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DITH Nawakwi is bitter with UPND president, Hakainde Hichilema because she was not chosen leader of the United Democratic Alliance in 2006, UPND deputy spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has said.

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OLICE have been challenged to come clean on the killing of two people in Lusaka and explain why they had called UPND leader for interviews, yet nothing has come of it and no action taken.

The MMD has demanded that the nation should be told the truth and whether revelations by FDD leader Edith Nawakwi who produced relevant documentation at the Sunday press briefing, had any bearing on the case over which Police had summoned Mr Hichilema.

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OVERNMENT should carry out an audit on how the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has been conducting its business to ascertain allegations of massive corruption, Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) has insisted.

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THEY SHOULD NOT DIE IN VAIN THE Government owes the people of Zambia an explanation, not just for the killing of Nsama Nsama and Joseph Kunda but for the circumstances surrounding any form of criminality that could have occurred before, during and after the fatal events of the day.

Zambians want to know the truth, nothing but the truth.

First and foremost; what compelling circumstances led to the summoning of UPND President to Police Headquarters for questioning, in the very highly publicized manner that politicized and drew national attention.

Could the questioning not have been done discreetly?

Secondly and most importantly; what was the outcome of the questioning?

We understand that from the many issues reported to the Police the interview was about the Kalomo farm. It is on record that HH was very pleased with the professional manner in which the officers conducted the interview.

If indeed the questioning was civil, Police must allay growing cynicism and suspicion that the exercise was a mischievous gimmick intended for obfuscation.

That farm was in court in civil proceedings and what is emerging from documentation including recent revelations by FDD president Edith Nawakwi, make it imperative that the Police own up and tell the nation the truth.

It will not be fair for HH and ultimately indeed the electorate to enter the election campaign season in August with the issue of fraud hanging over his head.

The civil matter before the High Court was not determined on its merit but rather on a technicality when the Judge ruled that the matter was time barred as it was commenced 12 years after the events complained of “the correct date of accrual of the right of action with regards to the disputed property begun to run in 2005 when the Defendant became the registered proprietor and took possession of the farm.”

The claim was being made more than 12 years later, therefore according to statutes the claim was time barred. An important consideration is that the matter was a civil claim.

The critical issue now concerns the criminal allegation of fraud and misrepresentation. Does the matter reported to the Police expire on account of the civil bar?

We say so because the Judge was very clear when she said ”Suffice it to say that I find as a fact, from the documentation presented both by the Plaintiff and the Defendant that there was an assignment that led to the transfer of property from the Plaintiff in her representative capacity as Administrator. Whether or not there was a fraud occasioned would be a matter for further investigation.”

To this extent we entirely agree with the judgment considering that the parties involved cannot by any stretch of imagination be equated, in understanding the complexity of land law let alone the complications of transfer of property at the Lands Registry.

To suggest that the complainants should have exercised due diligence to determine the fact, belies the integrity and purpose of the entire action, which was based on the understanding that any transaction based on fraud and misrepresentation is void, regardless of the time in which adverse discovery was made.

Fortunately, the papers are in the public domain and therefore not a mystery. The contention being that the administrator of the Estate did not sign any legal papers to transfer Subdivision A of Farm 1924, Kalomo in the extent of 2222.6549 hectares which was issued to HH sometime in 2005.

It is important that the subject and result of the investigation are announced expeditiously, to avoid spilling over into the campaign period. This is very important, otherwise the two lives would have been in lost in vain.

THERE IS NO WIND OF CHANGE - ERIC CHANDA

By KALOBWE BWALYA

THIS is not the right time to change leadership because the current Government has delivered development across the country, says former PF National youth chairman Eric Chanda.

Mr. Chanda said he would make sure that he defended the Patriotic Front (PF) and ensure victory in the August election.

He said this is because the PF was a working Government which had transformed Zambia into a better country.

Mr Chanda however urged PF members to start mobilizing the party especially from the grassroots and understand the challenges the people were

facing.

He also announced his intension to contest the Munali parliamentary and pledged hard work, saying Mr Chanda he has the heart for and Kalingalinga wards for lopeople in the constituency.

Mr Chanda, who ad- gistics and mobilization of the dressed ward officials from party.

He said President Lungu deChankukula and Kalingalinga wards, appealed to party mem- served another term of office in bers to continue with the spirit order to continue with the development agenda. of togetherness.

“This is not the to start He said from the time PF took power, Zambia has seen thinking of changing leaderunprecedented development ship, I will ensure that I work such as improved road infra- hard and defend the party at structure, health and educa- all level, therefore I declare my intensions to stand on the PF tion sectors.

Mr Chanda donated K ticket under Munali seat,” Mr 100,000 to both Chankukula Chanda said.

Amending Public Order Act a non-starter, says NGO THE Democracy and Motherland Defenders Coalition (DMDC) has described as hypocritical, retrogressive calls from the UPND to amend the Public Order Act (POA).

DMDC spokesperson, Andrew Ntewewe, said it was regrettable that the very people that had the chance to deal with constitutional lacunas were not advocating for the amendment of the Act. He said the people that frustrated various constitutional amendments were now calling for review of the Public Order Act. Mr Ntewewe told journalists in Lusaka that there was insufficient time for such an undertaking considering that parliament would be dissolved in a few months’ time.

“The Zambian people will recall that the purpose of the National Dialogue Forum (NDF) was to among other things amend the PoA. However, the very people that are now demanding for the amendment of this piece of legislation frustrated the NDF and its subsequent outcomes.

“It is therefore unacceptable that after frustrating such a noble cause, the very people would come through Parliament to reopen the matter that has since been closed,” Mr Ntewewe said.

He appealed to Government not to entertain such calls.

Mr Ntewewe also dismissed calls from some political players and stakeholders to postpone the general election due to increased Covid-19 cases.

He described the deamnds as unfounded and unattainable saying elections were a constitutional matter and the date was duly imbedded in the republican constitution.

Mr Ntewewe emphasized that the August national

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elections were non-negotiable and unchangeable adding thst Zambia would not be the first country to hold elections amidst the pandemic.

“Therefore, we call on political parties and ECZ to continue preparing for the elections as they will surely be conducted on the 12th August 2021 as provided for by our supreme law within the framework of Coronavirus new normal,” he added.

Meanwhile, Mr Ntewewe said the Coalition has noted that as the election time draws near, there is a growing tendency of intolerance to divergent views.

Mr Ntewewe said the

Coalition was particularly saddened that some political and media players were taking a biased approach in dealing with divergent views expressed by either some clergy or traditional leaders.

He called on the media to be neutral and set the agenda for national building, unity and patriotism.

“On this subject, we would like to condemn in the strongest possible terms the insults showered on Father Lupupa.

This behaviour to intimidate, bully and insult those with divergent views is undemocratic and only exposes the high levels of intolerance,” he said. - SMART EAGLES

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Retired soldier drops dead

By KALOBWE BWALYA A SOMBER atmosphere engulfed PHI mall in Lusaka on Saturday when a retired soldier dropped dead after his shopping.

Anthony Tembo met his fate when he just finished shopping at PHI Pep store and the incident left other shoppers traumatized.

Police spokesperson Esther Katongo confirmed receiving a report of sudden death which happened on Saturday around 18: 00 hours.

Ms. Katongo explained police received a report from a PEP store employee that a male customer had collapsed by the entrance when he was about to leave the store.

Ms. Katongo said Mr Tembo died upon finishing buying items and on his way out. She said the wife Mercy Tembo was later informed and the deceased was identified as Anthony Tembo aged 55 of Mtendere Township.

“A man identified as Anthony Tembo collapsed and died on his way out of Pep store and was taken back inside the shop as they tried to arrange for transport.

The matter was reported to Ben Mwiinga police post and later taken to UTH hospital mortuary,” Mr Katongo said.

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ZICTA explains poor internet connectivity THE current poor quality of internet connectivity is doe to increased traffic on ICT platforms as people work from home, the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) has said.

ZICTA Corporate Communications Manager Ngabo Nankonde says employers working from home which has been triggered

by the Second Wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase of traffic on ICT platforms in various residential areas.

Ms. Nankonde however said the situation would improve because of the developments being undertaken by various internet providers.

She said Airtel had been awarded spectrum in the 8-hundred-megahertz radio

frequency worth US$12.5 million.

Ms. Nakonde said the investments are expected to contribute to the improvement of service delivery on the part of the operator.

She said the improvements would not only provide better wireless connections for both online services and phone calls but it will also provide more revenue for the country.- ZNBC

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By PETER SICHALI OVERNMENT should carry out an audit on how the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has been conducting its business to ascertain allegations of massive corruption, Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) has insisted.

PROTUZ Secretary General, Kangwa Musenge, had earlier told the Parliamentary Committee on Cabinet Affairs that some officials at the TSC had been asking teachers to pay between K20, 000 and K30, 000 before they are promoted.

Despite the commission refuting the allegations, Mr

Musenge has maintained his claims, saying there was need to scrutinize how the commission had been promoting, appointing and recruiting teachers.

He said TSC had not conducted its business in a transparent manner and that its credibility was in doubt.

"There must be a proper introspection on how the commission had conducted its business in terms of deployments, promotion and recruitments,"Mr Musenge said.

He said lack of transparency in the manner the Commission has conducted business could have negative effects of the quality service provision in the Ministry of General Education.

Mr Musenge said it was ill timed for the commission to warn

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The police must not let the killing of state prosecutor, Nsama Nsama and United Party For National Development (UPND) supporter, Joseph Kaunda be in vain, the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has demanded.

And the MMD has further demanded that the police makes public the reasons why they summoned UPND leader, Hakainde Hichilema to police force headquarters which led to the killing of the two so that the people could make their opinion whether the summoning was worth it or not.

Party National secretary, Reverend Reuben Sambo said in an interview that the police should ensure justice is served by making sure that investigations into the killings are concluded and culprits brought to book.

Rev. Sambo said the police are on record of shielding their colleagues even when people are shot dead by a live bullet during protests.

He explained that the failure by the police to name those who shot Mr. Nsama and Mr Kaunda in the report on the killings which they submitted to President Edgar Lungu was proof that their interest was to project their colleagues.

“The police must make sure that the death of two innocent citizens is not in vain, the absence of naming the killer in the report tells you that their interest is to protect their friends and they are on record of protecting their fellow police officers every time there is a protest or demonstration and someone dies from a bullet,” he said.

And the MMD national secretary said the police should make public the reasons why they summoned Mr Hichilema for the people to form their opinion whether it was worth it or not.

Rev. Sambo said what the UPND disclosed were the reasons for summoning Mr. Hichilema shortly after the interrogations are exactly what Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President,

Edith Nawakwi said on Saturday during a media briefing in Lusaka.

He however said the people are eager to hear from the police what exactly transpired during the interrogations and the outcome of the meeting at the police force headquarters on that fateful day.

