The Constitutional Court has ordered that a video should be reviewed by the Lusaka High Court before it is presented to it in the matter in which Munali Member of Parliament Prof. Nkandu Luo has challenged the nullification of her parliamentary seat.

There is a dispute over the video evidence and the viewing of the video will help determine whether it was the one which was submitted before the Court when the petition was first heard.

Justice Enock Mulembe sitting with Justices Annie Sitali and Mulenga Mungeni told the parties that the court can not dismiss the petition entirely without taking into consideration the circumstances that surround the missing videos evidence.

According to Justice Mulembe, since the issue in dispute is centered on the missing evidence, it was of importance for the parties in the presence of the trial court to determine whether or not the video apparently presented during the appeal is the one that was presented during the original case heard in the high court.

He said the lower court should make its findings to the Concourt by or before 29th March 2018

Its from there that the constitutional Court will make a final decision on whether or not to dismiss the appeal or to uphold the earlier decision.

The respondent, UPND’s Doreen Mwamba had applied that the court dismisses the appeal by Nkandu Luo as the records of appeal was both defective and incomplete.

She also contended that the Concourt has no jurisdiction to review it’s own ruling of 5th July 2017 in which it directed that the video be viewed by both parties and in an event of a disagreement,the trial court to view and ascertain its authenticity.

But on 18th July,2017, the Concourt ruled that it will go ahead to hear the matter even when there was no agreement on the video by both parties as well as the lack of a report from the trial court.

The respondent however argued that the Concourt lacks jurisdiction to review its own decision of July 5th 2017 and cannot therefore go ahead to determine the appeal in the absence of the video evidence.

She therefore applied that the matter be dismissed on grounds that the appeal is defective and incomplete.

The Concourt has now ruled that the trial judge reviews the authenticity of the video before proceeding to hearing the case.

The nullification or upholding of the nullification is yet to be decided.

President Edgar Lungu says there is need to have a coherence and cohesion communication of government programmes to the public.

And President Edgar Lungu has directed that a special committee within the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) must meet to deliberate on the financial challenges facing the Times of Zambia.

President Lungu says it is for this reason that government has decided to form ministerial clusters aimed at promoting strong imperative public communication to the people and to regulate an open dialogue between Ministries.

Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda said this to ZANIS in an exclusive interview shortly after a cluster meeting comprising the Ministry of Communication and Transport which was represented by Former Minister of Finance and Works and Supply Minister Felix Mutati, Livestock and Fisheries, Tourism and Arts Ministry, presented a Ministerial economic cluster report at state house to President Lungu today.

“The ideal of clusters is that President Lungu hopes that it will follow budgetary provision implementation, the 7th National Development plan and within the flame work set out in the monitoring and evaluations,” Mr. Chanda explained.

And cluster Chairperson Micheal Katambo who is also Minister of Agriculture said the cluster has presented several programmes that Ministries under the cluster have implemented and challenges faced.

“We presented programmes which we have implemented and challenges we faced among them Communication and Transport, agriculture development and tourism,” Mr. Katambo said.

Mr. Katambo further explained that government will soon discuss the issues of fish restocking in the water bodies and wildlife restocking in the game reserves and the country’s national parks.

And Mr. Chanda disclosed that President Edgar Lungu has directed that a special committee within the Industrial Development Coperation (IDC) must meet to deliberate on the financial challenges facing the Times of Zambia.

“I will be joining that meeting myself to work out at both medium and long term plans of salvaging the Times of Zambia, particularly debts related to terminal benefits and salary areas,” he explained.

Times of Zambia has more than 200 workers and the print media is finding difficulties to meet monthly salaries and paying pension benefits.

Angela Bassett channeled the African queen she played in Black Panther to present an award at American Black Film Festival Honors in Beverly Hills on Sunday night.

The Oscar nominee easily defied her 59 years in a $169 Mangishi Doll Co. SS/18 ‘MD Marsha Pencil II’ dress featuring a Chitenge print from Zambia selected by stylist Jennifer Austin.

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Police in Kitwe have arrested National Democratic Congress- NDC- National Youth chairman, Charles Kabwita, for conduct likely to cause a breach of peace.

Copperbelt Police Commissioner, Charity Katanga, says Mr. Kabwita was arrested after he charged at five government Ministers who were having lunch at Fremos Restaurant in Kitwe.

These were Presidential affairs Minister, Freedom Sikazwe, Mines Minister, Richard Musukwa, National Planning Minister Alexander Chiteme and his Home Affairs counterpart, Stephen Kampyongo, and Copperbelt Minister Japhen Mwakalombe.

