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Broke Kenya eyes talks on foreign debt cancellation

The Treasury will try to push wealthy countries and multilateral lenders like the World Bank to cancel part of Kenya’s ballooning public debt, reflecting concerns about the burden of paying creditors from taxes that have been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic.

In a November paper titled Post

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Covid-19 Economic Recovery Strategy 2020-2022, the Treasury says that it’s considering initiating talks with donor countries and multilateral lenders for debt forgiveness.

This marks a bold admission that the country is struggling to repay the mounting public debt signals the gravity of the country’s rapidly

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deteriorating cash-flow situation that is marked by falling revenues and worsening debt service obligations.

Debt repayment in the four months to October accounted for 58 percent or Sh246.2 billion of the Sh426.3 billion taxes, which dropped 14 percent in the period on reduced economic activity.

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Kasama MP Awarns UPND chief …IN UNREPORTED PROFIT REMITTANCES Mr. Sampa

BILLIONS

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By AARON CHIYANZO

S Zambia struggles with debt, billions of dollars are being siphoned out of the country by large mining companies in unreported profit remittances, a recent study has revealed.

The study, by the Developing Economics titled Haemorrhaging Zambia: ‘Prequel to the Current Debt Crisis’ states that massive outflows of private wealth over the past 15 years, reached peaks of almost 20 percent of GDP in 2012, and over seven percent as recently as 2017.

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Zambia pledges cooperation The two trucks the Scania from South Africa with IMF and the Freightliner (right), Zimbabwean ...as IMF envoy jetswith in Mukula registered where found laden tree logs. [Pictures Linda Tembo Soko] STORY ON PAGE 2

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$125,000 externalized illegally?

…Mining firm reports former CEO, bank employees to DEC

Kenyatta and Odinga pledge to heal divisions

BLACKFIRE Mining Limited has reported its former chief executive officer David Lance Morris and Stanbic Bank Zambia Plc employees to the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) for suspected money laundering.

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One Man has died on the spot, while two have survived with severe injuries following the collapse of the building they were working on in Libala’s Katungu area in Lusaka.

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Zambia pledges cooperation with IMF

By OLIVER SAMBOKO ZAMBIA has reiterated its willingness to foster and deepen the strategic partnership with the IMF aimed at consolidating mutual cooperation with international lending institution.

Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu said this when in-coming IMF Resident Representative for Zambia Ms. Preya Sharma paid a courtesy call on him at the Ministry of Finance offices yesterday.

The appointment of Ms Sharma has come at a crucial time when the country is preparing to re-engage the IMF on the debt crisis.

Dr Ng’andu stressed the need for enhanced collaboration in view of the current economic challenges that the country was going through.

He assured Ms. Sharma of Government’s continued engagement with the Fund through enhanced cooperation given the excellent relations that exist between the IMF and Zambia that were established in 1965.

And Ms Sharma also reiterated that as IMF Resident Representative for Zambia, her role will be to liaise with and providing policy advice to the Ministry of Finance, as well as facilitating and coordinating IMF Technical Assistance to Zambia in a wide range of area.

She said these will also include public financial management, tax policy and administration, banking supervision, monetary and exchange rate policy, and official statistics.

Ms. Sharma who was appointed in September, 2020, could not physically take up her appointment due to the Covid-19 related health measures and travel restrictions put in place by world governments. Prior to her new appointment, Ms. Sharma was Special Assistant to the Director of the African Department at IMF Headquarters in Washington DC. According to the Ministry of Finance, Ms Sharma brings with her vast experience as an economist previously holding roles in the IMF’s Emerging Markets Division in the Strategy, Policy and Review Department.

Since joining the IMF, Ms Sharma worked on numerous IMF programs, the design and review of IMF programs in crisis countries, conducted cross-country analysis to support IMF reform and surveillance including on emerging market vulnerabilities, sovereign debt restructuring, IMF lending instruments and reserve adequacy.

Lungu’s PF candidate in 2021 - Mwila

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

THOSE still debating President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility to recontest the Presidency are scared of facing him on the ballot in next year’s general election, PF Secretary General Davies Mwila has said.

And over 200 headmen from Dundumwezi in chief Chikanta yesterday visited the PF secretariat in Lusaka to meet the party leadership to solidify their commitment to vote for President Edgar Lungu and the party in next year’s crucial general election.

Addressing the headmen, Mr Mwila said President Lungu will be PF’s torch bearer in next year’s election adding that the party has already settled on him and that those debating the matter were wasting their time.

He called on the headmen to preapre their subjects to vote for the PF in the general election because the party in power does not segregate in delivery of development across the country.

Mr Mwila said the ruling party was humbled with the decision taken by the people of Dundumwezi through their headmen to come to Lusaka to show solidarity to President Edgar Lungu and the PF party.

He said Dundumwezi was a very popular constituency

because the people of the area only give President Lungu 252 votes in the 2016 elections. Mr Mwila said despite the people not voting for the ruling party, President Lungu and government have continued taking development to area including connecting the constituency to the national electricity grid and rehabilitation of roads.

He said the party will continue delivering development to the people of the area under the one Zambia one nation spirit.

Mr Mwila also said Bill 10 was a matter of the past but that the ruling party will go to the Zambian people and explain to the content of the bill so that the UPND that shot down the Bill can be exposed.

And speaking on behalf of other headmen, senior village Headman Nsingo said the headmen of Dundumwezi have decided to endorse the candidature of President Lungu because he was the only one with a plan to develop the country.

Meanwhile, PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri PF said PF was not interested in political violence and insults.

She said there was need to promote peace and harmony in the country under the one Zambia, One nation motto, ahead of next year’s general election.

$125,000 EXTERNALISED ILLEGALLY?

…Mining firm reports former CEO, bank employees to DEC

By GRACE CHAILE-LESOETSA BLACKFIRE Mining Limited has reported its former chief executive officer David Lance Morris and Stanbic Bank Zambia Plc employees to the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) for suspected money laundering.

In a complaint letter dated November 24, 2020 copied to the Inspector General of Police, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Commissioner General, the DirectorGeneral of Financial Intelligence Centre, Bank supervision department under Bank of Zambia, the Stanbic Bank Zambia board chairman and other relevant authorities, the mining firm said it believed there was foul play involving Mr Morris and certain members of staff at the bank.

“We humbly write to request your office to investigate this matter of suspected money laundering activities as we are convinced

By KALOBWE BWALYA ONE man has died on the spot, while two have survived with severe injuries following the collapse of a building they were working on in Libala’s Katungu area in Lusaka.

A check by the Daily Nation on the scene, found a team of Zambia Airforce (ZAF), a rescue team from Lusaka City council (LCC) Fire brigade, Zambia police and some members of the community helping to retrieve the body and rescue the two men who were trapped under the building.

And Lusaka Permanent Secretary Elias Kamanga has since summoned Lusaka City Council town Clerk Alex Mwansa and the engineers from LCC to submit the report concerning the safety of the building.

Mr Kamanga who was accompanied by Lusaka District Commissioner David Silubanje also questioned the credibility of the engineers and wondered why the engineers from LCC were not taking assessment of the rubble.

Mr Kamanga said it is unfortunate that a life has been lost in such a negligent manner, therefore government would not hesitate to take action against anyone that would be found in the wrong.

Mr Kamanga said such disasters could be avoided at all the time, if people followed the right procedure.

He said investigations have

that there is foul play involving Mr David Lance Morris and certain members of Stanbic Bank in the massive pilferage of US dollars from the Zambian economy which is creating great strain on the exchange rate,” read part of the letter to DEC. Blackfire said sometime on or about June, this year, US$186,197 was paid to the company’s dollar account by one of its clients and contemporaneous to the payment Mr Morris made himself incommunicado to other members of management and to the board.

It stated that it immediately got apprehensive and made an inquiry to the bank.

It was discovered that the former CEO had already allegedly moved some of the money and left a balance of US$125, 000.

“To avert further fraudulent out flows, the company immediately lodged a complaint of theft and fraud with Zambia Police,

instructed the company lawyers to write to the bank to bar Mr Morris from making any transactions on the account. It also passed a company resolution removing him as a signatory to the account and served it on the bank,” Blackfire said.

The mining company said as a result of the complaint, the police by warrant restricted all debit transaction on the account and served the same to Stanbic bank. But Mr Morris aided allegedly by some bank employees and or acting with their full and active complicity fraudulently laundered US$125, 000 to his personal account and later transferred it to the United States of America.

“The circumstances of this matter are such that Mr Morris laundered the money by the bank employees without any documentation and for authority supporting the transfer and more worryingly at the time he was out of the country,” it stated.

Building collapses, kills one

Residents at the construction site.

The collapsed building since been instituted to find out what led to the collapse of the building because government would not sit idle and watch people doing wrong things with impunity.

Meanwhile, police have since identified the deceased only as Joster aged 40 of unknown address.

Police deputy spokesperson

The body of the victim being put in a police van Danny Mwale confirmed the incident to Daily Nation that among the injured one man has also been identified has Akushanga Mwimamenwa, a construction site manager whose age is not yet known of Kamwala South in Lusaka, while the other one is yet to be identified.

Mr Mwale said police have since opened an Inquiry file into

the incident where eight people were on site working during the accident, but five escaped unhurt around 11:00 hours yesterday.

And Kabwata member of Parliament, Given Lubinda has expressed concern over the accident and the extension of the building without engaging the engineers from LCC.

Horizon School suffers setback

By GRACE CHAILE-LESOETSA THE Lusaka High Court has dismissed an application by Horizon Education Trust Limited to discharge an order of stay in the matter it is seeking judicial review over Government’s compulsory acquisition of its premises.

In this matter, Horizon Education Trust is seeking an order to quash the decision by the President through the Ministry of Lands to compulsorily acquire stand number KABUL/N_59565/196 in Kabulonga, known as Horizon School.

It is also seeking an order of prohibition to stop Government from taking possession of the premises, among other reliefs.

Earlier this year, Lusaka High Court Judge Gertrude Chawatama stayed the

proceedings in the matter and ordered Horizon Education Trust to pay the State costs in the first action.

But on April 3, this year, Horizon Education Trust asked the Lusaka High Court to discharge its order to stay proceedings in the matter.

In an affidavit in support of summons for an order to discharge the order to stay proceedings. Mr Leslie Mbula, chairperson of Horizon Education Trust stated that the State used the stay of proceedings to obtain possession of the school’s movable assets and also to take over the running of the school.

Mr Mbula said that on March 16, this year the State through a letter reduced the fees to K225, 000 but the school still rejected it as it was still excessive and the State was yet to tax the bill of costs.

He stated that Horizon had engaged the State several times to resolve the matter amicably, but the negotiations had proved futile.

Mr Mbula said that the State would not suffer any irreparable damage if the order to stay proceedings was discharged.

But in her ruling yesterday, Ms Justice Chawatama said that application had no evidence to show that circumstances had changed in any way from the time she granted the application to stay proceedings in the matter.

She agreed with the State’s argument that her Court was yet to determine who owes who and how much.

“I therefore dismiss this application for lack of merit. I urge the parties to quickly resolve the issue of costs for this matter to progress,” Ms Justice Chawatama said.

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It states that the outflows were mostly related to the large mining companies that dominate the country’s international trade.

“Through this analysis, we have identified massive outflows of private wealth over the past fifteen years, reaching peaks of almost 20 percent of GDP in 2012, 15 percent of GDP in 2015, and over seven percent of GDP as recently as 2017.

“We came to understand that the debt assets in question represent an accounting discrepancy that is mostly likely explained by unreported profit remittances by large mining companies in Zambia.

“Other corporates might have also been involved, although given the conventional wisdom that most things occurring on the external accounts of Zambia are somehow related to the mining majors, it follows that so too were the discrepancies,” the research states.

“The magnitude of these outflows thereby siphoned off most of the gains from both the commodity boom of the early 2010s and the government’s borrowing, undermining any hope for achieving external

financial stability,” the study states.

The study adds that the outflows could be identified through an apparent anomaly on the financial accounts of the Zambian balance of payments that started with the debt relief of the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) in 2005.

The research indicates that the anomaly was a sharp rise in net acquisitions of debt instruments by resident nonfinancial “other sectors” on the “other investment” account.

The study indicates that local subsidiaries of transnational corporations have been known to borrow heavily offshore but that such financial operations would appear as debt liabilities, not as debt ass And a consortium of political parties and nongovernmental organisations has urged Government to take such studies seriously and interrogate issues which were being presented.

Consortium spokesperson, Spuki Mulemwa, said concerns of cheating in mines had been in the public domain for a long time and that it was high time serious action was taken about the matter.

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UPND COPYING SATA AND PF'S POLITICS - TEMBO

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PND has been failing to win elections because it has been trying so much to copy the politics of the late Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front in general of ‘chimwela’ morale, Patriots for Economic Progress leader Sean Tembo has revealed.

