Wednesday 29 June 2011

9 LUAPULA CHIEFS THROW THEIR WEIGHT BEHIND PRESIDENT RUPIAH BANDA AND THE RULING MMD IN THIS YEAR'S GENERAL ELECTIONS

9 LUAPULA CHIEFS HAVE THROWN THEIR WEIGHT BEHIND PRESIDENT RUPIAH BANDA AND THE RULING MMD IN THIS YEAR'S GENERAL ELECTIONS.
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE 9 CHIEFS FROM LUAPULA PROVINCE, CHIEF SAMPA OF SAMFYA SAYS THE CHIEFS FROM THE PROVINCE WILL ONLY SUPPORT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND A POLITICAL PARTY WHICH IS PROGRESSIVE.
CHIEF SAMPA STATED THAT THE PEOPLE OF LUAPULA PROVINCE ARE HAPPY WITH THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT BANDA AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS WHICH ARE ON THE GROUND ADDING THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE WITH PRESIDENT BANDA’S GOVERNMENT SO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS  CAN CONTINUE.
THE TRADITIONAL LEADER STRESSED THAT ZAMBIA CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE A DICTATOR FOR A PRESIDENT LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN UGANDA AND OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA AND THE WORLD BECAUSE SUCH A PRESIDENT WOULD PUT THE COUNTRY ON FIRE DUE TO THEIR POOR LEADERSHIP STYLE.
MEANWHILE CHIEF SAMPA HAS LASHED OUT AT OPPOSITION PATRIOTIC FRONT PRESIDENT MICHAEL SATA FOR SHUNNING THE BURIAL OF THE  LATE FORMER PRESIDENT DR FREDRICK CHILUBA.
HE SAYS MR. SATA SHOULD TELL THE PEOPLE THE HIDDEN AGENDA WHICH HE HAS OR HAD AGAINST THE LATE FORMER HEAD OF STATE BECAUSE THE SAME PERSON HE DID NOT ATTEND HIS BURIAL  IS THE SAME ONE WHO APPOINTED HIM TO SAVE IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT POSITIONS.
AND THE PEOPLE OF LUAPULA PROVINCE HAVE ALSO THANKED PRESIDENT BANDA AND THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT AND THE MEDIA FOR ACCORDING DR CHILUBA A WELL DESERVED FUNERAL AND BURIAL.
SOME OF THE CHIEF WHO ATTENDED THE PRESS BRIEFING ARE CHIEF SAMPA HIMSELF, CHIEF KASOMALWELA, CHIEF LUKWESA, CHIEFTAINESS KANYEMBO, CHIEF LUBUNDA FROM NCHELENGE AND CHIEF MULANGU OF SAMFYA, CHIEF KAMBWALI OF NCHELENGE.

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ZAMTEL AND THE NATIONAL UNION FOR COMMUNICATION WORKERS SIGNS AN AMENDED RECOGNITION AGREEMENT

ZAMTEL AND THE NATIONAL UNION FOR COMMUNICATION WORKERS (NUCW) HAVE SIGNED AN AMENDED RECOGNITION AGREEMENT AIMED AT SAFEGUARDING THE INTEREST AND WELFARE OF ALL UNIONIZED EMPLOYEES.
IN A JOINT STATEMENT RELEASED TODAY, THE TWO INSTITUTIONS HAVE  AGREED TO PURSUE A STABLE AND HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE WELFARE OF ZAMTEL EMPLOYEES.
THE TWO PARTIES ENDORSED THE PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND RECOGNIZED THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS TO BELONG TO A UNION OF THEIR CHOICE OR REFRAIN FROM MEMBERSHIP.
THE AGREEMENT SIGNED TODAY STATES THAT UNION MEMBERSHIP IS NOT A CONDITION FOR EMPLOYMENT BUT A CHOICE OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND MEMBERS SHALL NOT BE PRESSURED OR VICTIMIZED IN ANY WAY FOR THEIR DECISION TO JOIN OR WITHDRAW FROM MEMBERSHIP.
NATIONAL UNION OF COMMUNICATION WORKERS PRESIDENT PATRICK KAONGA SAYS THE NEWLY SIGNED AGREEMENT HAD BEEN RATIFIED BY THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT NEW ASPECTS AGREED UPON BY MANAGEMENT AND THE UNION.
MR. KAONGA SAYS BEFORE PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION, ZAMTEL EMPLOYEES WERE REPRESENTED BY THE UNION, ADDING THAT AFTER THE NEW MANAGEMENT TOOK OVER, THE UNION PROPOSED SOME AMENDMENTS THEY WANTED CONTAINED IN THE AGREEMENT WHICH ZAMTEL HAS CONSENTED TO.  
AND ZAMTEL CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICER EVE BANDA SAYS THE AGREEMENT IS MEANT TO INSPIRE A MOTIVATED WORKFORCE.
SHE SAYS ZAMTEL RECOGNIZES AND RESPECTS ZAMBIA’S LABOUR PRINCIPLES AND WILL ENDEAVOR TO UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES AS STIPULATED BY THE LAW.

