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“If truly Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu is trying to stop dedicated Christians from dedicating the country to Christianity, then that is sad and unacceptable because he does not hold the monopoly of wisdom,” Bishop Kaela said.

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THERE is need for a serious marshall plan to exploit Gold reserves because Zambia is losing millions to illegal minBy PETER SICHALI SILUMESI ing and exports of theand mineral MALUMO resource, a mining expert EdwardILLEGAL Simukonda has said. mining of gold and Mrthriving Simukonda said dis- trade of black market ciplined National the Zambia commodity are denying Service (ZNS) officers Government and and the country substantial revenue. (To page 3) thousands of unemployed youth cadets already trained to defend national interests should be employed to replace illegal miners, most of them By SIMON MUNTEMBA funded by foreigners. To Page 3

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the monopoly of wisdom and try to stop Christian from dedicating Zambia to Christianity, says Bishops Council of Zambia secretary-general Bishop Able Kaela.

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‘GET HONEYBEE CONDOMS TESTED INDEPENDENTLY’

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HE drugs and condoms supplied by Honeybee must be subjected to independent tribunal for testing in order to ascertain whether they are defective or not, former Republican Vice President Enock Kavindele has said.

Mr Kavindele said the allegations leveled against the supplier were very serious which needed quick intervention.

He said many lives could have been affected after consuming the drugs and others could had contracted diseases after using defective con-

doms.

Mr Kavindele said in an interview that it was important that independent investigations were done to clear the minds of Zambians who were not at peace.

"This subject has been debated by the public and a number of issues have been said. Let me just say that this a serious matter.

My advice to government is that they need to put this matter before an independent tribunal so that it can be settled once and for all.

"It is important that the independent tribunal goes down to investigate this matter and take a thorough inves-

tigation because I can assure you that many people are not happy with what has been reported," Mr Kavindele said.

The former Republican Vice President said, "Some people can even sue Ministry of Health for endangering their lives," he said.

Mr Kavindele said before government got any law suits they need to take the route to undertake independent investigations.

This matter is extremely serious, he said, therefore government should not overlook it.

"It’s good that proper investigations are conducted," Mr Kavindele said.

Stop endorsing aspirants, PF Lusaka leadership advised

By NATION REPORTER THE Lusaka province Patriotic Front leadership should desist from causing havoc in the party through endorsements of aspiring candidates when incumbents are still working, a PF official Lemmy Bwalya has said.

Mr Bwalya said it was shameful to start campaigning and discrediting incum-

bencies because it was distracting them.

He also said in an interview that the more the incumbencts were being discredited by aspirants, the more opportunities being given to the opposition to pull through.

“Let me sternly warn the party leadership at Lusaka provincial level to desist from causing havoc in the party through irritating en-

dorsements of some members of the interim committee,” said Mr Bwalya.

Mr Bwalya said the interim committee in Lusaka was supposed to be helping the President unite members in the province.

Mr Bwalya asked the PF central committee to immediately stop desperate aspirants from campaigning as they were destroying party.

Only MoH, MIBS will issue Covid-19 vaccine statements THE Ministry of Health has reiterated that while the sector continues to participate in global, regional and country technical discussions on the Covid-19 vaccine development and deployment, Cabinet is yet to sit, consider and approve the vaccine and its deployment mechanism.

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nent Secretary for Technical Services, Kennedy Malama explained that the ministry will only recommend to Cabinet a Covid-19 vaccine which is efficacious, safe and approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

“We therefore urge all government institutions including missions abroad not to

issue any statements on the vaccine until Cabinet provides guidance,” Dr. Malama stated in a statement. He also advised that all statements or pronouncements on the Covid-19 vaccine will be issued by the Ministry of Health in liaison with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services. - ZANIS

4 nabbed for possessing government medicines illegally FOUR people of Kasenengwa district in Eastern Province have been arrested for being in possession of government medicines suspected to have been unlawfully obtained, contrary to section 319 of the penal code Chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia.

In one account, a Ministry of Health employee at Kasenengwa Zonal Health Centre, Edwin Nkata aged 56, has been charged for theft by public servant.

In another count, Nkata has been jointly charged with Samson Zulu aged 39 years for being in possession of government med-

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icines suspected to have been unlawfully obtained contrary to section 319 of the penal code Chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia.

Others arrested include Allan Zulu aged 45 years and Nathan Tembo aged 50, who have also been charged for being in possession of government medicines suspected to have been unlawfully obtained.

Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) Senior Public Relations Officer, Christabel Illiamupu indicated in a statement made available to ZANIS in Lusaka today that the four have since been released on police bond and will appear in court soon.

Mrs. Illiamupu stated that the development came to light during a joint investigation undertaken by ZAMRA in collaboration with officers from the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA).-ZANIS

Milingo Lungu defends KCM split in court

By GRACE CHAILELESOETSA MILINGO Lungu has argued that the reorganisation and restructuring of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) is within the mandatory power as provisional liquidator of the Mine.

Mr Lungu stated that no order of Court is required for him to carry out functions that are incidental to the powers given to him by the Court.

He has also asked the Lusaka High Court to discharge the interim injunction granted to Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited and two others, restraining him from reorganising KCM. In this matter, Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited, Vedanta Resources ( Jersey II) Limited and Vedanta Resources Limited have sued Mr Lungu challenging the splitting of

KCM. The three want the Lusaka High Court to order Mr Lungu to immediately reverse any process of KCM reorganisation.

But in his defence, Mr Lungu stated that KCM Smelter Company limited and Konkola Mineral Resources are subsidiary companies owned by the State therefore it is not true that the reorganisation is intended to remove the assets of the Mine (KCM) from the supervision of the Court.

He stated that the reorganisation of KCM is in order to streamline its operations and increase efficiency and that all the steps taken in respect of KCM were within his powers.

“The issues raised by the plaintiffs are, if at all, matters for determination under Cause No.2019/HP/761, they cannot be subject of determination in a separate action,” he con-

tended.

Mr Lungu stated that the matter is not properly or competently before Court and that in the alternative all the issues in this case are matters for determination under cause 2019/ HP/761 (winding up).

He also filed an affidavit in support of exparte summons for an order to discharge the injunction granted to Vedanta Resources Holdings Limited and two others by Judge Dr. Winnie Mwenda, restraining Mr Lungu form undertaking any reorganisation of KCM or transferring, disposing off, selling or dissipating the assets of KCM until the determination of the proceedings.

The matter for the hearing of the order for injunction inter-parte came up last Friday as both parties argued their case and justice Dr Mwenda reserved ruling to Thursday.

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Lungu’s tour imperative, says DNA

By NATION REPORTER IT is absurd to demand that President Edgar Lungu stops checking on how people across the country are faring in the wake of the Covid-19 when it is his moral duty to do so, Zambian DNA spokesperson, Spuki Mulemwa has said.

Mr Mulemwa said President Lungu had demonstrated commitment to improve Zambians’ welfare, empower the youth, women and the vulnerable people in society.

He said the President has continued his tour of duty to check on developmental projects because it was his responsibility to do so.

Mr Mulemwa said President Lungu cannot hide in State House without knowing how

the people were faring.

“He is on the trajectory to transform the country as evidenced from massive infrastructure developmental projects being rolled out in all parts of the country during these few years has been in office,” he said.

Mr Mulemwa said the Head of State had continued to actively engage traditional leaders in order tpo find out how people were doing.

“It’s for these reasons we are urging Zambians to support President Lungu as he’s has distinguished himself as a leader who has a heart for the people,” he said.

Mr Mulemwa said in as much as the President could decide and only work from State House, he had decided to put the plight of poor first.

Kambwili speaks out Iam NDC, not PF

By PETER SICHALI

I AM National Democratic Party (NDC) president and I have no intentions of rejoining PF, says Chishimba Kambwili.

Mr Kambwili said rumours that that he has rejoined PF are being spread by his political enemies.

Mr Kambwili said he can not betray NDC members by rejoining the PF. “Its a biggest of the joke for anyone to think I can rejoin PF, because am a president of the NDC,”Mr Kambwili said.

Mr Kambwili has urged party members not to dissuaded by fake news of him rejoining PF. “I would like to urge the members that a NDC president and I remain committed to the party and I have no intentions of rejoining the PF, “ Mr Kambwili said.

Mr Kambwili who served as Minister in PF government in various ministries joined the NDC after being expelled from PF in 2017.

Recently, rumours of the NDC leader rejoining PF have emerged ahead of 2021 General elections.

Mr Kambwili’s NDC has been in an alliance with UPND which has reportedly crumbled.

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ILLEGAL GOLD MINERS THRIVE Technocrats to spearhead gold mining coops (From page 1) Now a team of technocrats will be sent to Sinda, Katete, Lundazi, Serenje and Mkushi the main centres of the illicit trade to persuade the miners to form cooperatives to ensure they pay tax, Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development Permanent Secretary Barnaby Mulenga has said.

