much harm in our political spectrum because of their everyday violence and their crybaby rantings when issues backfire on them. They have the habit of playing victim, when in essence they are the instigators of all their problems.

UPND has a tendency of daring the same Police Service they would want to get protection from, UPND surrogates spend their entire time on social media insulting the high command of the police and government officials.

UPND has a tendency to ignore the warning and advice offered by the Police Service and they will go ballistic if things backfire on them.

With the current escalation of UPND’s violence into assassinations, the Police Service must go full force with all its armoury and deal with UPND once and for all before they send this country into a civil war.

It is also clear to everyone one that UPND is now not just a political party but a militia organisation that is bent on destabilizing our country in their quest for political power.

And in moving forward, the Police Service must aim to tackle issues pertaining to violence aggressively without fear or favour, no sympathy must be brought on the table but, only facts and consequences of their actions thereof.

DR JOZE MANDA.

Dear Editor, ZAMBIA should guard against the new wave of Covid-19 which is more deadly and spreads faster than the former one. Our country within the month of December confirmed close to 3, 000 Covid cases and 28 deaths.

Minister of Health Dr. Chitalu Chilufya last Wednesday confirmed that the country has recorded the second wave of Covid-19 called 501Y.V2. Dr. Chilufya disclosed this during the weekly coronavirus update.

In the last 24 hours preceding Wednesday, the country recorded 285 cases.

Dr. Chilufya also disclosed that the new strain of coronavirus that has been recorded in Zambia in the recent past is the same as the one recorded in Europe and South Africa.

Reality being what it is, the new strain of coronavirus is deadlier and it spreads faster than the old one. It kills faster than the former one.

However, people aged between 17 and 45 are most vulnerable to contract this new strain of Covid-19. The reason being that this category of people like patronising public gatherings such as weddings for instance. Pregnant women and people with critical health conditions are also vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.

It I quite clear that coronavirus is real and people should not drop the guard against the Covid-19 pandemic. People should instead strictly adhere to the Covid-19 health guidelines.

These include masking up, observing social distancing, sanitising and washing hands with soap.

Failure to observe the Covid-19 health guidelines, the country is most likely to witness a surge in infections and deaths owing to the fact that the new strain of Covid-19 is more deadly and it kills faster.

ELEMIYA PHIRI, Lusaka.

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UPND DEROGATORY LANGUAGE WORRIES YALI Mr Ntewewe regretted that politicians have taken elections as a do or die affair and that they were capable of doing anything for the purpose of winning an election. affair, now if you consider an election to be a do or die then you are able to do anything just for the purposes of winning an election,” he said.

He emphasised the need for political leaders to use proper language as the country prepares for the polls because the elections would be a challenge if they fail to heed the caution.

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E want to caution leaders that even as we are six months before the elections, it is important that they use proper language, the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has advised.

YALI executive director, Andrew Ntewewe, said his organisation was concerned about insults and propaganda among political leaders.

Mr Ntewewe cited a recent statement from UPND secretary-general, Steven Katuta, who suggested that whoever votes for the PF is a fool, as undermining Zambians.

He said political leaders should always use proper language because if they fail then they would render themselves useless to the general public.

He said the temperature is politically high therefore, political leaders must be con-

Mr Ntewewe stantly aware that elections would always come and go but the country must remain united.

Mr Ntewewe regretted that politicians have taken elections as a do or die affair and

that they were capable of doing anything for the purpose of winning an election.

“One of the biggest challenges we are seeing today is that politicians have taken it like an election is a do or die

“One of the biggest challenges we are seeing today is that politicians have taken it like an election is a do or die affair, now if you consider an election to be a do or die then you are able to do anything just for the purposes of winning an election.

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Chilangwa prods civil servants GOVERNMENT has called for dedication and selflessness among civil servants while appreciating the efforts being made to sustain their wages and conditions of service.

Luapula Province Minister, Nickson Chilangwa, said in spite of negative effects of Covid -19, President Edgar Lungu has demonstrated good leadership.