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Monday 27 June 2011

STOP CHEATING PEOPLE, YOU NEVER CARED FOR LATE PRESIDENT DR CHILUBA, OPPOSITION LEADER TELL ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT BANDA

OPPOSITION PATRIOTIC FRONT LEADER MICHAEL SATA HAS CHARGED THAT PRESIDENT BANDA SHOULD NOT CHEAT PEOPLE THAT HE CARED FOR THE LATE SECOND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT DR. FREDRICK CHILUBA BECAUSE IF HE DID SO , HE WOULD HAVE PARDONED HIM AND NOT CONTINUE TO PERSECUTE HIM TO THE END.
SATA RECALLED THAT PRESIDENT KAUNDA PARDONED SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS USING HIS POWERS VESTED IN HIM BY THE CONSTITUTION LIKE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHRISTON TEMBO AMONGST OTHERS.
MR SATA SAYS PRESIDENT BANDA HAS BEEN PLAYING SEMANTICS BY CREATING LOOP HOLES WITHOUT SAVING HIS FRIEND DESPITE HAVING POWERS VESTED IN HIM.
HE NOTED THAT PEOPLE DID NOT CRITICIZE DR KAUNDA BECAUSE THEY NEW THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD USED HIS POWERS WHICH IS VESTED IN HIM UNDER THE SAME CONSTITUTION WHICH THEY MADE AND PRESIDENT BANDA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE SAME TOOL BUT FAILED.
MR SATA WAS SPEAKING IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RADIO PHOENIX ADDING IF PEOPLE REMEMBER VERY WELL HE PROMISED TO PARDON DR CHILUBA A FEW YEARS AGO IF HE BECOMES PRESIDENT AND THIS WAS CRITICIZED WITHOUT ANALYSES.
DR CHILUBA DIED ON THE 18TH OF JUNE DUE TO HEART PROBLEMS AT HIS KABULONGA RESIDENCE IN LUSAKA AND IS BEING BURIED TODAY AT EMBASSY PARK OPPOSITT CABINET OFFICE WERE THE THIRD REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT DR LEVEY PATRICK MWANAWASA IS BURIED AS WELL.

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Friday 24 June 2011

DEFECTION OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN ZAMBIA BEGINS AS PARLIAMENT SINE DIE TODAY

THREE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FROM THE UNITED LIBRAL PARTY (ULP), MOVEMENT FOR MULTI PARTY DEMOCRACY (MMD) AND AN INDEPENDENT FROM DUNDUMWEZI CONSTITUENCY HAVE TODAY DITCHED THEIR PARTIES AND JOINED THE UNITED PARTY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (UPND).
SPEAKING WHEN HE DEFECTED TO THE OPPOSITION UPND TODAY ULP LUKULU WEST MP BATUKE IMENDA ACCUSED THE RULING MMD OF HAVING STOLEN EVERY IDEA WHICH THE UPND FORMULATED WHEN THE PARTY WAS FORMED IN 2001 AND LATELY HAS BEEN GIVING ERRATIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE.
MR IMENDA VOWED THAT THE BAROTSELAND WHICH IS WESTERN PROVINCE IS NOT FOR ANY PARTY APART FROM THE UPND AND ALL PARTY MEMBERS MUST SEND THE MESSAGE STRONGLY TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
AND KATUBA MP JONAS SHAKAFUSWA WHO ALSO OFFICIALLY DITCHED HIS PARTY, HAS ACCUSED THE RULING PARTY OF CHANNELING THE MONEY MEANT FOR DEVELOPMENT TO PERSONAL USE.
MR SHAKAFUSWA WHO EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS OF THE ECONOMY WHICH HE SAID NEEDS SURGERY STATED THAT THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP OF THE MMD IS RIDING ON THE FRUITS WHICH WERE PLANTED BY OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THE LATE PRESIDENT DR CHILUBA AND MWANAWASA.
MEANWHILE DUNDUMWEZI INDEPENDENT AREA MP EDGAR SING’OMBE HAS ALSO RESIGNED TO JOIN THE UPND STATING THAT HIS PEOPLE ARE BITTER WITH THE MMD WHICH DISPLACED THEM FROM THEIR LAND.
MR SING’OMBE SAYS THE PEOPLE OF DUNDUMWEZI DECIDED THAT IT IS TIME THEY WORK WITH FRESH AND VIBRANT LEADERSHIP WHICH WILL ADDRESS THEIR PLIGHT AND NOT LEAVE THEM IN THE DARK LIKE WHAT THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT HAS DONE.
AND KABULONGA WARD 17 PF COUNCILOR CHARLES M’SISKA HAS ALSO DEFECTED TO THE UPND WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT STATING THAT THE PF LEADER MUST RETIRE FROM POLITICS.
IN CLOSING THE DEFECTION PROGRAMME OF THE FOUR POLITICIANS, UPND PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA HAS CALLED FOR UNITY OF PURPOSE IN THIS YEAR’S GENERAL ELECTIONS ADDING THAT ZAMBIANS MUST ELECT A LEADER WHO WILL RESTORE WHAT HAS BEEN LOST THROUGH CARELESSNESS AND MISMANAGEMENT.