Rev. Sambo has suggested that the matter be handed over to private investigators if the Zambia police feel their hands are tied in order for justice in the killing Mr. Nsama and Mr Kaunda to prevail.

Meanwhile, opposition Ms Nawakwi has maintained Hakainde Hichilema should still answer charges of criminal liabilities pertaining to the way he acquired property belonging to the poor farmers in Kalomo, reports Smart Eagles.

Mrs. Nawakwi told journalists at the media briefing that attempts by the UPND leader to compel the victims to withdraw the appeal case was highly suspicious.

Mrs. Nawakwi said HH could not have acquired the property which belonged to the deceased person when the law that governs the administration of estates suggest that the property belonging to the deceased cannot be acquired in the manner HH acquired it.

She said the property in question belonged to Lima bank and the mortgage was never discharged by the authorized officers from the Ministry of Lands but the company which employed Mr Hichilema.

She explained that the document filed by Mr Hichilema explaining how he acquired the property are marred with acute irregularities.

She said the presence of irregularities in the documents suggest illegal acquisition of the property and wondered how the document could be acquired in one day and the person who issued the document was now Mr Hichilema’s lawyer Marshal Muchende.

She has since urged the police to intensify the probing the process in which Mr Hakainde acquired the land with possible criminal activities. #SmartEagles2021

union leaders for merely making a submission on corruption allegations raised by teachers.

He said the submission was based on a complaint that was before the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

He said it was unfortunate that union leaders received threats from TSC. "We are not intimidated by the threats that we received and we will continue talking until the right thing is done," he said.

Mr Musenge said the ACC should expedite the investigations and make the finding public.

"The teachers that complained to the ACC are also waiting for the response and the findings of their investigations and who was getting the money people were paying,"Mr Musenge said.

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Nawakwi is bitter - UPND

By NOEL IYOMBWA

EDITH Nawakwi is bitter with UPND president, Hakainde Hichilema because she was not chosen leader of the United Democratic Alliance in 2006, UPND deputy spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has said.

Mr Mweetwa said Ms Nawakwi had a history of hatred against Mr Hichilema and that it was written in black and white.

He was reacting to accusation by the FDD leader that Mr Hichilema was corrupt and fighting to become President to protect his wrong doing.

Mr Mweetwa however said UPND did not understand Ms Nawakwi's agenda but that the party was left to think that her hatred dated back to 2006 when different political parties formed an alliance and Mr Hichilema was chosen as leader.

On Saturday, Ms Nawakwi had a press briefing where she said Mr Hichilema wants to become President to cover up his fraudulent activities.

Ms Nawakwi produced a deed transfer purporting to have been signed by the administrator of a farm under contestation, Feluna Hatembo, but the administrator denied ever conveying the land to HH nor receiving any money for the land.

Ms Nawakwi said the complainants might have been forced to make a statement that they will not appeal against a High Court ruling related to how the UPND leader repossessed their farm in Kalomo.

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Court dismisses UNZALARU’s K4.5m claim

By GRACE CHAILE-LESOETSA THE Lusaka High Court has dismissed the matter in which the University of Zambia Lecturers and Researchers Union (UNZALARU) sued the University of Zambia Council demanding K4.5 million unremitted union contribution.

UNZALARU Secretary General Dr Kelvin Mambwe who sued the Council on behalf of the union was also demanding interest, costs and incidentals to the proceedings.

Dr Mambwe in a claim said in March 1993, the union entered into an agreement with the Council which was entrusted with the role of collecting union contributions from the members by deducting direct from their salaries.

He stated that the UNZA council had been deducting monthly union contribution fees but had not been remitting to UNZALARU. Dr Mambwe said the UNZA owed the union members K4, 505, 587.52 being arrears of unremitted union contributions despite the funds having already being deducted from members.

The union’s operations depended on the contributions from its members and hence the UNZA Council's failure to remit the funds had negatively affected operations.

He said despite the union making several reminders, the Council had not made any efforts to settle the outstanding amount.

But in an order issued to the parties, Judge Mwamba Chanda dismissed the matter for lack of progress.

“This matter is hereby dismissed on the ground that no progress has been recorded 60 days after the filing of this action pursuant to Order 14 Rule 8 of Statutory Instrument no. 58," Justice Chanda declared.

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In her briefing Edith Nawakwi produced this deed transfer purporting to have been signed by the administrator, Feluna Hatembo. But the administrator denied ever conveying the land to HH nor receiving any money for the land.

This is a matter in which an administrator to the estate of Mr Samson Siatembo, Ms Feluna Hatembo, sued Mr Hichilema in the Lusaka High Court pointing out the fraudulent manner in which Farm No 1924 of Kalomo was bought.

Mr Mweetwa however said Ms Nawakwi was only attacking Mr Hichilema because she wanted to be the leader of the alliance but instead Mr Hakainde was chosen.

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THE Germany government has announced a temporary travel ban on several southern African countries that include Zambia, South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini with effect from the 7th to 17th February 2021 when the ban will be reviewed.

Quoting a post on the Germany embassy website, the Zambian Embassy in Berlin said the measure is intended to prevent the introduction of SARS-CoV2-variants which have been detected in a number of countries that now include Zambia.

The Germany authorities have indicated exceptions to the travel ban which include German citizens, members of the nuclear family of Germans who travel jointly with them such as spouses, legal partners, minor children and parents of minor children, citizens of the EU countries and Switzerland.

Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany, Anthony Mukwita has urged Zambians to put their travel plans on hold and keep checking with the German embassy in Lusaka for latest developments on the matter. - ZNBC

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ENIOR Chief Mukuni should prepare himself for another humiliating loss for Mr Hakainde Hichilema in the August 12 general elections, Eastern Province Minister Makebi Zulu has said.

Mr Zulu said Senior Chief Mukuni has joined a long queue of UPND politically-inclined persons who were refusing to make peace with the Constitutional Court judgement on President Edgar Lungu's eligibility because they smell another loss in the

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August elections.

He was reacting to claims

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

The traditional leader was at the weekend quoted in one local newspaper as saying it was unconstitutional for President Lungu to contest this year’s elections.

But Mr Zulu said in an interview that the traditional leader should brace himself for Mr Haikainde’s sixth loss this year.

He said Senior Chief Mukuni

has joined the bandwagon of those that were scared of President Lungu’s candidature because he would beat their preferred conadidate.

“Senior Chief Mukuni has just joined a long queue of persons who are refusing to make peace with the constitutional court judgment. The reasons for doing so are obvious.

“He and others have come to terms with the fact that none of the opposition leaders is capable of beating President Edgar Lungu,” Mr Zulu said.

He added: “Senior Chief Mukuni and others have resorted

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Mr Zulu said the traditional leader and the opposition should instead concentrate on campaigning for their candidate as opposed to pre-occupying

themselves with discussing the PF Presidential candidate.

He said President Lungu was qualified to contest and those planning to challenge his candidature were wasting their time.

Mr Zulu said President Lungu’s eligibility case was concluded a long time ago by the Constitutional Court and was thus, a dead issue.

Former employee denies infringing Sondashi Formula patent

By GRACE CHAILELESOETSA FORMER driver of Ludwig Sondashi has denied producing and selling the Sondash Formula 2000, which is a patent infringement.

Henry Banda in his defence filed in the Lusaka High Court argued that his business was different from that of his former boss.

He has, therefore, asked the Court not to grant Dr Sondashi an interim injunction because the perusal of the patent letter shows that his former employer’s patent expired in August last yera as it was for a period of 16 years.

In this matter, Dr Sondashi sued Mr Banda of Lilayi in Chilanga, seeking a declaration that his former driver infringed on his duly protected patent and unjustly benefitted from his intellectual property.

He wants an order that the former driver must account to him all the proceeds from the alleged

infringement.

Dr Sondashi is also seeking an injunction restraining Mr Banda from further infringing upon the patent as protected.

Dr Sondashi and the Sondashi Formula 2000 Limited are defendants in the matter.

He stated that since the defendant left employment in 2015, he has been collecting the raw materials from the villages, one of which village is Chinyunyu East of Lusaka.

He said that using the patented method, combination and ingredients Mr Banda learnt while working for them, he has been producing, marketing and selling the medicine and therapy under the brand Sondashi Formula.

But in defence, Mr Banda alleged properties he uses were acquired way before he started employment with Dr Sondashi and his company while some were inherited from his father and would prove so at trial.

He denied ever having engaged in any of the activities alleged by the plaintiff.

Kasomeno-Mwenda toll project to begin soon

…as DRC Minister tours site

Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Willy Ngoopos, has visited the construction site of the Luapula bridge and the Kasomeno-Mwenda toll plaza in Luapula province.

Mr. Ngoopos, who arrived in the country through the Kashiba border post in Mwense district, was welcomed by Luapula Province Minister Nickson Chilangwa.

Mr. Ngoopos, who is also that country’s Vice Prime Minister, explained that President Felix Tshisekedi sent him to Zambia to show commitment to the bilateral project that the two countries want to develop.

He said his coming to Zambia is also President Tshisekedi’s assurance to President Edgar Lungu that the DRC was ready to execute the project.

He added that the KasomenoMwenda toll road was one of President Tshisekedi’s priority projects that he intended to deliver with Zambia during his first term in office.

“I have come to see the actual construction site of the Luapula river bridge and the KasomenoMwenda road.

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Tshisekedi before he left for Addis Ababa where he has assumed the African Union chairmanship, gave me strict instructions to assure his brother President Edgar Lungu that this is our project and we want it now,” he Ngoopos.

And Mr Chilangwa said the arrival of Mr. Ngoopos for the tour was a huge boost towards the implementation of the project.

Mr Chilangwa, who was accompanied by his Permanent Secretary Charles Mushota, said he was hopeful that early works on the project earmarked to start in March this year would proceed.

He said President Lungu and his Congolese counterpart have given their full support to the project and that no more delays were expected.

Mr Chilangwa has since thanked the Congolese government for the warm reception during a Zambian ministerial delegation’s recent visit to Kinshasa.

“Please accept our heartfelt gratitude for giving us your warm reception when we visited DRC. We met President Tshisekedi to discuss the project and we are grateful,” Mr Chilangwa said.

Mr. Ngoopos has since left Zambia for Kinshasa. ZANIS

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By NOEL IYOMBWA ZAMBIANS should seriously scrutinize the credentials of people offering themselves for high positions of political leadership, New Heritage Party Spokesperson Samuel Kasankha has said.

Mr Kasankha called upon citizens to disqualify questionable candidates on the basis of criteria considered appropriate for determining who should lead the nation.

