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‘HH DAY-DREAMING ABOUT WINNING AUG 12 POLLS’

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema should concentrate on his court cases than misleading the nation that the party will win the August 12 elections, Consortium of Political Parties and

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Non-Governmental Organisations spokesperson, Spuki Mulemwa has said.

Mr Mulemwa said Mr Hichilema was a serial loser of elections and that it was laughable he was this time thinking of wining the August elections.

He was reacting to Mr Hichilema’s sentiment that there

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was no competition in this year’s polls and that UPND would carry the day.

He said in an interview that there was no way Mr Hichilema would defeat President Edgar Lungu in the coming elections when he failed to beat him when he was not very popular.

Mr Mulemwa said Mr Hichilema was no longer popular in previously UPND strongholds.

“The party has nothing to offer apart from agitating for confusion. Mr Hichilema has ordered MPs not to lobby from central government. So to claim he will win the elections is a daydream,” he said. To P3

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LL the three cement producers that were investigated for restrictive business are expected to revert to the pre-cartel prices by May 7 this year, the Compe-

tition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has said.

CCPC Senior Public Relations Officer, Namukolo Kasumpa, said the directive takes effect 30 days after the parties receive the Board ‘s decision.

The directive takes effect 30 days after the parties receive the Board ‘s decision. The three cement companies confirmed receiving the Board’s decision on April, 8 2021.

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By NOEL IYOMBWA Mr Young

Zambian ambushed and killed in Burkina Faso rebel attacks A WELL KNOWN Zambian born Irish ranger has been killed in Burkina Faso along with two Spanish journalists as they were filming a documentary about anti-poaching activities in the Western African nation when their convoy was ambushed.

The killings on Monday came as violence is increasing in Burkina Faso and the security situation in the Sahel is deteriorating, especially in the border area of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

Burkina Faso has seen attacks from many armed groups, several of them linked to the Islamic State and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

The conservation organization Chengeta Wildlife said its co-founder and chief executive, Rory Young, was the third victim.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain confirmed the deaths of the two Spanish journalists, whom he identified on Twitter as David Beriain and Roberto Fraile.

The two journalists were part of a group of 40 who were ambushed on Monday in a nature reserve in eastern Burkina Faso near the border with Benin, said Arancha González Laya, Spain’s foreign minister.

The authorities in Burkina Faso said in a statement on Tuesday evening that

the country had faced “a resurgence of terrorist acts” since Sunday, and that around 10 people had been killed in several attacks Mr. Beriain and Mr. Fraile were following Mr. Young, a Zambia-born Irish national based in Livingstone for their documentary, Chengeta Wildlife said on Facebook.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the deceased right now.

We respectfully request your patience, time and understanding as we deal with the loss of our inspirational leader.”

Mr. Young was a wellrespected guide and ranger who had worked in several African countries, and whose organization provides a mix of traditional training to detect poaching groups, and crime scene investigation skills. Mr. Young had said that his organization was training 900 rangers and other personnel last year to track poaching and wildlife trafficking activities.

In his last Instagram post on Friday, Mr. Young said learning to track animals was like learning to read.

“It opens up a whole world of knowledge,” he wrote.

The ambush, in the reserve of Pama, part of the Arli National Park, occurred near Pendjari National Park, where a guide from Benin and two French tourists were abducted in 2019.

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Court orders State to compensate Horizon Education Trust

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA THE Lusaka High Court has passed consent judgement ordering Government to compensate Horizon Education Trust Limited.

In this matter, Horizon Education Trust, citing the Attorney General as respondent, sought an order of certiorari to quash the decision by Government to compulsorily acquire stand number KABUL/N_59565/196 in Kabulonga, known as Horizon School.

According to a consent judgement passed by Judge Gertrude Chawatama, Government should compensate Horizon Education Trust in respect of all unexhausted improvements (all buildings, structures and/or other fixtures erected by Horizon Education Trust on the land).

“The respondent (Attorney General) shall compensate the applicant in respect of all movable properties that the respondent had taken from the applicant and is using at the school,” “In default of agreement on the quantum by the parties, the assessment of the compensation in clause (1) and (2) shall be referred for assessment before the Deputy Registrar,” Judge Chawatama ordered.

THE 20 percent subcontracting policy should be revised to 50 per cent because locals have gained the necessary skills to hand bigger contracts, Local Contractors Association of Zambia President Mutale Mpepo has said.

Mr Mpepo said Zambians should not be imposed with a limitations when accessing contracts.

He said that there was need

to empower local contractors in order for the money to remain in the country.

Mr Mpepo said with the expertise that local contractors have gained, 50 percent of works should be preserved for them.

He said the purpose of awarding contracts to local contractors was to empower them and to grow the local economy.

Mr Mpepo explained that the proposed 20 per cent stake was proposed some years

back but as time went on, it was imperative to increase it.

“The then minister of Infrastructure Ronald Chitotela proposed 30 per cent when in other countries like Kenya it was 40 per cent five years ago,” he said.

He said the proposed figure should be increased to 50 percent which should be increased gradually.

Mr Mpepo stated that in future Zambian contractors should be the ones subcontracting foreign

Govt axes erring contractor

By SILUMESI MALUMO GOVERNMENT has terminated a contract awarded to Kawazani, a local contractor who was working on the Mbala Milk Collection Centre over delays to complete the project.

Government has also blacklisted the company for five years.

Fisheries and Livestock Minister, Professor Nkandu Luo, said it was good that the contract had been terminated because the contractor was not cooperating.

Prof Luo said Government could not continue to hold on to a contractor who was delaying the completion of the project.

This came to light when she inspected the project in Mbala yesterday.

Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Chief Livestock Research Officer, Mwambilwa Kabemba, told the minister that drastic action has been taken against the erring contractor.

Mr Kabemba said another contractor has been identified to take over the remaining works of the project.

He said the ministry would ensure that the money paid to the contractor was recovered.

Mr Kabemba said that the Zambia Public Procurement Authority (ZPPA) has blacklisted the contractor for five years.

The minister said such contractors who were derailing development must be blacklisted forever.

She said such contractors should never be seen working on Government-run projects again.

Prof Luo said even when the punishment period expires, the contractor will never be awarded any contract under the ministry.

“This contractor has been stubborn. Even when you call him he doesn’t pick up. I am very happy that the contract has been terminated so that this project can move,” she said.

Meanwhile, Prof Luo directed that the Milk Collection Centre must be operational by June this year.

She said the remaining works, such as sinking of the borehole and other things should be completed so that the centre can be running.

The minister also inspected the newly constructed livestock market in Mbala.

Cop testifies in Katuba MP’s vehicle case

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA A POLICE officer has told the Lusaka High Court that a complaint was lodged by Swift Cargo and Services Limited alleging that UPND Katuba Parliamentarian Bampi Kapalasa had fraudulently obtained its vehicle.

In this matter, Mr Kapalasa’s wife, Fanny Madzi, has commenced judicial review proceedings citing the Attorney General as the defendant, demanding that the police should release her motor vehicle which was gifted to her husband by Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji.

Ms Madzi claimed that she had been using the motor vehicle peacefully as an absolute owner for her personal and business activities until the relationship between her husband and Mr Malanji went sour because he (Kapalasa) refused to support the infamous Constitutional (Amendment)

Bill no.10 of 2019.

In an affidavit in opposition to the application for Judicial Review, Mr Simunza Uyoya, the police officer dealing with the issue of the vehicle stated that on November 30, last year, Mr Goodward Mulubwa reported on behalf of Swift Cargo Services that the company vehicle, Isuzu D-Max, reg.no BAP 6744 had been fraudulently obtained by Mr Kapalasa after he promised to buy it.

“That the complaint was astonished that the motor vehicle was not returned but that there was an agreement in which honourable Bampi Kapalasa purported to have bought the vehicle from Swift Cargo Services limited at $64,000 to be paid in two instalments in July and August,” Mr Uyoya said.

He stated that neither Mr Kapalasa nor his wife had proof of payment for the car but there was a white book in Ms Madzi’s names.

Mr Uyoya claimed that the MP and his wife failed to

explain how ownership of the vehicle changed from Swift Cargo Services to Ms Madzi.

He stated that investigation at Road Transport and Safety Agency revealed that the vehicle was registered in Swift Cargo Services on June 16, 2020 as the vehicle is among four which were purchased by the the firm from Auction Auto.

He said that the ownership of the vehicle was changed from Swift cargo Services to Ms Madzi on June 29, last year without authority of the previous owner.

“The police seized the vehicle in question from the applicant pending further investigations as there is no doubt that the vehicle in question belonged to Swift Cargo Services limited, and the issue is how the ownership changed from Swift cargo Service limited to the applicant,” Mr Uyoyo stated.

He said that the case is still under investigations to establish how the ownership

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UTH operating minus bone scanning machine, parley told

By NOEL IYOMBWA THE only bone scanning machine at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka is broken and it will not be repaired because it has exceeded its lifespan, Health Minister Jonas Chanda has told Parliament.

Dr Chanda said the machine broke down almost two years ago but that it will not be repaired because the costs are too high.

He told the House that Government is in the process of procuring two machines and that it will get a loan and that a tender process has started.

“Mr Speaker, the machine has exceeded its life span so we are not going to repair but I would like to inform the House that Government is in the process to acquire two machines that will be installed at UTH at a cost of $1.9 million and $900, 000 respectively” he said.

Dr Chanda also told the House that in the absence of the two machines, alternative machines such as Citi scans are being used.

He was responding to Milenge Member of Parliament Mwansa Mbulakulima who asked the minister of Health, when the bone scanning machine in the Nuclear Department of the UTH broke down, when the machine will be repaired and whether Government has any plans to procure a modern machine.

Mr Mbulakulima also asked how, in the absence of the machine, cardiology, oncology, neurology and psychiatry-related complications are being handled.

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‘CEMENT PRICES MUST FALL’ From Page 1 Ms Kasumpa said the three cement producers, Lafarge Zambia Plc, Dangote Cement Zambia Limited and Mpande Limestone Limited confirmed receiving the Board’s decision on April, 8 2021.

She said the 30 days window period was still open given the date the parties received the Board’s decision.

“All three cement producers, Lafarge Zambia Plc, Dangote Cement Zambia Limited and Mpande Limestone Limited that were investigated for restrictive business practices by the Commission have confirmed receiving the Board’s decision on April 8, 2021,” Ms Kasumpa said.

CCPC investigations into

the high prices of cement on the market found Lafarge Zambia Plc, Dangote Cement Zambia Limited and Mpande Limestone Limited wanting.

The CCPC fined Lafarge Zambia Plc and Mpande Limestone Limited for price fixing, with the two cement manufacturing entities expected to each pay 20 percent of their 2019 and 2020 turnovers while Dangote was forgiven after complying during the probe.

It also ordered the slashing of cement prices from the current average prices of K140 per 50kg bag of cement to a range of between US$4.5 to US$5 which translates to K110 per 50kg bag at the current exchange rate of K22 per 1 US dollar.

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HE assessment and inspection reports on the AstraZeneca vaccine, was done way before the vaccines were received in the country, the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has said.

ZAMRA senior public relations officer, Christabel Illiamupu, said the organisation used the World Health Organisation (WHO) Emergency Use Listing procedure to review vaccines and make recommendations to the Ministry of Health.

Kapata blasts doomsayers …on Veep giving out money

By NOEL IYOMBWA

IT being petty for some “stingy” politicians to make an issue out of Vice President Inonge Wina’s generosity to share a little with Zambians, PF national chairperson for women, Jean Kapata has said.

Ms Kapata said Ms Wina was not dishing out millions to warrant such attacks.

She said being a senior citizen and senior party member, there was nothing sinister for the Vice President to give some PF members a little token.

Ms Kapata said it was shocking that some people

had made it an issue the recent giving out of money by Ms Wina in Solwezi.

She said it was wrong for the opposition to make political capital out of everything at the expense of discussing serious issues affecting the people. Ms Kapata said Ms Wina should be commended for her gesture instead of be-

This follows concerns that ZAMRA did not have the vaccines tested when they arrived in the country but were rolled out immediately.

She assured that ZAMRA conducted the review of regulatory dossiers, assessment and inspection reports from WHO and other stringent regulatory authorities.

This, she said, was done based on the provisions of the law which give exemptions for marketing authorisation for the medicines that are imported or

ing attacked unnecessarily.

“If it was K800, 000 or so that is when you can say it is enticing voters or vote buying, but when the money is not huge then there is nothing because she is a senior party member who is supposed to give something to the party members and others,” she said.

Recently, a viral video showed Ms Wina giving out money to some PF members and residents, a development which the opposition and civil society groups have described as corruption.

exported in response to a declared health emergency.

“Based on provisions under Paragraph (e), Subsection (4) of Section 39 of the Medicines and Allied Substances Act (no. 3) of 2013 which gives exemptions for requirements for marketing authorisation for medicines imported or exported in response to a declared health emergency,” she said.