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Monday 20 June 2011

SUSPECTED MMD CADRES ALLEGEDLY ATTACK, HARASSED AND DENY ENTRY LUSAKA BASED CLERGYWOMAN INTO THE FUNERAL HOUSE OF THE LATE FORMER SECOND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT DR. CHILUBA’S HOUSE

SUSPECTED MOVEMENT FOR MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY (MMD) CADRES YESTERDAY ALLEGEDLY ATTACK, HARASSED AND DENIED ENTRY A LUSAKA BASED CLERGYWOMAN REVEREND EDITH MUTALE INTO THE FUNERAL HOUSE OF THE LATE FORMER SECOND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT DR. CHILUBA’S HOUSE.
REVEREND MUTALE NARRATED THAT WHEN SHE WENT TO VISIT THE FUNERAL HOUSE MMD CADRES UNDER THE DIRECTIVE OF LUSAKA PROVINCE PARTY CHAIRPERSON WILLIAM BANDA ALMOST BEAT HER UP BECAUSE SHE ALLEGEDLY ASSOCIATES HERSELF WITH THE OPPOSITION PATRIOTIC FRONT PARTY.
AND SOURCES HAVE FURTHER REVEALED THAT THE MMD IN LUSAKA PROVINCE WITH THE DIRECTIVE OF PROVINCIAL CHAIRPERSON WILLIAM BANDA HAVE DRAFTED A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO IT WILL BAR FROM ENTERING INTO THE FUNERAL HOUSE FOR ALLEGEDLY BEING ENEMIES OF THE LATE PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.
AMONGST THE LIST IS THE OPPOSITION PATRIOTIC FRONT PRESIDENT MICHAEL SATA AND REVEREND EDITH MUTALE AMONGST OTHER WHO INCLUDE POST NEWSPAPER JOURNALISTS.
AND REVEREND MUTALE SAYS IT DISHEARTENING TO NOTE THAT THE FUNERAL OF A PERSON WHO WAS A PRESIDENT FOR ALL ZAMBIANS NO MATTER THEIR AFFILIATION IS POLITICIZED BY PEOPLE WHO WHERE NOT EVEN CLOSER TO THE PRESIDENT AND DID NOT EVEN COMFORT HIM IN HIS SICKNESS.
THE CLERGYWOMAN HAS CALLED ON RELEVANT AUTHORITIES LIKE THE POLICE TO CAGE MR. BANDA STATING THAT WHAT HE IS DOING IS INHUMAN AND UNCHRISTIAN AND FOREIGN TO ZAMBIA WHICH DOES NOT BELIEVE IN VIOLENCE AND UNNECESSARY WRANGLES.

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Friday 17 June 2011

RISING FOOD PRICES ARE CAUSING POOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO SINK DEEPER INTO HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION SAYS NEW REPORT RELEASED BY HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL

A NEW REPORT RELEASED BY A LEADING U.S.-BASED HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL SAYS RISING FOOD PRICES ARE CAUSING POOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO SINK DEEPER INTO HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION.
AND ACCORDING TO THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION, 925 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD GO HUNGRY EACH DAY COMPARED TO 848 MILLION IN 2007.
THE REPORT NOTES THAT EXPERTS BLAME THE HIGH COST OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL AS A MAIN CAUSE FOR THE SPIKE IN FOOD PRICES GLOBALLY BECAUSE AS GAS PRICES SOARED IN 2010, FOOD PRICES HAVE RISEN WITH THE SAME SPEED, LEAVING POOR FAMILIES HELPED BY CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL WITH FEW OPTIONS.
ACCORDING THE REPORT MOST POOR PARENTS WORK LONG HOURS FOR LITTLE PAY AND LACK THE MONEY NEEDED TO PURCHASE FOOD AND COOK A NUTRITIOUS MEAL.
AND HEALTH PROGRAM OFFICER FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL KATHRYN OSBORN, IN A REPORT ON NUTRITION REHABILITATION, SAYS THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MALNUTRITION AND ENTERING THE ORGANIZATION'S NUTRITION REHABILITATION PROGRAM HAS RISEN TO 12.5PERCENT OVER THE PAST YEAR.