Mr Mulenga said the government’s desire was to see to it that illegal mining was completely curbed so that meaningful revenue can be generated from the sector.

He said in an interview yesterday, that illegal mining was denying the government to earn revenue, therefore, it need to come to an end.

He was reacting to a mining expert, Mr Danny Mwila was called on the government to legalise illegal gold mining operations by locals giving them licences so that they can start paying taxes and

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ECONOMICS Associations of Zambia (EAZ) has cautioned Government to be more vigilant on accountability of revenue as it takes bold steps of taking over the mining sector.

Government should ensure that there is accountability so that an average Zambian gets the benefits and ultimately brings economic development Zambia needs to cushion the effect of Covid-19.

This is according to the EAZ Deputy National Secretary, Rita Mkandawire.

About a week ago, Commodities trader and miner Glencore announced that its subsidiary Carlisla Investments had signed an agreement with ZCCM-IH to transfer 90 percent interest in Mopani Copper Mines in a deal worth US$1.5 billion.

ZCCM-IH already holds the remaining 10 percent stake in Mopani.

The deal is expected to close within the next three months, conditional on the receipt of regulatory approvals in Zambia

contribute to the treasury.

Mr Mwila said there were currently a lot of illegal mining activities going on in many areas such as Sinda, Katete, Lundazi, Serenje, and Mkushi among others.

He said illegal gold miners should be encouraged to form co-operatives and issue them with artisanal mining licence or panning certificates for them contribute to national development through the payment of tax to the Zambia Revenue Authority.

Mr Mwila said illegal miners should be supported by Zambia Gold Company and Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development by attaching officers who were experts in mining such as geologists and mine engineers to train them in mining to obtain optimal gold from their mining areas where they would be mining once they form cooperatives.

But Mr Mulenga said Government was already issuing panning certificates in

areas where gold had been discovered so that it can be mined legally.

Mr Mulenga indicated that currently, about 32 cooperatives had been formed across the country and they had been given panning certificates.

We have taken note, Mr Mulenga said, about the revelations of illegal mining in Sinda, Katete, Lundazi, Serenje and Mkushi and the team will be dispatched so that miners can be encouraged to form cooperatives He said the government would not leave any stone unturned to ensure that illegal mining was eliminated for the betterment of the country.

“I want to inform the nation that as government we have headways to ensure that illegal mining is stopped. We have been issuing panning certificates in order to legalise gold mining. So for the areas where illegal mining has continued we shall ensure that cooperatives are formed so that illegal mining becomes a thing of the past,” Mr Mulenga said.

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Ms Mkandawire and on the approval of ZCCMIH’s shareholders and board of directors.

Commenting on this

development, Ms Mkandawire strongly urged Government to ensure that no one took advantage of its good move and should ensure that all the revenue benefited the development of Zambia.

“I think in most organisations what we see is that people like to take advantage of opportunities, anything that Government does in which they mean well is usually mishandled by a few greedy people .

“We are owing much so we would like the Government to also ensure that in trying to be accountable we safeguard the interest of the economy and the lives of Zambians,” she said in an interview.

Ms Mkandawire acknowledged that Zambia had the right expertise and experience to run a capital intensive sector such as the mining that had been an economic backbone for the country Government, she explained, had recorded successful stories, citing Zamtel which

was once sold and currently operating well-being Zambians after it was repossessed.

“I would like to commend the Government on the brave step on ensuring that the mining sector is well aligned with the Economic Recovery Plan in the sense that one of the things they mentioned is that they would ensure that the mining sector is protected and ran by Zambians.

“This is something that the Government has done accordingly, we want to create a Zambia for Zambians,” Ms Mkandawire said.

She said the move would ensure that jobs were protected as well as revenue, thereby being beneficial to the economy and development of the country.

Ms Mkandawire regretted that foreign investors always threatened to fire employees whenever they were reminded to be compliant with the ma by Government saying “you just cannot keep threatening to fire these employees, these are people supporting families.”

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RESOLVE LAND MESS

DEMAND for land has risen over the years with some desperate citizens, accepting offers from people presenting themselves as political cadres even in locations reserved for electricity and water infrastructure.

Some unscrupulous youths masquerading as political cadres have gone to great lengths, demarcating farm land, which is legally owned by other people.

They have caused havoc among helpless families who are intimidated into believing that such elements are indeed political cadres.

Elsewhere, free-wheeling councilors have looted any open space including road reserves and areas reserved for social amenities.

As a result, physical planning has been thrown to the wind as structures are coming up all around, even encroaching grave yards.

Reports abound about civic leaders taking the lead in looting pieces of land including the river banks and marshlands, which naturally are supposed to be spared from human habitation.

Councillors and some officers at the Ministry of lands are prime suspects in illegal land allocation in many areas.

Therefore, Government should probe all councils, starting with those in the urban areas and extend the exercise to the rural outposts.

For the umpteenth time, we wish to remind all councillors that they are not full time employees in respective councils, but are part-timers who should stick to their lane of offering policy guidance.

Secondly, councillors are there to offer service and not to reap from the already financially crippled local authorities and desperate land applicants.

They must immediately stop perpetrating illegalities and give appropriate guidelines; they must keep away from the civic centres when their presence is not required.

It is sad that some councillors spend much of their time trudging corridors of the councils with a puffed up ego as though they are full-time employees, issuing illegal instructions.

Unscrupulous people presenting themselves as cadres must be arrested immediately.

In fact, Lusaka province Patriotic Front Secretary, Kennedy Kamba, has advised police to arrest anyone grabbing land using the ruling party’s name.

This is so in the case where suspected cadres have not only encroached but grabbed land and gone so far as to build houses on land whose title deeds are help by Mr Webster Mhango. Despite the matter being in court for determination on the rightful owner, the suspected cadres continued building ignoring court orders to halt such activities. Mr Mhango has complained of intimidation and abuse without police stepping in to stop the rot.

Like Mr Kamba said, people should not use the name of the party to commit crimes or intimidate citizens. The party of its part, must ensure such elements are disciplined and told in no uncertain terms to refrain from grabbing land from innocent citizens.

This is what must be stopped.

Police must be vigilant. They must respond promptly to reports of land grabbing and ensure that rightful owners are unprotected from harassment and intimidation.

On their part, residents must stop dealing with councillors on matters relating to land and only conduct such business with authorised full-time employees in councils and the Ministry of Lands.

Land scandals must surely come to an end.

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$35MILLION SILK PRODUCTION

By JOHN KOMBE

A 5000-hectare farm to produce silk has been launched in Mpika under the Wonderful Group of Companies, partly owned by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).

The project will includes the construction of a factory, to employ up to 2,000 workers who will be accommodated in houses that are under construction.

It has been projected that the first silk export will start by the end of July. About US$35million will be sent on the infrastructure to support the project.

The farm is to be expanded to 10,000

By KETRA KALUNGA We applaud the trend observed on some social media platforms of people disclosing to their close contacts when they test positive for COVID- 19, says minister of Health, Dr. Jonas Chanda.

Dr. Chanda said the ministry has observed an encouraging sign where some citizens who test positive for COVID-19 alert their close contacts even on social media and advise them to take the test.

He said there should be no stigma attached to testing positive for COVID-19 because it was not a death sentence as health staff is ready to offer health care to anyone who tests positive and seeks medical attention early.

The minister has however

hectares without grower schemes, incorporating local villagers, some of them displaced by the scheme.

IDC / Marcopolo Ltd has partnered with Chikwanda Chiefdom Trust to venture into the production of silk for both local and international market, Mpika district commissioner, Mwape Muswema has said.

Mr Muswema said that Mpika Sericulture Limited had already started growing mulberries on a 5, 000 hectare piece of land. The mulberry leaves would provide feed for the silk worms that would in turn produce the silk.

According to Mr Muswema, the Sericulture project is located in

Mutamba village.

He also disclosed that the project would also see the construction of a silk factory on a 5 hectare piece of land.

Construction of the factory, he said, had already commenced and would be completed in three months’ time. He says the project would also include the construction of 120 houses.

Mr Muswema said an initial US$ 35 million would be invested in the project, which was poised to be a game changer for the local population and the nation at large.

He said that the export of the silk was expected to be launched in May this year when the first silk will be

ready for the market.

According to him, the company had already established market contacts in the United Kingdom, United States of America and China among others countries.

The DC observed that the project would create employment for locals and other citizens from other districts.

Mr Muswema said that the company employment target was 2, 000 direct jobs and 157 locals have been employed so far.

He was optimistic that the project would yield the intended goal and thereby contribute to the growth of the national economy.

Ministry of Health elated with COVID-19 disclosure

cautioned against the spreading of unclassified information concerning COVID-19 on social media and urged Zambians to have confidence in the guidance from the health care experts.

Speaking during the COVID-19 update, Dr Chanda stated that social media has become a conduit for fake news concerning COVID-19 hence the need for the general public to protect their mental health by approaching social media mindfully.

