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By SILUMESI MALUMO In this matter, Mr Charles Mpundu, Energy Mathew Nkhuwa proprietor of plot Number 291 and THE failure by the police to arrest and has said. prosecute the Nchitos for presenting the owner of the warehouse leased forged Mr Nkhuwa said documents the state- before a court is Mrfrom Chitotela has sued the PF that they are shielding to them owned powerproof utility company prosecution, Zambia RepublicPambashe Party (ZRP) Member of Parliament in Wrightit Musoma who has given had taken thispresident, step because Lusaka High Court seeking an inspector general 24 hours tothe effect an was making losses. arrest or face public demonstrations. order that he vacate his property.

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NDC wants guidance on inmates’ voting pattern

NEVERS ARRESTED BY CONGOLESE INTELLIGENCE

By PETER SICHALI

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EMOCRATIC Republic of Congo Ambassador to Zambia Konji Maloba has confirmed the arrest of Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) New Hope president Nevers Mumba by the DRC intelligence known as ANR. Ms Maloba said that Dr Mumba was arrested on Thursday in Kolwezi where he had gone.

She said Dr Mumba was being held by the special intelligence wing in Lubumbashi, adding that the matter was still being investigated.

Dr Mumba was arrested by heavily armed security officers after his planned meeting with former DRC President General Joseph Kabila to seek financial support ahead of 2021 general elections in Zambia flopped.

D r Mumba entered DRC on December 1, 2020 and was guest of Provincial Governor for Lualaba Richard Muyej Mangeze an ally to Gen. Kabila but was staying at Kolwezi Lodge where he was arrested by the by officers from Congolese Intelligence service who took him to Lubumbashi.

And Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji said

59 sue Nigerian, seven Zambians over online fraud

By GRACE CHAILELESOETSA FIFTY-NINE members of an online business called MyZamfund Village Banking have sued a Nigerian and seven Zambians for fraudulently obtaining their money amounting to over K6 million.

Mr Davies Musonda and 58 others have cited Nigerian Prosper Sylvia Ezeokah, Rodrick Mulumbwa Musonda, Nelly Banda Zimba, Luyando Dyololo, Joseph Mwaba, Joshus Chikonko, George Chishimba and Chilufya Mulolo as defendants in the matter.

In their statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, Ezeokah together with the seven Zambians created and operated the online business My Zamfund Village Banking.

The 59 who invested between K480, 000 and K5, 000 wants the Lusaka High Court to order Ezeokah and the others to pay the K6, 760, 245 which was fraudulently collected from them.

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

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

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

The 59 are also seeking an order that Ezeokah and others surrender all the properties, motor vehicles,

server and others gadgets which were bought through the money generated from them.

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

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

The complainants stated that Ezeokah together with the seven Zambians advertised the business concept and assured them that the said business was an extremely good online village banking business.

Mr Musonda said that the said online village banking business was based on the principles of peer to peer village banking or savings wherein links where shared through mobile phones and at the same, used to create the said peer to peer online network business.

“That each member of the group was required to deposit a certain amount of money through the aforementioned village banking group.

The said members/ investors were then peered with others,” “The defendants fraudulently misrepresented to the plaintiffs that after investing a certain amount, of money, every investor would keep on receiving returns of 50 per ent of the investment each after 20 days, which period was fraudulently increased to 25 days and later 30 days,” they said.

They claim that the eight hoodwinked them on the premise that the platform was built on religious polices and charity principles.

Government had not yet received any official communication from the Congolese authorities.

Mr Malanji said in an interview yesterday, Government has not received any communication on circumstances surrounding Dr Mumba’s arrest.

He said there was nothing that the Zambian Government could do at the moment apart from waiting for an official statement from DRC. Dr Mumba was yesterday reported to have been transferred from Lubumbashi to Kinshasa.

Meanwhile, a video recording emerged in which

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Dr Mumba Dr Mumba confirmed his arrest that but preferred to call it a movement restriction. Dr Mumba said he was kept safe in his hotel room in Lubumbashi by that country’s intelligence wing.

He said he was advised not to leave DRC until the security wings were done with investigations as to what he was doing during high political tension in that country.

A MEMBER of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Livingstone, Mr Paul Sensele has asked the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to give guidance of how the voting process will be conducted in correctional facilities next year.

Mr Sensele said the ECZ should guide political players about the mechanism for accessing inmates in correctional facilities to sell their manifestos. He said this was to ensure that the process was monitored without any restrictions on all players.

Mr Sensele said in an interview that the NDC did not have any query with the inclusion of inmates in voting but would want to know

how the process would be conducted.

He said the NDC wanted both the voter registration exercise and voting process to be done fairly and without giving people some doubts.

"Now that inmates have been allowed to take part in next year's general elections, what mechanism has ECZ put in place to ensure political parties have access to the correctional facilities?

“Our question is; are political parties going to be allowed to monitor the process inside the facilities, is ECZ going to give us access to go on the ground and see what's happening?" Mr Sensele said.

He said the ECZ and the Zambia Correctional Service must make it easy for stakeholders to monitor the voting process.

UPND calls for ECZ chair to quit misplaced – YALI

By PETER SICHALI CALLS by UPND for Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chairperson Esau Chulu to resign are misplaced, Young African Leaders initiative (YALI) Executive Director Andrew Ntewewe has said.

Mr Ntewewe said the chairperson of ECZ is not responsible for its day to day operations but instead presides over policy matters of the organisation.

He said the challenges faced

by ECZ during voter registration can be directed to the

Director for voter registration and his voter registration counterpart.

Mr Ntewewe said UPND should instead join calls by YALI for the firing of the two directors for uneven distribution of registration kit.

“It is erroneous and misplaced to call for the chairperson who has presided over peaceful elections including the transition elections in 2011,” Mr Ntewewe said.

Mr Ntewewe said UPND is on record of calling for resignation of all the chairpersons and directors that have been

at ECZ but they have constantly lost elections.

“UPND has since time in memorial been calling for resignation of chairpersons at ECZ but they constantly lost the elections so the problem is not ECZ but UPND that has been constantly rejected by the Zambian people,” Mr Ntewewe said.

He said ECZ will not help any political party to win an election therefore it was important for UPND to convince Zambians who have continuously rejected it because of bitterness to accept them.

He said UPND has continuously attacked ECZ to prepare the minds of Zambians so that they can accuse ECZ of corruption in an event they lose an election.

“All the statements UPND has been issuing have been about ECZ preparing to rig an election, to discredit it in advance so that they can cause chaos and instability when they lose next year,” he said.

Mr Ntewewe said the broader agenda of the UPND has been to cause civil unrest next year because they have already sensed defeat.

8m people eligible to vote, says statistics agency

By PETER SICHALI THE Zambia Statistics Agency has clarified that only 8, 414, 839 people are eligible to vote contrary to the nine million targeted by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ).

At a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday, Zambia Statistics Agency interim Statistician-General Mulenga Musepa said the agency, being the only mandated institution to issue official Government statistics has chosen to clarify the issue statistically.

Mr Mulenga said the ZSA had projected a total population of 17, 885, 422 people in 2020 and based on the 2010 census of population and housing.

Mr Mulenga said those aged between 18 and above in the country are projected at 47 percent according to the 2010 census results.

“The 47 percent age structure was applied to all projected district populations and aggregated to come up with an estimate of 8, 414, 839 eligible voters, this means that any statistics issued by

any persons or organisation other than the agency are not official and have no legal basis,” Mr Mulenga said.

Mr Mulenga said that population projections like other projections must be used with some caution due to associated and unavoidable limitations.

He said the Statistics Act also mandates the ZSA to produce statistics, promote understanding and use of official statistics.

Mr Mulenga said the Statistics Act number 13 of 2018 requires that any person or

Lungu gives RCZ Kanyama congregation K50, 000

By KALOBWE BWALYA PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has donated K50, 000 to the Reformed Church in Zambia (RCZ) Kanyama congregation towards the running of its programmes.

President Lungu made the donation through Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya during the celebration of the 32nd anniversary of RCZ in Zambia at Kanyama congregation under the theme: “Celebrating God’s providence and grace” yester-

day.

Dr Chilufya however called on the church to take advantage of its platform and educate congregants on good nutrition practices.

Dr Chilufya noted that this would help the government in the quest to fight non communicable diseases which have so far taken many lives.

Dr Chilufya said due to poor eating habits, many people have died from different kinds of illness such as high blood pressure and diabetes. He appealed to the church to ensure

that it continued sensitising members on the importance of good health especially dietary.

Dr Chilufya has also since donated K20, 000 towards the synod office expenses.

And RCZ Synod moderator Reverend Ackson Banda said, the congregation would continue preaching messages of peace and unity as a country without unity cannot develop. Rev Banda encouraged congregants to take part in the voter registration exercise whose extension is scheduled to be announced tomorrow by

organisation planning to undertake collection, processing, storage of official statistics through any instrument such as a survey need to get authorisation from the agency.

He said, all surveys that aim at producing official statistics have to be authorised by the agency.

Mr Mulenga said it is important for players to acquaint themselves with the new act as the government aims at developing an integrated national statistical system. the Electoral Commission of Zzambia.

He emphasised the need for the church to register as voters as it was the only way which would enable citizens vote for candidates they feel would bring development in the country.

Meanwhile, Kanyama Congregation representative Elder James Ngoma thanked President Lungu and assured him that the funds raised during the celebration would go towards the church projects such as building of a 1 by 2 classroom block and purchase of office furniture.

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PROBE OPPOSITION FUNDING, ACC TOLD

By PETER SICHALI

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AW enforcement agencies should take interest in investigating the source of funding for the opposition to safeguard the peace and security of the country, Inter Africa Governance Network Executive Director Maurice Malambo has said.

Mr Malambo said the arrest of MMD president Nevers Mumba in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where he is reported to have gone to solicit for funding shows that the opposition is desperate and is ready to go to any extent to oust the government.

“The arrest of Dr Mumba is just a tip of the iceberg and it shows the desperation of opposition in Zambia and how far they can go in endangering the security of the country for their personal political expedience,” he said.

Mr Malambo said his orgainsation has every reason to suspect and believe that these entities are bankrolled by foreign organisations whose agenda is inimical to the social, economic, political and cultural stability and identity of Zambia.

He said the desperation by

5 UPND officials arrested for illegal assembly

By PETER SICHALI POLICE in Chama have arrested five UPND officials for unlawful assembly, Muchinga Province Commissioner of Police Joel Njase has confirmed.

Mr Njase said Laston Nyirenda 57 and Raphael Phiri, 60 all of Chipata and three other UPND officials from Chama organised a meeting in Chabala village in Chief Kambombo’s chiefdom without notifying the Police.

He said yesterday a local resident tipped the police who rushed there and arrested them.

Mr Njase said the men are being held at the Chama district police station for further investigations while their vehicle, a Toyota Mark2 registration number AAX 2193 branded UPND which was being used by the suspects has been impounded.

Mr Njase advised all political parties to ensure that they follow the Public Order Act CAP 113, guidelines, on issues to do with assemblies.

