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WE ARE LEGALLY CORRECT ON ECL ADOPTION - MAKEBI

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HE decision by the Patriotic Front (PF) to adopt President Edgar Lungu as its Presidential candidate is legally and morally correct, says lawyer, Makebi Zulu.

Mr Zulu, who is Eastern Province Minister, said contrary to sentiments from PF critics, the decision made to adopt President Lungu was correct because the eligibility debate holds no water.

Mr Zulu

The Malambo lawmaker stated in an interview that the party has not risked anything because President Lungu’s eligibility had been cleared by the Constitutional Court when it ruled in his favour.

“But as far as we are concerned, we are legally correct, we are morally correct and in every way, as a party, we have made our decision and our decision is the correct decision,” he said.

Mr Zulu dismissed political activist Brebner Changala's statement that the PF has taken a huge risk to adopt Presi-

dent Lungu as its candidate.

He advised Mr Changala to keep quiet on the eligibility matter because he had no legal background to understand what exactly was on the table.

Mr Zulu said the ruling party would not labour on Mr. Changala because he had clearly shown that he desired nothing good to happen in PF. “Mr Changala has always been at PF, It’s not that he desires any good to happen in PF, So if he thinks we have made a mistake, it is for his own good,” he said.

Lenje chiefs take succession wrangle to court

…as Chief Liteta sues over Mukuni Ngómbe throne

By GRACE CHAILE LESOESTA BARELY a month after the death of Senior Chief Mukuni Ng’ombe, succession wrangles have arisen among the Lenje people with Chief Liteta suing Chief Chitanda and Chief Chamuka in the Lusaka High Court claiming that he is the rightful and legitimate successor to the throne.

Chief Liteta (Charles Mulando) wants the court to nullify the appointment of Chief Chitanda (Phanwell Chikalakasa) as Senior Chief Mukuni Ng’ombe of the Lenje people of Central Province.

Chief Liteta also seeks an interim injunction restrain-

ing Chief Chamuka (Morgan Ngulube) from installing Chief Chitanda to the throne of Senior Chief Mukuni Ng’ombe until the determination of the court case.

He also wants a permanent injunction restraining Chief Chitanda from holding himself out as Senior Chief Mukuni Ng’ombe.

Chief Liteta wants an order recognising him as Senior Chief Mukuni Ng’ombe being the longest serving junior chief hereof.

According to a statement of claim, Chief Liteta stated that on March 26 this year, following the death of the then Senior Chief Mukuni Ng’ombe (Chief Chipepo) the

UPND MP Kang’ombe gets suspended sentence SESHEKE UPND Member of Parliament Romeo Kang’ombe, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour for assault and abduction of two police officers.

Chinsali Senior Resident Magistrate, Julius Malata, has however, suspended the sentence for two years during which Kang’ombe should not commit a similar offence.

The magistrate has also ordered that the K300 which was paid to the two police officers for transport by the convict be forfeited to the state.

This is in line with article 355 of the criminal procedure code chapter 88 of the Laws of Zambia.

On Wednesday last week, Kang’ombe was convicted on charges of assault and abduction of two police officers and remanded in Chinsali Correctional Facility, awaiting sentence. – ZANIS.

Ba Temboshi clan convened an electoral college chaired

by Chief Chamuka and attended by Chief Chief Chitanda, Senior Chief Munokalya Mukuni, Chief Mukubwe and also Chieftainness Mungule, among others.

“It has been a long established tradition that the ascendency to the throne is a rotational basis and the longest serving junior chief ascends to the throne of Senior Chief Mukuni Ng’ombe following the demise of the serving Senior Chief Mukuni Ng’ombe,” he stated.

“The plaintiff being the longest serving junior chief is rightfully and legitimately next in line to ascend to

the throne of Senior Chief Mukuni and had a legitimate expectation of succeeding the late,” he further stated.

However, he was sidelined in preference for Chief Chitanda, which he protested as it was not in line with the criteria that had been consistently used for appointing the successor.

Chief Liteta stated that despite Senior Chief Munokalya Mukuni explaining the criteria, Chief Chitanda, Chief Chamuka, Chief Mukubwe and Chieftainess Mungule are insistent on enthroning the first defendant (Chief Chitanda) as Senior Chief Mukuni Ng’ombe.

We don’t need the mistrust - ECZ … As commission urges parties to invest in polling agents

By KETRA KALUNGA POLITICAL parties should not cry foul over the electoral process but invest in polling agents to monitor so that there is no unnecessary suspicion, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has said.

ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Shindano, said political parties especially, those that keep accusing it of wrong doing, should ensure they fully invest in their polling agents to avoid mistrust.

Mr. Nshindano said this when he featured on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview.

He emphasised the need for political parties to have enough polling agents because the electoral process was as transparent as the ballot box.

“Invest in your polling agents, this is very very im-

portant because the process is extremely transparent, you are working with a transparent ballot box, you will be seeing it filling and at the end of the day you will count together, we will close the poll together,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr Nshindano said the ECZ has converted all streams into polling stations in a bid to enhance result management system.

He said the change might seem simple but was very significant in the tabulation of results because that has been one aspect of the electoral process which was the most contentious among political parties.

Mr. Nshindano said collecting election results from streams to polling stations brought a lot of confusion among political parties as they feared that

the votes would be manipulated during the exercise.

He explained that each stream now called polling station would have its presiding officer so that once the voting exercise was concluded, it would close and the result announcement form would be signed.

"What it implies is that the voting would start and end at the polling station awaiting transmission of the results to the totaling centre and all political parties would be able to know the final results from the particular polling station, Mr. Nshindano said.

Mr. Nshindano added that the conversion of streams to polling stations would also quicken the voting process and this would translate into the quicker announcement of the final election results.

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‘KBF is a hypocrite’

By PETER SICHALI IT is highly hypocritical for Kelvin Bwalya Fube to talk about the rule of law when he is undermining the Constitutional Court judgement on President Edgar Lungu's eligibility, former PF Muchinga Province chairperson Alex Simuwelu has said.

Mr Simuwelu said the expelled PF official, popularly known as KBF, had proved that he was a low grade joker who should not be entertained.

He said Mr Fube had no moral right to talk about the

rule of law when he was disrespecting the Constitutional Court.

"We may not be lawyers but we are not stupid, KBF is contemptuously taking advantage of the ignorance of the majority Zambians," Mr Simuwelu said.

Mr Simuwelu said the Constitutional Court judgement will go down the legal thesis as a point of reference and that Mr Fube's reasoning in President Lungu's eligibility case was cheap and myopic.

Mr Simuwelu urged KBF to be humble and work with the current leadership.

EAZ post Covid-19 summit on cards

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU THE second edition of the National Economic Summit (NES) which aims to provide ideas on the country’s fortunes post Covid-19 will be held in July this year by the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) in Livingstone.

The first edition of the summit was held in 2019 in Livingstone.

Stakeholders are encouraged to participate in the 2021 summit as efforts were being put in place to build back the Economy Post Covid-9, says EAZ President Dr Haabazoka Lubinda Haabazoka.

Dr Haabazoka said in a statement that this year’s participation to enhance summit would be held economic development. under the theme: Promoting "The Association does Economic Resilience and acknowledge that for the Sustainability Post Covid-19 private sector to effectively Pandemic (PERSP). drive Zambia’s ‘V’ shaped EAZ, he said, recovery and contribute acknowledged that the to sustainable growth, Covid-19 pandemic had a conducive operating eroded growth and above all environment and trade-offs amplified fiscal fragilities due with the public sector will be to record spending in health eminent," he said. care, to save lives, at the Dr Haabazoka also a expense of investing in real number of interventions sectors of the economy. proposed at the Inaugural He explained that among 2019 National Economic the topics to be discussed Summit had been at the summit would include implemented by both attainment of Sustainable Government and the private Development Goals (SDGs) sector. and climate change.

He explained that the "EAZ will provide a platform most important among such for economic discourse in interventions implemented order to achieve amicable is the commencement of the consensus among players to stockpiling of gold by the Bank ensure corporates are armed of Zambia for the first time in with the required tools to drive more than three decades. growth," Dr Haabazoka said.

Dr Haabazoka explained He said EAZ remained that this particular intervention optimistic that sustainable translated into the Zambian recovery could only be private Government safeguarding sector led, post the pandemic mineral resources for future amidst economic hurdles generations. occasioned by rising inflation, "As gold reserves continue currency depreciation, to grow, our international suppressed business financial position also pulse and waning investor improves. Against this sentiment. backdrop, the EAZ would like Dr Haabazoka recalled that to commend Government for Zambia’s steepest recession this historic bold decision. was recorded in 2020 when "We call upon Government the economy contracted by to also consider stockpiling 2.6 percent. minerals such as copper, "In this vain, the EAZ will cobalt and manganese not only partner with the alongside gold. Forecasts Government to actualize the indicate that prices for these Economic Recovery Plan metals will continue to rise (ERP) but will also seek as the world moves towards to stimulate private sector electronic vehicles," he said.

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BISHOPS FEAR FOR HATEMBOS

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From Page 1 Police have announced that the two siblings are witnesses in the land case involving Mr Hichilema.

The Bishops have called on law enforcement officers to dig deeper into the abduction so as not let Pheluna and her brother Milton be sacrificed at the altar of political expediency.

“The Archbishop of Lusaka, Alick Banda is right, this is pure evil and not correct,” BCZ secretary-general, Able Kaela said.

Bishop Kaela said it was cruel for anyone to continue holding the Hatembos knowing too well that Pheluna’s daughter, Nasilele, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy needed motherly care nonstop.