Zambia, DRC hold Luapula bridge talks ZAMBIA and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will week hold high level bilateral talks over the expeditious implementation of the Kasomeno-Mwenda toll road and Luapula bridge project.

The Kasomeno-Mwenda toll road and Luapula bridge project is a road link venture aimed at decongesting the Kasumbelesa border post once implemented.

Luapula Province Minister, Nickson Chilangwa, Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister, Vincent Mwale, and Raphael Nakachinda from Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection would represent Zambia during the talks.

Others in the tourage would be Luapula Province Permanent Secretary Charles Mushota and Road Development Agency (RDA) Chief Executive Officer George Manyele.

Mr Chilangwa said the deliberations would result in the speeding up of the project following the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which the two countries signed in Lubumbashi in 2019.

He said possibilities of the formation of the Luapula River Authority were expected to be part of the agenda in this week’s talks.

And Zambia’s Ambassador to the DRC, Friday Nyambe, said he was hopeful that the bilateral talks would result a roadmap for the joint groundbreaking ceremony that will be graced the two countries’ Heads of State this year. - ZANIS/

“Set limits for your social media use and pay attention to the effects it is having on your wellbeing, let’s not listen to that kind of fake news and propaganda and we should avoid any kind of theories that cannot be backed by science.

“There are a lot of conspiracy theories being peddled on social media, have heard of others saying that COVID-19 is the rapture, the rapture said in the bible has happened, so if someone has COVID-19 and have died,

the rapture has happened,” he said.

And 12 new COVID-19 deaths have been recorded countrywide bringing the cumulative number to 639 since the outbreak of the pandemic as 745 new cases out of 7, 903 tests done have been recorded in the last 24 hours. Dr. Chanda announced that 325 COVID-19 patients are on oxygen therapy and 32 in critical condition out of the 474 admitted to various health facilities around the country.

DEATH NOTICE

DR ANDREW C. S. MUSHINGEH This is to inform all colleagues, friends and relatives that Dr Andrew C. S. Mushingeh Retired Senior Lecture at the University of Zambia Passed away in the early hours of Saturday 23rd January at Levy Mwanawasa hospital.

Burial details will be communicated.

In view of Covid guidelines there is no funeral gathering.

For further information contact Chiponde Selemani on 0977143379 Or Chishimba Chishimba on 0955549068.

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GOVT ASSURES FRONTLINE WORKERS

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

GOVERNMENT places great importance on the welfare of frontline health workers, Health Minister, Jonas Chanda, has assured.

The Minister observed that health workers were putting in their best to provide healthcare in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr Chanda said Government was prioritizing access to health services especially during the pandemic.

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The minister was speaking when he commissioned the newly built K4 million Ndeke Mini Hospital maternity wing in Bwana Mkubwa constituency in Ndola at the weekend.

Dr Chanda took time to appreciate the efforts of all cooperating partners for their role in bringing to fruition the establishment of the mini hospital.

The 200 bed capacity hospital has been built with the support of Indeni Petroleum Refinery as well as other cooperating partners as part of their corporate social

responsibility programmes.

“The high maternal mortality rate due to long distances our mothers used to cover has now been addressed by the opening of this new facility which will operate 24/7.

Meanwhile, Indeni Managing Director David Lungu pledged continued support to Government towards the attainment of quality healthcare.

Mr Lungu urged Copperbelt residents to adhere to all the COVID-19 health guidelines in order to support government efforts in the pandemic control.

Zambia hails India for locally made vaccine

By KALOBWE BWALYA

ZAMBIA’s High Commissioner to India Judith Kapijimpanga has congratulated India over the two locally made COVID 19 vaccines in that country.

Ms Kapijimpanga said Zambia, being one of the friendly countries to India, would definitely request for vaccines supply following necessary steps.

“I further wish to congratulate Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi ji for the launch of a massive vaccination exercise in his country,” Mrs. Kapijimpanga said.

According to First Secretary Press at Zambia High Commission in India Bangwe Naviley, Ms Kapijimpanga was speaking when she toured Pushpawati Singhania Hospital and Research Institute (PSRI), a multi specialist hospital, in New Delhi, India.

“President Edgar Lungu has prioritised health as a key economic investment to spur our nation to become a prosperous middle- income country by 2030,” said Ms Kapijimpanga.

And Ms Kapijimpanga urged specialists at PSRI to design programs of mainly doing medical-surgical camps in Zambia, and only exceptional cases refer for treatment in India.

“More cases will have to be handled in Zambia as the budget for 2021 speaks to local superspecialty treatments,” she said.

Meanwhile, Pushpawati Singhania Hospital and Research Institute (PSRI) Chief Executive Officer- Dr.Dipak Shukla said PSRI hospital had 23 super specialists run by experienced specialists.

“PSRI hospital is willing to collaborate in disciplines such as cardiac care Neurospine, oncology, orthopaedics, arthroplasty, renal science and organ transplant,” Dr. Shukla said.

Aspiring candidate complains about biased Kamfinsa constituency officials

By ROGERS KALERO SOME Patriotic Front (PF) officials in Kamfinsa constituency in Kitwe are supporting one named aspiring parliamentary candidate and have created a Whatsapp group to prop up his image, PF Kamfinsa constituency aspiring candidate Kelvin Chipili has charged.

He however said he was not unsettled by such moves by some biased constituency officials, as their activities will diminish the chances of the aspiring candidate in the constituency being adopted.

In an interview in Kitwe at the weekend, Mr Chipili said he was aware about some constituency officials’ decision to support a named candidate in Kamfinsa constituency and this was the reason they had created a WhatsApp group to malign other candidates.

Mr Chipili said the constituency officials were also councilors and had decided to support a fellow civic leader because the other candidates were not going to kneel before them.

“Such officials should not sit on the panel to interview other candidates because they have already compromised themselves by supporting certain candidates,” Mr Chipili said.

He charged the candidate in question was going round wards promising people that he would give them plots.

Mr Chipili said he was happy that most ward officials and the people in the area were not falling for the tactics from the named candidate.

“The battle for Kamfinsa constituency will not be easy, it will be tough and exciting.

The only problem is that some people are panicking. Those who were in positions to help people in various ways, but did not care about the people are now busy telling all sorts of lies.

“We have heard about some candidates promising ward officials with plots. These are people who had an opportunity to give people plots, but did not look at them. Well, people will look at an individual and what he has done for people before supporting him,” he said.

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By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

Monday 25 January, 2021

‘SUPPORT GOVT’S APPROACH TO ECONOMIC SHOCKS’

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ITIZENS support Government’s robust multi-sectoral approach in responding to the economic impact of Covid-19, the Policy Monitoring and Research Center (PMRC) has advised.

Beyond its effects on the health of Zambian citizens, Covid-19 has had significant economic effects, says PMRC Executive Director, Bernadette Deka-Zulu.

Ms Deka-Zulu said Zambia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was revised downwards from an initial positive growth of at least three percent to negative growth of around -4.2 percent.

“In 2020, the agriculture, mining and tourism sectors all took significant hits as a result of the pandemic. Heading into 2021, the Minister of Finance Dr Bwalya Ng’andu estimates a real GDP growth rate of at least 1.8 percent “However, the attainment of this will largely depend on how the global economy performs, Zambia’s ability to keep the virus at bay and how well companies across the country can maintain “normal” operations,” she said in a statement.

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Written by Dr Laban Mwansa

Ms Deka Zulu said the recent strain of the virus was more contagious and fast-spreading thus Government was concerned with the laxity of citizens’ adherence to prescribed measures to contain and mitigate the spread.

She said the recent surge in cases had resulted in increased public anxiety and uncertainty as to what more stringent measures would be implemented by the Government and their socio-economic impacts on individual households and society at large.

She said the Ministry of Health was hard pressed to increase testing capacity, surveillance and mitigation strategies amidst low public compliance on preventative measures across the country to avert the potential of a deadlier strain of the virus as exhibited in the second wave.

“The onus is on us as individuals to adhere to the Ministry of Health guidelines in order to ensure our own safety and that of everyone around us.

“This is therefore a call to collective action for all citizens to intensify adherence efforts to the prescribed measures in order to protect citizenry and compliment Government’s efforts in mitigating the spread of the virus, as we await a vaccine,” Ms Deka-Zulus said.

Ms Deka-Zulu

BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT) has invested an additional US$800,000 into its productions line at the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone (LS-MFEZ).

When the company set up base in 2017, it invested over US$10 million in machinery, says BAT Head of Legal and External Affairs, Chipego ZuluChileshe.

Ms Zulu-Chileshe projected further production growth going forward owing to support from Government.

She was speaking when acting Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, Mutotwe Kafwaya, toured the factory.

“In terms of opportunities that we are seeing going forward, the plant has been built for growth and we intend to continue with that growth from 2017 to the rest of our investments that we are sure will continue to the national development planning in years going forward.