“As police we shall ensure that we respect both civil and political rights, hence the need to enhance cooperation among key stakeholders,” Mr Njase said.

the opposition in soliciting financial assistance from foreign entities in their quest to govern the country is danger to peace and security of the nation.

Mr Malambo challenged the opposition parties - UPND, MDC, NDC, FDD, Socialist Party - to disclose the source of funding for their protracted political activies across the country.

He said most political parties and some entities are agents of economic imperialism and cultural liberalism such as homosexuality, and the determination to reverse the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation.

Mr Malambo said it was disappointing and irresponsible for a person like Dr. Mumba, who is a cleric, former Republican Vice-President and diplomat to engage in such an undertaking in a country that has had in the past and still experiencing a fair share of internal political fragility for his personal political ambitions at the expense of the wider security of the country.

“We have time and again expressed concern as to the source of funding in their quest to supplant or unseat the Patriotic Front government and Dr. Edgar Lungu,” Mr Malambo said.

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He said in an interview that the mining companies had many times failed to pay the correct tariffs which was disadvantaging Zesco.

Mr Nkhuwa said Zesco was being crippled financially because of the route which some mining companies had taken.

The minister indicated that the power utility firm need to do a number of things but steps which mining houses had taken were making it difficult for it to deliver.

Mr Nkhuwa said the power utility company was looking forward to the conclusion of the matter which was before the courts.

He said the mining firms need to start paying the correct tariffs which was agreed upon in 2017 because what was happening was not pleasing.

“As a ministry we are

By GRACE CHAILE-LESOETSA

FILE PHOTO: MMD president Nevers Mumba is alleged to have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo

...from undergoing psychiatric check up A MAGISTRATE’S Court has quashed the order it granted to detain Jiang Zhang, a Lusaka resident of Waterfalls area to undergo a psychiatric checkup.

This is in a matter in which Kabwe Ward councillor in Mandevu Constituency Teddy Mwaba has taken Mr Zhang to court for incoherent, abusive, aggressive, depressive behaviour among others.

Mr Mwaba in his application filed before the court said that Mr Zhang due to his behaviour was a danger to the community and needed to be taken to undergo a psychiatric checkup to establish his mental capacity for the benefit of the community.

According to the documents obtained by the Sunday Nation, the Magistrate Court rescinded its earlier decision to grant the order because no law empowers it to make detention orders.

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very much aware of what has been happening, many complaints had come from Zesco for failure by the mining companies to pay.

“I will not say much over this matter because it is before the courts of law and we shall wait and see the outcome,” Mr Nkhuwa said.

Some mining companies have been ripping-off Zesco since 2017 by refusing to pay the 9.3 cents/kWh as directed

by Government.

Zesco Senior Manager for Corporate Affairs, John Kunda said in 2017, a joint agreement between Government, Zesco, and the mines agreed that the mining firms would pay an effective tariff of 9.3 US cents/kWh. Dr Kunda said in an interview that some mining companies, had resisted to pay the increased tariff of 9.3 US cents/kWh.

Chitotela denies owing K397, 000

Court u-turns, frees Chinese

By SILUMESI MALUMO

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“I must state here that I have carefully perused the Mental Health Act from which I have found that no corresponding provision to section 6 to 10 which provisions empowers a Magistrate to inquire into the state of mind of a mental patient and make dentation orders.

“What appears to be close is section 35 of the Mental Health Act which is stated as follows, a mental health facility shall where a person requires treatment at a mental health facility endeavour to ensure that there is voluntary admission.

“The procedure for admission to a mental health facility is consistent with a hospital treating physical health and while admission or treatment on voluntary basis shall be the preferred practice. Involuntary admission or treatment shall be provided where they are necessary for the health and safety of the mental patient,” part of the document read.

The court said “Notwithstanding part 10

of the Mental Health Act makes provisions for admission of forensic mental patients to designated health facility.

“For the purpose of the same the forensic patient is defined in section two of the act to mean a person who is referred to a mental health facility by a court for assessment in order to determine whether or not that person is mentally fit to stand trial or to be held criminally responsible for an offence,” part of the document read.

The court said it was on the firm belief that this provision had nothing to do with the power that was vested in the courts under the repealed Act but to do with jurisdiction of the court in criminal proceedings conferred by section 17, 160 to 167 of the Criminal Procedure Code chapter 88 of the laws of Zambia.

The said it had no option, therefore, but to quash the earlier order granted to detain Mr Zhang and be subjected to a psychiatric checkup.

Minister of Tourism and Arts Ronald Chitotela has denied allegations by a Kawambwa resident that he owes K397, 000 in rentals.

In this matter, Mr Charles Mpundu, proprietor of plot Number 291 and the owner of the warehouse leased to Mr Chitotela has sued the PF Pambashe Member of Parliament in the Lusaka High Court seeking an order that he vacate his property.

In defence, Mr Chitotela stated that the property in question was the former ZCBC shop turned into a warehouse and that it was a term of the oral agreement that the minister should renovate the building and provide security.

He said by oral agreement made between the two, the property was leased at an agreed rent of K50, 000 per annum for five years and not K16, 000 per month as it was a run-down structure.

Mr Chitotela said the letter dated April 15, 2019 was never received by him nor was he served with the statutory notice to quit and that he has not defaulted on any instalments as the lease expires in August 2022.

He said K250, 000 has been collected by Mr Mpundu from him for a lease period of five years.

Mr Chitotela said Mr Mpundu cannot take over possession until after August 2022 when the verbal lease agreement expires.

He denied that he is indebted to Mr Mpundu in any amount whatsoever.

Therefore Mr Chitotela denied every allegation against him in Mr Mpundu’s statement of claim and that he is not entitled to the reliefs he is seeking.

Mr Mpundu said it was agreed that Mr Chitotela would pay K10, 000 rent per month for the leased property.

He said he pegged the rent at K16, 000 and previous tenants paid the said amount but Mr Chitotela during negotiations pleaded with him to reduce to K10, 000.

Mr Mpundu stated that by a letter dated April 15, 2019, he notified Mr Chitotela of the decision to increase the rent to K16, 000.

He said that by statutory notice to quit, issued on November 25, 2019, he gave Mr Chitotela the statutory six months’ notice to vacate the premises for persistently defaulting to pay rent.

Mr Mpundu said that at the date of issuance of the said notice, Mr Chitotela was owing him K221, 000.

He said despite several reminders, Mr Chitotela failed and neglected to attend to the payment of the accrued rentals.

Mr Mpundu stated that he wants to take possession of his premises and recover the rental arrears.

He stated that as at the date of issuance of the writ, Mr Chitotela had accumulated lease rentals of K397, 000.

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500 PEASANT FARMERS PROTEST OVER PENDING EVICTION FROM MOPANI LAND

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UTILISE EXTENDED PERIOD NOW that the voter registration period has been extended, political players and other stakeholders must scale up their awareness initiatives to ensure that as many citizens as possible are registered.

On the other hand, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) must thrash out all inadequacies that were causing delays and eventual congestion in registration centres.

One of the sticky points for the ECZ, is inadequate funding for the voter registration exercise as the initial K842 million estimate was revised downwards to K674 million

by Government.

However, it is now incumbent upon the ECZ, political parties and Civil Society Organisations (CSO) to enhance the voter registration awareness campaigns in all parts of the country.

There is need to reach out to all citizens, including those in the hinterland, so that they can get to the centres and register as voters.

Most people in the countryside and in the peri-urban areas are involved in agriculture, and this being a planting season, their focus is on their fields.

Farming is their livelihood and they would rather expend their energy and time on growing crops for their survival.

Dwellers in Northern and Muchinga provinces are reported to have left their homesteads to camp elsewhere as they harvest caterpillars. This is a lucrative business venture in which people leave their homes to camp in forests for long periods.

In this last registration phase therefore, all civic and political stakeholders must combine efforts and bolster awareness campaigns in all areas of the country.

In particular, the media must take the lead in informing and educating the public about the importance of registering and taking part in voting.

Citizens must be informed and educated about the extension of the voter registration with an emphasis that there will never be another adjustment to the period.

Of utmost importance, is the urgent need for Government to release the funds, including the amount to cover the extended period in terms of logistics and other requirements.

The government must release sufficient resources to enable the ECZ deploy more officers and additional equipment to all centres.

The ECZ has been facing challenges because of inadequate funding, a matter some stakeholders have overlooked.

Some politicians have continued to harangue the ECZ without taking note of the financial limitations occasioned by the state.

It is important for politicians to conduct research about the voter registration even before getting to the “anthills” to heartlessly pour scorn on the electoral body and its officials.

With constrained financial and logistical resources the ECZ managed to register 1,106, 000 in phase one and 1, 598, 426 in the second phase.

In phase three, ECZ captured 1, 616, 893, bringing the total to 4, 321, 319 while figures for the fourth phase which stretched from December 3 to December, 12 would be announced tomorrow.

Going by the afore-stated figures, the ECZ will need to improve to hit the nine million target in good time. All will depend on the level and frequency of funding from Government.

Citizens on their part, must utilise the extended period and ensure that they get the voters’ cards in readiness for the voting next year.

Rushing to registration centres on the last day may not be helpful!

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ORE than 500 peasant farmers from Wusakile constituency in Kitwe are up in arms against Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) over its decision to evict them from the land behind the South Orebody where they have been doing farming for more than 60 years But, Wusakile Member of Parliament Pavyuma Kalobo has urged the farmers to ignore the decision by MCM and continue cultivating their fields because that was their source of livelihood.

But MCM Public Relations Manager, Nerbert Mulenga, said the more than 500 farmers had trespassed on MCM land which was also a caving area and could collapse anytime Mr Kalobo has warned that he was ready to draw battle lines with the mining company if it continues

to harass the farmers most of whom have taken up farming after they were retrenched by MCM. In an interview yesterday, Mr Kalobo said he was on the side of the farmers and that he will fight tooth and nail to stop cruel investors from exploiting poor residents of Wusakile constituency "People have been farming in that area from as far as 1952 during the ZCCM era, but no one evicted them. What has MCM brought to start evicting people in their farming area? This MCM has been more of a thorn in the flesh than an investor to benefit the people.

"Most of the people who are farming in that area were retrenched from MCM and the same company is now following them in their fields to chase them. No, I will not accept. Those people will not leave that area. If it means drawing battlelines, we are ready,'' Mr Kalobo said Mr Kalobo said MCM should

not treat Zambians, especially Wusakile residents like toys, but must treat them with respect and engage them in a better way He said Zambia has sufficient laws and procedures to follow when re-settling people which MCM must follow if it wanted to resettle the people in the area "This country has sufficient laws to follow hence if MCM wants to resettle those people, it must engage the people, government and other relevant authorities instead of treating people like toys.

"So if MCM does not engage the people in a better way, then there will be serious problems. If they want to harass those farmers and do all sorts of things, there will be serious troubles. This I promise,'' Mr Kalobo said.

And speaking separately during the meeting behind the SOB shaft, the farmers said they have risen against MCM because its decision was not in their interests, but was

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Govt ups mining income for 2017

By SILUMESI MALUMO GOVERNMENT increased its revenue generation in the mining sector from K10.42 billion in 2016 to K13.25 billion in 2017, the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) report has said.