He said the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the Hatembos had brought fear among citizens.

“We really fear for the missing siblings because we don’t know what is happening. This is why the police should dig deeper into this and round up all suspects,” said Bishop Kaela.

Earlier, Archbishop Banda condemned the silence from the Church, NGOs, the civil rights organisations, bloggers and police on the abduction of Pheluna and

Pheluna

her brother Milton, saying that “the apparent silence is too loud for a deaf person not to hear it.”

Archbishop Banda said all life mattered especially that of the poor, victims of the rich and powerful but stingy.

The Hatembo saga was ignited when the family sued Mr Hichilema for his alleged fraudulent acquisition of their family farm in Kalomo, a case subsequently dismissed by the court on account of being time barred.

However, the subsequent disappearance of Pheluna and Milton from public after they were driven to Lusaka without their lawyers’ knowledge to discredit the case and stop attempts at appealing the matter. Has raised concern Other than another organised appearance at a press briefing organised by Zitukule Consotium, the siblings have not been seen or heard of since.

This has forced their other siblings Cosmas and Emmerson reported the duo as missing while Pheluna’s daughter, Abigail appealed for help in taking care of her sick sister, Nasilele Nyambe.

Nasilele needs constant care with feeding and cleaning, something her mother, Pheluna, used to do.

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Public Relations Manager, Loisa Mbatha Kakoma, said ZCCM-IH Gold had been given the mining licence and all

approvals by Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) have been done.

Ms Kakoma said in an interview that the firm had been mining at Kansenseli in tandem with ongoing exploration works which were being done in phases.

She said mining was being done on a small scale but would next month be stepped

up.

“Explorations are ongoing in phases but we have been mining, we are just mining on a very small portion that is how come you have seen that gold we sold to the Bank of Zambia, it came from the mining and processing activities,” she said.

Ms Kakoma said more exploration works would be

‘Zambia could have raised US$220bn in cannabis exports’

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA ZAMBIA would have made about US$220 billion in revenue between 2014 and now, had the country implemented the cannabis policy we have been talking about, the Zambian Hemp Growers and Industries Association (Zam Hemp) has said.

Zam Hemp president, Peter Sinkamba said this was supposed to be the total revenue for the country in the cultivation and exportation of cannabis for medicinal purposes.

He said with this kind of revenue, the country would have cleared the huge debt that was hindering economic growth.

Mr Sinkamba, who the Green Party president said the quick implementation of the policy would have been see-

Mr Sinkamba

ing the country making about US$36 billion in a year.

"Had the voters listened to us back then when we as the

Green Party were campaigning, the country would have been in huge amounts of money right now.

"We would have helped raise such an amount of money for the country because we came up with the idea and only us could have managed to handle it," he said in an interview.

Mr Sinkamba advised those that were insulting President Edgar Lungu to stop because he was elected through the ballot.

He said insulting the president who was elected through the ballot was the same as insulting the constitution of the country which was not right.

Mr Sinkamba said the electorate made their choice which should be respected either by other people or the voters themselves.

done to access how much gold was available at the mine.

ZCCM-IH through its Zambia Gold Company oversees the mining, processing, refining, and marketing of gold in the country.

The company owns 51 percent of shares in the mine while the government through the Ministry of Finance has 49 percent shares.

Don’t vote for Bill 10 killers, says Nawakwi

By SIMON MUNTEMBA POLITICAL parties that selfishly shot down the Constitutional Amendment Bill 10 of 2019 which was also aimed at promoting women representation in key government positions must not be voted for in the August 12 elections, FDD President Edith Nawakwi has said.

Ms Nawakwi said it was time to reject selfish politicians who have no interest of the citizens, more especially the vulnerable youth, women and the physically challenged.

Public scepticism over Covid-19 vaccine worries state

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA GOVERNMENT is worried about the scepticism among some people over the safety and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines.

The first consignment of the Covid Vaccine, Astra Zeneca arrived in the country yesterday.

The first batch contains 228, 000 doses which will be administered to frontline health workers, among others.

And Health Minister Jonas Chanda has reiterated that the vaccination will be done in a transparent and accountable manner.

Speaking when he received the vaccine batch, Dr. Chanda said the vaccination would be implemented in a cautious and phased up manner and on a voluntary and pilot basis.

He said vaccines were safe and advised the public to ignore myths and conspiracy theories.

Dr Chanda said it was disappointing that there were still a lot of myths and miscommunication especially on social media platforms about the

… as first consignment arrives in Zambia

Covid-19 vaccination strategy.

He said the Covid-19 vaccination programme was an important new addition to the strategic pillars for the prevention and control of the pandemic as vaccines not only protect the persons vaccinated, but also those around them.

"We re-emphasise that all the Covid-19 vaccines being brought in the country

have gone through our due diligence processes and approved by the global health authorities including the World Health Organisation and the Africa CDC on efficacy and safety before use here.

"The COVAX initiative has so far delivered more than 60 million vaccine doses to 31 African countries. About 35 countries have administered the vaccines and no serious

consequences have so far been recorded," he said.

Dr Chanda said that as of March 25, Ghana had given out more than 470, 000 of the 600, 000 initial doses it received.

Rwanda, which received under 400, 000 doses, had administered more than 345, 000 while Malawi has vaccinated more than 200, 000 people.

Dr Chanda said it was im-

portant that the vaccines were deemed to prevent severe disease and death but that before the majority of the eligible adult population was vaccinated and “Herd Immunity” attained, those vaccinated would still have to adhere to the five golden rules of prevention.

He added that the Ministry of Health was closely monitoring the developments concerning the vaccine in these countries.

He however advised citizens to remain cautious of the imminent third wave that he said threatened the country in the coming cold season.

Dr Chanda called upon all citizens to rely only on official scientific information on the Ministry of Health and Zambia National Public Health Institute websites.

The country has recorded 35 new cases out of 3, 371 tests conducted in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases recorded to date to 90, 064.

One new Covid-19 death was reported in the last 24 hours. There are 760 active cases.

Ms Nawakwi

She said that Bill 10 was intended to provide for proportional representation that allows more youths and women to take key leadership positions.

“So, I do pray that after the 2021 general elections, only Members of Parliament who are pro-women representation must be brought back in the House or must be elected.

“It is important that as we head towards elections all political parties that did not support Bill 10 should not be voted,” she said.

Ms Nawakwi said MPs who do not support women participation in leadership positions must not have a chance of having any number in parliament.

She said the Bill 10 was meant to serve the interest of groups such as the chiefs, youth and the differently abled.

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THE DIE IS CAST NOW that political parties are concluding their intra-party polls, the stage is almost set for the August 12 general election campaigns.

The New Hope MMD, UPND, PF and UNIP have had their internal elections from lower organs to the national level while Chishimba Kambwili’s National Democratic Congress is set for the general conference this week.

It is hoped that other parties, including the Forum for Democracy and Development, Felix Mutati’s Movement for Democratic Congress and others would be concluding their respective internal electoral process this month in readiness for campaigns which will start mid next month.

All serious parties must fulfil this mandate as required by the Republican Constitution or else they will remain spectator parties.

According to the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) number 2 of 2016 article 60 1(C) (c) a political party has the right to conduct primary elections for the selection of candidates.

Further article 60 (2) (a,b,c) states that a political party shall promote the values and principles specified in the Constitution and have a national character; promote and uphold national unity.

An outstanding provision is the subsequent one under (d) which states that a political party shall promote and practice democracy through regular, free and fair elections within the party.

This is what the parties that have so far conducted internal elections have done and it is now up to the rest of political organisations to do the same so that they prove their worth in following the law.

It is not enough for political parties to remain on paper and issuing media statements without conducting internal elections as required by the Republican Constitution.

Therefore, participating political parties must now prepare themselves for campaigns and desist from petty and unsubstantiated complaints.

The laws of the land provide for a defined complaints procedure pertaining to campaigns and electoral activities.

It is also important for those vying to stand as councillors and Members of Parliament to remain truthful to the people; they should not resort to false promises.

MPs have a clear mandate which has specifically been provided for in the Republican Constitution under the functions of Parliament and National Assembly.

Thus MPs are representatives of their people in their constituencies.

Under article 63 of the Republican Constitution, the functions include enacting legislation through Bills passed and assented to the President for assent and overseeing the performance of the Executive arm of Government.

This is done through ensuring equity in the distribution of national resources among Zambians and appropriating funds for expenditure by State organs, State institutions, provincial administration, local authorities and other bodies.

The MPs also scrutinise public expenditure, including defence, constitutional and special expenditure and also have the obligation to approve public debt before it is contracted; and approving international agreements and treaties before these are acceded to or ratified.

It is important, therefore, for aspiring MPs to state their ambitions within the provisions of the law and not to expound issues which are outside the ambit of Parliament.

This is an election year and politicians ought to be truthful in their conduct to inspire the electorate because deceit, lies and misconduct can breed apathy.

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DON’T BE GREEDY, LET PEOPLE GET EMPOWERMENT – REV LUNGU

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NLY greedy church leaders who in the past were used to being called in the night to receive brown envelopes are against President Edgar Lungu's gesture to empower the Church for the benefit of all members, Evangelical Youth Alliance (EYA) president Moses Lungu has said.

Rev Lungu said the gesture

by Government to introduce empowerment programmes for the Church has exposed greedy clergy who are now coming out to condemn it over a well-intended pro-

gramme aimed at helping the people in many ways.

Rev Lungu said in the past, the clergy sought help from Government in their individual capacity for their personal needs which did not benefit the general membership.

