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tions for the Patriotic Front this follows a leaked list of picked candidates, Paramount Chief Mpezeni has said. “umm yes, I’m not happy, sindine okondwa (I’m not happy)”

the Mpezeni reluctantly said.

Paramount Chief Mpezeni however could not give details over his displeasure, saying “(mukani funse mailo (ask me tomorrow).” To Page 2

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CEMENT FIRMS DEFY GOVT ORDER

Paramount Chief Mpezeni

Now Sangwa wants Mosho's action dismissed

‘We shouldn’t put country on fire’ Pg 2

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

Mr Sangwa

WE should never put the country on fire regardless of the outcome of the August 12, general election, President Edgar Lungu has said.

President Lungu urged Zambians not to be driven into violence by people who do not mean well, especially now that campaigns had commenced.

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CEMENT FIRMS DEFY GOVT ORDER

… Prices still exorbitant despite directive to reduce

By NOEL IYOMBWA CEMENT prices have remained high despite the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) ordering that firms revert to pre-cartel prices by May 7 this year.

And the CCPC says it has embarked on a countrywide survey to check and confirm on whether cement companies have reverted to the prescribed prices.

CCPC ordered that the cement prices be slashed from the current average prices of K140 per 50kg bag of cement to between US$4.5 to US$5 which translates to K110 per at the

current exchange rate of K22 per 1 US dollar.

Three cement producer companies that were investigated for restrictive business were found wanting and CCPC fined the firms.

The companies are Lafarge Zambia Plc and Mpande Limestone Limited which were found wanting for price fixing, while Dangote was forgiven after complying during the probe.

The two cement manufacturing entities were ordered to each pay 20 percent of their 2019 and 2020 turnovers.

Despite CCPC announcing the directive takes effect on May 7, this year which is 30 days after the parties receive

NAREP wrangles in new twist …NAREP’s Steven Nyirenda’s candidacy hangs in balance

By AARON CHIYANZO NAREP officials have petitioned the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) not to entertain the nomination of ousted party president, Steven Nyirenda who has already paid K95, 000 nomination fees for the Presidential race on the party ticket.

The party officials told ECZ that the matter involving the NAREP presidency was still in court pending determination of who the rightful holder of the political office was.

This is contained in a letter dated April 29, 2021 addressed to ECZ Chief Electoral Officer, Patrick Nshindano.

Lawyers representing, Mr Charles Maboshe, who was appointed president of NAREP to replace Mr Nyirenda, said the status of acclaimed office bearers for the party raises highly contentious issues.

The lawyers, CL Mundia and Company, stated that the legitimacy of Mr Nyirenda’s presidency was still in question.

“Our clients categorically reject the proposition that the 1st and 2nd plantiffs are legitimately in office as secretary general and president respectively and this position has firmly been brought to the attention of the court through a robust defence and opposition to the injuction at hand is yet to be heard on an inter parte basis,” the latter reads in part.

The lawyers indicated that the party was embroiled in serious litigation involving the current office bearers.

They also stated that one of the issues to be determined by the court was which party constitution was currently in effect

Mr Nyirenda and how the same affects the standing of the litigants in the cause.

The lawyers urged ECZ not to allow any of the parties to the action to impose or nominate any candidates at all levels in the forthcoming elections until the matter was resolved by the High Court.

“You will appreciate that permitting any of the parties to this action to sponsor candidates would represent a clear interference in the due administration of justice before the High court has an opportunity to determine this matter to its logical conclusion,” they wrote.

In response, Mr Nshindono in a letter dated May 4, 2021 requested for supporting court documents to “enable us proceed as intimated in your letter under reply.”

The court documents were submitted to the ECZ on Monday, May 10, 2021.

Mr Nyirenda was ousted last year over alleged failure to follow procedure and causing divisions in the party, among other reasons.

He challenged his expulsion in court on grounds that it was unconstitutional and wants a declaration that he is the duly-elected NAREP president.

the Board’s decision as required, the prices are still high.

A check by the Daily Nation found that a 50-kg bag of cement was still fetching above K130.

The retailers interviewed said the price had remained unchanged because the wholesale price was still high.

CCPC said the three cement producers, Lafarge Zambia Plc, Dangote Cement Zambia Limited and Mpande Limestone Limited confirmed receiving the Board’s decision on April, 8 2021.

“All three cement producers, Lafarge Zambia Plc, Dangote Cement Zambia Limited and Mpande Limestone Limited

that were investigated for restrictive business practices by the Commission have confirmed receiving the Board’s decision on April 8, 2021,” the CCPC said.

When contacted for a comment, CCPC Senior Public Relations Officer Namukolo Kasumpa said they have embarked on a countrywide survey to check and confirm on whether cement companies have reverted to the pre cartel factory prices.

Ms. Kasumpa said that once the information is collected from all the provincial headquarters they will then advise on its next course of action.

Leaked PF nominations irk Mpezeni From Page 1 This follows an unconfirmed list of adopted PF candidates for the Eastern Province in the parliamentary polls making rounds on social media which the party said should be ignored as official results for the province had not yet been announced.

According to the unconfirmed list, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Development, Vincent Mwale has been dropped in Chipangali constituency and replaced with Eastern Province chairperson, Andrew Lubusha.

Also allegedly dropped is Minister of Local Government, Charles Banda for Kapoche and former Minister, Peter Daka for Msanzala Constituency.

Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, Dora Siliya has been adopted for Petauke Constituency beating former youth chairman, Jay Jay Emmanuel Banda.

Pelila Jere has been adopted for Lumezi Constit-

uency beating Munir Zulu and others.

University of Zambia lecturer, Professor Thomas Mtonga has been adopted in Chasefu Constituency beating incumbent Gerald Zimba and aspirants such as Chanoda Ngwira.

And the people of Kaumbwe are up in arms over the leaked list showing that their favourite had not been picked in the Patriotic Front adoptions for Eastern Province.

Some of the people gathered soon after the list was leaked on social media, describing it as a recipe for disaster.

The villagers want the MCCs to respect the lower structures' decision and adopt Jimmy Lungu, a local person, as opposed to those going to the area just for election purposes.

Zumaile village representative Peter Mumba complained that the people wanted their wishes to be respected because they are on the ground.

‘We shouldn’t put country on fire’ HH sues State From Page 1

The President was speaking yesterday in Lusaka, when he commissioned the newly constructed multimillion Kwacha Kanyama Police Station.

President Lungu also called on all peace loving Zambians to report all trouble makers to the police.

"There is no need to be violent when your leaders are not violent. We should never put this great country on fire regardless of the outcome of the results on 12th August," he said.

President Lungu said the construction of Kanyama Police Station, the first of its kind since the township was established, would enhance security in the area.

He said Government had prioritised the security of citizens because it was a key

component to peace and nation building.

"When there is peace and tranquility in an area, business flourishes.

What’s more, this police station will also improve access to justice," President Lungu said.

President Lungu said with the commissioning of the police station in Kanyama, he expected enhanced security in one of the largest townships in the country.

He said as President, it is his responsibility to ensure the country enjoys peace and tranquility "It is my responsibility as President of this great nation to ensure peace and tranquility in all townships of Zambia.

This is why I am equally delighted that finally Kanyama has a police station," he said.

Mr Lungu paid special

commendation to the business sector and the people of Kanyama for working with the government to realise the dream of constructing the police station.

President Lungu said in his government’s quest to transform the working environment of policemen and women, his administration will continue constructing better accommodation for the officers.

He said his government has constructed 2, 350 housing units across the country which have since been commissioned and are occupied.

He appealed to residents of Kanyama to safeguard the infrastructure by reporting vandals to the police, adding that the culture of destroying infrastructure meant to protect the people should stop.

Now Sangwa wants Mosho's action dismissed

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA PETITONER John Sangwa has asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss Lewis Mosho’s notice of motion to raise preliminary issue for lack of merit.

Lawyer Mosho filed motion on whether the ConCourt has jurisdiction to hear and determine Mr Sangwa’s petition which he said lacks disclosure of constitutional issue.

In this matter, Mr Sangwa has petitioned the ConCourt to compel the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to amend the affidavit for Presidential candidate/Running mate by including a paragraph saying “ I have not held office twice” to comply with article 106(3) of the constitution.

ECZ and the Attorney General are respondents while Mr

Mosho is joined as an interested party.

In his affidavit in opposition to Mr Mosho’s motion, Mr Sangwa contended that the notice of motion to raise preliminary issue pursuant to article 128 of the Constitution of Zambia (amendment) Act 2016, Article 128 of the Constitution does not deal with the matters of practice and procedure but the substantive jurisdiction of the court.

He said that Mr Mosho in his arguments has not referred to the portion of Article 128, which supports the motion.

“Although Mr Mosho was added to these proceedings as an interested party, he has no authority to file the motion in issue. “In the proceedings; his stake in the success or failure of the litigation; or his legal duty to participate in the pro-

ceedings. The joinder doesn't empower him to pursue his own issues in this matter,” Mr Sangwa argued.

Mr Sangwa said Mr Mosho could only pursue the motion if made a respondent.

He insisted that the petition was not against the provisions of the statutory instrument but the affidavit attached to the regulations as a schedule.

“My contention is that the affidavit doesn't satisfy article 52 (1} of the Constitution because it does not address the ground for disqualification contained in article 106(3) of the constitution. Therefore, there is no basis for the contention that the petition discloses no constitutional issue or alleged breach of the Constitution,” he stated.

Mr Sangwa urged the court to dismiss Mr Mosho’s motion for lack of merit.

for malicious prosecution

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has sued the State claiming damages for malicious prosecution in a case where he was acquitted of treason charges in 2017.

Mr Hichilema who has cited Attorney General Likando Kalaluka as the defendant his seeking an order that all known police officers that conducted themselves in an unprofessional manner during the operation to arrest him and subsquently during his arrest and prosecution be surcharged.

He wants the Lusaka High Court to order the State to pay him damages for malicious, including aggravated and exemplary damages, in respect of the charge of use of insulting language for which he was prosecuted.

He also wants any amount found due to him.

In a statement of claim filed yesterday, Mr Hichilema states that on April 10, 2017 at around 20:00 and 21:30 hours several Zambia Police officers wrongfully and forcefully gained entry of his home without consent, warrant, reasonable and probable cause in an operation to arrest him which lasted until the next day.

He has named some of the officers who entered his home as Martin Musambachime, Arthur Shonga, Mpazi Mubita and Aubrey Hamwene.

Mr Hichilema stated that the unlawful raid conducted as his home during the operation and the brutal and spiteful conduct of the police officers including their acts of looting, damaging of his property was malicious.

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PUT ZAMBIA FIRST NOW that the political campaigns for the August 12 tripartite elections have started in earnest, Zambians must agree amongst themselves that the country must come first.

They should all agree that no one will raise a finger or any offensive weapon against another in the mistaken belief that they are promoting their political party.

They must all understand that democracy demands that one must be prepared to listen to opposing ideas that one does not support. Each person must be allowed space in which to freely express one’s views without fear of being physically attacked.

The nation must therefore heed the tone set by President Edgar Lungu that “we should never put the country on fire regardless of the outcome of the August 12 general election.

This is a clarion call that Zambians must embrace peace even as they go about campaigning for their political parties.

President Lungu has urged Zambians not to be driven into violence by people who do not mean well, especially now that campaigns had commenced.

The President took advantage to call for peaceful campaigns in Lusaka yesterday when he commissioned the newly constructed multimillion Kwacha Kanyama Police Station.

“There is no need to be violent when your leaders are not violent. We should never put this great country on fire regardless of the outcome of the results on 12th August,” Mr Lungu said.

The nation must be reminded that this is not the first time that President Lungu has stressed the need for Zambia to hold peaceful general elections.

He has pledged that his administration is committed to ensure that there is peace before, during and after the August 12 elections to ensure that the will of the people prevails.

This is the more reason why Government has made an open invitation to the European Union and other international observers to come and monitor the elections.

Foreign observers must come and see for themselves at first hand how the elections are being conducted and observe the election contenders canvass for votes.

It would enable the monitors observe for example whether there has been a breakdown of law and order for the nation to hold free and fair elections.

This is important for there has been a lot of misinformation from some local politicians to the outside world that Zambia was not capable of holding elections as people were not free.

We note that even the Zambia Police have promised to ensure that law and order prevails during the campaign period and even after the elections.

