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Museveni wins sixth term with 58.6pc votes. P4 KAMPALA - Long serving Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been re-elected for another five-year term in office, according to the final results announced by the Electoral Commission yesterday. To P4

STOP FUELLING DIVISIONS, MP TELLS CLERGY I’M PF, INSISTS KBF

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LERICS must not ignite or fuel divisions in the country through careless and irresponsible statements that have the potential to set the country ablaze.

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Miners get pay rise STORY ON PAGE 4

Covid cases overwhelm hospitals THE country’s health system has been overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases with the biggest hospitals, Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital and UTH running out of bed space, medical personnel have revealed.

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By SIMON MUNTEMBA I AM a PF member and I will announce my next political move after the national conference, lawyer, Kevin Bwalya Fube (KBF) has said. TO PAGE 4

‘Cannabis can reduce Covid-19 economic shocks’

Teachers’ union welcomes new opening date

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Lift mukula ban, govt urged. P3

By PETER SICHALI GOVERNMENT should “selectively” lift the ban on the sale of Mukula to enable those with stocks to realize some tangible value before it goes to waste, a Mukula dealer Willard Kapila has said.

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DEMOCRACY AT WORK REPORTS that sitting Members of Parliament across the political divide are feeling the heat from those aspiring for their seats should not be held in the negative.

They should be held as a plus in the country’s political dispensation that thrives on describing itself as a democracy.

All political parties, particularly the two major ones - PF and UPND – with MPs in the National Assembly must view the emerging competition in their organisations as being healthy for their growth.

Competition brings more voters to the polling booths thus ensuring that those elected are voted for by a majority.

We are particularly happy that the ruling Patriotic Front for its part has allowed aspiring candidates to start testing the waters by visiting the constituencies to market themselves.

In a thriving democracy, the beneficiaries are the electorate as they are given a wider selection base from which to elect their parliamentary representative.

For the sitting MPs, they have had five years in which to show whether they have delivered to their electorates and should not cry foul that they are being decampaigned.

From the Copperbelt, Lusaka through to Southern Province, indications are that incumbents will not have it easy as we reported in our Saturday edition.

In Kitwe, Mr Christopher Kan’gombe and Mr Binwell Mpundu are reported to be giving sleepless nights to Kamfinsa and Nkana East MPs, Mr Elario Musonda and Mr Alexander Chiteme, respectively.

In the UPND, strongmen in the likes of Mazubuka Central MP Gary Nkombo and his Monze Central counterpart, Jack Mwiimbu are also being challenged by youthful contestants who feel the two have overstayed.

In Siavonga, UPND MP, Darius Mulunda will be facing 11 challengers during primary elections including immediate former MP, Kennedy Hamudulu, who has indicated that he will seek reelection to finish the projects he left behind after he was not readopted in 2016.

In Lusaka’s Kabwata and Munali constituencies, the race has heated up as more youthful aspirants enter the fray with intentions of grabbing the seats from incumbents, Given Lubinda and Nkandu Luo respectively.

PF’s Lusaka Central’s Margaret Mwanakatwe is facing the heat from challengers who include a corporate guru, ZANACO Bank chairperson, Charity Lumpa.

Our hope is that the fresh aspirants might come with new ideas on how the nation could be developed.

If anything, they must base their campaign on what they have to offer and not whether someone has overstayed. What should matter is one’s performance.

The onus is also on their political parties to allow them leeway to canvass for support from the electorate.

With the electorate becoming more assertive about their expectations, only a few of the aspirants might actually make the cut from the grassroots.

The bottom line however is that they won’t have to blame anyone for their failure to impress, that they were discriminated against in favour of the socalled established veterans.

It will be democracy at play.

UPND’S POLITICS OF DEFLECTION

By MUBANGA LUCHEMBE

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HEN UPND politicians come under fire for failing to comply with the law, they often rely on the technique of trying to shift the focus onto others. They try to lay their failures in law-abiding behaviour at the feet of others or they may try to change the debate entirely.

The UPND president Mr Hakainde Hichilema’s letter asking the Human Rights Commission of Zambia (HRC) to investigate the “extra-judicial killings” and gross “Human Rights violations” by the state police provided some clear examples of this.

In his letter dated, January 4, 2021, delivered to the HRC and copied to ZCCB, EFZ, CCZ, LAZ and NGOCC, Mr Hichilema claimed that the recent killing of two citizens when he was appearing for questioning for his suspected - offence of conspiracy to defraud at Police headquarters - must be a source of concern.

CiSCA, Chapter One Foundation, OCiDA, the Public Protector, the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Chief Justice, the Inspector General of Police, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Justice were among other institutions the UPND leader had copied his letter to.

In it, Mr Hichilema claimed that neither he nor any other citizen would be showing up at police stations when summoned for fear of being killed as was the case on December 23, 2020 when a state prosecutor and UPND supporter were allegedly shot dead in cold

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Mr Hichilema’s divisive and hateful politics are not even disguised anymore.

His party has no leg to stand on when it attempts to deflect by dragging our country’s name in the mud in full view of the Western-diplomatic community.

blood by the police.

The UPND leader also claimed that the party was ready to assist the HRC with evidence of these “extra-judicial killings” as material was in abundance.

Yet strangely, he didn’t seem to get over his obsession with self-righteous, intolerant, confrontational rabble-rousing rhetoric.

Mr Hichilema’s statement regarding his ability to pay for

UPND’s recent sponsored-fracas at Police headquarters came as a result of its own attempts to marginalise the nation to its accredited Western-diplomatic community.

the buses that were impounded by police officers when he appeared for questioning at Police headquarters were the usual deflective-solidarity stunts of using bus and taxi drivers in a proxy war-ofwords.

Mr Hichilema promised that he would source for legal representation for all bus and taxi drivers who would be affected as a result of the Police’s move to smoke out all buses that had carried UPND supporters to offer him solidarity.

Zambia Police spokesperson, Esther Mwata Katongo had earlier, categorically stated that police would carry out thorough investigations and impound any bus that was used to ferry supporters to Police headquarters, a move the UPND leader called illegal and misplaced.

The lack of any evidence behind UPND’s unsubstantiated claims that investigations and impounding of any bus were illegal and misplaced tells us that this narrative was a deliberate attempt to malign the police, when the bus and taxi drivers were essentially engaged in UPND-sponsored lawbreaking-activities that contravened the Public Order Act (POA).

Zambia Police’s consistent overtures to maintain law and order come from its intention to see peace in the country, something Mr Hichilema is desperately fighting against to keep his party’s political relevance in the country. Everything the UPND leader says about the police has no basis in fact.

UPND’s recent sponsored-fracas at Police headquarters came as a result of its own attempts to marginalise the nation to its accredited Western-diplomatic community.

The UPND leadership has been actively depriving millions of its 2016 supporters/ voters of their rights to socio-economic development in UPND-represented wards and constituencies by shunning and denigrating government-initiated projects in these areas, and yet somehow, it has the gall to blame the government and police when the recent double-killing of

Mr Hichilema promised that he would source for legal representation for all bus and taxi drivers who would be affected as a result of the Police’s move to smoke out all buses that had carried UPND supporters to offer him solidarity.

innocent citizens manifests into something self-botched and uglier.

Mr Hichilema’s divisive and hateful politics are not even disguised anymore. His party has no leg to stand on when it attempts to deflect by dragging our country’s name in the mud in full view of the Western-diplomatic community.

The marginalisation of the government, the hatred for the Police Service, these are

all attempts at garnering more votes from the ethnocentric Zambian electorate; and up till now, Mr Hichilema and UPND’s perennial failed attempts at Zambia’s presidency in elections since his rise to the party’s helm in 2006 tells us that his strategy is ineffective.

The only way to adequately counter this is if the majority in Zambia rise up against this type of political manipulation; the kind that sets ethnic groups against each other and encourages partisan violence instead of national peace and unity.

It is hoped that the Zambian people see Mr Hichilema for what he really is and use the ballot on August 12, 2021 to finally express their own differences with his hateful narrative.

Besides, before the HRC received his letter of complaint, Mr Hichilema tried to destroy Zambia’s democracy and the Police Service.

Desperate, deluded and dangerous, Mr Hichilema drove Zambia deeper into a political abyss on that fateful day of December 23, 2020 in his zeal to revive UPND’s sagging political fortunes, haemorrhaging since 2006 and to destroy faith in the democracy that fairly has consistently rejected him.

The UPND leader in his letter to the HRC copied to specific government wings, a motley array of UPND-allied NGOs and sycophants, set to solicit Western-diplomatic community’s empathy/ sympathy, spewed lies, conspiracy theories about extra-judicial killings and nonsensically false justifications of not showing up at police stations when summoned for fear of being killed.

But as usual, and as it has been for the last 14 years, including his recent spurred double-killing of innocent citizens near the National Prosecution Authority offices, Mr Hichilema’s primary concern has been himself.

This begs two questions: Do UPND politicians trust our police? Do they think that the Police Service in our country can live up to the role of public protectors of citizens?

Though seemingly daring, UPND’s law-defying politicians are more afraid of the police than goons and thugs.

In their deflective-politicking, the Police Service is ruthless and no independent from the executive. They claim that the Minister of Home Affairs gives direct orders to the police.

They also claim that the police are high-handed and have been suspected of involvement in extra-judicial killings, adding that during the UPND’s 2011 and 2016 post-election street protests, the police were involved in shooting civilians with live ammunition.