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ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT OUTLINES BENEFITTS FOR ZAMBIA BELONGING TO BOTH SADC AND COMESA

GOVERNMENT HAS OUTLINED A NUMBER BENEFITS WHICH THE COUNTRY IS GETTING FROM BEING A MEMBER OF THE COMMON MARKET FOR EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (COMESA) AND THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) BY STATING THAT THE TWO REGION BLOCKS HAVE OPENED MARKETS FOR ZAMBIAN PRODUCTS.
MEANWHILE THE GOVERNMENT SAYS ZAMBIA PAID ABOUT $4 438 000 FOR BEING A MEMBER STATES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO SADC AND OVER $1MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO COMESA SINCE 2009.
ACCORDING TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPUTY MINISTER PROFESSOR FASHION PHIRI ZAMBIA HAS CONTINUED TO BENEFIT FROM JOINT PROGRAMMES WHICH ENHANCE REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND SCALED UP PROGRAMMES IN AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES THROUGH REGION BLOCK POLICIES.
PROFESSOR PHIRI WHO WAS SPEAKING IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY SAID THAT OPENING OF FREE TRADE AREA UNDER COMESA HAS BENEFITTED ZAMBIA AS MOST OF BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN ARE ABLE TO TRADE FREELY WITHOUT MANY PROBLEMS AS IT WAS THE CASE IN THE PAST.
PROFESSOR FASHION PHIRI WAS ANSWERING TO A QUESTION FROM CHIPILI MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT DAVIES MWILA WHO WANTED TO KNOW (A) HOW MUCH MONEY ZAMBIA PAID TO BOTH COMESA AND SADC AS SUBSCRIPTION FEES FROM 2009 TO DATE AND WHAT THE BENEFITS OF ZAMBIA’S MEMBERSHIP TO BOTH REGION BLOCKS ARE.

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VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION EXERCISE OF ANGOLAN REFUGEES FROM ZAMBIA RESUMES FOUR YEARS AFTER IT WAS SUSPENDED

THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION EXERCISE OF ANGOLAN REFUGEES FROM ZAMBIA HAS RESUMED FOUR YEARS AFTER IT WAS SUSPENDED WITH 81 REFUGEES SAFELY ARRIVING IN THEIR COUNTRY YESTERDAY.
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES’ COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE JOYCE MENDS-COLE DESCRIBED THE RE-LAUNCH OF THE ORGANIZED REPATRIATION AS A WATERSHED OCCASION MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE REFUGEE SITUATION FOR ANGOLANS.
THE FIRST PHASE OF ORGANIZED ANGOLAN VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION W2AS UNDERTAKEN BETWEEN 2003 AND 2007 DURING WHICH A TOTAL OF 74, 000 REFUGEES WERE ASSISTED TO RETURN HOME FROM ZAMBIA’S CAMPS AND SETTLEMENTS AND IN ADDITION, ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM ANGOLA, MANY SELF SETTLED REFUGEES FROM ZAMBIA ALSO RETURNED TO THAT COUNTRY DURING THAT PERIOD.
THE UNHCR SAYS THE RECOMMENCEMENT OF THE ORGANIZED REPATRIATION WAS AGREED AT THE FIFTH TRIPARTITE MEETING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA, THE EXECUTIVE OF ANGOLA AND THE UNHCR HELD IN LIVINGSTONE FROM 1 TO 2 APRIL 2011 ON THE REPATRIATION OF ANGOLAN REFUGEES.
IT IS REPORTED THAT EVEN AFTER THE OFFICIAL END OF THE ORGANIZED VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION IN 2007, ANGOLAN REFUGEES CONTINUED TO RETURN HOME FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF MAHEBA IN NORTH WESTERN AND MAYUKWAYUKWA IN WESTERN PROVINCES UNDER THE INDIVIDUAL SPONTANEOUS REPATRIATION.
THE UNHCR HAS STATED THAT THE ORGANIZED ANGOLAN VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME WILL LAST FOR FOUR MONTHS, UP TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AS WEATHER CONDITIONS THEREAFTER WILL NOT PERMIT THIS EXERCISE TO CONTINUE.
A TOTAL OF 2,500 ANGOLANS RETURNED HOME BETWEEN 2007 AND 2010 UNDER THE EXERCISE AND SOME 25,000 ANGOLANS IN THE TWO SETTLEMENTS, URBAN AREAS AND SELF-SETTLED STILL RESIDE IN ZAMBIA.