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has said they are ready to deal with political parties and other people who will attempt to destabilise the country’s peace before, during and after the elections.

Mr Kanganja said in an interview that his officers were ready to counter anything that would come their way and ensure that peace, law and order prevailed during the election period.

Our appeal to all the political players is not to treat the men and women in uniform as their enemy.

They must emphasise to their officials that the success of the August 12 elections depends on team work among all the political players with the security enforcement agencies. They must not brand police with any party but as a neutral force in the political arena.

Police officers will always be there whatever the outcome of August 12 protecting all and sundry.

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UPND ADOPTION PROTESTS SPREAD TO BWEENGWA

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

PROTESTS against the re-adoption of veteran Monze Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu, to recontest the seat for the fifth time have continued and spread to other places including Bweengwa where scores of villagers have defected to the PF. The protects in Bweengwa comes barely a few days after residents in Monze Central took to the streets demanding that Mr Mwiimbu, one of the longest serving MPs steps down and pave the way for a youthful candidate.

The protests in Bweengwa follow the decision by the UPND national management committee to re-adopt incumbent MP, Michelo Kasauta.

The protesters said they

Peter Chanda quits presidential race

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

NEW Congress Party (NCP) president, Peter Chanda has withdrawn his candidature for the August 12 presidential race and pledged to support President Edgar Lungu.

This is two days after paying the K95, 000 Presidential nomination fees to the Electoral Commission of Zambia.

Mr Chanda said he decided to withdraw because he could not garner enough votes without holding public rallies as discouraged by the ECZ.

Peter Chanda

He added that the party also had a wrong logo despite engaging the ECZ to rectify it six months ago.

He said the logo which was designed by his predecessor Cosmas Mwale was not corresponding with his message and vision.

“I want to state that we have resolved not to participate as a party at Presidential level. We are only participating at parliamentary and local government levels.

“As a party that is participating in these elections for the first time, it will not be possible to win without public rallies to meet the people,” Mr Chanda said.

He said the party was in an alliance with the ruling Patriotic Front, and would support the candidature of President Lungu.

Some UPND members not happy over the adoption process have defected to the Patriotic Front have lost confidence in the leadership of UPND president, Hakainde Hichilema who they accused of ignor-

ing people’s concerns on the adoption process which had been marred by corruption and intimidation.

According to a video circulating on social media, protesters were heard saying they were disappointed with Mr Hichilema for going ahead to re-adopt Mr Kasauta who they said has failed to develop the constituency.

They also accused the former MP of misappropriating Constituency Development Funds.

“Mr party president, we started a long time ago, telling you that we don’t want Kasauta but you have gone ahead to readopt him at the expense of popular candidates so we are leaving to join the ruling party,” one protester said Another one said the people in the UPND had now realised that the party had not been winning the general elections because of the rotten leadership at the top.

Truckers protest high toll fees at Kazungula Bridge

By IRVIN MUYUMBWA

THE United Truck Drivers and Allied Workers Union of Zambia has bemoaned the high toll fees at the newly commissioned Kazungula bridge for motorists which is likely to increase the cost of doing business.

The union’s President, Mr

Givers Shampule said in as much as the development was progressive, the high toll fees would likely trigger high prices of imported products because of what could be an expected rise in cost of business for motorists using the bridge.

Mr Shampule said Government should consider revising the toll fees down-

wards to make them cost effective for the motorists using the route.

The Zambia Revenue Authority was mandated to collect toll fees at the Kazungula One Stop Border Post where motorcycles would pay K150, passenger vehicles K350, 16-seater mini buses K450 and light trucks K550.

Dialysis consumables now available

By KETRA KALUNGA

DIALYSIS consumables that were in short supply at most health facilities in the country are now available at all renal units.

Ministry of Health spokesperson, Dr Abel Kabalo, said in an interview that normal operations in all the renal units had resumed following the arrival of the consumables.

Dr Kabalo urged renal

patients not to panic and ensured that every Zambian would be given equal access to quality health services.

“The consumables arrived in the country just as we had assured and normal operations have resumed.

So patients should not panic as we will ensure that they are cared for,” he said.

Dr Kabalo said the disruption in the supply chain was caused by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic which led to a shortage of

the dialysis consumables in the country.

He said the pandemic had affected the rate at which the renal supplies were being produced as a number of companies had closed down.

Health Minister, Dr Jonas Chanda, gave a stern directive to have consumables and equipment for renal dialysis available following a big mortality rate of patients as a result of the shortage.

China pledges 100, 000 doses of vaccines

By NOEL IYOMBWA

CHINA has pledged to provide Zambia with 100, 000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine, Health Minister Jonas Chanda has said.

Dr Chanda said the World Health Organisation recently approved the Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use in Covid-19.

He said the Chinese vaccine was safe, efficacious and being was used in over 100 countries.

He said the Covid-19 vac-

cination programme had made tremendous headway since it was launched 28 days ago.

Dr Chanda said in the last 24 hours, 5, 058 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were administered, bringing the cumulative number of vaccinated persons to 90, 916.

Dr Chanda said from the figures, it was clear that Zambians had accepted the Covid-19 vaccination programme and discarded the various myths, misinformation and conspiracy theo-

ries.

Meanwhile, Dr Chanda earlier told parliament that the development indicated that there had been continued community transmission.

He said in the last 48 hours Zambia recorded 59 new confirmed Covid-19 cases out of the 4, 800 tests conducted in 24 districts.

Dr Chanda said the districts included Kabwe, Chienge, Nchelenge, Chibombo, Chipangali and Kasempa.

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MWEETWA ‘SCHOOLS’ PF OVER DUNDUMWEZI

By KETRA KALUNGA

THE Patriotic Front (PF) will score zeroes in Dundumwezi in the upcoming election if they do not take a good road, provide seed and fertiliser for the people, United Party for National Development (UPND) spokesperson, Cornelius Mweetwa has said.

Mr Mweetwa said once the PF give the people of Dundumwezi enough seed and fertiliser which was delivered in time, they would be voted for.

He said in an interview that as maize producers, the people in the region wanted enough seed and fertiliser to produce and be able to feed their families and the nation.

By PETER SICHALI

OUTGOING Works and Supply Minister, Sylvia Chalikosa, has dismissed reports suggesting that she is in talks with the United Party for National Development (UPND).

Ms Chalikosa has not been adopted to recontest the Mpika parliamentary seat by the Patriotic Front.

She said she was not in any talks with UPND and that her loyalty was to the Patriotic Front and President Edgar Lungu.

“I have learnt of the ongoing media statement claiming I am in talks with the UPND for adoption. I wish to make it clear that I am a bona fide member of the PF party, pure and true green who respects the decisions of the party, the central committee and the

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Ms Chalikosa President,” Ms Chalikosa said.

Ms Chalikosa said she would die defending the Patriotic Front and President Lungu.

She advised those dragging her name into unsustainable propaganda that she would never be a double-dealer.

Ms Chalikosa has pledged to campaign for President Lungu and all PF adopted candidates including Mpika constituency candidate Francis Kapyanga.

“I wish to advise other candidates who have not been adopted to rally behind President Edgar Lungu and support all adopted candidates on the PF ticket,” Ms Chalikosa said.

Mr Mweetwa was responding to concerns of regional voting in constituencies such as Dundumwezi.

He said production was the secret of the hard-working people of Southern Province and not the much talked about tribalism.

“I can rest assure you and this is free advice to PF, if they gave the people of Dundumwezi seed and fertiliser, they will harvest votes there while the people will harvest maize, “If you take 500 bicycles as they have done, they will not get any votes because the people of Dundumwezi already have an economic base to buy bicycles for themselves,” he said.

Mr Mweetwa urged the PF to address the

challenges that the people in the region were facing among a lack of value for maize and meat produced in the region.

He said that once maize and meat production in the province were valued as economic commodities, the ruling party would get votes from the people in the area.

Mr Mweetwa said UPND president Hakainde Hichilema was just a politician who wanted to be voted the same way the PF would want to be voted except that he has identified himself with the people in the region.

He added: “so this tribal rubbish is dragging the nation backwards, address the challenges people face to get votes.”

Zambia, Malawi accountants partner Lungu mourns Zambia's envoy to Turkey

By ANDREW MUKOMA

THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Malawi (ICAM) By SIMON MUNTEMBA have partnered to host the International Executive PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu Retreat (IER) with a call on has described Zambia's Amaccountants to be innovative bassador to Turkey, Joseph and transformative.

Chilengi who died on TuesZiCA president Cecilia day as an expert at fostering Zimba said that if accountancy international relations and professionals continue to human rights with a keen incling on to the old concept terest in the welfare refuof leadership, then theof future gees and internally displaced of the profession would be persons. doomed.

President Lungu expressed Ms Zimba observed that there his condolences toas the family was no such thing getting

back to the old way of life

andhas hence the need move and accorded thetolate amforward. an official funeral in bassador She was speaking during recognition of his numerous the opening ofto thethe inaugural contributions country.

IER co-hosted the Institute “During hisbytour of duty of Chartered Accountants in Turkey, Ambassador Dr of Malawi used and ZiCA Avani Chilengi the atopportuVictoria Falls in strengthen Livingstone the nity to further yesterday, already existing cordial relaShe said that the disruption tions between Zambia and caused by the Covid-19 Turkey,” he said. pandemic which has affected This is according to a statemany economies has taught the ment issued by Secretary to profession that service is the Cabinet, Simon Miti. core element of leadership and Foreign Affairs Minister Joe that the capacity to listen to the

needs of the various systems

are privileges to be responsible Malanji has announced. for.

Mr Malanji said Dr Chilenam afraid, gi,“I 61, died the on extraordinary Tuesday at leadership that is needed in Güven Hospital in Ankara these moments of disruption where he was admitted. is This the kind that will allow to is contained in aus stateinvent new organisations, new ment issued by Ministry of economies and new ways of Foreign Affairs public relaworking,” MsChansa Zimba said. tions officer Kabwela.

ICAM president Phyles The minister said Dr Kachingwe observed the Chilengi had worked very need for the ICAM and ZiCA’s hard to promote bilateral and cooperation to benefit the trade relations between Zamprofession. bia and Turkey.

Ms Kachingwe said that Africa Mr Malanji expressed his was going through challenges

and Zambia and Malawi were

not exceptional,to as such condolences the family leaders in the two countries of Dr Chilengi.

He said the must workwould together and find the ministry announce solutionsarrangements to such challenges. funeral in due The theme for International course.

Executive Retreat (IER) Dr Chilengi was appointed “Leadership by Presidentextraordinary, Edgar Lungu as success against andin Zambia's envoyalltoodds” Turkey has attracted January 2018.speakers such asBefore ABSA Bank that,PLC he Managing served as Director Ms Mizinga the presiding officerMelu, of the AfManaging Director/founder rican Union Economic, Social Magasolo Consulting Vickson and Cultural Council and was Ncube and founder and instrumental in ensuring that Chairman, Zambia of Zambia hosted itsInstitute secretariat.

Leadership Patrick Chisanga.

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By BUUMBA der CHIMBULU BankSmall Zambia which further indicatedthe that LME accountability for managing impact ofcopper risks The Central Bank said might dictate.

According to the revised the Targeted Mediumsaid.

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU upskilling local craftspeople.

Drto Ng’andu said the poor state before ofon Lusaka’s solid waste pushing through to address the statement in Lusaka yesterin the operating environment across the public the position they enjoyed an accident or oth notched athat record peak of $10,747 Monday, having It, however, explained free to Term Refinancing Facility terms and conditions, the in- much as FSPs were Mr Kabwe said the He said in aInstitute statement that the resortopportunities would management had led to missed recycling challenges of liquidity constraints sector, of Risk Management Zambiabe day.

CAPITAL outflows from Africa misfortune occurred. gained nearly 40 percent so far this year. already (TMTRF), emphasising that terest rate applicable on the set the interest rate portfolio in 2014 nestled on theExecutive banksmortgage one of Africa’s longest Director, Francis Ziba. hampering Government’s aspirations of utilising therivers, and charged boost Africanwould trade. not apply to Mr Behr explained thatmi exceeded US$5 billion during This (IRMZ) isBank according toof Nico Insurance And Absa Zambia indicated that theChief mostMr Ziba said the operating environment has also the Zambezi, in Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park.