The latest report indicated that the increased revenue included dividends and other investment collected by ZCCM-IH from its subsidiaries.

“According to the data collected from Government agencies, revenue generated from the extractive sector totalled K13.25 billion after the reconciliation work.

This revenue includes dividends and other investment income of K0.70 billion by ZCCM-IH from its subsidiaries which operate in the mining sector as well as social payments of K0.11 billion paid by companies, while payments to the environment protection fund amounted to K0.002 billion,” part

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la was being driven by a Tanzanian Edward Kaaya, aged 36 of Dar es Salaam.

Mr Njase said the driver of the truck is in police custody while the truck has been parked at ZAMESCO.

I will pay LAWRENCE STILL PF SOUTH BOSS back, says Chitotela and allowances I was paid in 2016 when Parliament was dissolved, Minister of Tourism and Arts Ronald Chitotela has said.

Mr Chitotela is among the over 60 ministers and deputy ministers who were given salaries and allowance because they had remained in offices from May to July 2016 after Parliament was dissolved.

The ConCourt recently ruled that the 63 former ministers and their deputies must pay back to the State treasury K4, 266, 664.10 for the period of May to July 2016 which they were paid when Parliament was closed.

ConCourt registrar, Dorcas Malama said the former ministers and their deputies were given up to January 5, 2021 to pay back the money.

Reacting to the ultimatum given to the ministers and their deputies, Mr Chitotela who served as Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Development then said he was ready to pay back the K57, 811.38.

He said he would pay because he respected the ConCourt ruling, adding that no one was above the law.

Brace Mweetwa who got 175 votes at the conference that was officiated by PF Secretary-General, Davis Mwila.

Mr Mwila congratulated Mr Evans and the new provincial committee on their well-deserved victory.

To those who stood and did not make it, Mr Mwila said, “I want to say job well done for the spirited fight you put in.

You have not lost for we are all members of the same family, the mighyt Patriotic Front.”

He encouraged them not to lose heart, but remain focused and resolute, saying leadership was not about positions

benefit of all,” Mr Mwila said.

He urged those that had won to exercise humility and embrace those that did not make it. Leadership is about humility and tolerance He also directed the newly elected provincial committee to go flat out on the ground and mobilise the party.

“Explain to the people what PF has done for the people of Southern Province. Our development record here is enough to make us win more votes for the President and the party.

“Don’t waste your time talking about the opposition,

Germany doles out US10m drought stimulus for South

By MULENGA MUSONDA SOUTHERN Province will receive US$10 million as recovery package following the drought that hit the province during the last farming season, Germany’s ambassador to Zambia Dr Anne Wagner-Mitchell has disclosed Dr Wagner-Mitchell was speaking when she opened the Choma InterCity Ultra Modern Bus Station constructed at a cost of K11.5 million by the Germany Development Bank (KFW).

“Southern Province has been hit hard by the drought. I am therefore pleased that Germany is providing $10, 000, 000 for early recovery in the most affected areas so that farmers are well prepared for the next planting season” she said Dr Wagner-Mitchell said her government is also about to launch a climate resilient infrastructure project in the province where €18 million will be pumped into the project to provide climate resilient public infrastructures such as small

aimed at throwing them in serious hunger One of the farmers, Mr Deuce Songa said, instead of developing a good name with the farmers by supporting them with agricultural inputs and other things as a corporate social responsibility, the giant mining firm has been squeezing them to the last drop "When I say squeezing us to the last drop, I mean it is the same MCM which retrenched most of us here and after we turned to farming, the same MCM comes to chase us from this piece of land "People have been doing farming in this area from the time of ZCCM, but why should MCM evict us? No, this will not happen. This battle has just began. If it means dying, we will die here,'' Mr Songa said But Mr Mulenga said the farmers had trespassed on MCM land which was also a caving area and could collapse anytime.

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dams, bridges, roads and community level flood control to protect citizens from floods.

And in receiving the bus station, Southern Province Minister Edify Hamukale who wasNdola represented by teacher Mr Kennedy Mubanga, the Deputy

By OLIVER SAMBOKO Permanent Secretary, expressed A NDOLA-BASED teacher and claimed that gratitude towardsresearcher the has German his herbal formulation MAIcan cure Covid-19. government for itsLACIN assistance in Dr Howard Maila of Kabwata Primary School, infrastructural development of said thehe has no doubt that his herbal preparation which is antiviral province. in nature and nontoxic can Dr Hamukale warned all the cure Covid-19 following positive effects on common sympstakeholders to look after new toms in otherthe diseases where has been used. infrastructure and itappealed tomedicine the He said his herbal was also effective on treat-

Choma Municipal Council to partner with a private firm to come up Mr Evans with the bus station board in line with the Markets and Bus Stations Act for proper revenue accountability. to have Covid-19 cure claims infrastructure will need ment“This for most cancers. stakeholders to help propel Dr Maila said during prima- the development of the medto bethekept clean at times and24 ry trials, herbal performed icineall which he said within well, adding that this resulted hours of taking it, patients maintained.

Therefore, I implore in the World Health Organisawith symptoms can show imtion (WHO) to show interest provement. the Choma Municipal Council to in funding further laboratory He said Zambia should and clinical trials. move away from the shackles ensure thefor-business plan on and He said hethat wants his of always depending westmulation to undergo a larger ern countries to find cures maintenance has put in sample size for the clinicalpolicy tri- whenit it had its own scientists al to prove its efficacy, adding who have found the cure for place are not left gather in that its safety has already been to most diseases indust the country. proved as it was found to be “There is need for mindset offices but are fully implemented” nontoxic. change on the part of GovernDr Maila called on Govern- ment and allow local scientists he said. ment through the Ministry come up with cures for the of Health and other relevant

benefit of the country.

Inonge Wina has called on the church to pray for Zambia as the nation Lungu unveil threeheads totowards the 2021 polls. economic recovery year Speaking – when programme Ng’andushe officiated at the consecration Byand BUUMBA CHIMBULU induction service at Bible PRESIDENT LunGospelEdgar Church in Africa, Ms gu will in the next few weeks unveil a three-year Wina said Government’s Economic Recovery Programme which proposto work with the esdesire measures towas stimulate the economy beyond church so that the pulpit Covid-19, as Government depends on the banking serves as dothe spiritual and system for a resilient mestic economy. moral campus The 2020-2023 Econom- for the nation. ic Recovery Programme Shemeasures said the church’s will propose that could drive Zambia's ecooutreach should nomic recovery programmed beyond Covid-19, says Finance President Lungu Minister, Dr Bwalya touch theNg'ansouls of believers du.

Dr Ng'andu the proso thatsaideverybody is treated gramme to be launched by the pandemic is that we thewith Presidentdignity in the com- and are extremely vulnerable care asto ing few weeks was partly any disruptions in the vala God’s policy response to the ue chains from the south special creation that challenges that had been of this country. This is an brought about

by Covid-19. illness which we can cure must not to be abused.

He was speaking on Fri- by doing more of what we day evening at the 2020 have,"Zambia Dr Ng'andu said.

Ms Wina said as Economics Association of EAZ president, Lubinda Zambia (EAZ) and business Haabazoka, expressed cona dinner Christian people gala held under the nation cern at the performance of theme "Building a Resilient the some of the macroecoshould at all times condemn Economy Post Covid-19." nomics such as the Kwa"I trust that the launch- cha. no will to gender based ingand of this say programme "We as EAZ would like to not just attract personal in- express our concern over violence and marriage. terest but will be used as achild the following issues. The document fromt which we depreciation of the ZamOverseer can tapAnd into as weBIGOCA seek to bian Kwacha, increase in grow this economy in the inflation rate and the high Archbishop Dr Peter Ndhlovu next three years. It is a doccost of doing business esument that contains most pecially for Zambian citof disclosed the issues that youthat want the willin izens church that are trading to be addressed malls as rentals are charged "The future of our the econ- Government in dollars. work with of omy will not be served by "We are also concerned how much we are adding capti- about fiscal burden the day, tothewas the vated by the pandemic in- being imposed on busifluence.

It will be served of nesses, the high number of responsibility the church by our resolve and com- payroll taxes, among other mitment to buildfor a strong Haabazoka to pray the challenges," nation Dras the economy that we are proud said. of," Dr Ng'andu said.

Dr Haabazoka also said country was going towards He also observed the the theme for this year had need to reform the bank- been influenced by the elections. ing system so that Zambian Covid-19. banks were strengthened to He commended GovBishop Ndhlovu also the level of first tier banks ernmentwas for the measures for implementation of de- put in place to ensure the confident that velopment policies and de- come economy 2021 stayed PF afloat, pend on to build a resilient saying EAZ fully supported is going to emerge victorious. domestic economy the measures put in place "An important lesson to

so far.

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ZULAWU and FIRESUZ are a failure Dear Editor,

WE’VE ALWAYS HAD CONFIDENCE IN ECZ THANKS FOR EXTENSION OF VOTER REGISTRATION Dear Editor,

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E are very glad that after all progressive protracted engagements with the Electoral Commission of Zambia, it has led to the consensual-based decision to extend the voter registration process.

From the outset, we have always had unwavering self-assurance in the ECZ and have never doubted its ability to deliver a free and fair election.

We are also disappointed with the chaotic approach that our colleagues in UPND have handled and with the positive response from the ECZ we hope they will in future learn that it welcomes progressive engagements.

There are a number of malicious and unfounded rigging claims that the opposition has been making in their quest to downgrade the credibility of the voter registration process.

They could not withstand the impending defeat and they were desperately gallivanting from one media house to the other while the PF and its structures from the central committee to the sections was mobilising its sup-

First Republican President, His Excellency Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda Registered as a Voter.

porters to present themselves for registration.

In the various registration centres, the UPND had no presence while the PF continued with the outreach programmes to ensure its supporters registered in sufficient numbers to sustain the geopolitics of the country.

All we saw were unrealistic demands such as petitioning the resignation of the ECZ top brass.

They could not utilise their energy in a politically progressive manner let alone their usual constant and consistent rigmarole of smear campaign against the ECZ and those who appear to be standing in their way.

They shunned every progressive step which could lead to the delivery of the electoral process organised by stakeholders.

The UPND leadership including MPs have not cooperated with relevant institutions of Government for possible inclusion in the democratic processes and then complains on the exclusion of their alleged strongholds.

For instance, recently, Home of Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo revealed while delivering a ministerial statement in Parliament that in North-Western Province, the UPND MPs shunned the engagement meeting organised by the provincial Perma-

ALLOW me to express my disappointment in the current executive of the Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union (ZULAWU) and FIRESUZ unions representing local government workers of Zambia.

Their failure to fight for statutory obligations and rights for workers to get motivated by receiving their salaries on time leaves an interest to think whether the money these unions deduct on worker’s payroll is put to good use.

It’s sad that up to now, workers who work for the local authorities are treated like third class workers for the government.

It is true councils have to generate their resources to pay salaries for their workers, but in the current situation, only a few councils can do that.

They cannot collect enough revenue due to cur-

Chief Electoral Officer PATRICK NSHINDANO nent Secretary.