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Thursday 16 June 2011

SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF ZAMBIA CHAIRPERSON KUFEKISA LAUGERY NOTES THAT THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AMONGST OLD PEOPLE HAS CONTINUED TO PERPETUATE THE SITUATION OF ABUSE

SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF ZAMBIA CHAIRPERSON KUFEKISA LAUGERY HAS NOTED THAT THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AMONGST OLD PEOPLE HAS CONTINUED TO PERPETUATE THE SITUATION OF ABUSE AND ABROGATION OF THE VARIOUS LEGISLATIONS.
SPEAKING DURING THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF A TWO DAYS WORKSHOP DUBBED “COMMUNITY RIGHTS AWARENESS” IN LUSAKA WEST YESTERDAY; MRS. LAUGERY SAID THAT MOST OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES ARE NOT AWARE OF THEIR VARIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH AWARENESS.
MRS. LAUGERY SAID THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENSURE THAT IT IMPLEMENTS THE POLICY FOR AGED TO HELP START CHANNELING SOME FUNDS TOWARDS EDUCATING THE OLD PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR GOD GIVEN ENTITLEMENT.
SHE STATED THAT THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND CURRENTLY IS PROVING NOT TO BE SUITABLE TO THE OLD PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING ABUSE WITHOUT REALIZING THAT IF THEY STARTING SPEAKING OUT, THESE ACTIVITIES CAN BE STOPPED.
MRS. LAUGERY CALLED ON THE ELDERLY PEOPLE TO STAND UP AND START DEMANDING WHAT IS DUE TO THEM JUST LIKE THE WOMEN AND YOUTH MOVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DOING TO ENSURE THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HEAD AND NOT LEFT OUT IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

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14.9BILLION ZAMBIAN KWACHA WORTHY OF PROPERTY WAS LOST DURING THE MANSA VIOLENCE-ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT

GOVERNMENT HAS DISCLOSED THAT ABOUT 14.9BILLION KWACHA WORTHY OF PROPERTY WAS LOST DURING THE MANSA VIOLENCE THAT ERUPTED DUE TO THE RUMOURS WHICH WERE SPREADING AROUND THAT THEY WERE RITUAL MURDERS BE DONE BY WELL TO DO BUSINESS PEOPLE.
HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER RICHARD TIMA TOLD PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY THAT THERE IS NO PERSON WHO DIED AFTER THEY WERE SHOT AT BY THE POLICE ADDING THAT FOR THIS REASON NO OFFICER BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE VIOLENCE WHICH ERUPTED IN MANSA.
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MR TIMA WAS RESPONDING TO A QUESTION FROM CHIPILI MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT DAVIES MWILA WHO WANTED TO KNOW (A) WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE RIOTS IN APRIL 2011, (B) HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SHOT AT BY THE POLICE AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIED DURING THE DISTURBANCES, (C) HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE DEATHS AND (D) WHAT THE TOTAL VALUE OF PROPERTY LOST DURING THE RIOTS IS?
MEANWHILE ANSWERING A QUESTION ON THE FLOOR AS TO WHETHER GOVERNMENT IS AWARE THAT BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE LEAVING MANSA TOWN DUE TO THE VIOLENCE WHICH ERUPTED IN APRIL THIS YEAR, HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER MKHONDO LUNGU SAID THAT AT THE MOMENT EVERYTHING IS WELL IN MANSA AND GOVERNMENT IS NOT AWARE OF ANY BUSINESSMEN LEAVING THE AREA AT THE MOMENT DUE TO VIOLENCE.

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ZAMBIA'S OPPOSITION POLITICAL SAYS CONDUCTING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IS CRITICAL TO THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN ANY COUNTRY AS IT REFUSES TO GO INTO A PACT WITH THE RULING PARTY

THE OPPOSITION UNITED PARTY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (UPND) SAYS CONDUCTING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IS CRITICAL TO THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN ANY COUNTRY.
PARTY PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA ALSO NOTES THAT TRANSPARENT, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ZAMBIA’S DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
HE SAYS ISSUANCE OF NATIONAL REGISTRATION CARDS (NRC’S) VOTER REGISTRATION, POLLING STATION MANAGEMENT ON THE VOTING DAY, ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS AND INSTALLATION OF WINNERS NEED TO BE CONDUCTED PROPERLY.
MR. HICHILEMA STRESSES THAT THE 2011 VOTERS REGISTER AS IT STANDS NOW HAS A LOT OF ANOMALIES WITH MANY VOTERS WHO REGISTERED NOT BEING IN THE REGISTER.
HE SAYS SOME VOTERS HAVE THEIR ESSENTIAL DETAILS MISSING SUCH AS PICTURES AND WRONG NAMES AND A NUMBER OF VOTERS HAVING THEIR POLLING STATIONS CHANGED.
THE UPND LEADER ALSO OBSERVES THAT THE 2005 DATA BASE OF REGISTERED VOTERS HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH NEGATIVELY WITH SOME VOTERS CAPTURED AS HAVING BEEN BORN IN 1820.
MR. HICHILEMA HAS CHARGED THAT THESE ANOMALIES AND MANY OTHERS INDICATE THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REGISTERED VOTERS WILL BE DISENFRANCHISED – A SCENARIO HE SAYS CONSTITUTES RIGGING OF ELECTIONS.
THE UPND IS THEREFORE DEMANDING THAT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA (ECZ) CORRECTS ALL THE ANOMALIES TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
THE PARTY DEMANDS FURTHER THAT THE VOTER VERIFICATION PERIOD BE EXTENDED FOR ONE MONTH.
MEANWHILE THE UPND LEADER HAS DISPELLED ASSERTIONS FROM SOME PEOPLE THAT HIS PARTY IS IN TALKS WITH THE RULING MMD FOR A POSSIBLE ALLIANCE DURING THIS YEAR’S GENERAL ELECTIONS.
MR HICHILEMMA SAYS HIS PARTY AND THE MMD HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON WHICH THEY CAN BASE THEIR RELATIONSHIP ON.