“Our democracy which is provided for in our constitution dictates that whoever is voted for by the majority will assume the office to which they

‘‘Our democracy which is provided for in our constitution dictates that whoever is voted for by the majority will assume the office to which they aspire.’’

aspire. Therefore no other methods, including rigging, are acceptable or legal in keeping out ill-qualified

candidates. It is incumbent upon us, the people, to make the right choices by analyzing the candidates,” he said.

Zambia in agro boost …small-scale farmers financing set

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A Zambian firm, Schweizer Agriculture, will roll out 5,000 digital banking booths over the next five years to boost financial inclusion and crop production for rural farmers, its chief executive has said.

The banking booths will initially be rolled out in five of Zambia’s 10 provinces, Schweizer Executive Director Joas Chihangu said.

Farmers in Eastern, Western, Copperbelt, Central and North-western will be the earliest beneficiaries.

Mr Chihangu said the initiative was expected to gradually transition smallscale farmers to emerging farmers of five hectares to 30 hectares farming businesses and would be provided with low cost handheld tractors.

He added: “The farmers will be linked to mechnization so that we put the hoe in the museum in line with

Government policy.”

“We remain focused on empowering farmers in rural Zambia and one of the ways of doing so is through the roll-out of Aid for TradeTM booths,” Mr Chihangu said.

Aid for Trade is a smallholder agriculture loan on a prepaid plastic Visa or MasterCard service for Schweizer Agriculture, managed by another Zambian company, Kachi Agri Micro Finance Limited in partnership with financial institutions, insurance firms, pension houses and banks.

Mr Chihangu explained that each card will come preloaded with points that can be redeemed at specified agro hubs for agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and agro chemicals.

He said the card will also be used to buy irrigation kits, small tractors and livestock through the agro-hub dealers while the roll-out will be done through co-operatives of 20 members each, including

women and the youth, he said.

“Our goal is to deploy on average 11,900 to 15,500HP low cost handheld tractors that can easily operated by women who have suffered enough,” Mr Chihangu said.

Schweizer Agriculture is a specialized agriculture, agribusiness, technical and financial advisory firm which assists private, none commercial and public sector clients in developing agribusiness and agro processing businesses.

Schweizer’s clients include local and international agribusiness private entities.

Speaking at an Aid for TradeTM event where Schweizer Agriculture presented a mock booth to the United Bank for Africa (UBA),Mr Chihangu said his company was developing digital solutions for unbanked small scale farmers.

The digital banking solutions include Electronic Warehouse Receipts’ (eWHR’s) linked to a collateral manager to support

Differently-abled appeals for a voice

By NOEL IYOMBWA EVEN though Bill 10 did not go through, there is need for persons with disabilities to have a representation in Parliament, Kanchibiya Patriotic Front, aspiring candidate Moses Kamfwa has said.

Mr Kamfwa who is physically challenged noted that President Lungu appreciated democracy the reason why he wanted to give Zambians Bill 10 of 2019.

He explained that there was need for a well-balanced parliament by attaining a mixed –representation where every category of people were well presented.

He said that if given a chance, a person with disability would not only represent a constituency but all people with disabilities, some of whom were languishing in the streets.

Mr Kamfwa said most people with disabilities did not have representation adding that a fellow person with disabilities would understand the challenges more than an

abled person.

He said his ambition to be nominated did not undermine the incumbent Member of Parliament, Martin Malama.

Meanwhile, Mr Kamfwa noted that President Lungu should be given 100 per cent vote because he has delivered in Kanchibiya constituency as can be seen from the massive infrastructure development across the country.

Mr. Kamfwa noted that a continuous improvement in delivery of farming inputs in the agricultural sector and Social cash transfer for elderly and disabled has also improved.

He said that a 100 percent vote was nonnegotiable but was a serious expectation.

“The president must win this year’s election from the first round because he has no luxury of money and time to spend on the re-run.

“He is in a hurry to ensure that the entire ongoing development projects and other programmes are completed for the betterment of all the Zambians across the nation,” he said.

He said the New Heritage Party doors were open to public scrutiny for members wishing to contest for local government, parliamentary and presidential positions.

Mr Kasankha called upon all others seeking high political office not to overreact when questions are raised about their suitability but publicly offer themselves for scrutiny to allay fears about their suitability as candidates.

“In the same vein, and while recognizing everyone’s right to freedom of expression on all public matters, we urge against making statements which are provocative or divisive. We need to preserve our love, unity and peace,” financial inclusion.

This is expected to empower 125,000 farmers who will be linked to credit lines for farm inputs to produce high value crops like soybeans and maize seed in five provinces, he said.

About 5,000 young entrepreneurs would be trained in digital banking and micro finance lending, he said.

“This initiative is a way of empowering young people with jobs, linking small-scale and emerging farmers with working capital, matching grants, guaranteed markets and value addition,” Mr Chihangu said.

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Yenga gives food, wheel chairs to vulnerable

By KALOBWE BWALYA I WILL continue empowering the less privileged people of Kabwata which includes the elderly and as well as the marketers, says Kabwata aspirant Danny Yenga.

Mr. Yenga said, as a leader who is inspiring to take on political leadership, he would never leave anyone behind because some families were unable to live a sustainable life, therefore it is the responsibility of leaders to take care of the poor.

Mr. Yenga, who donated food stuffs and handed over two wheel chairs to two citizens in Chilenje’s Mapuloto area, saluted the work that people who were taking care of the elderly in different households.

Mr. Yenga said, he has a big heart for especially the elderly people and the marketers who always spent hours for food to feed families.

He appealed to the corporate world to come on board and give a helping hand to those in needy especially the elderly people. He said encouraged other people also to continue reaching out to the people so that they can sustain their lives.

And Mr. Yenga also donated food stuffs and COVID-19 protective equipment at Fountain of Hope Mr Yenga Orphanage in Kamwala area.

“Even in this period were we have this COVID-19 pandemic which has disturbed the world economy, let’s supplement government efforts by reaching out to those in needy as taking care of the vulnerable should not only left to government,” Mr. Yenga said.

And Save Lives Zambia Founde, Younus Essa said his organization would ensure that it improved the lives of the children especially the orphans.

Mr. Younus said his organization would always remember to give to the less privileged in society and ensure that they did not lack .

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Agro, food export initiative launched

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

Monday 8 February, 2021

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gressively address the rising rate of inflation that threatens to undermine investment and long term growth.

As the BoZ prepares to announce the policy rate for the first quarter of 2021 on February 17th, Bridges Limited Managing Consultant, Chibamba Kanyama, stressed the need to focus the rate which would aggressively address the rising rate of inflation.

The Central Bank’s monetary policy committee lowered its policy rate by 125 basis points to eight percent on August 18, last year, the lowest since 2012, in response to a growing Covid-19 crisis.

It then maintained the policy rate at eight percent in November 2020.

Mr Kanyama however in an interview stressed that the rising

inflation was threatening to undermine investment, long term growth and political stability.

He emphasised the need for the BoZ Committee to utilise the monetary policy tools to guide its decision benchmarked on how the economy had responded to the current rate.“The rational that guided the reduction in the monetary policy rate to eight percent in June may have been justified under the circumstances of a depressed production environment. However, seven months is enough to review the impact of that decision.

“It is evidently clear that while liquidity position has improved, it has come at huge cost in terms of rising rate of inflation, devaluation of the Kwacha against major currencies and rising interest rates,” Mr Kanyama said.

He however acknowledged that the choice for a monetary policy under the circumstances was difficult because

whichever way, the interest rates would continue to rise.

First, Mr Kanyama said, despite the drop in the monetary policy rate, commercial banks were pushing for positive real interest rates in the face of high inflation.

He said increasing the monetary policy rate would stimulate an immediate adverse response by commercial banks. He said the BoZ may also seek to do something unconventional by asking the business community what it wanted, low liquids with low inflation rate or high liquidity with high inflation rate. “I am very sure the choice will be for low inflation rate because that is what we desperately need.

In other words, let’s go for a marginal increase in the monetary policy rate. “We have a relatively disfunctional economy that has not positively responded to the June 2020 gesture of a massive reduction in monetary policy rate,” Mr Kanyama said.

AN initiative to promote export of agricultural and food products that meet international standards has been launched by Government, as Parliament ratifies Zambia’s participation in the Africa Continent Free Trade Area (AFCFTA).

With support from the European Union (EU) funded Trade Related Facility (TRF) Project, the University of Zambia (UNZA) has developed a short-term course on risk assessment and management for key tradable products.

The risk assessment capacity building modules under this training have been developed by UNZA in collaboration with key institutions from the public and private sectors. Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary, Mushuma Mulenga, regretted that the export of agricultural and food products especially in raw form had faced compliance challenges in the area of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS).

Mr Mulenga said during the launch and handover of training equipment to UNZA that thisMonday resulted in the rejection of shipments 4, January 2021 of

Monday 28, December 2020

WE NEED A GOVERNMENT PMO PROJECT MANAGEMENT: MANAGEMENT: IN THE PROJECT ECONOMY

By DR LABAN MWANSA

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export products.

He explained that the purpose of the stated interventions was to build capacity in food safety agencies, veterinary services, plant health services and other stakeholders to effectively implement international standards.

“Just in case you missed the news, the AFCFTA was ratifies by Parliament yesterday [Thursday last week]. So Zambia has basically agreed to this agreement “This initiative is timely as it prepares Zambia’s participation in the AFCFTA which has a market potential 1.2 billion people an estimated gross domestic product of more than US$2 trillion which will be achieved through harmonisation of standards and coordination of trade liberalisation and facilitation,” Mr Mulenga said.

He indicated that the developed modules covered disease quantitative risk analysis, qualitative import risk analysis, and probability distribution. The developed modules, he said, were achieved through extensive research and needs assessments undertaken across the country and from the work undertaken in the development of the residual monitoring plans for honey and fish.

“The total expenditure covering this entire process was estimated at K900, 000,” Mr Mulenga said.

and adhering to best practices. A GPMO is required in our country to enforce project management standards like PRINCE2 as de-facto project management methodology for all contractors. PRINCE2 project management methodology is process based and can easily be tailored and audited. If the methodology is used on by contractors, we would have very few if not, problems attributed to quality and more importantly projects would be delivered on time, on budget, in full and hitting the deadlines and protecting the quality. GPMO is suitable to be used in governments planning to cater for leading and managing Government transformational projects in order to implement the strategic plan and vision.

The Need forTHE Benefit realization plan in HANDLING IMPACT OF CHANGE Project Programme REQUESTS IN MODERN PROJECTS the benefits of a GPMO?management ...What areand into reality. It is where organizations deliver value to stakeholders through successful completion of projects, delivery of products, and alignment to value streams. And all of these initiatives deliver financial and societal value.”

His excellency Dr Lungu has on many occasions lamented lack of project ownership from various stakeholders and some contractors awarded capital infrastructural projects where some contractors abandon projects in the midst of project execution and delivery.