BOUT $250, 000 has been Chunga final dump site for generating electricity from “These include the Pan-African under facility would be fixed over to clients on the advance ob- exiting advances made Financial grew tosecurity K143 million from K65 the first quarter of 2020Service owing Providers cyber washoped aFutures realthat andof Executive Officer, Geoffrey Chirwa. traded June copper contract the Shanghai complex andon ambiguous andmany

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He said this the launch ofTelecom. the The country continuesservices to make strides external debt contracting to 58 percent to of total assets held by has commenced a doldesigned give business rate prevailing on the faentsinand to demonstrate that can now vance. ey in the market.fitness with an ongoing mortgage portfolio for ZNBS ZCCM-IH has set up the laboratory customers enjoy accessthe terms of fast track claims services. previous session asmanagement the dollar traded near multiManagement Framework for thethe public sector in He said Information towards fiscal He noted that the hotel would be constructed responsible for waste including waste The report pointed out that She explained that using were nottake safe.for African HE banks.

Bank of Zambia fund fiscal programs but will customers access to more lar bond stock partnership with financial Karma Mining Services to unlimited data without worrying cility shall be entitled to an they had done so at the time The indicates This means that should at was atby K251 million gross.

“This is an improvement from working hours of co Zambia that was done Finance Minister, Bwalya external debt restructure with Lazard Freres, document month lows, with investors awaiting United States and operated with the greatest respect to its close collection and disposal in Lusaka,” he said.

African trade amounts to Technology (IT) decision “Anti-competitive bidding seen resources which could be directed formal services “Under the Financial The African Export-Import Bank Byaffordable BUUMBA CHIMBULU (BoZ) will increase and unlimited Zambia after appointuse domestic money markets Ng’andu, in Lusaka onan Tuesday this week. a French Investment Banking firm.that and Rural Development Limited in about using up their quota or 10 working days which has been our practice.

We the consumer price data to gauge inflation. proximity of the natural wonders and aims to obtain additional borrowing amount of disbursement. interest will be paid anany time during the life circle “This enabled us to conduct Dr Ng’andu expected to see improvement in the US$1,077 billion but that banks in abuses such as inadequate to other projects and programme makers across Africa were had immense benefits such Inclusion we are (Afreximbank), in Zambia collaboration usage ofing formal connectivity in “This framework could not have72,” come atsaid a better we This ishave according to MutisungeConsolidated Zulu, Morrow Sodali toMrStrategy, collate to raise finance,” the Telegraph obligations to contractors, suppliers and about their data expiring,” he Gold Company. are calling this initiative Operation he the EDGE green building certification. capacity ofof Lusaka Council to manage collection.

US$417 billion of to 20 percent Spot gold rose 0.2 City percent to UD$1,839 per ounce, timelines, no compulsory requiringadGovernment funding. storage of funds trying to be see how we can withas asked insights on cywith the United Nations equivalent “FSPs publishing that shallintermediate obtain nually asafe 12-month grace ofinformation the facility the MPR adfirst-ever women’s ZAMBIA’S procurement system financial services 70Economic time especiallythe now whenfor the world is grappling aParatus Non-Executive Chief Macro Business been launched byto retirees. co on the debt holdsaid.

Chief Executive Officer, Mabvuto during the launch.

In addition, United Nations Government, he Radisson said, envisaged tothe have cleaner this,Ms approximately 40said. percent, after hitting its highest February 11 at US$1,845 of tender and tendering Muyunda therefore Commission forasAfrica (ECA),at migrate and reduced the risks ofrestrictive people whoperiod. are needs reforms it Strategist is hindered berwill security trends, with with ways andsince means ofsign managing the risks the Kwacha Arbitrageur. percent by next year Mr Zulu said some of the effects of the initial borrowing amount. vance (s) under this facility justed upwards, FSPs will not mortgage promotion in 2015in57 M Zambia.

Paratus Zambia is part of the ers and facilitate communicaChipata, explained that the purpose of public spaces that would improve sanitation and Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation whilst the global average is 80 Mr Chirwa said the company paid K83 million practices. recommended urgent need to put The Telegraph acknowledged on Monday. caused by the pandemic of Coronavirus.

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(UNESCO) Sustainable Tourism Pledge, becoming a tions. compared toand K109 million paid in 2019. the joint venture was to develop a system gold “Government and organisations need to find research unit of the Business “An efficient in place such asGovernment’s rolling States gold were up 0.2 percent to an (AfDB) andstrategies Making Finance Work exacerbated dollar demand causingalso a needs to corruption, fraud and lack offinance steps to buying. to bringTelegraph. them into stating that there was ofare various in an specially designed to give a renewed focus of managing and dealing withHotelind Lazard named Morrow Sodali to help tend to thrive on unhygienic surfaces. network operator.

Standard Chartered Senior best practice in thehe implementation of Radisson the bank the interest rate structure their portfolios to to restore Facility shallcurrency beKawesha priced off the a when customer thereby absorbing mortgages to over a 100 Of this amount, said, payments of up to to in be competitive competition out of the electronic Government rout the absence ofas adequate processing and trading operation in Government in May this year US$1,841 per ounce. for Africa Partnership (MFW4A) transparency procuring Ms indicated that the financial sector and fiscal fitness was com-risks,” Mrwill increase in threats over theon effort to secure funds. business customers access to these Ziba saidbusiness in a statement. register Zambian bond holders as part “The new enable the Lusaka City Vice Chairman forand Africa, Bola Group’s leading responsible programme.

This, explained, was coupled Paratus Zambia provides will he lead to the production of better procurement system countrywide to Prices K50,000 permore claim and deliberately prepared the report and realised Zambia. jumped than three percent last week goods using public funds. any other relief offered toequipment ensure the benefits, includhired Lazard Freresdollar Gestion withthey areserves.

12-month morathe burden. women in low tosupporting middle also enabled people to that theyof areMPR not only The Central Bank isof plemented by talks with COVID-19 pandemic period.

Mrthe Ziba said IRMZ expected the document to commencement liability restructuring more affordable and unlimitedensurethe with expansionary monetary policy through Council remove refuse from public sphere more Adesola, stressed the need Mr Rankoussi explained that the hotel marked communications and hosting quality products and services for reduce loopholes such as fraud. retail and SME sectors amounted to about K25 itThis this therefore month. calls for theUS$5 as the metalbesurpassed a keysource psychological level ofthe wo Mr Chipata said the investment was Afreximbank president, France for million to re- torium online for traderate and using their savings groups their clients,” thebased BoZ said. ing provisions of torepayment on transact both principal and The Central Bank in April a highly valuable of ideas to continually process. working on more strategies deep benchmark interest cuts to a Mr Behr said while many Washington lender, the connectivity in Zambia, a market effectively and curtail air and water pollution. increase businesses on the third hotel in the country, complementing the existing the average Zambian citizen at low “This will promote open services to the Zambian It provides better Mr Zulu millionand of the total claim outlay. introduction ofa procedures which US$1,800 after weaker-than-anticipated jobs pa Benedict inmade line withother one of ZCCM-IH’s strategic refresh and improve the management ofApril risk in explained thatbanking Zambia had structure its US$11 billion for-Oramah transactions. or village but they historical low of eight percent. which will assist to migrate employees across the contiwhere a quality affordable “The equipment will be in pivotal in augmenting continent, to help drive trade both portfolio of United one hotel operation, Radisson Blu Hotel,ec International Monetary Fund prices,” she said. procurement and allow for corporate sector and has understanding of the tradeinand will reduce fraud, corruption Mr Chirwa explained that this translated to 1,800 Government once in use and fully implemented. strides fiscal fitness it seeks an economic numbers in the States. of value creation which was Meanwhile, Zulu said with an economic “The goal ofMrthe Central also year usingpemore objectives diverse eign debt over aare tegic advice and shareholder advisory firm (agent) acting on users of formal financial Government’s efforts of reducing pollution and extraand intra-African trade andan economic internet connection is difficult tothree nent were returning to work, Lusaka, and the under-development Park Inn by Ms Muyunda therefore stakeholders to monitor and finance landscape across Africa IRMZ, he indicated, hoped that the framework (IMF), for bailout invested in building its own recovery programme with the International promote transparency. of the total population of 2,100. rebound in 2021,from the fiscal budget H Onclaimants the foreignout exchange market, the Zambian to diversifyBank its investments away is toexpected reduce informal financial services. riod, a 0.05 percent ofhow the entire services toit 70 percent services to corporate clients behalf of its principle, the Zamimproving sanitation toLongacres, enhance the health, banks’ intermediation.

Radisson Lusaka, due to management open early next obtain. aresocial the tightening global financial Afreximbank Vice would truly help and improve risk Fund on Government toaimed follow participate in the procurement and has evolved during the (IMF) By BUUMBA CHIMBULU would spellcalled exactly how all Executive initiatives Thishow is according toMonetary a joint network.

“Payments ofthe up toorganisations K100,000 claim package.

Kwacha traded on back foot on aper close toembracing close an tothe other minerals such as gold financial inclusion.

We “This is because ofcopper the massive by 2022 from the current foreign debt portfolio. and economic wellbeing of the people of Lusaka,” Dr “The African Continental Free further as the public institutions embed this as a He said this in the latest Kwacha around world, to organise bian government. year. conditions triggered President, Business Development This is according to Paratus transparent open procurement processes,” she said. a hybrid model of digital andthe at growing the economy would be funded.

Covid-19signed pandemic.

“As to Karma Services and Rural Development, our statement by the Alliance for Ms Muyundwa The network extends all Mining amounted to K12 million of the total claims outlay basis against United States Dollar on Tuesday.

On September 25, Finance already have strategies inNg’andu, risksbond associated withand precious metals. routine how operate.

Arbitrageur Report on Zambia Economic Ng’andu said.

In part response, Ambassador Ryuta said Trade Agreement she 38Zambia percent due to risks NAPSA Director General, Yollard Kachinda, Finance Minister, Bwalya present capital outflows fromother Africa, and Corporate Banking, Amr saidof the Zambia’s dollar stock Country Manager, Marius information on the debt holdThis, Telegraph, aimed at ensuring fair conditions As CSOs, she (AfCFTA), said, they According to the report, the expertise is in gold processing, butinof we arethey mostly working onsite working.

Community Action (ACA), OXFAM major industrial and commercial while payments excess of K100,000 per claim This was mainly attributed to rising demand from wo Mr Ziba said Zambia was now better placed to Outlook: “Extraordinary uncertain times with place to drive people into the informal financial Minister, Bwalya Ng’andu, will Mr Vuuren He said this during the laboratory AN IVESTMENT of over the 2021 national budget on Friday next a technical assistance project was inas thesuch added, can provide platform toin associated with the informal said his organisation was honoured topipeline partner with exceeding US$5ers billion in facilitate the first Kamel, highlighted the rolea offew months competition for suppliers. recommended van Vuuren, who launched supply of trade finance was the with artisanal and small scale gold miners.’’ rests atInternational US$3 billion in pandemic three and communicacame after thethataeach Zambia, Transparency He said there centres throughout thepoint country amounted to K46 million of the total claims outlay,” innovate and deliver better results fortrainees the public silver-linings as disease risks the Energy and Agriculture sectors that continued towere She was speaking ontour behalf of finance. an week. formal services,” she said during media in Lusaka yesterday. involving dispatch of experts and receiving help drive greater businesses,” present the fiscal budget for Radisson Hotel Group, a company that believes quarter of 2020.

Development Finance Institutions setup.

“We are able to seamlessly sign of recognition of the provsocio-economic environNorth-Western and Central K320,000 by Atlas Mara She observed that Government procurement must be opened for affected between January and packages on Tuesday this week.

Zambia (TIZ) and Consumer Unity streams of maturities namely tions. increasing concerns over theen with the framework in place.market andbanking many additional internationalcharacterize deepen.”

Paratus infinity packages he said.

Atwho the same function, Chartered Institute their business,” he said ininvestment a Mr in Zulu said President EdgarFrench Lungu in his the Civil Society Organisations. the foreign exchange while supply “We recognise that these a presentation at the just from Zambia were responsible for the waste Ms Adesola said.

“This is also line with Government’s in thriving, sustainable and responsible business “These massive capital outflows during downturns.