He said the Evangelical Alliance appreciates Government’s decision to empower the Church in the face of economic challenges caused by the Covid-19 outbreak that has resulted in many citizens being unable to afford a decent livelihood.

He said those condemning the empowerment gesture by President Edgar Lungu and his Government don't mean well

to the welfare of the many citizens who are going through social-economic challenges.

Rev Lungu said the empowerment programmes have nothing to do with the August 12 general elections as the government was within its mandate in providing for the citizens.

He said those attacking the empowerment gesture by the government don't mean well to the welfare of the many citizens who are going through social-economic challenges.

Rev Lungu said the President has done well to create a system where Government is able to assist in the needs of every needy member of the

I DON’T LOBBY FOR GOVERNEMNT CONTRACTS - MALANJI .. As he donates K600, 000 to Solwezi marketeers FOREIGN Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji has urged the Zambian people not to fall for the propaganda being spearheaded by some media outlets purporting that he was engaged in corrupt dealings for his businesses.

And Mr Malanji has donated K600, 000 to the marketeers of Solwezi.

The minister says anyone that doubts his dealings is free to ask any Government ministry if they have any existing contract with Gibson Power System International.

Speaking when he addressed a mammoth crowd that had gathered in Solwezi on his five-day party mobilisation tour of North-Western Province, Mr Malanji said that he was a law abiding citizen who respects the rule of law and corruption had no place in his business.

He has challenged anyone who is propagating the corruption lies against him to visit any institution in Zambia and collect evidence so that they can come and substantiate their claims for the people of Zambia.

“Me standing here as Minister of Foreign Affairs and

MOVEMENT for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has insisted that the contempt proceedings launched by the opposing group led by Webby Chipili be dismissed for being irregularity.

In this matter, Mr Chipili and 19 others have sued party president Dr Nevers Mumba and Ms Chitika seeking a declaration that the MMD extra ordinary convention held on March 20, this year is void and that the two breached the party constitution.

Stop advertising ignorance, Antonio Mwanza tells opposition

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

Mr Malanji addressing marketeers in Solwezi yesterday.

Member of the PF Central Committee, I can tell you with confidence that you can go and ask any Permanent Secretary or Directors from any government ministry in Zambia and they will tell you that I have never gone to lobby for any contracts for any of my businesses,” Mr Malanji said.

Meanwhile, Mr Malanji has said the K600, 000 donation is meant to help mitigate the financial challenges which the small-scale business owners (marketeers) were facing to boost their businesses and improve their livelihoods.

Speaking during a mobilisa-

tion rally in Solwezi yesterday, Mr Malanji, who is also Member of the PF National Mobilisation Committee, said he was going to fundraise for another K400, 000 for the beneficiaries if they manage to administer the funds very well.

He has advised them to emulate the marketeers in his constituency (Kwacha) who have managed to multiply a similar empowerment fund of K150, 000 to over K1, 000, 000 after noticing that the microfinance service companies were giving marketeers a tough time to access loans with exorbitant interest rates.

MMD asks court to dismiss Chipili’s contempt application

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA

church through empowerment programmes.

"This will allow churches to create corporate entities aimed at ensuring that the empowerment programmes are well coordinated," he said.

He said congregants need a church which will not only take care of their spiritual needs but also relevant to their social and economic needs in their quest to worship and have fellowship with one another.

"The fellowship cannot be complete when the congregants are perpetually poor due to selfishness of some selfish religious leaders," Rev Lungu said.

They also want the Court to direct the Registrar of societies to appoint an interim committee during the determination of the matter.

Last month, High Court judge Mwape Bowa granted the 20 members leave to commence committal proceedings for contempt of court against Dr Nevers Mumba and Ms Chitika.

MMD argues that there is no affidavit evidence showing service of process on national secretary Ms Elizabeth Chitika and party president Dr Nevers Mumba who are defendants in the matter because no

proper service was conducted by the other camp’s lawyers.

“The entire process filed by the Plaintiffs including the purported service of process is swamped with comedy of errors that are fatal before this Court’s jurisdiction in this matter. This court does not have the role of helping clean up the mess caused by the Plaintiffs and their advocates in their blatant and repeated failures to abide by the Court rules. The entire process filed and sought to be relied upon by the Plaintiffs is incompetent of its own initiation,” MDD argued.

SOME small opposition clique and their surrogates should stop advertising ignorance and spreading misinformation about the PF manifesto which they do not understand, the Patriotic Front (PF) has said.

PF deputy media director, Antonio Mwanza said it was disappointing to see some opposition parties rushing to copy and paste old and redundant portions of the PF manifesto in a futile attempt to mislead the party membership and the general public.

“Following the highly successful and extraordinary PF general conference, he said, a small clique of some opposition voices have been spending sleepless nights trying to fault-find and smear our general conference.”

He explained that the total number of members of the central committee and the period one has to spend in the party to be eligible to contest the position of Member of Central Committee was reviewed when the party changed the constitution in 2015.

“The total number of members of the central committee was changed from 30 to 54 by the national council in line with Articles 68, 69 and 70 at the general conference held in 2015,” he clarified.

Mr Mwanza also said tthese articles empower the central committee and the national council to make regulations and standing orders to assist the party in the implementation of its constitution.

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FEATURES

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A SNIPPET OF THE NEW FRA ACT NO. 6 OF 2020

By JOHN CHIPANDWE

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he Ministry of Agriculture and the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) began the process of reviewing the Food Reserve Act Cap 225 of the Laws of Zambia in or around the year 2016. This was after it was widely agreed by the Agency (FRA) and stakeholders that the Food Reserve Act CAP 225 of the laws of Zambia needed to be amended. This process led to the enactment of the new Food Reserve Act No. 6 of 2020 that was assented to by the President of the Republic of Zambia, His Excellency Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu on 23rd October 2020.

The initial process was subjected to a wider consultative process involving various key stakeholders in order to ensure transparency in the formulation of the new Act. The consultative processes were held at provincial and national level with a national consultative workshop as a concluding exercise in terms of engaging and collecting views from stakeholders being held at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka.

The new Act has introduced some new and progressive clauses aimed at enhancing efficiency in the management of National Strategic Food Reserves. A notable change amongst others, is the prescription and definition of the exact powers and duties the Minister of Agriculture holds in the administration of National Strategic Food Reserves.

Section 20 of the new Act states that:

“20. (1) The Minister shall, for the purposes of this Act—

(a) approve the quantity and type of a designated agricultural commodity to be maintained in, sold, traded or issued from, the National Strategic Food Reserve; (b) cause the collection of data for the purposes of national food security; (c) cause the inspection and verification of stock levels of designated agricultural commodities; and (d) cause the preparation of the National Food Balance Sheet.

(2) The Minister may appoint inspectors to perform the functions under subsection (1) (b) and (c).

(3) A person shall not obstruct or refuse to provide information to an inspector in the performance of the inspector’s function under subsection (2).

(4) A person who contravenes subsection (3) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to both.”

Implications of the new changes From the above, the role of the Minister of Agriculture in the

management of the National Strategic Food Reserves is to: (i) Approve the quantity and type of a designated agricultural commodity to bea. maintained in the reserves, b. sold from the reserves, c. traded from the reserves, and d. to be issued from the reserves.

(ii) Cause thea. collection of data for the purposes of national food security, b. b. inspection and verification of stock levels of designated agricultural commodities; and c. c. preparation of the National Food Balance Sheet.

In the execution of his powers under section 20, the Minister

will exercise discretion to appoint inspectors that will be given powers and authority to inspect, verify and collect data on the stock levels of the designated agricultural commodities within the country for purposes of assessing the food security of the Nation. Obstructing or refusing to provide information to the inspectors is a criminal offence which attracts a maximum penalty of a five

year jail term or being made to pay a fine of an amount of K150, 000.00 with a possibility of being made to pay the K150, 000.00 and be sent to prison1.

Conclusion The new Food Reserve Act aims to enhance the management of the National Strategic Food Reserves. It is expected that all stakeholders should acquaint themselves with the new provisions and operate within

the new mandate. The Agency will strive to sensitise members of the public and provide any further clarifications on the matter as well as on other new clauses. ____________________________ The author is the Public Relations Coordinator for FRA. For comments/enquiries, email to jchipandwe@fra.org. zm or fra@fra.org.zm

Zambia Reinsurance posts 17p.c. growth Tuesday April 13, 2021

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PUMA ENERGY IN K160M PROFIT

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

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PROFIT after tax of K160.18 million for the financial year ended December 2020 has been posted by Puma Energy Zambia Plc. According to the financial results for the period ended December 2020 posted on Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE), the company last year recorded an increase in profit after tax compared to 2019 which stood at K105.55 million. A profit before fiAPPS have become a critical part of our lives in the technology-driven world today.

As a customer-centric orientated organization, the Zambia Revenue Authority through its innovation hub last year launched the Tax on app for android.

The team is back with Tax on App for iPhone soon to be available on App Store, The App dubbed Tax on App has a variety of features that allow taxpayers to register, search for Taxpayer Identification Number (TPIN), search for customs declarations, make integrated border declarations and payment on a single platform, file tax returns and make payments.

THE APP

The app will also include information on various Tax Legislations such as the VAT Act, Customs and

Excise Act, Income Tax Act, practice notes, annual reports, tariff codes, and latest information about the Authority.

Other functionalities that will soon be included in the application include the generation of Tpin certificates, the generation of Tax clearance certificates, and many other documents.

nance costs, taxation and exchange gains of K269 million was achieved for the year ended December 2020 compared to K210.75 million the previous year, says Puma Energy Zambia company secretary, Kalunga Lutato.