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STOP FUELLING DIVISIONS MP TELLS CLERGY From Page 1 “They must instead use the pulpit to promote dialogue, reconciliation, peace and harmony among politicians and other sections of society,” Kwacha member of Parliament Joe Malanji has said.

Mr Malanji said President Edgar Lungu and his government officials were always worshiping and praying with various churches because they believed in their doctrine, but it was sad and disappointing that some clergymen were using the pulpit to promote hatred and division in the country.

Mr Malanji, who is also Foreign Affairs minister, was speaking yesterday at the Kwacha Seventh Day Adventist church at the end of the 10-day fasting and prayers.

Mr Malanji also donated K30, 000 to the church for various activities before he pledged to buy uniforms for the Dorcas Women at the church.

He said his desire was to support various church activities because he believed that it was one of the key partners of the government as it has always been involved in supplementing government efforts in education, health and other

sectors "When we come to congregate with you, it is because we believe in your doctrine and we value the partnership between the government and the church.

"We are however disappointed that some clergymen want to fuel or ignite hatred and division in the country through careless and irresponsible statements. Clergymen are not there to ignite or fuel hatred and division in the country, but are there to promote dialogue, reconciliation, peace and harmony in the country," Mr Malanji said.

Mr Malanji also said he was ready to support the church in fund raising ventures to start projects which will enable them to engage in projects to help the vulnerable people.

And Seventh Day Adventist church Kwacha congregation administrative elder Brian Hamafuwa said he was grateful that Mr Malanji has always been helpful to the church from the time he was an ordinary person up to now when he is a minister.

Elder Hamafuwa urged Mr Malanji to continue with his generosity and heart to help the vulnerable in various communities despite what some people were saying.

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LIFT MUKULA BAN, GOVERNMENT URGED

By PETER SICHALI GOVERNMENT should “selectively” lift the ban on the sale of Mukula to enable those with stocks to realize some tangible value before it goes to waste, a Mukula dealer Willard Kapila has said.

Mr Kapila has appealed to President Edgar Lungu to intervene so that dealers can be allowed to sale the logs in their possession.

Some Mukula dealers, he said were given licences before the ban on sale was imposed by the Government, and as a result the already harvested Mukula logs were losing value,”The harvested Mukula is slowly losing value and Government will not benefit anything therefore we should be allowed to sell and pay taxes,” Mr Kapila said.

Mr Kapila who is also a license holder said there were a lot of Mukula logs that have been lying idle in the bush

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that may bring revenue to government through ZAFFICO if an amnesty is given to dealers including those without licenses.

“When the Mukula trade was at peak a lot of people sold their assets, some got loans so to invest in Mukula and their investment has been stuck in the bush after government abruptly banned all Mukula dealings , it is therefore in this vein that we appeal for an amnesty to allow us sell the logs to ZAFFICO at a reasonable price so that we recover our money, “ Mr Kapila said.

Consumers will gain under AfCFTA, says CUTS

By OLIVER SAMBOKO CONSUMERS’ access to variety of goods and services will be boosted following the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Consumer Unit Trust Society (CUTS) has observed.

CUTS Programmes Officer Jane Zulu, said in a statement to the Daily Nation that the launch of the AfCFTA and is looking forward to the implementation of the AfCFTA will improve the intra-Africa trade and allow an inflow of various

goods and services into the country.

She said CUTS role in AfCFTA agenda is to sensitise consumers on their consumer rights to ensure that there are fair trading practices in the trading spaces.

Ms Zulu said it is also important for consumers to understand their rights to enable them protect themselves as they interact in the various trading spaces.

She however, cautioned that while AfCTA will bring benefits to the country, the arrangement will also come

‘Cannabis can reduce Covid-19 economic shocks’ THE immediate production and export of cannabis could solve some economic challenges brought by the negative impact of Covid-19, says Zambian Hemp Growers and Industries Association (ZamHemp) President Peter Sinkamba.

The operationalisation of the cannabis industry Mr Sinkamba said, could boost the economy dramatically.

“We need additional revenue streams which should be able to assist the government provide the necessary budget support,” Mr Sinkamba, who is also Green Party President, said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday.

He said the industry would be able to create job

opportunities in the country.

Mr Sinkamba hoped that the government would table the Industrial herbal bill and the controlled substances bill when parliament opens this month.

He was confident that the two bills would be passed so that the framework for licensing of prioducers and processors of industrial herb and medical cannabis could commence.

Mr Sinkamba appealed to all Members of Parliament to support the bills when they are presented in parliament.

ZamHemp is an association that promotes cultivation, production, manufacturing, distribution and coordination of hemp business in Zambia. – ZANIS.

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with consequent challenges, such as the lack of modern and efficient infrastructure, unclear information about the process.

“Despite the benefits the AfCFTA has to offer there are some consequent challenges that the CFTA poses. Specific to Zambia, some of the challenges are, the lack of modern and efficient infrastructure, unclear information about the process, restrictions for women-led businesses, and the economic disturbance brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic,” she said.

Ms Zulu said it is also important for the government to put policies in place that will protect the local trade to ensure that both local traders and consumers are protected from unfair trading practices.

“It is imperative that information of the process is clarified to avoid corrupt practices and smuggling of goods in and out of the country.

Zambia and 53 other African countries are part of the AfCFTA, with a goal to increase intra- African Trade by over 50% and allow Africa to create its own value chain.

Kabwata Constituency unveils aspiring PF parliamentary candidate, Clement Tembo

By SIMON MUNTEMBA CLEMENT Tembo has been unveiled as Parliamentary aspiring candidate for Kabwata Constituency under the Patriotic Front.

Mr Tembo was unveiled yesterday by Kabwata Constituency chairperson, Trevor Ngandu popular known as Uncle T. Recently, the ruling party also unveiled Mr Danny Yenga, a popular businessman, as one of the several candidates aspiring for the Kabwata seat on the PF ticket.

Speaking before introducing Mr Tembo, Mr Ng’andu urged the party members in the constituency to work with the two aspiring candidates should they visit their wards and branches.

According to a statement by Mr Tembo’s media team, Mr

Ng’andu said no amount of money could buy the constituency, adding that the party will adopt the best candidate on merit.

After being unveiled, Mr Tembo shared his plans for Kabwata constituency and thanked the incumbent Member of Parliament, Mr Given Lubinda for making Kabwata a better place. Mr Tembo promised to woo more votes for President Edgar Lungu and the ruling party once adopted as a parliamentary candidate.

"Kabwata is not about Clement Tembo, our concentration should be pulling more votes for Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu.

Let's not even entertain cheap politics of enmity amongst us Kabwatans, there is nothing like team Clement or team so and so. We are all Team ECL chapwa,” Mr Tembo said.

Mr Mukula said even those that duly acquired production and conveyance licenses at huge cost were also affected by the decision hence the need for an amnesty.

Mr Kapila said ZAFFICO has never been to some areas in Muchinga since government’s announcement that it will be buying Mukula from dealers.

He said the price offered

by ZAFFICO is not cost reflective hence the need to increase the price.

“Government told us that it will be buying Mukula through ZAFFICO but we

have never seen them here in Isoka , Mafinga or Nakonde and I hear they are offering K30,000 for a truck load which is not an attractive price,” he said.

Mr Kapila said a three months amnesty will save people from going into depression and premature deaths.

“So far three of our colleagues have died due to depression after government abruptly banned Mukula dealing because some were owing Chinese thousands of kwachas and could not pay back,” Mr Kapila said.

Mr Kapila said the Mukula logs laying in the bush could contribute to the national treasury if government can give dealers a three months amnesty to sell the Mukula.

Mr Kapila said government should also relook at the procedure of selling Mukula to Zaffico.

He said the current process was too tedious and maybe costly to both ZAFFICO and the dealer.

I will take on those against Lungu’s eligibility - Chanda

By SIMON MUNTEMBA AS one of the political party leaders that took President Edgar Lungu's eligibility case to the Constitutional Court for interpretation, I will have no option but to take to Court for contempt anyone disrespecting the judgement by claiming that he was not eligible, New Congress Party president, Peter Chanda has threatened.

Mr Chanda has warned of taking legal action on everyone who is talking against the landmark judgement of the eligibility case of President Edgar Lungu.

He said in an interview that if people continue disrespecting the judgement that cleared President Lungu to be eligible to stand for the general elections, he would constitute a legal team and take them to court.

“I am taking them on, I am ready to defend the judgement, I will enforce the judgement. The ConCourt warned sternly that those that continue speaking on the matter are doing it at their own peril as they risk being cited for contempt," he said.

He explained that when the matter was taken before the Constitutional Court, two questions were presented.

Firstly, he said, it was to determine whether President Lungu being in office from 2015 to 2016 consti-

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tuted a term of office? And the ConCourt was clear that a term of office is a period of three years making President Lungu eligible to stand for the elections.

“And the second question was, did he hold office twice?

The Judges were clear that this question cannot be interpreted in isolation without looking at the term of office and it was interpreted that the period from 2015 to 2016 was not a term of office but a transitional term to finish the term of President Sata.

Mr Chanda said, if other parties that took the eligibility case to the ConCourt were not willing, he would take up the matter back and ensure that the judgement is respected.

He also urged the people especially those on the Copperbelt to support President Lungu because he has brought about development in the country.