This is according to procuring goods and services analysis and reform to enhance April 2020, the period covered by2027, 2021(PoPs) which many stakeholders Mr Vuuren said the2024 infinity and Trust Society (CUTS). support our and as the largest contributor ment thatbeen had settled been‘points-of-presence’ caused by ince Solomon Ngondo Zambia in the refurbishment He said the framework would go aDirector, long waymedi“In the interim appetite for Zambia’s local 2022, and respecThis is according tostatement. the Busifirmsignalled had for tomade resecurity ofsmall data, shadow IT address to parliament re-opening, because we provinces fully understand of Customer Management Executive Ms Muyunda outlined a number still remained low. management.

The report numerous [informal financial services] endedup media training on that supports people with various procedures and up strained African banks, many of Mr pointed out that that classification of gold aKamel strategic atas exorbitant prices implied fairness d efficiency of public the BoZ Financial Sector the survey.

“This isand targeted at the ore that would bea the received from various inlaboratory helping the public sector meet objectives paper had picked in June and July when CUTS Programme Officer, packages gave customers include dollar bond holders arecurrency a wide array ofproud initiatives and interventions tively. across African continent and um-scale enterprises (SME), to the country’s gross domestic Covid-19. ness Telegraph Magazine. said the bank was to of its Chingola Branch has structure the copper producers the financial implicahow important it is for businesses of loopholes in the current Dominic Manhundu, said the initiative was a Mr Vuuren said the launch of The USD/ZMW pair opened the day at Mr Ryuta explained that the project called Lusaka recommendations such as a are now community based inclusion which recorded sharp drops Afreximbank’s Pandemic Trade programmes build better futures. zo contained in the Seventh National Development despite adhering to the correct contracting.

At the same function, Tis was aManager, result ofand the un- financial the announcement around the IMForganised being resource for Zambia,” hetosaid.

Development Kangwa Muyunda, said the toin the economy help recoup lost growth operations wetofor are setting up starting with miners, who would get a fair share access toas uncapped keen onand to provide economic beyond. system such as antito French have access to quality Lazard, which is procurement aFinancial tions of a security breach.

According toare the Telegraph, liabilities, 30-35 percent ofconEupositive move customers. the infinity packages was one K22.36/K22.41 per dollar with the Kwacha trading range our business banking customproduct (GDP).

He said the for bank had have completed the refurbishbolstered the bank’s quest Clean City Project to be implemented by the Japanese greater engagement between Plan of improving service delivery and achieving their net foreign assets.

Impact Mitigation Facility which managed

by Chief Mr Kachinda said NAPSA was looking forward to the Sector mandated toby commence talksto with the “ pandemic and inherent tightening procurement procedures in value ACA Senior Programme Officer, dented by COVID-19.

Kabinda Kawesha.

Consolidated Gold Company procurement system wasdips an Rufunsa, were we are working with small their material. throttled data without in competitive bidding, procurement The company is investing in direction forspeaking Zambia, especially unlimited connectivity.

Mr Behr said Liquid Tele-tab Mr Manhundu saidand this of an initiative gave investment banking firm has Lazard commenced aPresident credrobond holders domiciled in industry, of the many ‘think big’ initiatives value for money. bound until closure.

International Cooperation Agency would soon be central banks and push Ministry of Finance,” Mr Zulu said.

“This further exacerbated (PATIMFA) had provided timely introducing the resort to thekind market and that it was “The Republican has set the people who know each Deepening Zambia. ers our corporate customHe was yesterday tinued to maintain theMining biggest ment ofhad the Chingola branch in expand services across the financing conditions, heightening accordance with the law, were Zengani Simuchembe said: “a Ms Kawesha explained important tool for achieving Executive Officer, Faisal Keer, explained service quality or speeds due scale miners there and art is anal miners “As Karma Services and Rural of goods and services at exorbitant infrastructure and in delivering Mrthat Ziba hoped that risk management Zambia He said localMs debt restructure had takenand “We do not cap orgrouping shape our hope that the service industry was taking its stand launched. had strengthened its for increased digitalisation and after Covid-19 pandemic effects Paratus had embarked on this The localand unit is likely tocom continue trading in in the back tone from the top to which stakeholders therefore engaged Soitor process gear Europe United States. liquidity constraints support banks, helping toand clear confident the various sustainable elements of the other, especially intothe Kawesha stressed balance of payment pressures being procured highlyseek inflated poor procurement affects social economic in a Morrow that the target ofdevelopment theshape ers,” Mr Ngondo said. at the official rebranch and ATM network in system 2020 asframework. planned. country. that the laboratory would be able toatestimates to fair usage policies thatthrough other from surrounding area,” heand said.

Development, our expertise is inaffordable gold relocation and especially thechallenges public sector would now beits Cit confluence of limited actions prices and legal unlimited reliable and clarity on funding through the ofcopper connectivity solutions because thethe waste management project, Mr Ryuta said take up planning of technologies and against the prevalent currently being year to give their footOn in near term the demand/supply imbalance undermined the capacity of payments falling duecustomers and avert hotel would upliftas the community enhance the an dali, a leading provider of straup for negotiations with the “The producer’s exon growth and fiscal posture. and liquidity constraints, prices.

Consequently, she future thereby affecting village banking group that the financial sector Zambia and should therefore lead National Financial Inclusion process about 30said samples day. essential an integral part of bank planning and ranging from balance sheet expansion service providers have inhead place.

He said the managed of will the bank’s Chingola Copperbelt Province.

Mr Ngondo this per was Regional of branch and Mr Keer said theof laboratory would also processing, but wewhich arewhich, mostly revenues and expenditures to the be presented This was during a customers joint media inworking turn, success would depend on the cooperation of the local better data, willlaunch help better we know that our Msprices Kawesha experienced inand the economy. banks tolonger finance African trade,” payment defaults. more. remains eminent. overall experience this beautiful destination and its Afreximbank president, explained, the inflation of theconnectivity quality of services citizens setup,” she said. the formal service to sustainable improvement in remained decision-making processes. programmes to issuance of in dated Strategy 2019-2022 was tofor by Finance Minister Dr.was Bwalya Ng’andu on Mr Keer said the laboratory critical “We have created these briefing Lusaka yesterday. be open to the general public for them to with artisanal and small scale gold authorities. understand and price risk. its customers through a carefulCo branch.

Mr Ngondo said this was a done despite the negative distribution the Copperbelt, help unlock Africa’s potential. need to be always online to do Professor Oramah said.

He shared some of the economy.

“With the Infinity packages, our Benedict Oramah, highlighted by suppliers deprived Zambia of accessed.”

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MOKAMBO BORDER PATROLS INTENSIFY

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

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OVERNMENT has intensified the fight against smuggling at Mokambo border in Mufulira district, District Commissioner Mike Manda has said.

Mr Manda said intensified patrols and community sensitisation in the area had continued in order to discourage the vice.

He observed that the issue was becoming a huge challenge as some people were now trying to start smuggling flour, which was not previously peddled across the border.

Mr Manda was speaking in Mufulira yesterday.

"We need to join hands and fight together if this vice is to be curbed because continuing with it will do nothing but take the country backwards in terms of development as most smugglers are running away from ZRA taxes.

Mr Manda warned that those who would be found wanting risked being imprisoned with hard labour.

He said it was important that citizens committed themselves to doing what was noble if the desired development was to be achieved across the country.

Mr Manda said that Government departments would continue monitoring the situation without restricting themselves to thwarting mealie-meal smuggling but other items as well.

He was however happy with the positive response from the community.

Kitwe lawyer sued over child support

By SILUMESI MALUMO A LUSAKA resident Aneshi Chipungu has sued Kitwe based lawyer of Nyorongo and Company Kondwani Musukwa for failure to provide child support.

She is being represented by Simeza and Sangwa Associates in this matter before the Lusaka High Court.

Ms Chipungu said Mr Musukwa has failed to render support to their 10-year-old child for the past six years now, when he had capacity to do so.

It is believed that after the child was born in 2010, Mr Musukwa had not provided any financial support.

She wants the Lusaka High Court to order Mr Musukwa to start providing support to the child with school fees and monthly maintenance.

Ms Chipungu also wants Mr Musukwa to be providing K16,000 for school fees and K5,000 for monthly maintenance.

“Our client instructs that you and our client had a child together namely, Kondwani Musukwa Junior who was born in 2010 and now aged 10 years old.

She said, therefore, that it was prudent that Mr Musukwa should start to pay full amount of school fees and monthly maintenance without fail.

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It’s not alliances that will work ...let's resolve the rise of identity and ethnic politics Dear Editor,

Send an email to dailynation@ymail.com

You can also send contributions on any topic. Anonymity when requested will be granted. Email to dailynation@ymail.com

UPND ALLIANCE PLAGIARISED ‘THE ZAMBIA WE WANT’ SLOGAN Dear Editor,

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WAS greeted with a rude shock as different colleagues within the Patriotic Front made consistent inquiries regarding the slogan of “the Zambia we want” slogan.

They wanted to find out the circumstances under which the slogan was being used by the opposition yet it was an initiative of the PF members following the events after holding of the peaceful convention.

The background of the slogan is traceable from April 10, 2021 when the PF and Republican President Mr Edgar Lungu had opened the two-day elective conference. The convention was held in a peaceful manner with attendance from different political parties and other stakeholders. Among the political party presidents who attended included then National Democratic Congress’s Chishimba Kambwili, Forum for Democracy and Development’s Edith Nawakwi, Economic and Equity Party’s Chilufya Tayali among others.

The event was unprecedented as never in the history of Zambia has the political party held a convention with its competitors in attendance.

It was after the said development that after consulta-

THESE recent alliances are a stillbirth! Because they are designed to aggregate regional votes as if people were goods! Instead of marketing ideas, they peddle tribal support!

Overtime, leaders have increasingly driven voters along ethnic and regional lines establishing their own political strongholds drawn from their own ethnic groupings.

The rapid rise of identity politics in Zambia is what we should worry about, not the so-called fragmentation of the opposition. In a multitude of opposition political parties, the Patriotic Front won, as a single party, the elections of 2011.

It should worry us that political parties have been established on personalities and their capacity to draw regional or ethnic support.

We need to sincerely rebuild the One Zambia, One Nation our forefathers envisaged. So the hasty patchwork formations that we continue to see, are intended to draw personalities that may draw support from the ethnic regions they come from to these formations.

This is an exercise in futility for in many cases, such personalities have no capacity or following to herd a people to their perceived new political destinations.

Instead of bridging gaps, these alliances end up promoting and confirming tribal and regional politics. Instead of healing the major rifts beginning to emerge, they exclude and divide us further.

Infact, these alliances are mere job-seeking ven-

tures for those involved than any semblance or commitment to resolve, collectively, the challenges facing our country.

If the foundation is not based on ideas, collective resolve to build this country, if it is instead based on power and position sharing, it's a “tower of babel” headed for an inevitable downfall.

Mr Chanda The emeralds are competing on the international market, meaning that the country is getting the revenue it needs from this kind of business.

People came from across the world to buy our emeralds; which means that more revenue is coming to government.

Zambians want a leadership keen to provide solutions to issues that face this country such as corruption, political violence, the economy and our debt, youth unemployment among others and not leaders engaged in political gambling through these endless selfish formations.

The exercise comes out as a power-grab scheme than a people-driven movement or resolve.

Zambians want our leaders to work for this country, govern based on a sense of patriotism and dedication, run an all-inclusive government and resolve the challenges that face us in a consensus, fair, inclusive and transparent manner.

EMMANUEL MWAMBA.

Science and technology needs to balance up the economic shape of Zambia!

Dear Editor, FilePhoto: UPND suppertors

tions, we decided to launch “the Zambia we want” slogan.

The Daily Nation edition of April 12, 2021 at page 8 of the reader’s forum at the bottom right an article was published entitled, "THE ZAMBIA WE WANT.” In that article, “the Zambia we want” was attributed to President Lungu’s initiatives towards peace building.

“The Zambia we want” originally was meant at encouraging President Edgar Lungu to continue with the same all-inclusive approach which knows no political affiliation.

I’m very shocked that without attributing originality, my slogan could without consent be copied and pasted with the view to championing the agenda meant at discrediting President Lungu when that was not my intention when conceiving it.

I challenge the UPND president, Mr Hakainde Hichilema and his cohorts to adduce any documentary evidence that they had not copied my slogan.

It is shocking that even before the accusation of plagiarising the manifesto from a

certain country could settle, the UPND has now been implicated in plagiarising from a private citizen.