Mr Lutato indicated in an order of the board that the pre-tax profit was K243.72 million compared to K163.35 million the previous year.

“The volumes for the year reduced by five per cent compared to the previous

year. This was primarily due to the adverse impact of Covid-19 pandemic to the business,” he said.

He highlighted that during the year under review, the Kwacha depreciated by about 51 per cent against the United States dollar from K13.98 in 2019 to K21.12 in 2020.

“With the company’s new business prospects in some of its key business segments coupled with new positive strategic initiatives being put in place, sales volumes

performance is expected to grow in 2021,” Mr Lutato said. He said the strong investment programme would provide added benefits to the business and hence, the company was confident that it would continue to remain a key player in the energy sector. Mr Lutato said the safety of operations and personnel would remain a key priority. He said the board of directors resolved that a dividend of K30 million be proposed for the year ended December 31, 2020.

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ZAMBIA Reinsurance Plc has witnessed growth in Gross Written Premium (GWP) of 17 percent despite the impact of Covid-19.

The company recorded growth of K50.693 million last year from K43.443 million registered the previous year.

According to the company, the strategic focus continues to be growth, profitability and expansion of the international business.

This is according to the audited financial results for the period December 31, 2020 posted on the Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE).

The statement indicated that there was an increase in the operating income from K12.602 million to K21.351 million attributed mainly to exchange gains on the back of deprecia-

ZRA to launch Tax on APP for iPhones The application further allows taxpayers to find out about tax information such as applicable tax rates, rebates, exemptions, duty-free items among others.

The core values of the authority are Taxpayer focus, Integrity, Professionalism, Innovation, and Networking (TIPIN). Under innovation, the authority believes in simplicity, Convenience, and compliance. The success of every business depends on its ability to adapt and create fresh innovative ideas and products that serve its clients better.

The simple-to-use tech innovation app will make it easier for taxpayers to navigate through content transact with the authority from the palm of their hands on a mobile phone.

The app will also include information on various Tax Legislations such as the VAT Act, Customs and Excise Act, Income Tax Act, practice notes, annual reports, tariff codes, and latest information about the Authority.

Individuals, entrepreneurs, small business own-

ers, and self-managed income earners, auditors, tax practitioners, lawyers, and all those who do not have specialized teams that work

on tax matters can now access relevant tax information in one place using their phones.

The app has quick turna-

round times on revisions of the acts and legislation and it is updated immediately when new tax legislation or ZRA information is intro-

tion of the Kwacha against major foreign currencies as well as an increase in investment income.

It stated that the company reported a profit for the year of K6.734 million compared to K3.611 million the previous year.

“The total assets increased to K107.746 million from K60.979 million in the previous year mainly as a result of the increase in investments at amortised cost from K10.765 million in 2019 to K42.850 million in 2020,” it indicated.

Further, the company’s shareholders funds increased from K47.404 million in 2019 to K89.376 million in 2020 following recapitalization and profit after tax of K 6.73 million in the year.

The company’s regulatory solvency margin was computed at 487 per cent, stating that the basic earnings per share increased from K 0.12 to K0.15.

duced.

The product takes an agile approach which is not a thing but rather an agile mindset that drives an approach to software development of solutions through a collaborative effort adaptive planning, evolutionary development, early delivery and continual improvement back by the Kaizen concept.

This encourages flexible responses to change and continues improving the product based on the customer needs who are the taxpayers.

The authority has in the past launched the Taxonline system which is the main system that was locally built with support from the Copperbelt University. The Authority also launched Tax on phone which is a USSD platform that uses *858# meant to serve the informal sector as it does not require a smartphone but any simple phone would do the magic.

Then TaxonWhatsApp Payment solution was also launched in collaboration with Cgrate 543 Konse Konse making it possible for tax payers to pay all taxes within the whatsApp application. Now the latest addition is TaxonApp which is a high-tech app aimed at offering a 360 degrees solution from general information to tax education, registration, filing of returns, customs declarations, and making tax payments.

The best you can do now is go to the google play store or App Store and download taxon app today and enjoy the experience.

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Covid-19 weighs down RioZim output HARARE - Diversified mining group, RioZim has announced a 27 percent decline in gold production as some constraints at its linchpin Cam & Motor Mine affected 2020 output.

The group’s gold production declined from 1.66 tonnes achieved in the prior year to 1.21 tonnes.

Of RioZim’s three gold mines, only Renco posted positive production numbers in FY2020.

“Throughout the current year, the group’s flagship operation Cam & Motor Mine carried out mining activities from the nearby One Step Mine hauling low grade ore to the Cam & Motor plant for processing.

“This resulted in a drastic fall in gold production compared to the prior year when the mine processed higher grade ore from its Cam pits,” said RioZim chairman Rashid Beebeejaun.

Production at Cam & Motor Mine for the period under review closed at 427kg, a sharp 42 percent decline compared to 738kg in the prior comparable period.

Management said the depletion of oxide ore

resources at the mine necessitated the migration of mining operations to the group’s nearby One Step Mine.

RioZim is currently hauling ore from One Step Mine to the Cam & Motor processing plant.

“The ore resources at One Step Mine have significantly lower grades than those at the Cam & Motor pits and this negatively affected production output,” said the chairman.

“The mine is, however, focused on completion of its BIOX plant project which will enable the resumption of mining and processing of high grade refractory sulphide ores from the Cam pits.”

The gold price maintained a growth trend throughout the year recording a 27 percent growth from the prior year’s average price of US$1 395/oz, to an average price of US$1 765/oz in the current year which counteracted the impact of lower production volumes.

As a result of the improved gold price and currency depreciation locally, RioZim’s revenues totalled $3.1 billion in comparison to $577.1 million in the prior year.

– THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

China fines Alibaba record $2.8bn after monopoly probe BEIJING - China slapped a record $2.8 billion fine on Alibaba Group Holding after an anti-monopoly probe found it abused its market dominance, as Beijing clamps down on its internet giants.

The 18.2 billion yuan penalty is triple the previous high of almost $1 billion that US chipmaker Qualcomm had to pay in 2015, and was based on four percent of Alibaba's 2019 domestic revenue, according to China's antitrust watchdog.

The company will also have to initiate "comprehensive rectifications," from protecting merchants and customers to strengthening internal controls, the agency said in a statement at the weekend.

The fine - about 12 percent of Alibaba's fiscal 2020 net income - helps remove some of the uncertainty that's hung

over China's second-largest corporation.

But Beijing remains intent on reining in its internet and fintech giants and is said to be scrutinising other parts of billionaire founder Jack Ma's empire, including Ant Group Co.'s consumer-lending businesses and Alibaba's extensive media holdings.

Alibaba used its platform rules and technical methods like data and algorithms "to maintain and strengthen its own market power and obtain improper competitive advantage," the State Administration for Market Regulation concluded in its investigation.

The company will likely have to change a raft of practices, like merchant exclusivity, which critics say helped it become China's largest e-commerce operation.

– BLOOMBERG NEWS.

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DIGITAL ECONOMY KEY TO SURVIVAL … and SA is well positioned for growth - Ramaphosa

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OHANNESBBURG - The digital economy presents opportunities to create jobs, now even more so as the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated changes, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said.

In his newsletter, the president noted that South Africa clinched the top spot as a global business service destination, beating competitors like India and the Philippines.

The sector, also known as business process outsourcing, includes services such as call centres, technical support and back and front office services for major multinationals and South African firms.

Ramaphosa said that South Africa's "sophisticated" digital infrastructure and a young and skilled workforce, proficiency in English and being positioned in a similar time zone to key export markets

contribute to its attractiveness as a global business service destination.

"These unique attributes have provided us with a strong foundation to work from," said Ramaphosa.

He also acknowledged that the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition and the industry association Business Process Enabling South Africa - worked to attract investment.

Government introduced an incentive two years ago to encourage investment and job creation in the sector.

The Presidential Employment Stimulus, launched last year to grow jobs following the pandemic's impact, also endorses the incentive and had created 8, 000 jobs in the sector - most of which went to unemployed youth, Ramaphosa said.

The country's official un-

President Cyril Ramaphosa

employment rate is at 32.5 percent. Unemployment is concentrated among youth, according to Stats SA. One of the conditions for the incentive is to promote inclusive employment, particularly of marginalised youth.

"The result of all these efforts is that the sector in South Africa has grown at twice the global growth rate for the industry since 2014 and three times faster than key competitors.

"It has added 40, 000 jobs to

Africa far from a common currency, but technology could make up for that JOHANNESBURG - Africa is unlikely to have a common currency soon, but technology could help overcome the difficulties posed by the multiplicity of currencies when trading, a top official has said.

Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, Wamkele Mene, said, "moving towards a common currency in the African continent is the objective," outlined in the Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community of 1991.

"We know there are a number of challenges that are related to that," he told a webinar hosted by the ANC's Progressive Business Forum.

"You have to deal with macro-economic convergence and so on, but in the interim what do we do to overcome the fact that there are 42 currencies on the continent?"

He said the pan-African payments and settlements platform that was being developed in partnership with Afreximbank would go a long way toward addressing this issue and towards making trade on the African continent less

costly and more efficient.

He said: "I don't know how long it will take for Africa to have a common currency. It may not happen in our lifetime, but we have got to start somewhere to address the multiplicity of currencies as a constraint for intra-Africa trade."

Mene said the AfCTA was one of the "first steps" towards a common currency, as initially, all 55 African Union member states would apply the same rules for the ease of doing business.