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PF WOOS EX-MEMBERS TO RETURN, RECONCILE

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LL members who left the Patriotic Front (PF) because of frustration must return because the party needs their services, PF deputy national chairperson Davies Chama said.

Mr Chama said some left because of differences they had with fellow members or were misinformed.

He said in an interview yesterday that it was time to reconcile with all former members for the PF to grow.

Mr Chama said as the coun-

try was going towards the general elections, the PF needed more people to join because winning elections was about numbers.

“We cannot ignore our members who left, we need to ensure that they come back because their services are critical in winning the elections.

“A number of our members have left the party because of various circumstances. Others left because of frustration, they were frustrated maybe because some things were done in the way they didn’t expect. Others left the party

because they had differences or misinformed,” he said.

Mr Chama, who is also Defence Minister, implored the PF leadership to ensure that more people especially from the opposition joined the party.

“They shouldn’t think people will laugh at them, it is the party that wants them because their services are very important.

“What we need to do is that, we need to attract more people from MMD, UPND, FDD and many other opposition political parties. Politics is

I’M PF, INSISTS KBF … But if not adopted at the convention, will cross the bridge when we get there From Page 1

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about numbers and as we are going towards elections we need a number of people joining the party,” Mr Chama said.

Teachers’ union welcomes new opening date

By JOHN KOMBE THE decision to reschedule the reopening of schools has been welcomed by the NATIONAL Union of Public and Private Educators of Zambia (NUPPEZ).

NUPPEZ, Director of Communications, Jacklyn Chimwanga, observed that the de-

Rickety bridges worry Kitwe residents

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA RESIDENTS of Kitwe have called on the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) to repair bridges that are a danger to the public.

The residents complained in an interview that many bridges in the city were damaged, a situation that also scares many motorists.

They explained that some vehicles, especially smaller ones, fail to pass when it rains heavily as the streams get flooded.

"We have continued to face challenges of floods every rainy season and this matter needs to be addressed as soon as possible to avoid disasters," one motorist, Mr Danny Musonda said.

Mr Musonda said that Government through the DMMU should ensure that the bridges were repaired as soon as possible.

Another motorist, Mr Robby Chisanga, complained that most bridges were old and were not safe.

Mr Chisanga wondered why such bridges were still being used during the rainy season.

Efforts to get a comment from the DMMU failed by press time.

ferred reopening of schools was the right thing to do.

She said the union was happy Government had taken a cautious approach following the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country.

She noted that the pandemic had evolved and all age groups were vulnerable and as such schools must be safe for

By SILUMESI MALUMO KANSANSHI Mine in Solwezi has awarded salary increment to its workers of 15 percent for this year and 11 percent for 2022.

General Manager, Anthony Mukutuma in a statement yesterday said the management was pleased that a collective bargaining agreement was now in place.

This means that employees and management can now focus on production, supporting local communities and, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, building business

Police nab man for defiling toddler

By SIMON MUNTEMBA A 53-YEAR-OLD man of Lusaka’s Kanyama Compound has been arrested for allegedly defiling a two-year-old girl.

Police spokesperson, Esther Katongo has identified the suspect as Jonathan Mwewa.

In a statement, Ms Katongo said the incident was reported at Kanyama Police by the girl’s father.

“The incident is alleged to have occurred on 15th January, 2021 at around 17:00 hours at Kanyama compound when the victim went to the house of the accused person who lives in the neighbourhood,” she said.

Ms Katongo said the suspect was apprehended by the public who surrendered him to police. Mwewa is in police custody.

learning and teaching before they reopen.

According to Ms Chimwanga, the reopening of schools was necessary, but caution must be taken to avoid infections. She noted that the teaching fraternity had lost an undisclosed number of teachers to Covid-19 and as such there was need for ex-

treme caution in the reopening of schools. Ms Chimwanga pointed out that the pandemic was not showing any signs of slowing down and as such there was need to be very cautious in reopening schools.

Meanwhile, some parents in Chongwe have expressed mixed feelings on the development.

Miners get pay rise resilience.

Mr Mukutuma however said the minimum basic salary for the lowest paid employees had adjusted to K4, 460 per month He said the educational allowance had been increased to K2, 800 every term for 2021 and to K3, 108 every term for 2022.

Mr Mukutuma said the mining giant had also introduced a company-sponsored

private pension scheme for all employees, and it would be contributing five percent of basic pay for each employee.

“Kansanshi Mining Plc is pleased to announce that it has concluded negotiations for improved conditions of service for the next two years with five trade unions which, collectively, represent 2, 350 unionised employees at its mine in Solwezi.

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Mr Fube said he would only decide whether to form his political party or work with the already established political parties once the PF national conference was over.

He said if not adopted, he was ready to work with any person adopted by PF at the national conference that would move the ruling party forward.

“If I am not adopted

by PF, I have always said it consistently that I never discuss strategies on public. But let us cross the bridge when we get there.

I want to know who the candidate for PF is after the national conference, then I will decide because as it stands now, PF has no President because we elected ba Lungu in 2014 as our President in PF and his mandate run out in 2019 after five years.

“So, the party has no leadership and what we have is a republican President. So, we are going for a conference and if they will not choose me, fine. But I have got ideas which I want to move and that doesn’t stop my ambition. I will decide unit, which had representatives from Kansanshi Mine management and all the five trade unions, commenced the negotiations in October 2020. The negotiations were concluded on Wednesday January 13, 2021 after thirteen sessions.

The unions involved in negotiations were Mineworkers’ Union of Zambia, National Union of Mining and Allied Workers and United Mineworkers Union of Zambia.

Others were Miners and Allied Workers Union and Consolidated Mining and Allied Workers union of Zambia.

Museveni wins sixth term with 58.6pc votes From Page 1 Museveni won 58.64 percent of the total votes cast (5, 851, 037), EC chair Simon Byabakama announced in a televised address.

His closest rival Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, of the National Unity Platform, came second with 34.83 percent (3, 475, 298).

“Having obtained the highest number of votes cast in his favour, being more than 50 per cent at the election, EC declares Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the President of Uganda,” Justice Byabakama said and asked the contestants to accept the outcome.

This stretches the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate's stay in office to 40 years.

Museveni, 76, has won a sixth term after almost four

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decades in power. Wine, a former popstar, emerged as his main rival in a youthful country where most have known only one president.

The commission announced the results as a boosted armed forces’ presence remained visible, patrolling nearly deserted streets while national army choppers hovered and made low altitude maneuvers in some parts of a fortressed and muted country.

There was no explicit concession to NRM’s victory from opposition dissidents in a country that has been under a total internet shutdown since voting started on January 14.

A total of 10, 359, 479 votes were cast on Thursday, which translates to a turnout of 57 per cent. Valid votes numbered 9, 978, 093 while inval-

id votes numbered 381, 386.

The results announced by Justice Byabakama indicate that nearly 7.7 million Ugandans did not vote, indicating that apathy greeted the vote characterised by violence and intimidation of opposition supporters. – DAILY NATION, Kenya.

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what to do thereafter. If they will choose the right person, who I think can move the party forward and I can work with that person, then I have no problem,” Mr Fube said.

He said he was against some current leaders in PF who lacked leadership qualities.

“Yes, politics is about numbers, but the numbers are not just about ‘ifisonso’ (riffraffs) no. We need quality more especially when we are giving leadership. If you are just looking for votes, you can look for them from anywhere but leadership, you need to attract quality and capable people not self-confessed bootlickers.

On Friday, PF Secretary General Davies Mwila said Mr Fube was no longer a PF member as he remained expelled and that his claim that he would challenge President Edgar Lungu during the national convention was baseless.

Mr Mwila urged Mr Fube to form his own political party or join other opposition political parties if he wanted to contest the presidency.

COVID CASES OVERWHELM HOSPITALS

By OLIVER SAMBOKO THE country’s health system has been overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases with the biggest hospitals, Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital and UTH running out of bed space, medical personnel have revealed.

According to the nurses talked to, the pandemic was overwhelming the health system as bed space runs out at both Levy and UTH hospitals.

Covid-19 has caused ongoing challenges for the health systems in the country and with the recent increase in cases and hospitalisations, pressure will be more widespread in the coming months. The country has so far recorded 34, 278 cases with 527 deaths since the pandemic broke out in March last year.

Recently, Government warned of higher and more spread of the virus than at any point in the pandemic, while hospitals are facing intensified capacity, supply, and workforce challenges.

In Siavonga, a number of health workers are among the 46 people infected by the corona virus.

Meanwhile, Zambia has recorded 1, 796 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, one of the highest daily increase recorded since the country recorded its first two cases in March last year.

The cases were picked from 9, 577 tests conducted, bringing the cumulative cases to 34, 278 with 537 deaths.

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‘THEY MUST DIE AT 10PM’…MANGWE ‘KILLER’ CHANTED MANTRA

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ISANI Nleya (45) repeated the mantra as he led police on indications on Tuesday, explaining how he killed his elderly parents on September 1 last year.

The self-confessed killer appeared remorseless as he said his father Nicholas Cain Nleya (83) and his mother.

Margaret Nleya (78) deserved to die because they were bewitching him to enrich the rest of the family.

His insistence on 10 PM has led to speculation that the killing could have been ritually motivated.

The elderly couple were

allegedly tortured to death before their bedroom was set on fire and blow up with explosives, charring the bodies beyond recognition.