Even when we rendered counsel to them, it is clear that UPND is too arrogant to listen and their self-centredness has made their support reduce to insignificant levels.

We wonder why UPND can demand for the resignation of ECZ, when it is not accountable to the political party but the people of Zambia.

In fact, this is unprecedented and not even the UNIP wave in 1991 and the anti-MMD wind of change in 2011 was desperate to drag the ECZ in their political battles.

As we work tirelessly to market our flag bearer President Edgar Lungu, our wish for the UPND and their leader is to retire honourably by breaking the reputation of his defiance to the electoral outcomes.

We therefore wish to extend our gratitude to the ECZ for listening to the demands of Zambians by extending the voter registration even though they are operating under the tight bound work schedule.

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI, Youth Rights Activist., Lusaka.

rent political atmosphere in bus stations and markets.

Councils can’t collect road taxes including toll gates which they are supposed to do by law. The unions know that but they can’t fight for workers’ rights.

Allow me once more to remind readers about Mr Nyambose, who is a member of the Local Government Service Commission.

He once led ZULAWU and workers never experienced these salary arrears we are seeing.

Enough is enough. Local government workers have suffered enough. Others have salary arrears of five months. Even as at now, the majority have not received their November salaries.

In short, deducting money from workers’ salaries and you fail to fight for statutory obligations for them is a public scam. Learn from Mr Nyambose.

WA DAKA, Luangwa, Feira Ext.

Micho's sexual assault case embarrassing Dear Editor, ZAMBIA’S senior national team coach Milutin "Micho" Sredojevic last Monday is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 39-year-old South African woman at Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

The 51-year-old Sredojevic was attending the Under-20 COSAFA football tournament at which the junior Chipolopolo boys’ national team was participating.

What transpired on the fateful day was that the sexual assault victim went to serve coffee at the stadium and when she approached Sredojevic, she asked him if he wanted some sugar.

The latter responded by saying that he wanted the other type of sugar pointing at her private parts. This angered the woman who reported the matter to her boss who later warned Sredojevic not to do it again.

The woman later went to the same stadium to serve coffee and this time around, Sredojevic touched the buttocks of the woman much to her annoyance.

South African National Prosecution Authority reported that coach Sredojevic ap-

peared in court for an offence of sexual assault. He was later released upon making a payment of R10, 000 and he has not pleaded guilty to the sexual assault charge. “Micho” is scheduled to appear in court on February 25, 2021.

A coach of any football team is like a parent or guardian who should exhibit exemplary behaviour to the people under his guidance. The alleged sexual assault offence “Micho” committed is immoral, embarrassing and unacceptable to the soccer fans, players and coaches. What example is he setting to the footballers?

For this reason, disciplinary action must be taken against “Micho” for committing the alleged sexual offence. It is good that the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) is waiting for an update from the coach and his legal representatives on what transpired so that the appropriate action can be taken against him.

The alleged sexual assault offence he committed is an embarrassment to Zambia and the soccer fraternity. This should not be tolerated.

ELEMIYA PHIRI, Lusaka.

Increased data usage projected

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HE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) is reviewing the terms and conditions to enhance uptake of the Targeted Medium-Term Refinancing Facility (TMTRF), as it disburses K3.1 billion under the package.

The Central Bank in April this year set up a K10 billion TMTRF meant to assist businesses and households survive the challenges cause by the Covid-19 pandemic through affordable financing.

The funds are being channelled through Financial Service Providers (FSPs).

Under the facility, BoZ is providing liquidity to eligible FSPs for onward lending to viable businesses, says BoZ Governor, Christopher Mvunga.

As at November 12, this year, he said, a total of K3.1 billion had been disbursed.

Mr Mvunga however said the Central Bank was making revisions to the terms and conditions to enhance accessibility.

He was speaking on Friday evening at the 2020 Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) and business gala under the theme: "Building a Resilient Economy Post Covid-19."

"Additional incentives have been given to identify priority sectors with a view to stimulating private sector led growth," Mr Mvunga said.

He said this was part of the

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BOZ REVIEWS RELIEF PACKAGE TERMS

Mr Mvunga accommodative monetary policy stance since the onset of Covid-19.

This, he explained, was to support livelihoods and safeguard the stability of the financial sector while being mindful of the need to bring back inflation to the six to

SMEs loans coming

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

THE United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is partnering with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) to develop loans and guarantees schemes for Zambian small businesses.

Possible ways to nudge financial institutions into servicing new customer segments will be to develop loans and guarantees schemes, says the UNCDF in its report State of the Digital Financial Services (DFS) Market in Zambia 2019 released this month.

According to the report, DFS providers would need to develop product offerings that were adapted to the needs of MSMEs to solve challenges around accessing loans to scale their businesses either through increased capital or by investing in operations and technical expertise.

“In the case of DFS agents, improved access to financing could also help address the liquidity issue that has been highlighted as a challenge in this report.

“UNCDF is partnering with the SIDA to explore such opportunities

eight percent target range in the medium-term.

"The Bank’s response primarily focused on easing financial stress, ensuring a smooth flow of credit to the private sector through targeted credit programmes and supporting

for the Zambian digital financial ecosystem,” said the report.

The report indicated that the FinTech sector was growing to become an important contributor to the Zambian financial services industry.

It indicated that while some FinTechs experience regulatory challenges because of the uniqueness of their product offering, many others experience challenges with securing the various licensing fees to remain compliant with the regulator.

“However, there is a strong appetite among FinTechs, which UNCDF and Bank of Zambia have encountered in the last 12 months, to continue developing and iterating relevant and innovative products that address gaps in the Zambian economy.

“With this growth, many considerations must be undertaken to protect the consumer and the business and to ensure responsible industry developments,” the report said. It said throughout 2019 and 2020, regulators and FinTechs demonstrated their willingness to collaborate with all parties in the DFS ecosystem to responsibly bring innovative and beneficial products to customers.

“For the remainder of 2020 and in 2021, regulators were likely to strengthen regulatory frameworks and systems of collaboration between capital market operators and FinTechs, so this sector should see significant growth by 2022,” the report said.

real economic activity as well as provision of liquidity to the financial system.

"These actions were accompanied by regulatory relief actions, including loosening of market regulations and activity restrictions in the financial sector," Mr Mvunga said.

He said the BoZ had embarked on the Bond Purchase Programme to provide liquidity to the financial sector, promote bond consolidation and subsequently deepening the secondary market.

Mr Mvunga said the targeted amount of K8 billion had since been exhausted.

"The Bank also introduced shortterm liquidity support to commercial banks through the BoZ Open Market Operations Window with tenors extended beyond overnight.

"In addition, the Bank revised the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market Rules aimed at supporting the interbank trading in foreign exchange, ensure market discipline and allow for more measured adjustment in the exchange rate in periods of market stress," he said.

GOVERNMENT has projected an increased demand for data usage thereby calling for quality internet service from providers, as Zamtel launches a new package dubbed Freedom Unlimited that allows mobile customers to enjoy free calling and browsing for unlimited periods.

Transport and Communications Minister, Mutotwe Kafwaya, said the digitally-led lifestyles which had been adopted by many Zambians would increase the demand for data next year.

Mr Kafwaya therefore appealed that the level of service quality provided by Internet Service Providers should continue improving in line with international service standards.

He was speaking in Lusaka during the launch of the Zamtel new package dubbed Freedom Unlimited that allows mobile customers to enjoy free calling and browsing for unlimited periods.

“The year 2020 brought with it unprecedented challenges due to the pandemic for the global economy and Zambia was not spared. Most organisations and businesses were forced to work from home. The Covid-19 brought to the fore the importance of reliable communication infrastructure.

“As a Ministry, we wish to thank the Internet Service Providers who managed the spike in internet usage at the peak of the pandemic. Your resilience and forward looking approach ensured that the wheels of the economy kept turning even when it appeared like the world was shutting down,” Mr Kafwaya said.

Mr Kafwaya commended Zamtel for its ever innovative approach to business which had placed the company at the fore front of the country’s digitalization journey.

He described Freedom Unlimited as a revolutionary product which had unshackled customers from the restrictions of bundles and minutes.

By introducing Freedom Unlimited, he said, Zamtel was responding to the needs of the customer as well as entrenching its position as Zambia’s most affordable provider of world class digital services.

The package is being offered at different price points ranging from as low as K10 daily plan with unlimited voice and data to K550 monthly plan.

Speaking earlier, Zamtel Chief Executive Officer Sydney Mupeta said Freedom Unlimited creates better value for customers as it puts them firmly in control of their communication needs.

Mr Mupeta said Freedom Unlimited gives customers endless possibilities as they are able to enjoy free calling and browsing without worrying about depleting the purchased bundle.

Agro, manufacturing way out

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

GOVERNMENT will continue to explore measures that give advantage to locally produced goods to ensure long term sustainability of the economy which anchors on manufacturing and agriculture sectors, says Finance Minister, Bwalya Ng’andu.

Dr Ng’andu stressed that the economy could not be sustained without developing agriculture and manufacturing as the foundation of that development.

“Along this we must build more sustainable value chains and strong forward and backward linkages between sectors,” he said last week during the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) and business gala dinner.

The minister indicated that the long term sustainability of the economy was the capacity to produce more than what was consumed.

He said failure to produce undermined job creation and delayed the significant transformation of the economy to the level that Zambia was capable of achieving “Additional tax measures announced attempt to give advantage to locally produced goods over imported products yet another important measure that is on the cards for implementation requires that we

Dr Ng’andu begin the process of achieving a national paradigm shift that will shift our over dependence on imported consumer goods to the extent that we currently do,” he said.

Dr Ng’andu acknowledged that economic recovery was dependent on how many companies braved the current Covid-19 challenges.

He said to prevent companies from collapsing under the weight

of Covid-19 induced challenges, Government early this year implemented a combination of fiscal and monetary measures with expectations that they would give relief to businesses.

“If most of the companies die, if they fail to transition we have a problem, but if we can preserve as many as we can going forward then we have hope of reviving the economy,” Dr Ng’andu said.

EAZ president, Lubinda Haabazoka, said expressed concern at the performance of the some of the macroeconomics such as the Kwacha.

“We as EAZ would like to express our concern over the following issues.

The depreciation of the Zambian Kwacha, increase in inflation rate and the high cost of doing business especially for Zambian citizens that are trading in malls as rentals are charged in dollars.

“We are also concerned about the fiscal burden that is currently being imposed on businesses, the high number of payrolls taxes, among other challenges,” Dr Haabazoka said.

Dr Haabazoka said the theme for this year had been influenced by the Covid-19.

He commended Government for the measures put in place to ensure the economy stayed afloat saying EAZ fully supported the measures put in place so far.

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Zesa owed US$69m

TAX CHEATS COST KENYA

…Kenya is losing up to US$62 million every year due to tax evasion

N HARARE - ZESA is owed US$69 million by its various customers with local authorities being the largest debtors.

Presenting a review and analysis of the Ministry of Energy and Power Development’s 2021 Budget Allocation, the Portfolio Committee on Energy and Power Development noted with concern that the amount owed to ZESA by various customers was ballooning.

