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Chipolopolo acting coach Aggrey Chiyangi says the friendly match against Niger was helpful ahead of next month’s 2021 Africa Cup qualifying campaign opener against Algeria in North Africa.
Zambia were held to a 1-1 draw by Niger away in Niamey on Thursday evening
‘It’s been a very good game. Very good practise match and very good preparation,’ Chiyangi said.
‘I am happy especially with the way these guys (Niger) played because it is almost the way Algeria plays. The only difference is that them they are a bit slow and Algeria is much faster,’ he said.
‘For now I think we have a base especially on the team that is going to play the AFCON games. At least we have a base; we have a foundation where we can build from,’ Chiyangi said.
Chipolopolo have since arrived in Cotonou to play their final friendly against Benin on October 13.
‘It will be a different game against we have to use the other players that haven’t played. We want everyone to play at least a game. Others have played today we want to see also those that didn’t play,’ he said.
Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has cautioned Zambians in the diaspora to be wary of fake news on social media, meant to scandalise the country’s reputation and its leadership.
Mr Kampyongo cautioned that Zambians living abroad, need to make an effort to verify news they read on social media, adding that social platforms have now become a source of fake and unverified news.
The Minister said Zambians in the diaspora can rely on websites from the main news sources such as ZANIS, ZNBC and electronic versions of the local newspaper organizations such as Times of Zambia and the Zambia Daily mail.
He added that fake news has the potential to deceive people in the diaspora, in believing wrong things about their country.
The Minister was speaking at the Zambian Ambassador’s residence in Geneva where he and his South African counterpart Njabulo Nzuza, SA Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, was hosted for dinner.
Mr Kampyongo also encouraged the embassy staff to continue exhibiting good behaviour as they represent the country in Switzerland.
He urged them to continue supporting each other and respecting their superiors as they discharge their duties.
The Minister further reminded them to invest whatever resources they make back home for the country and their relatives to benefit.
And Zambia’s Ambassador to Switzerland Martha Mwitumwa told the Minister that Geneva has no Association of Zambians living abroad, as represented in other countries.
Mrs Mwitumwa who is also Zambia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations said the mission is however in the process of bringing all Zambians living in Switzerland together to form an association.
The Ambassador said it was difficult for the mission to take stock of the activities of Zambians in that country, due to lack of a traceable association.
Meanwhile, Home Affairs Deputy Minister of South Africa Njabulo Nzuza reveals that his country values the relations it has with Zambia.
Mr Nzuza added that the cordial ties between Zambia and South is good for trade as the people of the two countries are always in contact.
The Minister rebuked the recent attacks on foreign nationals which affected Zambians in South Africa.
He said his government has heightened security, to ensure safety of all foreign nationals, living in that country.
United Party for National Development (UPND) Secretary General Stephen Katuka
The opposition UPND has attributed the huge apathy of 66 percent of the registered voters in Kaoma in yesterday’s Council Chairperson by-election to the huge PF appetite to rig the election.
Party Secretary-General Stephen Katuka said people did not turn out because they were boycotting the PF failed leadership, brutality, and Dracula type bloodsucking murderers.
Below is a full statement.
ANALYSIS OF KAOMA BY ELECTIONS
Lusaka_11th October 2019- Kaoma District of Western Province has 47,789 voters. Kaoma district houses two constituencies namely, Kaoma Central and Mangango constituencies.
Both Kaoma Central and Mangango Constituencies have 66 polling stations in total and 87 polling streams.
The election results in the Kaoma by-election are as follows :
The number of voters who did not participate – 31,715 representing 66%.
The reason for this huge apathy of 66% of the registered voters who did not turn out is that they are boycotting the PF failed leadership, brutality and Dracula type bloodsucking murderers.
PF also went into Kaoma with mealie meal, meat bicycles and motorbikes for bribing voters.
Edgar Lungu further went to abuse government resources by taking with him a delegation of over 300 people from Lusaka.
A Zambia Army bus was used to ferry cadres which for us amounts to abuse of public office.
A Zambia Air force Helicopter flew over UPND rally , an act which amounts to provocation.
Unfortunately, all this happened in full view of the compromised Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ).
It is shameful that ECZ failed to disqualify PF from participating even after they continued terrorising villagers with fire arms, machetes and stones .
PF’s Killing of our supporter was not enough,gun shots continued as late as the midnight of 10th October 2019.
It is not a secret that PF wanted to capitalize on apathy in order to rig elections.
The understanding is that rigging operates on low voter turn out .
When the voter turn out is high, it is difficult to rig.
Moving forward, if the electorate continue to stay away from voting , they will be endorsing the hunger situation to continue.
If they stay away from voting, they are also saying the electricity load shedding , delayed salaries for civil servants, high mealie meal prices, high electricity tariffs, high price of fuel and more problems generally should continue.
We therefore call upon all Zambians to turn up in big numbers in all the elections to come.
Dr Nevers Mumba and HH during the news conference at UPND news conference
The Nevers Mumba led MMD has congratulated the UPND for retaining the Kaoma Council Chairperson seat.