Ms Illiamupu assured that the testing of the AstraZeneca vaccine was done way before the vaccines arrived in Zambia.

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‘HH DAY-DREAMING ABOUT WINNING AUG 12 POLLS’ From Page 1 Mr Mulemwa said Mr Hichilema could only win the upcoming elections if they were rigged.

He said UPND was no competition for PF because it does not mean well for Zambians, saying the party shot down referendum and Bill 10 despite the positives to the Zambian people.

Mr Mulemwa also questioned why UPND members were

ditching the party if it had become popular.

He said the party only had appetite to sale state properties when ushered in power but no interest of the nation.

“Stop misleading the nation.

UPND only has acts of desperation because they know they were losing the coming elections. UPND is not ready to govern,” Mr Mulemwa said.

We’ll resolve ‘choking’ policies in mining - Lungu

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

THE much-anticipated mining “indaba” has finally kicked off with a view for Zambia to have a predictable and stable tax administration system which will result in a win-win situation for Government and the mining sector.

The mining industry and Government have for a long time been at logger heads following the current mining tax regime, among other issues believed not to be benefitting the industry.

President Edgar Lungu has however signalled Government’s determination to resolve policy and regulatory issues that investors had raised regarding investment in the mining sector.

The President acknowledged that the mining firms had constantly com-

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plained of being over taxed thereby making their investment unattractive.

President Lungu noted that a positive working relationship between Government and the mining industry was critical in promoting a sustainable, diversified and export orientated industry.

He said this yesterday in Lusaka yesterday at the 2021 Mining “indaba” in a speech read by Vice-President, Inonge Wina.

The two-day indaba is being held under the theme “Building for the Future: reflecting on Zambia’s Mining Taxation Policy Towards Sustainable Investment in the sector.”

“Mining taxation policy and the tax administration has been a topical issue in Zambia’s policy debate since the

privatisation of the mines.

“At the heart of this is the question of how the Zambian Government can maximise revenues from its extractive sector without compromising the mining firms,” President Lungu stressed the importance of contributing a fair share of taxes by the mining industry.

On the rising copper prices, President Lungu said they were good economic indicators which should be used to reboot the economy to growth.

Mines and Minerals Development Minister, Richard Musukwa, said the primary focus of the indaba was to come up with fiscal outcomes for the mining sector.

Mr Musukwa explained that these were meant to achieve a fair, consistent and predictable mining tax regime that meets the short, medium and long-term objectives of both Government and the investors.

Acting Finance Minister, Alexander Chiteme, reiterated Government’s commitment to design a more sustainable mining taxing regime policy.

Mr Chiteme indicated the Government was committed massive potential on the moning sector which needs investment.

Zambia Chamber of Mines president, Godwin Beene, stressed commitment to help in rebooting the economy.

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SORT OUT KITWE MESS WE are shocked to have learnt that the Kitwe City Council has reported that it has received applications for change of land use for some play parks and open spaces in the city.

What is shocking is that the council could even entertain considering such applications when local authorities have been ordered not to sell or lease any of their properties.

Copperbelt Minister Japhen Mwakalombe must be commended for having put a stop to this strange development when no circular had allowed the local authority to do what it had done.

It is not very long ago that Government ordered local authorities not to sale or lease any property.

The order was issued by the Minister of Local Government Dr Charles Bnada after it emerged that some councils had engaged in suspicious dealings to dispose of public property before the dissolution of Parliament and Councils.

This is expected to be done by the middle of May to pave way for the August 12 tripartite elections.

The idea behind the ban was to curtail the planned plunder of council property by unscrupulous councillors – as part of their severance package.

Dr Banda even directed that all contracts that had been signed to do with such sales or leases should be cancelled, and where money had exchanged hands, it should be refunded.

In the Kitwe saga, Mr Mwakalombe expressed disappointment that the council could allow such an illegality to continue happening right under its nose.

As Mr Mwakalombe unearthed, applications for change of land use were for the stand number KIT/1226, Independence Avenue, Parklands, 6163 Zambezi Way, Riverside, stand number 5400 Kaminda Drive, Riverside and stand number 674 Nationalist Road, Parklands.

Also involved was stand number KIT/915, Zambezi Way, Riverside, which was earmarked for construction of a mini-hospital, but allocated to a private developer to put up a commercial property.

Anyone who knows Kitwe will testify that these are prime upmarket areas and a lot of money could have passed hands or promissory notes made.

But thankfully, Mr Mwakalombe intervened and ordered a stop to the suspect developments.

What is more baffling is that even the Kitwe Town Clerk, Mr Mbulo Seke, said the council had no record of giving documentation about the parks in question.

Yet, the Chief Lands Officer, Mr Harry Shamende, maintained that his office received recommendations from the local authority, that it was the more reason his office proceeded with the process of giving the title deeds.

Who between the two is telling the truth?

This is a clear case where the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Zambia Police Service must investigate and get to the root of the corruption.

After all, this is not the first time that councilors at the two councils have been found wanting over alleged illegal land transactions.

We recall that after the two councils were suspended last year and a land audit done, some names of councilors were reported to the law enforcement agencies for prosecution. What has happened?

Obviously, bad habits die hard as the adage goes and we would not be surprised if some of the names reported earlier appeared on the list of culprits this time round.

The Kitwe District Commissioner, Mr Chileshe Bweupe vowed that a thorough investigation would be done to know how the documentation for the spaces was done.

Yes, that is the way to go but we hope the investigation would lead to criminal prosecution of those involved and hopefully restore confidence in the local authority.

Informal sector cries for Protection Bill

By ROGERS KALERO

THE informal sector has charged that Government has failed to table the Social Protection Bill before Parliament to improve the welfare of the informal sector.

Alliance for Zambia Informal Economy (AZIEA) General Secretary, Lameck Kashiwa, said the informal sector had lost its hope of an improved economic and social livelihood due to Government failure to table the Bill.

He said Labour and Social Security Minister, Joyce Simukoko, assured AZIEA in December 2018 during a ZCTU

quadrennial congress that the Bill was under cabinet attention and that it would soon be tabled in parliament.

Mr Kashiwa complained that it has now been three years since the assurance was made and nothing has been actualised.

In a statement issued in Kitwe, Mr Kashiwa said the informal sector was confident that the extension of coverage to informal workers was one of the priority areas of Government as it had realised economic and social vulnerability both as workers and citizens.

“I must state however that it is disappointing that despite several assurances from

the government through the Ministry of Labour, the association had not seen any indication that the Bill would be tabled in Parliament before it was dissolved to pave way for the forthcoming general elections,’’ Mr Kashiwa said Mr Kashiwa said it was disappointing that Government had not taken any action on the Bill on the extension of coverage of social protection to the informal workers.

Mr Kashiwa said the Bill was finalised in 2018 after four years of deliberations by stakeholders including AZIEA and sent to Cabinet before it was supposed to be sent to Parliament.

Students’ loans board recovers over K20m

By KALOBWE BWALYA

THE Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB) has recovered K20.4 million from January 1 to March 31, this year which was loaned to university students.

HELSB Chief Executive Officer, Irene Chirwa, said the recovery brings the cumulative total of recoveries to K115.6 collected from 2018 to March 31, 2021.

Ms Chirwa said 6, 291 were paying back the money

through the Government payroll while 4, 100 beneficiaries employed in the private sector were paying back through their employers’ payroll systems.

She said HELSB also established that 80 beneficiaries passed on and their loans will be treated as bad debt because they were not insured.

Ms Chirwa said this at a media breakfast in Lusaka yesterday where she announced that HELSB had extended the granting of student loans to five more universities because

of the favourable response from the recoveries.

She said the five universities were Kapasa Makasa, Mukuba, Mulungushi, Chalimbana and Kwame Nkrumah.

Ms Chirwa added that the number of individuals making direct repayments has also increased from one in 2018 to 38

by March 31 this year.

She said the money recovered in the first quarter of the year was encouraging and anticipated that the board would recover more during the course of this year.

Zambia intent on transforming agro sector, says Lungu

By MARTIN AKENDE

GOVERNMENT is determined to transform the agriculture sector through research and innovation to enhance food security, President Edgar Lungu has said.

And President Lungu said Zambia is determined to fully domesticate some Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (TAAT) which the country has benefitted after the three successful pilot projects.

The President said Government was determined to adopt successful innovations aimed at transforming the agriculture sector.

Mr Lungu also called for

small- scale farmers to adopt innovative ways of farming to enhance their productivity.

“There is need for smallscale farmers to adopt innovative ways of farming to enhance productivity. Old ways of farming not only limit the size of land cultivated but also make farming more difficult and unattractive especially to the youth,” Mr Lungu said.

The President said this during a High Level Virtual Dialogue on Feeding Africa; Leadership to Scale Up Successful Innovations at State House yesterday.

“Zambia like most countries in Africa, is still experiencing low agricultural productivity despite its rich natural endowment suited to feed itself

and the rest of the region.

Low agriculture productivity has been worsened by effects of climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.

He said the aspirations contained in the Malabo declaration on accelerated agriculture growth and transformation for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods must be attained.

Mr Lungu, however, expressed worry that despite valuable research work done led by Zambia Agriculture Research Institute, Consultative Research Group for International Agriculture Research and other researchers most of their findings were shelved and ordinary farmers were not aware of them.

Tazara in $558m lifeblood boost

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ABOUT US$558 million is planned to be invested in Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) to turnaround operations as a strong short-to-medium term measure.

The announcement was made at the virtual meeting of the TAZARA board of directors on Wednesday.

The board said the TAZARA Council of Ministers would soon meet to make a decision on the proposed Revitalisation Bankable Business Plan, whose investment outlay was US$558 million. It stated in a statement that investment underpinned a strong short-to-medium term blueprint for the required transformational actions necessary to turnaround the operations of TAZARA. The Board said the performance of the firm for the first half of the financial year 2020/2021 improved by 19 percent in freight traffic compared to the previous first half of financial year, 2019/2020. It stated that despite a global economic slump due to the Covid-19 pandemic, freight traffic volumes for the first half of 2020/2021 (July-December 2020) increased from 88, 356 tonnes recorded in the previous first half (July-December 2019) to 105, 222 metric tonnes.

“With the addition of 127, 259 metric tonnes moved

by Calabash Freight Ltd, through Open Access operations, the total line capacity utilisation for the first half of the FY 2020/2021 aggregated to 232, 481 metric tonnes, up by 19.4 percent compared to the combined volume of 194, 726 metric tonnes recorded in the previous FY’s first half,” the statement read.

The Board said overall passenger traffic for the first half of the financial year 2020/2021 declined by 4.3 percent, dropping from 1, 544, 068 passengers recorded in the previous half year report to 1, 478, 032 in the first half of FY 2020/2021.

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Zambia Sports Retention Marketer

Job Title

High Value Relationship Host

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Team Lead: High Value Player Management

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Zambia: Sports Retention Marketer will be responsible for mapping the retained customer’s journey and ensuring ongoing value extraction from a customer base consisting of converted and active Zambian sport bettors.

In summary, this role will be will be responsible for growing and developing their designated markets through implementation of retention marketing activities. The roles primary objective is to maintain, develop and increase retention, activity rates, and revenue.

He / she will need to assist the Team lead: Sport Retention Marketing to analyse the fully retained sports customer user experience, adapt existing communications, develop and test new interventions and constantly strive to improve our overall customer retention rates and value extracted from our converted and retained base.

The successful candidate will possess strong sporting betting marketing, analytical, research and project management skills. An inquiring mind is needed in order to be able to creatively solve challenges and propose new and fresh alternatives to existing processes. Excellent knowledge of sport betting market is essential.

Specific duties will include, but are not limited to, the following: • Full responsibility for Zambia’s sport retention promotions calendar with in country teams to ensure our brands has localised and relevant campaigns • Localise global sports campaigns with input from in country teams • Develop and implement intervention for retaining & growing the customer base through innovative globally relevant interventions and campaigns • Effective treatment of clients having a poor customer experience • Continuously analysing market/competitors to ensure product and retention campaigns are competitive in the market place • Ensure all sport relevant product features are effectively marketed and leveraged. E.g. Cashout, Book a bet • Track and report on the success of implemented campaigns • Data mining and identification of players who require interventions • Customer personalisation strategy • Ensuring the product and marketing offering is in line with best practise • Be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the player experience • Identify players for intervention or high value relationship management • Support other web marketing responsibilities as needed *This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities.

The job holder may be required to complete any other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED • Marketing Degree or relevant qualification/experience • Candidate should be an experienced sports betting industry marketer • Knowledge of sport betting market is essential • Ability to observe and analyse changes and trends in the sport betting market and use this data in strategic planning • Web / eCommerce experience (Min 3) • Strong project management skills • Strategic and analytic mindset with proven commercial acumen • Good interpersonal and negotiation skills across a diverse team • Must be deadline and target driven with good time management • Highly computer literate • Ability to work under pressure and adapt well to change

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The in-country High Value Relationship Host will be responsible for building long-term relationships with nominated high-end players with a view of extracting maximum value and retention within their segment. The candidate will be responsible for maintaining, developing and increasing high value retention, activity rates, and revenue through targeted personal and focused communication and player interventions. This will be achieved through providing client support, outbound calling, roadshows and eventing, gifting, collection and updating of player information, face-toface contact, offer execution, customer value management and acquisition of new high value customers.