Mr Tembo said the UPND must however realise that the politics which they are trying hard to copy from the PF and Mr Sata worked for them but that does not mean it will work for Hakainde Hichilema or the UPND. “You know the politics of Sata and PF worked at that particular time and that does not mean they will work forever because like the saying goes lightening does not strike the same place twice. It worked for Sata and so it can’t work for HH or UPND,” Mr Tembo said.

Mr Tembo was speaking when he featured on Millennium Radio's The Interview programme.

He said the UPND or any

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other political party must therefore come up with their own unique approach of trying to entice people’s support instead of copying the PF’s chimwela type of politics.

And Mr Tembo said he ditched the UPND led opposition alliance because he thought it was going to be of mutual benefit but it was one sided as his party continued to spend its financial resources for the alliance which came as a huge cost to his party.

Mr Tembo said while still with the opposition alliance, he managed to facilitate a fundraising event where over K1 million was raised but he did not claim any of the money or said any negatives about

the UPND not until its leader, Mr Hichilema started debating personalities.

“He started calling me a surrogate of the PF and that I visit State House regularly which are totally unfounded allegations coming from the main opposition leader. Ever since that attack, we have found it necessary to respond,” he said.

“To a large extent, HH is a very weak politician. He is not able to debate an idea, he quickly becomes emotional and loses his temper instead of justifying his position. That is the same handicap we have with President Lungu.,” Mr Tembo said.

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ECZ rubbishes fake statistics

By PETER SICHALI STATISTICS on voter registration that have gone viral on social media are fake because the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has not released any figures on the exercise, ECZ Acting Public Relations Manager Sylvia Bwalya has said.

Reacting to concerns from some stakeholders that Southern province which had a smaller population as compared to Lusaka, had a large number of registered voters, Ms Bwalya expressed ignorance of the statistics stating ECZ has not yet released the statistics for the ongoing mobile registration exercise.

Ms Bwalya said she could not confirm of any place capturing more people than the other because the commission was still compiling the statistics.

"I cannot even confirm whether those are statistics or not because the Electoral Commission of Zambia has not yet released any statistics,"Ms Bwalya said.

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PEOPLE POWER LOCAL Government Permanent Secretary, Ed Chomba has made a pertinent observation which Zambians must take note of to ensure that there is development in their areas.

There should not just be development in their areas but they should be part of the process, from inception to execution.

According to Dr Chomba, they can only do this when they take councils to task over the utilisation of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and ensure that developments resonate with their needs.

We agree with Dr Chomba that Zambians in general are not active participants in local affairs and leave everything to their councillors and members of Parliament.

They do not know that the CDF that the central government allocates to every council in the country is not only for the elected councillors and MPs to decide how to spend it.

The general population should be in the driving seat and advise their elected representatives what projects they want implemented in their areas.

The elected representatives are mere facilitators of what the residents desire in their localities.

As Dr Chomba said, people should look out for Ward Development Committees and present their needs.

But what obtains on the ground is that people rarely know who their councillors are despite voting for them.

No wonder that people often complain about no-show councillors. The elected councillors do not help matters either for they rarely engage with the residents by holding community meetings.

Residents do not realise that they have every right to take councillors to task over perceived failures in their areas.

It is common to hear people complaining about poor roads in their localities and blaming the central government.

Dr Chomba said that people in affected constituencies should not complain but engage with the ward development committees on project development.

“People should look out for the Ward Development chairperson who sits on committees and the Member of Parliament is just a committee member.

“In these committees they sit and decide what they want to do and send the application to the Ministry and if it is in compliance we approve it,” he said.

Zambia’s decentralisation policy is designed to give power to the people through councils and its success depends on the local population becoming active participants in their operations.

People must realise, as Dr Chomba said, it’s not the responsibility of Government to dictate which projects under the CDF should be done in a particular area.

The bottom line is that power to the people must be seen to be a reality through residents spearheading development projects in their areas.

Moreover, at national level, this is why since the Patriotic Front formed government, more districts have been created to ensure that the national cake is shared equally.

This has ensured that areas that before could not qualify for hospitals for example could now boast of having their own by virtue of being declared districts and accessing CDF for their localities.

Thus the onus is therefore on the local residents to ensure that their elective officials do not impose projects that have no bearing on the needs of the people on the ground.

CAGE AGRO INPUTS SMUGGLERS - KATAMBO

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AW enforcement agencies should bring to book individuals who are smuggling subsidised inputs, Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo has said.

Mr Katambo said it was criminal to smuggle Government subsidised inputs out of the country and that those doing so must be prosecuted.

He said Government was spending millions of Kwacha on FISP to enhance production therefore anyone working against such efforts must be prosecuted.

"Those that will be found selling inputs will be apprehended and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of the law," Mr Katambo said.

The minister warned that agriculture officers engaging in smuggling of subsidised inputs that they risked going to jail

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

Mr Katambo and losing employment.

Government officers, he said, should safeguard state property including inputs.

Mr Katambo said Government through a multi-sectoral approach had beefed up security to curtail smuggling of both inputs and maize out of the country.

"Government workers are there to safeguard public property therefore any agriculture officer engaging in smuggling of FISP will be arrested and prosecuted," Mr Katambo said.

Some agriculture officers in Eastern Province have been accused of smuggling inputs which are meant for farmers.

Zambian drivers cautioned

…as violence breaks out in SA

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

ZAMBIAN truck drivers on the South African route have been warned to be cautious in the wake of a new wave of violence against foreign drivers in that country.

Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa Major-General, Jackson Miti, urged Zambian truck drivers to be cautious on the roads following violence against foreign drivers in some parts of that country.

This is contained in a

statement by first secretary press and public relations at the Zambia High Commission South Africa, Naomi Nyawali.

Maj-Gen Miti said in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal Province, hundreds of local truck drivers staged a protest against the use of foreign truck drivers.

Maj-Gen Miti said the safety of Zambian truck drivers was cardinal and advised them to ensure they avoided being victims of violent protests currently going on in some parts of South Africa.

He said the High Commission would continue monitoring the situation.

He however stated that so far, no Zambian truck driver had been affected by the violence, particularly more visible in Durban where a number of trucks were reported to have been torched.

According to the Road Freight Association in South Africa, about 30 foreign truck drivers have so far been attacked across the country in the last seven days.

HH insults rile Nsenga chief UPND president Hakainde Hichilema's use of unpalatable language in public has angered Chieftaines Mwanjawanthu of the Nsenga people of Petauke.

Chieftaines Mwanjawanthu said she was disappointed to learn that political players had started insulting publicly.

This comes a few days after Mr Hichilema used unpalatable language while addressing a public rally in Pemba.

This is the second time the opposition leader is publicly using unpalatable language.

"The story of insulting especially by you leaders is not good and it’s disrespectful. Insulting is not the best way to express

Govt negotiates to put intern teachers on pay roll

yourself. If you want to express yourself tell the people what you are going to do for them such as constructing schools and hospitals, not insulting,” she said.

She said politicians should learn to respect themselves and those in authority.

"I’m really shocked because insulting a woman is as good as insulting your own mother, but then I also see no reason why male politicians should be insulting each other. Let's follow our values, let's follow our traditions, let's respect each other because if you insult your brother in politics it comes right back at you, you are insulting yourself," said

Chieftaines Mwanjawanthu She was speaking when NERIA'S Investments Limited General Manager Mr. Martin Chaikatisha paid a courtesy call on her at her palace on Wednesday.

Meanwhile Mr. Chaikatisha reaffirmed his company's commitment to continue working with government in ensuring that farmers received their inputs in time following President Edgar Lungu's good political will in Agriculture.

And the Chieftaines thanked the President for working with stakeholders like NERIA'S Investments in ensuring that FISP was successful. #SmartEagles2020

GOVERNMENT says it was in negotiation with the World Bank in a bid to put intern teachers on pay roll.

And minister of General Education, Dennis Wanchinga said 121 teachers were deployed to Kaputa from 2016 to 2019.

He was responding to Kaputa Member of Parliament, Maxas Ng’onga, who during question for oral answer asked him how many teachers were deployed to Kaputa from 2016 to 2019.

Mr Ng’onga also asked how many teachers were transferred from the district in the same period to Lusaka and Copperbelt provinces respectively.

He also asked the minister whether all the teachers who were transferred from the district were replaced and if not, whether the government had any plans to replace the teachers and when the plans would be implemented.

In response, Dr Wanchinga said 121 teachers were deployed in the district from 2016 to 2019.

On those that were transferred, Dr Wanchinga said 91 teachers had been transferred to the Copperbelt and Lusaka provinces during the years in question.

He however said not all transferred teachers were replaced.

Meanwhile, Dr Wanchinga said Government was planning to employ more teachers.

He said government was negotiating with the World Bank to see to it that the intern teachers were put on pay roll.

He explained the negotiations earmarked for recruitment were aimed at countering the effects of Covid-19 on the education sector.

Dr Wanchinga said some of the teachers to be recruited would be deployed in Kaputa.

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Bank and another US$3 bil-nextphatic on what it intended 2,000 jobs by end of next year. agenda to higher heights. offers over 8,000 products on to investors incentives Participation lion to China. to dothe within the relief period Mr Mwila said LS-MFEZ would see Head of Retail and Digital the platform with country wide willing to invest in of local Centre for Trade Policy that investors would point the econan(CTPD) increase in economic investment asand most of theMr 11Kunda the zone.

Banking, Teza Ngulube, said in the delivery offerings multiand Development omy towards recovery and expressed concern companies were expected to begin zone is currently this was meant to catch up payment options, “ he said. construction researcher Wakumelo Mataa restore debt sustainability. that Zambia had stiff lowend due among before the ofto, as theythat finalised the sector said it was expected that bewith the evolving world which Lafarge Commercial “It is2021 imperative Govcompetition from reasons, the ing creditors, China’sother approvals. wasmajor currently spearheading Director, Chooye ernment commits to prucountries such as investment recent willingness aminimum “The total projected investment around dent utilisation the digital agenda. to grant Hamusankwa, saidof thetheis reRwanda, Kenya, of US$500,000 debt would crucialmillion sources that maywould be approximately freed up US$125 andcompany willwhich create 1,000 Mr relief Ngulube said be this cement Egypt, South Africa, locals sayinitiative is to the decision of the bond-some from this should said during press briefing in Lusaka. yesterday in Lusaka jobs,” at the heprohibitive. continue toabe innovative Mozambique and holders. request through, Mr Mwila this indicated that the zone had additional first draw of the the “3 house, to empower its pull customers Zimbabwe that offered Mr Mataa said in a state- LS-MFEZ directingBusiness aworth largerUS$220 part of the pipeline investments million which better incentives.

3 ways to win campaign” in and the community through Development ment the bondholders resources into productive Mr Kunda said the Manager, Francis would create 1,500 jobs. partnership Nkwashi promotions. would mostwith likely take into sectors. minimumisUS$500, said “In next “It few years, thefor LS-MFEZ and Lafarge. “Wethe know thatthe He said thesad promotion consideration lack ofKunda, will be Zambia destined 000 investment works of reject investment activities.

LS-MFEZ is for the world available is evolvingfor andserious we construction would until December 15, publicly informaif therun creditors the investors to qualify for the request industrial tion onafford the terms and con-with cannot our customers this year for inyards working Ministry ofSolwezi, Commerce, Trade and relief asChingola, this will available incentives were currently on ditions Chinese loans. mean that Zambia has de- andfactor coming of to the physical Ndola,Development Kitwe, Lusaka,was Industry, course.

Zambia Agency the for a limiting Last month, Zambia Development faulted on and its debtlocal obligainfrastructure to access Livingstone Chipata.

Industrial Corporation to lobby forHe businesses.

Mr Kunda reached a deal tosodefer tions were due on banking services so wedebt areexplained “Ourthat aim is investors to not only tothewish improved incentives for who to set however said LS-MFEZ the repayments were 13th ofthat 2020,” he lobbying allowing them that now to opendue empower our customers hadby been base in the zone,” heOctober, said. industrial yards, in October, 2020 on a loan said. its parent Ministry of

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Development Executive Director, attaching measure as to a smugglers during has a innovation meeting last Manufacturing.’ transporters Chanda said ZCCM-IH has should set a upvalue theimmelaboratory inMr you!

So,opposed I encourage you to of your locally manufactured promote in the Isaac Mwaipopo, said. held month. diately inform the authority andaservice providers with Karma Mining quantity measure.

InServices itstake current state, foreign said. walk through theinvolved East products,” Ms She said activities in the industry.