“Initially we had done an investment in machinery of US$10 million in this plant of US$15 million and subsequently adding another production line which is US$800,000,” Ms Zulu-Chileshe said.

She acknowledged support from LS-MFEZ, Zambia Development Agency and Ministry of commerce, Trade and Industry in the setting up of the plant in good time.

Ms Zulu-Chileshe said: “a number of measures to increase penalties for traders that are engaging in illicit trade and beyond that what is key for our company. Balanced regulations in tobacco control are necessary as a company e support regulations that are balanced and fair.”

In response, Mr Kafwaya stressed that Zambia had the capacity to build a strong industrial base.

Mr Kafwaya said Zambia’s agenda on economic diversification was centred on manufacturing and tourism.

He said the LS-MFEZ still had huge land for investors wishing to set base in the area and that Government wanted more investors to come through in the country.

“Zambia provides huge opportunities for other investors to come and invest. The factories here offer opportunities for local suppliers to take advantage of,” he said.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

One of the distinguishing factor between project work and business as usual (BAU) is the amount of uncertainties in projects. As a result of uncertainties normally embedded in projects it is important that project risks are proactively identified and managed well to increase the success rate of delivering project objectives meeting stakeholder requirements.

We will start our discussion by first defining what is meant by project risks? All projects have some degree of risk or uncertainties.

This characteristic of projects underpins the requirement of risk management in projects. Project risks are eventualities which may or have a probability of happening and if they materialize they affect our project deliverables either positively or negatively.

When unforeseen or foreseen eventualities affect the project objectives positively we call this an opportunity whereas if the project is envisaged to be affected negatively this is deemed as a threat.

Project opportunities and threats need to be managed proactively and effectively so as to increase project success rate and stakeholders satisfaction. The project manager is responsible for managing project risks (both opportunities and threats) on behalf of the project sponsor or steering committee.

Project manager must also ensure that project risk management approach or strategy is in place so that a risk register is created and used to manage both opportunities and threats. These

Project Risk Management – What can go wrong in projects? What can go right?

Why do we need risk management and who is responsible for risk management? important activities must be done during project planning phase (for known risks) however risk management is ongoing throughout the project life. An example of an opportunity may be a discovery of smarter way of testing products for defects during project execution.

Project management best practices based on PRINCE2 and PMI PMP both demand that all projects must have a risk management procedure documented in the risk management plan and accompanied by a risk register.

Risk management procedure will dictate how project risks are identified, assessed (qualitatively and quantitatively), development of mitigation plans and communicated to relevant stakeholders. Mitigation and response plans need to be clearly defined whether we are dealing with opportunities or threats.

Known responses to threats include avoidance of risk, transfer of risk, accepting the risk as part of risk appetite, or having a fall-back plan B in place.

Responses to opportunities involve s making decisions whether to enhance an opportunity, rejection of an opportunity, exploiting the opportunity

or even decide on having pain/gain situation meaning should there be a loss or gain all involved stakeholders take it.

All captured risks must be populated in the risk log or register and their respective mitigation plans, Expected Monetary Value, proximity risk owners and risk actionee etc. Aggregated risk value must be quantified and expressed in monetary value form and provided for as either a risk budget or project contingency in the project budget.

A project budget without providing for contingency is risky in itself because should identified risks materialize they will be need to respond with a mitigation plan often needing to be funded. All risks materialized during project life help create lessons for future work or projects.

This is one of the reasons identified risks are never deleted in the risk register but rather closed when the risk no longer becomes eminent. An often asked question is: Is there a difference between a risk and an issue? Indeed there is a difference. All risks are probabilities or uncertainties they may happen or not.

When risk happens or materialises then only it becomes an issue and can

be resolved through issue management.

Issue management is the process of recording and handling any event, concern or problem which threatens the success of a project or represents an opportunity to be exploited. Concerns/ Problem Issues:  Late delivery of a critical deliverable  Lack of resources to carry out the work  Request for additional functionality  Opportunity Issues:  Cheaper source of raw materials is located  Contract negotiation is concluded early  Breakthrough of new technology or new better ways of working Our takeaway from this week’s discussion is that all projects need some form risk management and that projects without risk management in place are likely to have uncontrollable reactionary responses to unforeseen events.

These may result in projects not achieving their intended objectives.

Best practices in project management require that all projects have a risk management approach

or strategy specific to the project and a well spelled out risk management procedure. It helps project manager monitor and control risk using an approved method during project execution This must be accompanied by a risk register needed for proper risk management activities. The project manager must ensure that all the above mentioned documents are in place and that risk management activities are taking place and hence scheduled in the project schedule.

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

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

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OHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa said at the ANC's national executive committee lekgotla that government will look at increasing public borrowing to fund the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines.

He was delivered his political overview at the opening of the two-day meeting of ANC leaders, their alliance partners and other top government deploys.

"This is a public good that is vital to the well-being of all our people, and it is therefore correct that public funding should be

used, even if this means increasing public borrowing.

(Finance Minister) Cde Tito (Mboweni) will later outline challenges in this regard, but funds will be there to save the lives of our people," he said.

Ramaphosa said the cost of the purchase of the vaccines is a major challenge, adding that the first, and primary, source of vaccine funding is the fiscus.

"We are also engaged in discussions with the private sector for companies to make a further contribution, either into a pooled fund or where employers are able to

China falling short of US trade deal targets BEIJING - China is falling short of its commitment to buy an extra $200 billion worth of US goods over 2020 and 2021.

China agreed to buy the goods in a trade deal with the US agreed last January in exchange for reduced tariffs on $120bn worth of goods. The agreement was seen as phase one of a deal aimed at resolving the trade war between the world’s biggest economies.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic the US trade deficit

with China has surged.

Medical goods and equipment used for the work from home boom helped drive US imports of Chinese goods in 2020.

During this time, China exported nearly three times as much as it imported from the US in December, according to Chinese customs figures. The January 2020 trade agreement was an attempt to wind back a tit-for-tat trade war which saw both China and the US ratchet up tariffs. BBC.

‘SA needs a sustainable way to deal with its debt’ JOHANNESBURG - Debt consolidation should take place over a longer period to prevent it from being destructive, economist Trudi Makhaya has said.

Makhaya, an economic advisor to President Cyril Ramaphosa, told a webinar on the progress made on the National Development Plan that debt consolidation shouldn’t be too aggressive and "should take place over a five-year period instead of, as some might prefer, a three-year period" to allow for spending on education and social services to be maintained as far as possible.

"Debt is not bad in and of

itself but it’s actually about how we deploy that debt," she said.

"That is the elephant in the room - that we do want to spend in a way that is supportive of a developmental state and a developmental manner, but because we have not been able to do that, we now have this overhang from the past that we need to deal with."

This overhang of debt has not been productive but still had to be paid, she said, even as government wanted to create space for more productive expenditure on infrastructure. – FIN24.

cover the cost of vaccination for their workforce.

“Many of them have also shown a willingness not only to help with the vaccination initiative of their employees, but also people living in surrounding communities.

Ramaphosa's statement comes as many economists and opposition party leaders have warned against a tax hike to fund vaccines.

The ANC's ally Cosatu earlier told News24 that it would oppose any suggestion of an increase in taxes.

The jitter around possible taxation increases came after Treasury Director Gener-

Ramaphosa

al Dondo Mogajane told the media that this was an option it was considering.

Mogajane said the Treasury will make sure the tax burden was not detrimental to the country’s economy. – FIN24.

HARARE – National Arts Council of Zimbabwe director, Nicholas Moyo has called on internet service providers to reduce their tariffs for the survival of the arts sector as artists are relying solely on them during this difficult Covid-19 time.

As a result of the lockdown that has been ongoing from last year, artists have been relying heavily on virtual shows to connect with their audiences.

Most of the shows have been for free, but the problem has been the high data tariffs that artists could not afford to pay for in order to livestream their shows.

Some of their fans, on the other hand, could not afford to buy the data to watch the shows, leading to very low numbers being recorded for some of the virtual shows.

Moyo said as an arts sector, they are calling for the reduction of data tariffs in order to make them affordable for everyone, artists included.

“The challenge in our country is the cost of consuming artwork digitally.

Our data is expensive. I

think we’re the most expensive in the region.

At this time, it would be good if the internet service providers also come to the party,” said Moyo.

He said in the same spirit that the renowned service providers give back to communities through various corporate social responsibility projects, it will be great to see them do something for the artists.

“It’s good for Econet to go and donate stuff and NetOne to renovate Mpilo, but we also think that these players can contribute to the betterment of our artists by reducing data tariffs.” – CHRONICLE/THE HERALD.

‘$9m hotels kitty not free money’ NAIROBI - Hotels should not expect to receive a share of the government’s $9 million Covid-19 stimulus package if they are not willing to provide security for the money since it is not free cake.

This is according to Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala who blames most of the facilities for expecting that the government was doling out free cash through the kitty, even as he admits that most of the businesses are recording poor performance.