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Monday 13 June 2011

ZAMBIA'S NDOLA MAGISTRATE COURT SENTENCES A 29YEAR OLD CHINESE NATIONAL TO 21 DAYS SIMPLE IMPRISONMENT ON ONE COUNT OF CORRUPT PRACTICES

THE NDOLA MAGISTRATE COURT HAS SENTENCED A 29YEAR OLD CHINESE NATIONAL TO 21 DAYS SIMPLE IMPRISONMENT ON ONE COUNT OF CORRUPT PRACTICES WITH PUBLIC OFFICER CONTRARY TO SECTION 29 SUB TWO AND 41 OF THE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT NUMBER 42 OF 1996.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT NDOLA HIGH COURT KELVIN LIMBANI SITTING AS CHIEF RESIDENT MAGISTRATE AT NDOLA MAGISTRATE COURT SENTENCED PIN STEVEN ZHAO OF SUNFENG MINERALS AND MINING LIMITED ON FRIDAY 10TH JUNE 2011.
PARTICULARS OF THE OFFENCE ARE THAT MR. ZHAO OF PLOT NUMBER 3285 MUSHILI ROAD, MASALA ON 10TH OCTOBER 2009 AT NDOLA DISTRICT OF THE COPPERBELT PROVINCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, CORRUPTLY OFFERED AND ACTUALLY GAVE 3MILLION KWACHA CASH GRATIFICATION TO CHRISPIN MWILA TO RELEASE LIFENG TANG WHO WAS IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR SUSPECTED COPPER THEFT, A MATTER OR TRANSACTION WHICH CONCERNED THE ZAMBIA POLICE SERVICE, A PUBLIC BODY.
MR. MWILA A POLICE OFFICER BASED AT NDOLA CENTRAL POLICE STATION RESISTED THE BRIBE AND REPORTED THE MATTER TO THE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION AND LATER ON THE COMMISSION ARRESTED MR ZHAO ON 12TH OCTOBER 2009.
MR. ZHAO IS REMANDED AT PETER SINGOGO REMAND PRISON WHERE HE IS SERVING HIS 21 DAY SENTENCE AFFECTIVE 3RD JUNE 2011, THE DAY HE WAS CONVICTED.
ACC CORPORATE AFFAIRS OFFICER WEZZY CHOMBA HAS DISCLOSED THIS TO RADIO PHOENIX IN A PRESS STATEMENT MADE AVAILABLE IN LUSAKA TODAY.

Thursday 9 June 2011

THE REFUSAL BY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA TO EXTEND THE VOTER VERIFICATION EXERCISE EVEN FOR ONE MONTH IS A SIGN THAT THE RULING MOVEMENT FOR MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY HAS STARTED THE RIGGING PROCESS-HH

OPPOSITION UNITED PARTY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (UPND) PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA HAS CHARGED THAT THE REFUSAL BY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA TO EXTEND THE VOTER VERIFICATION EXERCISE EVEN FOR ONE MONTH IS A SIGN THAT THE RULING MOVEMENT FOR MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY HAS STARTED THE RIGGING PROCESS.
SPEAKING IN AN INTERVIEW WITH JOURNALISTS AFTER TOURING THE MTENDERE MARKET YESTERDAY, MR. HICHILEMA STATED THAT ECZ SHOULD LISTEN TO THE CALLS OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT THAT OF THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE NON-EXTENSION OF THE EXERCISE WILL DISENFRANCHISE THE REGISTERED VOTERS.
MR HICHILEMA SAID THE OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES WILL NOT SIT IDLE AND WATCH THE RULING PARTY RIG THIS YEAR’S ELECTIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING FOR CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP.
HE REITERATED THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT ACCEPT TO HAVE THE ELECTIONS RIGGED THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY ARE TIRED OF OLD AND RECYCLED POLITICIANS GOVERNING THEM WITHOUT BRINGING MEANINGFUL CHANGE TO THEIR LIVES BUT ONLY THAT OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILIES.
MEANWHILE MR. HICHILEMA WHO NOTED THAT THE MARKET IS IN PATHETIC CONDITION DUE TO BAD INFRASTRUCTURE VOWED TO INTRODUCE LOAN FACILITIES FOR THE MARKETEERS AND IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ONCE ELECTED.
HE SAID THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE MARKETEERS BECAUSE IT HAS OVERSTAYED IN GOVERNMENT AND ITS IDEAS HAVE RUN OUT.