This raises the question of integrity of their promises and Zambians should take this as a wake-up call not to be swayed by plagiarised promises.

I urge the UPND alliance to withdraw my slogan or else I will look at other options available including seeking legal redress to defend the integrity of “the Zambia we want” slogan.

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI, Lusaka.

EDUCATION in Zambia needs to develop strongly on science and technology to improve the local economy into a manufacturing base.

My best topic in secondary school was preparation of gases generally from the scientific point of view and I loved preparation of both Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide from a scientific sense.

After so many years of about 15+ years today and this morning, I stood up to teach Grade 11 pupils about preparation of oxygen where I have remembered a couple of stuffs such as potassium permanganate, potassium chlorite, hydrogen peroxide and manganese (vi) ox-

ide or dioxide.

I loved chemical sciences unfortunately I never pursued anything in chemical sense at professional level but I do appreciate colours in paints mostly made out of these chemicals.

The nation needs to develop a strong passion towards science and technology to improve the economic landscape.

Our economic architecture has failed to produce substantial products to counteract depreciation of the local currency as we have failed to massively produce for the readily available regional markets in southern African countries especially for DR Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Angola etc.

KELVIN CHISANGA.

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE VACCINATED? THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS THE QUESTION

Dr CHISHIMBA M. LUMBWE PART II:

THERE you are, at Chilenje Level 1 Hospital, about to receive your first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Having made the right decision for yourself and the society, you fill in the form for the vaccination and hand it over. It’s checked and you proceed to the next table to get your jab.

You (with a broad smile as you roll up your right sleeve): Sister, I want the Johnson and Johnson vaccine!

Nurse: Sorry, madam. Only the AstraZeneca vaccine is available in Zambia. And madam, we recommend that you get the jab in your left arm.

You (with a mischievous expression): Aahhh. The story of us left-handers!

You have concluded that I am righthanded, right?

Nurse (blushing, but difficult to tell because of her skin colour): Sorry, madam. We shall use the right arm then.

You (as you present the right upper arm): I am a 43-year-old female and I am told that the Johnson, Moderna, or Pfizer vaccines are the best for us.

Nurse: I think the doctor can answer that.

Doctor (goes over to table): Madam, the best vaccine for you is the one you are able to get. In Zambia, for a variety of reasons, we only have the AstraZeneca vaccine.

You (combatively, as you withdraw your arm slightly): Shouldn’t I wait for the others then?

Doctor: No. The protection that all vaccines offer is very, very similar. All of them Prevent serious infection and death from Covid-19 by 100 percent. They also prevent infection in the majority of people exposed to the virus You: But I read somewhere that Pfizer, Johnson, and Moderna vaccines protect in over 90 percent of people, but AstraZeneca protects only 68 percent!

Doctor: Those statistics are misleading. The trials were done in very different populations. So, they are not easily comparable. What is true is that once you get this AstraZeneca vaccine you are very unlikely to die or get seriously sick and you are not likely to get infected in the first place.

You: Give it to me, Jack!

LAUGHTER BY THE PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE AND THE NURSES GIVING THE JABS. You (as you roll up your sleeve again, take a deep breath, then say): Wait, wait, wait!

THE NURSE PAUSES, WITH THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER LIQUID ALREADY IN THE SYRINGE IN HER RIGHT HAND AND A SPIRIT SWAB IN HER LEFT HAND You: This vaccine will not change my genetic makeup will it, doctor?

Doctor: Absolutely not. There is

a lot of fake news that is spiced with science and regurgitated to the public saying these vaccines can change your genetic makeup! It’s very difficult to explain in detail to a layperson how these vaccines work.

You: Try me! I teach Chemistry and Biology at Munali Secondary School Doctor (smiling): That’s my alma mater! These vaccines have been developed by studying the genetic makeup of the virus and using that information to instruct your immune system to make chemicals, called antibodies, that will attack the virus and destroy it. It is not possible for the vaccine to go to your cells and change your book of life!

You: You are sure, doctor?

Doctor: I am very sure.

You (looking at the nurse closely): And you have all taken this vaccine, I presume?

Meanwhile, in Brazil, India, the USA, and many other places, thousands of people are dying every day from Covid-19 due to ignorance, reckless machismo, unconscionable hesitancy, and fringe religiosity. Many more millions are getting sick every day, believing that the virus is not real!

Nurse: We have all been vaccinated.

You: Doctor, you’re sure I won’t get infertile? I am 43, but I might just want another ka child, aka last!

POLITE LAUGHTER FROM THE NURSES AND THE COUPLE ON THE NEXT INJECTION STATION Doctor: No, there is no chance of this vaccine causing anyone, male or female, infertility. People have made outlandish claims about infertility. They say that there is a part of one vaccine that is similar to a part of the female

ovary. They claim this can lead to ovaries being attacked by the immune system.

You: And it’s not true?

Doctor: Not at all. Let me ask you something. What’s your mobile number?

You (surprised at the question): Ehh? Doctor: I am not trying to get fresh!

Not in front of all these people! Ok, give me any Airtel number you know You: 0977775222 Doctor: Ok. Mine is 0974585053. In your number and mine, the 7 and the 5 are common. Does that mean we have the same mobile number?

You (a bit puzzled): Of course not!

Doctor: These are the types of claims these people are making, that just because a part of the vaccine is similar to a tiny human part then all hell will break loose.

You: I see.

Doctor: Another question. Is the Pope Catholic?

You (not sure where this one is headed to): Of course, he is!

Doctor: Is he male?

You: Undoubtedly, though he likes wearing a frock!

Doctor (laughing): Is he white?

You: For sure, last time I checked!

Doctor: Is he celibate?

You (affronted): I believe so! What’s that got to do with vaccinations?

Doctor: Patience, madam. Then the Pope is the wanted Ndola serial killer!

You: What?

Doctor: The FBI profilers consulted by the Zambia Police Service concluded that the enigmatic and, so far, elusive Ndola serial killer was a white male, a Catholic, and that he was celibate. The Pope fits the bill perfectly and therefore it must be him!

You: That’s outrageous! I don’t think the Pope has even heard of Ndola!

Doctor: It is outrageous. But these are the crazy conclusions that these people against vaccines have been making. Because they couch their arguments in science, they confuse a lot of people.

But a close look at their arguments shows how deceptive and deliberately misleading they are. No, madam, the Pope is not the Ndola serial killer. And these vaccines are not meant to wipe out the Africans or make them infertile You: Doc, hit me!

THE NURSE PROCEEDS TO INJECT THE VACCINE You: That was painless!

Doctor: It is. You may or may not experience a bit of aches and pains, a bit of a headache, a slight chill .

You (smiling): Now you tell me!

Doctor: But no worries. That’s your immune system reacting. That passes after a day or two. If you feel particularly uncomfortable take two panadols. Some people may have an immediate allergic reaction due to the substances that are used to preserve the vaccine. But we are ready with drugs to counter that immediately it

happens. These reactions are very rare.

You: Okay. My young sister is pregnant and is unsure about the vaccination.

Doctor: The question of pregnancy and breastfeeding is still unclear. From the science, it seems unlikely that the vaccine can affect the baby. If the woman is likely to be exposed to the Covid-19 virus, then she should get vaccinated.

People with other illnesses like diabetes, hypertension, HIV/AIDS, and even obesity should get the vaccine.

These are people with what we call co-morbidities, that is, they get Covid but have other underlying medical problems. These are more likely to be hospitalized and more likely to succumb to Covid-19 if they contract it.

You: That must be half of all Zambians!

Doctor (laughing): You are a pessimist, madam! The odds of you getting Covid and getting seriously sick or dying outweigh by far the odds of you getting seriously sick from the vaccine.

You: I see Doctor: Now, if someone has an acute infection, like say malaria or tonsillitis, it is better to wait until the illness has cleared before getting the vaccine.

You: My father is diabetic, but he has survived this curse! He was in Levy Hospital but is now recovering at home. He got sick three weeks ago.

Can he get the vaccine?

Doctor: Not yet. Those with an active Covid-19 infection should wait until they have fully recovered. The recommendation is that they should be vaccinated after about 90 days. Those who need to get any other vaccine should wait until two weeks after their Covid-19 vaccine.

You: Thanks, doc. Why is all this information not availed to us? We are getting all the information from social media! Lots of negative info at that!

Doctor: They are trying, but I think the government has been overwhelmed.

You: Or are being distracted by the coming general elections!

Doctor: No comment. I’m a government employee!

You: So am I! Doctor (changing the direction of the conversation): Additionally, madam, don’t forget the golden rules of healthy living: eat healthily and exercise, preferably outdoor so that you can boost your immunity by getting vitamin D from the sun.

You: I do a lot of walking in shopping malls, kilometres of it! Surely that counts for something?

Doctor: It does, but it is not as good as a long walk in the sun. Sanitise, mask, observe nose and mouth etiquette, and social distance as well.

You: Right. One last question, doc: What of the clots everyone has been talking about? What are the chances that I may get them?

Doctor (smiling): Now you ask me!

Those are extremely rare, perhaps occurring in 1 in 250, 000 vaccinations. They have been found in younger people more than in your age group. Looked at differently, it is also important to know that the chance of developing clots is much, much higher in a person not vaccinated for Covid-19 who goes on to get the disease.

More than two million people have died from Covid-19, and those who have died from complications of the vaccines is in single digit thousands. I would say you have more chances of winning the lottery than getting a fatal complication!

You: Ok. Then I’m off to buy my lottery ticket. Sister, can I have my vax certificate, please?

Doctor (turns to another nurse): Give the lady her certificate. Madam, don’t forget to come back in ten weeks’ time for the second jab!

You: It’s a date!

Meanwhile, in Brazil, India, the USA, and many other places, thousands of people are dying every day from Covid-19 due to ignorance, reckless machismo, unconscionable hesitancy, and fringe religiosity. Many more millions are getting sick every day, believing that the virus is not real!

As the scenario reaches catastrophic levels, You, are quite safe, having made the decision to vaccinate.

As a Christian, you remember the teaching that God helps those who help themselves, and that at times, God works his miracles through people, and scientist are people! As a traditionalist, You, also remember the African adage that as you dig your roots for medical use, add God. In this scenario the vaccine is the root.

Then as a biology teacher, You, remember Charles Darwin and natural selection and survival of the fittest: only the fittest living things pass on their genes! Fittest, not in a physical sense, but fittest in being smart enough to survive what nature throws at them.

You, will probably pass on your genes to that ka-ma-last baby you want!

For those who believe this virus is fake news and will go away just like it came, this could be the end of their genetic line! They may be subtracted from the gene pool.

Think about it.

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DAILY NATION | Thursday May 13, 2021

MOKAMBO BORDER PATROLS INTENSIFY

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

GOVERNMENT has intensified the fight against smuggling at Mokambo border in Mufulira district, District Commissioner Mike Manda has said.

Mr Manda said intensified patrols and community sensitisation in the area had continued in order to discourage the vice.

He observed that the issue was becoming a huge challenge as some people were now trying to start smuggling flour, which was not previously peddled across the border.

Mr Manda was speaking with the Daily Nation in Mufulira yesterday.

“We need to join hands and fight together if this vice is to be curbed because continuing with it will do nothing but take the country backwards in

terms of development as most smugglers are running away from ZRA taxes.

“People need to be patriotic enough by doing the right thing and always bear in mind that the government was doing whatever it was doing for the good of the country,” he said.

Mr Manda warned that those who would be found wanting risked being imprisoned with hard labour.

He said it was important that citizens committed themselves to doing what was noble if the desired development was to be achieved across the country.

Mr Manda said that Government departments would continue monitoring the situation without restricting themselves to thwarting mealiemeal smuggling but other items as well.

He was however happy with the positive response from the community.

Mr Manda

Kitwe lawyer sued over child support

By SILUMESI MALUMO

A LUSAKA resident Aneshi Chipungu has sued Kitwe based lawyer of Nyorongo and Company Kondwani Musukwa for failure to provide child support.

She is being presented by Simeza and Sangwa Associates in this matter before the Lusaka High Court.

Ms Chipungu said Mr Musukwa has failed to render support to their 10-year-old child for the past six years now, when he had capacity to do so. It is believed that after the child was born in 2010, Mr Musukwa had not provided any financial support.