The successful candidate will need to analyse their country’s VIP customer life cycle, user experiences, and key customer touch points and adapt existing communications, develop innovative personal communication and intervention strategies to improve the overall player values and retention rates in the segment. The candidate will be expected to travel locally. He/she will need to possess strong client relationship skills. They will also be technically minded, and be familiar with CRM best practices. An inquiring mind is needed in order to be able to creatively solve challenges and propose new and fresh alternatives to existing processes.

Specific duties will include, but are not limited to, the following: i. Gifting: The in country team will manage the planning and delivery of appropriate gifting as deemed necessary for birthdays, specials holidays, big wins and losses or other adhoc occasions. The team will be required to use commercial savviness when gifting a player by looking at overall player Lifetime Value. Gifting strategies need to be monitored so that they effective in increasing value and not eroding it over time. A summary of all gifts sent, reason and value will need to be kept up to date in a central location ii. Events and Roadshows: Effective cost/ investment management regarding player selection for roadshows and events. The team are required to put forward key value players for consideration when roadshows and events are being organized. Contact and confirm attendance with relevant players that have been selected to be visited or invited to roadshow or events. Follow through to confirmation and attendance.

Execute on logistics, player invitations and player communication in order to facilitate the successful outcome of group events.

Track and illustrate changes in player value, retention and activity as a result of meetings.

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Customer Value Management: In country teams to report back on the financial performance of High Value segment.

Understand all profitability numbers and ratios e.g. Margin, Net win ratios, etc. and how the segment affects the overall business. Monitor Net Win and ensure clients comping levels are in line with their profitability. Review client withdrawal levels and target them with campaigns to ensure the return of cash in the system. Grow total Net Contribution from the base of allocated Potential High Value customers. Ensure

segments remains active during any given month or provide updates on reason for inactivity. Develop and implement strategies for retaining & growing new high value players showing potential to become VIP’s.

Devise and initiate strategies to target customers with specific player experiences which promote activity and retention iii. Client Support and Outbounding: In country teams to ensure that, all client alerts are reviewed and attended to. A minimum of 4 contacts per month per hosted player are required. This can include relationship building e-mails; SMS, WhatsApp’s and telephone calls – and respective notes for the contacts need to be captured and reflect in Boat. In country teams to pay close attention and respond effectively to MIMO issues affecting all High Value customers.

Pay attention not only to withdrawals but also to big depositors and apply accurate tactical plans. iv. Campaign execution: Identify, design and implement initiatives, interventions, promotions and out of the box ideas to retain lapsing or to reacquire lapsed and inactive High Value customer. Ensure that all campaigns are localised and relevant. Post campaign insights mechanics and results to be shared post campaign completion.

Target winners with effective treatments and interventions in order to have funds reintroduced. Review clients who have big and rapid losses and decide on necessary comping needed. v. Information management: Ensure that all player information and soft facts are captured & are up to date ensuring that details are captured on the applicable CRM tools. vi. Additional Soft Facts to be captured where possible (CRM Tool / Central repository): Client hobbies / sports played; Favourite Sports team; Marital status (Anniversary date if applicable); children; Does client have account at competitor site? Favourite drink / Food type. vii. High Value player Acquisition: Through localised networking, incentivised referrals and marketing opportunities, the in country teams will work on the acquisition of new High value customers. *This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The job holder may be required to complete any other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED • • • • • • • • • • •

Marketing Degree or relevant qualification/ experience Client Relationship management experience Ability to communicate across all levels Strong project management skills Numbers driven with strong analytical skills Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills Must be deadline and target driven with good time management Web / e-commerce experience advantageous but not a necessity Ability to work under pressure and adapt well to change Strong organizational, communication, presentation and facilitation skills for effective output co-ordination Highly computer literate

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33.7Economic per cent. done, we will Facility This represents a 46 per “This was after recording to see SMEs Zone (LS-MFEZ) cent growth compared to a total GWP of K373the million zone and which will boost local the GWP of K254 million against our target from of K279 there,” M participation in the posted in 2019. said. area million. is expected to In addition, the compa“This in is the attributed to ob He also be completed ny recorded a profit before other things; our to in the need next among 12 months. tax of K37 million and a net proactive approach to to incentives Participation profit of K24 million. new business acquisition willing to inve of local investors This is according to the enhanced customer the zone. Mr in theand economic Industrial Development retention,”expressed Mr Si- co zone service is currently Corporation (IDC) Group chembe said. that Zambia h low due to, among Chief Executive Officer

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU He saidthe over thecompetition last few f other reasons, Mateyo Kaluba. years, ZSIC General had suc countries minimum investment “These results are quialso prioritised of Ken Rwanda, of US$500,000 which payment magazine.

He said following the loBOUT $250, 000 has been et impressive considering compaSouth someclaims locals because say is theEgypt, Dr invested Beene stressed that cal content roadmap already in setting up the a the challenges that most ny understands that it was Mozambique prohibitive. non-deductibility laid out in the Government’s laboratory thatofwillminerestablish gold businesses faced in the a key factor in strengthenZimbabwe th Business al royalties the industrialisation policy and content in oreand which willcurrent be bought year 2020 as a result of the LS-MFEZ ing the brand and better growing incenti Development Mineral Royalty Tax (MRT) local content strategy would from artisanal and small scale gold Covid-19 pandemic,” Mr the market Manager, Francisshare. Mr Kunda s tax regime were impediments allow Zambia to achieve minminers Zambia.

Kaluba said. minimum US Kunda, said which must in ing import substitutions in a ZCCM-IH hasbe set removed up the laboratory in Mr Kaluba said the 000 investme construction works of tandem with restoration partnership with the Karma Mining Services competitive manner. shareholder was pleased investors to q the industrial yards and Rural Limited in of the VATDevelopment cycle.

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He explained the curtargets, preferential pricing that the company had been was a limiting course.

Chief Executive Officer, Mabvuto rent MRT tax regime, taken tomargins, and punitive conundertaking. local busines Chipata, explained that the purpose of gether, deeply discounted and sequences via a Statutory InHe was speaking during Mr Kunda however said explained that the the joint venture was to develop negatively impacts the viabili-a gold strument without the groundthe official opening of ZSIC had been lob industrial yards, processing and operation in ty of mining intrading Zambia. work will simply raise the cost General Insurance Premier its parent Min once completed, Zambia.

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“For invest the industrial yards and precious metals. typeother sliding scale,” Dr Beene ing,” he said. ed into what we are witexpertise is in gold processing, but we are mostly working qualify, one h would enable small He said this during the laboratory said.

For Zambia, Dr Beene exnessing todaythe official with artisanal and small scale gold miners.’’ invest minimu and medium sized media in Lusaka yesterday. launch of its first ever preThetour current sliding scale relevant threshold. plained, it must always be reUS$500,000 entrepreneurs to set “This is also in line with Government’s Meanwhile, Dr Beene said a membered that the local conmier branch. system applies to personal some of the l up businesses in the classification gold the as acopper strategic comprehensive “Thistolaboratory is targeted at thepleased with ore that series would of bestudreceivedtent fromissue various “We are income tax,ofwhen was not new the investors tha zone. resource for Zambia,” he said. ies (through external financoperations we are setting up starting with miners, who would get a fair share and such an initiative and we price crosses into a new tax mining sector. limiting facto “That one is on the Consolidated Gold Company Chief (IDC) Group Chief Executive Rufunsa, were we are working with small value for their material. would like to congratulate band – or above a threshold – ing) has identified opportuHe said a cursory look at you invest les table Officer and weMateyo have Kaluba Executive Officer, Faisal Keer, explained scaleshowed miners there and art General is anal miners “As Karma Services Rural value Mining addition ZSIC Insurance for the higher tax rate applies to nities for local the and Copperbelt towns S$500, 000 y Citizen Economic that laboratory would berathable to and manufacturing the surrounding area,” he said.

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VAT REFUNDS A BOOSTER, ZCCM-IH INVESTS $250, 000 IN GOLD LAB SAYS MINES CHAMBER Thursday 12 March, 2020

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AYING Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds promptly restores the balance for businesses and gets the economy flowing properly, says Zambia Chamber of Mines (ZCM) president, Godwin Beene.

Dr Beene said for mining, injecting the sums owed back into the industry, especially at a time of high prices, boosted operations and production, which in turn would deliver more taxes.

This, he explained, was the virtuous cycle.

“If we look away from the copper industry for a moment, we’ll see that unpaid and stalled VAT refunds are an issue that is hitting everyone.

Local suppliers are giving up and being forced to shut down because their money is tied up in unpaid VAT refunds,” he told the Mining for Zambia

DURING the course of the week, it was interesting to note yet another interesting post on social media relating to banking.

“Which Bank would you advise someone to open an account with and which Bank would you advise them to avoid,” the post read.

These are very important questions to ask as you go about looking for the best ways to secure your hard-earned financial resources. However, more interestingly were some of the comments that followed this post.

“From my experience, what should determine the choice of your bank is the amount of income that you earn. Some banks are not for certain categories of workers, some banks are for big businessmen and women who earn a lot. Open an account that supports the degree of your income. Some banks may turn your entire monthly earning into book balance,” the paraphrased comment read.

There were other comments relating to some banks having higher charges on certain accounts in comparison to other banks.

Allow me to begin by indicating that banking plays an important role in the financial life of a business through financial intermediation. Banks facilitate the process of production, exchange, and distribution of wealth across the various sectors of the economy, and this entails that banks are critical partners in the process of economic development and growth.

Banks are the custodians and distributors of liquid capi-

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with artisanal and small scale gold miners.

be open to the general public for them to come and have their samples tested.

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SA RESERVE BANK CRACKS WHIP …as it tightens measures against debit order fraud JOHANNESBURG - From May 2021, all new and renegotiated early debit orders must be processed through the DebiCheck System, says the SA Reserve Bank.

The bank on Wednesday issued a statement on the modernisation of the national payment system.

The Authenticated Collections (AC)/ DebiCheck project was implemented in August 2018, partly to address abuse of the debit order system and fraudulent behaviour, according to it.

Fin24 previously reported how several consumers were struggling to get banks to reverse unauthorised debit orders from their accounts. Debit orders were often from companies they did not recognise and were as much as R99 per month.

Major banks - Absa, Standard Bank, FNB and Nedbank - at the time had partnered with the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) to have consumers authorise debit orders through DebiCheck by using their cellphones.

Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago

Due to the complex nature of the AC/ DebiCheck system, a lengthy ramp-up period was required, said the Reserve Bank.

All stakeholders using early debit order collections had to align their internal

processes and interfaces with the DebiCheck system. Companies or users of the system had until November 1, 2019 to fully implement the new payment system, it added.

Early debit orders are such that they are collected just after midnight on the payment collection date. A normal debit order or an Electronic Funds Transfer or EFT is collected much later in the day on the payment collection date, the Reserve Bank clarified. The DebiCheck system is used by all retail banks that participate in early debit order collections.

The PASA and retail banks will be monitoring to make sure companies making use of new early debit orders do not do so outside of the DebiCheck system.

"Non-compliance of the directive is a criminal offence and companies and banks who do not comply with the directive could be prosecuted and expelled from participating in the national payment system," the Reserve Bank said.

– FIN24.

HARARE - Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister, Felix Mhona, said the national carrier, Air Zimbabwe, is well positioned to adequately service its market once Covid-19 imposed international travel restrictions are lifted.

The government has been supporting Air Zimbabwe’s recovery efforts including facilitating the acquisition of two long-haul aircraft from Malaysia, which were delivered to Zimbabwe last year.

The minister dismissed the perception that Air Zimbabwe was grounded citing the fact that the airline’s operations are being hampered by limited international travel.

“As we speak now, there is a perception out there that Air Zimbabwe is grounded, but if you remember well, a month ago . . . one of our planes had to go to China to pick up the vaccines (Covid-19 vaccines).

“When you see our colours in the air, it shows that we’re still there,” said Minister Mhona in an interview with ZBCtv on its “Face the Nation” programme aired on Tuesday evening.

Mhona said Air Zimbabwe has close to 10 aircraft but the bulk of the fleet was parked due to limited business under Covid-19 travel restrictions.

“And because of the

pandemic where borders were closed, you have seen that we have got two 777200ER brand new planes that we procured from Malaysia and these have been added to the fleet of Air Zimbabwe that are in preservation waiting for the right opportune time to fly,” said the minister.

“Recently, we acquired an Embraer ERJ-145, which carries 50 passengers and is going to ply our domestic routes and also regional routes.”