Meanwhile, NDC Secretary General Mwenya Musenge, says he is extremely disappointed by the behavior of the Ministers involved in the fracas.

He said the confrontation was a deliberate ploy by the PF to attack Mr. Kabwita and NDC.

Mr Musenge says the PF should quickly reflect on the matter.

Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has released a secret document which shows details of the sale of the Natural Resource Development College by the PF Zambia to Chinese state owned firm AVIC International.

And Mr Hichilema has instructed UPND Members of Parliament to start impeachment proceedings aganist President Edgar Lungu for allegedly abrogating the republican constitution.

Addressing Journalists in Lusaka, Mr. Hichilema revealed that the PFgovernment through Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Julius Shawa sold the 304 hectare NRDC land through a swap to AVIC international.

Mr. Hichilema disclosed that the agreement to sale NRDC was entered in a Memorandum of Understanding with AVIC International on May 29th, 2017.

“Julius Shawa, Permanent Secretary signed the sale agreement on behalf of the Zambian government while a representative from AVIC signed in Chinese language. This is how dull and disorganised this government can be. How do you allow the signing of an important document in a language you least understands? What if they turn around and say it’s not us that signed”, he asked.

Mr. Hichilema also regretted what he referred to as the distortion in the contract of sale which he said was irregular.

“When one considers the location where the land being sold is located, it is safe to say, the government gave away land to for free to AVIC international because NRDC is on prime land and very expensive when you covert it into cash. 304 hectares site is worthy millions of dollars probably worth in the region of US$40 million dollars. I am in the property business myself, one acre at the NRDC land is worth around for US$1,000 to US$2,000 dollars and 2,000 acres in Shakumbila village can go for less than US$1,000 dollars,” he said.

Mr Hichilema noted that the Prime land on which NRDC is situated cannot be compared to traditional land in Shibuyunji district where NRDC will be constructed.
He said it was unfortunate, that the PS in the ministry of agriculture decided to lie when the UPND wrote to him demanding the halt to the sell NRDC.

“When we wrote a demand letter, the PS replied that the government is not selling NRDC but the MoU in our possession confirms the sale via a swap to AVIC. For a start, I have directed the Secretary General to write back to Mr. Shawa to explain why he denied the presence of sale agreement when the UPND earlier wrote to him urging him to reverse the sale,” Mr Hichilema said.

He said Article 1.1 of the document says the MoU shall facilitate the construction of a brand new campus for NRDC under an equivalent exchange model which simply means that AVIC will take over NRDC land in an asset to asset swap.

“In other ways, they are trading NRDC with an empty piece of land so that AVIC is given the land at NRDC to construct a Financial Centre. The price is here but they thought we wouldn’t understand the meaning of this.

Meanwhile, Mr Hichilema has issued an instruction to UPND MPs to impeach President Lungu.

“There are members of Parliament here. Here is the instruction, you must commence the impeachment process now and we have a number of constitutional breaches for which you should impeach him,” he said.

He continued, “the man confirmed that anyone who works anywhere can steal from their employer, how can you stop people from stealing when you are busy saying such things. It means him is busy stealing in State House from Zambians who put him there. On another account, by his own mouth, he confirmed that in 2015 and 2016, he was voted out of the office but he refused to go and that he will refuse in 2021. That’s confirmation.”

“Another ground. The law in Article 104 and 105 says that when a presidential petition is submitted, just mere submission, the presidency must transfer from whoever is holding them to the Speaker of the National Assembly and he refused to hand over and he abrogated the constitution, that is another account. The Judicial Complaints Commission in its own ruling indicated that there was no 14 days used in the petition. We will invoke that impeachment process because it is provided for in the constitution,” he said.

Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has called on all Zambians to remain united.

Mr Hichilema has since called on Christians regardless of the day of worship to take the lead in uniting the nation.

He said there is only one Zambia and that the task is to unite its

The UPND leader was speaking shortly after attending a church service at Bread of Life’s Blessings Centre in Lusaka.

“To our country, it is important that regardless of the day of worship, we remain united and focus on preaching the gospel. We only have one Zambia and our task is to unite it. The Church is a blessing that God has bestowed on us to use in uplifting our oneness as a Christian Nation,” he said.

Mr Hichilema said, “the body of Christ is one and we are one people. We should live as a testament of this oneness not only before our almighty God but even amongst our neighbours whom we live with on earth.”

Mr Hichilema who held a private meet by with Bread of Life Presiding Bishop Joe Imakando said there is need to lose faith in God.

“Through Bishop Imakando, God is encouraging all of us to have faith in him and that no matter how long the wait may be, he will surely fulfil his (God) promises of our needs and desires,” Mr Hichilema said.