She wants the Lusaka High Court to order Mr Musukwa to start providing support to the child with school fees and monthly maintenance.

Ms Chipungu also wants Mr Musukwa to be providing K16, 000 for school fees and K5, 000 for monthly maintenance.

“Our client instructs that you and our client had a child together

namely, Kondwani Musukwa Junior who was born in 2010 and now aged 10 years old.

“Our client instructs that after the Child's birth in 2010 you did not provide any support to the child, financially or howsoever for over 6 years. You only began to contribute towards the school fees from about 2017 onwards. “Our instructions are however that you have only been contributing a paltry sum of K2,000 per term towards the school fees for the child notwithstanding the fact that the fees together with other conveniences total are in excess of K 16, 000 per term.

“Despite numerous requests and demands, you have refused or neglected to pay the correct amount for school fees and to contribute towards the maintenance of the child when the fact that you have the capacity to do so,” part of the affidavit said.

She said, therefore, that it was prudent that Mr Musukwa should start to pay full amount of school fees and monthly maintenance without fail.

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COVID-19 CASH

…Zim govt, bankers to meet over $18bn Covid-19 package H ARARE – Government would soon meet bankers to address bottlenecks that are hindering the smooth disbursement of the $18 billion Covid-19 stimulus and rescue package to industry.

Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube, said this in response to concerns by business leaders who said they were facing challenges accessing the facility.

The Government availed the $18 billion Covid-19 stimulus and rescue package last year of which about 72 percent was meant for reviving production and business while 28 percent was for further upgrades of health services.

However, during the Zimbabwe National Chamber of

Commerce trade conference held in Bulawayo, it emerged that businesses were finding it difficult to access the resources under the facility from the banking sector.

Responding to questions from the floor, Prof Ncube, who attended the conference through a virtual platform said the stimulus package was still open and the private sector should come forward and through their banks to request credit support from the facility.

“Government through Treasury will provide a guarantee, so obviously we are going to assess every request to see if the request is within what we think we should be supporting,” he said.

“So, please don’t give up, l am going to engage banks to see where the blockages are

Professor Mthuli Ncube

in getting these applications to Treasury.

“I am planning to have a

meeting with CEOs (chief executive officers) of banks in the next week or two so that we talk specifically about these issues,” said Prof Ncube.

The Covid-19 stimulus and rescue package, which constitutes nine percent of Zimbabwe’s Gross Domestic Product, cuts across all productive sectors and seeks to ensure that they get the critical liquidity to kick-start operations and protect jobs.

The social side of the package is aimed at strengthening and expanding existing social safety nets and up-scaling investments in social and economic infrastructure, including recovery of assets destroyed by floods.

- THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

Minibus taxi industry pays only $0.4m in company tax …now it may get its own tax rules JOHANNESBURG - The SA Revenue Service (SARS) collected only $0.4 million in annual corporate income tax from taxi operators, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni confirmed this week.

In a written answer to a parliamentary question from the DA about the industry's company tax contribution, Mboweni said that this amount includes tax collected from taxi employment income.

"This is because the industry does not correctly disclose income from taxi business on their CIT returns but (includes it) under a generic income

JOHANNESBURG - The Public Servants' Association (PSA) has given up on an attempt to solve a public sector wage deadlock by roping in additional help from the UN's International Labour Organisation to facilitate talks.

Last week the public sector unions met with the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council in an effort to break the deadlock in negotiations, which started more than two weeks ago.

The resultant indepen-

source code.

“We were not able to determine income solely from taxi operations. Our analysis indicates that the majority of the taxi industry is declaring a nil return or are having a refund due to them."

There are some 250, 000 minibus taxis operating in South Africa, according SA Taxi, the largest finance provider to the industry. Some 69 percent of local households use minibus taxis.

The industry generates annual revenues of an estimated R5 billion.

While the R5 million they contribute in company tax is

minuscule by comparison, they do contribute billions to tax in other ways. According to SA Taxi’s estimates, minibus tax owners pay an estimated R1 billion in VAT on vehicle sales every year, as well as R7 billion in fuel levies. Their annual contribution to the Road

Accident Fund (RAF) – via the RAF levy on fuel – is estimated to be R4 billion.

Mboweni says SARS is concerned about corporate tax avoidance in the taxi industry, and is adopting "targeted interventions."

– FIN24.

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Revenue-starved governments should revisit inheritance tax - OECD PARIS - Governments hungry for extra revenue as they emerge from the coronavirus crisis should revisit their inheritance and estate tax, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Tuesday.

Exemptions, carve-outs and generous lifetime donations mean inheritance and estate tax is a minor source of revenue in most countries and often make inequality worse, the Paris-based organisation said.

Among the worst offenders is the United States, where only 0.2 per cent of estates pay inheritance tax while nearly 80 per cent of the wealth is in the hands of the top 10 per cent richest households.

Inheritance or estate tax make up only 0.5 per cent of overall tax revenues on

average across the 24 countries in the OECD group of mostly developed countries that have such levies.

While there was room for a bigger contribution to government finances strained by the pandemic, stiff opposition to changes in what critics sometimes call a "death tax" could be expected.

"It's the middle class that opposes a tax that the middle class doesn't pay," OECD director of tax policy and administration Pascal Saint-Amans told reporters.

Many governments are looking at how to raise new revenues to help cover the costs of reviving their economies after the pandemic. The United States and Britain have plans to raise their corporate income tax. - REUTERS.

China sees robust momentum in foreign trade amid recovery LONDON – China’s exports and imports are both expected to see robust momentum in the coming months amid strong global and domestic economic recovery, British think tank Oxford Economics said in a report just released.

“We expect export momentum to remain robust in the coming months,” said the report, adding that a strong global economic recovery would underpin China’s exports through 2021, despite the likely retreat of pandemic-related demand later this year.

Apart from exports, the British think tank also said that “we think import momentum should pick up in the coming months due to

the ongoing domestic recovery.”

“We expect robust sequential economic growth will resume after temporary weakness in Q1 (the first quarter) and are optimistic about exports and manufacturing investment,” said the think tank, noting that consumption should “gain pace again as consumers become more comfortable with public health conditions and their economic situation.” The report came as China’s official data showed earlier in the day that the country’s total imports and exports of goods surged 28,5 percent year on year to about US$1.8 trillion in the first four months of 2021. – XINHUA.

Big government union moves one step closer to national strike dent facilitation proceedings started on Sunday, and Fin24 understands that by Monday talks were still ongoing on how the process would work.

An independent facilitator is involved, as well as representatives from the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The ILO is the oldest specialised agency of the United Nations.

The independent facilita-

tion is one of the last hopes of avoiding a strike.

But Reuben Maleka, spokesperson of the PSA, said the union, which has more than 235, 000 members, had given up on the facilitation process and declared a dispute on Tuesday. This means its members could start to strike in the second week of June. He expressed frustration with the slow pace of

progress.

"The PSA cannot just sit for three days (since Sunday) for nothing and pretend that the employer is responding while it is not the fact," Maleka said.

But Mugwena Maluleke of the SA Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) and also spokesperson for all the Cosatu-affiliated unions involved, said on Tuesday that for them the facilitation pro-

cess was still ongoing.

"The majority of the unions are still engaging (with members). We believe that the right forum to negotiate is the (Public Service Coordinating Bargaining) Council.

“We believe labour unity is of the utmost importance in negotiations. The process was given ten days and we shall make our conclusions as a united labour,"

said Maluleke. Unions want an inflation-related increase plus four percent - therefore around seven percent in total. Government, on the other hand, is offering a zero percent increase on the cost-ofliving adjustment, pleading budgetary constraints. The success of National Treasury's fiscal consolidation plan largely depends on being able to curb the wage bill. – FIN24.

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REJECT VIOLENT POLITICIANS, ZAMBIANS URGED

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

Z

AMBIANS must reject political violence during the official campaign period, the Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has advised.

SACCORD executive director, Boniface Cheembe, urged the electorate to reject politicians promoting violence.

He challenged political players to market and sell their manifestos to the electorate without engaging in violence.

"We appeal and urge our

electorate to be receptive to an issue-based campaign period that is premised on political party manifestos and the constructive exchange of ideas whilst wholly rejecting political violence promoted by any individual or political parties," Mr Cheembe said.

Mr Chembe said it was incumbent upon all political parties to prevail over their cadres or supporters to refrain from engaging in violence and violent communication.

He called upon all political parties and leaders to respect the electoral laws and follow the health preventive measures religiously as they would assist with the mainte-

MISA preaches social protection reporting

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

JOURNALISTS must address the social protection issues affecting the public, says the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA).

MISA Country Director, Austin Kayanda said the knowledge levels on social protection within the media is scanty and this has the ability to compromise reporting on the subject.

He was speaking during the launch of the Media training workshop at Chaminuka Lodge in Chongwe yesterday.

Mr. Kayanda said the media is key to enhancing social protection programmes and service delivery in Zambia.

He said media is key to providing analysis and setting the watchdog agenda setting roles through its educative, informative or entertaining content.

Mr Kayanda said there is need for journalists to hold service providers accountable and make them responsive to the needs of citizens and beneficiaries.

He noted that as the conveyor of citizens’ concerns and government programmes, the media is the channel through which citizens are able to hold the state accountable and responsive to their needs.

“It is through the media that citizens learn how government policies will affect them, and governments gain feedback on their policies and programs.

“Media systems act as the primary conduit between those who might want to influence policy and the policymakers. media in the process controls the scope of political discourse and regulates the flow of information,” Mr Kayanda said.

Meanwhile, Mr Kayanda has hailed the government through the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for helping develop the manual on social protection in Zambia.

“I’m very glad therefore about the partnership between ILO, Ministry of Community Development and Social Services and Ministry of Labour.

MISA Zambia is indebted and grateful for the partnership,” Kayanda said.

Over 10 journalists from both government and private institutions based in Lusaka are attending the three-day training workshop for Social Protection reporting in Zambia.

nance of peace and stability in the country.

Mr Cheembe further appealed to all stakeholders in the electoral process to respect the different roles played by different stakeholders as lack of respect contributed to violence.

He also appealed for fairness in the media coverage of political stakeholders.

"SACCORD wishes all political parties and candidates the very best in their endeavours to undertake a peaceful campaign period that values and priorities the needs of the people through a constructive communication process premised on ideas and not violence," he said.

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Zamtel launches digital campaign

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

ZAMTEL has launched a digital campaign meant to appreciate and sustain customer loyalty to move the business forward.

The campaign allows Zamtel prepaid customers to win a 2021 Range Rover E-vogue Dubbed as “Win a Range Rover” campaign, customers will also stand a chance to win additional daily and weekly prizes during the month-long campaign.

The campaign has been made possible with partnership from Alliance Motors Zambia and Zisron Advanced Solutions Limited.

This is purely a digital campaign as all entries and draws will be conducted electronically in strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines, Zamtel Chief Executive Officer, Sydney Mupeta said during the launch in Lusaka yesterday.

Mr Mupeta indicated that Zamtel had always been about creating a rewarding customer experience as this lay at the heart of its relationship with customers.

He said customer loyalty was crucial to Zamtel’s busi-

Last week Zamtel commissioned new towers in Katupa and Nchelenge as part of the 1009 new towers we are erecting mainly in rural areas.

ness operations and that the company was honoured to be able to reward customers with life-changing prizes.

Alliance Motors Zambia Limited General Manager, Namwinga Namusamba-Kaunda, said she was happy that her organisation had partnered with Zamtel

and Zisron.

“We are proud of this partnership with Zamtel and Zisron and we are looking forward to giving away this vehicle with a five-year warranty to a lucky customer and hopefully transform that person’s life forever,” she said.

Chief Moonze wants subjects vaccinated

By MULENGA MUSONDA

LET us all take the Covid-19 vaccine so that the government can relax some restrictions and allow holding of traditional ceremonies,

Chief Moonze has told his subjects.

Chief Moonze of the Tonga people of Monze said it was only through mass coronavirus vaccinations that the government could be convinced to allow the Gonde ceremony to

Western must reject opposition - DNA

By NATION REPORTER

THE people of Western Province should reject the opposition this time around because they betrayed them by taking a partisan stance in Parliament on national issues instead of representing their interests, Zambian DNA spokesperson, Spuki Mulemwa has said.

Mr Mulemwa urged people to elect representatives who would work with the government to deliver development in all parts of the province without leaving anyone behind.