Balala spoke as most of the hotels continue to face a number of challenges, which have rendered thousands jobless, several facilities closed down, while those in operation are struggling to stay afloat.

“They think it is a grant, these are loans. We have given very good incentives for the loans, but it has to be paid. You must provide security for it, this is not a grant and if you think it’s a grant then you are not a serious person who deserves this loan,” he said at Kenyatta University.

He said of the Sh3 billion the government released to the sector, only Sh1 billion had been given out to various hotels, while the balance remains untouched.

This even as many hotels, particularly those that rely on foreign tourists and travellers, continuing to suffer

losses due to poor business, with many admitting to be performing at between 15 and 30 percent of their capacity.

Hotels have had to lay off

thousands of staff and scale down operations immensely, as they implement more cost-cutting measures in order to stay survive the tough times. Those that spoke to

Nation said they had submitted their requests for funds through the Kenya Association of Hotel Keepers and Caterers (KAHC).

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We are against the act of misleading the masses about the purpose of praying!

Dear Editor,

IMPERIALISTS TEAMING UP! Dear editor

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T is a matter of concern that some known Imperialists have again teamed up with some opposition leaders to use social media propaganda to discredit our nation as we go towards elections.

There is also attempts to psyche the minds of our people online to disrepute the election outcome when their favoured candidates lose.

These opposition leaders never cared when they participated in the privatization exercise and they will not care even if Zambia goes up in flames due to the misuse of social media As peace loving Zambia, we need to be on guard and reject such desperate acts. We also call on institutions mandated to clean up the Zambian cyber space to begin to do their job.

Just like in physical space, laws, rules and regulations are present to govern the conduct of people online. For those that may feel injured, remedies are or should be there for recourse.

Unfortunately, over the years we have seen individuals, organizations, companies, political leaders including the Presidency maligned in a savage manner all in the name of internet freedoms. Zambia is a democracy where free of speech is encouraged but at

the same time, we have laws that protect citizens against online abuse.

Remember when we had a Cholera outbreak in Lusaka a few years ago, the whole City looked up to the local authority and Ministry of Health for a response. When we had incidents of gassing not too long ago, the whole Zambia ran to the Ministry of Home Affairs through Zambia Police for protection. Even now when we are battling Covid-19, Zambians are looking up to the Ministry of Health for help.

Zambians who have been victims of online abuse have

been asking ZICTA for help but have received very little help if any. I know ZICTA led by the Director General has some of the most qualified professionals and the most advanced ICT tools and it is high time they stepped up and protected Zambians from these cyber criminals. Not everyone can have the stamina to confront these online propagandists like me, Bowman The Bulldozer Lusambo and most of our people are left at the mercy of these criminals.

Between now and August, ZICTA must work to sanitise online activities in Zambia. As

politicians, there is none who is bigger than Zambia. In our quest to win an election, we shouldn’t threaten the peace and stability of our beautiful nation. Zambia is not for politicians alone and the majority of Zambians are not even aligned politically going by the voting statistics. Zambia is for us all and when our time to leave this earth comes, we shall pass it on to our children and their children’s children.

Have a safe and productive week.

BOWMAN LUSAMBO

IT may not be wrong to call for national day of prayers to pray over things we already have control over, but it's certainly sheer waste of time and a clear evidence of testing God. We can switch to irrigation farming as the answer to fluctuating rainfall. Mwanawasa's winter maize saw no rainfall. We can invest in green energy solutions to avert power crises associated with low power generation capacities at hydro power stations.

Even political differences can be sorted out without national days of prayers if those attending such events fear God at a personal level. If anything the scripture is clear on this issue, one is supposed to first reconcile with one's enemies before appearing before God. So what should come first between a national day of prayers and reconciliation?

At Eagle One Zambia, we practice journalism for social change and as such, what we want to help people understand is that prayer is not part of an economic equation. Unless you are a pastor, church is the last place you go to if its money, employment or medical health you need. The primary purpose of prayer should not be to change circumstances but to change us spiritually.

We must use prayer to glorify God in any and every situation. When prayer is understood in this way, it opens our hearts to God, creating the wellspring of creative energy within us and our universe. We become great thinkers, providing better solutions to the various issues we are faced with. Sci-

ence does not replace God but its tool available to us today to accomplish our earthly desires.

God wants us to admit where we fall short and He is always ready to complement our efforts but we must be willing to work, and work very hard. Again we need science and technology not miracles. Most churches today, especially the Pentecostal ones, are lying to people that prayer is about miracles.

It's daylight fraud.

Allow me to point out that the Church in Africa has had a fair share of controversy whenever it has felt threatened by modern technology.

We must use prayer to glorify God in any and every situation.

When Facebook was created, most churches spoke against the use of the online technology saying Facebook was the mark of the beast with the numbers 666 engraved on it everywhere. Today, however, it's the same churches who are all over Facebook, using it to share the Good News, especially with the Covid-19 pandemic restricting public gatherings.

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Once again the EIU has been vindicated, Zambia is next!

Dear Editor, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has been vindicated once again after correctly predicting the outcome of the Ugandan Election.

The statement on its official website, in part, read "The president, Yoweri Museveni, and his National Resistance Movement will retain power" and voila!! it has come to pass.

Before the Ugandan elections, the credible UK based forecasting Unit predicted correctly the outcomes of many other Elections

around the globe, exempli gratia the Ghanian Election where it predicted that New Patriotic Party's Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would defeat former President John Dramani Mahama to retain his seat and also the then much-anticipated American Elections where it picked Joe Biden as winner much to the consternation of many who considered Donald Trump to be invincible. And as usual, it was right!

Coming back home, the EIU has predicted (not once but twice that shows how serious it is) that the ruling

party the Patriot Front and President Edgar Lungu will win this year's August Elections much to the dismay of the main opposition Political Party, the UPND and its supporters. "We expect the ruling Patriotic Front, led by the president Edgar Lungu, to remain in power over the 2021-26 forecast period..." reads the statement on its official website.

As expected from the opposition UPND, their Spokesperson Honourable Cornelius Mweetwa opposed the EIU report on our forthcoming elections because accord-

ing to him, he doesn't know the EIU hence he can't take seriously its report. One thing I am certain of is that Honourable Mweetwa and many other doubting apostles are in nasty concussion because their ignorance cannot be taken for defence.

For those like the Choma Lawmaker who may not know who the Economist Intelligence Unit is; it is a special research and analysis division of the Economist Group founded in 1946 whose Headquarters is based in London, United Kingdom. Their main responsibilities are providing

forecasting and advisory services to assist entrepreneurs, financiers, learning institutions and Governments.

World over, the Economist Intelligence Unit is trusted and respected for its accurate forecasts and intelligence reports. With detailed reports available for more than 190 countries around the world, the EIU insights provide truly global coverage to help you to prepare for what’s ahead.

Ba UPND, start preparing for life after HH because he is retiring in August this year and please don't cry foul when you lose. WISEMAN TEMBO

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WHEN THE GRASS IS GONE

BY MAKELI PHIRI

By MAKELI PHIRI

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T may sound funny but time is coming when this precious commodity for our livestock would be no more. Why then this topic?

Currently in the country people have known the value of land. Land is a major capital in any development, without it farmers and anybody else cannot see any good development in whatever program may be taken. What we are seeing today is that this variable asset is being sold like salaula, that is anybody with ready cash is able to get it anywhere. Chiefs and village headmen/women are cashing in on this “commodity�.

Indeed, the rural people that is the traditional farmers

in the in the rural parts of this country can be presented as a problem when we look at the pace on how the grazing land is being grabbed by those land hungry people. The government in the past had schemes like National Beef Scheme in which the cattle keepers had to be taught how to establish pastures either for individual farmers or pastures for communal use. Today, such schemes are long gone. Why? The rural famer has sold his land to empower himself with some cash at the expense of his livestock. The thousands of cattle which were once roaming the country side and all the plains. They are now in name as grazing areas with very few animals to be seen.

Reason there is less grazing available. Land use is slowly changing for different business.

Most rural livestock farmers cannot be said to be rich, today, they are poorer, eat less well and have less control over their own lives than they did in the past. This is because of what is happening to the land. There is a lack of

concern on the livestock grazing areas hence, rangeland problems, ecological problems and not to forget animal production problems. Reason here is that more and more attention is leaning to grain or crop production. Here almost every individual is benefitting from whatever agricultural inputs are being given or supplied to these farming communities. Land is expanding on the side of crop growing and grazing land is shrinking.

What would then happen to

our livestock when the grass is gone.

The grazing and water available to the livestock grazing population has decreased.

This is so in the area of lands being sold and titles being obtained hence cutting people off from what has been claimed rightly theirs. Dams are constructed cutting people and their livestock off, no access to sufficient water and when it comes to the dry season is total agony. This increasingly marginalizing and impoverishing as well as oppressing the people together with their livestock. Livestock in most cases suffer, their natural food gets less and less because of dwindling grazing areas.