The available policies only apply to the partnership MrMuleya Chanda Transporters thatwillvolunthrough any be communication in smuggling and Rural Development in Park firms will haveLimited an on incentive to sub-contract Mall from would 25th tocontinue 27th Week would centred This year’s edition take road construction sector, leaving the vast tarily and proactively reportchannels,” Mr Chanda said.to local to contractors face the fullwhile wrath of the their vessels seized and forConsolidated Gold Company. low-valued project November to view your qualencouraging collaborative from 22rd to 27th of with majority of place projects open forschemes competition ed smuggling to He however said the value authorlaw while goods and vessels feited to the State without any Chief Executive Officer, Mabvuto retaining high projects,” Mr Mwaipopo ity Zambian brands. effort to support innovation November and bring togethhighly skilled adequately financed foreign theand authority or cooperated ity had stepped upthat its the enforcewould be seized compensation for transportChipata, explained purpose confiscated of said. wastoto develop “I can assuretoyou you Zambia’s different stakeholders and in contractors.er fully during investigations ment activities enhancea gold and forfeited thethat State. ing smuggled, undervalued, the joint venturemanufacturing He said Government should scale-up efforts will “We nothave be warned disappointed. various members of society wouldsaid not be Zambian subjected to sector. compliance imports and in all trans- under-declared and misclasMr Mwaipopo that contractors processing andintrading operation toAll increase the capacity of local contractors Again, if you arethey not inrisk Lusaka “Manufacturers together for purposes ofloss promoting lo-for the accounts from anywhere providing shelter for them, it is zone had once completed, Mrthey Mwila however regretted that the unwarranted of business exports. port operations porters that having sified goods.

Zambia. did not have the capacity to compete Commerce Trade and would local through development andregister skills transfer you can for the Buy with makers, renowned Zambian producers. are. “Atlas Mara being theinvestment alsoboost a way to appreciate ourafter four Mr policy Chipata said skills the investment was lost worth US$40 million majority of cal construction projects.

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Zambian Expo on the Whova researchers and innovators, ZAM will do this through to the leading digital bank in Zambia,participation customers loyal torelated investors pulled out due to Covid-19 He said this in the CTPD submission talking to Ministry of economic zones. objectives of creation whichthe was Mrvalue Mwaipopo said effort undertaken by your app downloadable from well as captains of industry active engagement the as always looks for innovative our brand,” Mrjob Hamusankwa and this had led to 600 losses.

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We will also lookChief atinvestors “Arbitra-this year an interview that copperon to other minerals such as gold up in numbers to view, comlogue practical measures al public, off-takers of manuour customers through our Executive officer, Vikas the sub-contracting framework and guidelines, “As Karma Mining Services and Rural Development, our had been slow due to Covid-19.

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THE sixth annual insurance conexpertise is in gold processing, but we are mostly working mend, uplift, to He support adoption of innofactured goods and other various products and services Kumar, his company a consultative process, wasand better conHe said. however saidsaid the zone had continued qualify, one hastoto would enable small “It has also beenwhich established thatprieven saidthrough this during the laboratory ference will focus on recovwith artisanal and small scale gold miners.’’ struct your proudly Zambian vations in the manufacturing vate sector organisations. we offer,” he said. was happy to work hand in commendable.

Banda said, wasinvest commitreceive IAZ, new expressions of interest inminimum differentof and Ms medium sized Ms Banda stressed that it was vital provided a platform for such explordiscuss the major challenges in the media in Lusaka yesterday. within the policy construction ering friendly from theroad economic impact of tour and to products,” Muleya sector more competitive is according to place Meanwhile, Atlas Mara hand with Lafarge andUS$500,000 Atlaspandemic. tedofentrepreneurs to the growth of the insurance This, he said, shouldmade be scaled-up to Ms to despite set to explore new ideas and innovative ing of innovative solutions. insurance sector. sectors the economy the “This for is also in line with Government’s sub-sector,Covid-19 aThis number of been foreign has setcontractors to take of a the local to sector and professional development up businesses in the said.

Zambian products practices, for the industry to thrive “This the ZAM Chief Executive Ms laboratory Banda said the conference Bank yesterday Mara in offering consumers “Seizing Opportunities for Growth achieve the policy objective of creating classification of gold as a strategic LS-MFEZ, he said, had put insome place strategy is targeted at thegave away ore that would be received from various fromadhering November 18-20, 2020 ininnovative Luhave not been to the sub-contracting investors that is a ofmore insurance personnel. zone. during trying economic times. would look at “Recovering from the Challenging is the resource forthrough Zambia,” he said. Times” Officiated by President produced efficient Muleya, in called monthly prizes to 30with winners the convenience ordering sustainable capacity in the local contracting operations we are setting up starting miners, who would get a fair share and saka the Insurers Association of Amidst attract investors in theofzone. policy,” he Officer, said. by MrFlorence Mwaipopo said this factor. If explained that thislimiting “That oneonline is on the “Ittheir is important that we prioritise Rufunsa, economic of COVID-19”, theme for this year’s annual insurConsolidated Gold Company Chief were impact we under are working with small “MostShe value for material.

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Officer, Faisal Keer, explained scale miners there and art is anal miners “As Karma Mining Services and Rural The Insurance conference isExecutive an Expo will allow an exhibition Additionally, manufacturManufacturers Week.

Commenting on this, Mr ease of payment Atlas “Government should also increase access are looking to close a couple ofS$500, deals 000 that willwill be contracting policy beyond road construction excellence among its members, for you Citizen Economic sional development”, Ms Banda said sectors of the economy.

IAZ president, Christabel Banda, that the laboratory would be able to from the surrounding area,” he said.

Development, our expertise is in gold annual event focused on bringing oflocal yourcontractors manufactured be affordable exhibiting finance locally for Ms itMuleya this yearlawers Ngulube said the campaign Mara banking & the Tenga to in prodbeneficial not only to LS-MFEZ butbe to and the entire not entitled to these and to transform into ansaid enforceable totowillreiterated Empowerment theand benefit of the insuring public in a statement.

“We will also look at maximising the call on pracprocess about 30 samples perinsurance day.

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Zambian products the Manufacturers Week will produced launched on September App. order them to increase their capacity,” Mrexplained the coming generation.”

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She that the conference beour use of ICT solutions, is 16,theand enhance monitoring and compliance. titioners to attend thewas conference.

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BROKE KENYA EYES US$4BN LOANS FROM IMF, WORLD BANK Thursday 26 November, 2020

ZIM LOSES $1.5BN YEARLY TO GOLD SMUGGLERS H

Henrietta Rushwaya was arrested after airport scanners picked up 6kg of gold in her handbag as she attempted to board a flight to Dubai. Over 14 gold bars at the centre of the smuggling scandal that engulfed the First Family are believed to have been stolen from the vaults of the state-owned refinery Fidelity Printers and Refiners.

ARARE – Zimbabwe is losing $1.5 billion gold a year to smuggling, says a report.

The figure is higher than the government’s own estimates of $1.2 billion a year lost through the illicit gold trade “Estimates suggest that more than $1.5 billion worth of gold leaves Zimbabwe illegally each year, often ending up in Dubai,” said the report by the International Crisis Group.

“Some dealers estimate that illegal exports top official deliveries,” to the country’s formal refinery. The country

boasts vast gold reserves, and the sector accounts for 60 percent of its exports. Last month, the head of Zimbabwe’s artisanal and small-scale mining federation was arrested with six kilos of gold worth over $360, 000 in her hand luggage just before boarding a flight to Dubai. The gold sector provides jobs to nearly 10 percent of the country’s population, according to the report.

“Amid the collapsing economy, an estimated 1.5 million people have turned to artisanal mining as a safety net,” said the report, adding pov-

erty and the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic will likely drive more people towards the sector.

According to official figures, gold production in the first eight months of 2020 rose 10 percent, driven especially by output from small-scale miners. But the miners are not happy with a payment system which requires them to sell their gold to the state-owned buyer, Fidelity Printers and Refiners.

Last year a wave of violence rocked the artisanal mining sector. – AFP.

INVITATION FOR BIDS TENDER FOR SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF 30 MOTORIZED MOTOR TRICYCLE AMBULANCES 1. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is a non-governmental organization that supports community-based development programs in partnership with local organizations and the Catholic Dioceses. Inspired by its mandate to collaborate with both religious and non-sectarian NGO’s as well as local government, CRS is committed to organization development and strengthening of these partners in order to promote sustainability and development and high impact programs that target the most vulnerable of the society.

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3. Full specifications can be found in the bidding document. The bidding documents can be obtained at Catholic Relief Services offices, Plot No. 377/43C/2C Ibex Hill Road from 30th November 2020 to 4th December 2020 between 10:00hrs and 12:00hrs local time 4. Bids must be deposited in the Tender Box at Catholic Relief Services, Plot No. 377/43C/2C Ibex Hill Road, at the Reception in Building 2 on or before Monday, 23rdNovember 2020 at 10:00hrs local time. Late bids will be rejected.

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...as treasury seek talks on foreign debt cancellation From Page 1 This follows reports that the country is negotiating for a $2.3 billion (Sh250.4 billion) from the IMF to help it respond to the negative economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reports from Bloomberg, a business news outlet, also indicated that the government was keen on getting as much as $1.5 billion (Sh150 billion) from the World Bank to help it finance its expansive budget in the current financial year.

The loans from the IMF will be part of the highly conditional three-and-half year extended fund facility and extended credit facility on whose “many” terms Kenyan authorities have agreed with the Washington-based institution.

The government expects to receive most of these loans by June 2021. This would push up the country’s total debt by at least Sh827 billion in the current financial year.

In a statement issued on Friday last week, the IMF said Kenyan authorities had agreed to take up either of the highly conditional extended fund facilities or the extended credit facility from the Washington-based institution.

As part of the condition for the access of the facility, the government has agreed to a raft of belt-tightening measures that include shoring up its taxes and restructuring some of its loss-making State-owned enterprises weakened by the pandemic.

Meanwhile, The Treasury will try to push wealthy countries and multilateral lenders like the World Bank to cancel part of Kenya’s ballooning public debt, reflecting concerns about the burden of paying creditors from taxes that have been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic.

In a November paper ti-

National Treasury CS Ukur Yatani says the credit facilities will depend on a number of factors including Kenya's ability to manage its fiscal framework.

tled Post Covid-19 Economic Recovery Strategy 20202022, the Treasury says that it’s considering initiating talks with donor countries and multilateral lenders for debt forgiveness.

This marks a bold admission that the country is struggling to repay the mounting public debt and signals the gravity of the country’s rapidly deteriorating cash-flow situation that is marked by falling revenues and worsening debt service obligations.

Debt repayment in the four months to October accounted for 58 percent or Sh246.2 billion of the Sh426.3 billion taxes, which dropped 14 percent in the period on reduced economic activity.

The Treasury, which last week changed its mind about joining a G20 debt relief initiative, is now seeking to have part of the country’s Sh3.6 trillion foreign debt cancelled.

This will help Kenya cut billions in monthly interest payments to foreign donors and offer it additional room for more borrowing as it races to breach the Sh9 trillion debt ceiling. – THE STANDARD, Kenya.

SA takes another step towards new nuclear power JOHANNESBURG - The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has invited comment on government’s plans to add 2, 500MW in nuclear power to the country's electricity mix.

On Monday, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) invited comment on the government’s plans to add 2, 500MW in nuclear power to South Africa’s electricity mix by 2030.

Currently, Africa’s only nuclear station, Koeberg, which has been running since 1984, delivers only 1, 940MW – around 3.6 percent of South Africa’s electricity output.

Government wants to increase nuclear to represent 5.6 percent of power production.

South Africa’s nuclear ambitions have been hugely con-

troversial, with former president Jacob Zuma negotiating a suspect deal with Russia in 2014 to build new reactors.

This fell through, and now, thanks to its sheer political weight, China seems to be a serious contender for the job. Both France and South Korea have, at various points, been in the running too.

At least one American company, NuScale, apparently wants to bid – and it has already lined up billions in funding from the US government. Last month, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced it had signed a letter of intent to support NuScale "to develop 2, 500 MW of nuclear energy in South Africa."

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...people in affected constituencies should not complain but engage with the ward development committees on project development.

By ANDREW MUKOMA

THE newly-elected district and constituency officials in Livingstone have been tasked to recruit more members and ensure the party grows ahead of the 2021 general elections.

Southern Province Chairman, Lawrence Evans, said that the new team was equal to task and would deliver as expected.

Mr Evans said that with the new team being in place, the party was optimistic to get back the Livingstone Constituency which was once held by the PF. He was speaking when Vice President Inonge Wina met the District and Constituency party officials in Livingstone.

Mr Evans said that the UPND only grabbed the seat from the ruling party in 2016, and that PF members should work together to get the seat again.

He said that PF members in the province should encourage the general membership to get voters cards.

Mr Evans said that this would be a tool for PF to win the 2021 general elections and usher back into State House, President Edgar Lungu. And Ms Wina said that

Mkushi cooperatives empowered PETER MALASHA

OVER K300, 000 has been given out to support cooperatives and women clubs in Mkushi, National Association of Savings and Credit Union regional manager Ngosa Mumba has said.

Mr Mumba said some beneficiaries were making payments as agreed while others were defaulting.