And the MMD says it is In the same vein saddened with the violence which characterised the said elections.
Party spokesperson Cephas Mukuka said the police service have a huge challenge to come up with new ways and strategies of combating political thuggery and violence.
Dr Mukuka is saddened that Zambia keep losing lives in the name of political campaigns .
“In all fairness and without malice, we expected the ECZ to have halted the Kaoma By Elections. As it where it’s like credence was given to a mere election instead of life, which in this case was lost”, he said.
He said Life is precious and sacred and no-one just wakes up and takes it away from another person.
Dr Mukuka has accused the ECZ of being insensitive to issues of humanity and has implored them to be firm yet fair with their dealings.
He noted that as a result of the violence which erupted, innocent people got afraid to go and cast their votes resulting in the creation of voter apathy.
Dr Mukuka said government should by all means compensate the family of the deceased member of the UPND and the one behind this evil act arrested without any delays.
He said If nothing is done to people involved in political murders then the vice shall be encouraged.
“When govt starts to pay huge sums of money in terms of compensating families of those slain in cold blood, it will help the Executive to liase with security wings not to tolerate evil, wicked, satanic, and demonic political acts. The MMD led govt will ensure that people carry out campaigns in a very peaceful and democratic atmosphere without shedding blood or losing lives”, he added.
Dr Mukuka said Police will operate very professional as expected of them by society adding that Law breakers will be dealt with regardless of political affiliation.
The Road Transport and Safety Agency has intensified traffic law enforcement patrols on highways to curb road accidents as directed by President Edgar Lungu.
RTSA Acting Director and Chief Executive Officer Gladwell Banda say the Agency will double its efforts to increase the presence of RTSA officers on the highways as directed by the President.
“The patrols are targeting un-roadworthy vehicles, excessive speeding motorists, drunken drivers and compliance to statutory documents such as Driving Licences, Road Licences, and permits, including general road safety rules and regulations such as adherence to fastening seat-belts and non use of cell phone while driving,” Mr. Banda Said.
He has disclosed that RTSA in collaboration with Zambia Police Traffic Section will be conducting motorized and non-motorized patrols adding that the Agency will also ensure that all broken down vehicles causing obstruction on the roadway are removed to avoid the risk of road traffic accidents.
“I have with immediate effect directed all RTSA Provincial offices to get on the ground to ensure that we put an end to the escalating incidences of road traffic accidents especially on the highways,” Mr. Banda said.
“To model safe and courteous behaviour on the Zambian road network, the Agency has enhanced road safety education, to promote the use of proper signage of triangles to alert other motorists whenever there is a broken down vehicle on the roadway,” He said.
The patrols stem from a spate of accidents along the highways with the latest accidents this week along the Chingola-Kitwe road and Great North road respectively, leaving eight people dead and several injured in the two separate road accidents.
In a statement, Mr Banda described the accidents as unfortunate adding that RTSA will not allow the continued loss of lives due to road traffic accidents and will ensure total adherence to road traffic rules and regulations by all road users.
Socialist Party President Fred M’membe says the political violence in the Kaoma council chairperson by-election won by the UPND that has left a fellow citizen dead is very disturbing and annoying.
Dr. M’membe said no one’s life is worth a council chairperson’s election as Life is sacred.
He said it is necessary to continually remind ourselves that politics must be for the good of the country, and not for the political survival of any individual or party.
Dr. M’membe has warned that if that spirit of the primacy of the common good were to animate all the political parties, we would not witness the violence, killings which leave the public dismayed and disheartened.
He said the quality of democracy is determined by the establishment of proper structures and more just, fair and humane practices that facilitate freedom of thought, expression, association, and assembly.
“As we approach the 2021 elections we must start to express concern regarding the frequent instances of intolerance, intimidation, violence, and lust for power”, he said.
Dr. M’membe said in the present atmosphere of fierce competition and character assassination, the nation should be reminded of the noble goals of political activity.
He said politics should aim at promoting the common good and not intolerance, violence and killings adding that political discourse should concentrate on programs to improve the life of the nation rather than on intolerance, violence and killings.
Dr. M’membe said politicians should look for the common good of all the people and enter into sincere dialogue with opponents, even in cases of political divergence.
He said violence must be avoided because the election campaign should not be confused with a battlefield where the aim is to destroy the other.
Dr. M’membe said real political victory lies on the ideals proposed, on the ethical values of candidates, on the respect for the freedom of choice of all citizens, and not on any form of moral pressure or intimidation of political opponents or voters.
Multi award winning music star Macky2 has released the music video for the song, All For You featuring F Jay. The song is an ode to his daughter Faith.
President Edgar Lungu has urged various line ministries to treat quarterly cluster reports with the seriousness they deserve.
President Lungu has observed with concern that the cluster meetings are deteriorating in quality adding that there is the need for ministries that people are beginning to take the meetings like a formality.
The President has however emphasized that the quarterly cluster meetings are not a formality but a serious task that the government should undertake to the best of its abilities in order to know how the country is performing in each sector of the economy.