Livestock planners in the past had a very good vision over the rural farming communities. This was through grazing schemes group ranches which were called collective ranches, here, the rural livestock farmer would bring their animals for proper care. Commercial ranches were for the government. This was a step in the right direction as far as livestock development was concerned at that time. This was because the ideas were in line with the thinking on community participation and the use of local expertise.

The accent even today on the production of beef or live-

stock in general is for export to the cities and big towns.

And livestock production is and was seen as a contribution to modernization. Therefore, livestock production is principally of subsistence character.

The rural livestock farmer depends on the grazing of his animals and disposal of their stock is when there is need for cash such as school fees or buying grains and other food items during the dry months.

Their cash requirements are small and their objective is not to produce surplus livestock for sale but to acquire wealth in the form of building up herds and flock size. The dwindling of grazing land due to development and changes in land use has and will continue to affect our rural livestock farmers because the grass is getting less and less.

So what will happen when the grass is finally gone.

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The lack of clarity regarding by whom and how decisions about land and

water use are taken due to breakdown in traditional authority over allocation of use rights and governments to carry out these functions effectively.

When the grass is gone. It will mean that the supply of meat to the town dwellers would not be there. The rural livestock farmer because of lacking of proper grazing for his animals would withhold animal sales in order to try and build up the herd from the few animals that would be in his custardy and looking at

what would be available for them to eat.

When the grass is gone.

There will be no livestock development and no livestock supply for the local use and export. Therefore, establishing the required development such as establishing pastures or preserving certain areas for livestock grazing would mean overcoming the problem of water and fodder especially during the dry season.

With very little or less grazing material being available disposal of animals for sale would be withheld in order to build up herds.

So to increase livestock offtake the use of the natural resource must be carefully preserved. However, the main factors responsible for this increase pressure on resources and increasing disorder associated with their management and use are common to most other areas of the country and includes Population growth and the expansion of cultivated areas as mentioned earlier on aided by the introduction of animal traction and mechanized farming techniques.

The lack of clarity regarding by whom and how decisions about land and water use are taken due to breakdown in traditional authority over allocation of use rights and governments to carry out these functions effectively.

The rising demand for certain commodities and their increased commercial value, such as charcoal, fuel wood and fodder may contribute to the dwindling resource of grass for the rural livestock, hence, for livestock to flourish. this commodity must be used wisely especially by our rural dwellers who are our primary source of the nation food.

So then what will happen when the grass is gone. The beef we eat comes from grass and so are so many other animals that end on our tables as meat.

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Monday 25 January, 2021

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CHIRUNDU FARMERS DECRY FLAWS IN E-VOUCHER INPUT DISTRIBUTION

By JOHN KOMBE

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HE Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) in Chirundu was a success, but the farmers have bemoaned the reduced inputs in the e-voucher method of input

distribution, Chirundu District Commissioner, Stanford Kayame has said.

Mr. Kayame made the observation in an interview, explaining that the farmers had indicated to him that the agro-dealers were pegging the inputs at a higher

price thereby making it difficult for them to fully benefit from the programme.

Mr. Kayame said that the agro-dealers were changing the price of inputs such as fertiliser in line with market trends. He said that this has led to farmers redeeming

less than they expected.

He said that his assessment of the input distribution revealed that the farmers preferred the conventional way of input distribution to the e-voucher system. He said that the farmers indicated that the

conventional method was far much better as they would walk away with more inputs as per government specification.

According to Mr. Kayame, the farmers would be happier if they reverted to the conventional method of di-

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rect input delivery.

He observed that farmers redeem more inputs in the conventional method as there was no middle man except the distributors who could not adjust the quantities specified by the government.

Mr. Kayame disclosed that he had relayed the complaint and was confidentl that a solution to the problem would be found.

He pointed out that farmers needed to benefit fully if they were to produce enough for household and national food security.

Mr. Kayame was however happy that the 2, 326 farmers in Chirundu who had made their deposits had redeemed their inputs except a few who were still waiting for the agro-dealers to deliver the inputs.

He also hailed the government for the early input distribution in the 2020/2021 farming season which he said was a plus to the farmers as he early distribution would assure better yields.

Govt aids Isoka farmers with relief inputs OVER 150 rural farmers in Isoka District of Muchinga province, have received COVID-19 relief packages from the Ministry of Agriculture through the Enhanced Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme (E-SAPP).

Isoka District Agricultural Coordinator (DACO) Lameck Chola disclosed that the package comprised of sweet potatoes vines, vegetable and groundnuts seeds, empty grain bags and orange Other items include mandarin seedlings and COVID-19 Kits meant to help rural farmers improve their health and sustain crop production.

"The 150 farmers were drawn from the already established Farming as a Business Schools (FaaBs) from all the 4 agricultural blocks in the District”, said Mr. Chola.

He said rural communities have been severely hit by the pandemic by affecting their production and marketing of agricultural commodities as market and inputs are sourced from outside the District.

Mr. Chola has since commended government for coming to the aid of rural farming communities in Isoka.

And beneficiaries have commended government for supporting them with agricultural inputs that will contribute to a higher yield.

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GRICULTURE has been categorized as the largest economic sector in most African countries, offering opportunities for poverty alleviation for youth, yet there is still a low percentage of youth involvement in the sector.

This has been attributed to several factors. One ma-

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ICT THE SOLUTION FOR YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE jor reason for poor youth participation in agriculture, according to research carried out in Tanzania, is low

returns linked to a lack of access to agricultural market information. An IFAD-sponsored study explores how

policy makers can promote information and communication technology (ICT) to make agricultural market information accessible to youth in rural Tanzania as producers need to locate potential buyers and identify where people are willing to pay higher prices for their produce.

According to Reasech Conducted by the International Institute of Tropical Agricultural (IITA) -implemented under the CARE project, revealed that access to agricultural market information through mobile phones–ICT, can raise returns and make agriculture attractive to more youth in rural Tanzania.

According to Sassi Akinyi areasecher under the IITA ,the adoption of ICT by the youth in the Agriculture Sector will help reduce unemployment and promote rural development. The study, which is part of several others carried out by young researchers under the CARE project in 10 countries

across Africa, has revealed factors that negatively affect women’s intention to use ICT, especially to access market information.

Sassi states that using mobile phones to post havests offers of farm produce for sale and accessing bid prices in different markets can help farmers in rural Tanzania make more profitable and sales.

The study also showed that cultural stereotypes negatively affect mobile phone use among women, an area that policy makers can consider when promoting ICT among young farmers. While many government’s in Africa are working on various agriculture interventions for youth, the study has recommended the need to prioritize gender issues and other determinants of intention to promote the use of ICT in agriculture. -BUSIWEEK

KENYA'S TEA FARMER FACES CHALLENGES NAIROBI - Kenya's Alex Mwangi inherited his father's tea farm ten years ago after the death of his parents.

Mwangi's one acre farm in Nyeri, in central Kenya makes him part of the estimated 500,000 small-scale tea farmers that produce about 60 percent of the country's tea production.

The rest of tea production comes from commercial plantations, some of which are owned by multinationals.

Mwangi, now in his mid 50s, remembers with nostalgia the 1970s and 1980s when tea farmers reaped huge rewards from the cash crop.

"My dad was able to provide for us a comfortable life from the earnings of tea even though we lived in the rural areas," Mwangi told Xinhua on Tuesday.

Currently, Mwangi said, he barely makes enough income from his tea farm to sustain his family of four and has to supplement his income by doing odd jobs in the nearby urban center.

"The returns from tea have been declining while the cost of input has been increasing," he added.

Kenya's small holder tea farmers deliver their green leaves to factories that they

collectively own but are managed by the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA).

Farmers are paid monthly for their produce by the factories based on the weight of leaves they deliver and are also given a second payment in the form of a bonus based on the price of processed tea from their factories from sales at the Mombasa tea auction.

Tea was introduced in Kenya by the British colonial government at the turn of the twentieth century, but commercial estates began operating in the 1920s.

Locals were only permitted to start growing tea in the 1950s, a few years before Kenya attained independence in 1963.

The bulk of the tea grown in Kenya is black tea but specialty varieties such as purple tea are also grown in small quantities.

According to the agricultural ministry, Kenya produced 458 million kilograms of black tea in 2019.

The east African nation is the leading exporter of black tea in the world and in 2019 earned 117 billion shillings (about 1.1 billion U.S. dollars) from exports and 200 million dollars from domestic sales. - XINHUANET

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ASPIRING MPS, COUNCILORS COUNSELLED

By ROGERS KALERO

Mr Musukwa

I’ve done a lot in Chililabombwe - MP

By ROGERS KALERO

THE opposition UPND has found the social media as a suitable platform to vent its frustration through insults against Patriotic Front (PF) leaders, PF National Chairman for mobilization Richard Musukwa has said.