In an interview, he said the funding was meant to uplift living standards of beneficiaries through engagement in various businesses.

Mr Mumba said the money given out as loans was meant to improve on businesses and livelihood.

He said defaulting beneficiaries should ensure that they pay back the money so that others could also benefit.

"It is a 50-50 kind of situation. Others are active and others are not. They need to honour the agreement. We are trying to find a way forward for those that are active and not active so that programme can continue" he said.

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AMBIANS must take councils to task over the utilisation of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and ensure that developments resonate with their needs, Local Government Permanent Secretary, Ed Chomba has said.

Dr Chomba said it was not the responsibility of Government to dictate

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for the PF to win Livingstone, leaders and members should come up with a good plan not business as usual.

"Our expectation are huge from you the new committees. Here in Livingstone, I hear people are saying let us not go and register because we will not win...no, I know we can win Livingstone, we just have to find a way of doing it.

"We don't have Members of Parliament in the Province, we relay in well-wishers to organize the party but you party officials are the engine if the party here and we want to see activism in you in this big boat from the shore and through the big ocean until we are back in the system," Ms Wina said.

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which projects under the CDF should be done in a particular area.

Speaking in an interview, he said that people should look out for Ward Development Committees and present their needs.

Government, he noted, only approves recommendations and presentations from committees.

He said that every constituency was given equal allocation but that it was

not the duty of government to dictate projects to be undertaken.

Dr Chomba said that people in affected constituencies should not complain but engage with the ward development committees on project development.

“People should look out for Ward Development chairperson who sits on committees and the Member of Parliament is just a

Airtel unveils ‘Tonse’ bundle

By NOEL IYOMBWA

AIRTEL Networks Zambia Plc has unveiled new value for money data bundles called “TONSE”.

Last year the company rolled out the 100 percent 4G Konse which encouraged customers to dream big and ‘make that connection’ as investors, buyers, retailers and even co-minded entrepreneurs.

Speaking at the media launch yesterday at the Airtel Head Offices, Airtel Net-

works Zambia plc Marketing Director, Hussam Baday said the launch is a great day in the history of Airtel as it unveil a data offering called “TONSE” that is affordable for everyone.

“For instance, customers can get data for as low as K2 and also get 25GB for only K200.” “We will continue on our trajectory, to make our products and services available and affordable to every one of our customers and the “TONSE” data bundles will, as per the name, be

‘Curb tobacco-related deaths’

By NOEL IYOMBWA

TOBBACCO is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths, claiming 7, 142 people in Zambia annually, a medical expert Teddy Mulenga has said.

Dr Mulenga said at least eight million lives around the world die every year adding that seven million of the deaths were from direct tobacco use and about 1.2 million are due to non-smokers being exposed to second hand smoke.

He said about 20 people die from tobacco related diseases everyday, hence the need to

protect populations from the deadly consequences of tobacco.

Zambia Media Network against tobacco chairperson, Paxina Phiri, said Zambia should urgently enact the tobacco products and nicotine products control bill in order to reverse the smoking epidemic and reduce tobacco related deaths.

Ms. Phiri 12 years after Zambia became a party to the World Health Organisation framework convention on tobacco control, Government was yet to domesticate the framework convention.

Ndola in property rates discount

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

THE Ndola City Council (NCC) has given commercial and residential clients discounts on property rates as a response to the stakeholders’ requests for relief on the payments of bills.

NCC public relations manager, Rebecca Mushota, said the council had offered commercial property owners 20 per cent discount on their total bills and 30 per cent discounts for residential property owners for a limited period. Ms Mushota told the Daily Nation yesterday that the council decided to

offer discounts after receiving applications for remission of property rates from some firms and individuals.

“The council also received an appeal from the Ndola Chamber of Commerce to consider various forms of relief for the business sector which has suffered negative effects of the Corona Virus (Covid-19). “The applications for remission are in line with Section 22(1) of the Rating Act number 21 of 2018,” she said.

Ms Mushota explained that the Act provided for a rate payer to apply to the rating author-

available for everyone who is an Airtel customer.”he said.

Mr Baday also revealed the Tonse Brand Ambassadors as football icon Christopher Katongo and sensational music artists Slap D and Yo Maps who will help drive the TONSE ‘experience’ with various activities lined up in the coming months.

“As part of the activations for the Tonse Data Bundles launch is the “Red Box” which is an experience ‘set’ that will be placed at East-

Government, she said, should proactively put in place safeguards to prevent unnecessary interactions with tobacco industry, limit necessary ones and set up disclosure procedures to protect public health policies.

Ms Phiri stressed the need to enact the Tobacco and Nicotine products control Bill which she said has been delayed for more than 10 years.

“The ministry of health should leverage on the Covid-19 response to push for the tobacco and nicotine products control bill, and tobacco control messages should be disseminated along with social distancing and sanitation and hygiene messages for the prevention of Covid-19. ity for remission of the whole or any part of the property rates.

She said the council considered the applications and decided to offer all property owners the discounts in order show solidarity t residents and businesses as the city recovers from the negative economic effects of Covid 19. Ms Mushota urged the public to take advantage of the promotion dubbed ‘Covid-19 Relief Bonanza’ to pay their property rates from Tuesday this week to December 8, 2020.

She added: “The Council urges the public to turn out in numbers and pay for their property rate bills using the opportunity which offers a relief”.

committee member.

“In these committees they sit and decide what they want to do and send the application to the Ministry and if it is in compliance we approve it,” he said.

Concerns had been raised in some constituencies CDF allocation, some opposition strongholds had fewer developmental projects compared to ruling party strongholds.

Park Mall in Lusaka as well as the Mukuba Mall in Kitwe.

“Customers will be able to experience virtual reality using Airtel Tonse bundles and will also get a chance of auditioning to be part of Slap D or Yo Maps future songs,”he said.

He explained that the simplified data offering which is flaunting the tagline “You too can make that dream possible through Tonse Bundles” can be accessed via the *575# and will offer all customers from all walks of life better value in terms of money spent and volume received.

87 Mkushi boreholes repaired

By PETER MALASHA

MKUSHI Town Council has rehabilitated 87 boreholes and water points in all the 14 wards at a cost of K330,000, Public Relations Officer, Clearance Kaoma has said.

Mr Kaoma said that the programme had been undertaken through the use of Local Government Equalisation Fund (LGEF) and partnerships with organisations such as Eye Sight. He said the project had benefited over 400 residents around the district.

Assessment results, he said, showed that most boreholes were damaged due to improper use while others collapsed due to natural occurrences.

Mr. Kaoma said the council hoped that the boreholes

and other water points will be guarded jealously against vandalism and misuse.

"The local authority hopes that these facilities that have mainly benefited schools, rural health centres and markets should be guarded jealously against vandalism and misuse if sustainable development should be attained," he said.

Mr Kaoma urged beneficiaries to continue providing upfront materials for construction and rehabilitation of such projects each time they were called upon.

He added that the council would next year drill 30 boreholes, rehabilitate 20 water points and construct 40 VIP latrines across the district.

Mr Kaoma appealed to the affected communities and institutions to make formal applications to the local authority water and sanitation unit.

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By ANDREW MUKOMA GOVERNMENT is overwhelmed with disasters such as collapsed public infrastructure whose designs, construction and supervision are not duly executed to expected standards, VicePresident Inonge Wina has said.

She said her office was overwhelmed with reports of collapsed roads and bridges, houses, schools and health centres that happen even with the slightest winds or rains.

Ms Wina said, therefore, that the cost of repair, under the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU), was depriving the nation of colossal sums of money which could be used to fund other developmental programmes.

She was speaking yesterday when she officially opened the Zambia Institute of Architect (ZIA)’s International Conference for Architects held at Protea Hotel in Livingstone yesterday.

At the same event, Zambia Institute of Architects (ZIA) president Sydney Ngoma said that while the institute strategically positions itself to adopt innovation as a new normal, Government support will be required in a number of areas.

Mr Ngoma said ensuring that submission of drawings for planning permission is only done by registered architects is one of the area which the ZIA requires Government’s support.

443 first year Chalimbana students awarded loans

By SIMON MUNTEMBA OVER 400 first year students at Chalimbana University have been awarded student loans by the Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB).

According to HELSB corporate communications officer, Chiselwa Kawanda, 443 student loans had been awarded to first year students at Chalimbana University for the 2020/2021 academic year.

Ms Kawanda explained that the loans would cover tuition fees, accommodation fees and book allowances.

She said a total 1,374 students applied for student loans out of which, 443 were eligible for the award, while 931 were ineligible.

Ms Kawanda told the Daily Nation that a number of ineligible applicants submitted incomplete applications.

“Out of the 1,374 applications received, 946 were from male applicants while 428 were from female applicants, representing 69 percent and 31 percent, respectively,” she said.

Ms Kawanda said five students living with disabilities applied, three male and two females, out of which three students had been awarded loans.

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HE Local Government Service Commission has implored the Kitwe City Council (KCC) to guard against the possible abuse of Local Government Equilisation Fund (LGEF) and Constituency Development Fund (CDF).

LGSC chairperson, Amos Musonda, said issues regarding financial management and procurement of public goods and services were critical and must be handled well so that the local authority sustained the confidence of the public.

He advised internal auditing of the processes should be carried out effectively and avoid adverse audit queries.

"Public funds are sensitive and we urge Kitwe City Council to ensure that the use of LGEF and CDF are guarded against possible abuse.

"The council should make use of the Audit Committees and strive to protect the integrity of the institution by providing effective internal audit," Mr Musonda said.

Meanwhile, Mr Musonda commended the local authority for staying up to date with payment of salaries.

He said his team was pleased by the hard work that thr council had exhibited by ensuring that salaries of the employees were up to date.

Mufulira school erects 4, 000 fingerlings-capacity pond GOVERNMENT is constructing a 4000 fingerlings capacity fish pond at Twalubuka Combined School in Mufulira.

This is being done through the Zambia Aquaculture Enterprise Development Project.

Mufulira District Fisheries and Livestock Coordinator, Mebelo Wamulume, said the project was meant to financially empower the school and provide relief from the financial stress caused by Covid-19.

Mr Wamulume explained that the construction of the fish pond started as a community initiative but the Government took over and was now providing construction materials and the fingerlings.

He said the fish pond was a model and that the school was expected to construct a similar pond after generating funds from the fish farming. - ZANIS

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THE Wildwide Fund for Nature (WWF) will this month launch the New Deal for Nature and People (ND4NP) campaign that seeks to protect and restore nature for the benefit of people.

The campaign would focuses on the connection between nature and the economy with emphasis on energy, freshwater, wildlife and forestry.

ND4NP country focal point, Mweene Chaambwa, said the project would address the rapid loss of nature across the country.

Mr Chaambwa was speaking during a breakfast meeting in Lusaka yesterday.

"The ND4NP campaign seeks to protect and restore nature for the benefit of people and planet – proposing no more loss of natural spaces or extinctions as well as having the negative impacts of unsustainable production and consumption.

"This campaign will try and put a halt to the loss of nature and seeks to restore nature, this is because we all depend on nature as a people," he said.

The ND4NP campaign seeks to protect and restore nature for the benefit of people and planet – proposing no more loss of natural spaces or extinctions as well as having the negative impacts of unsustainable production and consumption.

Mr Chaambwa said the project would explore how Government could increase finding to wildlife and tourism in the 2022 national budget.

He said WWF would work with Government to restock the depleted species and maintain their habitats.

Mr Chaambwa said the efforts would provide enough food and water for a global population that was expected to increase to nine billion people in coming decades.

And WWF energy lead, Michael Sakala, said the project would work with the Government to develop a National Integrated Resources Plan that will reduce dependency on hydropower sources by 2022.

Mr Sakala said the project would push for the implementation of the Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (REFiT) and reduce the dependence on charcoal.

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Figure 18: Human Skeleton

Transverse process: These are projections on the sides of the centrum that provide surfaces for attachment of muscles and ligaments.

Centrum: This is the solid central part of the vertebra whose function is to bind to the intervertebral disc and form a cartilaginous joint with the next vertebra.

The functions of vertebral column are: • Protecting the spinal cord from mechanical damage • Providing attachment for ribs and girdles • Supporting the body trunk • Imparting flexibility to the body trunk due presence of cartilaginous joints.

Ø The human skeleton is divided into two regions, namely axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton. Ø The axial skeleton is made of the skull, vertebral column (spine), ribs and sternum while the appendicular skeleton is made of the limbs and girdles. Ø There are two sets of limbs i.e. two fore limbs (arms) and two hind limbs (legs). Ø The girdles form a link between the axial skeleton and the limbs. There are two girdles, namely, the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle. The pectoral girdle links the fore limbs to the axial skeleton. It is made of the shoulder blades (scapulas) and collar bones (clavicles). Ø The pelvic girdle links the hind limbs to the axial skeleton. It is also called the pelvis and is made of the pubis, ilium and ischium, among other bones.