"We are also considering how digital platforms can contribute to more efficient trade on the African continent," he said.

Currently, the absence of a common currency was mak-

ing trade complicated and costly. "If you are in Ghana and you want to trade with somebody in South Africa, first you have to convert the Ghanaian cedi into the dollar.

The recipient will then have to convert the dollar into the rand. That is costly. It actually contributes also to inefficient trade patterns on the African continent."

He said it would take time, "but in the absence of that, this (technology) is the best tool that we have that we can offer businesses, (and) that we can offer investors. This is the best tool that we have for facilitating ease of doing biz and for overcoming this challenge of a multiplicity of currencies on the African continent." - FIN24.

the economy since 2018, with young people making up 82 percent of these new jobs and women comprising 65 percent of the workforce," Ramaphosa said.

"The sector generates R1.9 billion a year in export revenues and attracts significant capital investment," he added. The sector may achieve its target of 100, 000 new jobs by the end of 2023 and 500, 000 new jobs by the end of 2030, with global demand rising, said Ramaphosa. – FIN24.

Tourism players optimistic as Suluhu plans tight ties with Kenya MOMBASA, Kenya - Domestic Tourism Association of Kenya (DTAK) has welcomed the pledge by Tanzanian new President Samia Suluhu Hassan to strengthen its working relations with Kenya.

DTAK chairman, Dr Tuqa Jirmo said the biggest beneficiary of the cordial relation between the two neighbouring countries will be domestic tourism that has continued to be the lifeline for the struggling hospitality industry. ''I reckon with full confidence that this will be good particularly for domestic tourism. We need to encourage regional approaches to tourism also. For tourism to recover faster, the postCovid-19 strategy should focus more on harnessing domestic market both within the country and in the region,'' Jirmo said.

Mohamed Hersi, the national chairman of the Kenya Tourism Federation (KTF) noted that the new developments is an excellent move.

– THE STANDARD, Kenya.

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President Lungu Dear Editor, WHILST closing the historical Patriotic Front elective convention which renewed President Edgar Lungu’s second term mandate as party President, the party boss did not leave anything to chance but sent a strong message to the Zambian voters.

President Lungu warned the opposition leaders whose hands are direly itching with begging bowls to the foreign funders in the run up to the elections.

As much as the political stakeholders have the right to engage in alliances with foreign interests, the same should not substitute their duty to be patriotic to Zambia.

The parental guidance

by President Lungu whose primary duty is to protect the constitution and the sovereignty of Zambia is timely and a wake-up call to Zambians that selling the country’s sovereignty cannot be disguised as regime change.

The perceived foreign interests have made relentless and desperate efforts to destabilise Zambia and we wonder their containment and obsession with Zambia’s electoral democratic processes.

While the foreign interests are stakeholders, the same cannot be said when they attempt to use proxies who in turn weaken Zambia’s institutions and “put Zambia under outside control.”

Zambia and Zambians at large have shown their ability to handle even the complex conflictual points of view. A very notable illustration is the just ended PF convention which did not only usher in a democratically elected party leadership but went beyond its mandate to bring the opposition political parties together to intimate what has been seen as the journey which will inculcate into national healing.

One opposition figure has shown his true colours as he has a demonstrable and traceable trend to even blatantly lie about Zambia’s high cherished profile and even dent Zambia’s image.

He has given Zambians a clear signal that his allegiance is not to Zambia but to the sponsors. For instance, he disputed the decision by the government’s protectionist approach to redeem Konkola Copper Mines and Mopani Copper Mines and he openly sided with foreigners.

The Zambian people must therefore take the advice from President Lungu seriously.

The decision on August 12, 2021 is the vivid opportunity that will redefine Zambia’s ability to reclaim control over its domestic affairs. Their vote is more powerful than a missile and continuity with President Lungu is an assurance that Zambians will be in charge of their affairs.

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI, Lusaka.

Be wary about fraudsters during the police recuruiment exercise Dear Editor, SOME fraudsters have taken advantage of the ongoing police recruitment exercise across the country by swindling some people. Many who have applied for vacancies in the police service as police constables have fallen prey to the scam.

The Zambia Police Service last month advertised for the positions of police constables. The criterion for recruitment was that people who met the requirements for recruitment should apply in their respective provinces without travelling to Lusaka.

However, some fraudsters purporting to be senior police officers or to have connections in the Zambia Police Service are swindling the applicants of huge sums of money. The amount being demanded ranges from K5, 000 to K10, 000 per individual applicant.

The fraudsters send messages to the unsuspecting people to send money to a particular mobile number so that the latter can be considered for employment in the

police service.

Not too long ago, two former Zambia National Service (ZNS) officers were last month nabbed in Kabwe for swindling more than 100 youths on the pretext that the latter would be employed in ZNS. The culprits are appearing in the courts of law for the committed offence.

It is true to mention here that Zambia is grappling with the problem of unemployment. The youth are mostly affected regardless of their professional qualifications.

This is because Zambia's population is mostly made up of the youth. This is the main reason why they are easily duped when it comes to issues of employment.

To crown it all, I earnestly appeal to youths to be wary about the fraudsters.

On the other hand, the fraudsters should be nabbed and ultimately prosecuted. This will deter other would-be offenders.

ELEMIYA PHIRI, Lusaka.

Stop advertising ignorance and spreading misinformation Dear Editor, FOLLOWING the highly successful and extraordinary PF General Conference, a small clique of some opposition voices have been spending sleepless nights trying to fault-find and smear the general conference.

They have without knowledge rushed to copy and paste old and redundant portions of the PF manifesto in a futile attempt to mislead the membership and the general public that something unconstitutional was done at the Conference with regards to: 1. The total number of members of the central committee and 2. The period one has to spend in the Party to be eligible to contest the position of

Member of Central Committee.

HERE ARE THE FACTS 1. what is the total number of central committee members The total number of Members of central committee was changed from 30 to 54 by the National Council in line with Articles 68, 69 and 70 at the General Conference held in 2015.

The said Articles empowers the central committee and the national council to make regulations and standing orders to assist the party in the implementation of its Constitution.

The regulations and standing orders made by the central committee and ratified by the National Council become

A well deserved congratulation to President Lungu Dear Editor, ALLOW me through your newspaper to congratulate his President Edgar Lungu on his re-election as Patriotic Front president and as its candidate in the August 12 presidential elections.

Let me also congratulate the men and women elected to serve as members of the central committee of the Patriotic Front. This is a demonstration of your commitment to the party and something that everyone should applaud you all for.

As we reach a critical time

of mobilising for our party, let us all join hands to ensure that we mobilise and give our president a resounding victory in the August elections.

The challengers from the opposition shall fall never to rise again because of the defeat they will suffer against President Lungu.

Let us leave no stone unturned as we continue mobilising for the party under the leadership of President Lungu.

CHRISANTIUS CHANGWEREZA, Aspiring MP for Kanyama Constituency.

part and parcel of the Party Constitution and can be implemented in the meanwhile.

So the copy and paste that the small Opposition clique and their surrogates are flashing around on social media showing the total number of Members of the Central Committee to be 30 is old and REDUNDANT therefore it is invalid. The actual number is 54 as elected at the just ended General Conference in conformity with the Regulations and Standing Orders of the National Council of 2015.

2. does one need to serve 5 years to be elected member of the central committee?

Again, this provision was one of the other provisions of the Party Constitution that was amended in the 2015 Na-

tional Council Regulations and Standing Orders; it is now null and void.

The Patriotic Front is the LARGEST political movement in the country with millions of followers and supporters.

And like, President Edgar Lungu rightly emphasised in his speech to the general conference, the Patriotic Front does not discriminate against anyone. In PF, there are no gods, just comrades with one agenda, to serve the Party and the Nation. So any one who is loyal, dedicated, competent, humble, with no criminal record is free to serve the Party in any suitable position.

ECL ALEBWELELAPO Antonio Mourinho Mwanza Deputy Media Director Patriotic Front

Congrats to President Lungu and all members of the central committee

Dear Editor, C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S President Edgar Lungu on your re-election as Patriotic Front president and all the newly-elected members of the central committee of the party.

It is very exciting to have such a distinguished gender-balanced group of leaders who have been elected to serve in the highest organ of our party.

I would like to extend

my most sincere wishes for a successful term in your new leadership role as members of the PF central committee.

I look forward to working with you closely as you join us in the central committee to strengthen our friendship and advance our common objective of building a united and prosperous Zambia.

ANDREW LUBUSHA.

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AFRINET HAILS PF FOR HOLDING PEACEFUL CONFERENCE

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

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HE Patriotic Front (PF) deserves to be commended for having conducted a violence free intra-party election starting from the branch to the general conference, says the Inter-Africa Governance Network (AFRINET).

AFRINET executive director, Maurice Malambo, said it was gratifying that the ruling party conducted a successful general conference under the covid-19 guidelines.

“We therefore as AFRINET wish to congratulate the party for conducting a violence free lower intra-party

Serenje chief salutes state over agro support

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

A TRADITIONAL leader in Serenje has praised Government for ensuring that agriculture thrives by delivering inputs early.

Chief Kabamba of the Lala people said this when Nyimba Investments Head of Sales and Marketing Manager Willings Mulendema paid a courtesy call on him.

He said the timely delivery of inputs was contributing to the Government’s efforts of growing the agriculture sector.

Chief Kabamba was happy that inputs for the 2020/21 farming season had already arrived in the district.