He said the Head of State has ensured that Government workers' needs are met.

Mr Chilangwa was speaking when he addressed teachers at Kawambwa School for Continuing Education in Kawambwa.

“You need to be dedicated to your work and diligently serve the people and the government especially that it is meeting your wage obligations in spite of severe social and economic effects which the Covid- 19 has exerted on the country,” he said.

Mr Chilangwa, who is Kawambwa Central Member

Mr Chilangwa of Parliament said President Lungu is committed to ensuring the welfare of public service workers is sustained.

He said President Lungu has gone out of his way to ensure no single government worker goes without pay at the month end.

Mr Chilangwa said that some countries within the sub region are finding it difficult to meet their workers’ needs amid Covid-19 while Zambia has been up to date with workers’ salaries.

He urged teachers to support President Lungu if the momentum that the district has gained is to be sustained. – ZANIS.

Take drastic action on Covid-19, Govt advised

By KETRA KALUNGA ALL gatherings in churches, weddings and other ceremonies should be banned while bars and night clubs must be closed to prevent the spread of the second wave of Covid-19, Medical for Quality Healthcare in Zambia (MQHZ), director-general, Quince Mwabu has advised.

Dr Mwabu said the high numbers of cases recorded during the second wave the Covid-19 was mainly a result of violations of the health protocols in the country.

He said in an interview that public gatherings should be banned immediately because the situation demanded so.

Dr Mwabu said the government should make drastic decisions as quickly as possible and ensure that public health guidelines are reinforced.

He said weddings, churches, bars, and nightclubs should be banned to protect

Dr Mwabu the people in the country because every life counts.

“This is not the right time to wait and see what will happen tomorrow if everyone is going to comply and as a country, we just have to reinforce the public health guidelines. Crowds, for now, should be banned, no weddings, no bars, no churches,” he said.

Dr Mwabu said it was regrettable that the Covid-19

protocols were violated for a time such as masking up in public places which if strictly adhered to, the country would have continued with minimum numbers, even in the second wave.

He said for the country to suppress the number of cases, everyone should adhere to the Covid-19 guidelines and avoid doubting the seriousness of the pandemic.

“We are where we are today because previously we violated the Covid-19 protocols.

We were all relaxed as if there is no Covid and we predicted that in January 20221, we were going to record more cases because we saw people were more relaxed, no one wanted to mask up,” he said.

Dr Mwabu said Government should come up with serious decisions aimed at protecting everyone and ensure continuous sensitization on the new strain of Covid-19 for everyone to appreciate the seriousness of the pandemic.

A TRADITIONAL leader in Mpika has challenged all parliamentarians to help attract investors that can invest in chiefdoms.

According to Chief Chikwanda, investors must be brought in quickly to bring the much-needed development.

He said Members of Parliament should be in the forefront to woo investors to

chiefdoms within the constituencies they represent, if meaningful development is to be attained.

Chief Chikwanda said that once investors invest in chiefdoms throughout the country, there will be the creation of jobs for local people, in a bid to improve their livelihood.

He observed that more information should be availed to investors about incentives the government has put in place.

The National Housing Empowerment Fund (NHEF) proposes to construct Emerald Park Estate which is situated along Leopards hill road, 29 km from crossroads shopping mall and before Mikango Barracks. This development is covering a total area of 390 Hectares in New Kasama Township, Chongwe District of Lusaka province. The proposed Emerald Park will consist of 4,129 residential plots, 39 commercial plots and 49 industrial plots.

The plot sizes range from 200 m2 to 4900 m2 .The proposed site will comprise of commercial units, a guard house, paved parking bays and concrete roads.

As part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and in compliance with section 29 of the Environmental Management Act (No. 12 of 2011) and appropriate international best practices, DH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS has been appointed by National Housing Empowerment Fund to undertake the EIA process and will prepare and submit an Environmental Impact Statement for the said project to the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) for consideration and approval.