Some project are delivered late at double the cost with poor quality.

Government leaders, Permanent Secretaries, Senior project users and key stakeholders need to have a GPMO dashboard where they can monitor the progress of projects with early warning indicators highlighting pending challenged and failed projects.

There is already existing PMO software platform to provide these services. For this to work we need to have a project delivery methodology in place which is consistence with best practice for example PRINCE2 methodology. The

methodology can be tailored to embed project management body of knowledge tools and techniques based on the PMBoK guide. All contractors must have a project delivery methodology consistency with best practice and approved by GPMO. This model will help build standards and professionalism in the project management space in Zambia.

The GPMO must have has a flexible pool of resources at three levels of competency, consisting of specialists (PPM experts, planning, workshops, knowledge management etc.), support analysts and administrators (reporting, risk, issue and change, quality reviews, information management and administration). The PMO executive director may have line management responsibility for resources in other government organs and meet regularly in a PMO forum to exchange ideas, lessons.

In the remaining sections of this article, we will look at the various types of PMO’s implemented in industry. At its simplest, a PMO can be a project office, providing support for a single project or small

group of unrelated projects. Such a PMO takes over the project’s administrative housekeeping chores, freeing the project manager(s) to concentrate on leading the project to success.

Larger and more complex government programmes of change are likely to need a programme management office (PMO) supporting a single programme management team. Such a PMO provides the above plus the extra support needed by a programme of change to coordinate all the component projects.

PMO services typically include benefits management during programme execution and post programme, change management to ensure that not only do all the component projects deliver on time, but change is fully coordinated and the government will ultimately be able to realise the expected business benefits.

The most sophisticated form of government PMO is a portfolio management office. This normally gives all the above services, plus Government leaders, Permanent Secretaries, senior-management

oversight of the complete portfolio of projects or programmes for the entire government or for a component division or business unit.

It can be expected to provide standards and processes to be followed by contractors delivering projects and programmes, together with guidance to senior management on the prioritisation of investment in new projects and programmes.

This will avoid duplication of effort and resources. Where necessary, it will advise on the merger, delay or cancellation of poorly performing projects and programmes that are no longer relevant to the government ‘s long strategy and vision.

Final thoughts: A GPMO must be is responsible for ensuring central standards are adhered to and tailored, providing the link to the central programme office for milestone and dependency tracking and reporting, and acting as the point of escalation for risks, issues and changes. Currently, Government work is performed by various contractors and it is not clear whether contractors are following standardised project management methodologies

This article was written

by Dr Laban Mwansa, MSP®, PMP®, PRINCE2® Practitioner, Agile®, Laban is a consultant and trainer in project management and specifically trainer/ coach in PMP®, PRINCE2® Practitioner, and PRINCE2 Agile® in Zambia, South Africa and Europe for many years. He was in the executive committee of ICTAZ as technical chair. He is also the managing partner of Betaways Innovation Systems and can be reached at: Laban.

Mwansa@betaways-innovations.com, +260975280392 or WhatsApp +27817029669.

He is also a professional member of PMSA and PMIUSA.

SA Minister lauds Coca-Cola’s move to have worker seats on board calls other companies to follow

7 / Daily Nation, Monday 8 February, 2021 OHANNESBURG Rather than blaming the pilots at South African Airways (SAA) for the financial troubles of the stateowned airline and the lack of aviation transformation, the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) SAA’s shareholder - and the business rescue practitioners should focus on mismanagement at the airline and its subsidiary SAA Technical in the past.

This is according to Captain Grant Back, chairperson of the SAA Pilots’ Association (SAAPA).

In a statement at the weekend, Back said it was thanks to SAAPA that former SAA chair Dudu Myeni was found to be a delinquent director by the High Court. She is in the process of appealing the judgment.

According to Back, the “looting and corruption” at SAA and SAA Technical was highlighted in various SAA forensic reports in the past, as well as at the Zondo Commission into State Capture.

It was SAAPA and the Organisation Against Tax Abuse (OUTA) who made the application to have Myeni declared a delinquent director.

“The rescue practitioners are compelled by the Companies Act to recover the misappropriated assets of SAA (and) investigate and rectify

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MANAGEMENT FAILURE …Don't blame us for bad management, SAA pilots tell government

South African Airways voidable transactions. Instead, the DPE and the rescue practitioners are painting the pilots as the villains and attempting to blame them for the airline’s lamentable situation,” says Back.

At the heart of the current deadlock between SAAPA members and the rescue practitioners is the pilots’ regulation agreement (RA).

SAAPA members have been locked out since December 18, 2020 because no agreement

Barclays urges UK to focus on US and Asia post Brexit LONDON - The UK financial services industry should focus on competing with the US and Asia rather than the EU. That's the view of the boss of Barclays for the City after Brexit.

Jes Staley said although jobs that would have been created here have been moved to the EU, Brexit gives one of the UK's most important sectors the chance to define its own agenda.

"I think Brexit is more than likely on the positive side than on the negative side.

What the UK needs and London needs, is to make sure that the City is one of the best places, whether (it is in terms of) regulation or law or language, or talent.

"I think what London needs to be focused on is not Frankfurt or Paris, (it) needs to be focused on New York and Singapore," Staley said.

However, he said he was not a fan of widespread deregulation to achieve that no regulatory bonfire for him.

"I wouldn't burn one piece of regulation."

In fact, he said the UK's robust regulation was a major strength, not weakness, and referred to the recent clampdown on firms offering buy now, pay later schemes as reassuring.

"You see what's happening right now with buy now, pay later, you know, the FCA is going to come in and start to increase the regulation of that marketplace. That's the right thing to do.

– BBC.

could be reached on ending the agreement, which has been in existence since 1988 and the latest version signed in 2014.

“The regulating agreement covers, protects and sets the terms and conditions of all pilots in SAA, regardless of race or gender, and to pretend that this is an apartheid-era agreement is illogical and as fallacious as claiming that any agreement or legislation from before 1994 only entrenches the rights of a select few,” says

Back.

In his view, it is an attempt by the DPE “to distract from its own failings and contribution to SAA’s demise.”

“SAA had many profitable years since 1988, most notably from 2009 to 2011 until Ms Myeni’s appointment by the department. Blaming the Regulating Agreement for SAA’s lack of profitability and financial distress cannot be and is not correct,” says Back.

– FIN24.

Heavy rains threaten cotton yield HARARE - Heavy rains being experienced across Zimbabwe could cut the 2020/2021 cotton production in the Midlands Province, farmers have warned.

The incessant rains are causing extreme wet conditions, making it difficult for the cotton plants to extract nutrients from the ground.

Leaching levels are severe and the rains are destroying the cotton plants at fruiting stage.

Farmers in Gokwe, the country’s largest cotton growing region, who spoke to this publication said the heavy rains were causing weeds to grow fast, become taller than the plants and chocking off muchneeded aeration around them.

This is forcing farmers to resort to handweeding. Chemicals are being washed down, making crops more susceptible to attack by pests.

“We are receiving a lot of rains this year.

The rains are now too much to the extent that leaching levels are high; fertilisers, chemicals including herbicides are getting washed away.

“You can’t spray. You can’t apply fertiliser. You can’t weed. There is little hope in cotton this year in Gokwe,” farmer Stanford Dube said.

Zimbabwe has been receiving relentless rains since the beginning of the season in November last year, triggering widespread flooding in both rural and urban areas.

Most farmers in Gokwe are sponsored

Leaching levels are severe and the rains are destroying the cotton plants at fruiting stage. by the Government under the Presidential Cotton Inputs Scheme, a programme being administered by the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe. There are also other private companies financing farmers in Gokwe.

Cotton Producers and Marketers Association chairman Steward Mubonderi, said while the crop condition in some areas was satisfactory, farmers needed more top dressing as incessant rains were causing serious leaching. – THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

JOHANNESBURG - CocaCola Beverages South Africa will launch a B-BBEE ownership scheme which will see workers increase their ownership in the company and have board representation, a move which Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel said is at the “heart” of establishing more inclusive firms.

During a briefing, Patel, joined by Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) managing director Velaphi Ratshefola, shared details of the scheme, which had been the result of a merger between three bottling plants to a single operation.

The scheme is effective from May 2021.

The Competition Tribunal on Thursday had granted CCBSA variations to conditions imposed on the mergers.

CCBSA had previously applied for the variations to the conditions relating to mergers in 2016 and 2017, the tribunal said in a separate statement.

The agreement is such that CCBSA will increase B-BBEE ownership to a target of 20 percent, building from the existing worker equity scheme of five percent. Workers will also have two seats on the CCBSA board, said Ratshefola.

The agreement also includes measures to bolster localisation and procurement from black-owned businesses.

Efforts will also be made to transfer technical skills to empower workers, Ratshefola added. Particularly, CCBSA has committed to direct R80 million every year for the next three years towards local spend, said Ratshefola.

Patel noted this was one of the largest worker ownership schemes in the country, with 15 percent equity held by an 8, 000-strong workforce, covering both blue-collar and whitecollar employees.

He said with worker participation on the board it would foster greater partnership and cooperation whereby workers can bring their insights in the area of corporate governance. This model was successful in Germany – where workers served on the boards of companies allowing rewards to be “shared by all,” said Patel.

CCBSA has also committed to funding the training of workers with respect to their rights and responsibilities as owners of equity in the company. Government will work with the company and unions to make sure the training is “effective and appropriate,” said Patel. – FIN24.

Cuba opens door to most small business initiatives HAVANA - In a major reform of the state-dominated economy, the Cuban government will allow small private businesses to operate in most fields, eliminating its limited list of activities, state-run media has reported.

The measure, coming as the Caribbean island seeks to recover from an economic slump, will expand the field from 127 activities to more than 2, 000, Labour Minister Marta Elena Feito Cabrera was quoted as saying. She spoke at a council of ministers meeting that approved the policy.

She said there would be 124 exceptions, but the media reports provided no details.

Reform-minded Cuban economists have long called for the role of small business to be expanded to help jumpstart the economy and to create jobs.

The economy has stagnated for years and contracted by 11 percent last year, due to a combination of the coronavirus pandemic that devastated tourism and tough U.S. sanctions. Cubans have been dealing with a scarcity of basic goods and endless lines to obtain them.

The crisis has forced a series of long promised but stalled reforms, from devaluation of the peso and reorganisation of the monetary system to

Ms Cabrera some deregulation of state businesses and foreign investment.

“The self-employed are not going to have it easy in this new beginning due to the complex environment in which they will operate, with few dollars and inputs in the economy,” said Pavel Vidal, a former Cuban central bank economist who teaches at Colombia’s Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali.

“But with the ingenuity of the Cuban and the sophistication of the parallel market, they will be able to take off little by little,” he added.

President Miguel DiazCanel said last year the country faced an international and local crisis and would implement a series of reforms to increase exports, cut imports and stimulate domestic demand.