“We are very much happy with what the government is doing. The government of President Edgar Lungu is helping farmers by ensuring that fertiliser is delivered early. The government is caring for its people. Those are the signs that the government is working and the government of President Lungu has really helped farmers,” Chief Kabamba said.

Nyimba was contracted to supply 3, 400 tonnes of Compound D fertiliser and has so

‘PF central committee is balanced’

By ROGERS KALERO

THE new Patriotic Front (PF) Central Committee is perfectly balanced on regional representation, experience and knowledge,'' Munalula Moola, a member of the PF Kitwe mobilization committee has said.

Mr Moola said in an interview in Kitwe yesterday that newly ratified central committee was balanced because it has members who were able to lead and influence others, integrate and has also independent minds which were key for an effective committee.

"We have men and women who are objective and insatiable learners. The committee has passionate and knowledgeable members. The com-

far delivered over 2, 000 metric tonnes Chief Kabamba said farmers in the district and particularly in his chiefdom would be encouraged to make their contributions.

He said the efforts by the government to deliver inputs early were meant at fighting poverty at household level.

“In my chiefdom they will have more food and I am sure we will have more than what we expected and for those that are crying they won’t cry anymore.

“With good harvest from the previous season we are only waiting for the government to help us with the maize price because some businessmen have already invaded our peasant farmers,” he said.

And Mr Mulendema promised the traditional leader that Nyimba would at all times ensure that it delivers inputs early.

He said this should be so because the company does not take lightly the opportunity to supply and deliver inputs on time. He said once inputs were delivered on time, farmers had a chance to prepare their fields.

mittee has men and women with managerial acumen diligence and dedication.

"The above are the ingredients that make good board members. We also have the issue of loyalty to the party. In the committee we have members who are able to lead and influence others,'' Mr Moola said Mr Moola said President Edgar Lungu was spot on as he had placed all the ingredients into the committee.

"Let me call on all party members to give these men and women the best of wishes to deliver. Well done President Lungu for putting up a team that will carry us beyond the August elections,' he said Mr Moola also congratulated President Edgar Lungu on his re-election as PF party President making him the ruling party's presidential candidate in the coming general elections.

"President Lungu represents progress and has done a lot to warrant him re-election as republican President.

He is the most preferred candidate and Victory is certain with him,'' he said.

election starting from the branch, ward, constituency, district and provincial levels as build up processes to the National Convention,” Mr Malambo said.

“In comparison to the PF of 2015 general conference necessitated by the death of founding President Mr. Michael Sata which saw no-

table pockets of violence and court processes, it's our honest view that the PF has exhibited a lot of maturity and a spirit of coexistence,” he said.

Mr Malambo was confident that the ruling party would go into the 2021 general election a united and formidable entity.

“We therefore wish the Patriotic Front and other contenders in the August 12, 2021 General Election equal best of luck as we also urge all contenders to maintain national peace and conduct issue based politics,” he said.

The PF held its General elective Conference at the weekend virtually.

Mr Malambo

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Tuesday 13 April, 2021

MORE TROUBLE FOR CHIMWEMWE MP

By ROGERS KALERO

Ndola’s Kapalala market project progresses

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA THE trader's shelter at Kapalala market in Ndola's Masala Township is set to be launched next month as the first phase is almost done.

The re-construction of the market that commenced in October last year involves the initial stage of constructing one market shelter at a cost of about K2.7 million.

According to the plan, the market would be able to accommodate over 4,000 traders.

In August 2017, thousands of traders were left in awe after the market was burnt and reduced to ashes.

Ndola City Council Public Relations Manager, Rebecca Mushota, told the Daily Nation yesterday that the shelter would be ready for the launch this month or early next

month.

She said the second phase of the market construction would commence immediately the first phase is completed.

The funds for the reconstruction of the market were raised from a donation that came through the Copperbelt Provincial Office as well as part of the equalization fund.

Early this year, the Government also released K14 million for the project.

Kabushi Member of Parliament, Bowman Lusambo, said the new market would be the largest in the country once completed.

Mr Lusambo appealed to the residents and traders to remain patient as the Government through the contractor, Zambia National Service (ZNS) would be working on the rest of the project.

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HE heat of Chimwemwe Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Mwila Mutale has intensified as the Church has also weighed in complaining about poor representation.

Bishop Robert Chansa of Miracle Power Ministries accused the MP of failing to deliver development and that he has now resorted to blaming Government institutions and fellow politicians for his shortcomings.

Bishop Chansa said Mr Mwila was now operating haphazardly after realising Mr Mutale that time was fast running out for him.

The Bishop, who was once a close ally of Mr Mutale was reacting to a statement that Government institutions like ZESCO had adversely affected the MP’s performance.

Mr Mutale had Zesco taken long to re-route the cable to Kamatipa market despite paying K18,500 from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).

Mr Mutale also said the construction of the clinic was also halted after land wrangles erupted because some people dubiously acquired land from the Kitwe City Council which was earmarked for the construction of the clinic in Kawama Township.

But Bishop Chansa dismissed Mr Mutale's excuse for his failures and advised him to

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UPND Copperbelt Information and Publicity Secretary, Lawrence Mwanza, said that the party received a high number of applicants.

"Even after dropping the people who did not meet the grade 12 certificate requirement, the party in the province still has overwhelming applications in all the Districts, Constituencies and Wards.

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also a founder of Happy Community School where Mr Mutale was two weeks ago chased by the irate residents, said the MP should not use the school to gain political mileage.

"To say the truth, there is little or nothing which Mr Mutale has done in this constituency for him to seek re-election and expect the people of Chimwemwe to vote for him.

"He has nothing to tell the people of Chimwemwe constituency, he has now resorted to be mentioning the name of the republican President. We know that President Lungu works and we can't say anything. We now want Mr Mutale to convince us why we should vote for him,'' he said

pleted soon," Mr Mwanza said.

Mr Mwanza explained that the UPND had received applications from highly rated and credible candidates from whom the final list would come.

He added that the full grade 12 certificate requirement was one of the challenges that the party had faced.

He however stated that the party was equal to the task in ensuring that everything fell into place during the adoption process.

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pave way for others who may have the capacity to deliver development despite many hurdles.

"As an MP, you need to push things for them to move. It is not easy to deliver development. We voted for him in 2016 so that he can be pushing things for us. We didn't vote for him to be a cry baby. So we can't buy those excuses.

"When you compare Mr Mutale to other Independent MPs on the Copperbelt, is far much behind. He has lamentably failed to deliver development and has now resorted to blaming Government institutions and fellow politicians for his failures,'' Bishop Chansa said. Bishop Chansa, who is

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HAMUDUDU DECRIES POLITICS OF INSULTS

By ANDREW MUKOMA

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AMBIA needs politics of policy and not name calling as the country heads to the polls, Party of National Unity and Progress (PNUP) pres-

ident Hive Hamududu has said.

Mr Hamududu said that his party was not interested in politics of name calling and insults but in politics of policy.

He observed that currently, the county requires technical politics and not the ordinary African politics.

Addressing journalists in Livingstone yesterday, Mr Hamududu noted that because of poor policies, Livingstone as a tourist capital of Zambia has become a dead city compared to the way it was during the UNIP era.

"It is very shocking that every time we change government in this country, things g e t

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worse. There was honestly with the way UNIP did their things," he said.

The former Bweengwa UPND lawmaker said that his party has enough evidence of how a government must be run.

"Today, Livingstone is a half dead city. The city has no buying power, it has suffered over the past years because it depends on tourism alone without industries and textiles," he said.

Mr Hamududu said that the revival of Livingstone requires technical approach in order for the city to thrive.

"Livingstone requires other sectors to supplement tourism. Government must go beyond tourism alone and that is what our party believes in.

"The biggest blow that Livingstone has suffered was the movement of the provincial capital to Choma," he added.

He implored Zambians to critically scrutinize all the political parties based on policy.

Tuesday 12 April, 2021

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Maramba plunged into darkness

…as thieves steal Zesco cables

By ANDREW MUKOMA THIEVES have stolen Zesco cables from a transformer which feeds Maramba's MAs Township in Livingstone with an estimate of over 400 houses being affected.

Zesco spokesperson, Henry Kapata, who confirmed the theft to the Daily Nation in Livingstone said the power utility company was on the ground working to restore supply.

Mr Kapata said that vandalism and theft were retrogressive on the company and to the residents of Maramba Township who were affected.

“The actual vandalism is very retrogressive for us as Zesco because it means that several of our customers in Maramba will have no power in the next 24 hours because we have to mobilize some resources.

But we are working very hard to ensure power is restored. I think what is important now is that vandals are uncles, vandals are nephews, and they are grandfathers….obviously for now anything is possible and so, if we live with these people, the best is to report them to the police,” he said.

Mr Kapata said that the theft occurred yesterday around 02:00 hours and

plunged Maramba Township in darkness.

“Having visited the scene of crime by Zesco Security, Zambia Police Officers and Technical personnel from Zesco Livingstone, it was discovered that 6m x 120mmsq x 4core cables were vandalised on both legs (3m each) at P.M.T no. SDS 0234 in MA area in Maramba compound in Livingstone district,” he said.

The actual vandalism is very retrogressive for us as Zesco because it means that several of our customers in Maramba will have no power in the next 24 hours because we have to mobilize some resources.

He said that from January to date, the power utility company has had a number of electrocution involving the young people as a result of vandalism and theft.

“So the message if very clear, Maramba people should not worry about it.

We are working to ensure power is restore today. Quite well, the damage was serious but we are mobilizing the Saturday 25 April, 2020 materials,” he said.