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BARCLAY’S BANK COMPANY SECRETARY LAWRENCE DICKSON NOTES THAT THE WORLD IS FACED WITH A VICIOUS CYCLE OF INCREASED POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, INEQUALITY AND POSSIBLE CIVIL UNREST DUE TO LACK OF FINANCIAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AMONGST YOUTHS

VISITING BARCLAY’S BANK COMPANY SECRETARY LAWRENCE DICKSON HAS NOTED THAT THE WORLD IS FACED WITH A VICIOUS CYCLE OF INCREASED POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, INEQUALITY AND POSSIBLE CIVIL UNREST DUE TO LACK OF FINANCIAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AMONGST THE YOUTHS.
SPEAKING LAST NIGHT IN LUSAKA AFTER BARCLAYS BANK HOSTED A NIGHT GALA IN HIS HONOR, MR. DICKSON SAID IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT 50 PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION RESOURCE WHICH COMPRISES YOUTHS IS GOING TO WASTE AND LITTLE IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT.
MR DICKSON DISCLOSED THAT IN HELPING TO REDUCE THE UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS IN THE WORLD, HIS BANK DEVELOPED A PROGRAMME TITLED “BUILDING OUR FUTURE” SINCE 2008 WHICH IS AIMED AT ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF THE YOUTH IN 13 AFRICAN COUNTRIES OF WHICH ZAMBIA IS AMONGST THEM.
HE SAID A TOTAL BUDGET OF 5 MILLION POUNDS WAS SET ASIDE FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD.
MR. DICKSON SAID THE “BUILDING OUR YOUTHS” PROGRAMME WHICH IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH UNICEF TARGETS ABOUT 3000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN ZAMBIA TO ACCESS BUSINESS SKILLS AND BASIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
SPEAKING EARLIER BARCLAYS BANK ZAMBIA MANAGING DIRECTOR SAVIOR CHIBIYA POINTED THAT IN THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WITH UNICEF WHICH COVERS OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD, THE BANK HAS SO FAR INVESTED MORE THAN TWO BILLION KWACHA TO ENABLE THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ZAMBIA ACCESS BUSINESS SKILLS AND BASIC VOCATION TRAINING.
MEANWHILE SPORTS, YOUTH AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT PERMANENT SECRETARY TEDDY MULONGA THANKED THE BANK FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE UPLIFTING OF THE STANDARD OF YOUTHS IN THE COUNTRY AND REQUESTED THAT THE PROGRAMME BE EXTENDED TO ALLOW FOR MORE YOUTHS TO ACCESS THE SKILLS.
MR MULONGA STATED THAT GOVERNMENT WILL PLAY ITS PART OF LINKING THE YOUTHS TO ACCESS THE FUNDS FROM THE CITIZENS’ ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT COMMISSION AND ESTABLISH THEIR BUSINESSES.


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OPPOSITION P F FORMER NATIONAL YOUTH SECRETARY ERICK CHANDA DESCRIBES THE SENTIMENTS BY MMD THAT THE PF HAS CONCEDED DEFEAT IN THIS YEAR’S ELECTIONS AS WISHFUL THINKING AND BROAD DAY LIGHT THUGGERY

THE OPPOSITION PATRIOTIC FRONT FORMER NATIONAL YOUTH SECRETARY ERICK CHANDA HAS DESCRIBED THE SENTIMENTS BY THE RULING MOVEMENT FOR MULTI-PARTY PARTY DEMOCRACY THAT THE PARTY HAS CONCEDED DEFEAT IN THIS YEAR’S ELECTIONS AS WISHFUL THINKING AND BROAD DAY LIGHT THUGGERY.
SPEAKING IN AN INTERVIEW WITH RADIO PHOENIX MR. CHANDA SAID THAT MS SILIYA STOP MISLEADING THE PEOPLE BY WISHING FOR THE PF TO CONCEDE DEFEAT EVEN BEFORE THE ELECTIONS CAN BE HELD.
MR CHANDA SAID THE YOUTHS WILL NOT ALLOW THE MMD TO RIG THIS YEARS ELECTIONS THROUGH MANEUVERS AND WILL NOT ACCEPT ANYTHING ELSE APART FROM PF PRESIDENT BEING AT STATE HOUSE.
HE SAID THAT THE RULING PARTY HAS MADE THE POORER MORE POOR THAN IT FOUND THEM AND PUT SEPARATION BETWEEN THE POOR AND THE RICH AND PEOPLE HAVE SEEN WITH THEIR OWN EYE WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THEM MAKING UP THEIR MINDS TO CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT

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Monday 6 June 2011

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REVEALS THAT NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES ARE AMONG SOME OF THE MOST COMMON INFECTIONS THAT ARE AFFECTING ABOUT 2.7BILLION OF THE POOREST PEOPLE .