However, due to a combination of huge debts, viability problems and a weak balance sheet, Air Zimbabwe was in October 2018, placed under a reconstruction administration of Grant Thornton to prevent legal action and attachment of the entity’s assets. – THE HERALD, Zimbabwe.

Mr Mhona

BP rebounds into Q1 SAA Technical starting retrenchment process profit on oil price that could cut more than half its staff recovery LONDON - British oil giant BP said on Tuesday that it rebounded into first-quarter net profit as oil prices recovered from a virus-driven slump.

Earnings after taxation hit $4.7 billion in the three months to the end of March, BP said in a results statement.

That contrasted sharply with a net loss of $4.4 billion in the same period last year when coronavirus had savaged oil demand and prices. The company, whose performance was also boosted by a series of asset sales, added that it would begin share buybacks in the next quarter.

“With the acceleration of divestment proceeds, together with strong business performance and the recovery in the price environment, we generated strong cash flow and delivered on our net debt target around a year early,” said chief executive Bernard Looney.

“We are commencing share buybacks in the second quarter which, alongside our resilient dividend, support the growth in distributions to shareholders.”

BP’s replacement cost profit - a widely-watched measure stripping out exceptional items and changes in the value of oil inventories - soared to $2.6 billion in the first quarter, up from $0.1 billion in the fourth quarter of last year. London-listed BP had suffered a vast $20.3-billion net loss last year, when the pandemic shuttered swathes of the global economy and slammed energy demand. Last year’s poor performance was also driven by massive impairments and exploration write-offs in a tumultuous year for the energy industry.

BP nevertheless returned to profit in the fourth quarter of 2020, aided by the gradual reopening of economies.

Under Looney, who took over the reins at BP as the pandemic began taking hold in February last year, the group is looking to raise $25 billion from asset sales by 2025. – AFP.

JOHANNESBURG - South African Airways Technical is set to begin a Section 189 retrenchment process in terms of the Labour Relations Act, Derek Mans, union Solidarity’s union official for the aviation and defence sector, said on Wednesday afternoon.

SAAT currently has 2, 019 employees, and this number is anticipated to be reduced by 1, 203 employees.

He said organised labour met with SAAT earlier during the day and all labour unions have been served with notices. The aim is to start implementing the retrenchment process from the end of June this year.

MOSCOW - Russia has imposed a $12.1 million fine on Apple for “abusing” its dominant position in the market by giving preference to its own applications, a government regulator said on Tuesday.

The move comes as Russia ratchets up pressure against Western tech companies, with authorities aiming to bring the Russian segment of the internet under state control.

It also comes as anti-trust agencies in the European Union, the United States, Britain and South Korea take increasing interest in Apple, with firms wanting to break free of the terms of its global

SAAT’s management has applied to the CCMA to appoint a facilitator to assist the parties engaged in the consultations, he said.

“We are currently studying the notice,” said Mans. Solidarity is currently running a food scheme for its members at SAAT. Unlike SAA, SAAT and other subsidiaries like low-cost airline Mango and AirChefs are not on business rescue.

Fin24 reported earlier that managers at SAAT had drafted a petition questioning the competence of executives running the company. Among other things, they wanted all outstanding salaries paid up within seven working days.

The managers further said they wanted exco to collect monies owing on all invoiced work, and for consequence management to be enforced where there is wasteful expenditure or where invoicing has been improperly handled.

They additionally took issue with what they called a “bloated top management structure” as well as what they said was the appointment of foreign staff without following “proper recruitment processes.”

Last month, attempts by SAAT to make full salary payments were ultimately unsuccessful. So far, it seems employees have only received about 25 percent of their salaries due for April. – FIN24.

Russia fines Apple $12m for ‘abusing’ dominant position app store.

“Apple was found to have abused its dominant position in the iOS distribution market through a series of sequential actions which resulted in a competitive advantage for its own products,” Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service said in a statement.

It said that it had hit the company with a fine of more than 906 million rubles after ruling in favour of a complaint brought against the US tech giant by cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab. Apple is appealing the ruling

and on Tuesday told AFP that “we respectfully disagree with the determination” of the Russian anti-monopoly service.

The company added that it is “proud to have helped hundreds of thousands of developers in Russia, including Kaspersky reach more than one billion customers in 175 countries through the App store.”

A new law went into effect in Russia earlier this month demanding that smartphones, tablets and computers sold in the country come

with pre-installed domestic software and apps.

Dubbed the “anti-Apple” law, the controversial bill was introduced in an effort to promote Russia’s tech companies but critics say it is the latest attempt to tighten state control over the internet.

It requires all devices with internet access sold in the country - whether they are produced locally or abroad to be equipped with approved software produced by Russian companies or face fines starting in July.

– AFP.

Zambia’s democratic and good governance profile, a promise fulfilled Dear Editor, AS we continue evaluating the performance of the Patriotic Front in the last 10 years, it is important to point at how good governance has been embraced. The realisation of good governance depends on the promotion of certain values and standards.

For good governance to thrive, there are some indicators which must be properly functioning and this goes to both institutional and legal reforms. We now highlight some of the factors that have enhanced good governance and sustained the peace that Zambia has as its trademark.

After the enactment of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act of 2016, the appropriate provisions were put in place to promote inclusiveness in the governance process.

As an illustration, the position of the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament was elevated to rank parri passu with the cabinet position.

This development appreciate the importance of the opposition in the governance process in Parliament, especially under the multiparty political dispensation.

In fact, in the history of our Parliament, it is the 2016-21 Parliamentary session that the ruling party worked together with opposition members from UPND, FDD, MMD and independents.

This brought diversity of political thoughts on matters of national interest in Parliament.

Within this stretch, the nation has seen the enhancing of security of tenure for the position of the Vice President who is elected at the general elections as the running mate to the winning Presidential candidate.

This has reduced the powers of the President regarding the Vice Presidency as the second most powerful position has been given the deserving relevance and dignity.

In fact, this development has reduced uncertainty in an event there is a casual vacancy in the office of the President.

The other factor that has enhanced good governance is the requirement for the winning candidate to secure at least 50 percent of the valid votes cast.

This has popularised the winning Presidential candidate and ensure that he enjoy a fair share of support from the countryside. Since democratic government is the rule by the majority, this confirmed Zambia’s commitment to be a democratic state.

The last decade has also seen a number of legislation to have an accountable and citizenrun government. This has been through the number of the legislations among them the Financial Intelligence Centre, Auditor General’s Office, Anti-Corruption Commission, Drug Enforcement Commission among others have reclaimed their autonomy.

In the course of President Edgar Lungu’s tenure, the various political stakeholders were invited to be brought on board in the making of important national decisions.

The failed attempt to refine the ambiguous Constitution of Zambia of 2016, is a visible illustration on the consultative and inclusive nature of President Lungu in the last five years.

Traditionally, from independence, where there is need to amend or overhaul the Constitution arose, the processes usually started with cabinet presenting the white paper and presented to Parliament as a Government Bill.

However, in 2019, the Government deviated from this long held norm and constituted the National Dialogue Forum (NDF) which was highly representative save for the UPND who willingly and voluntarily opted not to participate.

It was the NDF which collectively came up with the document which was forwarded to Parliament for enactment.

The other notable observation that cause of good governance was the equal treatment and subjection of all classes of citizens before the law.

These selected examples points to the unwavering cause to enhance good governance and the era and rein of the PF government. While we cannot claim to have satisfactorily promoted good governance, the process that have been done so far have set the stepping stop which the successor government will carry on. These are the achievements which Zambians should be proud of.

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI, Lusaka.

Friday 30, April, 2021

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President Lungu’s assurance for early distribution of farm inputs welcome

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ADOPTION CRITERIA - THE FINAL AUTHORITY Dear Editor, ALL political parties are at this time busy making their final selection for their constituency representatives in the race to the National Assembly slated for August 12, 2021.

There is a debate on which level of the political party structure must call the final shot. The excuse by some is in empowering the grassroots.

I take the side of those who believe that the final jurisdiction lies with the top political party structures as opposed to local structures. My reasons for MP adoptions to be done and decided at the national level are that it is from this group that Cabinet ministers are appointed, who serve at national level.

At that level, we are looking at comprehensively meeting and achieving the following key aspects critical in a democratic dispensation and also in accordance with article 69(1) and Article 45 (1c) and 45 (1d) of our Constitution: 1) Tribal / Regional balancing 2) Gender balance 3) Special interest groups - the disabled 4) Professionals Only the top national level structure can ensure these aspects are effected. At that level, each political party has 156 limited slots for MP elections to start with.

Subsequently after the elections,

it will still be 156 seats which must be subjected to this criteria for the President for form his Cabinet even before he exercises his powers to nominate not more than eight MPs. The analogy is a national football team where the coach picks players from local football clubs.

He must get players for all specific positions otherwise if he depends on local clubs to give him their players of choice, he may end up with only defenders for instance, without mid fielders, strikers and goal keeper.

The national executive structures for each political party is analogous to the national team coach.

And so as an aspiring parliamentary candidate, you could have scored the highest points at Ward and even Constituency level, but stay put and support whoever the highest organ of your party will adopt, as they juggle.

It is only them with the eagle’s eye view.

In the preamble to our amended constitution, we the people of Zambia acknowledges the supremacy of God the Almighty.

That acknowledgement entails that we fully believe in the following words written in Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

This in essence is talking about

respect for hierarchy, a system in which members of an organisation or society are ranked according to relative status or authority. In this manner things are done in an orderly manner and by arrangement without confusion.

The Bible speaks decisively to this issue of obedience to the superior authorities. Romans 13:1-2 says: “Obey the government, for God is the One who has put it there.

There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power.

So those who refuse to obey the law of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow.”

Subject to the authority means that the person or body possessed of such authority may amend or revoke the action or decision subject to such authority or reserve to himself or itself such action or decision.

Therefore, may we all allow the highest organs or national executive structures in different political parties, that is, MCC for PF, NMC for UPND, etc. to do their job of ensuring fair representation in the National Assembly as they adopt parliamentary candidates, as the final authority, to be presented before the Electoral Commission of Zambia, for the voters to decide, for the good of mother Zambia and as a practical acknowledgement of the supremacy of Jehovah God over our lives.

ENG. GEOFFREY CHISHIMBA CHIYUMBE.

Dear Editor, PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu last Wednesday assured farmers that the Patriotic Front (PF) government through the stakeholders will distribute the farms inputs such as seeds and fertiliser to all provinces before the onset of the 2021/2022 farming season.

The head of State made the assurance at Malashi village in Mpika during the national agriculture field day.

It is a well-known fact that Zambia has placed agriculture at the centre stage of the economy besides manufacturing, mining and tourism.

President Lungu promised the farmers that he would engage the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to put a higher crop marketing price than that of last farming season despite the country having a free market economy where the price of goods and is determined by the forces of demand and supply.

This clearly demonstrates the government’s commitment to improving the welfare of the farmers by putting more money in their pockets.

The President also assured the farmers that FRA would this year pay the farmers on time immediately they sell their crops to the agency. The quick payment to the farmers will be prompted by the release of adequate funds to the agency.

However, President Lungu donated two tractors; one to Mr Lewis Mpundu the host of the agriculture event and another one to Mpika District Agriculture Association to boost their agricultural activities in the district. This is a good gesture as demonstrated by the head of State.

The country is poised to record a bumper harvest this year owing to the good agriculture policies by the government coupled with the good rains that were experienced during the 2020/2021 farming season.

The late distribution of the farm inputs in the past negatively affected the crop yield in the country. This is no longer the case as a matter of fact.

The interaction of the head of State with farmers like what recently took place in Mpika should be replicated to other districts. Ultimately, this will make the farmers appreciate what the government is doing in improving the agriculture sector particularly crop farming.

ELEMIYA PHIRI, Lusaka.

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‘NEW PROCUREMENT ACT WILL BENEFIT ZAMBIANS’

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

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HE recent amendment of the Public Procurement Act of 2008 is expected to improve efficiency that should ultimately benefit Zambians, says Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) board member, Sajeev Nair.

Mr Nair said a well performing public procurement system increases citizens’

State warns destructive Mufulira jerabos

By KALOBWE BWALYA

COPPERBELT Minister Japhen Mwakalobwe has warned the notorious Jerabos who set fire on a community school and broke window panes on clinic five in Mufulira’s Kankoyo constituency that the law will soon visit them.

Mr Mwakalobwe said it was unfortunate and unacceptable that some disgruntled youths could resort to destroying public property especially the school and the health centers.

He warned that every citizens must know that there was only law and that regardless of their position, no citizen was above the law.

The minister said this after checking on damaged at Mopani Copper Mine area on Wednesday after he received reports that Jerabous had damaged public property in the area.

Mr Mwakalobwe said the Jerabos conducted themselves in a disorderly, disruptive and unmanageable manner which led to loss of a life and damage to property which should not be condoned at all.