This situation undermines the parastatal’s capacity to pay for emergency power supplies, undertake critical maintenance and develop new capacity for both generation and transmission infrastructure, according to the Committee.

The debts owed to ZESA have since reached US$70 million and are now a threat to electricity generation and provision.

Currently ZESA is owed $3.2 billion (US$39 billion) by customers paying in local currency and US$30 million by those billed in foreign currency.

The largest debtors include local authorities ($1 billion), parastatals ($189 million) and Government ($400 million).

The failure to pay by Government and local

authorities have negative effects on the electricity generation by the company, according to the Committee’s submissions to Parliament.

“The committee therefore recommends that in 2021, Government should take a leadership role by paying up its electricity bills arrears.”

ZESA itself has a debt overhang of approximately US$90, which puts it into an unhealthy relationship with its suppliers.

According to the committee, ZESA’s debt accrued due to delays in effecting tariff changes in line with macroeconomic developments in the country that were characterised by rampant inflation and a fast depreciating exchange rate.

While ZESA has now been allowed to charge tariffs that are seen as in line with economic development, the firm still argues the tariff is still low.

The power utility indicated to the Committee that an average tariff of US10 cents would enable the company to provide electricity whilst at the same time servicing its debt. The current tariff stands at US7.73 cents. – THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

WB boosts target for climate-friendly financing to 35pc over five years WASHINGTON - The World Bank has said it was setting a new five-year target for 35 percent of its financing, on average, to have climate “co-benefits,” up from a 28 percent target for the previous five-year period ended in 2020.

The multilateral development lender also said half of the climate-related financing would be done by its main units - the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association and would be aimed at supporting climate adaptation and resilience projects.

“Climate change presents critical challenges to our development efforts,” World Bank President David Mal-

pass, a former Trump administration Treasury official, said in a statement.

“The poorer countries suffer most from climate events – including flooding, droughts and food insecurity. In addition to increasing our climate financing, we’re working to achieve country outcomes that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and a successful transition to lower-carbon development.”

Between 2016 and 2020, World Bank Group said its institutions, including the International Finance Corp and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, provided over $83 billion in climate-related finance to developing countries. – REUTERS.

AIROBI - Kenya is losing up to US$62 million every year in taxes as companies and individuals use tax loopholes to avoid paying their pound of flesh.

International corporate tax abuse and private tax evasion is bleeding the country close to half its health budget an amount it can use to pay more than 250, 000 nurses for a whole year according to the Tax Justice Network.

The November report says the country ranks poorly in managing financial secrecy, affording evaders an opportunity to get away with money that can be put into better use.

The country was ranked seven in Africa for providing conducive ground for tax evasion with its laws and financial systems being programmed to abet global corporate tax abuse and financial secrecy.

The loophole seems to be working against the East African economic giant that now loses more than what Ugan-

TJN chief executive Alex Cobman

da, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ghana bleed combined.

TJN chief executive Alex Cobman said such systems that allow for massive tax losses are not broken by mistake but programmed to work in the same manner.

“Under pressure from corporate giants and tax haven powers like the Netherlands and the UK’s network, our governments have programmed the global tax system to prioritise the de-

sires of the wealthiest corporations and individuals over the needs of everybody else,” Cobman said.

Global loss associated with loopholes in the tax systems that allow for use of tax havens is estimated at Sh43 trillion according to the report, which comes at a time when countries are facing imminent economic collapse from the Covid-19 disruptions.

In Kenya, trade, tourism and

agriculture have all been hard hit with the tourism already staring close to Sh40 billion loss this year alone after visitors’ numbers went south.

Coronavirus has now exposed the cost of allowing tax abuse which could have ensured better funding for preparedness to tackle health and economic challenges.

Countries such as Kenya are now being called to introduce an excess profit tax to target those who have had a windfall during the Covid-19 period especially the big digital technology firm’s operation across borders.

Health funding organisations such as the Population Service International view the tax losses as the best way to secure money to deal with the pandemic and address other serious health challenges.

PSI General Secretary Rosa Pavanelli said more efforts must be channelled towards ensuring big corporates pay tax and tighten the system to stop DAILY NATION, Kenya.

CSC under corporate rescue Since the first booze ban, the industry has been re-evaluating social programmes, says Distell Group CEO Richard Rushton.

Another booze sales ban for SA? Not again, liquor makers tell govt JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's main producers and distributors of alcoholic drinks are striving to convince the government not to impose a third ban on booze sales to contain the coronavirus, even as the country is seeing a resurgence of infections.

Liquor stores, supermarkets, pubs and restaurants in the country were ordered to halt retail of alcohol when Covid-19 infections started to gain traction in late March, a prohibition that remained in place for more than two months.

The restriction was abruptly reimposed about six weeks after it was lifted, as the initial peak of the pandemic threatened to overwhelm hospitals and emergency rooms.

The industry has made a pre-emptive move to withdraw support for major entertainment events during the festive season, showing a willingness to discourage large gatherings and reduce the burden on hospitals caused by accidents. That costs the industry revenue, but is seen as better than coping with another shutdown.

"If we have an outright ban, we all know the consequences of that," Richard Rushton, chief executive officer of wine and spirits maker Distell Group Holdings, said in an interview.

"It's going to create economic devastation, taxes won't be collected and people will still gather and do it underground."

Distell lost 100 million litres in sales volumes and R4.3 billion in revenue in the year through June as a consequence of initial lockdown restrictions.

The ban on alcohol sales has put investment projects worth at least R12.8 billion on hold and South Africa's government lost billions of rand in taxes, according to the National Treasury data.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize specified this week that young people drinking alcohol at social events was a cause of the virus resurgence.

Since the first lockdown, the industry has worked on re-evaluating social programmes, targeting issues like drunk driving and underage drinking, Rushton said. - BLOOMBERG NEWS.

HARARE – Zimbabwe has moved to avert the liquidation of the Cold Storage Company (CSC) by placing it under a corporate rescue plan in terms of the Insolvency Act while facilitating its revival.

CSC has been struggling to sustain profitable operations over the past years and faced the risk of liquidation as creditors demand their dues.

Mounting debts and accusations of poor management and alleged corruptions among other factors, dragged the company into insolvency, with increased risk profile making it difficult to attract fresh investment or working capital.

Experts attribute insolvency to several factors such as corporate governance failures, imprudent financial management, adverse changes in external factors, internal constraints such as inadequate funding or old equipment, loss of key suppliers, customers or personnel.

The corporate rescue model, also known as business rescue or judicial management is thus, part of the Government’s effort to facilitate proceedings towards rehabilitation of the distressed company, which was once a key exporter of beef products to the European Union.

Ngoni Kudenga of BDO Zimbabwe Chartered Accountants has since been appointed as the corporate rescue practitioner for the ailing giant beef processor. A corporate rescue practitioner is a professional who is registered with the Estate Administrators Council of Zimbabwe.

In Zimbabwe corporate rescue is regulated by the aforementioned Insolvency Act. Previously this was regulated by the Companies Act (Chapter 24:03), which was repealed and replaced by the Companies and Other Companies Act (Chapter 24:31). A corporate rescue practitioner derives general powers mainly from Section 133 of the Insolvency Act. – THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

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HE influence of light is very important as regards livestock production. It affects, though the eyes, the pituitary gland which in turn controls the sex cycle. Hens lay better as the days grow longer, and ewes can be persuaded to take the ram out of season if illumination is drastically altered by artificial means.

Even germination of seeds is influenced by light and darkness.

In cattle dairy heifers sometimes are difficult get in calf during the cold (winter) months and cows sometimes have short and possibly “silent” heats that

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Hens lay better as the days grow longer, and ewes can be persuaded to take the ram out of season if illumination is drastically altered by artificial means. pass unnoticed. Silent heat is when the ovary produces the egg but the animal in this case a cow does not show any outward signs of being in season. In egg production especially the layers, light is taken advantage of.

The question of light during the winter months must always be in the mind of the dairy farmer, although not so serious in Zambian situation. A dairy farmer must understand during this period. Therefore, during the winter months when visible signs of cows coming on heat may not be noticed by the dairy farmer, it is advisable to let the bull run with

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the cows or heifers. The difficulties encountered by the farmer in “catching” the cows at the right time, it pays to let the bull do the job. This shows how important light is in making the cows and heifers during times of short light hours in the months of can play in animal fertility.

Coming to feeding. The influence of feeding fertility is much more complicated.

Every dairy farmer knows that feeding plays equally a very important part in influencing fertility. Particularly from the point of view of determining the influence of individual components of the food.

Hens lay better as the days grow longer, and ewes can be persuaded to take the ram out of season if illumination is drastically altered by artificial means.

All dairy farmers especially commercial farmers in this field of dairy production, how effective the first bite of grass is and how a cow or herd breeding problem often disappears when grazing starts during our summer months. There are some factors in young grass that stimulates breeding. In the same way that there is, we know, a substance that stimulates milk production.

This points to the stimulating effect of the proteins on the pituitary gland that controls the shedding of eggs from the ovary. It may be the quality, the biological value of these proteins that is important which are found in this young fresh grass.

Coming to balanced rations. Every livestock farmer engaged in cattle production know very well that there are some proteins that are suitable for milk production and some that are suitable for beef production. And I believe there is one that is right for breeding.

Similarly, there is a lot circumstantial evidence about the part that minerals and vitamins play, or appear to play in the control of infertility. This is seen in animals when certain minerals lack in their diet.

When it comes to dairy farming, first and foremost rule on the farm must be to ensure that the maintenance and production rations are properly balanced in the broad sense of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, undernourishment arising from a shortage of one or more of these will cause a state of sub-normal health that may lead to infertility. Beyond what has been mentioned, there are the problems of finer balances in feeding particularly with regard to mineral and vitamins.

The requirements of a dairy cow in production

pass unnoticed. Silent heat is when the ovary produces the egg but the animal in this case a cow does not show any outward signs of being in season. In egg production especially the layers, light is taken advantage of.

The question of light during the winter months must always be in the mind of the dairy farmer, although not so serious in Zambian situation. A dairy farmer must understand during this period. during the result Therefore, in the discomfort of such winter months when visible animals. signs of cows coming on Commercial birds worse still heat may not be noticed by freedairy rangefarmer, birds carry worms the it is advisof alltosorts.

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may outstrip the available nutrient intake, resulting in disturbed fertility, in other words, when the level of milk production is in excess of that provided for by the production ration. It may be that the cow is incapable of ingesting sufficient quality of food to satisfy production needs a circumstance which is more likely to arise under conditions of intensive grazing systems.

The starch equivalent of good summer grazing is just as inadequate for highyielding cows as is its mineral content. This may lead to an increase in the number

may have an adverse effect, with the animal returning to service.

For any ration for example that calcium and phosphorus should be in certain proportions in the total ration.

If the ratio is too wide either way trouble may arise. This means that there should be adequate quantities of not only calcium and phosphorus and manganese but also of the trace elements copper and iodine. The farmer must bear in mind especially those who venture to make or compound own rations for their animals, that if there is an excess of calcium then the availability of all these is likely to be suppressed.