The chilling killing at the Nleya homestead in Empandeni, Mangwe District in Matabeleland South Province, horrified the country.

Lisani was the complete opposite of the stereotype of a villainous killer as he swaggered into the homestead in leg irons, handcuffs and about 10 police officers — two armed with AK 47 rifles — guarding him.

Wearing white jeans, blue tackies, a brown jacket and a black face mask, Lisani

looked relaxed.

He towered above most of the police officers.

Born the seventh out of 10 siblings — four boys and six girls — Lisani, the youngest son, is an army deserter who served in the DRC war.

He is said to have been an explosives expert in the army.

There was palpable tension when he came face-to-face with four of his siblings for the first time in 15 years after he cut ties with his family and moved to South Africa.

Lisani appeared to enjoy narrating how he killed his parents.

To him they were witches and not parents.

The only way to deal with them, he said, was to kill them.

“Everything was supposed to start at 10 pm,” he repeated almost to himself.

Lisani said he was by the window through which he entered the house at 9:50 pm.

“I used five minutes to recount all the pain my parents had put me through and the last minute to countdown to 10 pm,” he said, explaining how he psyched himself up to carry out the ruthless double murder.

His three sisters and one brother had an opportunity to confront him about his actions.

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THERE was pandemonium in the Avenues area when a hooker clashed with an old man over payment for sexual favours. ­

The incident which occurred last Friday saw Bedford Mushekwi of Mazowe Mansion being embarrassed by a sex worker identified as Tanaka along Josiah Chinamano Avenue where she loiters for the purpose of prostitution.

Tanaka told H-Metro that Mushekwi had assaulted and injured her when she demanded her money for the services rendered after cohabiting at his apartment.

Mushekwi confirmed cohabiting with Tanaka while risking his life to Covid-19 as well as his property when he left her at the apartment to attend his mother’s funeral.

“This man lured me to his

house when he spotted me along the Avenues area and promised to pay me better money since he receives money from his children outside the country,” said Tanaka.

“I wore some of his clothes and prepared food for him living as husband and wife expecting good payment.

“He attended his mother’s

funeral leaving me at the apartment that is when I discovered from one of his mobile phones that he had several contact numbers evasikana vatinomira navo paroad.

“He posted photographs of the burial service to convince me that he was attending a funeral for his mother.

“Upon his return from the

funeral I confronted him and he assaulted me and injured me on my right hand.

“I posted his photograph on our WhatsApp group revasikana and everyone posted negative comments about him.

“He never paid me anything for more than a week I stayed with him in his 508 apartment,” said Tanaka.

Mushekwi confirmed assaulting Tanaka saying she had deleted some contact numbers from his mobile phone when he left her to attend his mother’s funeral.

“I was angered by that lady for searching my wardrobe and finding one of my mobile phones where she deleted some contact numbers that is why I assaulted her,” said Mushekwi.

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You won’t dump me, you are my wife, lesbian tells girlfriend BREAKUPS are hard but it seems, there are some factors at play in a lesbian breakup that make it extra devastating.

Like an extreme version of life after leaving a cult, a selfconfessed lesbian shared her biggest love regret saying she was living in perpetual fear of her “devastated” estranged lesbian lover who is repeatedly harassing her while also demanding sex from her as punishment for unceremoniously dumping her.

A seemingly fed-up Linda Sphiwe Mpofu from Bulawayo’s Barbourfields suburb led evidence of how Brenda Mugabazi was making her life a living hell after dumping her on grounds of being

tired of the same-sex affair.

Linda, who now wants to date a man, said Brenda, from Mzilikazi suburb, forced her into the lesbian relationship.

Seeking an interim protection order at the Bulawayo Civil Court, Linda pleaded for urgent protection against Brenda, saying from the time she dumped her, Brenda has threatened to harm her.

“I have been living a lesbian life with Brenda (Mugabazi) who forced me into it and I have realised that I cannot continue with it (lesbian relationship). She harasses me and threatens me. On 25 December 2020, she beat me up and I sustained a swollen left knee and foot and I am still limp-

Brenda Mugabazi ing up to now.

“Whenever she meets me, she harasses me and declares that I can’t leave her.

I live with my 87-year-old grandmother and she comes to our place to harass and threaten us while demanding that I must go with her

(to her house) since I am her wife”.

Linda said she decided to seek legal help after a series of rows with her ex-lover who is always stalking her and demanding sex.

“My life is now in danger and I am always running from her. I am begging the honourable court to grant me an interim protection order against her as I want to live a normal life again. I am living in fear of her actions and demands,” pleaded Linda.

Presiding magistrate Shepherd Mjanja issued the interim protection order. In his ruling the magistrate ordered Brenda not to harass or threaten Linda in any way and to stay away from her place. BMETRO

One of his sisters, in an emotional moment, told him his mother was longing to hug him when he finally returned home after his 15year absence, but he rudely responded saying: “Engaging yena wayengiloya? (Why would she want to hug me when she was bewitching me?)”

Lisani would visit Zimbabwe during the 15 years he never visited his family. He would stay at a house in Bulawayo’s Emakhandeni suburb but he never contacted his family.

Speaking in fluent English throughout the proceedings, Lisani showed the offic-

ers and his siblings how and where he entered the homestead on his mission.

Some of the questions they posed to him were: “What exactly happened inside the room after you gained access? Did you axe your parents? Did they fight back? Did your parents say anything to you?”

During his narration, his sister, Sindisiwe, appeared stunned and had crossed her hands on top of her head.

Lisani’s brother, Edmund, just folded his hands on his chest in disbelief while the other two seemed like they were under a heavy sedative.

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Man calls out ‘wrong name’ during sex with wife A MAN from Bulawayo’s high density suburb of Nguboyenja battered his wife for asking him why he had called out another woman’s name while they were having sex.

The court heard that on 08 December last year at around 9PM while Sikhanyisiwe Moyo (28) and Thabo Ngwenya were having a nice time in between the sheets, Thabo pulled a shocker.

As he reached the point of no return Thabo called out an unfamiliar name — “Bridget” — much to the shock of his wife.

Sikhanyisiwe asked why he was calling her Bridget. The court heard that Thabo stood up and went to urinate in a container which had drinking water. Sikhanyisiwe tried to show him the bucket which they use for urinating, but he did not listen to her, the court heard.

The situation spiralled out of

control as a discomfited Thabo hurled insults at his wife.

“Akungitshiye wena wule lothuvi, mtwane wule (Please leave me prostitute, daughter of a prostitute).

He strangled her, forcing her to fall on the children who were sleeping on the floor. The court heard that the fuming Thabo told his wife to vacate their matrimonial home while calling their children puppies.

Sikhanyisiwe sustained a swollen neck.

She made a report at Mzilikazi Police Station leading to the arrest of her husband.

Thabo appeared before Bulawayo’s Tredgold magistrate courts’ Shepherd Munjanja facing a physical abuse charge.

He pleaded guilty.

He was sentenced and ordered to pay $3 000 fine, if he fails would serve 30 days behind bars. - BMETRO

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JOHN MWANGO: musician turned politician

By NOEL IYOMBWA

HAVING started his music career in 2014 composing songs for the Patriotic Front in Mandevu John Mwango won the hearts of many established music artistes including producers who saw potential in him.

Daily Nation Lifestyle caught up with musician-cum politician John Mwango.

Many people especially those from Mandevu Constituency know John Mwango as JMK .

He is a product of Kasama and came to Lusaka for further education. “ Being in a new environment, more complex and developed was kind of difficult though it wasn’t too long till I adapted because of my influential character,” he says.

“My life in Lusaka wasn’t so luxurious but my brother Charles Mwango tried to give me what he could after passing my grade nine (9) examination. “ He further explains that It was difficult to find money for his school fees because he wasn’t able to.

“So with the mindset, I was raised with back in Kasama and God’s grace, I knew I needed to start finding my myself,” he explains.

“I began to hustle in many different ways from being employed as a barber man to owing my own barber shop.

“Raising money for my education and working didn’t go hand in hand, so I resorted to night school,” narrated the soft-spoken Mwango.

Mwango who has so far pro-

duced more than four songs one of them featuring Shipmaster is in studio working on a song featuring Macky2. He is also working on a PF campaign song.

Despite being the current PF youth secretary in Justine Kabwe ward 21 he says music will always be part of his life and hopes to produce more music this year.

“Many people are asking me if I am going to stand as councillor but I must say that for now I would prefer holding my position and concentrate on my music career.”

SA's Emtee confirms working with Plight

By TERENCE MISELO

SOUTH African rapper Mthembeni Ndevu, better known by his stage name Emtee, has confirmed he is working with budding Zambian R&B singer Plight Intellect on a new single called ' Be With You'.

Emtee famous for his debut hit single, "Roll Up" and other great songs posted a video on social media urging fans to look out for the collaboration he says is promoting unity in music. Emtee seems happy to work on the song and has urged fans to support the song.

Plight Intellect announced that his new song for 2021 will be released on January, 22.

Plight says this is a single to prove he has a lot of

good works coming for the year 2021 and beyond.

The talented singer who is famously known for his anthem ‘ You' featuring Yo Maps and late but great singer Daev is hopping to take Zambian music to another level.

And Plight Intellect music is now available on various internationally linked music platforms.

Fans can get it on Beezer, Sportfy, Tidal, iTunes, Amazon and other renowned outlets.