He however emphasized on the PF Governments’ commitment to providing an amicable solution to the needs of youths including those in Kankoyo.

Mr Mwakalobwe was accompanied by Mufulira District Commissioner Mike Manda and other senior Government officials and party members.

Meanwhile, the Minster later inspected some sections of the mine site where he discovered that there was extensive damage on sensitive sections of the mine site.

The winder house and the main air ventilator at mine shaft 14, posed a high risk of trapping and suffocation to underground miners.

confidence in Government, promotes private sector competitiveness and growth as well as improve growth of small and medium sized businesses.

He stressed that public procurement served as a significant policy instrument that can provide quality public service delivery, create fiscal space and stimulate private sector growth.

"We are happy to men-

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

A FALL in prices of some food items has slowed down the rate of the April annual inflation to 22.7 percent The country's trade surplus has however shrunk to K 7.3 billion in March 2021.

This month's inflation rate decreased to 22.7 per cent from 22.8 per cent recorded in March this year.

Zambia Statistics Agency interim statistician general Mulenga Musepa made the announcement at the monthly bulleting briefing in Lusaka yesterday.

Mr Musepa said on average, prices of goods and services increased by 22.7 per cent between April 2020 and April 2021.

He explained that the slowdown in the rate of inflation was mainly attributed to the fall in prices of some food

tion that the government has demonstrated political will and introduced measures to continuously improve our public procurement system, such as simplified and harmonised documentation, electronic bidding, local preference which is highly commendable," Mr Nair said during the multi-stakeholders meeting on public procurement yesterday in Lusaka.

He observed that despite

the improvements over the years, the procurement system still had many inefficiencies that contribute to wastage, misappropriation and the issue of value for money.

Mr Nair however noted that the recent amendment was aimed at addressing some of its weaknesses.

He stressed the importance for Zambia to make its public procurement system more credible, transparent and

Inflation drops items.

Mr Musepa said the annual inflation for April, 2021 was recorded at 27.2 per cent compared to 27.8 per cent in March 2021, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points.

This was mainly attributed to decreases in prices of food items such as roller mealie meal, maize grain, fish, dried Kapenta and fruits.

He said the annual nonfood inflation rate for April 2021 was recorded at 17.5 per cent from 17.0 per cent in March 2021.

"The was mainly due to price increases in Footwear, Concrete blocks, Iron sheets, Steel door frames and Charcoal, " Mr Musepa said.

He explained that the dis-

aggregation of the annual inflation rate by province showed that the annual inflation rate for April, 2021 increased for Lusaka and Western provinces.

On the other hand, inflation decreased for Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Northern, North-Western and Southern provinces.

He said the annual inflation rate remained unchanged for the Central province.

Mr Musepa said Northern province had the highest annual inflation rate at 34.9 per cent, followed by Central Province at 28.8 per cent and Southern Province had the lowest at 16.8 percent.

On international trade, Mr Musepa said the country

efficient to drive economic growth.

"There is lack of credibility, transparency and accountability in public procurement management which needs to be addressed in order to correct the procurement system," Mr Nair said.

At the same function, Zambia Public Procurement Authority capacity building manager Justin Matimuna said they would soon start using the electronic procurement system to promote transparency and accountability.

Mr Matimuna said they would soon start publishing the monthly market index which would guide procurement entities and government ministries to spend within authorised celling.

recorded a trade surplus of K7.3 billion in March 2021 compared to a surplus of K8.1 billion in February 2021.

He said exports mainly comprising domestically produced goods, increased by 10.7 per cent to K18.4 billion in March 2021 from K16.6 billion in February 2021.

"This was mainly on account of a 6.9 and 47.3 per cent increase in export earnings from Intermediate goods and Consumer goods," Mr Musepa said.

He said the imports increased by 30.7 per cent to K11.2billion in March 2021 from K8.5 billion in February 2021.

Mr Musepa said this was mainly as a result of a 33.7, 28.9 and 37.6 per cent increase in import bills of Capital goods, Consumer goods and intermediate goods respective.

Makungu empowers 216 Matero families with land

By CHARLES MUSONDA

RB HAILS ZAMBIA’S GOOD INVESTMENT POLICIES FORMER president Rupiah BANDA says the country’s good investment policies are attracting foreign investors.

Mr. Banda said investors were happy with the good business environment in Zambia.

He was speaking when he toured Japan Tobacco International (JTI) offices and warehouse in Chipata yesterday.

And JTI General Manager, Rob Glen said his company spends about Five Million Dollars in community investments.

Mr. Glen said the company contracts over 7 thousand growers countrywide.- ZNBC

MATERO Patriotic Front (PF) aspiring parliamentary candidate Elijah Makungu has empowered 216 families in the constituency with land to enable them venture into agriculture in line with President Lungu’s efforts to develop the sector.

And Mr. Makungu says he is now ready to become Matero MP after serving a full term as Muchinga Ward 24 Councillor from 2016 to 2021.

In an interview yesterday, Mr. Makungu said Zambia’s economy has for a long time depended on copper mining and he has come up with new ideas of refocusing energies on agriculture.

He said this is the reason he has subdivided his personal 380 hectares land to empower the 216 families with five acres each.

He said those who have not done farming before may think it is a huge task but someone can start it with as little as K500, which is enough for one to start various agriculture activities like keeping free range chickens commonly known as village chickens.

Mr. Makungu, who is also chairperson of the Lusaka City

Council (LCC) committee on engineering and infrastructure development services, said beneficiaries of his land empowerment will also grow their own crops for home consumption.

He said he has decided to go for the top Matero parliamentary seat because he has undergone training as a councilor just like late President Michael Sata emphasized on starting from lower ranks.

“I want to take up the mantle as MP because I understand all the corners of Matero constituency and I know the challenges in all the five wards. I am going to work hard knowing that all these corners of the constituency are on my palm.

“As MP I will make the job easy for those who will be elected as councilors. I want to be an MP that will not just depend on central government because I will come with business acumen of creating employment,” Mr. Makungu said.

He praised President Lungu for development projects he has initiated countrywide and urged all those with eyes to vote for the Head of State on August 12, 2021, saying if he is given another five years Zambia will change for the better.

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ZCID guides political parties on Covid-19 rules

By NATION REPORTER

ALL political parties should strictly observe the Covid-19 golden rules as they engage in electoral activities ahead of the August general elections, the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) has advised.

ZCID executive director, Doreen Kabwe, advised political parties to observe health guidelines as they engage with voters in order to communicate their messages and sell themselves to the electorate.

Ms Kabwe

The ZCID centre would like to call on all political parties to strictly observe the Covid-19 golden rules as they engage in electoral activities.

Ms Kabwe said the nation would hold the elections in a very unique and different environment amidst the Covid-19 pandemic which has potential to claim lives if precaution measures were not taken.

“The ZCID centre would like to call on all political parties to strictly observe the Covid-19 golden rules as they engage in electoral activities.

“It is prudent that political parties join hands with the rest of the stakeholders in sensitizing the masses on the need to adhere to Covid-19 health guidelines in order to mitigate the further spread of the virus,” she said in a statement.

Ms Kabwe said Zambia as part of its preparations for the August 12 general election, required a structured and coherent approach to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic in relation to elections and public events such as rallies, campaigns, voting among others.

She said ZCID was hopeful that the formulation of Standard Operating Procedures developed by the Election and Covid-19 Technical Committee constituted by the Electoral Commission of Zambia would help settle a lot of uncertainties regarding public engagements.

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CHIMWEMWE WOMEN EMPOWERED

By ROGERS KALERO

Mr Banda

A TOTAL of K10, 000 has been spent on the purchase of 200 chicks, starter feed, drinkers, feeders and other requirements for chicken rearing project for Twikatane Women project in the newly established Kamatipa area of Chimwemwe constituency in Kitwe.

Patriotic Front (PF)

Chimwemwe constituency aspiring candidate, Allen Banda, said he had decided to empower women to alleviate poverty and promote food security in the community.

Mr Banda said his support to the 50 member Twikatane Women Club was a signal that he had capacity to support women and youth project in the constituency.

He challenged the recepients of the empowerment initiative

to put it to good use.

"I thought I should give empowerment to the 50 member Twikatane Women Club of Kamatipa area so that they can engage in chicken rearing. This project has more than 200 chicks, four bags of starter feed and other requirements for chicken rearing project.

"I hope this project will succeed and take this club to greater heights. It may

Chinese firm aids Kalulushi school

Pot 7419, Manda Road Light Ind. Area, Lusaka P.O. Box 34054 Tel: 286 097 / 106 / 126 Fax: 286 096 E-mail: fra@fra,org.zm

By ROGERS KALERO SINO-Metals Leach Zambia Limited has spent a total of K828, 766,.20 on the construction of a classroom block at Chishilano Primary School in Mwambashi community in the outskirts of Chambishi township of Kalulushi district.

Company’s deputy chief executive officer Wang Rongman said they had embarked on the construction of a 1 x 3 classroom block to support Government’s efforts in improving education.

The company, he said, was supplementing Government’s efforts through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes.

Mr Wang said his company had identified the education and health sectors as vehicles to help in transforming the country’s economy and improve the welfare of the Zambians in various communities.

“The company has continued to receive overwhelming support from the government therefore, in response to the government support, it decided to show appreciation through this small gesture of constructing a 1 x 3 class room block “In our quest to show appreciation, through our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes we identified the education and health sectors as vehicles to help in transforming the country’s economy and improve the welfare of the Zambian people,” Mr Wang said.

He said Sino-Metals Leach Zambia Limited, a Chinese firm, has reaffirmed commitment to support the government in improving the education and health sectors respectively.

Mr Wang said education played an important role in the lives of people therefore it was imperative that the corporate world joined hands in improving it.

He, additionally said the company was donating school bags, learning material such as text books and pencils to be distributed to the pupils at the school.

And Kalulushi Mayor Rashida Mulenga said he was grateful to the Chinese firm for the continued support to the health and education sector in the district.

Ms Mulenga encouraged parents to ensure that their children attend classes regularly as opposed to staying home as such could prompt them to the engage in bad vices.

have challenges but let those challenges be outnumbered by the successes. As an aspiring MP, I am concentrating on winning the confidence of the people so that they give me support and I will deliver development," he said.

Mr Banda urged the PF wards in Twatasha and Racecourse townships to support him and the leadership of President Edgar Lungu which has continued to exhibit

mature and humble leadership He said he was sure that they had learnt lessons from the last five years and were now in a hurry to give him chance to prove his capacity especially that he had strived to promote unity in the party.

And the mother of the 16-year-old boy who was attacked by the crocodile four months ago, has urged Mr Banda to continue supporting the boy with various issues.

Ms Albertina Mwape said she was grateful that even before Mr Banda could become an MP, he had demonstrated his desire to help the boy.

INVITATION FOR BIDS TENDER FOR THE RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOUNDARY WALL FENCE AT NORAD MAIN DEPOT IN KASAMA DISTRICT (Re-advertised) - FRA/W/01/21 The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has budgeted for the re-construction of the boundary wall fence at Norad Main Depot in Kasama District.

The Agency now invites sealed bids from eligible contractors.

The tender is open to firms that are registered in Zambia as contractors with the National Council for Construction (NCC) in Category B or C, Grade 5.

The scope of work includes, but is not limited to the following:(a) Earth works (b) Concrete and block works (c) Drainage works Eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the Procurement & Supplies Unit offices, Food Reserve Agency, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Lusaka. The telephone numbers are 260-211-286097/286106.

This tender has preferential procurement margins for bidders registered with the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) as follows: · · ·

Citizen influenced companies – 4 percent Citizen empowered companies – 8 percent Citizen owned companies – 12 percent

Bidders who wish to participate in the tender should deposit a non-refundable sum of K750.00 in the following bank account: Bank: Branch: Account Name: Account Number: Sort Code: Swift Code: Currency:

Stanbic Bank Lusaka Industrial Food Reserve Agency 9130000358499 040007 SBICZMLX Zambian Kwacha

The bidding documents can be obtained from the Procurement & Supplies Unit offices, Food Reserve Agency, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Lusaka, upon presentation of an official FRA receipt for the K750.00 bank deposit. The telephone numbers are 260-211286097/286106.

The bids should be appropriately bound, sealed and bold labeled “Tender for the re-construction of the boundary wall fence at Norad Main Depot in Kasama District” and addressed to the Procurement Coordinator, Food Reserve Agency, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, P.O. Box 34054, Lusaka, Zambia.

A mandatory Site Visit & Pre-bid meeting will be held on Thursday 6th May 2021 at 10.00 hours at Norad Main Depot in Kasama.

The bids must be deposited in the Tender Box at the reception area, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Lusaka, on or before Friday 21st May 2021 at 10:00 hours.

The closing date for the receipt of bids is Friday 21st May 2021 at 10:00 hours and any bid received after the time and date stipulated above will not be accepted. The bids will be opened thereafter in the Board Room, in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend.