The result may be an induced deficiency and a consequent disturbance of the breeding mechanism. So trouble may occur as a result of excess of or a deficiency of one or more of these elements thus it is clearly important to ensure that they are all present in adequate amounts in a well-balanced ration.

This is all about the effect of light, feeding and balanced ration. Farmers especially dairy farmers consider what has been highlighted in this article for the purpose of keeping production going on with as minimal problems as possible. Infertility can be more than what has been mentioned. Factors can be many.

Finally, to be sure that the cows have conceived.

Pregnancy diagnosis can be carried out at regular intervals, say every three months or at least as often as circumstances suggest. This however, can be left to the vet because it requires considerable experience and a detailed anatomical knowledge. Ninety days after service is ideal time for this examination. The job is worth doing.

the cows or heifers. The difficulties encountered by the farmer in “catching” the cows at the right time, it pays to let the bull do the job. This shows how important light is in making the cows and heifers during times of short light hours inFARMING the months of DAIRY can playWhen in animal fertility. it comes to Coming to feeding.

The dairy farming, first and foremost rule on influence the of farmfeeding must be to fertility that the mainis muchensure more complicated. tenance and proEvery dairy farmer knows duction rations are properly balanced that feeding plays in the broad senseequally a of proteins, carbohyvery important part in infludepend on and thefats. species living drates encing fertility.

Particularly in that bird. With this now from the point of view of of services per conception, being mentioned our poultry abnormally the long interval determining influence between services, and even farmers must always have in abortions. components of of individual Attention should be drawn their hygiene and sanitation to the weight of the animals the food.

WORMS IN POULTRY during lactation period, there is a significant relationship between increasing weight and improving conception to first service during this period. Therefore, this emphasizes the importance of feeding the right ration during this critical period. Furthermore, after service until the embryo has become properly established on the floor of the womb, the cow needs special care. A change in ration or environment or any other marked stress at this time

program on their farmsespein-coAll dairy farmers operatecommercial worm control procially farmers grams in their poultry units. in this field of dairy producWorms areeffective always found the tion, how the in first normal healthisadult bite of grass and bids howand a onlyor assume when cow herd importance breeding problem when theyoften appeardisappears in great numbers. grazing starts For young birds during these areour at a summer months.

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development.

In commercial may outstrip the available birds there is some controlinin nutrient intake, resulting curtailing fertility, their development disturbed in other when when following words, the deworming level of programs. milk production is in excess • The Large Round Worms of that provided for by the as the name says itItwhite and production ration. may be that the Itcow is incapable of round. is found in the small ingesting sufficient quality intestine and may cause death ofinfood to satisfy production chicks up to three months needs a circumstance which old. Older poultry these are isrelatively more likely to arisealthough under immune conditions of aintensive grazthere may be drop in egg proing systems. duction.

The starch equivalent of • The Caecal Worm is also good summer grazing is white and round and as the just as inadequate for highname implies, is is found in the yielding cows as its mincaecum.

This This wormmay is found eral content. leadin birds. This worm also is tomost an increase in the number thought to spread the disease Blackhead in birds especially DAIRY FARMING turkeys.

The disease is chiefly spread by contamination of food andit water with When comes to infected feces. parasite of blackdairyThe farming, first head is found in and foremost ruletheonadult worm and in its eggs. the farm must be to • The Tapeworms are other ensure that the mainparasites that are found in the tenance and probirds and they are of various duction rations areof these sizes and length.

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Some type of tapeworms may lodge in the duodenum and can be covered with the mucus. other per type conception, burrow their ofThe services abnormally interval heads deep long into the mucus between services, even membrane of theand intestines abortions. and form nodules and they Attention should drawn can be mistaken forbe tubercular tonodules. the weight of the animals Tapeworms if present during lactationcause period, in large numbers sympthere is a significant toms and sometimes reladeath tionship increasespeciallybetween in young chicks.

The ing weight and improving life cycle of tapeworms does conception to first service not solely the during thisdevelop period.within Therebirds,this thereemphasizes are outside hosts fore, the which act asofintermediate importance feeding theto poultry tapeworms andcritithese right ration during this areperiod. ants, Furthermore, grasshoppers, afand cal other insects.

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The farmer birds should never must bear in mind espebe moved new house cially those into who aventure to until it been thoroughly make or has compound own disinfected. be done rations for This theirmay animals, by first spraying theexcess roof, walls, that if there is an of floors etc., theavailability house with calcium thenofthe disinfectant made up of ofsome all these is likely to be supthe correct strength. All bedpressed.

The result be an indings, dung may or droppings etc., duced deficiency and a conremoved to a dumping place sequent which isdisturbance inaccessibleoftothe any breeding mechanism. birds. Remember eggs So can trouble may occur as a result be carriers of certain worms ofhence, excess orifaincubators deficiency as of such are oftoone or more of these elebe used, special attention ments thus it is clearly imshould be paid in their disinportant to ensure that they fection according the makare all present in to adequate ers’ instructions. amounts in a well-balanced It must also be emphasized ration. that can cause Thisworms is all about theeconomeffect losses feeding in poultry although ofic light, and balwith light infestations a state anced ration.

Farmers espeof equilibrium can be reached. cially dairy farmers consider what been The has worms canhighlighted be kept in incheck this article for the purpose by the natural resisoftance keeping production going of the host when slight on with is asmade. minimal probdamage But when the lems as possible. situation is alteredInfertility the hosts can be more what resistance is than lowered andhas this been can bementioned. through poor Factors nutrition, can be many. severe climatic conditions or Finally, to be sure that during course of anther the cowsthehave conceived. disease. This now when the Pregnancy diagnosis can be balanceout between host and parcarried at regular interasitesay is disturbed andmonths the paravals, every three theasupper hand. orsite atgain least often as cirAs poultrysuggest. farmers This everycumstances thing possible must however, can be leftbetodone theto protect or reduce infection vet because it requires con-in siderable experience a poultry houses as this and contribdetailed anatomical knowlute to losses of possible income edge. days afterAlways serwhenNinety not checked. vice is ideal forvet this excontact the time nearest officers amination. is worth when birdsThe are job showing or exdoing. hibiting unhealthy signs.

These issues were explored in a paper in which we examined how much rural households can benefit from agricultural intensification. In particular we, together with colleagues, looked at the size of smallholder farms and their potential profitability and alternative strategies for support.

In sub-Saharan Africa smallholder farms are, on average, smaller than two hectares.

It’s difficult to be precise about the potential profitability of farms in developing countries.

But it’s likely that the upper limit for most farms optimistically lies between $1,000 and $2,000 per hectare per year. In fact the actual values currently achieved by farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are much less.

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THE Ministry of Agriculture says it will continue to prioritise the adoption of agricultural practices that increase crop production and productivity.

Permanent secretary Songowayo Zyambo said Government wanted to ensure sustainable and guaranteed food security in the country.

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INFLUENCE OF LIGHT, NERIA’S FEEDING SHOULD COMPLETE FERTILISER DISTRIBUTION CHAIN’ AND BALANCED .As RATIONS Neria's Investments predicts a bumper harvest and calls for Hens lay better as the days grow longer, and ewes can be persuaded to take the ram out of season if illumination is drastically altered by artificial means.

the upscaling of extension services in order to improve yields

T Neria's Investments general manager Martin ChaikatiHE influence of light is very important as regards livestock production. It affects, though the eyes, the pituitary gland which in turn controls the sex cycle. Hens lay better as the days grow longer, and ewes can be persuaded to take the ram out of season if illumination is drastically altered by artificial means.

Even germination of seeds is influenced by light and darkness.

In cattle dairy heifers sometimes are difficult get in calf during the cold (winter) months and cows sometimes have short and possibly “silent” heats that

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pass unnoticed. Silent heat is when the ovary produces the egg but the animal in this case a cow does not show any outward signs of being in season. In egg production especially the layers, light is taken advantage of.

The question of light during the winter months must always be in the mind of the dairy farmer, although not so serious in Zambian situation. A dairy farmer must understand during this period. Therefore, during the winter months when visible signs of cows coming on heat may not be noticed by the dairy farmer, it is advisable to let the bull run with

the cows or heifers. The difficulties encountered by the farmer in “catching” the cows at the right time, it pays to let the bull do the job. This shows how important light is in making the cows and heifers during times of short light hours in the months of can play in animal fertility.

Coming to feeding. The influence of feeding fertility is much more complicated.

Every dairy farmer knows that feeding plays equally a very important part in influencing fertility. Particularly from the point of view of determining the influence of individual components of the food.

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All dairy farmers especially commercial farmers in this field of dairy production, how effective the first bite of grass is and how a cow or herd breeding problem often disappears when grazing starts during our summer months. There are some factors in young grass that stimulates breeding. In the same way that there is, we know, a substance that stimulates milk production.

This points to the stimulating effect of the proteins on the pituitary gland that controls the shedding of eggs from the ovary. It may be the quality, the biological value of these proteins that is important which are found in this young fresh grass.

Coming to balanced rations. Every livestock farmer engaged in cattle production know very well that there are some proteins that are suitable for milk production and some that are suitable for beef production. And I believe there is one that is right for breeding.

Similarly, there is a lot circumstantial evidence about the part that minerals and vitamins play, or appear to play in the control of infertility. This is seen in animals when certain minerals lack in their diet.

When it comes to dairy farming, first and foremost rule on the farm must be to ensure that the maintenance and production rations are properly balanced in the broad sense of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, undernourishment arising from a shortage of one or more of these will cause a state of sub-normal health that may lead to infertility. Beyond what has been mentioned, there are the problems of finer balances in feeding particularly with regard to mineral and vitamins.

The requirements of a dairy cow in production

may outstrip the available nutrient intake, resulting in disturbed fertility, in other words, when the level of milk production is in excess of that provided for by the production ration. It may be that the cow is incapable of ingesting sufficient quality of food to satisfy production needs a circumstance which is more likely to arise under conditions of intensive grazing systems.

The starch equivalent of good summer grazing is just as inadequate for highyielding cows as is its mineral content. This may lead to an increase in the number

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distribute fertiliser in some parts of the country be given an extra mandate to complete the distribution up to the farmers to address irregularities in the distribution

chain.

Mr Sichone has observed with concern that the camp agriculture committees who are mandated to complete the distribution exercise are exploiting the process thereby disadvantaging farmers by charging them extra cost which are already covered by the government such as transportation.

He has noted the need to curb rampant bureaucratic theft by some individuals in the fertiliser delivery chain who are abusing their privileges and in the process disadvantaging farmers and consequently affecting the country's food security.

He made the remarks in Mpika, when Neria's Investments general manager Martin Chaikatisha, who is on a fertiliser distribution fact finding mission paid a courtesy call on him.

Mr Sichone said Neria's Investments has done a commendable job in distributing fertiliser but said working on modalities to ensure that they complete the distribution process from the districts up to farmers to avoid exploitation and bureaucracy will be a progressive way to deal with the current bottlenecks.

"You as Neria's Investment have been hands on from the onset in terms of fertiliser distribution and no farmer can complain or say they have not

received inputs. I want to urge farmers however, to take advantage of the good agriculture policies under President Lungu in order to enhance food security" Mr Sichone said but called for an end to the abuse of a good agricultural program by selfish individuals who are retarding government's efforts.