He said the measures would include “the improvement of the non-state sector, with immediate priority in the expansion of self-employment and removal of obstacles.”

– REUTERS.

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MEMORIES TODAY, 16 YEARS AGO O Dear editor,

N this day 16 years ago, the late President Mwanawasa was scheduled to open parliament. As PF youths we bought cabbages and lined up the road leading to parliament.

Without knowing, the police surrounded us, a few managed to escape but the 4 of us were spotted as ring leaders. Arrested taken to police station. Me, Kapotwe, the late Yvonne Mutale and William Mulenga locked at Central police.

To our surprise the arresting officer informed us that we would appear in court the same day at 14:00 hrs.

We saw death and our hearts melted but we kept calm.

At 13:00 hrs exactly we were picked and taken to court.

The Judge appeared in his majestic way and splendor and called out our names and we went in front. He read the charges and immediately adjourned the case. The arresting officer informed bus that we have been handed over to the prison authorities.

We were taken to Kamwala Remand prison and deposited in there.

Around 18:00 hrs comrade Kennedy Kamba came through with food and blankets, actually new blankets.

He talk to the authorities who relocated us to another prison cell which was meant for 10

people but were about 30 in there better because the other cell had more than 50 people.

30 minutes later comrade Kennedy Kamba came again, this time with message of hope that the party was in control of things.

Early morning around 6:00 hrs we heard that Comrade Kamba Kennedy came but the prison

authorities advised to come at 08:00 hrs.

Comrade Kennedy Kamba came in at 8:00 hrs with Breakfast and told us that the party would provide lawyers and we should not worry.

Around 11:00 hrs unknown people came and we were taken to the separate room, questioned and beaten. They demanded that if we

want to be saved we should tell them that Michael Sata was involved, we refused and maintained our stand.

Our worry was that we never knew what was happening to Yvonne Mutale, but she also maintained her stand.

At 14:00 hrs comrade Kamba Kennedy came with other party officials to see us and Mr Kennedy Kamba brought lunch.

One of the prison warders came to us that he needed to see Mr Kamba Kennedy to see how they could help.

Around 16:00 hrs lawyers Bonevorture Mutale and President Edgar Chagwa Lungu came and informed that us that the matter would come the next day.

I remember that night I failed to sleep but waited for what would happen at court.

The popular kasalanga came and took us to court to our surprise Comrade Kamba Kennedy was already in court.

Our lawyers argued that lifting cabbages was not a crime and that we were selling the said cabbages. The state failed to link cabbages to the President and the case was dismissed.

Comrade Kamba Kennedy dropped us each at our various places and gave us money to help kill the emotions.

Today 16 years ago I to say thank you comrade Kamba Kennedy for dedication.

STANLEY MWAMBA KAFULA MWAUME PF National Youth executive committee member

A NUMBER of people have expressed their opinion over my short statement that , I will give a sum of K50,000 to whoever will be adopted by the party I sympathize with the Patriotic Front (PF) to stand in Lumezi Constituency in the coming elections, against me.

In haste, let me contextualize this short statement in order for people to understand it’s fundamental intention.

In 2016, I was among those that vied for adoption from PF to stand against former Lumezi Constituency MP Isaac Banda.

As usual, the party’s compromised structure in Eastern Province decided to adopt and impose the same person whom the people in Lumezi sort to do away with.

It was easy for me to go as Independent candidate.

However, since my interest to represent the people of Lumezi are not for my personal benefit but to offer leadership to communities, I decided that, having two Independent candidates in an election would give leeway to the same evil the people of Lumezi sort to eradicate.

Therefore, my team and I resolved to withdraw our candidature and rally behind a then fellow Independent candidate Pilila Jere who eventually won the election in 2016.

For me, I was happy we removed the obstacle of Isaac Banda.

Come 2021, the very failures that influenced people of Lumezi to eradicate Issac Banda

THE ATTACKS ON FATHER LUPUPA: MY TAKE! Dear editor SO much has been said concerning a clip featuring my Holy Father Lupupa. The Holy Bible in Galatians 6:7-8 says: “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature.

But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.”

The Holy Father is right.

There always has to be a choice between two evils, where the lesser evil triumphs.

For this readonly, it is better to provide in our statutes powers for the courts of law to sentence murderers to death, and such are executed at Mukobeko, than let the murderers to freely roam the street and kill more vulnerable souls.

The bottom line, from the sermon of Father Lupupa is that we the politicians, must change our message to our people. We should preach love, unity, peace,

still exist under the current MP Pilila Jere. Again, I have done all what a reasonable person could to ensure that we mobilise and galvanize the people in Lumezi so as to make a strong case for my possible adoption under the party I sympathize with.

While I do not feel entitled to adoption, I am entitled to a right of being given a fair chanel through which to present myself for possible adoption. For the past four years, a number of characters within the necessary party structures - whose names I won’t mention - have done everything evil to ensure that Munir Zulu doesn’t get any fair playground for adoption in PF. What thy spend their time doing is to scheme ways to assasinate my ambitions and expectations of the people. What these elements want is to impose Pilila Jere as MP, but this time, under the PF banner.

For me, I let the people of Lumezi down in 2016 and I regret because we wouldn’t be having the same perennial problems that we face in the Constituency had I made a better choice of not backing a person who has clearly gone to Parliament for the sake of self sustainance and to improve the welfare of her family.

My point?

Pilila Jere is NOT PF and is an Independent candidate who is conveniently working with PF over policy issues in Parliament.

Real and genuine PF members who seek adoption in the party have been technically and practically knocked out by an evil system in the Province that wants their preferred candidate selected by themselves regardless of what party edicts say.

Again I repeat, whoever will be adopted from PF to stand against me in Lumezi Constituency will get K50,000 from me. Let the games begin.

MUNIR ZULU #Pompopompo

and prosperity instead of revenge and mayhem. As the Holy Father stated, it is a lesser evil to rig an election in favour of a leader who preaches love unity, peace and prosperity than allow wicked politicians win an election and at the end of the day they cause mayhem and destruction in the nation.

Rwanda and Kagame is the case in point. Kagame and his rebel group then, took up arms and killed people in government to stop them from continuing with ongoing mayhem and genocide that was being carried out by government agents at the time. In reality, both Kagame and government actions were evil as killing for whatever ends is evil.

But comparatively, Kagame’s evils were lesser and in good faith than the evils of government agents. For that reason, Kagame was hailed as a hero, despite the deaths caused under his charge as rebel leader. The same is the case for our freedom fighters. They killed to liberate us from colonial evils, and thank the freedom fighters for their sacrifices.

In summary, Father Lupupa was right. In life we need to make rational choices by choosing lesser evils over heinous evils.

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BY MAKELI PHIRI

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TORIES of Foot and Mouth Disease being heard means that there are lapses in the prevention of this disease. Yes, we know that the disease can be spread by the contents of the blisters on bursting, nasal discharge and other secretions and excretions, which convey the infection directly from the sick animal to those that are healthy. This can be termed as direct transmission.

The cause of the disease is a virus which produces the characteristic clinical signs that we see such as blisters on the animal’s muzzle, tongue, udder of the cow,

FMD CAN CAUSE ECONOMIC LOSES interior of the mouth and coronets. The disease does not only affect cattle. Other species of domesticated animals can and also be affected such as goats, sheep, pigs and of course some wild animals. So in this insistence where the outbreak is heard, the area might be near a game area and there is likely

criss - crossing of game area of domesticated cattle or the other way round.

The game animals may be carriers and yet themselves do not show any signs of being sick. Hence, they play an important role in the spreading of the disease.

What equally should be remembered is that grazing

land for domesticated cattle is getting smaller by the day due to expansion in crop production and also changes in land use.

There are also other means by which the disease is spread and this is indirect spreading through human clothing (man can to a smaller extent be affected by this disease), tools, vehicles travelling from one area to another where the disease is endemic to clean area especially by the tourists who use own vehicles touring game areas and the like. Other animal products from infected animals such as wool (although this does not pose a challenge

disease. So if an animal is moved from an infected it is very likely that where it goes it will spread the disease. As we know viral diseases have a short period between infection and appearance of disease of about 2 to 4 days.

A rise in temperature is the first sign. The animal would be seen with saliva escaping from the mouth in long, ropy strands. Within 2 to 3 days’ blisters filled with a clear yellow fluid appear.

The coronets develop blisters and the animal usually is unwilling to rise and can move only with much pain.

If it a cow the blisters are seen on the teats and the whole udder is swollen. The

Disease, the herd that is, any susceptible group of animals should be placed in quarantine and the appropriate veterinary authority notified.

They will then give the necessary instructions for the control. The most appropriate is the slaughter policy to be enforced. Vaccination is an alternative for countries where the slaughter policy is not inforce. But as already stated sick animals should be housed and treated if this is possible.

Since the disease can cause economic losses to the farmer and the nation as a whole. Control measures of this disease would not be complete without

in Zambia, since we have very little to do with wool products as of now), milk, meat these are potential risk in spreading the virus with man being involved in moving these products for home use. Here, we should equally be aware that the disease can also be spread by animals that are not themselves susceptible to the disease such as dogs (these stay with people and when they move they go with their pets who may be carriers) and so can the cats and the chickens or in general fowls.

Animals such as cattle may look healthy after they have recovered from this disease or from an attack of foot and mouth disease, these become chronic carriers of the

milk from such an animal would look yellowish and develops a bitter taste. Milk production falls.

Pigs are already mentioned that they are equally affected by this disease. But in these animals they show lameness and usually remain lying down and move about their knees and often scream when they are forced to move.

Blisters appear on the coronets, on the snout, in the mouth and on the tongue making eating difficult. The rapid spread of this disease causes serious economic effect hence, this calls for immediate control measures in whatever area of the country. As soon as there is any suspicion of Foot and Mouth

strict attention to hygiene.

The restriction of visits to an infected area or farm or region should be observed and disinfection of floors and equipment with solution of soda at 2% would help to prevent the further spread of the disease. Such, would help to protect neighbor’s herds from attack and therefore, considerably reduce the economic loss by this disease.

What should be known by all livestock farmers especially those rearing susceptible animals like those mentioned is that ‘Hygiene is preventive medicine”. It is this that would prevent the spread of this disease. Losses would greatly be avoided.

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CB NOW AGRO HUB

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

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HE Copperbelt has diversified into agriculture because of the early delivery of inputs and the good rainfall pattern, Provincial Agricultural Coordinator (PACO) Obvious Kabinda has said.

In the past, he said, people associated the Copperbelt with mining but the trend was now changing following Government’s policy of ensuring that farming inputs were delivered on time.

He said this in Ndola when Nyimba Investments officials led by Head Sales and Marketing Manager Willings Mulendema paid a courtesy call on him.