Procurement Coordinator For and on behalf of the Executive Director FOOD RESERVE AGENCY

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By NATION REPORTER BOUT 50 health workers have been trained in Gwembe to administer the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine.

District Planning Officer at Gwembe Ministry of Health, Kellons Mtambo, according to ZANIS disclosed this during the launch of Covid-19 district vaccination programme.

Mr Mtambo said 25 health personnel were trained in administering the new drug at Gwembe clinic while another

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Friday 30, April 2021

By ANDREW MUKOMA

THE opposition UPND has been urged to select credible candidates who can represent the needs of the people without prioritizing their personal interest.

A Monze resident has further asked the UPND National Management Committee (NMC) sitting in Lusaka to consider more women in this year’s elections.

In an interview with the Daily Nation in Monze yesterday, Haamamba Nchimunya said that it was long overdue that the party considered women in leadership.

Mr Nchimunya said that for a very long time now, constituencies such as Monze Central, Sinazongwe, Livingstone, Katombora and Choma have never had a female representative in parliament.

Therefore, Mr Nchimunya said that time has come the opposition political party to prioritize women at all levels.

“One thing I know very well is that leadership is not about men, even women have a role to play and so, we asking both the PF and UPND to consider giving us women because for a very long time now, we have had men dominating the but now we want women,” he said.

He said both the UPND and PF have been championing the equality but that let it come to pass.

Mr Nchimunya was speaking a day after a UPND pressure group called on the NMC to consider women in this year’s adoption process.

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GWEMBE HEALTH WORKERS GET VACCINATION TIPS 25 were from the district hospital.

Meanwhile, senior government officials received the vaccine, including Gwembe District Administrative Officer, Lucy Zulu, Council Secretary, Shem Samalela, and some heads of Government departments as well as people from all walks of life.

Reuben Kayoba, a Gwembe

resident said in a separate interview that he was happy to be ’jabbed' as his job involves interacting with people.

“I’m happy to be vaccinated because this is my defence since l meet a lot of people on a daily basis," Mr Kayoba said.

Another resident, Ingrid Mvula, said refusing to be vaccinated is frustrating the efforts of Government as the drug has proven efficacy to

people.

On April 14 this year, Health Minister Jonas Chanda launched the Covid-19 vaccination at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka.

Zambia received the first consignment of 228, 000 doses of the vaccine from the COVAX facility, a global initiative of partnership.

Those in the partnership were the World Health Organization

(WHO), Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, United Nation’s Children Fund and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations working on the equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.

The National Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan has prioritised frontline health workers who are essential in sustaining the COVID-19

response and those most essential in maintaining core societal functions.

These include Journalists, teachers, immigration, police, religious and traditional leaders who are at great risk of severe Covid-19 disease.

The voluntary Covid-19 vaccination exercise in the country is targeting 8.4 million people above the age of 18 years.

Pot 7419, Manda Road Light Ind. Area, Lusaka P.O. Box 34054 Tel: 286 097 / 106 / 126 Fax: 286 096 E-mail: fra@fra,org.zm

FILE PHOTO : ‘‘The UPND National Management Committee (NMC) sitting in Lusaka to consider more women in this year’s elections.’’ - Mr Nchimunya

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INVITATION FOR BIDS TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF TWO THOUSAND (2,000) BLACK POLYTHENE SHEETS - FRA/ORD/01/21 The Food Reserve Agency wishes to purchase black polythene sheets for use during the 2021 crop marketing programme.

Agency, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Lusaka, upon presentation of an official FRA receipt for the K750.00 bank deposit.

The Agency now invites sealed bids from eligible suppliers as follows:

The bids should be appropriately bound, sealed and bold labeled “Tender for the supply and delivery of 2,000 black polythene sheets” and addressed to the Procurement Coordinator, Food Reserve Agency, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Lusaka.

Description

Quantity

Delivery Period

2,000

10 Weeks

Ultraviolet Treated Black Polythene Sheets

Interested bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the Procurement & Supplies Unit offices, Food Reserve Agency, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, P.O. Box 34054, Lusaka, Zambia. The telephone numbers are 260-211-286097/286106.

Bidders who wish to participate in the tender should deposit a non-refundable sum of K750.00 in the following bank account: Bank: Branch: Account Name: Account Number: Sort Code: Swift Code: Currency:

Stanbic Bank Lusaka Industrial Food Reserve Agency 9130000358499 040007 SBICZMLX Zambian Kwacha

The bidding documents can be obtained from the Procurement & Supplies Unit offices, Food Reserve

The bids must be deposited in the Tender Box at the reception area, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Lusaka, on or before Friday 14th May 2021 at 10:00 hours and must be accompanied by a bid security of not less than 2% of the bid price and proof of purchase of the bidding documents.

The closing date for the receipt of bids is Friday 14th May 2021 at 10:00 hours and any bid received after the time and date stipulated above will not be accepted. The b ids will be opened thereafter in the Board Room, in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend.

Procurement Coordinator For and on behalf of the Executive Director FOOD RESERVE AGENCY

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF DEBT ...as the country pursues a debt management programme to restore investor confidence and perception to the wider economic world it is important to put emotive issues into context.

By DARLINGTON CHILUBA

M

ONEY can be impartial, but he that lends it always has an agenda. In the case of countries, that agenda is couched in the philosophies or belief systems of the lenders. Zambia’s debt profile, for example, has become a subtle philosophical battlefield between the West who are owed approximately $3 billion or more, and the East (especially China) who are owed far more money in billions.

While much has been said about China’s intentions in Africa and Zambia, with its outlay of huge capital loans, what about the West, what are their intentions?

These issues influence the price of basics such as bread and butter, the price of fuel and indeed the price of our money relative to other currencies.

As the country pursues a debt management programme to restore investor confidence and perception to the wider economic world it is important to put these emotive issues into context.

This is without taking away the financial support of Zambia’s allies and the fiduciary responsibility of the authorities.

SCENARIO

What makes the debt scenario even worse is the acute impact Covid-19 has had on our resources and ability to function at production levels that can generate income quickly enough.

As far as states go, the two most convenient economic philosophies have been So-

cialism and Capitalism, loosely speaking. The one favours state dominance above free markets while the other, Capitalism, favours free markets and a receded role of the state.

More recently, however, states have begun to favour a combination of the two – a midway that encourages free markets but also the ability of government to intervene in the economy to protect the greater good against private sector (or free market) excesses.

Libraries are replete with political theory, see among others Levi-Faur’s Economic Nationalism 1997 and Stephen Krasner’s 1978 Defending the National Interest: Raw Materials, Investments and US Foreign Policy).

From a political standpoint, Africa was either with the West or East until the collapse of the USSR and reunification of Germany made western ideology predominant. The

outcome was that debt acquisition and/ or debt pardons became attached to philosophical ideals such as liberalisation, privatisation, democratisation and structural adjustments.

In the case of Zambia, debt acquired during the pro-socialist era 1972 -1990 was forgiven during the democratic phase of the third republic beginning 1991 after which Zambia joined the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) programme and argued for total debt cancellation and a clear graduation programme in 1997.

During the same period of the 90s, Africa was touting a “go-east” policy as a counter to western debt which came with ideological strings that, at some point, aligned countries according to investors than indigenous quality. The rise of China emboldened African states even more.

In the same year, 1997, the Bank of China in Zambia was

opened as the first financial institution from China in Africa. Part of the plan was Zambia becoming the centre for the go-east policy and thus taking advantage of capital flows from China.

The loans did not glue government to what were called philosophical conditions of the lender but tied instead to the development agenda of the borrower.

Nonetheless, loans from the East came with foreign labour and an influx of private business as such.

Indeed, the emergence of China at the global stage gave rise to demand for copper in Zambia more so than the London Metal Exchange (LME) system had done before. The LME, historically representative of western interest in African minerals now had a formidable competitor outside its system.

Yet in the aftermath of Zambia’s own economic growth

which was inextricably linked to China’s demand for Zambia’s copper, the country opted to go to the Euromarkets to shop for debt. Thus, the Eurobonds were introduced onto Zambia’s debt profile so that Zambia borrowed $3.25 billion between 2012 and 2015.

Their complexity and dependence on information and perception is what partly makes the loans from these commercial markets volatile.

Why we borrowed so much in a short period remains a valid question even now, but it’s more a basic question.

European markets represent the standard of excellence because of their capital pool and that they require stringent analysis before they lend money.

Their complex structure and reach also entails that a country must have sound economic fundamentals to borrow from there. This means that Zambia was a viable investment project for Europe-

an commercial markets between 2009 and 2016 and not recently.

The reason we are currently not a viable lending project in the European markets has very little to do with the money we borrowed there in the first place.

It is largely because sentiment from those markets was that we had unsustainable debt borrowed from China and would be unable to sustain their debt. That misperception was partly what drove the Kwacha to begin a steady depreciation.

A case can be made that Chinese debt was sustainable and far from default until commercial markets in Europe repriced their loans thus causing a stroke in the country’s ability to repay its loans.

That fact that the Eurobonds are commercial debts meant that there was no cap on how high interest could go and conversely, how low the

Kwacha could depreciate. This is one side of the story.

The other is that discourse now is questioning the value of commercial debt such as Eurobonds versus concessional debt such as IMF and government to government (bilateral) loans. Again, concessional debt from the West is what informed the go-east policy because IMF loans were stringent and said to be one size fits all, among other criticism.

Concessional debt from the East arguably grants more flexibility and more in terms of money. Yet, when capital loans from China fell due ahead of schedule circa 2016 this also imposed a burden on Zambia’s repayment schedule and equally raised the exchange rate because more money than planned had to be sourced by the country.

There was no immediate flexibility nor adherence to the repayment schedule designed by the Treasury at the

Ministry of Finance.

Ultimately, irrespective of where the money comes from, debt reached levels that slowed organic growth because funds generated locally were servicing debt at a faster rate than borrowed funds generated revenue.

The presentation to creditors in September 2020 by the Ministry of Finance showed debt levels had exceeded safe limits.

What makes the debt scenario even worse is the acute impact Covid-19 has had on our resources and ability to function at production levels that can generate income quickly enough. We have to remember that US$790 million was cleaned off our income (as revenue) when borders closed during the first wave of the pandemic.

In this regard, the 2020-2023 Economic Recovery Plan is a good document, sound but bureaucratic. It is a good anchor document to say what and where we wish to hold inflation and/ or the budget deficit.

Recovery must be flexible in its course especially for perilous times as these.

Here’s an example, during the week of March 8, 2021, South Africa released its numbers to show how that economy performed in 2020 and its plans for 2021.

What caught my attention, among others, was that SA’s economy shrunk by seven percent in 2020 while we shrunk by less than five percent. Secondly, the South African head of State encouraged South Africans to buy local at every level and prodded the exporting industries to increase exports to get the economy running again.

SA expects its economy to grow by 3.3 percent in 2021.

Zambia will grow by 1.9 percent say the authorities.

The point I’m making is that South Africa has a short-term responsive strategy, anchored on longer term goals. The intended strategy by SA to use borders as part of its internal

growth strategy will have two immediate implications for Zambia.

The first is that we will earn some border revenue which is welcome given our fiscal deficit and need to widen the revenue base, particularly dollar receipts.

The second implication is that competition for local products is likely to be stiff if the growth plan for the biggest economy in southern Africa is to flood export markets with their goods.

DEBT

The other is that discourse now is questioning the value of commercial debt such as Eurobonds versus concessional debt such as IMF and government to government (bilateral) loans.

According to the Zambia Statistics Agency monthly bulleting (February 2021), South Africa accounted for 28.1 percent of imports into Zambia worth ZMW 2.3 billion in January 2021. This represents 88.2 percent of all imports from the Southern African region.

We must not allow imports to overshadow organic growth in agriculture and key growth sectors insofar as they are response strategies of those partner nations to the pandemic.

A philosophy is nothing without an environment to practice it in. Influence, East or Western is redundant if not exported to recipient nations.

Debt exists only when there are borrowers.

Zambia made the decision to borrow and decided the source of that debt with full understanding of the beliefs of our lenders. Regardless of the belief systems of our lenders, it is our philosophy and belief as a country that will dictate how we shape the future.

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Features

INTRODUCTION THE Customs Agent Management Module (CAMM) is a module on the Customs Electronic Licensing System that is interfaced with ASYCUDAWorld and allows importers and exporters to appoint up to five clearing companies depending on their business needs, to act as their representatives on ASYCUDAWorld.

This is in line with the Customs and Excise Act Cap 322, Section 29 (1) that gives rights to any master, pilot, or operator (importers and exporters included) to appoint an agent to perform any act including answering of questions under the Act, and any such act performed by the agent shall in all respects and for all purposes be deemed to be the act of the master, pilot or operator.