He said in an interview in Kitwe that the PF was not worried about the UPND tantrums on social media because they were blatant lies from a bitter and frustrated leadership.

Mr Musukwa, who is Chililabombwe Member of Parliament (MP), was reacting to social media postings, alleging that he had failed to deliver development in his constituency.

He said he was not worried about such sentiments from the UPND members because they were up to no good regardless of how well he had performed.

He said,\ among the projects he had put up in the area included the J. T Mushikita clinic in Lubengele township which was catering for more than 60,000 people in the area.

“Which previous MP had constructed a clinic in

Chililabombwe using his resources? Anyway, such social media tantrums from UPND are utter rubbish and do not worry or unsettle,’’ Mr Musukwa said.

Mr Musukwa , who is also Mines and Mineral Development Minister, said the PF has no time to waste on social media fights with the UPND. He said Government averted job losses at Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) by taking over the mine from Glencore International , but the opposition UPND had continued to criticize.

“The UPND wanted to see MCM put on care and maintenance so that miners could lose jobs. Yes, they wanted miners to lose jobs so that they could gain political mileage by telling miners that the PF government had neglected them leading to job losses,” he said.

He charged that UPND rejoices in the sufferings of the Zambians and should not be given chance to form government because Zambians will experience misery which they have never experienced before.

Kitwe’s Mulenga compound gets footbridge

By ROGERS KALERO AN aspiring candidate in Kamfinsa constituency will spend more than K30,000 on the construction of Muzakaka foot bridge which links the sprawling Mulenga Compound to Moba Hotel in Kitwe.

Kelvin Chipili said the bridge had reached 90 per cent completion and was expected to be completed in next few weeks.

In an interview with the Daily Nation, Mr Chipili said he was prompted to embark on a project to construct the foot bridge following an outcry from the residents after a person fell and died on the spot as he tried to cross.

Some residents identified as Petronella Ngoma, Patrick Ngosa , Sylvia Zuze and Cynthia Kabundi said Mr Chipili was on the ground with residents of Kamfinsa constituency and had so far embarked on various projects They said some of the projects included construction of Mwambona limo Catholic Church, Community Crime Prevention Unit (CCPU) offices in Ndeke where Mr Chipili contributed 60 per cent, rehabilitation of Minsaka B5 bridge.

ASPIRING Members of Parliament (MPs) and councilors must exhibit financial and mental capacity to address challenges constituencies and wards instead of insulting incumbent officer holders, the Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) has said AVAP Copperbelt provincial Coordinator Poster Jumbe said those aspiring for positions should exhibit their capacity to effectively deal with the problems which people

were facing in their various communities.

In an interview in Kitwe at the weekend, Mr Jumbe said while some candidates have genuinely gone on the ground to meet the electorate, others were glued to social media insulting each other.

“Aspiring for parliamentary and local government officials should come out and face the people. Yes, to come out and face the people and exhibit their financial and mental capacity to address the problems facing the people in their respective constituencies,” he said.

Mr Jumbe said those aspiring for various positions in the August elections must be strong and prove their capacity to deliver development once elected to their respective positions.

He said those aspiring to become Members of Parliament (MP) or councilors should bear in mind that positions were not for prestige, but for service to the people who will elect them hence the need for hard work, dedication and commitment “So for those who are aspiring for various positions such as councilor, mayor and member of parliament, these positions are not easy you need to be strong, it calls for hard work and service to the people, its not just wanting to aspire, its hard out there,” he said.

Mr Jumbe said both opposition and ruling party aspiring candidates must avail themselves to the people instead of hiding behind social media to insult others.

He said politics of insults were slowly fading away because people were now more interested in those who could deliver and help improve the welfare of the people in various communities than those who were insulting on social media.

“We have a situation where people are very good at criticizing others, but when you ask them what solutions do they have to the challenges and problems which people are experiencing, they have nothing. They have no solutions, but they want to form government,’’ he said.

Nkwazi market shelter completed

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA

Mr Mulenga

THE K170,000 market shelter at Riverside market in Nkwazi ward of Ndola Central Constituency has been completed and handed over to the community.

The market shelter was built using Constituency Development Funds (CDF).

Nkwazi has more than 35,000 residents who only depended on the old market.

Ndola Central Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Mulenga, said he would continue cementing the projects that government was embarking on.

He was speaking when he handed over the

shelter, Mr Mulenga said Government through the local leadership would continue providing services to the Zambians.

“This structure has changed the face of Nkwazi especially in areas where our mothers trade from.

I am happy with the works that have been done from the community based work,” he said.

Mr Mulenga, who is Youth and Sport Minister, said that the labour used on the project was organised from the community.

He assured the constituents that he would continue working for them as a way of appreciating them for electing him into office.

Nkana aspiring MP outlines priorities

By ROGERS KALERO IMPROVING toilets in most of the wards in Nkana constituency and negotiating for the writing off of old Zesco and Nkana Water and Sewerage Company bills will be one of my priority areas once elected as Nkana Member of Parliament, says Patriotic Front Nkana constituency aspiring candidate Cleopus Njovu.

Mr Njovu said there was need to improve the conditions of toilets in Buchi, Mindolo and Luyando and also discuss the possibility of writing off Zesco and NWSC bills which cannot be accounted for thus giving relief to the affected families.

Mr Njovu, who is PF Parklands ward councillor, was speaking at the weekend at Buchi Hall in Kitwe when he met members of the community from Buchi, Mindolo and Luyando townships.

“The pursuit for development will be my continuous undertaking. This is why I thought I should take this opportunity to meet you. Some of my priority areas once adopted to stand on the PF ticket and you elect me as your MP, will be to improve the conditions of toilets in these three areas “I will also seek to resolve old Zesco and Nkana water bills with these corporate companies and line ministries. This will be very essential as it is possible to write off

The pursuit for development will be my continuous undertaking. This is why I thought I should take this opportunity to meet you. Some of my priority areas once adopted to stand on the PF ticket and you elect me as your MP, will be to improve the conditions of toilets in these three areas. bills which cannot be accounted for thus giving relief to families,’’ Mr Njovu said Mr Njovu emphasised on the building of better roads and schools, the installation of good sewer pipes, construction of street roads and drainage system and how essential the lighting systems were for the community.

He said better roads, schools and good sewer systems were important for any

development to take place and this was why the PF government had invested in infrastructure development “As the PF government, we have invested in road and other infrastructure because infrastructure development enhances development.

“So, as MP from the PF, I will emphasise on the building of better roads and schools, the installations of good sewer pipes, construction of street roads and drainage system,’’ Mr Njovu said He also stressed on the formation of cooperatives to empower women and youths and cited examples where youth empowerment funds had been released, saying youths should identify projects for themselves.

“Apart from issues of empowerment, I will also work on resolving land wrangles and title deeds queries in Nkana constituency.

Land issues are cardinal because they help ease the suffering of our people.

“Employment opportunities are also important and none negotiable as Nkana constituency is one of the richest constituencies in Kitwe in terms of employment opportunities.”

He promised to listen to the people’s needs with humility, push for development on their behalf and give them feedback through community engagements.

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improvement all at once. For instance, the ongoing reforms in our energy sector are part of continuous improvement process.

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Chavuma public offices disinfected

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI

OPERATIONS at Chavuma district administration, civic center as well as other Government offices were last week suspended after authorities decided to have the offices disinfected.

This followed the recording of 47 cases of covid-19 among some members of staff.

Chavuma District Commissioner (DC), Fredrick Fwoloshi , said the exercises meant to ensure safety of public workers and other people.

“We recorded We recorded 47 47 positive cases positive cases of of Covid19 among Covid19 among some members of some members staff from the district administration block, of staff from the the civic center and district administration other offices. And block, the civic center because of that, we and other offices. And decided to have all because of that, we offices fumigated decided to have all which led to the closure of offices,” Mr offices fumigated which led to the closure of Fwoloshi said. offices.

He indicated that officers who were find to be positive have been quarantined though none of them is in a critical condition.

Mr Fwoloshi said that operations in all the offices would resume today and advised members of the public to observe health guidelines to avoid the spread of the pandemic.

Chavuma Town Council Secretary, Kennedy Bwalya, advised residents to take the pandemic seriously and always follow the guidelines from the ministry of Health.

Mr Bwalya said that the local authority was working round the clock in ensuring that residents were sensitised on the dangers of the pandemic.

Monday 25, November 2020

L/STONE UNDERAGE DRINKING RIFE

By ANDREW MUKOMA

YOUTH Alive Zambia has called on the Livingstone City Council to employ a holistic approach to curb underage drinking in the tourist capital.

Gloria Mubita, a facilitator, noted that Youth Alive Zambia, as wing that deals with adolescent boys and girls, was worried with the high levels of underage drinking in Livingstone.

Ms Mubita accused the local authority of being laxity in dealing with the challenge.

She has called on the Livingstone council to deal with business proprietors selling liquor and allowing under age to patronize their bars.