Figure 19: Bones of the Forelimb and Hindlimb

Muscles Ø A muscle is a tissue which contracts to produce movements in parts of the body or the entire body. There are three types of muscles, namely, cardiac muscle, smooth muscle (visceral muscle) and skeletal muscle (striated muscle).

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On today’s pupils forum in Biology, will look at a topic; Endoskeleton. At the end of this lesson, learners should be able to: ü Define Endoskeleton ü Identify structure of cartilage ü Identify parts of the human skeleton and their functions Endoskeleton Ø An endoskeleton is located inside the body and is made of bones and cartilage. Ø This type of skeleton is found in all vertebrates i.e. fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. The endoskeleton of a vertebrate foetus is largely made up of cartilage while that of an adult is made of bones with small amounts of cartilage in areas that need flexibility. Ø However, some adult vertebrates have entire skeletons made of cartilage e.g. cartilaginous fish such as sharks. Cartilage Ø Cartilage is a firm and flexible rubber-like tissue which is made of living cells and collagen fibres embedded in a matrix of chondrin. Ø The structure of cartilage is illustrated in the following diagram.

Figure 15: Structure of Cartilage

Ø Cartilage is found in firm but flexible parts of the vertebrate body such as the trachea, the nose, ear lobes, larynx and at the ends of bones. Some functions of cartilage are: • It is found between the vertebrae in the spine, allowing bending of the spin • It is found in the trachea and allows it to remain open even when the neck bends .

• It is found in the pinna and the end of the nose and helps keep them firm.

• It is found at the ends of bones at the joints, where it reduces friction, cushions the ends of bones and bears loads.

• It is the main skeletal material of vertebrate embryos Bones Ø Bone is a tissue made of living cells and collagen fibres in a matrix of calcium phosphate and magnesium salts. Ø The living cells occur in structures known as lacunae (singular=lacuna). Ø The matrix is laid up in several concentric rings forming a system known as the Haversian system. Ø The lacunae are linked to each other by channels of cytoplasm known as canliculi (singular=canaliculus). Ø The central space of the Haversian system is called the haversian canal and contains blood vessels, nerves and lymphatic vessels. Ø A transverse extension from the haversian canal called the Volkmann canal links it to the bone marrow.

The long bones of a vertebrate have spongy bone at the ends and compact bone in the shaft.

Figure 16: Structure of a Long Bone

Cardiac muscle is found in the heart and has the following characteristics: • It is myogenic (self-stimulating), meaning that the stimulus for contraction originates from the muscle itself • It does not get fatigued • The muscle cells (muscle fibres) are branched and interconnected forming a net-like structure • The muscle cells die easily when deprived of oxygen and food or exposed to toxins. Smooth muscles (visceral muscles) are made of long, spindle-shaped cells and are found in the walls of several body tubes and organs. Rings of smooth muscles are called sphincters.

• Skeletal muscles are muscles which are attached to the skeleton and play a major role in locomotion. When viewed under the microscope they look striped (striated) and are therefore called striated muscles.

They are multinucleated (each muscle cell has several nuclei). Skeletal muscles are voluntary while cardiac and smooth muscles are involuntary.

• A voluntary muscle is a muscle whose contraction is consciously controlled by the brain. Skeletal muscles occur in pairs known as antagonistic muscles.

• Antagonistic muscles are pairs of muscles which produce movement in opposite directions at the same joint. The muscle that causes bending of the joint when it contracts is called a flexor muscle while the one that causes extending of the joint when it contracts is called the extensor muscle.

• Skeletal muscles occur in antagonistic pairs because each muscle can only contract but requires the contraction of another muscle to relax or lengthen it. Examples of antagonistic muscles are the biceps and triceps which act on the elbow joint.

• The biceps are the flexor muscles while the triceps are the extensor muscles.

The events involved in bending and straightening the elbow joint are summarised below: (a) To bend the elbow joint • The brain sends impulses to stimulate contraction of the biceps and inhibit contraction of the triceps.

• Biceps contract, thereby pulling the radius upwards and towards the humerus.

• Triceps relax and are stretched by the action of the biceps.

• The lower arm moves upwards thereby bending the elbow joint Figure22: Flexing the Elbow Joint •

Bones of the Spine Ø The bones that make up the vertebral column (spine) are called vertebrae (singular=vertebra). Their names, structures and numbers vary depending on the region of the spine in which they occur. Ø The following table gives the names, locations and numbers of different vertebrae in the human being.

Name Cervical vertebrae Thoracic vertebrae Lumbar vertebrae Sacral vertebrae Caudal vertebrae or Coccyx

Region where located Neck region Chest region Abdominal region or loin Hip region Tail region

Number 7 12 5 5 4

Figure 20: Generalized Structure of Vertebra

Figure 21: Structures of Some Selected Types of Vertebrae Ø Compact bone is made of a lot of haversian systems grouped together. Ø The following diagram illustrates the structure of Haversian system in compact bones Figure 17: Haversian System

The Human Skeleton

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Ø The functions of the different parts of a vertebra are discussed below: Neural spine: This is a projection on top of the neural arch that provides a surface for attachment of muscles and ligaments.

Neural arch: This is a curved bony structure arising from the centrum and has an opening in the centre called the neural canal.

The neural arch protects the spinal cord while the neural canal is the passage for the spinal cord.

To straighten the elbow joint The brain sends impulses to stimulate contraction of the triceps and inhibit contraction of the biceps.

• Triceps contract and pull the ulna.

• The biceps are stretched by the contraction of the triceps •

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STATE SALUTES KALUMBILA’S EDUCATION INITIATIVES

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OVERNMENT has expressed appreciation to Kalumbila Minerals Limited and Kalumbila Town Council for the partnership to improve standards in the education sector.

North-Western Province Minister, Nathaniel Mubukwanu, said that Kalumbila Minerals was a good corporate citizen through Corporate Social Responsibility programmes.

The minister noted that one of the challenges Kalumbila and the entire province has faced over the years is the deficit in the required number of desks for learners in schools.

He was speaking during the handing over of 1,300 school

desks and a classroom block in district.

"This is the reason why as provincial administration, we are always happy to see stakeholders like Kalumbila Minerals coming on board and supplement Government efforts," he said.

Mr Mubukwanu stated that through such collaborations, stakeholders had been coming together sharing in the same aspirations and vision which ultimately result in the improvement of the welfare of the people.

He urged the mining firm to build on the same collaborative efforts and deliver more to the communities within its catchment area.

"I am hopeful that with such initiatives, children in the district would be more motivated to attend school.

Let me also take this opportunity to appeal to school heads, pupils and community to guard jealously the new classrooms and desks," he said.

Mr Mubukwanu commended the Kalumbila Town Council for standing out as one local authorities in the province that puts public resources to good use.

Trident Foundation manager, Joseph Ngwira, said the mining firm was happy with Government for the support to the mining company’s education initiative since 2014.

Mr Ngwira said the mining company's philosophy was that of working together with the host Government, partners and communities because it was a sure way of achieving greater things.

By ANDREW MUKOMA GOVERNMENT is compiling information of all freedom fighters in the country in order to render assistance, VicePresident Inonge Wina has disclosed.

The Vice-President said that President Edgar Lungu has since instructed Cabinet Office to collect data of all the freedom fighters in the country.

This is to enable Government come up with programmes to help improve the welfare of freedom

By SIMON MUNTEMBA A 52-YEAR-OLD woman in Mufumbwe has died after being struck by lightning inside her house.

Zambia Police spokesperson, Esther Katongo has identified the victim as Ms Monica

Robert Siamakoma aged 56 and her mother identified as Emmelda Mulinda aged 37 survived with injuries.

Meanwhile, Ms Katongo said two people sustained serious injuries while six others had minor injuries after a road traffic accident which occurred on Tuesday at Orex Filling Station in Mazabuka along the Great North Road.

She said a Foton truck registration number BAL 7804 and trailer ALG 5348T careered off the road as it was moving from north to south direction. She said the

fighters.As a starting point, Ms Wina said, Government would put on social cash transfer some of the freedom fighters who were really vulnerable.

Ms Wina was responding to some freedom fighters in Livingstone, who appealed to Government to consider giving them monthly allowances, exempt them from paying electricity and water bills, secure them small holding plots and give them descent houses.

The Vice President said that in 1991, all the people who fought the freedom struggle were put aside because UNIP the party that started with them as a political party was no longer in government.

Livingstone District Coordinator for Freedom Fighters, Kelly Aongola, said freedom fighters needed a monthly allowance and some land. But the Vice President could not make any promises because the issue raised needed policy direction.

Heavy downpour destroys property in Itezhi Tezhi

Lightning kills Mufumbwe woman Muswenyesa of Likulau Village, Chief Chizela.

Ms Katongo told the Daily Nation that Ms Muswenyesa was struck on Monday around 23:00 hours.

She said the body of the victim was deposited in Mufumbwe District Hospital mortuary awaiting burial.

In a related development, a five-year-old girl died after being struck by lightning in Kazungula in Chief Sekute’s area.

Ms Katongo identified the victim as Mizezo Siamukoma, while her father

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accident happened when the motor vehicle which was descending a slop near radio Mazabuka developed defective breaks.

It careered off the road to the left and hit into a fuel pump.

“This sparked some fire which was quickly extinguished by two police officers using fire extinguishers before fire fighters arrived to complete the process,” she said.

Ms Katongo said the injured were taken to Mazabuka General Hospital where some were treated as outpatients.

A HEAVY downpour has left a trail of destruction in Itezhi Tezhi.

The downpour, accompanied by strong winds, left thousands of residents without power since 01:00 hours.

The property destroyed included Itezhi Tezhi Primary School i where learning had been disrupted.

Itezhi Tezhi District Commissioner, Isaac Nabuzoka visited the school, some shops and houses that had been damaged.

“It is a sad development and we will need assistance from Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) urgently,” he said.

Mr Nabuzoka said that DMMU was yet to make an assessment of the damage caused by the heavy rain.

Robinson Mingochi, the school head-teacher at Itezhi Tezhi Primary School, said he was informed by school guard around 04: 00 hours that the roofs were blown off.

“This is very sad, learning has been disturbed as you can see most classes have been damaged and next week we are supposed to start conducting exams,” Mr Mingochi said.

Meanwhile, the rains that started around 01:00 hours have destroyed shops and houses leaving families homeless.

A visit to some of the shops found owners had started removing and replacing twisted metals iron sheets. - ZANIS

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BRIEFS Ramaphosa slams attacks on foreign lorry drivers JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the recent spate of attacks on foreign drivers that has seen dozens of lorries torched or damaged.

President Ramaphosa said the “mindless and bloody lawlessness” cannot be tolerated and directed the ministers in charge of transport and labour to investigate the attacks and submit a report. – BBC.

Uhuru explains why he quit Twitter NAIROBI - Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has said he closed his personal Twitter account because of insults.

Kenyatta yesterday said he would get angered by the insults on Twitter and couldn’t sleep. “I would rather talk to my wife and sleep and wake up in the morning to work,” he said in Swahili. – BBC.

Former Niger president Mamadou Tandja dies NIAMEY - Niger’s former president Mamadou Tandja, 82, ousted from power in 2010 after attempting to stay on beyond a two-term limit, has died, a statement from President Mahamadou Issoufou’s office said on Tuesday.

From 1999, Tandja headed a civilian government that replaced a short-lived military junta. But after he changed the constitution in a bid to cling on to power 10 years later, he was toppled by the army in February 2010, paving the way for Issoufou to claim the presidency in a 2011 election. – AFP.

Biden says White House co-operation ‘sincere’ WASHINGTON - US President-elect Joe Biden says the White House has so far been “sincere” in helping his transition to power.

“It has not been begrudging so far, and I don’t expect it to be,” he told NBC News in an interview as he unveiled his choice of top officials when he takes over from Donald Trump in January. – BBC.

Kenya docs threaten to strike over lack of Covid protections NAIROBI - Kenyan doctors are threatening to go on strike next month unless the government addresses their concerns about safety, health insurance, and staffing needs to fight Covid-19. The threat comes after at least 10 doctors died from the virus this month.

Speaking to reporters in Tuesday, the secretarygeneral of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union, Chibanzi Mwachonda, said his members plan to go on strike because the government is not giving them medical insurance.

“If these doctors are not covered, then this strike will kick off until the time that they will be covered,” Mwachonda said.

Kenya has lost 32 medical workers to Covid-19, at least 10 of them in the last two weeks. The deaths have angered medical workers.

Doctors also complain about not receiving adequate personal protective gear. The union says all their requests are met with silence.

Recently, President Uhuru Kenyatta opened a new health facility with 100 beds for United Nations staffers and the diplomatic community.

Meanwhile, some Kenyans say they were turned away at health facilities and advised to take care of themselves at home.

Mwachonda is calling on the government to employ at least 2, 350 doctors and medical workers to attend to the sick in various hospitals across the country.