UNDERSTANDING ZRA’S CUSTOMS AGENT MANAGEMENT MODULE (CAMM) RECOMMENDATIONS

Further to the actions that may need to be undertaken to mitigate the concerns by clearing agents, it is recommended that: 1. The details of all licenced clearing agents be displayed on the ZRA website, so that importers and exporters can choose the available clearing agents, some of the details that may need to be displayed include:

BENEFITS The CAMM module aims to automate and formalise the clearing agent appointment process and some of the envisioned benefits are:

a) Name

1. Importers and/or exporters will be able to choose their preferred agents and consequently safeguard their TPIN from abuse.

2. Clearing agents will be saved from unscrupulous importers and/or exporters who like abandoning professional agents’ mid-way.

The ZRA should continue engaging stakeholders on this automation gain as it is well meant and the benefits clearly outweigh the advanced demerits as stated by some agents.

7. The feature will increase integrity levels among importers and exporters.

8. The feature also seeks to reduce the amount of debt stock on account of duplicated entries.

3. Clearing agents will enhance their professionalism as they can select who to work with.

IMPLEMENTATION STATUS

4. The feature will reduce incidences of unscrupulous agents abusing TPINs, as only appointed agents will be able to use any importer or exporter’s TPIN.

This module is currently under pilot phase which started mid-February and final implementation is expected to be rolled out by June 2021.

5. The importer or exporter will be able to select as many agents as they used to in the manual process, currently this number is set at five clearing agents.

FEEDBACK FROM CLEARING AGENTS

6. Importers will no longer be required to write formal authorisation letters to the Zambia Revenue Authority authorising clearing firms to handle their consignments.

There have been some concerns from some clearing agents as below: Concern Required action

1 The CAMM will benefit multi-national clearing companies. The module is not changing the way clearing agents currently engage with their clients, it’s just making the appointment as agent formal and electronic.

2 Clearing Agents feel that ZRA did not adequately consult them before implementing this change. They allege that their concerns have not been considered.

Change management engagements should continue throughout the change curve to bring out the intended benefits.

Professional Clearing Agents have embraced this modernisation initiative.

3 The middle men, and some clearing agents are worried about what their role will be post CAMM implementation. When they are engaged together with the agents they will adjust and explore new ways of making ends meet because the benefits clearly outweigh the pitfalls.

b) License Type (i.e. FINAL CLEARANCE ONLY with a brief description) c) Addresses and Contacts (Where they have presence) d) Date of their most recent transaction e) Messages to promote their products and services.

2. The authority could consider increasing the number of appointed agents per consignee TPIN from the current five to a higher number to accord the adequate latitude to market their services.

3. The current resistance can be thwarted

by CCU pressing some media adverts on the benefits of this modernisation initiative.

CONCLUSION The ZRA should continue engaging stakeholders on this automation gain as it is well meant and the benefits clearly outweigh the advanced demerits as stated by some agents.

The current resistance to change is orchestrated by elements who have personal interest to sabotage Authority and government business.

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SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TOPIC:

LESSON #4: TEACHER:

STRUCTURE SUB-TOPIC: TENSES The Present Perfect Simple Tense Anthony Simukonde

How to form the Present Perfect Simple Tense To make the positive present perfect tense, use:

To make a question, put 'have' or 'has' in front of the subject: 'Yes / No' Questions

• 'have' / 'has' + the past participle

have I missed the bus?

• Make the past participle by adding 'ed' to regular verbs (for example, 'play' becomes 'played')

have you visited London?

• There are a few verbs that change their spelling when you add 'ed' (for example, 'study' becomes 'studied')

has she met John?

• We also have some completely irregular verbs

have they studied English grammar before?

Also, here's some help if you are not sure how to pronounce '-ed at the end of a verb.

As you can see, for 'wh' questions, we just put the question word before 'have' or 'has':

I've played

where have I left my umbrella?

you have worked

you've worked

what have you done today?

he has written

he's written

she has walked

she's walked

it has rained

it's rained

we have travelled

we've travelled

they have studied

they've studied

I have not eaten breakfast today you have not been to Asia he has not seen the new film she has not played tennis it has not snowed this winter we have not slept all night they have not tried the food

why has he gone already? where has she been in Zambia?

she hasn't played it hasn't snowed we haven't slept they haven't tried

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has he worked as a waiter before?

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Answers to Lesson 40

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Numerous WhatsApp blogs purpoting to be for the PF but in reality intended to spread disinformation have been established, some with the sponsorship of a named political party.

STORY ON PAGE 4

By NATION REPORTER

RETIREES countrywide who have been swindled out of

BOREHOLES OCEAN DRILLING

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Thousands of mourners on Saturday gathered at Harare’s National Stadium for a memorial concert for renowned musicians Oliver Mtukudzi before it was taken to his home village, north of the capital. (Story on page 2)

Political parties firm on dialogue

“This secretariat must not be at ZCID or Kapingila House and that both the church and ZCID shall second staff who will work at the secretariat. We also agreed that we shall have a joint account at the bank, whether money will come from the donors or not, we should have a joint account.

We hope that we will now make progress because among political parties, we have agreed on how to progress on the national dialogue.” -Mr. Mwila STORY ON PAGE 3

all the previous engagements and avenues used had seemingly hit a snag.

After the meeting, a committee which will spearhead the initiative to petition the speaker before the next session of parliament opens was formed.

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Zambia, Egypt ties heighten Mpongwe projects “Agriculture skills will equip inmates with modern agro skills to utilise once they integrate back to society after they have served their sentences.”

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They are even giving loans to civil servants.

- Mr Tayali

SWINDLED RETIREES SEEK SPEAKER’S INTERVENTION

unanimously agreed to petition the Speaker of the National Assembly to set up a commission of inquiry to determine criminal elements into their predicament.

And former Barclays Bank employees have called for an immediate probe into alleged fraudulent activities committed by whoever transfered the Barclays Bank Pension fund to African Life Financial Services.

This follows a meeting held yesterday at the Lusaka Hotel where retirees from across the country agreed that the matter be

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THE FIVE Es OF ROAD SAFETY

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OAD transportation is not only playing a pivotal role in modern life but has also become critical and resourceful. Increase of traffic inflow is unavoidable but the outcome has to be seriously viewed in the context of causing accidents.

Road traffic accidents are among the top causes of death in Zambia and are a public health problem, needing conservative efforts for effective and sustainable prevention. Of all the systems that people have to deal with on a daily basis, road transport is the most complex and dangerous one. Road Safety Management seeks to maintain and improve the existing safety of a road network by reducing crashes and providing a safe road environment for all road users to enable the continued use of the road transport network in an effective and safe manner.

The economic and social effort of reducing highway accidents cannot be over emphasized in developing countries as the severity of the problem is highly pronounced. Road safety has been identified as an essential component which should be integrated in road management system.

Road safety concerns the implementation of road safety policies, management and organization in the authorities such as the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) which is the lead institution in implementing government policy on road transport, safety and traffic management.

It is paramount to note that the Zambian Government has made notable strides in reducing road traffic crashes and deaths by 48% over the last decade in line with the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action for Road Safety - 2011 to 2020 which was anchored on the target of UN member countries reducing road traffic accidents and deaths by 50 % by the year 2020.

Over the past ten years, Zambia has learned lessons from the implementation of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety and now the focus is building on the success story to open a new chapter as the country joins the rest of the World in commemorating the UN Road Safety

Week in May 2021which will also mark the launch of the new Decade of Action for Road Safety – 2021 to 2030 which is aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on promoting sustainable transport among UN member countries.

The reduction in road traffic accidents and fatalities in Zambia over the past decade is attributed to Governments commitment in prioritizing road safety as a national public health issue. Government through the Ministry of Transport and Communication under the RTSA is implementing a multi-prolonged road safety management system to improve the road safety profile of the country through education, engineering, enforcement and improved emergency systems coupled with a conducive environment.

This road safety management approach entails safe drivers and other road users through education and enforcement, safe vehicles and safer roads through engineering and a conducive environment, and improving post -crash care through well-coordinated emergency systems.

The proper management of whole milieu of variables reduces the risk of a road crash occurring. The road safety management approach is designed to improve the road anchored on the five Es of road safety.

Education Drivers behaviour can be improved through safety educational programs Education and Road safety education and awareness is critical in shaping good road user behavior in order to have a cadre of road users that respect traffic rules and regulations. The RTSA plays an active role in conducting awareness among road users by improving road safety through campaigns and educational programs. Road safety education and awareness for children and vulnerable road users in rural communities is an effective tool that the Agency has employed in improving the behavior of road users. Education provides the good senses to all road users resulting in improved general road user behavior especially drivers and in particular PSV who are mostly involved in mass carriage of passengers.

Civil society organizations are urged to complement the RTSA to enhance road safety advocacy.

Enforcement The enforcement of traffic rules and regulations on speed, seatbelt, cell phone use, driving under the influence of alcohol and other road safety laws is significant in promoting road safety and decreasing collision between vehicles and other road users. The Agency is

also effectively enforcing child safety restraints in motor vehicles and overloading of passengers and goods.

Legislation has proved to be an effective way to discourage risky behavior and improving road safety. It against this background that the Road Traffic Act No. 11 of 2002 is under review to make it more responsive to the current changes in the road transport sector.

Engineering Design of roads and vehicles contributes to prevention of road accidents. Vehicle maintenance prevents accidents and also saves occupants and other road users from road crashes due to mechanical failure. Engi-

neering also provides most scientific design to make the roadway safe for all road users.

Over the past decade, the Zambian Government has invested in the construction and rehabilitation of roads to improve the quality of the country’s road network. As a lead Agency in promoting road safety, the RTSA has continued to highlight the need to improve the safety of road networks for the benefit of all road users, especially the most vulnerable; pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.

There has been increased attention to include improving safety-conscious planning, design, construction and operation of roads; making sure that roads are regularly assessed for safety; and construction of safe infrastructure to cater for all mobility needs of road users.

On the other hand, the Agency has continued conduct motor vehicle examination for road worthiness.

Mechanical failure due to poor roadworthiness of a motor vehicle can also cause road accidents due to failure of breaks, locked steering wheel, tyre burst and any other failure that could be questioned as having instigated the car not to perform normally. Therefore, the need for safer vehicles on the Zambian roads is paramount in reducing the number of road traffic crashes.

It is an offence under the Road Traffic Act No.11 of 2002 for anyone to drive a motor vehicle on the public road without a valid Certificate of Fitness.

Emergency Services Increased responsiveness to post-crash emergencies and improving the ability of health and other systems to provide appropriate emergency treatment and longer term rehabilitation for crash victims is a prerequisite in road safety management to avoid preventable death and disability, limit the severity of injury and the suffering caused by it, and ensure the best possible recovery and reintegration into society for crash survivors.

To this end, Zambian Government has provided response vehicles ambulances with the construction of trauma care centres along the highways. Basic life support after a road crash is an emergency. Government through the Ministry of Health has also provided medical technicians and paramedics to assist in treatment and movement of road traffic crash victims to emergency facilities. However, there is need for more investment in this area in order to have an enhanced and well-coordinated post-crash care system.

Environment Environmental factors play an important role in reducing occurrences that result into road accidents. In Zambia, road traffic crashes are so prominent during rainy season as most of the roads became slippery. Statistics indicate that about 4.7 % road accidents occur due to environment factors.

The environment influences pedestrian and driver behaviour in ways that sometimes result in accidents.

Many environmental factors such as surface condition, lighting, traffic density, and atmospheric conditions are contributing factors to road accidents.

On the other hand, drivers are sometimes faced with problems related animals such as cows and dogs that they encounter along the highways.In some cases accidents occur due to poor hazard recognition, poor vision and attention. Some environmental factors such as weather condition are beyond human control, hence the need for all road users to be conscious when using the road.

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RAMAPHOSA ADMITS ANC CORRUPTION AND INERTIA

…There was a delay in ANC acting on allegations of state capture inquiry told JOHANNESBURG - ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has told the State Capture Inquiry there was a “dropping of the ball” in its failure to investigate allegations of state capture.

Ramaphosa also conceded that there was a delay in the party acting on allegations of state capture.

This after evidence leader advocate Alec Freund asked Ramaphosa about a 2011 Sunday Times article, which reported that the Gupta family had so much power that they summoned several senior officials to their Saxonwold home and appeared to influence the hiring and firing of officials.

Ramaphosa conceded that for five years, Parliament failed to act on allegations and media reports about the interference of the Guptas in government affairs.

“I accept, and I concede,” he told the commission, chaired by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.

“It is for this reason that in 2012… the resolution was

President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives on day 2 of his appearance on behalf of the ruling party African National Congress at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry.

taken. It was realised that we now need to activate another arm to go into this much deeper, and that was parliamentary process.”

He was also asked about allegations made by Fikile

Mbalula, who, in an NEC meeting, mentioned how he came to know of his appointment as minister.

Mbalula previously testified at the commission, saying he “suffered” and was “attacked”

for taking a stand and informing the ANC top brass that Ajay Gupta allegedly knew about his Cabinet appointment before he was offered the job.