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) HAS REVEALED THAT NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES ARE AMONG SOME OF THE MOST COMMON INFECTIONS THAT ARE AFFECTING ABOUT 2.7BILLION OF THE POOREST PEOPLE OF THE WORLD MOST OF WHOM ARE SURVIVING ON LESS THAN $2 PER DAY.
WHO COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE TO ZAMBIA DR. OLUSEGUN BABNIYI SAYS THE DISEASES OCCUR PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS AND IN SOME POOR URBAN SETTINGS OF LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA AND AS SUCH THE DISEASES LEAD TO LONG TERM DISABILITY AND POVERTY AMONG IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES.
DR BABNIYI HAS STATED THAT NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES (NTD’S) CAUSE APPROXIMATELY 534,000 DEATHS ANNUALLY AND THE DISABILITY AND POVERTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISEASES HAS BEEN SHOWN TO CONSTITUTE LARGE BURDENS ON THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF LOW INCOME COUNTRIES.
THE WHO COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE POINTED OUT THAT THE ORGANIZATION IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS HAS DEVELOPED PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES ON MANAGEMENT OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES AND AS THE COUNTRIES ENTER INTO THE POST MAPPING PHASE FOR NTDS THERE IS NEED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL OR EVEN ELIMINATE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DISEASES IN TERMS OF PREVALENCE.
DR BABNIYI WAS SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES IN LUSAKA TODAY.
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SPEAKING AT THE SAME MEETING ON BEHALF OF HEALTH MINISTER DR KAPEMBWA SIMBAO, HEALTH DEPUTY MINISTER DR. CHRISTOPHER KALILA ALSO CALLED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES FOR BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATION AT PROVINCIAL, DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY LEVEL TO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY THE DISEASES HAVE.
DR KALILA NOTED THAT CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF NTDS REQUIRES STRONG PARTNERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES AND GUIDELINES,  RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND COORDINATION ACROSS SECTORS WHICH ARE DIFFERENTLY RESOURCED AND HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

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DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES APPEALS TO ZAMBIAN CHIEFS TO ENSURE THAT THEY PLAY THEIR ROLES PROPERLY

DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES HAS APPEALED TO THE HOUSE OF CHIEFS CHAIRPERSON TO ENSURE THAT CHIEFS PLAY THEIR ROLES OF BEING PARENTS AND TO BE ACCEPTING ALL POLITICAL  PARTIES TO BE CAMPAIGNING FREELY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CHIEFDOMS WITHOUT CHIEFS HAVING PREFERRED CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE.
DEGHA NATIONAL CO-ORDINATOR GERALD MUTELO SAYS CHIEFS MUST ALWAYS WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY BECAUSE THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE HOWEVER, SAYS THAT CHIEFS MUST NOT BE AVERTING PRESSURE ON THEIR SUBJECTS TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES WHOM THEY WANT BUT MUST ALLOW THEIR SUBJECTS TO CHOOSE LEADERS OF THEIR CHOICE WITHOUT ANY FEAR.
MR. MUTELO HAS STATED THAT CHIEF’S AND HEADMEN’S ARE PARENTS AND IF THEY BECOME PARTISAN THEY WILL LOSE THEIR RESPECT AND DIGNITY WHICH SUBJECTS GIVE TO THEM THEREFORE THEY MUST ALWAYS BE NON PARTISAN AND EMBRACE ALL PLAYERS IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.
HE SAYS CHIEFS AND HEADMEN’S MUST BE READING AND UNDERSTANDING THE ELECTORAL CODE OF CONDUCT SO THAT THEY KNOW THEIR ROLES WISELY.
MEANWHILE DEGHA HAS WARNED ALL ASPIRING CANDIDATES AND THE SELECTING COMMITTEES IN WARDS, CONSTITUENCIES AND NATIONAL COMMITTEES FOR ALL POLITICAL PARTIES THAT THEY MUST SELECT CANDIDATES IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER AND NOT THROUGH CORRUPT MEANS.
DEGHA HAS FURTHER ADVISED THE SELECTING COMMITTEE TO REPORT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ALL THE CANDIDATES WHO WILL WANT TO BRIBE THEM IN ORDER TO BE SELECTED AS CANDIDATES.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO A PRESS STATEMENT MADE AVAILABLE TO RADIO PHOENIX TODAY WHERE THE ORGANIZATION HAS ALSO CALLED FOR THE ADOPTION OF MORE YOUTHS AND WOMEN AS CANDIDATES, AND TO BE GENDER SENSITIVE.

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