Let’s eradicate poverty – Chief Mumena

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI LEADERS at all levels should take keen interest in the eradication of poverty in their communities, Chief Mumena of Kalumbila district has advised.

The traditional leader of the Kaonde speaking people noted that eradication of poverty should be prioritised in order to improve the living standards of the people.

He said poverty reduction was a leadership assignment and that every leader must be interested in the welfare of their people.

"As a leader I know how my people are living and surviving.

It is therefore my humble appeal to all leaders at every level to ensure that they fight poverty by engaging their people," he said.

Chief Mumena said there was need for concerted efforts by all

South PF speaks unity

By ANDREW MUKOMA THE PF in Southern Province has urged re-appointed Secretary General, Davies Mwila, and the new central committee to remain steadfast in mobilising and growing the party ahead of the August 12 general elections.

According to the PF, the ratification of the new members should not in any way bring division but that all members must preach unity.

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Secretary, Trymore Mwenda, said that the mandate bestowed on each and everyone was crucial especially this year when the country would be holding a general election.

Mr Mwenda observed that the ratification of the new members of the central committee was a show of confidence in their abilities to support President Edgar Lungu to continue delivering development.

He said that Mr Mwila’s reappointment is a reaffirmation that he has delivered on his mandate as the Chief Executive

stakeholders to eradicate poverty in communities.

He since advised leaders to work closely with community members in ensuring that poverty was completely eradicated.

He also urged community members to always engage their leaders on matters that border on poverty as no single person could fight vice single-handedly hence the need for collaboration.

Officer of the ruling party.

This is contained in a statement issued to the Daily Nation in Livingstone yesterday.

"However suffice to mention that many applied but only a few can serve at a particular time and their success depends on the contribution of the general membership of the party “We therefore wish to state that the aftermath of intra party elections should not in any way bring about divisions rather must consolidate unity of purpose because the challenge to deal with is not within but outside," he said.

Mr Mwenda said that the success the PF has scored in the last nine years has been anchored on good leadership provided by its leaders in the late President Micheal Sata and now President Lungu supported by the general membership.

"As a province we applaud MCCs Kavumbu Hakachima, Hon. Syacheye Madyenkuku, Hon Kebby Mbewe, Hon. Dr. Edify Hamukale, Mundia Mundale and Annie Tischer," he said.

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MOGADISHU POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDS SOMALI PARLEY, GETS FIRED MOMENTS LATER

Somali people gather on the street during fighting between Somali government forces and opposition troops over delayed elections in Mogadishu, Somalia, Feb. 19, 2021.

M

OGADISHU – A police chief in Mogadishu who announced he had suspended parliament yesterday, saying he was acting unilaterally to prevent lawmakers from extending the president's term, was

fired moments later by the police commissioner.

"We have stopped the parliament session today. We have a responsibility bigger than a personal one.

We have to solve anything that can bring violence and war in Mogadishu," Saadaq Omar Hassan told local televi-

sion station Universal in a live speech. "The four-year term has ended."

Moments later, Somalia's police commissioner Hassan Mohamed Hijar, announced on Facebook that Hassan had been fired and replaced.

The chaos underscores the widening divisions within the

country's security services over extending the four-year term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who faces growing pressure to quit after his term as national leader ended in February.

– REUTERS.

Jihadists attack aid facilities in Nigeria ABUJA - Islamic State-linked jihadists in Nigeria attacked humanitarian facilities in the

restive north-eastern town of Damasak, aid workers told AFP at the weekend.

The attack, ongoing late on Saturday, is the second in two months affecting one of the

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United Nations nine hubs in the country.

Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed Damasak, in Borno state, setting fire to facilities of international aid organisations.

The UN hub was gutted after fire set on the nearby office of an international charity spread to the UN facility, said a second aid worker.

The offices of three other international NGOs were also burnt by the insurgents who took over the town, the second aid worker added.

A military source confirmed the Saturday attack on Damasak but said militants failed to overrun the town. Some residents were reported to be fleeing from the town toward neighbouring Niger.

Damasak has repeatedly been targeted by ISWAP militants who have made several failed attempts to overrun a military outpost outside the town.

ISWAP, which split from the jihadist group Boko Haram in 2016, has become a dominant threat in Nigeria, attacking soldiers and bases while killing and kidnapping passengers at bogus checkpoints.

On March 1, ISWAP jihadists overran a UN hub in Dikwa, killing six civilians and forcing aid workers to temporarily retreat from the town despite urgent humanitarian needs. Due to worsening security, humanitarian workers in Nigeria are struggling to provide aid, with the number of people requiring urgent assistance forecast to rise to 8.7 million this year. – AFP.

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Latest US police shooting of black man in Minneapolis sparks fresh protests MINNEAPOLIS, US - Protests broke out on Sunday night after US police fatally shot a young black man in a suburb of Minneapolis – where a former police officer is on trial for the murder of George Floyd.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the police station in Brooklyn Centre, northwest of Minneapolis, with police later firing tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd, according to an AFP videojournalist.

By around midnight local time, the National Guard was on the scene, police had declared an illegal assembly, and the Brooklyn Centre mayor said he would "be issuing a curfew order shortly."

The mother of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man, told a crowd earlier on Sunday evening that he called her to say he had been pulled over by police, local media reported.

Katie Wright said she heard officers tell her son to put his phone down, and then one of the officers ended the call.

Soon after, her son's girlfriend told her he had been shot.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

confirmed to AFP it was "investigating an officerinvolved shooting incident" in Brooklyn Centre, but declined to identify the victim.

According to a statement from the Brooklyn Centre Police Department, officers pulled over a driver for a traffic violation. When they discovered he had an outstanding warrant, they tried to take him into custody.

He got back into his car, and one of the officers fired their weapon, striking the driver, who died at the scene.

Photos from the protest showed men stomping on the windshield of a police cruiser.

Police fired rubber bullets to try to disperse the protesters, according to the Star Tribune.

Brooklyn Centre Mayor Mike Elliott called the shooting "tragic." The shooting comes during the ongoing trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing charges of manslaughter and murder over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May. Floyd's killing sparked months of protests in the United States against racism and police brutality and attracted international outrage.

– AFP.

NEWS IN BRIEF Tanzania opposition seeks meeting with new president

DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema has requested a meeting with President Samia Suluhu Hassan, with its chairman Freeman Mbowe saying they are hoping to offer and explain suggestions on how best to start afresh and to "build stability of the country."

"We cannot not wish her ill just because she is a product of CCM (the ruling party). We are praying for her to do well as a leader for the good of our nation," Mbowe said. – BBC .

Chad counts votes as Déby seeks to win sixth term N’DJAMENA - Votes are being counted in Chad following Sunday's presidential election in which incumbent Idriss Déby is largely expected to win.

The ballot counting started soon after voting closed in the elections in which some seven million Chadians were eligible to vote in the election. Provisional results are due on April 25, and final results on May 15. – BBC.

Eritrea frees 36 Christians jailed for their faith ASMARA - The Eritrean authorities have released on bail 36

prisoners who had been in detention because of their faith.

They are all from Christian Evangelical and Pentecostal denominations.

In 2002 Eritrea introduced a new law that forbids all churches except for the Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran denominations. Sunni Islam is also officially recognised. – BBC.

India overtakes Brazil as second worst-hit Covid-19 country NEW DELHI - India yesterday overtook Brazil as the coun-

try with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections, as it reported a new daily record of more than 168, 000 cases.

The vast nation of 1.3 billion people has been reporting a rapid increase in new infections in recent weeks, with the surge taking the total toll to 13.5 million cases, above Brazil's 13.48 million. – AFP.

COVID-19 Realities

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By DR MBUYI MASUWA Frontline doctor working at Levy Covid Centre

Send your comments and questions to masuwambuyi1118@gmail.com

WHEN THE CAKE LEADS TO THE CASKET

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N Friday the 9th of April 2021 we looked at the hormones that control our appetite and help to stop us from continuing to eat when we are full. The following hormones , insulin, ghrelin and leptin under the control of the brain play a pivotal role in food regulation and weight control. Ghrelin makes us hungry, it makes us seek for food, Insulin helps to burn the food(glucose) we have eaten into fuel and excess stored as fat and then leptin produced by the fat cell helps to control our weight ultimately.

Of the three, leptin is one directly connected with weight. When there is a lot of fat deposit, a lot of leptin is produced which tells the brain to let the body go on starvation mode and utilise the stored fat reserves it has in stock. Then when the fat cells drop, leptin levels reduce triggering the brain to go look for food. This is what should happen in an ideal situation.

But we don’t live in an ideal world, actually the real world can sometimes be so sophisticated to fathom.

One of my quotes can attest to this ( “at times life teaches us to pronounce words whose letters are not even in the alphabet…”DR Masuwa 2021). Look at Covid-19 itself, how much of it is really known? It still is a big puzzle with so many questions and yet so few answers .Yes vaccines are here but we are yet to see how they will really help out . Indeed so much is unknown but one thing I know is that obesity greatly reduces ones fight against Covid-19.

These “lets burn it” series are to highlight the importance of maintaining a good health weight not just for Covid-19 but in general ,for a lot is at stake when one carries extra pounds, not cash of course as those extra pounds would be a great thing in these hard times.

Today we going to look at what happens when one’s eating goes out of hand, when the ying yang of the

regulatory hormones is completely offset. The example given here is for learning purposes only, I am aware we live at such a sensitive time were people can be easily offended. Nowadays we can’t assume peoples’ genders ,some are proposing words like “breast feeding” should be replaced with “chest feeding”, and so should words like” boys and girls “ladies and gentlemen “etc.