Mbalula told Zondo earlier that Gupta “congratulated” him on his appointment as minister of sport and recreation, a position Zuma had not yet offered him.

But Ramaphosa said to a number of them, what Mbalula said did not raise concerns.

He added the ANC should have acted. “We should have been more alert,” he said.

Ramaphosa also told the commission there were debates and contestations in the party on state capture.

He said matters of contestation could have led to delayed action. He also said there were those who denied there was state capture.

“What is good is that we are now here (at the State Capture Inquiry), many other leaders of the ANC have appeared here. We are here to take corrective measures,” he said. – NEWS24.

US MAKES HISTORY WB injects $100m into troubled …Madam Vice-President, northern Mozambique Madam Speaker: First time titles used in House

WASHINGTON - History was made once again on Wednesday night President Joe Biden gave his first address to a joint session of congress.

Two prominent women bumped elbows before the session began then when President Biden’s speech started, as protocol would have it, the duo sat behind the US President as he addressed the session of congress.

“Madam Speaker, Madam Vice-president,” were the opening remarks in Biden’s state of the Union address to the house.

This was the first time such words were ever uttered in American history.

The statement referred to Vice-President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

Kamala Harris made history last year when she was elected the first female Vice-president of America alongside President Joe Biden. The duo took over from former President Donald Trump officially on January 20, 2021.

On the other hand, Nancy Pelosi was reelected Speaker after the January 3, 2021 election at the beginning of the 117th Congress.

She was re-elected for the second consecutive time.

President Biden has laid out a sweeping investment plan for jobs, education and social care in his first speech to the joint session of Congress.

Delivered on the eve of his 100th day in office, the Democrat pitched some $4 trillion in spending - the largest overhaul of US benefits since the 1960s, analysts say. He called it a “once in a generation investment in America itself.” – THE STANDARD/BBC

MAPUTO - The World Bank on Wednesday granted $100 million for an emergency recovery project in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by a jihadist insurgency.

An agreement for the funding - part of a three-year $700-million project was signed by the government and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) which oversees the project.

Gas-rich Cabo Delgado province has been battered by a bloody jihadist insurgency since 2017 by a group known locally as al-Shabab.

In a major intensification of the violence, Islamic State-linked militants raided the coastal town of Palma on March 24, killing dozens and driving more than 25, 000 out of the town.

Three years of violence has killed at least 2 800 people according to Acled, a non-governmental organisation (NGO).

President Filipe Nyusi, who attended the signing ceremony in Pemba, the provincial capital, said: “Despite the pain and sorrow that has characterised the lives of Mozambicans,” the agreement would help deal with a “humanitarian catastrophe.”

He vowed that “together we shall overcome and win” the battle with extremists, by focusing the national agenda on development.

“The heart of this plan is to remove families from situations of vulnerability through socio-economic

Friday 30, April 2021

Malawi outlaws death penalty LILONGWE - Malawi’s highest court on Wednesday outlawed the death penalty and ordered the resentencing of all convicts facing execution.

Capital punishment has long been mandatory in Malawi for prisoners convicted of murder or treason, and optional for rape.

Violent robberies, house break-ins and burglaries could also be punishable by death or life imprisonment.

Executions have however not been carried out since Malawi’s first

democratically elected president, Bakili Muluzi, opposed the punishment when he took office in 1994.

In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, Supreme Court judges hearing an appeal by a murder convict declared the death penalty “unconstitutional,” de facto abolishing the punishment.

“The death penalty... is tainted by the unconstitutionality discussed,” the judgement said.

Malawi last executed around two dozen prisoners in 1992, according to Amnesty International.

More than 30 countries in Africa still have the death penalty on their books, but just under half have carried out executions in recent years. – AFP.

Gunmen kill two officers in south Nigeria inABUJA latest attack on police, security - Gunmen have killed two police officers in Nigeria’s southern Akwa Ibom state, a spokesperson said, in the latest attack targeting security operatives in the region.

The incident happened on Tuesday evening, at Ika district of the state, when the gunmen ambushed and shot the two on their way home after work, police spokesperson Odiko MacDon said in a statement. – AFP.

Rwandan woman in court for genocide after deported from US KIGALI - A Rwandan woman accused of brutal crimes

during the 1994 genocide in her home country appeared in a Kigali court Wednesday after being deported from the United States earlier this month.

Beatrice Munyenyezi, 51, a mother of three, arrived in Kigali on April 17 after serving a 10-year prison sentence in the United States for lying about her involvement in the genocide, which allowed her to obtain citizenship. – AFP.

India state elections go ahead as deaths hit record high NEW DELHI - People in the Indian state of West Bengal are voting in the final phase of elections despite soaring Covid cases.

Long queues were seen outside polling booths, raising concerns about further spread of the virus amidst a deadly second wave. – BBC.

Michael Collins, pilot of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon dies WASHINGTON - American astronaut Michael Collins, who President Filipe Nyusi

inclusion,” the president said.

The government also sought “to restore normality to affected areas” where around 700, 000 people have been displaced, he added.

The project aims to provide social services along with agricultural aid and infrastructure such as schools and mobile hospitals.

“The funds provide an opportunity to deliver services with intensity and avoid a humanitarian toll from lost income, shelter and a deteriorating capital,” said Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough, WB director for Mozambique.

“What is significant in this moment is the humanitarian need. As a bank we don’t support humanitarian (needs)... but what is becoming so clear now ... is there is no clear line between humanitarian and development,” she said – AFP.

as pilot of the Apollo 11 command module stayed behind on July 20, 1969, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin travelled to the lunar surface to become the first humans to walk on the moon, died on Wednesday at age 90. His family said he died of cancer.

Often described as the “forgotten” third astronaut on the historic mission, Collins remained alone in the command module for more than 21 hours until his two fellow astronauts returned in the lunar module. He lost contact with mission control in Houston each time the spacecraft circled the dark side of the moon. – REUTERS.

The three crew members of NASAs Apollo 11 lunar landing mission pose for a group portrait a few weeks before the launch. From left to right, Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Buzz Aldrin.

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NUMBA HAILS ZESCO FOR BLUNTING ARROWS

By MICHAEL MIYOBA ZESCO United coach Mumamba Numba has hailed his charges for showing character to extend their winning streak to eight games following the 2-1 beating of Red Arrows in an exciting Week-27 MTN Super League fixture played on Wednesday at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.

Zesco United had to come from a goal down to beat Red Arrows 2-1 to open an eightpoint lead at the summit of the 18-team MTN Super League table.

Addrian Chama converted a spot kick and cancelled out Allasan Diara’s first minute strike before enterprising midfielder, Kelvin Kampamba inspired Zesco to victory with a goal of the season contender.

Speaking in an interview with Zesco United Media team, Numba said his players’ attitude was fantastic despite having allowed Red Arrows to go ahead in the first minute due to lack off concentration.

Numba said the win was critical as it raised the team’s spirit after losing the ABSA Cup final to Lusaka Dynamos at the weekend.

“We conceded that early goal due to lack of concentration.

That goal gave Arrows a lot of confidence and clearly showed that they were a team that came

HAPPY FLOPS From page 20

“I’m not regretting anything I’m very happy with my players and I’m very proud of them.

We are a team now and everyone knows who Napsa Stars is.

“In 2018 this team was trying to survive relegation but within two years we managed to revive the team from being survival contenders to a team playing CAF Confederations Cup group stage which was a very good experience for us,” Fathi said.

He noted that NAPSA Stars had learned a lot of things from competing in the CAF Confederations Cup and would come back a better side when they bounce back next season.

Meanwhile, Nkana coach Beston Chambeshi said he was happy with his team’s performance in the 2-0 defeat to Moroccan giants Raja Casablanca in their final Group D match played on Wednesday night at Stade Mohamed V Stadium in Casablanca.

Chambeshi blamed Nkana’s failures to go past the Group Stage to the team’s poor performances in the home games where they only managed to pick one win from the three home games.

He however noted that he was happy with the character shown by his charges in his first game since he replaced Kelvin Kaindu as head coach.

Nkana finished Group D with six points collected from two wins and four defeats.

here to get a result.

“But after a pep talk just after halftime, we saw a different team; the attitude was fantastic,” Numba said.

“The only thing we are happy with is the result because we really needed this victory so that it motivates us especially after coming from a defeat in the Absa Cup final,” he said.

Numba heaped praise on attacking midfielder Kelvin Kampamba after the former scored a beauty of a goal that ensured that Arrows left Ndola empty handed.

“We are very happy with what Kelvin is doing especially in the last two games. He has been exceptional and all we can do is to continue encouraging

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Kelvin Mubanga Kampamba beats two Red Arrows players before unleashing a shot during Zesco’ 2-1 win at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Wednesday. Picture courtesy of Zesco United

him. He is a very good player who is very talented. I think if he continues the way he is performing, better and bigger doors will open for him abroad.”

As the runaway league leaders, Zesco United dominate the Super League with 49 points, eight points ahead of second placed Forest Rangers who are on 41 points.

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The Agency now invites eligible firms to submit sealed bids for these works in the following regions: Lot Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Regions Northern Muchinga Central Luapula North Western Western Lusaka Eastern A & B Southern A & B Copperbelt

Award of contract will be restricted to not more than three lots per bidder Interested bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the Procurement & Supplies Unit offices, Food Reserve Agency, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, P.O. Box 34054, Lusaka, Zambia. The telephone numbers are 260-211286097/286106 and fax number is 260-211-286581.

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The bidding documents can be obtained from the Procurement & Supplies Unit offices, Food Reserve Agency, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Lusaka, upon presentation of an official FRA receipt for the K750.00 bank deposit. The telephone numbers are 260-211-286097/286106.

The bids should be appropriately bound, sealed and bold labeled “Tender for servicing & maintenance of fire-fighting equipment” and addressed to the Procurement Coordinator, Food Reserve Agency, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Lusaka.

The bids must be deposited in the Tender Box at the reception area, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Lusaka, on or before Friday 14th May 2021 at 10:00 hours and must be accompanied by proof of purchase of the bidding documents.

The closing date for the receipt of bids is Friday 14th May 2021 at 10:00 hours and any bid received after the time and date stipulated above will not be accepted.

The bids will be opened thereafter in the Board Room, in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend.

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ZAMBIA’S footballer Kabaso Chongo is nursing head injuries after his TP Mazembe side were attacked by rival supporters in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday.

Mazembe were playing FC Sanga Balende in Mbuji Mayi, central DR Congo, where they scored a late win, something that displeased the hosts’ supporters.

The supporters then started stoning the Mazembe entourage leaving four players injured, including Chongo.

“I am still in a lot of pain. I can’t say when exactly I will be back in training but I will need a few days to recover,” he said.

SCOREBORD: Mazembe, who are based in Lubumbashi, are hoping to defend the league though they are second after Kinshasa-based AS Vita, Zesco United 3-2 Indeni FC Kabaso who are the current leaders. – BBC. Lusaka Dynamos 4-1 Red Arrows

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Monday October 5, 2020

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

NAPSA Stars coach Mohamed Fathi says he does not regret his team’s failure to reach the quarter finals of the CAF Confederations Cup after finishing Group B on fourth position with four points.

In an interview after Napsa Stars were beaten 2-1 by JS Kabylie in their final Group B fixture played on Wednesday night in Algeria, Fathi said he was proud

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PRISON Leopards have maintained their top four position following a 1-0 win over Buildcon in their week 11 fixture played in Kabwe yesterday.

Prior to the game, Leopards were on fourth place and have since moved to third place on the Super Division league.

David Obash was the difference for the two sides as his ninth minute strike was all Leopards needed to add more woes to Buidlcon side.

In other fixtures, Lusaka Dynamos recently signed midfielder Collins Sikombe contined with his fine form for his side as his goal was enough to seal the win for his

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of the pensioners for showing a lot of determination in their maiden appearance in the continental championship.

Fathi said the Pensioners battered the defending champions RSB Berkane in one of the Group B fixtures played at Heroes Stadium in Lusaka.

Napsa Stars has transformed from a team which was fighting relegation in 2018 to a CAF Confederations Cup group stage competitor.

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team as they beat Indeni 1-0 in Ndola.

Stuttering Green Bufaloes and Forest Rangers shared the spoils in their fixture played at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka with Chipili Mungule scoring for Buffaloes while Quadri Kolatwas scored for Rangers in their 1-1 tie..

Red Arrows are back to winning ways following their 2-0 win over Young Green Eagles in the second double header played at Nkoloma Stadium.

Paul Katema opened the scores in the third minute while Felix Bulaya completed the rout in the 82 minute to hand Arrows victory.

SCORE BOARD: Green Buffaloes 1-1 Forest Rangers Indeni 0-1 Lusaka Dynamos Prison Leopards 1-0 Buildcon Red Arrows 2-0 Young Green Eagles

By MUKWIMA CHILALA

L I A S Mpondela has been re-elected for another fouryear term as Zambia Athletics pres-

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