'Be With you' also features breakout female vocalist Terry and versatile singer and songwriter Scott Shalu.

The song is a mellow fusion of Trapsoul-esque vibes combined with a story of being with the one you love despite all the odds two people may face being together.

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By TERENCE MISELO BUDDING gospel singer Sarah Progress Mumba has vowed to use music to share her life experiences and battles to praise God.

Sarah believes gospel music is about sharing God’s love and comfort through the experience of others.

In November last year , she released her debut single called ‘Yahweh Mwaliwama’.

This is a song which means God is good and explicitly shows praises for His love.

“It basically talks about God being our present help in times of need, that He is our refugee and in Him do we put our trust,” she says in giving information on her single which is so far doing very fine.

“You can find this song on Mvesesani and we also have the song on CD so we can actually deliver.”

Addressing needs for children, youth with disability

By NOEL IYOMBWA

PAPAYA Kay Foundation(PKF) is an organisation founded with a mission to address social and economic developmental needs and issues of parents, and communities of children with complex disabilities.

PKF closed the year 2020 by laying the base for this year through an interactive meeting with key partners using a themed workshop 'Removing existing barriers in public transport and infrastructure to enhance accessibility to services such as health and education for children and youth with disabilities.'

Speaking at the event, Foundation board chairperson Ennocent Silwamba noted that since formation, the organization has noted that lack of disability appropriate and affordable transport services has continued to be a prominent burden among parents of children with complex disabilities.

He added that this has made it difficult for such parents to take their children for medical reviews which has negatively affected the

health and wellbeing of such children.

Meanwhile PKF Executive Director Sandra Mukwavi encouraged parents to children with complex disabilities not to let their pain of raising children with disabilities go to worst but ensure that they do everything in their capacity to fight for the rights of their children.

Speaking at the same function Public and Private Drivers Association of Zambia president Josiah Majuru disclosed that the association is aware of the challenges faced by persons with disabilities.

He said the association will negotiate with the Road Transport and Safety Agency on how best persons with disabilities can be helped on public transport.

Meanwhile, a person living with disability Jethro Daka lamented that they are made to pay more in public buses due to the space they occupy.

Mr Daka said some differently-abled people were sidelined and mistreated whenever they used public transport.

He said some conductors refuse to accommodate them on their buses, saying they occupy more space but pay normal charges.

Mr Daka said some persons with special needs end up spending more time at bus stations waiting for a Good Samaritan to accommodate them.

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'Power of Love' connects more T-Mathews returns

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By TERENCE MISELO

SWITT Sky Music Events (SSME) affiliated artiste Mdouble has released his new single for 2021 called “Rewind Selector” .

MDouble whose real name is Michael Mwepu says on this particular song which is a dancehall driven track, he features dancehall artiste “Rascartel”.

The song was produced by Cleogz beats Africa and MDouble says the public will have ac-

cess to the song on various music platforms.

MDouble’s first-ever song was called “Bad Girl “ where he featured “Stevo” and “Ray-xer”.

His most recent single is “Let Em Hate” which features “Scott Zambia” and “Narey”.

It is hopped this new track will be as successful as MDouble’s previous songs.

“The new song will is available on local platforms as well as international ones like Zambia music blog, Spotify, Apple music , AfroCharts, Mvesesani and more,” announced MDouble.

‘Music is a tool for word of God’

By NOEL IYOMBWA

SAVIOUR Kakoma Mandumbwa popularly known as Psalmist Saviour is a Chililabombwe based gospel musician who believes that the word of God can easily be ministered to the masses through music.

Happily married to Agnes Namakando with two beautiful children, a boy named Christian and a girl called Shekainah,Psalmist Saviour started his music career in 2008.

He did his first album at Blezar studios titled “Nsambilisheni”.

He plays a little bit of acoustic guitar and a keyboard.

Psalmist Saviour who works for Lubambe Copper Mines LTD on the Copperbelt has currently released his new album titled “Lisumbulwe” He explained that his album was produced by Abraham Banda at VS Studios and at Lord’s Artar Studios by Uncle Chikwa The artiste bemoaned the high piracy rate which has led to

most people not buying music CD’s “This vice makes it difficult for most of the people to buy our music which we invest in a lot, “he said.

GOSPEL artiste Mathews Tembo musically called T.Mathews returns with a new album release for 2021.

Released and on sale in Sounds and online on mvesesani.com, ‘ A New Day’ is the album title of the project that is packaged as an eight-track compilation addressing a number of issues.

All songs on the project are written and composed by Tembo Mathews himself.

It is a revelation of his long music career and dedication to making music for spiritual and social change.

The album features Temwani on backing vocals on three tracks. “ ‘A New Day’ is a message from God, a message of hope to all nations. Despite the challenges we have seen, God always has a day set aside to bring restoration,” says T.Mathews as he encourages fans and followers to access the album and follow him on social media platforms for details.

MWIZA ZULU RISES ABOVE ‘ GUN CULTURE’

By TERENCE MISELO

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N a world where killing by the bullet has become common especially in Africa, there is need to speak out and stop the ‘Gun Culture’. This is exactly what young songstress Mwiza Zulu is trying to achieve in her latest single, ‘ Gun Culture’, a cover version of her artistic father’s song released 20 years ago.

With the recent shooting to death of two unarmed Zambian citizens that occurred on 23rd December, last year, and others that have happened before, Mwiza has risen above this challenge to put to a song a strong message to remind us of our need to stop the bloodshed.

Produced by Jerrys Fingers, the song has been instrumentally refined and make it more relevant to the modern day sound.

This song has so far attracted great attention and following on various mu-

sic platforms such as DJ Showstar.com.

It is a song confirming Mwiza’s conscious nature to modern day issues and her strong belief in youth activism. Follow her song on http://www.djshowstar. com/mwiza-zulu-gun-culture-prod-by-jerry-fingers/ and get inspired.

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By TERENCE MISELO

IT'S barely two weeks remaining before Zambia witnesses what is seen to be one of the most exciting art exhibition, ' Power of Love' which is fast connecting more people to take part.

Organised by one of Zambia's talented artist Callen Moses Chisha aka 2wice, the ' Power of Love' exhibition which will take place on January 29th under strict Covid-19 guidelines has attracted close to 10 artists with differently-themed entries all expressing the power of love.

The exhibition will take place at the Southern Sun in Lusaka with artists like Linda Banda, Gideon Bulwani, Flavia Mitchel Akulu and Nicholas Sakala all set to take part.

Others are Othiniel Lingwabo, Grace Daka, Chansa Mapepo, Chisha Kayope and 2wice himself.

For this reason, 2wice is appealing to the general public and art lovers in particular to take an opportunity to appreciate Zambian artistic paintings that are communicating one of the most relateable subjects, 'Love'.

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up around a family of musicians and she could always be at her parents’ gigs. She attempted to sing when her father was recording an album called ‘Bwezani’ which she sang along and the rest is History.

In 2018 she recorded her first music of her own called ‘What a shame’, a song which was about sexual abuse and it got her nominated in the 2018 Kwacha Music Awards for most conscious song, in the same year she also won an award for best female comer.

During her free time, she mostly spends it alone just listening to music and thinking or sometimes she spends it with her significant other friends or pets( especially Dogs as she loves her dogs.

“I would love to urge young people pursuing their passion not to give up no matter what challenges they face, how you rise above challenges is what makes you great. “

ABOUT MWIZA ZULU Born from Legendary Singers Sister D and Maiko Zulu. Mwiza was born and raised in Lusaka. She did her primary school at Rising Hope Education Centre, while her basic education was acquired from Libala Basic and her senior secondary at Libala High School.

Growing up Mwiza has always been an activist with particular interest in politics and gender hence she participated in the inaugural junior president on ZNBC and she was once an Ambassador for MISA. It was her love for activism that she was compelled to study politics and international relations at Univer- Mwiza Zulu Quotes ©2021 sity of Lusaka. (source: Zambian AesthetMusic wise, Mwiza grew ic)

Trigganation talks his passion for music

By TERENCE MISELO

“MY lack of confidence and shyness led me to start producing Music,” says 21-year-old artiste and producer Jack Lumbeta Kafukwilwa.

Passionate about changing the face of the music industry in Zambia, Jack also known as Trigganation is a Lunda from Luapula. He was born in Solwezi, grew up in Kitwe and later moved to Lusaka.

Not long enough he moved to Southern Province,where he did his senior secondary school.

Jack then pursued a degree in petroleum engineering and graduated at Liaoning university in China.

He is currently studying a Masters in business Management at Shenyang Aerospace University.

“I stepped on the mic coz I felt I’d reach more people and achieve the purpose or dream I had of taking Zambia to another level as an artiste,” He said.

Jack had always been innovative but the main factor that pushed him to go down this road was to provide jobs for youths in the country and attain financial freedom, because joining the industry meant it would introduce an extra source of income.

Like any other individual, Jack does have a busy schedule but he has learnt to strike a balance and prioritize what needs to be done for him to make good grades and music. He says Prayer too is cardinal as it gives guidance when decision seem to fail.

“Starting up I had challenges, like self confidence and belief issues I always doubted myself, also breaking into the industry with a different sound was not easy because people are used to a certain sound” He adds.