As such, DH Engineering Consultants and the developer National Housing Empowerment Fund will hold an EIA Scoping Meeting and hereby invite all stakeholders from governmental agencies, local authorities, traditional and civil leadership, non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, potentially affected communities and other individuals to participate in the process.

Chief Chikwanda wants investors

By STEPHEN MWEWA

EIA SCOPING MEETING FOR THE PROPOSED EMERALD PARK ESTATE OF FARM 9819/M BY NATIONAL HOUSING EMPOWERMENT FUND (NHEF) IN NEW KASAMA TOWNSHIP, LUSAKA.

PLACE: Emerald Park Entrance DATE AND TIME: 5th February 2021 at 10:00 For further details or clarifications, please contact Tobias Muyaba at the following numbers: Tel: +260 9779 69748, or +260 (0211) 229555 Email: Tobias Muyaba (Social and Environmental Officer) at muyabat@gmail.com

Chief Chikwanda Chief Chikwanda said parliamentarians should work with traditional leaders and foster national development.

Address: DH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS 226A NAPSA Housing Complex, Nyumba Yanga, Off Leopards Hill Road, Lusaka, Zambia.

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‘Journalists must fully understand electoral process’

By ANDREW MUKOMA WHEN journalists are not well equipped and informed on the electoral process, there are higher chances of the public being misinformed, Governance, Elections, Advocacy, Research Services (GEARS) has said.

GEARS Executive Director, MacDonald Chipenzi, observed that if journalists and media institutions have less knowledge on the electoral process, they care likely to contribute to a disputed election.

Mr Chipenzi said that this is the more reason why GEARS has embarked on training journalists to equip them with knowledge on electoral process.

He was speaking during a one-day media training workshop for journalists under the umbrella of Livingstone Press Club held at Livingstone Lodge yesterday.

“With journalists not fully understanding the Electoral Act, an election can be disputed. There is need for the media to understand the

law that govern the electoral process in Zambia,” Mr Chipenzi said.

He said that the media plays a critical role in the electoral process, the reason why GEARS is training journalists in election reporting.

“So, this year as we go for elections, the media needs to inform, educate, entertain and also make money for their operations. Understanding the law that govern the electoral process helps the media to be factual in their reporting.

“Therefore, the training is aimed at strengthening the electoral legal knowledge among journalists in the district,” he said.

Earlier, Livingstone Press Club president, Hilda Akekelwa, acknowledged that the training has come at the right time when the country is heading toward the polls in August, this year.

Ms Akekelwa charged journalists are often accused of not digging deeper when executing their mandate.

She said that the current electoral Act is a huge volume that journalists must acquaint themselves with.

Dilapidated Kalumbila-Mwinilunga road worries authorities

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI A CIVIC leader in Mwinilunga has bemoaned the poor state of the Kalumbila-Mwinilunga road.

Mwinilunga Town council Chairperson, Felix Kanyemba, said in an interview that being of economic value, the state of the road should be improved.

Mr Kanyemba said that people are now spending over six hours on the road, a distance they used to cover within two hours.

He said many pronouncements have been made by various senior government officials including but to date, nothing has been done on road.

“The road is completely worn out, it is something you cannot talk about. And the earlier it is worked on, the better,” he said.

Mr Kanyemba wondered how the products from the Kalene Fruit Factory will be transported on such kind of a road.

“Apart from that, you are aware that Mwinilunga only has a first level hospital, meaning, all referrals are taken to Solwezi. Now, with the current state of the road, can a patient moving on such a road survive?

“And to make the matters worse, that patient has to be in the road for over six hours, can they survive? he wondered.

He also bemoaned the poor state of the Mwinilunga-Kambimba border post via Kakoma Chiefdom.

“As we speak, the Kakoma chiefdom is cut off because all the bridges have been washed away. Now, supposing there is a patient whose condition requires a referral, how can they be transported when the area is cut off from the rest of the district?

This is not fair at all,” he said.

Mr Kanyemba called on Government to equitably share the national cake by taking development to all parts of the country.