He also assured that Government is on top of things to deal with all irregularities such as smuggling of fertiliser into neighbouring countries, overcharging farmers illegal additional costs among others.

And Mr Chaikatisha, who welcomed and expressed readiness to be part of the extra distribution mandate called for upscaling of extension services to ensure that farmers are well educated in a bid to increase yields.

He said there is need for farmers to increase the yields from the current average of two tons per hectare to above six tons, but said that can only be done if farmers are well informed through a robust extension service.

Mr Chaikatisha said the company is ready to collaborate with relevant authorities such as the Ministry of Agriculture to see to it that extension services are up scaled to promote smart agriculture for improved productivity. #SMARTEAGLES2020 Saturday 25 April, 2020

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SETTLERS STAY PUT OVER CAVING AREA

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ORE than 500 peasant farmers from Wusakile constituency in Kitwe are up in arms against Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) over its decision to evict them from the land behind the South Orebody where they have been doing farming for more many years.

Wusakile Member of Parliament (MP) Pavyuma Kalobo has since urged the farmers to ignore the decision by MCM and continue cultivating their fields because that was their source of livelihood.

But MCM Public Relations Manager, Nerbert Mulenga, said the more than 500 farmers had trespassed on the mine land which was a caving area and could collapse anytime.

Mr Kalobo on the other hand warned that he was ready to draw battle lines with the mining company because farmers had turned to farming after they were retrenched by the same mining company.

In an interview yesterday, Mr Kalobo said he would fight tooth and nail to stop investors from exploiting poor residents in Wusakile constituency.

"People have been farming in that area from as far as 1952 during the ZCCM era, but no one evicted them. What has MCM brought to start evicting people in their farming area?

Up your game, union leaders told

By ROGERS KALERO TRADE union leaders at various levels must strive to provide a service to their members by representing them effectively, Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) President Joseph Chewe has said.

Mr Chewe said union leaders should work tirelessly or else they will be made accountable of their actions individually and collectively at the end of their term.

The MUZ Chief was speaking at the weekend at Katilungu House in Kitwe when welcomed the new branch officials that were attending the MUZ supreme council meeting for the first time "We must realize that we are here because we were elected into these various positions by our members.

Therefore, we must take advantage of this privilege that the members have given us.

"All board members should realize that we are in these positions to provide a service to our members and note that we will be held accountable of our actions individually and collectively at the end of their term,'' he said

This Mopani has been more of a thorn in a fresh than an investor.

"Most of the people who are farming in that area were retrenched from Mopani and the same Mopani is now following them in their fields to chase them. Those people will not leave that area. If it means drawing battle lines, we are ready,'' Mr Kalobo said Mr Kalobo said Zambia has sufficient laws and procedures

to follow when re-settling people which Mopani must follow.

And speaking separately during the meeting, the farmers said they had risen against Mopani because its decision was aimed at throwing them in serious hunger.

One of the farmers, Deuce Songa, said instead of supporting farmers with agricultural inputs as Corporate Social Responsibility, the giant mining

had been squeezing them to the last drop "When I say squeezing us to the last drop, I mean it is the same MCM which retrenched most of us here and after we turned to farming, the same MCM comes to chase us from this piece of land But Mr Mulenga said more than 500 farmers had trespassed on MCM which was also a caving area and could collapse anytime

Mr Mulenga said the mining company was engaging the office of the area MP to find a lasting solution to the problem "These 500 farmers have trespassed on MCM area which is illegal. Secondly, this is a caving area meaning that we have done all the mining activities underneath and what is remaining is the surface and can collapse anytime,'' Mr Mulenga explained.

Mr Mulenga

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By JOHNSTONE CHIKWANDA

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LAST week, I posited my NERGY is the life article on Energy Diplomacy blood ofofcrude any oil counand implications try. Itresource. is virtually as a diminishing At the coreimpossible of my article was to run enlightenment on the without aanmodern economy challenges of a diminishing energy.

To this end, energy resource especially oil and gas security is a matter of life and and its significant implications for any modern economy. death for national developBecause Energy Diplomacy ment. is vast topic which cannot be This is why Energy exhausted in one discourse, I Diplomacy across countries have continued to unpack this has topic.been taking centre stage the topic of Energy forAlthough, centuries.

Many countries Diplomacy is not known to many including Zambia has been inpeople, it has been part and vesting in Energy Diplomacy parcel of our existence and for a long as epitomised gained more time prominence in the last regionally 120 years. integrated projby National security is directly ects such as Tazama Pipe Line, linked to energy security. It is Kariba Power Station virtually impossible to run aand the Zimbabwe, Zambia, modern economy withoutBotswana energy.

The best way to appreciate the inand Namibia (ZiZaBoNa) significance of something is to terconnector which creates a imagine living life without it.

new Western Transmission Corridor in Southern Africa thereby entrenching energy security in the region Concerns regarding the prospects of our global energy security has been gaining momentum for a while. With fossil fuel; a diminishing resource, remaining number one source of energy, concerns from policy makers, opinion leaders, industry captains and Energy Diplomats remain as valid as the moon.

It may be sounding like a joke but debate on the ground is that worldwide rate of major oil discoveries reached its peak in the 1960s and has since followed a steady decline. What I mean is that the rate of discovery of major oil reserves has been falling since then.

This debate is usually political and is met with fierce counter debates though generally agreed that conventional fuel is a finite diminishing resource.

Because oil is a political commodity, there is a sense of suspicion that data regarding specific country estimates of reserves is either overstated or understated to fit the axis of what is at stake.

And according to industry consultants IHS Energy, at least 90% of all known reserves are now in production, suggesting that few major discoveries remain to be made. To put it plain, major discoveries are increasing becoming rare since 2002.

In 2001, there were 8 large scale discoveries, and in 2002, there were 3 such discoveries.

In 2003, there were no large scale discoveries. However, there has been some recent

Monday Monday 14, December 2020 2020 7, December

INVESTING ENERGY DIPLOMACY ENERGYINDIPLOMACY GUARANTEES ENERGYSECURITY SECURITY AND ENERGY

‘National is directly linked oil to energy security’ Twilight security in the desert as global reserves dwind

Energy Diplomacy can be very high especially in situations where the country depends on foreign transport systems and foreign corridors (land and water bodies) for energy security requirements.

You simply cannot do without the support of neighbouring countries. Even in cases, where a country discovered its own oil and gas, it would take serious international relations to get that oil and gas into the global market because of political and commercial interests from a myriad of interested parties.

There are some countries where massive oil and gas international oil and gas politics have gyrated reserves have been discovered into massive complexities. Because of this, but remain unexploited because Energy Diplomacy has gained significant of complexities which only Energy momentum as a tool for managing the space Diplomacy can solve. and thus guarantee national energy security.

Oil passages are still a global security concern as 40 percent global pedestal to shape the modern day extraction. of all oil transits through four increased support to their control of “black gold” as oil is With advancement of conduits of the straits of Hormuz, transnational oil companies and often called. civilisation over the last 150 years, Malacca, Rab-el-Mandeb and the sooner than later, oil politics were From that time, international oil country specific realisation of the Suez Canal. birthed at national, regional and and gas politics have gyrated into gigantic need to become energy International Energy Agency massive complexities. Because secure has led to promulgation (IEA) expects that these quantities of this, Energy Diplomacy has and relentless refinement of will rise from 40 percent to 60 gained significant momentum as local and international relations percent by 2030. It is believed in a tool for managing the space policies. security circles that any longer and thus guarantee national Energy Diplomacy is not interruption could cause largeenergy security. just concerned with availability scale economic meltdown.

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Energy Diplomacy.

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National oil ha pear unless something was all recoverable 4) The 2003 Iraq invasion water bodies controlled by other security is directly linked to done about it. In 2009, the UK been found. a countries. energy security.

To thisTherefore, end, industry Taskforce on Peak Oil ingand to well thecalibrated debate, it is 5) Russian Ukrainian gas If the country with arbitrage deliberate dispute in 2009 cuts the relations off and you polices within targeted aat reasonable accentuating de and Energy Security said that have no alternative, you are as energy security canthe onlytotal be amo in the following five years the certainty Because of perilous good as dead - national security birthed and give dividends after world could face an oil crunch oil available to us. consequences and sensitivities, is imperiled. This is why some adequately investing in Energy unless concerted efforts got esalso know our oil and gas is intrinsically rooted projects are developed jointly DiplomaticWe discourse. in very high level political with other countries to promote *Johnstone Chikwanda Therefor is an calated. consumption. undertones at national, regional joint ownership and thus entrench energy expert and a Fellow of the t It is no longer in dispute that can predict how much and global level and has shaped prospects of harmonious coEngineering Institute of Zambia, discovering new oil fields has have before we start hav our world from the time of smallexistence. a PhD candidate at Johnson been becoming extremely hard rious energyTennessee, security ch scale primitive extraction of oil For a country which does not University, Knoxville, and complicated. Just look at in the Mesopotamia corridor to produce its own oil, the stakes for USA. es down the road.

Imagine living life without fuel and without electricity and what could happen. It would be a catastrophe. This is why during the Great War, one military general told his political leader that he desperately needed fuel otherwise the war would be lost and indeed, that country lost the war.

The advent of the 20th century was the early era of Energy Diplomacy, which was mainly shaped by transnational oil companies and industry gladiators.

Such diplomacy was dominated by the transnational oil companies which produced and distributed fossil fuel, rather than sovereign governments. With advancement of civilisation, energy issues exponentially increased in importance.

Oil commodity ignited massive public interest and soon became a hot national security issue. Therefore, Governments

Since 1981

the recent spill from a BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.

The well was situated more than 60km from the coast line onto sea waters and in 1.5km deep sea water. Some wells have a depth of more 8 km into the belly of the earth. Because of the difficulties of finding new ones, experts now have to scroll even in areas very environmentally unfriendly and sacrosanct.

Not only is it harder to find

Repositioning and brating policies to be fo looking, building on p forts with a sense of u and taking Energy Dipl to another level firm chored on unprece political will is what wil antee energy security future.

Johnstone Chikwanda energy expert and a Fel

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JOB ADVERTISEMENT Investrust Bank Plc (IBP) is looking for suitably qualified, vibrant and self-motivated individuals to fill the positions that have fallen vacant as below:

By ANDREW MUKOMA

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NITED Party for National Development (UPND) in Southern Province has welcomed the decision by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to extend the voter registration exercise.

Provincial Information and Publicity Secretary, Neto Halwabala, observed that the decision was welcome and had been appreciated by many Zambians.

Mr Halwabala told the Daily Nation in Livingstone that the extension would result in all eligible voters who were going to be left out to register during the extended period.

"This is good news and commendable move by the ECZ and merchants of disenfranchisement are now ashamed," he said.

However, Mr Halwabala noted that while the extension was necessary, the ECZ should resolve the glitches, which were causing congestion in registration centres.

"Going into the extension with the challenges may just be an academic exercise and a waste of time," he said.

"Otherwise, bravo ECZ for listening to the stakeholders’ call for an extension. We now all need to get to the ground to mobilise from the 16 Dec 2020 for eligible citizens to register," he said.