However different the sound

could be from the usual, Jack believes he is not there yet but is happy with how it’s going. He is trying to infuse his Zambian imprint into the Music because he has got international market.His tracks are currently played in the UK and Nigeria on major radio stations.

Aside that Jack got an opportunity to get an award from the Embassy of Zambia in China for his music, a feature with one of Africa’s legendary Hip Hop singer “Ice Prince and it reached 2.2 million views on Triller from his #Likeido challenge, that he opted to do making him the first Zambian to do it.Later he was featured in one of Africa’s biggest entertainment Magazines and is still hopeful for more opportunities.

He is grateful to his friends,family and fans for the unrelenting support rendered especially through the constant streams and shares.

“To anyone out there starting up something, I would tell them not to give up because life is a marathon not a sprint, you have to keep going and believe in your dreams, there is always light at the end of the tunnel,” he advises.

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ARLIER this week, the Chinsali Subordinate Court sentenced Jurious Sakala, a notorious poacher who was caught with 9.5 kilos of elephant ivory to seven years imprisonment with hard labour. This is just one example in the growing trend of Courts around the country handing out higher penalties, above the minimum five-year-sentences, for illegal possession of prescribed trophies like ivory.

Despite a ban on the international trade in ivory, African elephants are still being poached in large numbers, driven by a lucrative but deadly black-market trade linked to organized crime syndicates that coerce rural, unemployed, impoverished locals to get involved in poaching.

Given how destructive poaching has been to the environment, wildlife populations, local communities and the nation at large, stiffer penalties for offenders have been lauded by conservationists. Mr. Solomon Chidunuka – one of Zambia’s celebrated rangers and current Senior Warden for Muchinga Province under the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, is a front liner in the fight against poaching and understands how severe a scourge poaching can be.

He is pleased that poachers and other wildlife offenders are now getting the stringent punishments they deserve.

“Stiffer punishment is a deterrent measure to wouldbe offenders as it brings fear to individuals that once they are arrested and imprisoned, they leave their families suffering without any support.”

Ed Sayer, Country Director - Frankfurt Zoological Society Zambia (FZS) and Programme Manager for the North Luangwa Conservation Programme (NLCP) is also optimistic that tougher punishments for wildlife offenders will help reduce poaching incidents.

“A strong deterrent to the criminals involved in commercial poaching is essential in the fight against poaching.

This sends a strong message to current and would-be offenders to understand that the risks involved in poaching far outweigh the reward.”

Ed and his team at NLCP work with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife to conserve the North Lu-

CONSERVATIONISTS LAUD STIFFER PUNISHMENTS FOR POACHERS angwa ecosystem, a pristine wilderness that is home to the North Luangwa National Park.

While law enforcement agencies and local Courts ensure that convicted poachers face the wrath of law, local communities also have a role to play as they are the custodians of the natural resources, including wildlife in their area. Local communities are also the most and directly affected by effects of poaching.

Mr. Chidunuka says, “Individuals and local communi-

ties need to respect the law that protects wildlife. They must also ensure that they work with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife by reporting poaching and other illegal activities involving wildlife.”

Ed believes local communities need to develop a deeper sense of ownership of wildlife and the environment in order to participate in conservation efforts. “It is essential to recognize that the local communities living with and in wildlife areas are ultimately

the best protectors of their natural resources if they have true ownership and decisionmaking abilities for their natural resources. Therefore, there needs to be a concurrent effort to address this through improved ownership and revenue sharing for the local communities combined with the creation of an attractive investor climate for wildlife compatible enterprises to increase employment opportunities for the local communities.”

To this end, NLCP has em-

barked on several programs aimed at empowering local communities. One such initiative is a small-scale village savings and loans schemes that enable members to engage in conservation compatible business enterprises.

Ultimately, the responsibility to protect the country’s pristine ecosystems and the wildlife they host rests on all of us. The illegal wildlife trade negatively impacts our local communities and nation at large as poaching cartels rob us of our natural resources

and cultural heritage.

The message coming out of our Courts is that poaching and trafficking in illegal wildlife products are now recognized as serious offences that will attract penalties above minimum sentences. We can all help protect our wildlife resources by not engaging in illegal activities involving wildlife, saying no to illegal wildlife products and reporting any suspicious activities involving wildlife to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife.

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REV. LYDIA SAKENI LUKA’S ‘PRAYER’ FOR KALINGALINGA

BY MWANSA PINTU

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HE people in Kalingalinga refer to her as “Mama Waluse” and always look up to her for solutions to their social, spiritual and economic problems which she ably “handles”. But Pastor Lydia Sakeni Luka now says her ultimate desire is to become the counsellor for the area so that she has the people’s mandate to solve their problems.

Daily Nation recently spoke to Rev. Sakeni Luka about her ambitions and the following is a verbatim transcript of the interview.

1. Kind tell us who Lydia Sakeni Luka?

Lydia Sakeni Luka is a businesswoman and a pastor. I am married to Bishop Luka and we have four children.

2. Tell us about your family and education background?

I’m the eighth born in a family of ten (10). I started my grade one (1) in Chililabombwe at Twafwane Primary School and in grade eight (8) went to Chililabombwe Secondary School.

I continued with my grade nine at Kasama Secondary School. I was out of school for a year after my father retired and went back in grade 9 I only went back to school after giving birth to my son. I have so far done a number of courses with the University of Zambia, namely Psychosocial Counselling, Community Development, Business Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Information Communication Technology, Project Management, and Health and Safety.

3. How long have you lived in Kalingalinga Compound and what have you so far done to improve the quality of life there?

I started living in Kalingalinga in 2004, and has improved a lot of things there. I have so far taken 345 children back to school from the business that I do. I have also changed the situation as regards early marriages in this area as most children are now able to concentrate on school.

In the area of empowerment, I have taught a lot of women business. I started my business with K10 and a lot of women used to see how I used to sell and do business. So, based on my experience, I started teaching them entrepreneurship and I have been able to help a lot of them improve their businesses based on the training that I have given them. I have actually improved a lot in this township. There is also a programme that I do called “Boma Niwebo Naine”, which aimed at changing the people’s mindset. I noticed that a lot of people do not take care of public property and I have tried to change that through this programme. It is yielding results. Most people in this area are now able to look at public property as their own and are able to look after properly.

4. What has inspired you to run for the position of Councillor for the area and why now?

What has inspired me to run for the position

of counsellor in Kalingalinga is the confidence that I have in my capabilities to turn things around in this community. I have already changed a lot of things here without being on any position and I know that I can actually do more if I was a counsellor because then I would know that I have the people’s mandate.

5. What would you like to change in Kalingalinga once elected as councillor for the area?

I will change a lot of things in Kalingalinga when I am elected as counsellor because I live in the area, I know what exactly the people need and I also know what to do. I will first start with the women and youth because I have seen that when you empower a woman, you have empowered the whole community, and when you empower the youth, you have created future leaders. I will make sure that they are all supported. I will also ensure that the people’s mindsets are changed because I have seen that most people clean their surroundings, for instance, and therefore get afflicted by disease. In the area of hygiene, I will ensure that the drainages are done and that the people look after them. I will be the people’s servant. I will listen to them and involve them in development activities.

6. What do you think are the priorities for the people of Kalingalinga for now: building new homes, cleaning up the area or improving their economic activities?

the capital. I do not only help the people with loans but also train them in entrepreneurship so that they can properly manage their businesses.

The priority for the people of Kalingalinga is economic empowerment. I have already started doing empowering the people through training the women and the youth in entrepreneurship.

Most people in the community want to wait for formal jobs which never come but I will make sure that I help them to start businesses. This time around, I am helping t h e women boost their businesses through givi n g them soft loans of between K 3 0 0 and K500.

M o s t people would like to venture into businesses but lack

7. How do you plan to involve residents in the decision-making process?

I will involve the people in decision-making through the Ward Development Committee. It is comprised of persons from various walks of life.

8. If you wanted to build new public infrastructure in Kalingalinga, what would it be and why?

If there was anything, I would want built in Kalingalinga, it’s a community secondary school so that more children can continue with their education. We have more than 200 children in the community who passed to go to secondary school but cannot continue with their education because lack money to pay for their school fees. I would want a community school built so that we can look for donor to support its operations and enable the continue with their education.

9. If elected, what three steps would you take to put the people of Kalingalinga on a firmer economic footing?

When I am elected into office, my I will make sure the people in the community are trained in entrepreneurship and are also assisted with capital to run their own businesses through soft loans. This I have already started doing through my organisation. I will also make sure they change their mindsets and stop looking for handouts but start looking at making their own profits through businesses.

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Drunk driver loses licence for 30 days

By MULENGA MUSONDA

THE Choma Magistrates’ Court has suspended a taxi driver’s licence for 30 days following his abrogation of the Road and Safety Act on New Year’s Day by driving under the influence of alcohol.

Webster Simuusa was facing two counts of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor and giving false information to a public officer contrary to the Laws of Zambia.

Particulars of the offence in count one are that Simuusa drove a Toyota Runx bearing registration number BAL 4000 under the influence of 0.445 milligrams of alcohol above the permissible 0.3 milligrams to an extent of being incapable of having control of such vehicle.

In the second count, Simuusa when approached

Assault victim withdraws case

By RABECCA BANDA

A YOUNG WOMAN has withdrawn a case against a man who assaulted her.

Appearing at the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court before magistrate Chinunda Chiwaula was Richard Phiri accused of assaulting Ms Anastasia Lubemba causing her actual bodily harm.