“When you talk about the Copperbelt you are talking about agriculture. The province is diversifying and with the good rains we are expecting a bumper harvest. This season you brought inputs in time. You brought the inputs

by October an indication that we were ready to plant early,” he said.

DR KABINDA “When you talk about the Copperbelt you are talking about agriculture. The province is diversifying and with the good rains we are expecting a bumper harvest. This season you brought inputs in time. You brought the inputs by October an indication that we were ready to plant early,” Dr Kabinda said the timely delivery of inputs was not only beneficial to farmers but others as it created job opportunities for the people in the province.

“We are moving into an agriculture province and you are contributing towards the diversification process through the early supply of inputs,” He said.

Dr Kabinda said owing to the timely delivery of inputs, the crop in many fields was looking healthy. As a result, he was optimistic that the Copperbelt would be able to record a bumper harvest.

He also said the province had an attack of the army worms but was swiftly contained following the procurement of 10,000 kgs of chemicals. Dr Kabinda said the extent of the damage caused by the army worm was not much as the chemicals were supplied much early.

“We had an outbreak of army worms but the extent of the damage that it caused to the crops was not much. It affected 28,000 households which is not much,” he said.

And a beneficiary of FISP

Justina Lungu said owing to the timely delivery of inputs, she was able to plant her fields early. As a result, Ms Lungu was confident of recording a bumper harvest.

Ms Lungu thanked the government for engaging companies that supplied

inputs early. She also asked Nyimba to replicate its good works in the coming seasons.

“I am sure of a good crop harvest and wish to thank president Lungu for making it possible that we have inputs on time. To Nyimba I say thank you and continue serv-

ing us better,” she said.

Mr Mulendema said Nyimba was determined to continue serving the farmers better by delivering inputs early. He said for the 2021/22 farming season, the company has already started procuring fertiliser.

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SAFADA LINES UP ONLINE TRAINING FOR FARMERS

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HE Small-Scale Farmers Development Agency SAFADA) has embarked on an online training in an effort to educate farmers on agriculture science and technology to scale up farmers’ ability and capacity to advance in agricultural crop production.

SAFADA executive director Boyd Moobwe said this was an effort to supplement government efforts in assisting the small-scale farmers.

He said it was important for the farmers to be empowered for them to thrive in the sector.

Mr Moobwe said the farmers cannot be static but needed to graduate for them to play a critical role in the agricultural sector.

"SAFADA has entered into special agriculture partnership agreements with the University of South Africa, BOHEMIA and the Organic Farm International to offer agriculture science and technology educational facilities to Zambian small-scale farmers facilitate their growth potential and advancement in the agricultural sector.

The courses will include crop production, organic farming, livestock production and health, agribusiness, land development and financial literacy.

"SAFADA will also offer agriculture training services to civil servants, school leavers, post and undergraduates and any other interested individual aspiring to invest in the sector," he said.

Mr Moobwe said "SAFADA will grant an opportunity to qualified students for further studies in the Czech Republic and will be assisted to invest in agriculture production.

Mr Moobwe said they would create employment for the trained students and support the trained smallscale farmers in their enterprises.

"It is planned to train 6, 000 small-scale farmers and 25, 000 school leavers, under graduates and post graduates who will become agriculture subject specialist and extension officers under SAFADA after training.

SAFADA will create more than 30, 000 job opportunities in the agriculture sector and improve the business of farming by 2030. We appeal to the government and donor community to support this noble cause," Mr Moobwe said.

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Konkola Copper Mines ADVERTISEMENT Restructuring and Re-organisation of Konkola Copper Mines Plc 1.0 Preamble Vedanta Resources Holdings and others (“Vedanta”) have recently unsuccessfully attempted to derail the restructuring and re-organisation of Konkola Copper Mines, and communicated falsehoods on the state of the Company, in addition to filing numerous Court applications against ZCCM-IH and KCM. However, the Courts have ruled in favour of ZCCM-IH and KCM on a number of legal matters brought before the Courts by Vedanta and its associates.

The Courts’ diverse rulings have not vacated, curtailed or in any way diminished the exercise of the Provisional Liquidator’s (PL) powers and his mandate as was granted to him by the High Court of Zambia on 21 May, 2019. Most recently, the Court of Appeal on 5 January 2021 in its Ruling specifically refused Vedanta’s attempt to have the Provisional Liquidator and his powers discharged. In this respect, the PL in exercise of his mandate and powers was given further validation to continue with the restructuring and re-organisation of the Company, as announced on 28 December 2020. While Vedanta’s numerous Court actions have delayed the Company. restructuring programme, our lawyers have successfully defended the Court actions to pave the way for implementation of the restructuring and re-organisation of the Compan 1.1 The Restructuring and Re-organisation of KCM. After wide consultations with KCM Management, Labour Unions representing workers in the Company, the Government and other key stakeholders, the Provisional Liquidator has split KCM into two separate subsidiary companies, namely KCM SmelterCo Limited, and Konkola Mineral Resources Limited. KCM SmelterCo Limited has been in existence since 2002 and has been a fully-owned KCM company, save it has been a dormant subsidiary.

1.2 Composition of KCM SmelterCo Limited.

KCM SmelterCo Limited comprises processing and refining assets namely, Nchanga Smelter and Nkana Refinery, Tailings Leach Plant (TLP), Old East Mill at Nchanga and the Nampundwe Pyrite Mine, situated about 48 kilometres west of Lusaka.

1.3 Composition of Konkola Mineral Resources Limited.

Konkola Mineral Resources Limited comprises mining assets at Konkola (No.1, No. 3 and No. 4 Shafts, the Nchanga Open Pits, Chingola Refractory Ores (CROs), Nchanga Underground Mine, the Konkola Concentrator and New West and East Mills at Nchanga, as well as the 500 TPD Acid Plant at Nchanga and the Tailings Dams.

2.0 Reasons for Restructuring & Re-organisation.

• The process seeks to increase efficiency and business opportunities, and foster asset and resource optimisation.

• To resolve some difficulties posed by the vertical organisational structure of KCM, not the least of which was the neglect of the mining operations and in particular the depletion of Konkola ore reserves due to vastly 0reduced ore reserve development since 2011 and very low insitu reserves at Nchanga due to none-development of the Upper Orebody (UOB) since the depletion of the Lower Orebody (LOB) in 2014.

• To restore KCM’s technical efficiency, health, integrity and competencies • It will ensure the retention of the Company’s position as a major asset in the mining sector and a great contributor to Zambia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as well as sustain thousands of direct and indirect jobs.

• Increase in copper production remains the primary focus of the entire restructuring and re-organisation of the Company.

3.0 Status of employees.

Management Management’s first step was to declare all direct KCM employees redundant, in compliance with labour laws. The employees were offered back–to-back new employment contracts either as employees of KCM SmelterCo Limited or Konkola Mineral Resources Limited. Those who have declined the new employment offers will be separated from the Company and be paid their full redundancy packages in accordance with legal provisions.

The employees remaining in service will also receive their redundancy packages.

4.0 Contractors and their employees.

All third-party companies with active contracts with KCM will have their contracts novated (transferred) to either KCM SmelterCo Limited or Konkola Mineral Resources Limited. Novation to a specific company is purely based on relevance and ability to contribute to the projected or contemplated outcomes of the restructuring as detailed at 3.0 above. This entails that the third-party companies will retain all their employees, i.e.no change in employment relationship, and there will be no loss of the contractual relationship.

5.0 Facts about KCM under Vedanta Management.

5.1 Financial and Corporate Mismanagement.

• KCM was in a stressed financial position under Vedanta Resources Holdings prior to 21 May 2019, when the High Court of Zambia appointed the Provisional Liquidator (PL). At the time of the PL’s appointment, KCM 0had about US$650,000 in all the five Company bank accounts held in various commercial banks, a situation which had raised serious questions about KCM’s viability and its ability to meet its immediate, short and olong-term 0obligations as a going concern.

• KCM under Vedanta had operated at a loss continuously for seven years prior to the announcement of the liquidation process. Vedanta failed to stem the production decline and financial malaise.

• Vedanta’s own financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2019 indicated that KCM made a loss of US$332.2 million after tax, which was a significant regression from the loss after tax of US$131.6 million in o2018. The company’s liabilities then exceeded its assets by US$605.5 million.

• Contractors and suppliers of goods and services were not paid their earnings for the previous month before the liquidation announcement. Several others were owed arrears of three months to 24 months.

• Vedanta had stopped prioritising employees’ salaries, especially for senior staff who were at some point not paid salaries for two months.

• Vedanta borrowed cheaply some third-party project loans from international banks, but then ended up passing onerous loan interest repayments to KCM, thereby unnecessarily overburdening KCM and causing the 0Company to incur huge financial liabilities while Vedanta profited from such transactions.

• Vedanta operated a marketing strategy, which weakened the KCM business while propping up other Vedanta India-based operations. The bulk of major contracts with third-parties were negotiated at a higher price and 0under unfavorable terms for KCM. This also applies to the transportation costs agreed with third-parties, which would be higher than market rates.

• Vedanta was an unreasonable negotiator for contracts awarded to its business partners in order to maximise profits. Vedanta accumulated a bill of US$422 million in unpaid cash for goods and services supplied to KCM, 0and work done by both local and foreign contractors prior to its exit from Zambia.

• Vedanta deliberately under-reported metal content in KCM copper anodes to give financial benefit to other Vedanta companies, while KCM remained with a negative position.

• Adherence to mining plans collapsed largely because of Vedanta’s failure to inject capital in primary and secondary mining development. Broken down mining equipment was never replaced, while Vedanta stopped 0procuring essential spare parts to resuscitate equipment to support mining activities.

6.0 Breach of mining licences.

KCM was on the verge of having the mining licences revoked after defaulting on the licence conditions. The government had issued a Default Notice to KCM for non-compliance on 10 January 2019 in which a number of legal and contractual breaches were itemised and KCM requested to remedy. KCM under Vedanta then did not take any corrective measures on its operational pitfalls, most notably the Konkola Deeps Mining Project that was never completed to access the targeted ore body.

7.0 Changes at KCM following the liquidation process.

7.1 Young Zambian graduate Engineers and those in support services, guided by experienced staff, have operated the Company efficiently contrary to Vedanta’s impression that facilities such as the Nchanga Smelter oo0would not operate without expatriates.

7.2 The Nchanga Smelter has had record production with average primary copper production of 13,200 tonnes per month in the 2020/2021 FY from the lows of 6,900 tonnes primary copper in 2019/2020 FY. 7.3 The KCM Management under the Provisional Liquidator has worked hard to pay arrears and become current with several lenders with whom KCM employees had a lender and borrower relationship and yet KCM oo0under Vedanta did not remit the deducted amounts; 7.4 Most Contractors and Suppliers doing business with KCM are better positioned financially than they were under Vedanta in terms of payments on current bills for works and services rendered to KCM; 7.5 Nampundwe Pyrite Mine has had record production averaging 4,500 tonnes pyrite per month in the 2020/2021 FY, compared with 1,656 tonnes per month in the 2019/2020 FY. 7.6 KCM continues to operate as with structured focus on growth contrary to propaganda by Vedanta and its associates that the Company would ground to a halt following the departure of Vedanta 8.0 The future.