“There is an acute shortage of doctors in this country in each and every county and our demand that each county must employ at least 50 doctors to cover for Covid and for the other services. If this is not addressed equally, we shall be on strike come on December 6,” Mwachonda said.

The Kenya Nurses Union has also issued a 14-day strike notice. The union is demanding compensation for the families of 18 nurses who died from Covid-19 and salaries for some nurses, who have not been paid for months.

Kenya has recorded 77, 800 coronavirus cases and 1, 400 deaths since March. V.O.A.

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ABIY 'REJECTS INTERNATIONAL INTERFERENCE' A

DDIS ABABA Ethiopia has urged the international community to refrain from "unwelcome and unlawful acts of interference" in its affairs following calls to end the conflict in the northern Tigray region.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called the military offensive a "law-enforcement operation." His deadline to Tigray fighters to surrender lapsed yesterday.

Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed and thousands have been forced from their homes.

Aid groups fear the conflict could trigger a humanitarian crisis and destabilise the Horn of Africa region.

The UN has said it was alarmed by the threat of major hostilities if the Ethiopian army advanced on Tigray's capital, Mekelle, home to

Ex-head of Rwanda's president security unit jailed KIGALI - A court in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, has sentenced a former head of President Paul Kagame’s security unit to three years in prison “for stealing a mobile phone.”

Tom Byabagamba, who has been stripped of the rank of colonel, was already serving a 15-year prison sentence for disrespecting the national flag, insurrection and endangering state security.

In 2016, a military court handed him a 21-year sentence, which was later commuted on appeal.

The court heard that he planned to use the phone to escape from prison. He has maintained that all the charges were trumped up.

Following Tuesday’s ruling, he will now serve 18 years in total.

Byabagamba told the court he was not the kind of person to steal such an “insignificant object.”

He admitted that being caught up in possession of a phone was in violation of prison regulations, but shouldn’t warrant a prison sentence. – BBC.

about 500, 000 people.

In a statement early yesterday, Abiy said when it came to help from outside "the international community should stand by until the government of Ethiopia submits its requests for assistance."

On Tuesday, a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the fighting in Tigray ended without a statement, according to AFP news agency, with African countries reportedly requesting more time to allow for diplomatic efforts by the African Union to continue.

Meanwhile, the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell met with Ethiopia's foreign minister to discuss the conflict.

On Sunday, Abiy issued a 72-hour ultimatum to Tigray's forces, telling them to surrender as they were "at a point of no return."

But Tigray's forces have vowed to keep fighting, with

their leader Debretsion Gebremichael saying they are "ready to die in defence of our right to administer our region."

Meanwhile, Ethiopia's state-appointed Human Rights Commission has accused a youth group from the Tigray region of being behind

a massacre earlier this month in which it says more than 600 civilians were killed.

The commission says the group stabbed, bludgeoned and burned to death nonTigrayan residents of the town of Mai-Kadra with the collusion of local forces. – BBC.

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By DR MBUYI MASUWA Frontline doctor working at Levy Covid Centre

COVID-19 The final novelWITH DIABETES: DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS (DKA), THE RED ZONE coronavirus, the final work

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ODAY we are looking at another complication of Diabetes called Diabetic KetoAcidosis (DKA). This term was first used by Julius Dreschfeld in 1886.

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A daughter whose father had Diabetes after visiting him in his room, she would tell the elder brother that “dad smells like mom’s nail polish remover,” little did she know this was a sign the Father was in DKA. One of the ketones and the smallest of them all is called Acetone is the one responsible for that smell, as its changes to gas and is breathed out. It is also happens to be the main inTo begin with, I think let’s gredient in nail polish remover start from the basics, just what (SEE MAIN PIC) is going on here, where did we

another source of energy and goes for fats. The body starts burning out fats and in the process produces ketones.

These ketones are usually of three types two which can be used for energy though not sufficient and one of then, Acetone converts into a gas that escapes during breathing which gives that nail polish remover kind of breath, as explained. The mere presence of cently ketonessaying causesfor thethere bloodtoto be be Covid-19, it means there has Acidic. been Covid-1 to Covid-18 be-

come from, how did we get ourselves where we are now and where are we likely going.

fore and that since we survived the first 18 there is no need to fear the 19th.

THE MYTHS AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES

FACTS;

COVID: THE MYTHS, THE FACTS, THE DEBATES, THE UNKNOWNS

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HAT we are at war can never be overemphasised.

Despite this war having been raging for about nine months now some people still just seem not to know what is going on or just don’t care.

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Usually it line medical doctor who has in those with type 1 Diabetes attended close to 200 Covid-19 but can in also in most, other patients thehappen hope that types. if not all of us can at least start seeing things the know same Patients mayfrom already lens. have Diabetes and are fathey I do put a lot of energy and miliar withinits signs and symptime. Usually I write around 03 toms but are at risk missing out hours. This is my gift to Mother on the signs andsoil symptoms of Zambia in whose my umbilical cord is buried.

DKA because most signs and I hope you’ll take what symptoms are actually likeyou the read with theand seriousness it deusual signs symptoms of serves and then take necessary Diabetes such as feeling thirsty, action as we are all soldiers in urinating a lot, beingsotired this war and literally evenetc in God’s eyes. one ofin usDKA. has a but just areEach worsened role play in defeating this invisKETONES ible enemy. are such fascinatKetones In the coming series, I will be ing compounds; are like sharing knowledgethey on Covid-19 awith double-edged because some storiessword of success and they be used forlost good but somecan of the battles at the battlefront. can also be deadly. Their good a segment called “In is Also exploited in Diets liketheir the own words,” in which I will be “keto diet” where one eats more interviewing Covid-19 patients, of fats,who proteins and vitamins those have recovered and but lessinof isolation, carbohydrates. those with their identities withheld as This type of dietofis course common a matter ofamong privacy, especially nowadays a lot of peothat there is still stigma associple who want to lose weight, ated with this disease in some however originally adsectors of it thewas community. vised as treatment for Epilepsy As words or information is the greatest weapon in every battle in children. soThe is thisother one. function Amidst soof much keinformation some so outratones is common among lageous I have taken upon myself dies.

Actually to try and sharethis with function the public.is

so much associated with one of the hallmark signs of DKA.

Some of the many myths, conspiracy theories and just weird things that have been said and are still being said about Coronavirus are as follows: *Its 5G related.

There have been rumours that coronavirus came about as a side effect of trying to increase cellular network connectivity from 4G 4th Generation to 5th Genetration 5 G.Samsung was the first phone to have 5g.

Of course this is not true, the virus has nothing to do with 5g HOW ARE KETONES or any orher Gs. FORMED OR HOWtoDOES *Global conspiracy vaccinate enrich some DKApeople COMEand ABOUT? people Bill Gates etc. everyThis like situation has I would have been very rich thing to do with energy proby now, probably closing a deal duction for the body.

In a noron buying an airport in Dubai or mal healthy body, in thethe source of some exotic island pacific. *Sexually transmitted energy is sugar or glucose. The Once I hadoxygen a patientburn who was cells using this being stigmatised by her comsugar into energy that drive all munity saying she got corona the activities of with life. truck The sugar from having sex drivto enter the cells needs insulin. ers. *It’s the Markin ofpeople the beast 666.

However, with di-

abetes in this case type 1, there is no insulin because for some reason their pancreas is unable to produce insulin. So these people are totally dependent on the external source of insulin for the rest of their Earthy lives.

In the event that for some reason they don’t take their required daily dose of insulin, they get to a point where they have too much sugar in their blood but that can’t get inside their cells, we call this state Hyperglycemia (Hyper =too *Affects only the rich those much,passports. glycaemia= glucose/ with (bakumayadi ba mu Lusaka). sugar).

Really?

It was engineered in These *people are literally the lab for population control. starving in the land of plenty. * Someone was on Radio reSo the body is forced to compensate, in this case looks for

The following facts are currently agreed upon by the general scientific community.

We will talk about the origins of the virus, its transmission, Covid-19, treatment, preventive measures, then also areas of research .Today will only end on Transmission.

Treatment and the rest will be tackled later. *This Corona Virus is called “The novel” because it’s a new form of Corona viruses.

As a group corona viruses have been around for a very long time. They mostly live in The and following are signs bats avian birds whichand are believed to be their natural ressymptoms of DKA ervoir. Some other types of corona viruses ae those that cause the common cold (chinfine).

As long as they stay in their reservoir there is no problem, but the moment they mutate and then jump from bats to an intermediate then mutate again and jump to humans and then mutate again and pass from human to human, then there is trouble, very big trouble as we are experiencing at the moment.

The word CORONA VIRUS was coined in 1966 by June Almeida and David Tyrrell to describe the appearance of these viruses under an Electron Microscope, which appear as a crown *Confusion: because the *SARS COV 2 which stands brain has been denied of the for Severe Acute Respiratory required energy Syndrome Corona(Glucose).

Virus 2 is the *Excess because name givenhunger: to this virus as itone resembles theinSARS virus 2003 is starving the land ofof plenty. by *Excess about 70 urination: percent; because * SARS COV 2 causes the disthe body want to flushisout exease Covid-19 which short cessCoron sugarVirus but Disease in the of process for 2019. also flushes out some essential * First cases were reported in China somewhere in latewhich 2019 elements like potassium November, December. cause an electrolyte imbalance, * Declared a Pandemic by which can lead to more conWHO.

fused mental state.

Transmission *Rapid deep gasping breaths To forget everything else I called “Kussmaul have written so far is okrespirabut to tion:” because the body wants to get rid of the Acidic state

Respiratory droplets are the main routes of transmission. They are classified as small, intermediate and large according TRIBUTE TO SISTER by removing excess Carbon to their sizes. Small are ALICE BANDA. Dioxide with a characteristic lesspolish than 5remover microns in On a sad note, i wish to send smell of a nail diameter, the intermedimy tribute to one of the froontbecause of acetone. ate are between 5 and WHAT TRIGGERS 100 micronsDKA? and the line nurses who passed away this week on 21/11/20 and was 1) Infection, this large in ones arecase over 100 put to rest on 24/11/20.

Covid-19. microns.

She was working as a front2) Not taking insulin propline nurse at levy covid centre. erly.

3) Conditions like Stroke Mhsriep.

Condolesnces to the famiwhich can still be caused by ly and the nursing fraternity Covid-19.

4) Some medications like at large. The nurses are such leases particles from ignore part then both you a rare these gift toair humanity.

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I have personally seen lot borne you and I can make a difference.

These are air particles less Farewell sister alice. You rewho succumbed.

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Recent ally fought a good fight. one of the first such mortali2. multiple studies have a shown When many were scaredby to ties in Zambia indeed my Corona virus and is believed to that coronavirus can spread have an r note that reprothis well. These go atroute covidascentre to takesmall care first experience wasisa a19-yearduction to 3, this arethat ableneeded to travelselfless up to of the sick old girl number who wasofin2 Grade 11. particles means one infected person can service, you didn’t hesitate.

In She had tested positive for infect up to 2 to 3 people. the spirit of florence nightinCovid and was showing some Le’ts say its 3 this means 1 gale, you were present day and signs such as fever, shortness person infects 3 new people who each and infect 3 new of breath very highpeople blood night, never ever heard you and theShe cycle and on complain no matter how long sugar. hadgoes typeon 1 Diabetes such that by the 3rd cycle about the day or how much demandand says never missed a dose of 40 people will be infected and ing the tusk. I actually learnt a Insulin conthat canwhich be in the justmother a couple of firmed. days, by the 10th cycle about 80,We 000. controlled This is whythe corona visugars rus fast managed and has the withspreads Insulinsoand to potential to infect everyone on drop the fever.

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Respiratory droplets are the main routes of transmission.

They are classified as small, intermediate and large according to their sizes. Small are less than 5 microns in diameter, the intereven chatted about her school mediate are between 5 and 100 microns theplans, large ones are and her and future she said over 100 microns. diameshe wanted to be The a doctor so ter of human hair is about 80 she could treat kids like her microns, in comparison viruses withvery typetiny 1 Diabetes. are particles, ranging I 0.1 recall I micron. kept constantfrom to 0.3 The size of virus on particles ly corona checking her called even virions is about 0.06still microns very late, she was fine. to about 0.3.These are the main Unfortunately, the following ways currently agreed upon as day through her sugars were very high way which coronavirus again, the breathing worsspreads. *Droplet ened, was transmission. put on oxygen, the Thiswas involves parfever not respiratory coming down, ticles of about 5 to 10 microns she stopped talking, only fightin diameter. When an infected ing to not breathe, eventually we person wearing a mask re-

lost her. Gone too soon future Doctor. MHSRIEP.

eight meters away and can stay in the atmosphere up to about three hours.

This simply means it can spread just like TB hence even one meter social distance is not enough. This simply means it can spread just like TB hence even one metre is not enough.