When the matter came up for trial, Ms Lubemba asked if she could take the stand and inform the court her position on the matter.

Ms Lubemba, aged 23 of George Compound said Phiri is like a brother to her and with the permission of the court wanted the matter to be withdrawn.

Woman confesses stealing from till to replace shortage

By RABECCA BANDA A LUSAKA woman has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that she got K70, 425 and planned to use it to make up for the shortages.

Appearing before magistrate Ntandose Sakala was Juliet Mutonga, aged 32 of Makeni Villa accused of stealing K70, 425 from Mini Daco Enterprises.

Particulars of the offence were that Mutonga between August 2020 and September 29, 2020 got K70, 425 from Mini Daco Enterprises where she was employed as a sales lady.

After taking plea of guilty, Mutonga explained that she was employed as a sales lady at Mini enterprise.

She said during her work

by a public officer lied about his name and produced a licence belonging to a Progress Luwaile as his when in fact not.

The incidents happened on January 1, 2021 in Choma.

When he appeared for plea before Principal Resident Magistrate Idah Mupemo, Simuusa admitted both counts and stated that he produced his friend’s licence because he was drunk.

Magistrate Mupemo after listening to his mitigation expressed dismay at his lack of sincerity.

Ms Mupemo suspended his licence for 30 days and slapped him with a fine of K2, 000 or six months in jail with hard labour.

She also fined him K500 in the second count before he was informed of his right to appeal to the High Court within 14 days if he was not happy with the ruling.

She said her family sat down with Phiri’s family and she forgave him for beating her.

She did not ask for anything from Phiri’s family as she had forgiven him wholeheartedly.

Phiri apologised to Ms Lubemba for assaulting her and thanked her for deciding to forgive before the trial could commence.

He said what happened was not intentional but regrettable.

He said he has learnt a lesson the time he has been in prison and never again will he beat anyone.

Magistrate Chiwaula withdrew the matter against the accused.

In excitement of being free again, Phiri shook hands with Ms Lubemba, showing gratitude to her for withdrawing the matter.

there were shortages which she could not understand how they came about. Magistrate: Did you get K70, 425?

Mutonga: Yes. Magistrate: Why did you get the money knowing it does not belong to you? Mutonga: I got the money because I wanted to use it to do something to recover on the shortages.

Magistrate: You made losses and still got money from there to recover the losses.

Does that make sense to you?

Mutonga: Yes that’s what I did. I had no other way of recovering the shortages.

Magistrate: Did you get permission from the owner?

Mutonga: No I did not Magistrate: Could it be that you wanted to use the money for your personal gain?

Mutonga: No, my plan was to recover on the shortages.

The court entered a plea of not guilty and adjourned the matter to a later date for trial.

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BOY, 16, GETS 3 MONTHS COMMUNITY SERVICE, COUNSELLING FOR RAPING COUSIN

By MULENGA MUSONDA

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16-YEAR-OLD boy who raped his cousin, also aged 16 has been sentenced to three months of community service while undergoing counselling.

The boy appeared in the Choma Fast Track for Gender Based Violence sitting as a Juveniles Court before Principal Resident Magistrate Idah Mupemo.

In this matter, the 16-year-old stood charged with rape contrary to section 132 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.

Particulars of the offence are that the boy had carnal knowledge of his female cousin without her consent on October 20, 2020 in Choma.

According to the facts presented by Senior Public Prosecutor Charles Chinzai, the boy raped his cousin after taking ad-

vantage of the absence of there being no other people at home.

And Juveniles Inspector Kazembe Zyambo stated that that the boy’s feelings for his cousin could have arisen because he does not go to school and spends most of the time at home with her.

“He has been romanticising his cousin for a while” the inspector said as he recommended that the boy be put on counselling and community service.

Magistrate Mupemo said that the juvenile who seemed remorseful of his action observed that there was still room for him to reform. She ordered that he undergoes counselling while he carries out his three weeks community service.

She also ordered the Social Welfare Department to present to her a report of the counselling a week after it is done so she could see results of the counselling.

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Readers Forum: The Column You Write

KOSWE IS DATALESS Dear Editor, WHEN I started this mission, one of the objectives was to expose Koswe for what it is, a cheap, lying, scandalous and fake social media propaganda tool.

I exposed the person behind it and Koswe rushed to deny it by saying they do not know me but in the same breath, they said they taught me politics and sponsored my campaigns. How do you teach politics somebody you do not know?

I challenged Koswe to disclose the name of the female journalist I have a child with and produce DNA results and all they could come up with is a another lie that I do not talk to Mr. Tutwa Ngulube because of a woman.

Dear Editor,

B

obi Wine had failed to win the hearts of rural voters and urban adults. He had invested too much in Facebook and Twitter propaganda.

Even if he had enjoyed free space to campaign he would not have managed to sway the minds of the rural voters. For example, he was shunned in President Yoweri Museveni’s home province where he was allowed to campaign.

Uganda is generally a rural country. It is not as urbanised as Zambia.

Bobi Wine enjoyed supDear Editor, ALLOW me to make a comment on this issue. Admittedly, Zambia is indeed endowed with abundant natural resources.

But why have we not tapped them to become what we want to be? Simply this, we want to start a business today and become rich the same day.

Unfortunately, wealth creation is a process and results cannot come through in days.

Zambians are very excellent

UGANDA POLL REALITY

port mainly among the urban youth and the work force.

These two groups could not give him enough votes to unseat the veteran strategist.

Another hurdle he faced was that the security and military forces are still staunchly loyal to Baba Museveni.

What has happened is that the rural votes have cancelled Bobi’s youth and urban votes.

The rural population regard the old man as a parent, liberator and protector despite economic hardships. Even within the urban voters many were nervous of change.

Then there is Western treachery to contend with.

While publicly showing Bobi support, Western governments view him as immature, erratic and impulsive.

The United States has been providing massive funding to the Ugandan military despite its active role in restricting free movement and assembly for opposition parties.

The West hails Museveni as an effective buffer against extremist Islamic terrorist groups which he has effectively prevented from turning East Africa into their haven from which to plan and stage bloody terrorist attacks on Western and Israeli interests.

They are sceptical about

We are not a poor country planners but weak actors.

The Small-scale Industries Development Organisation (SIDO) which started actively well in Zambia but abandoned along the way has become a bread basket in Tanzania.

But what holds us back?

Factors include the way we have been brought up and trained. We are trained at our institutions to become employees and not entrepre-

neurs. I listened to a friend in the teaching profession who was advising his own child not to take up civil engineering, saying (ukabolela mumushi mu engineering inchito shalishupa) jobs are difficult to find for graduate engineers, you will rot at home.

I quickly challenged his thinking by telling him that he needs engineers to do good

Zambians should now know that this Koswe belongs in the rabbit hole. My mission was to expose it and exterminate it and I will not stop until it dies just like the way we have always dealt with rats.

They produced a badly done photoshop showing a poor image of an unnamed woman to render credence to their desperate illusions.

I again challenge them; disclose the name of the female journalist having my

Bobi’s capacity to deal with terrorist groups from Somalia, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Iraq and other countries and would be happy to see the status quo continue.

These are just my personal views based on my knowledge of what has been happening in Uganda and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Bobi Wine was no match for the old man and his experienced political party.

As for rigging, that is not for me to worry about because it is the mantra in Africa.

Good run Bobi ‘REALIST.’ roads as well as design his house. He needs engineers to design and build schools where he now earns a living as a teacher.

So clearly, it is this kind of mindset which has reduced Zambians to a survival status.

Unless we realise now that we have to rise to the challenge we will continue to dance to the music of abundant resources while the foreigners own and play the music.

ARNOLD SIKAONA, Kasama.

child, show us the photo of the baby and birth records and prove that I fathered the innocent baby.

The truth is that Koswe is a poor example of a propaganda tool. Mr Ngulube is my good friend and he is my leader in the National Assembly as Deputy Chief Whip and I talk to him each and every other time.

Zambians should now know that this Koswe belongs in the rabbit hole. My mission was to expose it and exterminate it and I will not stop until it dies just like the way we have always dealt with rats.

It might appear like a waste of time for some people but we cannot have the likes of Koswe running around our society and causing havoc.

They have to be exterminated and the time is now.

BOWMAN C. LUSAMBO.

Jesus heals 10 men with leprosy Dear Editor, ON his way to Jerusalem, Jesus travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, 10 men who had leprosy met him.

They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him - and he was a Samaritan.

Jesus asked, “Were not all 10 cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you

well.” (Luke 17:11-19).

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged.

Be thankful even if you are in difficult circumstances.

Happy Sabbath comrades.

ANTONIO M. MWANZA.

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THE FUTURE OF ZAMBIA

The Future of our Political System

By DR MWELWA MULENGA

THE Zambian political system, built on democratic principles, has been stable and as a result the country has been, in the words of former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, “an island of peace” (address to Zambian Parliament, 2012).

As more and more Zambians become assertive in exercising their freedoms, especially of speech and movement, in a technologically enabled country, toxic ideas detriment to the country, fuelled by unbridled, unguided, and uninformed passion, may bring the end of democratic peace as we know it.

In many cases these purveyors of chaos are fronts and conduits of foreign governments and others seeking to impose their interests upon our country.