With the restructuring and re-organisation of KCM, the two subsidiaries are now poised to focus on their respective core operational mandates of mining, and smelting and refining respectively, which should place them in a position to foster growth and a competitive edge in their respective business domains. This will add value to copper production, sustain employment and local business and community beneficiation. In the bigger picture, the restructuring and re-organisation will ensure the fostering of the two assets as major contributors to national economic growth.

The key to the future success and prosperity of KCM lies in the re-organisation and restructuring of KCM to allow for the focused re-capitalising and development of Konkola via capital investment, which has been completely lacking for the past 10 years – this is the fundamental reason for the demise of KCM up to 21 May 2019.

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ZNS PLEDGES IMPROVED AGRO OUTPUT

By ANDREW MUKOMA ZAMBIA National Service (ZNS) has projected to produce 27,000 kilogrammes of tobacco at its Nyati Farm in Choma district.

ZNS Commandant Lieutenant-General Nathan Mulenga has made the projection after touring the farm in Southern province.

Gen Mulenga stated that the ZNS would consider increasing Tobacco hectarage

once revenue from this year’s farming was analysed.

He said the ZNS was determined to boost the country’s agriculture production through various farms in other parts of the country.

Southern Province Deputy Permanent Secretary, Kennedy Mubanga, has commended ZNS for improved production in various units.

Mr Mubanga said that ZNS was doing

so much in terms of production of various crops for the benefit of the people.

He said as a result, ZNS was making the country self-sufficient, adding that those are the policies and directives from President Edgar Lungu.

Mr Mubanga said that President Lungu was a visionary leader who requires to be supported. He was speaking in Choma on Gen Mulenga paid a courtesy call on him before touring the ZNS tobacco farm.

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI

Gen Mulenga

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LIFE CERTIFICATES FOR PENSIONERS AND OTHER BENEFICIARIES FOR THE YEAR 2021 The Kwacha Pension Trust Fund (KPTF) hereby notifies all pensioners and beneficiaries that it is a requirement under the Fund Rules for all pensioners and beneficiaries to complete and submit to the Fund, Life Existence Certificates on an annual basis. Therefore, completed and attested Life Certificates for the year 2021 are required to be submitted to the Fund by Monday, 15th March 2021.

All pensioners and beneficiaries are required to complete and submit the Life Certificate for them to continue receiving their pension. Failure to submit the completed Life Certificate will lead to the suspension of their monthly pension and payment will only be reinstated once a life certificate is duly completed and submitted as required.

Pensioners and beneficiaries are advised to obtain Life Certificate Forms from the following:• Kwacha Pension Trust Fund Office at Plot No. 5534 Cnr. Libala and Kakola Roads, Kalundu; • KPTF Mitengo Flats - Ndola; • Download from the KPTF website : www.kptf.org.zm The completed and attested life certificate is required to be submitted together with a copy of identification document such as the National Registration Card and recent passport sized photograph to any of the two above-mentioned KPTF offices.

Due to public health concerns arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, pensioners and beneficiaries are encouraged to submit their Life Certificates electronically to info@kptf.org.zm Family members and/ or the next of kin are requested to report any pensioner or beneficiary who may have died.

For further clarification, please get in touch with the Kwacha Pension Trust Fund Plot 5534 Cnr. Libala and Kakola Roads Kalundu or call the Operations Department on +260 0211 291985/ +260 (764) 241 692

THE ongoing restructuring at the Ministry of Health and aligned organisations in the health sector is proof enough that President Edgar Lungu is committed to fighting against corruption in the country, a Patriotic Front member in Solwezi Tobias Banda has observed.

Mr Banda noted that from time he ascended to power, President Lungu has been warning public service officers to stay away from corrupt activities.

“But I am happy that today the Ministry of Health stands as the shining example of what a total clean-up of an entire sector involved in corruption and mismanagement practices really looks like,” Mr Banda said.

He said the President has shown Zambians the way by firing all erring officials, hence the need to support him in the crusade.

Mr Banda noted that the restructuring at the ministry of Health, the dissolving of both ZAMRA and ZAMSA boards, was proof of government seriousness in the fight against corruption. He said the drastic measures have been taken in the interest of Zambians who were deprived of proper medical and health services.

‘Clergy should preach peace’

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI A Faith Based Organization in Solwezi has urged the clergy in the country to avoid using words that can divide the country.

Battle Cry for Zambia (BCZ) founder Apostle O’Brian Mayambu noted that certain words have the potential to plunge the country into civil strife if not well used.

Apostle Mayambu said Zambia being a beacon of peace for many years, should only entertain efforts aimed at uniting people across party lines.

The clergyman said sentiments that have potential to divide the country should at all cost be avoided in order to maintain Zambia’s reputation of being a peaceful country.

“And it is for this reason that as an organization, we want to commend Fr Lastone Lupupa of Matero Parish in Lusaka for the stance he has taken to apologising to the nation over his recent utterances. That’s how it should be,” says Apostle Mayambu.

According to Apostle Mayambu, the clergy’s role is to speak the message of peace, unity and love in the nation.

Apparently, he said, Fr Lupupa’s sermon was on ‘love and forgiveness,’ but labelled some politicians as being too bitter and hard-hearted to govern the country.

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Girls get sanitary boost

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA VISION Zambia Initiative (VZI) has launched the Dignity Campaign aimed reducing class absenteeism among girls because of difficulty in managing menstrual periods.

VZI Executive Director, Namutula Sindila, is therefore confident that the campaign would play a huge role in fighting illiteracy and poverty in its entirety.

She was speaking during the Dignity Campiagn launch in Kitwe at the Weekend.

Ms Sindila said her organisation reached out to over 15,000 girls with sanitary pads, toilet paper, bathing soap and face masks among other needs last year and that it targets a further 25,000 girls in 2021 under the dignity campaign.

An estimated one million girls in Zambia have no access to proper sanitation infrastructure and sanitary towels with reusable sanitary towels as the only option.

According to a report by the global press journal in Zambia, girls often miss school because of difficulty in managing menstrual periods.

The girls lack sanitary supplies, poverty as high as 78 percent in rural Zambia and sanitary pads costing about $1 per packet.

Ms Sindila said girls had a right to a dignified period hence her organization embarking on a dignity campaign which would also incorporate sensitisation on gender based violence, children’s rights, sexual reproductive health, the reentry policy, teen pregnancy and early marriages.

“The covid 19 pandemic has negatively affected the

Be wary of political wolves, Zambians cautioned

By ROGERS KALERO ZAMBIANS must not fall prey to propaganda of foreign-backed capitalists who want to assume political power to enhance their business interests, Mufulira ex-miners have cautioned.

The ex-miners charged that some political leaders in the opposition were in alliance with foreigners and had pledged to bring back exploitative mining investors.

Patron of ex miners in Mufulira, Gift Mushinge, said

organization’s endeavour to reach out to girls with some ending up in marriages while over 1,800 girls recently dropped out of school in Kitwe due to their need for economic survival.

“Last year, under the Pad-a-Thon Campaign, we distributed 15,000 sanitary towels to underprivileged girls mainly in examination classes in various communities in Kitwe, Mansa, Mushindamo and Kalumbila . It is our hope that we double last year’s figures and reach a minimum of 25,000 girls, of course with your help,” she said.

Ms Sindila explained that the Dignity Campaign was born against the understanding that education and health are both basic human rights and so is a dignified life.

She added that every girl deserved a dignified life where she was able to live a fulfilling life regardless of her status in society. She also said it was the organisation’s hope and aim that each and every girl reached out to had a chance at achieving her dreams therefore contributing to the development of her community and the country at large.

Meanwhile, Kitwe District Education Board Secretary Christopher Nyungila, commended the team for coming to the aid of school going girls and assured the organisation of government’s full support.

Mr Nyungila said education without health was nothing stating that his office would always stand with organisations which stood at helping a girl child.

The total amount of K23,235 was raised from both pledges and cash donations at the campaign fundraising launch. The team also auctioned two Dignity CampaignT-shirts at the value of K5,400.

Zambians should be wary of lies and propaganda from the opposition leaders who were promising heaven on earth when in actual fact their interest was to serve their personal interests and those of their foreign business partners.

He was speaking in an interview in Kitwe at the weekend.

Mr Mushinge said President Edgar Lungu had demonstrated that he was able to make bold decisions to avoid job losses in the mining industry.

He noted that the Head of State and Government had repossessing mines from some investors who had failed to run the companies on a sustainable basis and it would be suicidal to seek foreigner partners again.

Mr Mushinge said decisions made at Konkola Copper Mine and Mopani Copper Mines were made in the interest of miners and the country.

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FQM PONDERS SANCTION ON ‘UNMASKED’ WORKERS

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

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IRST Quantum Minerals (FQM) says it may be forced to consider making it a chargeable offence for workers who disregard the health guidelines against the covid-19.

FQM Senior Human Resources Officer, Sophie

Peace , complained that some workers were not complying with the guidelines especially the wearing of masks.

Ms Peace was however quick to state that management had continued with sensitization messages on covid-19.

Ms Peace said this when Ndola District Commissioner, Anthony Katongo, visited the

company to check on the pre- with Government in combatventive measures at the woek ing the spread of covid-19.

"The private sector must be place in the wake of the second wave of covid-19, which on board and work together was more deadly. Mr Katongo with the District Health Team expressed happiness that the and the Ndola City Council company was adhering to the who are spearheading among stipulated covid-19 preventive other duties the disinfecting of Saturday guidelines. "May I take this oppublic 25 April, 2020places such as shopping portunity to call on the private malls, schools and markets in sector in the city to partner the district," he said.

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9 10 9 10 For example, T varies directly as R and inversely as V. This can be presented mathematically as: welding and cutting 2 + I2(aq) 11 12 Organic chemistry is the branch chemistry that deals with the where there are four or more carbon atoms. Isomers are named by k Wwith water. Halogens react with outermost shell.

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T =k ( R) 13 14 15 members of this group. that contain carbon atoms except 36 Liquid 5 Pentane V ZC5H12acidic solution. water to form ganic compound is a compound (IUPAC)rules. are as follows: showing some elements.

1.Below 13The is 13rules the portion of the Periodic Table 14 14 15 15 for some. These includes: carbonates, oxides of carbon, and metal 2 Example 4 16longest 17 containing 18 the side chain.