Some studies in China found such aerosols with coronavirus particles in air conditioners of rooms that housed Covid-19 patients, while some have shown infection transmission during choir practice, fitness classes and in restaurants.

In addition to masking up and socially distancing, good air ventilation, avoiding indoor meetings and crowded places are essential. *Contact Transmission This occurs when contaminated hands touch the mucosa of the mouth, nose, or eyes; Hands pick the virus from fomites, that is contaminated places such as doors, etc where it can stay in these places even up to days. This puts especially marketeers at risk who have to constantly handle cash that has

lot from you.

Your name was never known to the public nor your face ever seen to those patients because you were always clad in a ppe.

Your heart was never seen but was always felt as it touched many with a gentle touch. Yes you won’t answer when your rn number will be called here again but somehow your spirit, your dedication to the service of humanity shall live forever. Yes flags will still passed so many different hands. fly high but somewhere, Hand hygiene is extremely elseimwhere toyour name is spread engraved portant prevent the of everywhere the Covid-19 and virus the flags are *Alsoat possibility of faecal flying half mast with Oral a 21 to be salute discussed later.honour. gun in your Transmission can be imWhat a wingless angel you ported that is across borders were, that planes. now godThis has usually only through given back your wings. was theyou most common way the virus spread farewell fron China the Farewell, deartosister, rest theangels globe.help Also it can be mayofthe you fly and through roads like our borders when the roll shall be called up yonder may you be there!

To the rest, .Aluta continua.

The struggle continues. Covid is real. *Mask up! *Observe hand hygiene! *Socialise wisely!

in Chirundu bordering Zimbabwe or Nakonnde bordering Tanzania.

Once in the country there can be local transmission from the infected person to close contacts.

There can also be Hospital transmission where infected person passes it on to other patients and health care workers.

Finally there is Community spread which means people have been infected with the virus in an area, some are not even sure how or where they became infected. Here is where we are now as a country.

So please kindly consider EVERY PERSON you meet as a potential carrier of the virus and has the potential to infect you and others and you should as well consider yourself as such.

With this brief background information I hope we can all play our part by observing the laid down health measures. Remember if we don’t it’s either we are committing suicide by putting ourselves at risk or indeed committing murder by putting others at risk.

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ECZ SHOULD STOP DISTURBING REGISTERED VOTERS sonnel who were developing the system to have married the NRCs of those who have registered to the system so that only those not registered could be receiving these messages, not everybody. It is that simple with the right ICT personnel in place than us complaining of these irritating messages

and also the time spent on the queues to register. Does it mean there was no dummy piloting of the system?

It is my earnest appeal that ECZ will outrightly look into this and stop these messages irritating us the registered voters.

WISDOM MUYUNDA, Chingola.

Dear Editor, THE scam has been uncovered by the Ministry of Lands in which some unscrupulous Zambians are aiding foreigners to acquire big chunks of land. The scam is occurring mostly in Lusaka. The practice by some Zambians who assist the foreigners to acquire big chunks of land is tantamount to committing crime.

The foreigners upon acquiring land resell it at exorbitant prices thereby exploiting indigenous Zambians.

As if this is not bad enough, Zambians are thus deprived of the right to own land. This should not be the case and the practice must be curtailed.

However, there are procedures to be followed in the acquisition of land in Zambia. In an event of someone not following the outlined procedures, one commits an offence punishable by law.

In this vein I appeal to the law enforcers, the police to arrest people who aid the foreigners to acquire land.

The foreigners can own land in Zambia quite all right but it should not exceed a certain limit. The acquisition of land in our country is the preserve of Zambians.

Looking at the current scenario, were foreigners have the audacity to approach the traditional rulers and buy land simply entails that there is laxity on land law. The best thing to do is to strengthen the law on land acquisition in our country.

If the trend of foreigners acquiring big chunks of land through Zambians continues, it will ultimately lead to internal displacement of people.

It is good that the scam has been uncovered. It is incumbent upon the Ministry of Lands and the Ministry of Home Affairs to avert the problem of foreigners acquiring big chunks of land.

The gist of the matter is that a Zambian cannot acquire land in China and Tanzania, among other countries. The law on land acquisition in some countries is so strict that foreigners cannot acquire land.

I feel the stiff laws on land acquisition by foreigners in other countries must be replicated in our country.

To crown it all, the culprits who aid foreigners to acquire land must be arrested because this is abetting crime which is unacceptable.

ELEMIYA PHIRI, Lusaka.

BITTERNESS AND HATRED WILL CONSUME YOU YESTERDAY, I wrote about Article 100 of the Republican Constitution which deals with qualification and disqualification of a Presidential candidate.

According to Article 100(2) a person who has mental issues does not qualify to contest elections as President of Zambia.

Now, what I found strange is that instead of dealing with the constitutional issue I raised, my brothers and sisters from CHANSELE PARTY aka MANYOZO FORWARDING PARTY in their usual fashion decided to unleash their venom on me. SMH.

Badala, I did not write the Constitution. I also found it.

It's not I who suggested that our dear colleagues with mental illness should not be allowed to contest.

There is absolutely no need to be emotional.

Don't take politics personal. Use intellect and not insults.

You win the people when you argue with points and you lose, every time you resort to vulgar language.

Omunene, take that bitterness out of your heart; take that hatred out of your heart, it will consume you.

Ndalumba.

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Dear Editor,

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WRITE to ask the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to stop disturbing us registered voters with reminders to go and register as voters when in fact we have already registered and actually have voter’s cards.

The messages coming on our phones so many times daily are so irritating that sometimes you even stop what you are doing to just check the phone thinking it is an important message only to find it is a reminder

by ECZ. ECZ should have gone a step further to use ICT per-

INV4114

Dear Editor,

Arrest Zambians aiding foreigners to acquire big chunks of land

ANTONIO MWANZA.

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CHISAMBA Katuba 2ha 300m off Great North road K300,000.6ha,piggery 6km off great north road K400,000.3ha cottage, borehole, wirefence, zesco power K1m.2ha to 40ha 12km east of fringilla K65,000 per ha.

CHIBOMBO near Ibis Gardens tarred Great North roadfront,2ha,4ha,8ha,10ha,12ha K250,000 per ha. Same area 300 to 600m off Great North road,2ha,4ha, K125,000 per ha.2.5ha,3 bedroom house, poultry, near Chibombo Basic School K300,000.Liteta area 8ha K900,000.23ha near Mungule Place K1.5m.

MUMBWA Tollgate 78ha K1.5m.40ha In Mumbwa town K50,000 per ha can Sub-divide.

CHIBOMBO Near Ibis Gardens 4 bedroom house on 4ha 300m off great north road with poultry K2m.55ha K750,000.

SERENJE Nansanga farm block 118ha K750,000.16ha price offers invited.32ha K150,000.80ha K500,000.230ha K850,000.265ha K2m.105ha.18ha offers.

MKUSHI 3km from town 160ha K1.2m.35ha K1.3m.390ha K1m.Shiwang’andu 200ha K1m.

KABWE 6ha 2km off Lusaka K225,000.45ha 3 bedroom cottage, borehole, Zesco 3-phase power,20km from Kabwe cbd 500m off Great North Lusaka road K5.5m.

KAPIRI town ten shops as a complex K250,000.Kapiri Hillside plot 20m x 40m with five room house K150,000.

COPPERBELT NDOLA Northrise 5 bedroom house K1.5m.Mitengo 3 bedroom house K300,000.

LUFWANYAMA Emerald mines seeking partners, investors, sponsors or financiers.

EASTERN CHIPATA City Kalongwezi 3 bedroom house K650,000.4 acres Great east Msekela road junction K1m.

LUSAKA KALUNDU Lusaka west 2km off mumbwa road several plots,20m x 30m K35,000.30m x 30m K45,000.40m x 50m K60,000.50m x80m K80,000.

MUNGWI Road, Lusaka west near Appolo several plots, one acre tar roadfront commercial K400,000.2Bedroom house on 4 acres K3m.several plots 50m x 80m K130,000.40m x 50m K80,000.

MAKENI off Mumbwa road one acre K180,000.Makeni West Kacheta area,2ha to 80ha K100,000 per ha. Before Oriental 4900sqm 3 room house K1.3m.makeni south tar road front commercial plot for shopping mall and filling station or warehouses 4 acres K6m.

MAKENI Great North roadfront. Makeni West Kacheta 11 acres K400,000.

KAFUE estates plots, 20m x 30m K35,000.Shikoswe 20m x 30m K40,000.

Mpande area one acre to 3 acres K60,000 per acre. Hillside 50m x 100m K100,000.

Chikupi 50m x 50m K60,000. 59m x 100m K80,000. Greenfields 30m x 87m K120,000.Town 40m x 40m K100,000.

Kafue Lusaka road near Avic 30m x 40m K40,000.

MIKANGO Mwanawasa Settlement, several pieces 2ha to 3ha K125,000 per ha.

Five hectares 300m off Leopards Hill road opposite Barracks entrance commercial K2m.Nkwashi 2ha K1m.Plot 2500sqm K80,000.

PALABANA Lusaka East, Chalimbana river damfront 40ha to 300ha K200,000 per ha. Away from dam 600ha K150,000 per ha. Also same area 2ha 80ha K90,000 per ha.

KANAKANTAPA ,Chongwe, 22 acres, 3 bedroom house 3 fish ponds, poultry facility 2500birds capacity K3m.6ha K250,000.

WATERFALLS, Silverest area 1km off great east road several plots,30m x 30m K150,000.30m x 44m, 30m x 47m, 33m x 60m,K250,000 each.

Same area, buildings can be residential or offices K1.5m.

CHINIKA GARDEN house area, warehouse near SGS Filling Station plot sizes 3 acres built space 20m x 60m.U$D740,000 warehouse 4,738sqm K6m.House 6 rooms plus Mumbwa roadfront K850,000.

NDEKE Meanwood, 3 bedroom house K580,000,3 bedroom house,2x 1 bedroom houses small shop wallfenced K1.5m.

MAKENI off Kafue road , motor vehicle workshops on 2.5 acres and 2 acres adjacent, big truck and bus parking space, service pits, storerooms U$D 1.8m.

MAKENI East commercial plot 6,603sqm K700,000.3 bedroom executive house, ceramics K3m.

SHIBUYUNJI MWEMBESHI Bridge 75 acres K1m.300 acre K3m.

CHILENJE South 2x2 bedroom house houses one plot K850,000 2 bedroom house K500,000.

KAFUE Roadfront opposite Embassy Mall 2 acres, office block, big space for further construction K38m.

CAIRO road Kafue roundabout Commercial plot 3100sqm K36m BARLASTONE PARK ,Lusaka west 8 acres with 5 bedroom house, 4 and 2 bedrooms, workshop, storeroom ,2 boreholes,2 water tanks,Orchard,K10m.

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CHIPATA Compound 3 bedroom house K200,000.2 bedrooms K250,000.Chunga Extension 3 bedrooms K400,000.

CHILANGA Shimabala, Safari Ranch 26 acres,6km off Lusaka Kafue Great North road,40km from Lusaka cbd four chalets, solar power, dinning room, kitchen, braistand, two offices, fish pond, two boreholes, some zebras, puku, peacock K2m.

Good for weekend and holiday camping.

FAIRVIEW near Levy Park, complex comprising several shops, warehouses , storeroom ,offices, showrooms, U$D4m.

KATUBA 6.5ha K400,000.15 acres K15acres K350,000.3.8ha K260,000.73ha 11km off Great North road K2m. 2.5ha(7 acres 2 bedroom house, piggery, borehole hand pump power generator K1.3m.

KAFUE Greenfields plot 30m x 87m K50,000.Shikoswe Turn off 3 big shops,K500,000.Chirundu roadfront 0.394 acres fenced U$D 380,000.Kafue Gorge road 18ha K1m.Mungu 200 acres K35,000 per acre.

BARLASTONE PARK 2 acres K300,000 or one acre K150,000.

STATE LODGE area plot 50m x 50m K400,000. 4 bedroom house K2m.

K A N A K A N TA PA , C h o n g w e , 4 . 3 h a K250,000.

LEOPARDS HILL road Palabana turn off 770sqm K100,000.

CHILANGA Opposite Chilanga Cement,3 bedroom house 1km off kafue road double storey K3M. SHIMABALA 7ha K1.7m. Lusaka westwood 100 acres K3m. Quarry Road 20 acres K2m.Barmoral 7 acres K1.3m.

Mwembeshi 50 acres K15,000 per acre.

Barm0ral plot 30m x 40m K75,000.

RUFUNSA 12 acres on offer letter 2km off Great east road K100,000.

PALABANA University 12 acres(5ha) K200,000.

KAMWALA Trading area, double storey building with ground floor shops plus offices or hostel rooms with kitchen upstairs K18m.Shop K1m in Kamwala.

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

CHALALA 2x3 bedroom houses K875,000.

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

CHILANGA house double storey near Golf club, plot size 80m x 80m K2m.