This fragility of democracy was more evident in the United States in the last four years when the constitution and laws, written with expectations of people being reasonable and civil, was tested almost beyond its limits.

What saved the United States from total collapse was the separation of powers and constitutional clause for elections (run by 50 different states therefore difficult to manipulate) every four years.

What we need to do as Zambians is to look again at the constitution and the laws and re-think them and re-write them with the worst possible scenario in mind.

We need to do away with such requirements as 50 plus 1 to win the presidential election as well as taking out the 14-day hearing period for petitioning by the losing presidential candidate.

We do not have resources to be running two presidential elections in a year, and also because the risk of political chaos is amplified during the re-run, made worse by the fact that there would be no president and no cabinet during the 14-

day period.

The Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 10 of 2019, while it intended to remedy to some extent these shortcomings in the current constitution, it did not go far enough to cure and immunise the country from the chaos under discussion here.

In addition to these constitutional challenges, the future of Zambia may well be served by a system of government that is quasi-federal but democratic.

In this quasi-federal system, the responsibility of developing the provinces

include the cabinet ministers and will be focused on implementing the administration’s policies nationwide.

But we will need to bring together educated and experienced minds to redesign and implement this new political system. A new constitution will be drafted and implemented over several decades.

will shift from Lusaka to the actual people who live in the provinces.

The provinces will collect taxes for development

ated from the expansion of existing businesses and non-profit organisations in alignment with the population growth.

But more jobs will come from the creation of new businesses by entrepreneurs. The economy will shift from dependence on old crops and old minerals to a new economy dependent on a broad swath of sectors.

We have made the argument in this essay that Zambia, because of its geographical location with nine neighbouring countries, is a natural hub for finance, education, health, transportation and distribution, communication, as well headquarters for economic and political institutions in Southern Africa.

POPULATION

The growing population will need an increase in service provision, in consumption, and construction, healthcare and many more. in the provinces and run their own legal, law enforcement, educational, commercial, health, and social systems.

The president and his administration will still

THE FUTURE OF WORK What kind of jobs will be available in the future, and what sectors will generate them? New jobs will be cre-

If Zambia pursued an entrepreneurial strategy to develop competitive advantages in these sectors, that effort will be the source of a tremendous

FILEPHOTO: President Edgar Lungu unveils the plague during the official commissioning of Arcades fly-over Bridge in Lusaka. Picture by SUNDAY BWALYA/ZANIS

amount of new jobs for Zambians. It is certain that in the short term, like in the long run, the source of new jobs will be entrepreneurship across all sectors.

As the population ages, new jobs in elderly care will emerge. And as the lifestyle of Zambians mirrors the western lifestyle more and more, new diseases and social challenges associated with the western lifestyle will emerge.

Diseases will require specialists to take care of patients. Social changes will require additional police, psychologists, and social workers. New foods will require new restaurants and new chefs. As technology takes hold, new technology workers will be needed.

More and more logistics professionals will also be needed.

In general, the growing population will need an increase in service provision, in consumption, and construction, healthcare and many more. Many more women will join the work-

But by far construction, both residential and commercial, will create more jobs quickly for bricklayers, electricians, plumbers, roofers, tilers, steel workers, ceiling specialists, and hardware suppliers as the demand for homes, industrial, and office complexes will increase with an increasing population and growing business environment.

But it is possible for the country to have abundant work yet have very low productivity due to a laissez-faire attitude towards work. Many organisations pay people for showing up to work for however short they stay at work.

The future organisations will increase productivity by paying people based on their work and time spent at work.

CONCLUSION Our future as a country can only be as bright as we create it to be. We cannot rely on investors to create

themselves.

One of the actions we can take is to align the work of institutions so that they develop attitudes of using our own local resources and products.

For example, the role of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) should be to set up companies that can manufacture as many things that we import as possible.

Educational institutions to offer as many classes and degrees as possible so that we do not have to spend money on education abroad.

Hospitals to be as equipped as possibly can be so that treatments for all diseases will be available here in Zambia.

Communications companies to invest in communication satellites so that the communication costs can be minimised.

Through IDC the country must invest in turning Zambia into the economic, financial, transportation, health, education,

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force and will need child care service providers.

it for us because they have self-interest to take care of

and technological hub of Southern Africa.

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Pereira's two penalties give West Brom vital win over Wolves WEST Brom came from behind to claim victory in the Black Country derby as two penalties from Matheus Pereira helped them beat Wolves at Molineux.

It was only the Baggies' second win of the season - and their first under new boss Sam Allardyce - and the first time they had scored three times away from home in the Premier League in almost seven years.

While they remain in the relegation zone, it will provide fresh optimism about avoiding the drop.

BUFFALOES GORE WARRIORS …as Prison Leopards reclaim top spot

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

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T R U G G L I N G Green Buffaloes finally picked their second win of the season and moved to 13 points on the MTN/FAZ Super Division table after beating Kabwe Warriors 2-0 in a Week-13 fixture at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka.

A second half brace from Aubrey Chellah gifted Buffaloes maximum three points which propelled them from 15th position to 12th position on the league table.

Chellah scored two goals in 10 minutes as Buffaloes bounced back from a 1-0 defeat to Lumwana Radiants the last time they were involved in league action.

The win is a big boost to a Buffaloes side that has recorded seven draws and four defeat with their only win having been a 5-0 bashing of

Nkana FC last November 18.

Meanwhile in the second fixture of the double header at Nkoloma Stadium, 2012 AFCON winner Emmanuel Mayuka rescued NAPSA Stars from recording a consecutive defeat after he scored a brace in the 2-2 stalemate with Red Arrows.

Mayuka broke the deadlock in the 10th minute after benefitting from Austin Banda’s cross before James Chamanga levelled matters with a brilliant goal in the 25th minute.

NAPSA were forced to make a first half change after Austin Banda suffered a knock before he was replaced by Aaron Kabwe in the 38th minute.

The setback had a negative impact on NAPSA Stars who were trailing four minutes before the break when Joseph Phiri put Red Arrows in the lead as the first half ended 2-1 in favour of the home team.

NAPSA Stars came back strong in the second half with Mayuka completing his brace in the 61st minute af-

ter he scored from a penalty awarded to NAPSA following Francis Simwanza’s foul on Jacob Ngulube inside the 18yard box as the match ended 2-2.

At President Stadium in Kabwe, Prison Leopards maintained their unbeaten run at home after humbling Forest Rangers 2-0 to reclaim the top spot on the league table.

Goals from Francis Zulu and Kobe Chipeta gave Leopards the coveted three points which propelled them to 23 points, two points ahead of second-placed ZANACO who are on 21 points.

In the Ndola derby played at Indeni Sports Complex, Buildcon and Indeni FC were involved in a goalless draw while, Kitwe United and Lumwana Radiants shared the spoils following a barren draw at Garden Park Stadium in Kitwe.

Today, league action returns with Nkana hosting Zesco United at Nkana Stadium while Green Eagles will host Young Green Eagles in a battle of the siblings.

Both spot-kicks came from clumsy tackles from behind on Callum Robinson, by Willy Boly and Conor Coady.

The penalties were similar too as Pereira sent Rui Patricio the wrong way.

The first broke the deadlock after eight minutes, the second won the game 11 minutes into the second half.

In between, Fabio Silva and Boly turned the game on its head in the space of five minutes at the end of the first half, only for Semi Ajayi to level with a header straight after the restart. THEGUARDIAN/BBC

We haven’t banned boxing activities - ZBF

annual plan and the major highlight for this year is preparations for the Tokyo Olympics qualified boxers that will be up to June that’s why we want to intensify preparations,” Chomba said.

He said the ZBF is determined to ensure that the

By MICHAEL MIYOBA three boxers, Steven Zimba, Evaristo Mulenga and PatTHE Zambia Boxing Fed- rick Chinyemba who qualeration (ZBF) has denied ified for the Tokyo Olympic allegations that it has Games are prepared for the banned boxing activities Japan outing. for this year because of the Chomba noted that the Covid-19 pandemic.

Federation has however ZBF General Secretary cancelled the international Bright Chomba said in an championships for Olyminterview the federation has pics-bound boxers because not banned boxing activities of the Covid-19 pandemic. as alleged by reports on so“We had put in some incial media. ternational championships Chomba said ZBF is cur- especially to do with counrently hosting a two-day tries in the Northern part of provincial boxing tourna- Africa, we were supposed ment in Southern Province. to compete in two or three tournaments in North Africa but because of Covid-19 CHOMBA pandemic we may not be “Now we are emphasising able to compete in those tournaments. on national tournaments “Now we are emphasising because what we have on national tournaments observed about our Olympic bound boxers they because what we have observed about our Olympic have hammered all the bound boxers they have opponents in the midlands hammered all the opposo we cannot gage whether nents in the midlands so we they are developing or cannot gage whether they their performance is going are developing or their performance is going down,” down,” Chomba said.

He said national boxing team coach Wisdom He said the ZBF is still Mudenda will continue to operating under the current mentor the boxers after they health guidelines and would broke camp from the Olymonly ban activities if the new pic Youth Development guidelines were to say so.

Centre which has been “We are still operating closed after recording one and following the guidelines case of Covid-19. provided by the government Chomba said the Federfrom the time we were al- ation will not neglect the lowed to resume and once boxers to avoid them losing new guidelines come into their fitness ahead of the effect we will follow. crucial Olympic Games.

“We have circulated the