ETTLERS in the Gwembe Valley stretching from Siavonga up to Mapatizya in Zimba are concerned with what they view as abandonment of the Bottom Road by Government.

The residents are concerned that since 2014, works on the Bottom Road have stalled.

They have protested that even the stretch that was worked on from Siavonga up to Sinazongwe has now deteriorated.

They residents have said that some bridges and parts of the road have been washed away.

Mr Winter Muvombo, the Chairperson of Gwembe Valley Must Develop (GVMD) has confirmed the complaints by the people of the Valley.

According to Mr Muvombo, the people are appealing to Government to consider continuing the works on the road. The residents want the Road Development Agency (RDA) to conduct a tour of the road and see how bad it has become. Mr

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GOVERNMENT has directed the Mazabuka Municipal Council to ensure that traders abide by the set guidelines such as social distancing and masking up amid the second wave of Covid-19.

Southern Province Minister, Edify Hamakale, said as the second wave of the pandemic is on the rise, traders must abide by the health guidelines and observe social distance.

Dr Hamukale has instructed the council to stop all street vending in the Central Business District.

He said all traders must move to designated market shelters, most of which are virtually empty.

FILE PHOTO : People of Gwembe are appealing to Government to consider continuing the works on the road.

Muvombo said that communities in the Gwembe Valley have remained behind in terms of development.

He said that the area has not seen

tangible development adding that this is what has made the people who were displaced during the construction of Kariba Dam to be poor and vulnerable.

Mazabuka residents get Covid-19 counsel “It is regrettable that most market stands are not being utilised and people have continued trading on the streets. Therefore, I call on the municipality to ensure that all traders leave the streets to designated markets where social distancing and wearing of face masks can be abided,” he said.

The minister was speaking in Mazabuka during his tour of the Nakambala Market and Ndeke Community Market to sensitise members of the public on the dangers of the Covid-19.

Dr Hamukale, who donated 3,000 face masks to the traders, said that compliance levels in the district have gone down, hence his visit to sensitise the people on the dangers of the second wave of the pandemic.

He said people are aware of the Covid-19 pandemic but prefer moving without face masks, which is worrying. “ Covid-19 is not a fight for health authorities alone but it requires efforts for all citizens. It should start from our homes to ensure we play our part to stop the spread of the pandemic,” Dr

Hamukale said.

Mazabuka Town Clerk Shiela Songolo said the local authority has put in place measures to mitigate the spread of the disease in markets.

“People became reluctant and we have moved in as the council to sensitise and provide the necessary things traders need to stop the spread of the coronavirus,” Ms Songolo said.

Ms Songolo said the campaign against the Covid-19 is still on and most traders have started complying.

- ZANIS

Take care of toilets, Kabompo residents told RESIDENTS of Kabompo district have been urged to build quality toilets if sanitation conditions are to improve in the area.

Kabompo District Water and Sanitation Coordinator, Bonaventure Hakooma, said his office is concerned that people who are mostly affected by poor sanitation do not consider toilets to be as important as their main house building.

Mr Hakooma said this in an interview in Kabompo yesterday.

“People need to realise that toilets are just as important as their main house. So they need to build them well enough that they stand a test of time. We get really worried when people who are mostly affected by poor sanitation don’t do much to ensure their toilets are built properly,” Mr Hakooma said.

He stressed that although there has been a small lapse in the monitoring and evaluation of communities during the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) programme, communities should not abandon what they have learnt.

“Just because people have not been visiting these areas does not mean that people should stop building recommended toilets. Remember the work has already been done as most village members were taught these things, so why should they only wait for people from our office,” he wondered.

Mr Hakooma said the local authority will

FILE PHOTO : “People need to realise that toilets are just as important as their main house. So they need to build them well enough that they stand a test of time.’’

soon embark on the implementation project of the entire water reticulation system for Mumbezhi area which was poorly done under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).