“We say so because the government under President Edgar Lungu, has not only demonstrated that they are concerned about the people’s welfare in Western Province, but also ensure that it gets its fair share of the national cake,” he said.

Mr Mulemwa said Government had also initiated various empowerment projects that had benefitted the people despite the region having rejected the PF in the 2016 polls.

“Western Province should not repeat the same mistake this time around of voting for the opposition who are not interested in their welfare,” Mr Mulemwa said.

He said the people should instead reciprocate President Lungu’s goodwill gesture by supporting him and the ruling party as he had showed he cared for them.

Mr Mulemwa said the people should choose to work with the PF and not selfish politicians.

take place. The chief appealed to all his subjects to observe the Covid-19 health guidelines regardless of the dropping numbers of infections in the country.

He urged them to seriously consider being vaccinated for the bene-

fit of everyone.

Chief Moonze said that the Gonde Lwiindi organising committee was in the process of engaging the government on the modalities of holding the ceremony but with strict adherence to the Covid-19

health guidelines.

Chief Moonze said he was in high spirits and could not hesitate to hold one of the biggest traditional ceremonies for the Tonga speaking people of Southern Province if the government gave a green light.

Luvale royals go for Lungu

By NATION REPORTER

THE Luvale Royal Establishment has pledged to ensure that President Edgar Lungu is retained for development to continue in North-Western Province.

A representative of the establishment, Chief Chinyama Cha Mukwamayi, said people in the region would also vote for all adopted

Members of Parliament in the province.

Chief Chinyama Cha Mukwamayi said in as much as the traditional leadership had earlier endorsed a Ms Rachael Ngimbu for Zambezi West, they would now support Charles Kakoma, the adopted PF candidate.

Chief Chinyama urged Ms Ngimbu to work with Mr Ka-

koma in ensuring victory for the PF and President Lungu.

He said the decision of the PF central committee was final and should be supported by all.

Chief Chinyama Cha Mukwamayi however called on PF to consider making Ms Ngimbu the campaign manager for Mr Kakoma, saying that she was popular on the ground.

Zambia, Malawi accountants partner

By ANDREW MUKOMA

THE Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZiCA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Malawi (ICAM) have partnered to host the International Executive Retreat (IER) with a call on accountants to be innovative and transformative.

ZiCA president Cecilia Zimba said that if accountancy professionals continue to cling on to the old concept of leadership, then the future of the profession would be

doomed.

Ms Zimba observed that there was no such thing as getting back to the old way of life and hence the need to move forward.

She was speaking during the opening of the inaugural IER co-hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Malawi and ZiCA at Avani Victoria Falls in Livingstone yesterday, She said that the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic which has affected many economies has taught the profession that service is the

core element of leadership and that the capacity to listen to the needs of the various systems are privileges to be responsible for.

“I am afraid, the extraordinary leadership that is needed in these moments of disruption is the kind that will allow us to invent new organisations, new economies and new ways of working,” Ms Zimba said.

ICAM president Phyles Kachingwe observed the need for the ICAM and ZiCA’s cooperation to benefit the profession

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Thursday May 13, 2021

BRIEFS Nigeria anti-graft chief 'recovers stolen funds' ABUJA - Nigeria's new anti-corruption chief Abdulrasheed Bawa on Tuesday announced that $153 million had been recovered from the country's former Oil minister Diezani Alison Madueke who fled to the UK in 2015, the Vanguard news site reports.

Ms Alison-Madueke was Oil minister between 2010 and 2015. She denied wrongdoing when it was alleged that $20 billion of oil money had gone missing when she was in office.

– BBC.

Two killed in Khartoum protests KHARTOUM - Two protesters were killed in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Tuesday after security forces fired bullets and tear gas to disperse a demonstration to mark the second anniversary of a raid on a peaceful sit-in protest in 2019 that left more than 100 protesters dead, a statement by the Ministry of Health said.

Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok issued a statement condemning the incident, saying the use of live bullets on protesters was an intolerable "full-scale crime." – BBC.

71pc of South Africans are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine study JOHANNESBURG - The rate of vaccine hesitancy is low in South Africa, with 71 percent of people willing to take the Covid-19 jab.

The recent National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS)–Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (CRAM) Wave 4 study has found that over 71 percent of South Africans would take the Covid-19 vaccine, if it were available. Mass vaccination for Covid-19 is only expected to start in the country on May 17. NEWS24

Israel declares state of emergency in Lod TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod as police accused Arab residents of waging "wide-scale riots."

Netanyahu's statement came after an Israeli Arab was killed in Lod the previous night as violence soars between Israel and the Palestinian territories.

- AFP.

WORLD NEWS

ZIM CRACKDOWN?

…as government plans to outlaw 'unpatriotic acts'

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ARARE - Zimbabwe is planning to introduce a law to punish people who are deemed "unpatriotic" because they criticise the country when abroad - and it has left activists feeling nervous.

Constitutional lawyer and opposition politician Lovemore Madhuku calls the proposal "dangerous," saying that "no state can define patriotism."

People seen as unpatriotic for allegedly undermining the national interest abroad could face criminal charges if the measures being considered are passed.

The move is part of a plan to improve the government's international reputation but campaigners and opposition parties argue it is another "vehicle for oppression," in the words of Dr Madhuku.

But those who back the proposed Patriotic Bill, as it

has been called, say that it is about national cohesion.

“The government has always tried to persuade its citizens to behave in a patriotic way to maintain unity,” Chief Whip for the governing Zanu-PF party Pupurai Togarepi said in an interview.

“But after the coming in of opposition parties (in 1999) many agendas came to the fore and it led to a situation where you are at war as a country.

“It is difficult to manage behaviour and you cannot arbitrarily arrest people without a law to back that.”

The MP, who seconded a motion in parliament in March calling for the law, said the measures should also apply to the media and NGOs. Outlining the proposals, government official Virginia Mabhiza told the state-owned Sunday Mail

Pupurai Togarepi Zanu-PF Chief Whip newspaper that “conniving with hostile foreign governments and nationals to inflict harm on the country and its citizens will be criminalised.”

“In the event of a conviction, stiff penalties will be imposed,” the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs permanent secretary added. - BBC

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Kenyan MPs summoned over bribery claims NAIROBI - Three Kenyan MPs have been summoned by the Speaker of Parliament after they made allegations that legislators had been bribed to pass a controversial bill that could significantly alter the country’s constitution.

Lawmakers Moses Kuria, Ndindi Nyoro and Mohamed Ali will appear before the house speaker after they claimed their colleagues received 100, 000 Kenyan shillings ($930) each to vote yes for the constitutional amendment bill popularly known as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).

It’s backed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga who say it will help Kenya deal with bitter ethnic divisions

that erupted after the 20172018 disputed elections.

But critics led by Deputy President William Ruto claim BBI's aim is to create positions for leaders while neglecting urgent issues like poverty reduction and high levels of unemployment.

A referendum on the bill is now likely after it was overwhelmingly voted for in both chambers of parliament.

But many Kenyans have questioned the need for the constitutional changes which will increase the number of seats in parliament and expand the executive.

They say the changes will see funds allocated to paying politicians' salaries at a time the economy was struggling due to the effects of Covid-19 pandemic. – BBC.

Museveni sworn in as Uganda’s president for sixth term KAMPALA - Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been sworn in as Uganda’s President for a sixth- five-year term.

Museveni arrived at the Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital city, Kampala, shortly after 11 hours yesterday for the swearing-in ceremony, accompanied by First Lady Janet Museveni.

He then inspected the guard of honour before taking the presidential oath of office, amid chants from Ugandans.

He then received the instruments of power from Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo, in the ceremony attended by over 4, 000 guests in lieu of Covid-19 protocols.

Several African Heads of State were in attendance including Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu, Zimbabwe’s

Museveni Emmerson Mnangagwa, Somalia’s Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, South Sudan’s Salva Kiir, Namibia’s Hage Geingob, Ghana’s Nana Akufo Addo, DRC Congo’s Felix Tshisekedi, Évariste Ndayishimiye (Burundi), and Alpha Conde (Guinea). – THE STANDARD, Kenya

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provide timely support for and the vaccination process. the rapid deployment of the Mr Young commended the Covid-19 vaccine plans, in- Zambian government on the cluding the coordination of approval of its Covid-19 vacvarious stakeholders and im- cination programme. plementation of the vaccinaHe said Covid-19 vaccination process. tions are critical to controlling "These funds will also sup- the pandemic, slowing the private businessmen. port supply chain logistics emergence of new variants, Mr Mulambia made the apof the Covid- 19 vaccination and helping to restart the “The Zambia We Want” peal when Commerce, Trade tressed. bid fo box. al Congress (ANC) led by the killed for an offence campaign, including assis- globalwere We may also ask if allThey “the Zambia economy.

WepoWant” political parties had their and Industry Permanent Secin the hope that t Post-independence “Old Lion” Harry Mwaanga they never committed. tance in maintaining the cold "In support of the global own manifestos. If they did are retary Mushuma Mulenga have access to sta litical violence in Africa has Nkumbula from paid the south. chain, which is vital for safe The chief planner of the they going to abandon them and vaccination effort, the Unita courtesyThis call oninter the Northern er and blockwithout any p delivery of the vaccine" Mr bythe UPND party violence mostly been motivated accept manifesto Chachacha uprising Lewis ed States recently announced That is impolitic, Administration.

Young said. claims on their bu Savafter indepen- selfish interests. Jonasamendment?

Mutale Changufu refusedProvince to continued imprudent and unwise.

K42 billion ($2 bil- from Mr Mulambia the provMr Young said he was look- an initial They also hope to r theus voters, dence. said First Republican imbi in Angola fought For receive any honours we should think lion) UNIP obligation out of a toince was endowed with various THEforward meaning of bitten very deeply about our future.

We ing to“once continuing as well as the MMD President Dr Kenneth David MPLA Government because coffers to settle thei twice shy” is that a person who is tal planned K84 billion OLITICAL violence must put our emotions aside and minerals whichgave small-scale support throughout Zambia’s liabilities.

Kaunda the eradication of Angola’s diamond riches. governments as ($4 a protest STILL have faint memhas failed orabeen hurtphenomewhen analyse the situation very carefully. billion) to Gavi, the Vaccine not new miners could exploit, once vaccination business Charles McArthur of that distant afover the wrongful hanging of inter party political viotrying ories to do rollout. something is careful When we votedThe Dr Kaunda out of non of doing Zambian Alliance to support the COor fearful about again. polthey acquired was no comparison The American also have ente Libe-theremay ternoon in itgovernMufulira’s lence mining as onelicences. of the reasons Ghankay Taylor in power, of John Chanda, 26, Robin In the During context of this the for help us determine the choice. itics. thearticle, fight Advance Market Com- Ngebe, He said minment, said,is the would continCentral Street in theVAX Kamima, civil why small-scale he declared Zambia a ria fought a bloody to 18, Edward bitten he person Zambian nation Today, thereagreements are three regimeswith to independence, the United mitment, making the United ing had not been fully tapped, ue to work with the Ministry or the 1950s. people ofIZambia.

1991,kid late was a Inlittle multinational war over diamonds, Pierre compare; UNIP, MMD and PF. comp 27, and James Paikani Phiri, One Party State. trade unionists, businessmen andParWhich of these threenational regimes hasas largely due to lackthe of informaStates20. the single largest conofNational Health onIndependence the nationwide when Mr. Harry Mwaanga sell off LauUnder One Party State Biemba and General added opposition politicians came together value to our infrastructure? ty (UNIP) launched a brief tion, which could be provided tributor to global COVID-19 communication activities Nkumbula back from resources their o Mr Changufu believed that regime, violence continued rent Nkundabatware Mihigo and formed thecame Movement for to In all fairness, UNIP tried, for the MMD if a bureau established in It was in DR Congo and Rwanda violent struggle known byas vaccine Mr Young ensure citizens accurate Multiparty Democracy (MMD). destroyed and the Patriotic England; he have was received sonal gain. Front on awaslimited scale. the access," four should have been MMD turned a political said. done very well to rebuild and the province. the Chachacha. information about vaccines a The large crowd asinto he rode in a Under such circu wars mostly UNIP youths terror- fought violent politicalhas honoured as freedom fightparty and went on to contest the even build where there was no According Mr Mulambia, There and were unfortunate convertible.