The example given below is of a well-documented case with a number of TV series and documentaries done, on the individual. You can watch them when you have

time to really get the glimpse of how serious the problem was. The name is Ricky Naputi, once the fattest man in the world who ate himself to death.

RICKY NAPUTI THE MAN WHO ATE HIMSELF TO DEATH. Ricky Naputi was a Guamanian man who ate himself to death in his apartment in Mangilao, Guam, at 39 years old. His weight had ballooned over the years as he developed an addiction to food, . He weighed 400kg (900 pounds) at his peak weight. Several attempts were made to help

him reduce weight but all in vain, he couldn’t give up his tasty fattening meals.

He was already on oxygen support because of breathing difficulties just imagine what would have happened if he caught Covid-19, we would never know because he died in 2012.His official cause of death was written as morbid obesity, the word morbid morbid is from latin morbidus "diseased," from morbus "sickness, disease, ailment, illness," perhaps connected to the root of mori "to die," as "looking like death" (from pie root *mer- "to rub away, harm," also "to die" and forming

words referring to death and to beings subject to death.

His cake led to his casket.

RICKY HAD FOOD ADDICTION WHICH LIKELY LED TO LEPTIN RESISTANCE For individuals suffering from an addiction to food, highly palatable foods (which are often rich in fat, sugar, and/or salt) trigger chemical reactions in the brain that induce feelings of pleasure and satisfaction.

This reaction has been explained as comparable to an addict’s response to their substance of choice, as it activates the same brain re-

ward center.

Food addicts become dependent upon the “good” feelings that are obtained from consuming certain foods, which often perpetuates a continued need to eat, even when not hungry.

These behaviors generate a vicious cycle. As the food addict continues to gorge upon foods that induce pleasurable feelings, they often overindulge and eat beyond what is required for satiety and normal nutrition.(WILL DISCUSS FURTHER IN LATER ARTICLES) LEPTIN RESISTANCE People who are obese have

a lot of body fat in their fat cells and hence high Leptin levels. Given the way leptin is supposed to work, many obese people should naturally limit their food intake.

In other words, their brains should know that they have plenty of energy stored.

However, their leptin signaling may not work. It is present but the brain doesn’t see it .This condition is known as leptin resistance and is now believed to be one of the main biological contributors to obesity .

When your brain doesn’t receive the leptin signal, it erroneously thinks that your body is starving ,even though it has more than

• The sign that you are developing leptin resistance is “the mirror test”, just look at your tummy in the mirror. If the abdominal circumference is increasing then the leptin levels are high too and you risk leptin resistance especially if your urge to eat doesn’t go down with the increase in weight.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) establishes that, in the case of women, the measure should not exceed 88 centimeters, while for men should not exceed 102 centimeters.

or garment covering the torso to measure the skin and at the level of the navel.

The tape measure or meter should be located below the rib cage and above the top of the hip bone. The abdomen should be relaxed. It is convenient to exhale before passing the meter and, after making the measurement, write down the figures immediately so as not to lose your information · INSTEAD OF A GYM MEMBERSHIP He was in his 40s so was his BMI.It was obvious that even before he had Covid 19 he had difficulties with breathing .He didn’t have any other underlying condition except for morbid obesity .After i assessed him and admitted him, put him on oxygen which he much needed though not so much, I warned him of his weight and that he should consider reducing it once he was discharged .Unfortunately the second day of admission ,his oxygen demands went up and he had little chances of survival, in spite of all the effort we put in, instead of signing him for a gym membership i found myself signing his death certificate.

To take the abdominal circumference measurements correctly, you must stand with your arms at your sides. Then loosen the belt, if you are wearing it. You must also remove the shirt

Until then ,aluta continua,the struggle continues. *Mask up *Observe hand hygiene *Socialise wisely And because you care, please kindly share.

enough energy stored. This makes your brain change its behavior in order to regain body fat. Your brain then encourages: • Eating more: Your brain thinks that you must eat in order to prevent starvation.

• Reduced energy expenditure: In an effort to conserve energy, your brain decreases you energy levels and makes you burn fewer calories at rest.

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FAZ president Andrew Kamanga (left) and MTN Zambia Chief Executive Officer Bart Hofker unveiling a new deal. - Picture courtesy of FAZ Media

FAZ MTN RENEW VOWS ….FAZ to give clubs K1m despite MTN cutting funding by four percent

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TN Zambia and the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) have signed a new sponsorship deal which has given MTN Zambia the

powers to rename the league to MTN Super League despite the sponsorship package having been reduced by four percent.

The two organisations which in 2018 signed a US$4.5 million (K45 million in 2018 and K99 million in 2021) sponsorship package, have signed a new

three-year deal worth K43, 650, 000 which will run from 2021 to 2023 with FAZ pocketing K14 million every year.

Speaking during the signing ceremony of the new deal at MTN headquarters in Lusaka, MTN Chief Executive Officer Bart Hofker said the new deal

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with FAZ symbolises MTN’s commitment to continue taking part in the development of the Zambian game.

Hofker said his organisation was excited to be associated with the Zambian Super League which he described as a well-managed league by FAZ who have strived to put in place favourable policies for the growth of football in Zambia.

He congratulated FAZ president, Andrew Kamanga and his administration for working hard to ensure that football continues to thrive and develop by putting in place the right structures for its administration.

Meanwhile, Kamanga hailed MTN Zambia for being an all-weather partner that had remained supportive even amidst the havoc caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kamanga said that the sponsorship from MTN will be prudently managed as has been customary of his leadership.

Kamanga said the new sponsorship package from MTN will ensure that what clubs receive annually is hiked from K200, 000 to K1 million every year for competing in the Super Division.

“We have committed to keep our pledge to ensure that the bulk of this sponsorship directly benefits our members.

We demonstrated this when we bumped up the entitlement for our members from K7, 000 to a minimum of the K200, 000.

“In the same spirit we shall revise the allocations for our members to a minimum of K1 million which includes the support from SuperSport,” Kamanga said.

About the league being renamed MTN Super League, Kamanga said, “This is standard practice in world football where a headline sponsor carries naming rights. We want to thank MTN for their continued investment in a product which we hope will be able to pay back with a good return by ensuring that our relationship runs perpetually.”

Kamanga said the sponsorship package will also be divided between the package for the 18 Super League teams and the senior men’s national team.

Makembo tips CAF envoys

By MICHAAEL MIYOBA NAPSA Stars must not be discouraged by the 5-0 bashing in the CAF Confederations Cup by Cameroonian giants Coton Sport FC, says Zamia Sports Fans Association patron Peter Makembo.

Makembo said Napsa Stars should be proud of their achievements in the CAF Confederations Cup where they reached the group stage in their maiden appearance in the continental competition.

He said the heavy defeat in Cameroon should motivate the team to come back stronger as they focus on the MTN Super League games.

With three defeats and one draw in Group B of the CAF Confederations Cup, Napsa remain stuck on fourth position with one point, eight points behind Coton Sport who claimed top spot in Group B with nine points from three wins and one defeat after four matches.

Meanwhile, Makembo has urged the Zambian champions Nkana FC to stay focused and work hard to reach the CAF Confederations Cup quarter finals.

Speaking after Nkana beat Tanzania’s Namungo FC 1-0 on Sunday to move to six points in Group G where they are third, Makembo said Nkana has a

100 percent chance of reaching the last eight of the continental championship after the weekend win.

He noted the need for Nkana not to fear Morocco’s Raja Casablanca and Egypt’s Pyramids FC who they will meet in the remaining two games to qualify.

“Despite their challenges in the Super League, Nkana have been great competitors in the Confederations Cup and now they have a chance to qualify to the quarter finals if they can get positive results against Pyramids and Raja Casablanca,” Makembo said.

“As for Napsa Stars, we are proud of their achievements as a country and we urge them to take each setback in the continental games as a lesson going forward.”

Nkana and Pyramids FC are on par with six points each.

Pyramids however have a better head to head record having beaten Nkana 3-0 in Egypt.

Meanwhile, Raja Casablanca crushed Pyramids of Egypt 3-0 in Cairo on Sunday to become the first qualifiers for the Confederation Cup quarter-finals.

The victory was set up by DR Congo duo Fabrice Ngoma and Ben Malango, who both scored in the first half, before Moroccan star Soufiane Rahimi completed the rout with 13 minutes left to play.

Matsuyama marches to historic Masters victory

HIDEKI Matsuyama became the first Japanese man to win a major golf championship on Sunday, holding his nerve down the stretch to capture the 85th Masters after a dramatic final round.

Carrying the hopes of a nation on his shoulders, Matsuyama calmly grinded out clutch pars and struck for crucial birdies in a pressure-packed march at Augusta National, hanging on over the final holes for a historic onestroke victory.

Matsuyama took the green jacket symbolic of Masters supremacy, a top prize of $2.07 million and a place for the ages in Japanese sports history.

"I'm really happy," he said through a translator. "Hope-

fully I'll be a pioneer in this and many other Japanese will follow. I'm happy to open the floodgate and many more will follow me.

"Maybe a lot of younger golfers thought, 'That's an impossibility,' but with me doing it they will realise it is possible and if they set their minds to it they can do it."

After seeing his seven-stroke lead with seven holes remaining shaved to two shots with three to go, Matsuyama watched Xander Schauffele find water off the 16th tee on the way to a triple-bogey disaster. Matsuyama settled for bogey but closed with par at 17 and a bogey at 18 to fire a oneover-par 73 and finish 72 holes on 10-under 278. – REUTERS.