“CDF funds are already in and we will soon embark on a project that has already been approved for the water reticulation system of Mumbezhi area of Kabompo,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Kabompo Town Council Senior Public Health Inspector, Sally Matebele, expressed concern over the continued sale of expired drinks by some

traders around Kabompo markets.

Ms Matebele said matters of health affect everyone thus the consumer should be protected.

“We carried out a random inspection yesterday around some shops. As usual and to our surprise, some shops were still selling expired drinks which we equally seized for destruction,” Ms Matebele said.

She has since advised all traders to abide by all public health and public trading regulations as flouting any of them is punishable by law.

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By DR MBUYI MASUWA Frontline doctor working at Levy Covid Centre

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THE CORONAVIRUS DOMINO EFFECT IS TAKING ITS EFFECT

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RECALL a few days ago I met an elderly lady who was so visibly surprised that she had been found with Covid-19 and was now in isolation fighting for her life.

She told me she had never left the house in a long time. She says suddenly the previous day she just started coughing, having difficulties to breathe just literally running out of breath.

She said she was taken to the hospital, tested positive for Covid-19 then sent to isolation where I met her when I was doing my morning rounds.

She was able to communicate but was obviously having difficulties breathing, she kept on breaking mid-sentence.

She was already on Oxygen since admission but definitely was in need of escalation to a higher level of Oxygen support as the virus had clearly already severely damaged her lungs.

Put on the higher level that was available., her breathing improved, though she still visibly looked shocked and kept staring at me as if I had the explanation as to how come she got infected with Covid-19 in the first place and ended up in an isolation centre with us.

I asked her if she had children, she said yes, I asked if they live with her, she said yes.

I asked if they go out she said yes, I asked her how they were, she said they were fine But maybe she was right I could have an idea how she got infected and ended up in our care. And this is what probably happened prior to this and what will probably follow afterwards.

It is a typical Domino effect taking effect. All it takes is just one piece to fall then the rest will follow. Please let us do some Covid-19 forensics…..

1) STARTING POINT THE FIRST DOMINO: CARELESS BEHAVIOUR: The shedder, that is the person responsible for infecting this elderly lady, is likely a young person, maybe one of her children who had gone partying maybe over Christmas or New Year or just the usual “Thank God it’s a Friday” kind of celebration.

Got in contact with so many young asymptomatic carriers, dancing, sweating, screaming, singing, spreading the virus with every breath, the super spreader event. So here the first domino falls then hits the second one and the chain reaction has begun.

2) THE SECOND DOMINO: INFECTION SPREADS Now the infected young person who is asymptomatic goes home to rest after a heavy night of partying, there meets the mom who had properly cooked for him some hot Nshima with Tbone and lumanda for him.

The mother, not knowing anything, interacts with the son normally. The following day, she probably even goes to wake him up too come to eat the food she had cooked for him last night which he didn’t eat because was too drunk.

Because he has a hangover, mom helps him up. This interaction with her infected son

makes mom in the process get infected. The second Domino falls and hits the third one 3) THE THIRD DOMINO: MORE SICK PEOPLE The infected mother who is above 65 years old and is also Diabetic unfortunately develops Covid-19 the disease: She starts coughing, has a fever, difficulties in breathing, she literally is short of breath, is weak, feels very tired but hasn’t done manual labour in a long time.

She has joint pains, backache and occasional headache. She thinks it’s just a flu, so she ignores it and mingles with the rest of the family normally spreading the infection even further.

The condition doesn’t change even after taking some ginger, steaming with eucalyptus oil, even took medicine for flu. As she gets more and more out of breath, the children call for a taxi and take her to the hospital.

Her best friend, another el-

The whole healthcare system gets overwhelmed, a lot of resources, more and more people get infected.

derly lady, follows thinking its malaria and no one is wearing a mask in the taxi sharing the virus among themselves: The third Domino falls and hits the fourth one.

4) THE FORTH DOMINO: MORE ADMMISSIONS The elderly lady is attended to, her oxygen saturations are below 80 percent, she is put on oxygen. Her sugars are high, even her BP is also suddenly raised, the chest x-ray shows both her lungs are damaged.