He was speaking at State House in Lusaka yesterday, during a Presidential Quarterly Cluster Reporting Secretariat Meeting, with Ministries of Finance and National Development Planning.
And the Head of State has further indicated that he has noticed how people have responded to the budget at parliament and away from parliament, including his speech of national address, hence the need for government to know what is happening and where the nation is in terms of performance, so that they can be able to explain to the people.
The President also stated that there is no need to pretend that Zambia is an island and is not affected by the global economy when the country is able to witness what some of the neighboring countries such as Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique are experiencing.
He advised that it is high time the government made adjustable improvements, in order to explain to the people how the nation is performing with the economy.
President Lungu pointed out that it is important that the government and the people know the level at which the nation is performing and the issues affecting the growth of the economy if any.
Meanwhile, President Lungu has implored the Ministry of Finance to monitor the implementation and factors that are affecting the country’s economy.
He further urged the ministry to also predict and project strengths in the country’s economy properly, as well as be able to advise if the nation is able to meet the set goals or not a.
Minister of Finance, Bwalya Ng’andu, gave a presentation on the country’s 2019 macroeconomic performance, while the Minister of National Development Planning Alexander Chiteme presented the 2019 mid-year Seventh National Development Plan performance.
Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Jean Kapata
Government has so far collected over two million Kwacha revenue through the inspection and escort fees on Mukula Logs in transit from Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC through Zambia.
Lands and Natural Resources Minister Jean Kapata says the amount accounts for 4- hundred and 45 DRC trucks laden with Mukula Trees between April and August 2019.
She disclosed this in a Ministerial Statement in Parliament.
Ms. Kapata revealed that 361 containers of Mukula trees from DRC have currently exited Zambia.
Ms. Kapata said out of the three thousand 400 containers earmarked to transit through Zambia.
She however bemoaned the slow rate at which the DRC government is implementing the transits of its Mukula Trees through Zambia.
The Zambian government last year endorsed the transit of three thousand 400 Mukula Tree laden containers from DRC through Zambia.
This was effected through Statutory number 96 of 2018, amended by statutory instrument number eight of 2019, and further amended by statutory instrument number 58 of 2019.
French President Emmanuel Macron took time to shake hands with Zambia’s Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Chitalu Chilufya at the end of the Global Funds Replenishment Conference. President Macron thanked President Lungu and the people of Zambia for their generosity towards the Replenishment of the Global Funds.
Zambia has pledged to contribute 5.5 million United States dollars to the Global Fund towards fighting HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis -TB and Malaria.
The money will be paid to the Global Fund between 2020 and 2022.
Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya who is in Lyon – France attending the Global Funds’ 6th Replenishment Conference on behalf of President Edgar Lungu disclosed this when he met the Fund’s Grants Manager Mark Erdington.
Dr. Chilufya said the strong political will exhibited by President Lungu has enabled Zambia make head-ways in fighting HIV and AIDS, TB and Malaria.
He also thanked the Global Fund for having contributed 1.2 billion dollars towards Zambia’s fight against the three diseases.
And Mr. Erdington thanked Zambia for contributing money towards the Fund and pledged support to the country.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron has officially opened the conference being attended by several Heads of State and governments.
Mr. Macron said the end of HIV, TB and Malaria is possible within this generation and demanded that the world raises 14 billion dollars towards the fight against the three diseases.
He also disclosed that 32 million lives have been saved since inception of the Global Fund.
The Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has defeated the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) in the Kaoma council Chairperson by-election held yesterday.
According to results published by the Electoral Commission, Opposition UPND Candidate Austin Muneku scored 7 8 01 votes against PF Candidate Ngebe Ngombo who polled 7 649 votes.
29-year old UPPZ candidate Kevin Maseka polled a distant 421, and there were 193 spoilt votes.
The Seat fell vacant after Bindundu Mutti who belonged to the UPND resigned in July.
Kaoma Council stretches across Mangango and Kaoma Central Constituencies and based on 2016 statistics, has 47,789 registered voters
UPND also scoped the Councillor seat in Samuteba Ward of Mwininlunga District, with 1140 against PF’s 827
However, PF managed to win the councilor seat in Chikonkwelo Ward, Kabompo District with 241 against UPND
UPND candidate’s 156
Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya
Government is concerned with reports of sexual harassment in higher learning institutions and workplaces.
Information and Broadcasting Minister, Dora Siliya says there is a lot of sexual harassment in institutions of learning, workplaces and even in homes.
Ms. Siliya says with the new technology, people should take advantage to shame men who prey on girls and young women.
Ms. Siliya was speaking when officials from Plan International and one of the girls, Betty Ryan, visited her office on Thursday.
The visit was to interact with the Minister and officials from the Ministry to learn the role of the ministry in ensuring gender sensitivity in the media and development as part of the commemoration of International Day of the Girl Child, which falls on 11th October 2019.
Meanwhile, Ms. Siliya said the Zambian film and theatre industry provides an opportunity to contribute to the national development.
And Betty, 19, a University of Zambia -UNZA-Student, thanked the Minister for the opportunity accorded to her to appreciate how the ministry of information and broadcasting operates.