People marched and es, the business pe ising tothose who dared to over Congolese cottaninfrastructure. ers. He strongly believed that presidential parliamentary licensing officesout were only inits poli- gold. elections against theviolent United National victims of that strug- the colonial government Many rural areas are reachable alongside the motorcade sponsor violence an speak against Independence Party (UNIP). in a much shorter time than ever Lusaka, Mansa and Mkushi. gle Ms to Lillian andwho they included were singing the despondence The motivation for politihanged them to scare other cies. The unfortunate vicbefore. I have in mind Kalabo in a n He also appealed to GovernMargaret Burton, a white praise of the Old Lion. the other political in Western Province, Zambezi cal power through violence youths from involvement in tims were lifted “by air.”

President Dr Kenneth David The most bitten by the privatisation monster the Zambian workers. Many workers from Zambia ment are to The provide small-scale and Chavuma in prey North-Western settler killed in Ndola.

“Ba bwela eee, ba bwela, ba fall to such tact differs from situation to situreintroduction of the freedom struggle rather jani and three others to court pearance of Pheluna and MilKaunda Airways, UBZ, Chilanga Cement, Luanshya Ramcoz, Kafue Textiles, BP Zambia Plc and many more Province, Mporokoso and Luwingu miners inbeen Northern Province Equally considered eeesitting ba President Nkumbula, batonhave The then Dras vicstarved death because they have paid theirpolitics benefits after privatisation. the entire nation is multiparty saw the ation, but the bottom line onbwela April 13.

Hatembo Choma. than theoftoquest of justice for never in Northern Province and Chama in co with mineral identification Kenneth David lost tims were four youths ac- MrMs Muchinga bwela eee baKaunda bwela, bathe bwela He explained that the up into violence; t Mweetwa alleged that always money, big money.

A Province. rise of political violence with Burton. presidential race to trade unionist The most bitten by the Oil Company disappeared and now equipment.

I travelled to all these destinations compassion. cused of killing Ms Burton. uko baile” (He has come back, UPND legal team applied the detention of the four was people will not en more 1982 mostly UNIP youths led by nation is bound to see between There wereoils, also incidentsprivatisation Frederick Titus Jacob Mpundu monster are the and we import all edible Dunlop and 1993 and I have The Gem North Mining Chiluba.

Mr.habeas Nkumbula hasfollowing come The four corpus known as theback Livfor in Zambia anofeffort implicate Mr civil violence when business oneworkers.

William Baninter party violence beZambian Many “Tekere” workers wasto sold to a company done so in the lastrights. three years. The Felix Mutati a private There was euphoria and all Airways, organisaUBZ, which merely removed machinery improvement isThis remarkable! from whereFour he the detention of went). the fourhanged for Hichilema in the matter when to Lapidary ingstone were is what the ru people political dais attacking known MMD tween the followers offrom Zambia Felix Mutati was seek a minister in the power.

Zambians were enthusiastic to see Chilanga Cement, Luanshya another country. tion based in Northern ProvThere are better hospitals MMD government and so cases, were barely oldpolice over awas week being had failed to get the by the colonial government triotic shou In many business followers.

But at the end UNIP led by Kenneth David theIchange thatwithout MMDsix hadyears promised Ramcoz, Kafue Textiles, BP Zambia The Ndola Copper Refinery which ince throughout the countryFront and we have whose main objective is Simon Zukas, Guy Scott, Enerst in their manifesto.

How leaders mistaken we but that dayUNIP remains a silhoucharged.

Hatembos from where they Plc and many more have starved used to process precious metals more university teaching hospitals at all cost.

The part and some bepeople turn to politics when of the day, the people’s will Kaunda from the north and Mwansa and Bert Mushala. The were! I was a diehard supporter of to to promote and support smalldeath because they have never just disappeared and nobody where the MMD only left one.

There ette stuck in my memory.

At They were being held in residing despite being availed engage with the pu theiraround businesses prevailed through the ballot those of the African Nationlieved people knows UPND leader whom they areare disthe MMDthat and itthe costwrong me my good been paid their benefits after where it went to, all the is similar development in education scale mining. gathering was a consultant to the connection withcompany. the the that details. thatin time, there was disaponly onewith job a parastatal privatisation. buses belonged to the United where more and better schools have Zambia Privatisation Agency and What followed the MMD victorythe Bus Company of Zambia (UBZ) just Each time I think about and African political party, been built. what he did is well known history. was disaster for the country. In experience the suffering of the disappeared into thin air, cattle from Farm output and productivity has African National Congress.

I Does this group of people fact the MMD would have lost the abandoned workers, I recall Dr state ranches were all swallowed by increased in agriculture because of deserve a second chance at 1996 to Drvery Kaunda if they also elections remember well that pythons. The list is endless.

Kaunda’s warning that it was the diversification encouraged by running the affairs of this country? had not amended the constitution the PF government. my late cousin Lawrence Chola In my view we will be taking a very to block the UNIP strongman from I therefore firmly believe that it dangerous path if we were to vote Katilunguthe was once a vice prescontesting presidential race. will be counterproductive to bring for the UPND and “the Zambia We THE MMD GOVERNMENT The MMD within five years in Mr. ident of the ANC under back the people who superintended Want alliance” to get into power. government engaged in a monster over the destruction of the Zambian Nkumbula.

They are already talking of a programme called the Zambia economic activity through the The MMD within five years in government about privatising the agricultural I also remember that anothPrivatisation which left many UPND. sector.

This will impoverish the engaged in a monster of a programme Zambians in poverty. er cousinlanguishing Mr. Jeffrey Milandu “The Zambia We Want” is the Zambian farmers because private Former director of the Zambia Zambia that exists in their selfish called the Zambia Privatisation which left who was nicknamed “Jimen” businessmen will fix very low prices Privatisation Agency James Matale and personal interests. We for all produce while charging because he liked Jimen called the programme the “theTaxis, Wire many Zambians languishing inBarbed poverty.

Zambians must watch out against exorbitant prices for the finished Razor Wire biggest in economic history.” deception during the silly season or was anfraud organiser of the ANC Former director of the Zambia Privatisation products.

High Strain Wire The late Matale who served as election time.

Welded Mesh in Kansuswa Township.

Those The example of India comes director from November 1992 until Once bitten, twice shy.

Agency James Matale called the programme Field Fence to mind when one talks about he waslived fired ininSeptember who Mufulira1994 at said the Y Standards privatising agriculture.

The Indian the “the biggest fraud in economic history. that the destruction of the public Diamond Mesh Yours truly, time will remember Jimen farmers have been protesting for Roofing enterprises which accounted for 80 Troubleshooter. months against the bill to privatise Lipped Channels Taxis. of the economic activity was percent pentvision@gmail.com, Universal Beams & Columns agricultural marketing because they an But act ofas unprecedented vandalism. would be normal in ecchipalo@icloud.com, Ipe Sections can’t withstand the exploitation of “It surpassed even the dangerous for usTubing to hand over I stopped over in Mansa on ecchipalo@yahoo.co.uk Steel any mass organisations, difdestructiveness of the definitive Reinforcing Bars the management of the country Saturday, May 1, 2021 and visited ferences developed in the a relative who stays in the Mansa Attila Hun. soon Zambia lost economic Bars to a group ofRound businessmen with Steel Sheets investments and assets Congress. Batteries compound next to the divergent interests.

“They will soon African National Angles accumulated over a period of break up,” heU Channels warned us.

A moreyears,” radical faction broke factory. hundred Mr Matale said.

Today, theInsulations same people who away and formed the Zambian Mesh shamelessly Conforce and remorselessly Mansa Batteries Flat Bars engaged in the unprecedented Zambia African Airways National Congress MI I nearly cried, the beautiful factory Welding Rods fraud in economic history are He said thatwhich with the destruction is overgrown with grass and could Galvanised Wire (ZANC), later beGL assembling together of Zambia Airways, Zambia had Tying Wire to get back into get burnt if a fire broke out at the came the United National government again.

They are talking lost the entire stock of civil aviation Paints IN premises.

Bolts & Nuts about “the Zambia We Want.” technology that she had (UNIP). acquired Independence Party Mansa Batteries was a company GO What Zambia do they want? over 30 years at a great cost.

Soon after the formation of established to utilise the rich Have they given us any idea of the Zambia Airways was not the manganese deposits found in the OF UNIP, African Zambia We Want? These are hollow only victimthe of this disaster; National Lusaka area to produce batteries for the words meant to hoodwink the voters Engineering Company (LENCO) Congress went into panic nation. Today, all the manganese from history; they were all involved used to assemble buses, today that is mined in Mansa and Mkushi FILE PHOTO : A woman mode.

Their for strategy in pillaging the Zambian economy it’s a warehouse importedwas to is exported mostly to India and casting her vote at the expense of the workers oppose everything that UNIP merchandise, the Livingstone Motor MI Japan with very little benefit to whom they abandoned without any Assembly is a from graveyard, demanded the Premium colonial Zambia.

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

CHALALA 2x3 bedroom houses K875,000.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LUFWANYAMA 10ha(25 acres) K90,000.

MPONGWE MACHIY area 800ha K2.5m.

CHINGOLA Maiteneke 2 bedroom house K90,000.

KITWE Bulangililo house 7 rooms K150,000.

KAOMA near tbz farms 178ha K2m.

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

Monze town center on Livingstone road, complex of

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

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

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

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

Farm 2700ha K3,00 per ha.

SERENJE Nansanga block 2000ha K75m.

CHINSALI 5000ha K35m.

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

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

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

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

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

COPPERBELT KALULUSHI Napsa Complex 3 bedroom hose K4,000.

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

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

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

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

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

Long lease rent to be discussed.

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

Warehouse at rear 719sqm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GOVERNMENT should to open up mining bureau in Northern Province to promote small-scale mining in the region, Gem North Mining and Lapidary chairperson Stephen Mulambia has said.

He said small-scale miners in the region were in dire need of mining equipment to fully exploit the minerals.

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Kola scored two goals within five minutes before Obasi scored from the spotprocess. in the 81st minute as the and the vaccination provide timely support for Nkana FTER inspiring to a sides shared the rapid deployment of the Young two commended thethe points.

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9, 000 contractors registered with the National Council for Construction so the government cannot manage to give jobs to all the contractors.

“We are talking about 9, 000 contractors against approximately 200 jobs every year against I, is just a drop in the ocean,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr Mfune has described the performance of local contractors as fair.

Government, he said, was doing everything possible to build capacity for local contractors to ensure that they handle bigger projects in the future.

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Government for business.

“Contrary to perceptions that Government is sidelining local contractors, the number of registered contractors is too high compared to the jobs given by government in a single year,” Mr Mfune explained.

Mr Mfune said Government was doing everything possible to empower the local contractors but the number of jobs per year could not match the number contractors who want to undertake the jobs.

“It is not about Government sidelining local contractors but the number of local contractors is very high, we have

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FAZ sources FIFA funding for Solwezi stadium

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has secured about US$300, 000 from the world football governing body (FIFA) for the rehabilitation of the Solwezi Independence Stadium.

The funds to rehabilitate the facility which was built in the 70s are under the FIFA forward funding.

This came to light during the crowning of Quatro Kalumbila as champions of the 2019/2020 FAZ provincial cup in Solwezi who walked away with a K26, 000 cash prize and a trophy after beating Bresmar United 4-0 in the final match.

North-Western Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu who graced the event stated that the amount will go a long way in supporting football development not just in the region but the country as a whole.

Mubukwanu said Government appreciates the role that football plays in national building and that football will continue to remain a very important and uniting factor in the nation. he tournament who are Quatro Kalumbila Football club, he said.

And FAZ provincial chairperson Arthor Kamulosu disclosed that the contractor to carry out the works will soon be on site.

Solwezi stadium was constructed in the 70s and since then it has not seen any facelift.

Man City win Premier League title after Man United lose to Leicester MANCHESTER City have won a third Premier League title in four years after closest challengers Manchester United were beaten by Leicester City.

Pep Guardiola's side are now 10 points ahead of second-placed United, who have just three games remaining.

It is the seventh time City have finished top of the English football pyramid and the fifth in nine years.

"This has been a season and a Premier League title like no other," said Guardiola.

Manager Guardiola, 50, has now won eight domestic trophies since arriving in Manchester in 2016.- BBC.

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