She is tested for malaria and SARSCOV2, she comes out negative for malaria, positive for Covid-19. She is sent to the Covid isolation centre for admission where there are already a lot of other patients increasing the number of admissions. The fourth Domino falls and hits the fifth one.

5) THE FIFTH DOMINO: OVERWHELMED, BURNED OUT STAFF The frontline workers, no matter what people may think of them, whether they feel appreciated or not for what they do or not do, However they are always there and will always be there for the Covid-19 patients who need their help.

They work day and night, they work every day, no Saturdays, no Sundays. All days are Mondays, this gets worse when patients’ workload increases especially when a lot of patients are critical.

I have many days have not had breakfast nor lunch because of the demanding work. When the work gets overwhelming, the staff are stretched to the limit, are really burned out: The fifth Domino falls and hits the sixth.

The frontline workers, no matter what people may think of them, whether they feel appreciated or not for what they do or not do, However they are always there and will always be there for the Covid-19 patients who need their help.

6) THE SIXTH DOMINO: THE STAFF GET INFECTED

A lot of staff are burned out, patients’ numbers are increasing, the contact time is more, a lot are exposed, a lot get infected, some only with a mild form of the disease, others with the severe form.

It always hits a nerve when I’m attending to a colleague who we were with on one side of the fight but now on the opposite side. One who was taking care of patients to being one taken care of, one who

YOUNG PEOPLE Now the infected young person who is asymptomatic goes home to rest after a heavy night of partying, there meets the mom who had properly cooked for him some hot Nshima with Tbone and lumanda for him.

The mother, not knowing anything, interacts with the son normally.

more get sick, more and more manpower, equipment etc, have to be channeled in one direction. The seventh Domino falls and the following can happen anywhere in the chain.

8) MORE DEATHS Deaths increase with more severe form of the disease. A lot succumb, both the patient and the staff. The young and the old, those with underlying conditions and those without, the rich and the poor, bakumayadi, nabamumakomboni, some die from the hospitals, some die from home and brought to the hospital as BIDs. 9) LOCKDOWNS The situation gets out of hand.

To curb the spread, the President puts the country on lockdown. Businesses are affected, work, schools, industries etc, everything comes to a standstill, including the timeless time.

was wearing PPEs for patients to now being the one whose PPEs are worn for.

And because they know the disease and have seen people die, they are usually anxious and nervous. So the numbers of staff reduces. The six Domino falls and then hits the Seventh

10) ECONOMY AFFECTED The effect of this is beyond the scope of this article, will need its own expertise, time and space. But please remember whichever way you choose to behave during this pandemic, you could be the one that chooses to be careless, not obey the public health measures then get infected and start the chain reaction described here. Or you can chose right and help stop this process by just observing the simple guidelines.

7) THE SEVETH DOMINO: THE OVERWHELMED HEATH CARE SYSTEM The whole healthcare system gets overwhelmed, a lot of resources, more and more people get infected. More and

Aluta continua: The struggle continues: Please kindly: *Mask up! *Observe hand hygiene! *Socialise wisely!

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PF BIGWIGS JOSTLE FOR CB POSITIONS

By ROGERS KALERO MOST Patriotic Front (PF) Copperbelt executive committee members are vying for positions in the forthcoming general elections, making the adoption process complicated.

The case is the same with the PF Kitwe executive committee members, who are busy canvassing for support to be adopted at the parliamentary, mayoral and local government levels.

PF ordinary members have complained that the adoption process would not be fair because many executive members were also aspiring candidates, yet they would also be in charge of the adoption process.

Members including youths from various constituencies in Kitwe said it was difficult to trust the executive committees in the adoption process when most of them were aspiring for parliamentary, mayoral and local government positions.

Kitwe District PF secretary, Lungo Kawaya, said he had heard about executive members intending to contest positions, but was yet to confirm with them.