Ms Mubita accused the local authority of being reluctant in enforcing the law in order to curb the vice.

She said that the trend of young people patronizing bars could only be controlled if the councils in Zambia acted effectively on Statutory Instruments that prohibit the act.

FILE PHOTO : The council should crack a whip on business owners who were in a habit of selling liquor to underage children by intensifying night patrols.

She said the council should crack a whip on business owners who were in a habit of selling liquor to underage children by intensifying night patrols.

Ms Mubita also called on youths to become responsible, productive and stable in order to contribute to the economic development of the country.

Mwinilunga farmer drowns

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI A 40-year-old man of Nswanamachunga village in Mwinilunga has drowned in Lunga River after the canoe he was on together with his two sons capsized.

The incident happened on Friday around 12:00 hours, according to North western province Commissioner of police Joe Njase.

Mr Njase identified the deceased whose body has not yet been retrieved, as Given Izuma.

He explained that Mr Izuma, who was ferrying two of his sons, failed to control the canoe after reaching the middle of the river due to strong current and capsized.

“Around 07:00 hours, the deceased together with his wife, his two children and

three nieces went to the field across Lunga river to harvest cassava and dug-out canoe was used as mode of transport crossing the said river.

“Then, around 1200 hours the deceased ferried his two sons Grivian Izuma aged 13 and Tasa Izuma aged 11 to the other side of the river going back home, but when they reached the middle of the river the deceased failed to control the said canoe due to current and it capsized,” explained Mr Njase.

Mr Njase explained that the oldest son managed to the other side of the river while the young one was rescued by his mother.

He said body has not yet been retrieved and that the family has been advised to continue searching for it.

Adopt more women, parties urged

By ANDREW MUKOMA A NON-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has challenged all political parties that will contest this year's general elections to consider adopting as many women as possible to stand on various positions.

Women for Change Executive Director, Lumba Siyanga, said women were able to deliver and push the development agenda of the country effectively.

Ms Siyanga said any country that leaves out women in key leadership positions cannot develop.

Those that want to stand as candidates on various levels this year should start getting on the ground and make their intentions known..

She added that those that want to stand as candidates on various levels this year should start getting on the ground and make their intentions known..

Women, she said, should

get busy and known and demonstrate that they were able to represent the people in a proper manner.

Ms Siyanga observed that most women were in a habit of giving up when not adopted, a situation she said should by all means be discouraged.

She explains that there was no need for one to belong to a political party for them to be adopted, stating that they could even stand as independent.

Ms Siyanga urged the citizens to encourage and vote for women that they feel would work for them and represent them well.

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Monday January 25, 2021

INSIDE SPORTS

SOCCER ANALYST HAPPY WITH CHIPOLOPOLO PERFORMANCE From Back Page

Chama said he does not feel the coach will make any changes to the starting squad against Guinea when they face Namibia in the next match.

Meanwhile, another football analyst Lubinda Nguleka expressed concern on the coach’s decisions to delay to

introduce players that make a difference to the game.

Nguleka said some players have shown determination and dedication hence they deserve to feature on the starting line-up of the game.

“For example a player like Spencer Sautu is one of the players, you as a coach would want to start in the first team line up,” he said.

Nguleka said he expects the coach to make some tactical changes when the team face Namibia in the last group stage game.

The Chipolopolo boys played to a 1-1 draw against Guinea in the second group stage game of the CHAN 2021 tournament.

Zambia and Guinea are both on 4 points with Guin-

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DRAW DISAPPOINTS MICHO FROM BACK PAGE

Midfielder Spenser Sautu came from the bench to score Zambia's equaliser in the dying minutes of the match in Limbe.

Speaking in a post match interview, Micho said it was unfortunate that the Chipolopolo boys failed to win as they had planned to beat Guinea.

The Serbian however noted that the game against Guinea presented the Chipolopolo some lessons going into the last Ground D game against Namibia.

"It was a clash of the titans and small details decided the results.

"A draw is a realistic result having in mind the display of

our opponents as they have skillful players. We wanted to win the match but we had a very good team against us," Micho said.

"We have learned a lesson the hard way and I believe we are mentally stronger going into the next fixture against Namibia," added the Serbian.

And speaking after rescuing Zambia from suffering defeat to Guinea, Spencer Sauti said the draw derailed the Chipolopolo from qualifying to the knock out stage of the completion in Cameroon.

The Power Dynamos midfielder however noted that the Chipolopolo players will stay focused to triumph in the next game against Na-

mibia to make it to the knock out stage.

Meanwhile Zambia Sports Fans Association (ZASPOFA) patron Peter Makembo has hailed the Chipolopolo for fighting hard to avoid defeat in their Ground D fixture against Guinea.

Makembo said there is need for the Chipolopolo to maintain the same determination to beat Namibia in the next game.

The Chipolopolo are second in Group D with four points, on par with Group D leaders Guinea who have a better goal difference compared to Zambia.

The Chipolopolo boys will face Namibia in their final group fixture on January 27th at Limbe Stadium.

Chelsea progress in the FA Cup From Back Page Jordan Clark scored for the visitors - after an error by keeper Kepa Arrizabalagaon 30 minutes to keep them in the game.

But Abraham poked home to seal victory before Timo Werner missed a penalty.

Chelsea will face Championship side Barnsley in the fifth round.

Chelsea - who won the

competition in 2018 and were beaten finalists last season - were in complete control at 2-0 and Christian Pulisic and Abraham both went close to increasing their lead.

But Luton, who edged past Reading in the last round, settled into the game after James Bree crossed in for Clark to squeeze his shot under Kepa, who should have done better.

The Blues were sloppy at

times in the second half and Luton had chances, Kepa saving from Harry Cornick and Tom Lockyer to redeem himself after the earlier error.

Callum Hudson-Odoi replaced Pulisic on 70 minutes and made an immediate impact, having a shot blocked with with his first touch before setting up Abraham with a low cross for Chelsea’s third goal.

-BBC

ea sitting on first position on goal difference while Tanzania is on third position with 3 points and Namibia on fourth position with no point.

The Chipolopolo boys will face Namibia in their final group fixture on January 27, 2021 at the ongoing tournament in Cameroon. – ZANIS.

EAGLES’ DRY SPELL CONTINUES

By MICHAEL MIYOBA GREEN Eagles continued to struggle in the MTN/ FAZ Super Division after picking their fifth consecutive draw following a 1-1 stalemate against Buildcon in a week-14 fixture played yesterday at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.

Midfielder Gozon Mutale scored in the second minute of the second

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half to rescue the Choma based Super Division outfit from losing in Ndola after Gerald Chisha scored in the ninth minute from a free kick to give Buildcon an early lead.

The tightly contested match went on to end 1-1 as the two sides shared the spoils.

The draw completes Eagles’ eight game winless run but moved them to 11th on the 18-team FAZ Super Division table with 15 points.

The last time Eagles won a league game was on November 21, 2020 when they beat struggling Kitwe United 1-0.

Meanwhile, Buildcon maintained fifth position on the league table with 22 points, on par with fourth placed ZESCO United.

Real Madrid 'see end of Zinedine Zidane era' From Back Page Real Madrid "see the end of the Zinedine Zidane era" but do not want to replace him as manager until the summer, says Spanish football expert Guillem Balague.

The Spanish champions were humiliatingly knocked out of the Copa del Rey in the last 32 by third division Alcoyano on Wednesday.

Newspaper AS called it "one of the most embarrassing pages in Real's history".

"Their idea is to take a big decision after the season," said Balague. - BBC.

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Mukeya broke the deadlock 22 minutes into the first half from close range after good work from Joshua Mutale.

The young striker then rose high to head home his second goal from close range after benefitting from John Chishimba’s free kick in the 67th minute.

Zambia advanced as the best team in Group B having collected the maximum nine points from three matches.

The Junior Chipolopolo will now face Mozambique in the semis with the winner going to meet South Africa or Angola who are scheduled to meet in the other semifinal fixture.

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..as Chelsea progress in the FA Cup

A draw is a realistic result having in mind the display of our opponents as they have skillful players. We wanted to win the match but we had a very good team against us,” Micho said.

DRAW DISAPPOINTS MICHO Zambia 1 - 1 Guinea

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By MICHAEL MIYOBA ZAMBIA National Soccer Team coach Miluttin "Micho" Sredojevic has expressed disappointment after the Chipolopolo avoided defeat in their second game at the ongoing Championship of African Nations (CHAN) following a 1-1 draw with Guinea in a Group D fixture played on Saturday night at Limbe Stadium in Cameroon. To Page 19

A LOCAL football analyst has praised the Zambia national soccer team for displaying a good performance against Guinea in the second group match at the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Cameroon yesterday.

Speaking in an interview with ZANIS, Puncherello Chama, said the game was not easy and a draw against Guinea was a fair result for both teams.

“It was a very good performance by the squad, it was not going to be easy,” he said.

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