Mt Makulu area 1.5 acres K400,000.1.4 acres K650,000.Musamba premises for school or shops nine rooms plus five toilets K2m.

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

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

MUNGWI road, Barlastone Park Lusaka west warehouse and shops K600,000.

Plots 25m x 40m K80,000.

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

CHAWAMA Shopping Complex available for sale comprising: Sizes 326sqm K12,000.135sqm K7,000.45sqm.44sqm.1700sqm K160, 000.140,138sqm.207sqm.427sqm,44o sqm.346sqm LUSAKA Kafue Great North roadfront, Makeni near Makeni Mall, complex comprising:8x3 bedroom double storey flats(mansionnettes),Shop 75sqm,restaurant/bar with upstairs extension 170sqm,second floor office space on top of restaurant 170sqm,upstairs church hall 600sqm,showroom,events hall for weddings ,meetings, workshops, conferences 1,800sqm.Warehouse at rear 719sqm.

Price U$D14m or Kwacha equivalent.

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

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

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

LUFWANYAMA 10ha(25 acres) K90,000.

MPONGWE MACHIY area 800ha K2.5m.

CHINGOLA Maiteneke 2 bedroom house K90,000.

KITWE Bulangililo house 7 rooms K150,000.

KAOMA near tbz farms 178ha K2m.

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

Monze town center on Livingstone road,

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

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

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

MUCHINGA MPIKA town plot 50m x 50m with 2 rooms K180,00.Farm 2700ha K3,00 per ha.

SERENJE Nansanga block 2000ha K75m.

CHINSALI 5000ha K35m.

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

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

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

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

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

COPPERBELT KALULUSHI Napsa Complex 3 bedroom hose K4,000.

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

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

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

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

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

Long lease rent to be discussed.

LUSAKA Kafue Great North roadfront, Makeni near Makeni Mall, complex comprising:8x3 bedroom double storey flats(mansionnettes),Shop 75sqm,restaurant/bar with upstairs extension 170sqm,second floor office space on top of restaurant 170sqm,upstairs church hall 600sqm,showroom,events hall for weddings ,meetings, workshops, conferences 1,800sqm.Warehouse at rear 719sqm.

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

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

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

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

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

If you have idle land, we can sell for you either as a whole or by sub-dividing into sub-divisions or plots. Send us your e-mail address so that we send you our blank standard mandate forms which you can fill to give us required details.

KANAKANTAPA ,Chongwe, 22 acres, 3 bedroom house 3 fish ponds, poultry facility 2500birds capacity K3m.6ha K250,000.

WATERFALLS, Silverest area 1km off great east road several plots,30m x 30m K150,000.30m x 44m, 30m x 47m, 33m x 60m,K250,000 each.

Same area, buildings can be residential or offices K1.5m.

CHINIKA GARDEN house area, warehouse near SGS Filling Station plot sizes 3 acres built space 20m x 60m.U$D740,000 warehouse 4,738sqm K6m.House 6 rooms plus Mumbwa roadfront K850,000.

NDEKE Meanwood, 3 bedroom house K580,000,3 bedroom house,2x 1 bedroom houses small shop wallfenced K1.5m.

MAKENI off Kafue road , motor vehicle workshops on 2.5 acres and 2 acres adjacent, big truck and bus parking space, service pits, storerooms U$D 1.8m.

MAKENI East commercial plot 6,603sqm K700,000.3 bedroom executive house,

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Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Manger University Teaching Hospital UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL – HIV AND AIDS PROJECT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Write to: The Director, UTH-HAP, Pediatric Centre of Excellence, Lusaka Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 50440, Lusaka MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) MANAGER (X1) • Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Demography or Public Health.

Must have a General Education Qualification (GCE) with full school certificate or “O” levels in English, Mathematics and Science Subjects.

A Masters qualification an added advantage.

• Must have 3-5 years’ experience in Monitoring and Evaluation with a reputable organization. Working with a donor funded program an added advantage.

• Experience working with computer statistical packages such as STA TA and familiarity with M&E reporting is a must.

• Must be mature, professionally independent, self-motivated, result-oriented and a team player.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders for progress in achieving goals and objectives.

Only those applicants who meet our requirements will be contacted.

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General Manager: Risk and Compliance

MTN Zambia We’re Good Together Here is an opportunity to work in a true pan African Company with increasing financial inclusion through entrepreneurship Women are strongly encouraged to apply We are hiring!

Key Responsibilities The key responsibilities for this role include but not limited to the following: • Implement the Group risk management framework to effectively manage all risk exposures (opportunity, hazard, uncertainty etc.) that pose both internal and external threat (political, economic, financial, market, international) to the business, its people and assets; • Implement the Group compliance framework to effectively manage compliance to all applicable laws and regulations and all set policies

and procedures; • Lead the strategic risk and compliance management process through systematic risk identification, evaluation, mitigation and treatment; • Build a risk-awareness culture in the Company by spearheading and providing ongoing education and appropriate training programmes; • Investigate and research emerging risks and trends in the industry and ensure timely provision of appropriate advice to management; • Implement appropriate systems for monitoring the effectiveness of all the risk management services and compliance; and present findings to the relevant stakeholders and governance structures; • Analyze all costs associated to risk non-compliance, maintenance and prevention and provide appropriate advice to management; • Ensure risk evaluation through effective implementation of structured risk and compliance management methodologies to avoid adverse risk exposures; • Lead the effective implementation of appropriate disaster recovery, business continuity, risk management and access control frameworks in the Company; • Ensure effective implementation of risk management framework and strategies including establishment of appropriate and effective risk mitigation, treatment and management processes; • Implement the Company’s Ethics management programme to ensure that the organization conducts business in an ethical and socially responsible manner; • Establish and lead high performance diverse teams to achieve the Company’s risk management objectives; and • Manage and develop the Risk and Compliance team through effective linkage of performance management, learning and development, talent management, and Employee Value Proposition to achieve optimum performance.

Candidate Requirements • First Degree in Business Administration/Risk Management/Finance/Accounting or other related disciplines.

• Relevant Master’s Degree will be a definite advantage.

• International certification in risk management, business continuity, insurance will be an added advantage • Minimum of ten (10) years practical experience in Risk and Compliance management.

• At least five (5) years in a senior management role.

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in the Southern Province of Zambia wishes to invite applications from suitably qualified individuals to fill in the position of Workshop Manager for the farm. The applicant must have the following requirements: Job Summary Able to plan, lead, organize, and supervise the day to day activities of the Workshop Section, controlling the quality of repairs, preventive maintenance, implementation of health, safety, environment, and quality standards.

Workshop Manager

Duties and Responsibilities: • Hands-on supervision of all workshop activities, especially technical issues.

• Plan and organize preventive maintenance structure and delegate specific tasks to concerned mechanic.

• Performs trouble shooting and diagnostics procedure on vehicles and equipment.

• Record observations and findings during diagnostics run and decide on the correct method of repair, as necessary.

• Estimate and order spare parts for specific jobs/special job or for stocks replenishment and follow up repair order.

• Responsible for reliability and dependability by providing all fields with the technical assistance that they require from the Workshop.

• Test and approve operators for tractor, excavator, grader, backhoe, etc.

• Conduct final check/test driving for all vehicles/equipment’s prior to release.

• Signs and approves employee timesheets.

• Job Requirement/Specification • The applicant should have a minimum of 5 years’ experience leading a multicultural workshop team.

• Experience with farming equipment and implements (tractors, combines etc.)

• Professional technical qualifications in mechanics/vehicle and equipment field.

• Member of the Engineering Institute Of Zambia • Skills • Exceptional leadership and management skills; with an ability to motivate others.

• Hands on mechanical experience and knowledge.

• Able to handle conflict and resolve differences of opinion, sound judgment informed by wide practical knowledge and experience.

• Computer literate and good under pressure

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National Milling Corporation Limited NATIONAL MILLING CORPORATION LIMITED National Milling Corporation Limited, is a reputable multinational milling company specialised in the manufacturing of flour, mealie meal, stockfeeds products including trading in rice and other products wishes to engage additional staff in the following vacant positions: GENERAL MAINTENANCE OFFICER – LUSAKA Required is a General Maintenance Officer who shall be responsible for the supervision of staff members engaged in ground external surrounds maintenance focusing on their performance in terms of standard of cleanliness and their behavior whilst on duty to be based at the Corporate head office, in Lilayi, Lusaka.

REQUIREMENTS, Full grade 12 School Certificate, Diploma in Business Horticulture studies coupled with a business management qualifications will be an added advantage including demonstrated excellent supervisory and leadership skills. Additionally, shall also be required to be a great communicator as the assigned tasks involves dailv interaction with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.

Only serious applicants meeting the above stated requirements should send their applications including an updated resume to include contact details with at least three (3) references not later than 28th November, 2020 on an envelope marked the position applied for which should be addressed to: Head – Human Resource & Corporate Affairs National Milling Corporation Limited PO BOX 31980 Head Office LUSAKA or email address: jobs@nmc.co.zm _______________________________________

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...as they stun Zesco 3-1 in thriller

By MICHAEL MIYOBA COACH Mumamba Numba's return at Sunset Stadium ended in a nightmare as Zanaco FC propelled to second on the 18team MTN/FAZ Super Division table after shocking Zesco United 3-1 in a mid-weekfive fixture played yesterday.

Numba was sacked by Zanaco in January this year who replaced him Chris Kaunda.

Goals from Moses Phiri, Baba Basile and Rodger Kola handed Zanaco their second win of the season to move to eight points.

Moses Phiri broke the deadlock within 10 minutes of kick off, beating Ian Otieno with a spectacular strike as he benefitted from Baba Basile's cross.

Basile almost doubled Zanaco's advantage in the 36th minute with a shot

which went wide as the first half ended 1-0 in favour of the hosts.

Within a minute into the second half, coach Kaunda introduced Abraham Siankombo for Albert Kangwanda as Zesco almost grabbed the equaliser in the 50th minute when Racha Kola saved Jese Were's shot.

Baba Basile finally put his name on the score sheet and made it 2-0 for the bankers in the 58th minute.

Kaunda made another tactical change as Boyd Musonda came in for injured Evans Katema while Roger Kola replaced Baba Basile as Ernest Mbewe came in for Lassa Kiala. The changes made an immediate impact as Kola made the game beyond reach for Zesco with Zenaco's third goal within a minute of his introduction.

With a minute before the final whistle,

Diego Maradona:

Mulenga salutes heroic U-17 squad

Argentina legend dies aged 60 FOOTBALL legend Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players of all time, has died at the age of 60.

The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager suffered a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home.

He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency.

Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, scoring the famous ‘Hand of God’ goal against England in the quarter-finals.

In a statement on social media, the Argentine Football Association expressed “its deepest sorrow for the death of our legend,” adding: “You will always be in our hearts.”

Declaring three days of national mourning, Alberto Fernandez, the president of Argentina, said: “You took us to the top of the world. You made us immensely happy. You were the greatest of them all.

“Thank you for having existed, Diego. We’re going to miss you all our lives.” – BBC.

midfielder Kelvin Mubanga Kampamba scored the consolation goal for Zesco.

Meanwhile in the lunch time kick off played earlier at the same venue, Indeni held Red Arrows to a goalless draw.

At Garden Park in Kitwe, Nkwazi recorded their fourth draw of the season following a 0-0 stalemate with Kitwe United.

Another stalemate was recorded at Godfrey Chitalu Stadium where Kabwe Warriors and Lusaka Dynamos were involved in a goalless draw.

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

Maradona

MINISTER of Sports Youth and Child Development, Emmanuel Mulenga has hailed the Zambia Under-17 national soccer team for qualifying for the 2021 Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations after humiliating Malawi in a COSAFA Cup fixture.

Zambia bashed Malawi 6-2 at the ongoing Cosafa championship in South Africa to qualify for the youth Afcon slated for Morocco.

The Junior Chipolopolo who are the Cosafa Cup defending champions having won the 8th edition of the tournament last year in Blantyre, Malawi with an unbeaten record, beat Angola 2-1 before trouncing Malawi to qualify for the Afcon and reach the finals of the regional youth

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championship in South Africa.

Mulenga congratulated the boys for making history by qualifying Zambia to its first Under-17 continental championship.

He however cautioned the team to remain focused as they seek to defend the Cosafa title.

“Allow me to congratulate the boys and the entire technical team for their remarkable performance in South Africa so far and making it to the Under-17 Cup of Nations. Their performance will be a footnote in the diaries of many Zambians,” Mulenga said.

“I further encourage the boys to work harder in the final as they seek to win the tournament a record three times.”

Meanwhile, Zambia plays South Africa today in a dead rubber match having already qualified for the youth Afcon and the Cosafa Cup finals slated for Sunday.

However, the match is a must-win game for South Africa who are still fighting to qualify ahead of Malawi and Angola.

Only two teams from the Cosafa will qualify for the Afcon in Morocco.