“However, I can’t comment about the provincial executive committee members aspiring for various positions because they are my seniors, but I have heard reports about those district executive committee members aspiring for parliamentary, mayoral and local government positions.

CB in robust Covid-19 sensitisation THE Copperbelt Province Health Team will start sensitising various community groupings such as churches, traders and commuters on the new strain of Covid-19.

Copperbelt Health Director, Robert Zulu, said in an interview that the second wave of covid-19 is more aggressive, hence the need to educate various members of the community on the need to take precautions seriously.

Dr Zulu said the first group to meet will be the clergy who have a large following and then shopping mall owners.

He said the Ministry of Health will work with various stakeholders in educating and enforcing the Covid-19 measures. He added that local authorities will also be engaged.

“We want to engage the local authorities to make sure that commuters on all buses adhere to the guidelines,” Dr Zulu said.

Dr Zulu added that the Ministry of Health does not want to create a conflict with the general public but rather wants people to make positive decisions based on the information they will be given.

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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.

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

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

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

Mwembeshi 50 acres K15,000 per acre.

Barm0ral plot 30m x 40m K75,000.

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

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

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

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

CHALALA 2x3 bedroom houses K875,000.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plots 25m x 40m K80,000.

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

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

Price U$D14m or Kwacha equivalent.

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

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

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

LUFWANYAMA 10ha(25 acres) K90,000.

MPONGWE MACHIY area 800ha K2.5m.

CHINGOLA Maiteneke 2 bedroom house K90,000.

KITWE Bulangililo house 7 rooms K150,000.

KAOMA near tbz farms 178ha K2m.

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

Monze town center on Livingstone road,

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

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

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

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

SERENJE Nansanga block 2000ha K75m.

CHINSALI 5000ha K35m.

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

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

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

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

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

COPPERBELT KALULUSHI Napsa Complex 3 bedroom hose K4,000.

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

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

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

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

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

Long lease rent to be discussed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KAMPALA - A Ugandan policeman is being held at a police station over the shooting of a live bullet at the convoy of presidential candidate, Patrick Amuriat, on Wednesday in the western Kitagwenda district.

Police say the arrested officer was not assigned to follow Amuriat on the campaign trail, the Daily Monitor newspaper reports.

Local television channel, NTV has tweeted photos showing the aftermath of the incident: Ugandans will next Thursday vote for a new parliament and president. President Yoweri Museveni will be seeking a sixth term in office.

United Nations human rights experts have accused security forces of using excessive force during political protests and rallies.

Last month, the bodyguard of another opposition presidential candidate, the pop star Bobi Wine, was killed when he was run over by military police. – BBC.

…Ugandan presidential candidate’s convoy shot at

Friday 8, January 2021

Armed police and military storm Ghana’s parliament ACCRA - Armed security personnel stormed Ghana’s parliament on Wednesday to restore calm following chaotic scenes between members of the ruling party and the main opposition party.

The chaos followed standoff over the election of a new speaker after new members of parliament had been sworn in.

The military and police were in the chambers for about 10 minutes before marching out, Ghana’s parliament has no clear majority, with both the opposition and the ruling party having 137 MPs each, with one independent MP. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party has filed a petition at the Supreme Court seeking to annul President Nana Akufo Addo’s win in the December elections.

It wants the judges to order a re-run of the presidential election. – BBC.

SA reports deadliest day with 844 Covid deaths United Nations human rights experts have accused security forces of using excessive force during political protests and rallies.

World stunned by Trump supporters storming US capitol, attempts to overturn election WASHINGTON - World leaders on Wednesday expressed their shock as supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol building where Congress meets in an attempt to overturn the results of the November 3 election won by Joe Biden.

Here are reactions from around the world:

Hundreds of striking Kenyan doctors sacked

NAIROBI - Hundreds of striking Kenyan doctors have been sacked, including the head of the country’s doctors union.

Doctors went on strike over poor remuneration and working conditions.

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Doctors Union boss Chibanzi Mwachonda and other senior specialists were sacked by the Mombasa County government. - BBC.