Politicians toast voter extension period

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI POLITICAL parties in NorthWestern Province have welcomed the decision by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to extend the voter registration period.

United Party for National Development provincial vice chairperson in charge of politics, Stafford Mulusa, said that the extension of the voter registration period would enable people who failed to register to get their cards.

Mr Mulusa who is also Solwezi Central Member of Parliament (MP) said the extension would also help the ECZ reach the targeted nine million voters.

"We have welcomed the decision by the Commission, but, we pray that the extension may go for another one month so that our people can be captured," he said.

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PF CHAMPIONS OF DEMOCRACY, MWILA party needed to hold party elections.

Mr Davies Mwila condemned this preferential treatment which the CSOs had taken.

He said this after the PF held intra party elections in Southern Province were Lawrence Evans was re-elected as provincial chairperson.

“Our Party has been a democratic party, we have been holding elections, this is the seventh elections and we are remaining with Northern, Luapula and

BY MULENGA MUSONDA

Mr Mwila

SOME civil society organisations do not see it wrong the tendency by certain political parties who have abrogated the constitution by failing to hold intra party elections, the Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General Davies Mwila has said.

Mr Mwila said the CSOs had never condemned this practice which the constitution was clear that each political

Lusaka. We want to show the world that we are a democratic party.

“All NGOs that have been quiet, they have failed to condemn other political parties that have not been holding elections. The UPND, Hakainde Hichilema has been there for more than 20 years, when did they hold a national convention, where are the NGOs? They can’t talk about it, they only want to talk about PF which is more democratic” he said.

Mr Mwila who was impressed with the fair and violent free elections, appealed to his party members not to embrace undemocratic politics of violence and tribalism.

“If someone wants to be the President of the country, he must be democratic.

If you are not democratic when you are in opposition, what more when you are in government? Am happy with the way you elected the people, you didn’t look at someone’s tribe.

European tourists and business interest in zambia spikes up amidst Covid 19 ZAMBIA’S Ambassador to Germany Anthony Mukwita is elated that tourism and business interest from Europe into Zambia continues to rise despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

Mr Mukwita said the interest in Zambia as a tourism ´getaway and business destination has especially been buoyed by independent international agencies that have top ranked the southern African country as a “safe destination” especially under the cloud of the deadly pandemic.

He said this during a Zambia Tourism Agency (ZTA) flagship live programme on Radio Phoenix.

Mr Mukwita said enquiries coming into the Zambia’s embassy in Berlin, not just from Germany but other EU countries confirm a continued positive desire for business and tourists to head to Zambia.

Before the coronavirus outbreak, Ambassador Mukwita said that the embassy could process between 3000 to 4000 visas for visitors into Zambia from Germany annually.

He said the figures could

be higher because not every visitor from Germany obtained visas from the embassy as many others obtain the stamp at the port of entry in Zambia by virtue of them coming from Germany.

“This is why we shall be working closely with ZTA so that we may obtain a fairer picture of just how many German tourists we are receiving as a country, and or indeed from other EU countries”, Mr Mukwita said.

Mr Mukwita said the German tourism market was key to Zambia as Germans are among some of the most traveled populations in the world with a decent or generous spending power.

Keeping this market, Ambassador Mukwita noted was key to the realisation of the benefits of President Edgar Lungu’s policy on tourism which has seen the elevation of the sector to an economic sector which should contribute to poverty reduction and job creation.

This was contained in a statement ssued by Kellys Kaunda, First Secretary Press and Public Relations at the embassy of Zambia in Berlin, Germany.

ECZ performance is the worst, says MDC

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TO ALL PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ADDENDUM NUMBER 1 TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF FIVE (5) AUTO STRAINERS COMPLETE FOR THE VICTORIA FALLS POWER STATION-ZESCO/124/2020 Reference is made to the above mentioned tender which was scheduled to close on Friday, 11 December 2020 at 10:30 hours local time at ZESCO Limited Head Office in Lusaka.

Find responses to clarifications to queries raised by prospective bidders;

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Page 47 of the tender Delivery Period : 8 to 10 weeks Please note that the delivery as per the OEM/Manufacturer is 24 to 26 weeks

Delivery period has been revised from 8 to 10 weeks to 30 weeks

Page 52 of the tender Preferred Model :BAUER geared motor (Danfos Bauer GmbH-D-73734 Esslingen) Please note that The BAUER GEAR MOTOR has been replaced with our standard NORD motor

Proceed with the standard NORD motor.

NORD motor should be engineered to suit RF3-03S- A2E2E2-N5-1-0-3/KS100 which has superseded our minimum requirement in the bid

Page 52 of the tender Preferred Type: RF 3-0-EPT2-E – E-1-1-0 Due to some discrepancies between the model code designation and housing details in the specification, we offer two options: Stainless Steel housing without paint finish and Carbon Steel with inner lining and outer corrosion protection.

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According to the OEM/Manufacturer Model code RF – 3-0-EPT2-E – E-1-1-0 has been superseded to: OR RF3-02S-A2-NME2-N5-1-0-3/KS100 Supply of RF3 filter with Carbon Steel housing

In our current installation, the filtration rating is 100µm.

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Page 53 of the tender Filtration ratings: 25 to 3000µm The element filtration rating of 100µm is recorded as been supplied for this filter. If any other rating is needed, the type code has to be changed. If >100µm, it won’t have any impact on pricing.

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THE performance of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) on the voter registration exercise is the worst in the history, says the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

MDC interim secretary general, Lucky Mulusa, charged that the ECZ had performed below par and abrogated the law which clearly states that massive voter registration should last 90 days.

Mr Mulusa said in an interview with the Daily Nation that the law provides that there should be continuous voter registration and that whenever there WAS a massive voter registration, it should be done for three months.

He charged the ECZ had experienced system failure as evidenced by the registration of few people in a long period of time.

“The performance of the ECZ is the worst in the history of the ECZ and they have abrogated the law and system failure,” he said.

He said the timing of registration was not suitable because the larger population in the country were small scale farmers who were busy preparing their fields with the onset of the rains.

Meanwhile, Mr Mulusa has charged that the cancelling of the previous voters’ registers was illegal because the law provides for continuous update and not cancellation of the existing one.

The former National Development Planning Minister said the ECZ flaws had far reaching effects on the country’s democracy.

Mr Mulusa said the country’s democracy should be managed in a way that upholds a good reputation.

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Please be also informed that the closing date has been moved from Friday, 11 December 2020 at 10:30 hours to Friday, 15 January 2021 at 10:30 hours at ZESCO Limited Head Office in Lusaka.

All other terms and conditions of the tender remain unchanged. Yours faithfully ZESCO LIMITED BRIAN C. KAMBOLE SENIOR MANAGER PROCUREMENT AND STORES

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STARK CHOICES

NEWS IN BRIEFS U.S. senators seek possible sanctions over Ethiopia conflict abuses NAIROBI - Two U.S. senators have called on their government to consider imposing sanctions on any political or military officials found responsible for human rights violations during a month of conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region.

Concern has mounted over reports of civilians targeted by both sides. That poses a policy dilemma for the United States, which considers Ethiopia an important ally in a volatile region, especially against al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants al Shabaab in neighbouring Somalia. – REUTERS.

… Mkhize ask South Africans; Choose between life, sickness or death this festive season JOHANNESBURG - Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has urged South Africans to adhere to Covid-19 protocols during the December holidays or face sickness and death.

Mkhize was speaking on Saturday during a World Universal Health Day virtual event.

The health minister

said the global pandemic could only be defeated by "each and every South African's sense of duty and compassion."

"Only you have the power to stop Covid-19," he added during his virtual speech.

South Africa has officially entered a second wave of the deadly Covid-19

global pandemic.

Meanwhile, South Korea’s President Moon Jaein warned yesterday that Covid-19 restrictions may be raised to the highest level after a second day of record increases in cases as the country battles a harsh third wave of infection.

– NEWS24/REUTERS.

Saharawi nationalists slam US-Morocco pact

Zweli Mkhize

Gunmen raid Nigerian school, hundreds missing ABUJA - Hundreds of students are feared missing after gunmen raided a secondary school in north-western Nigeria.

The attackers arrived on motorbikes and started shooting into the air, causing people to flee, witnesses said.

They targeted the Gov-

ernment Science Secondary School - where more than 800 students are said to reside - in Katsina state on Friday evening.

On Saturday, the military said it had located the gunmen's hideout in a forest and exchanged gunfire with them.

The outcome was unclear

but officials said there were no reports of students being injured.

Meanwhile, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the attack and ordered the school to carry out a full audit of students to find out how many are missing.

Parents who dashed to the

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school to take their children home were also asked to notify the school authorities.

Residents living near the allboys boarding school in the Kankara area said they heard gunfire at about 23:00 on Friday, and that the attack lasted for more than an hour.

– BBC.

LONDON - The US decision to recognise Morocco's claim over the disputed Western Sahara region has angered the territory's Polisario Front, whose spokesman told BBC Focus on Africa it was a "dangerous setback".

"Sovereignty over Western Sahara is a decision that should be taken exclusively by the Saharawi people through a genuine expression of their will," said spokesman Oubi Bouchraya Bachi, adding "it doesn’t belong to the US" or any other power. – BBC.

Bushiri's church denied use of stadium for New Year's Eve Miracle Night Crossover service

LILONGWE - Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri's ECG church has been denied the use of Malawi's Bingu National Stadium for a "Miracle Night Crossover" service.

In a letter to ECG spokesperson Ephraim Nyondo, which News24 has seen, stadium management declined his request for permission to use the facility, citing Covid-19 and Confederation of African Football preparations. – NEWS24.

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PRINCE2® and PMI-PMP® An agile approach will inqualification and certificavolve incremental delivery tion? of value according to sprints.

In our talk this week we will What is a change request in look at some of the most freprojects?? A change request quently asked questions in the is normally when a client redomain of project management quests to alter the scope of standards, certification and qualthe project which was origiification credentials. We will also nally planned and approved. try to look at the importance of A project is deemed as a livadopting a project management ing thing and to have a methodology byneeds companies and project life cycle therefore it organizations. The benefits of is inevitable projects are getting projectthat management acfaced with change requests creditation, certification by infrom stakeholders and pardividuals and organizations are ticularly from the client side. immerse.

Project managers should not The negative consequences or get aagitated offrown not having project when mankey stakeholders request agement methodology are huge for outweighs change. Most projects and the investment are a result of certifications contracted required in getting work with specific terms of references and any changes to the contract should be formalised and approved known as contract variations.

Change is inevitable, change must be embraced in projects. Scope change can presumably bring in more income to the supplier or contractor and the benefit to the client or customer is that the project deliverables will most likely closely meet the intended objective. So it is a win-win situation and project managers on supplier or client sides should embrace change and most importantly put in place some agreed mechanisms of ndchange control project scope in order to formally manage project scope change. If this is not properly managed on both sides it may result in scope creep and serious misunderstandings.

When a project manager is confronted with a change request from key stakeholders, a good project manager would typically say to the client or key stakeholder “Great, let me help you fill in our standard change requests form and would get back to you within a reason-

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