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2×5 cyanides. inorganic compounds. There  Findsome the 16 16 chain 17 17 18 18 (a) Cl2(g) + 2H2O(l) HCl(aq) + 25= Example 1.

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64 2 Krypton Kr 36 2,8,18,8 ACROSS DOWN (b) Number the carbon atoms as shown below. (a) Propane Chemical properties 1 Begining of digestive tract 1 Center (c ) Xenon Xe 54 2,8,18,18,8  -oate-, this means that the compound is an ester ACROSS DOWN 3 Found in Church tower 2 Three sided shape 1 Begining of digestive tract 1 Center 4 (b) Butane 6 Breakfast drink 3 Exit k √V REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA 3 Found in Church tower 2 Three sided shape Alkanes W= 3 7 Impair usefulness 4 Every one 6 Breakfast drink 3 Exit T Physical Solutions properties 8 Gardening implement 5 Small mechanical Page 1 of 4 NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE 7 Impair usefulness 4 Every one Alkanes organic saturatedform compounds carbonGroupareVII elements ions with by single gaining onecarbon 9 Hold tightly tablets 8 Gardening implement 5 Small mechanical k V 3 √ and carbon–hydrogen bond. The name an alkane end with (a) C3§H8(g) + 5O (g)gases at room 3COtemperature (g) + 4H2O(l) They are 11 Night bird 6 Thick dark syrup electron shell.ofThis means that(–ane-).

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The local publication states that bypassing of electric meters and consumers illegally connecting themselves to the national grid are the two types of electricity theft most common in South Africa.

Vandalism of utility infrastructure, cable theft, the removal of oil from substations, the selling and use of illegal prepaid vouchers and non-payment of electricity tariffs are some of the factors characterised as electricity theft.

Electricity theft can be in the form of fraud (meter tampering), stealing (illegal connections), billing irregularities, and unpaid bills Because of the gravity of the vice, electricity thieves in South Africa face severe jail terms once convicted.

One such example was the sentencing of an electricity kingpin thief to 42 years’ imprisonment in 2017. According to Eskom, in 2016, four people who were initially charged with 36 000 charges collectively of electricity theft were found guilty of more than 16 000 of them. Because of zero tolerance to electricity thefts, the scourge in South Africa has been reducing but much remains to be done.

An electric power system can never be 100% secure from theft. In many systems

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

History of the filling station-19th century

BILLIONS OF US DOLLARS’ WORTH OF ELECTRICITY STOLEN EACH YEAR The history of the filling station, between 19th and early 20th centuries From historical images to the 21st images of the modern filling station, it is clear that the best design is yet to come. Designing something outstanding does not necessarily mean investing too much money. It must be designed around a certain unique concept. Some concepts can be basic but yet outstanding and unique.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

knowledge within specific premises. Yet at times, it is technical people who go to entice households and business owners into malfeasance so that they pay less or not pay at all in exchange for an agreed consideration.

There are many reasons people steal electricity. Others; it is because they cannot do without it yet they have little or no ability to pay for it so it is an affordability issue. Others it is because they cannot cope with prolonged delays by the

utility to connect them so they period of time on top of factorTel: +260 211 243527 ing in the extent of the failure connect themselves.

Others it is because they by different consumers to pay want to maximise profits and for the electricity they took are purposed to evade paying from Zesco. On 5th March, for it more like tax evasion. 2015, Zambia Daily Mail reThis is corruption and where ported the jailing of a Ndola corruption is found, this kind woman to 10 months’ simple of malfeasance can also take imprisonment for illegally root. connecting electricity to her Liberia is losing $35 million house. This is just one of the per year. That’s really highly many examples. for a small country with 4.6 Electricity theft cannot be million people and installed taken lightly. Countries lose electricity capacity less than colossal sums of money to 300MW. this kind of criminal activity.

The amount lost looks big Electricity theft takes place at because in part, Liberia has household level and at comone of the highest tariffs in the mercial level. world. In order to appreciate An entire business or farm how countries like Zambia are can be on illegal connection. It performing, you have to look is part of the wider white colat the non-technical electric- lar crime. It has been reportity losses and convert them to ed not just in several African monetary form over a period countries but also in Western of time. world countries. While the Not only this, but you also fight against plunder of cables have to look thehand size factual of the news andfrom transformer oil is ongoing, Getat first the Daily failure to pay for the electricity let us step up the Nation digital e-Paper at a click of a buttonfight against consumed as this is also char- electricity theft as well. www.dailynation.info/online acterised as a form of “theft.”

There is electricity theft in Johnstone Chikwanda is an Zambia. It takes place in dif- energy expert and a Fellow ferent forms. of the Engineering Institute We can know the extent if of Zambia, a PhD candiwe convert the non-technical date at Johnson University, losses to monetary form over a Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

(Electricity thefts have been reported in Zambia, UK, NATION DIGITAL USA, Brazil, South Africa, Malaysia etc) the amount of theft is small (1–2%) in terms of the electricity generated.

But, the financial loss is high due to the large amount of electricity distributed. For instance, in the year 2000, research found that, in the US, the consensus seemed to be that theft cost between 0.5% and 3.5% of annual gross revenues in the US. This seems like a small amount until you consider that US electricity revenues were in the $280 billion range.

Therefore, between $1 and $10 billion worth of electricity was stolen. Some power systems may forfeit more than 15% of power generated to various types of theft.

Theft of electricity takes place all over the world in a more or less similar pattern.

The global industry losses billions of US dollars’ worth of electricity to electricity theft.

The illegal connections to households and business premises which have been reported in Liberia can be expected to happen not just in Liberia but also in Zambia.

If it can happen in advanced countries such as Malaysia, UK and Brazil among others,

what about Zambia. In some countries, even farms have been found to have illegal connections. Therefore, factories, households, farms, warehouses and other business premises are all target sites where malfeasance can happen.

When electricity loses are being announced in percentage form they look small but when they are converted to monetary form over a period of time, you can get perturbed. The vice is perpetrated by people who have technical

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ITWE giants NKANA FC Holders Morocco and Power Dynamos' quest to to meet qualify for through the ABSA Cup suffered major blows after the two sides Mali in final were punished by Buildcon

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GOOD saka.

The away win excited Kaindu who praised his squad for maintaining another clean sheet to move into the top eight. Nkana moved to 20 points, five points behind the log leaders, Zanaco, Forest Rangers, Prison Leopards and Zesco United who are on par with 25 points.

However, Nkana have a game in hand which can push them into the top four bracket should they win.

Meanwhile Nkwazi relegated one step down the Super Division table to occupier 11th position with 19 points.

and Lusaka will Dynamos their MOROCCO defendintheir respective Week-16ChampionFAZ Super African Nations Division matches. ship (CHAN) title against Mali drilled in Wedson Sunday's Nyirenda's final in Yaounde Lusakathe Dynamos to after holderspropelled thrashed third on the 18-team DiviCameroon 4-0 in Super Wednession table after coming from beday's semi-final. hind beat Power Dynamos 2-1 Theto Moroccans were simin the fixture of the douply toosecond good for the hosts, as a double from Soufiane Rahimi either side of goals from Soufiane Bouftini and Mohammed Ali Bemammer secured a comprehensive win.

"It was a little difficult for us from the start, but things got better when we scored the first goal," said Morocco coach Houcine Ammouta, whose side are the first to reach successive CHAN finals.

Bouftini opened the scoring in Limbe when Cameroon goalkeeper Haschou Kerrido suffered a moment to forget, dropping a free-kick at the

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KITWE GIANTS PUNISHED ..as Wada's Lusaka Dynamos move into top 3

feet of his opponent just five yards out.

Rahimi doubled the lead six minutes before the break as Morocco carved open a Cameroon defence in disarray as he slid home a fine lay-off from Abdelilah Hafidi to become the CHAN's top scorer. ble header at Nkoloma Stadium.

Raja Casablanca striker Undernetted 20 international DerRahimi his fifth of the rick Bulaya after and74Emmanuel tournament minutes Chabula scoreddefence the important as Cameroon's gifted goalsthewhich propelled Lusahim chance with a wayka Dynamos to 26a points, two ward pass from free-kick points the half league leaders deep inbehind their own that was pounced upon and expertly slotted in from 30 yards.

Ten minutes from time, Bemmamer sealed the rout with a goal that was allowed by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) even though the midfielder appeared to be offside.

"Nothing seemed to work us," said Cameroon coach Ndtoungou Mpile Martin. "Morocco committed less errors."

The North Africans secured the title on home soil in 2018 when beating Nigeria 4-0 in the final.

ZANACO and Forest Rangers who are locked on 28 points.

Bulaya had Power Dynamos goalkeeper Jackson Kakunta to thank as his clumsy mistake in the 35th minute resulted in Lusaka Dynamos getting the equalizer two minutes after Spenser Sautu had given Power Dynamos the lead with a close range shot as the first half ended 1-1. In the second half, Chipolopolo striker Chabula rose high to head in Lusaka Dynamos's second goal which stretched Wedson Nyirenda's winning streak to three consecutive victories.

At Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola, defending champions Nkana received a 3-1 bashing at the hands of Buildcon FC. A brace from Brian Mwila and a lone goal from Simon Mulenga gifted Buildcon the three points which pushed them to sixth on the Super Division table with 25 points. Mulenga opened the score line 12 minutes after kickoff before Mwila doubled Buildcons advantage in the 25th minute.

Nkana pulled one goal back through Shadreck Musonda who converted a penalty four minutes into the second half be-

fore Mwila completed his brace in the 87th minute to hand Nkana their seventh loss of the season.

The defeat relegated Nkana to 8th position on the log with 20 points.

Meanwhile, NAPSA Stars picked their first win of the year to move out of the relegation Zone. The Pensioners stunned Nkwazi 1-0 thanks to Jacob Ngulube's second minute goal in the early kick off at Nkoloma Stadium. The win in the Lusaka Derby propelled NAPSA from 17th to 13th on the League table with 18 points.

HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES Eng. Abel Mkandawire (FEIZ) The Board of Directors, Management and the entire Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) family joins the Mkandawire family and the engineering fraternity in mourning the untimely loss of Eng. Abel Mkandawire (FEIZ), who died on Saturday, 6 February 2021 in Lusaka.

Until his death, Mr. Mkandawire served as Director on the CEC Board, a position he held since 2005.

His association with the Company dates to the early 1970s when he served as Board Director of CEC’s forerunner, the Copperbelt Power Company.

As a long-serving member of the CEC Board, he served the Company with admirable diligence, foresight, and humility; served well by his deep knowledge and understanding of the energy industry. His contribution to CEC’s diversified growth over the years will forever be engrained in the Company’s success story.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Mkandawire family during this period of bereavement, and we wish them peace and God’s comfort.

We shall miss him as a friend, colleague and compatriot. May his soul rest in eternal peace.