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARYGENERAL UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “saddened” by the events at the US Capitol, his spokesman said.

“In such circumstances, it is important that political leaders impress on their followers the need to refrain from violence, as well as to respect democratic processes and the rule of law,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.

Zim jails three music promoters over Covid-19 super spreader event’ HARARE - A Zimbabwean court on Tuesday jailed three popular music promoters for six months each for hosting a Covid-19 ‘super spreader’ event that was attended by thousands of people on New Year’s eve.

Prosecutor Michael Reza accused the trio of attempting to murder thousands of people through their reckless actions.

“What they did is akin to attempted murder, the seriousness of their offence must be reflected in the sentence.” - DAILY NATION, Kenya.

CHINA The Chinese embassy issued an advisory on its website on Wednesday warning Chinese citizens to strengthen safety precautions in light of a “large-scale demonstration” in Washington D.C. and a curfew announced by the local government.

INDIA “Distressed to see news about rioting and violence in Washington DC,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet.

“Orderly and peaceful transfer of power must continue. The democratic process cannot be allowed to be subverted through unlawful protests.”

JAPAN “We decline to comment on President Trump’s political style as this is about U.S. domestic affairs,” Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters.

“But we hope to see democracy in the United States overcome this difficult situation, calmness and harmony regained, and a peaceful and democratic transfer of power.”

FRANCE “What happened in Washington DC is not American, definitely,” French President Emmanuel Macron said in a video message on Twitter.

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa reached a grim milestone on Wednesday by reporting the highest singleday deaths and new cases as it wrestles an aggressive new wave of Covid-19.

Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, announced that 844 deaths and 21, 832 new cases were recorded, with most casualties in Eastern Cape province.

The previous record for single-day deaths was 572 patients in July. The country has so far recorded 31, 368 deaths since the pandemic started out of a total of 1, 149, 591 confirmed cases.

A new, faster-spreading, coronavirus variant had been detected that is believed to be driving the surge in infections. – BBC.

Some of the protesters who broke into buildings on Capitol Hill after a pro-Trump rally were carrying symbols and flags strongly associated with particular ideas and factions.

“We believe in the strength of our democracies. We believe in the strength of American democracy,” he said, speaking in English.

UNITED KINGDOM British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a tweet called the events in the U.S. Congress a “disgrace,” saying the United States stood for democracy around the world and that was it was “vital” now that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power.

GERMANY German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said democracy’s enemies would be cheered by scenes of violence at the United States Capitol, and he called on Trump to accept U.S. voters’ decision.

RUSSIA

“Quite Maidan-style pictures are coming from DC,” Russia’s deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy posted on Twitter, referring to protests in Ukraine that toppled Russian-backed President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich in 2014.

NATO NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called the violent protests in Washington “shocking scenes” and said the outcome of the democratic U.S. election must be respected.

EUROPEAN UNION Charles Michel, chairman of EU leaders, on Twitter expressed his shock at the scenes in Washington. “The US Congress is a temple of democracy...We trust the US to ensure a peaceful transfer of power to @ JoeBiden.” - THE STANDARD.

Central African Republic opposition candidates call for presidential vote to be annulled

BANGUI - Ten opposition candidates in the Central African Republic’s presidential election on Tuesday called for the vote – won by incumbent Faustin Archange Touadera – to be annulled in view of “numerous irregularities.”

The country’s electoral authority, the ANE, late on Monday declared Touadera winner of the December 27 vote with 53.92 percent of the ballot – a figure that, if confirmed by the CAR’s top court, means a runoff will not be needed. – AFP.

Twitter, Facebook freeze Trump accounts

WASHINGTON - Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc on Wednesday temporarily locked the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, as tech giants scrambled to crack down on his baseless claims about the U.S. presidential elections amid riots in the capital.

Twitter hid and required the removal of three of Trump’s tweets “as a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C.,” after pro-Trump protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to force Congress to block the appointment of President-elect Joe Biden. – REUTERS.

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