The High Court siting in Mansa has sentenced a 49 year old man of Chamalawa Village of Chief Mabumba in Mansa to 15 years with hard labour for manslaughter.

Before High Court Judge Mary Mulanda was Alick Malama who pleaded guilty to one count of Manslaughter contrary to section 199 of the penal code chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia.

This was in a matter committed to the High Court for trial by the subordinate court of the first class for the Mansa District.

Facts before the courts where that, the accused did cause the death of his wife Mable Mulumbe who he brutally beat up and fled when he visited her at Mundolo Village on 17 September 2017. It was then than Mulumbe was later taken to her mother’s house in same area by concerned community Members where her wounds were nursed until she died three days later.

In mitigation the accused pleaded with the court to be lenient as he was a first offender and that he did not waste the time of the court in the matter.

But in passing judgment Judge Mulanda said she heard all that the accused said in mitigation but sentenced the accused to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour.

MINISTER of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection Lloyd Kaziya has directed Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company (KWSC) to obtain a court order to demolish a clinic built on top of a water pipe in Ndola’s Hillcrest ward.

The clinic, which is already operational, was built three years ago from Ndola Central constituency development fund.

Speaking to journalists in Ndola, Mr. Kaziya directed KWSC to demolish all other structures built on water and sewer networks.

“Despite the facility being government property constructed using constituency development fund, it was misplaced and a new place to erect another one must be sought.

I have no apologies that we will demolish it because I want to show political will in this matter…I do not want to promote illegality and we also do not want to be in distress to look for money to redirect the networks,” Mr. Kaziya said.

Efforts to get a comment from Ndola Central member of Parliament Emmanuel Mulenga failed by press time as his phone went unanswered.

The Minister has since asked Ndola City Council (NCC) to secure another location where the clinic would be built.

Mr. Kaziya warned that people must keep away from such facilities to avoid disturbing the networks.

He said indiscriminate allocation of plots by local authorities had promoted encroachment on water and sewer networks countrywide.

Mr. Kaziya urged councils to learn from the many challenges the utility companies faced in areas where people had encroached on the utility networks.

And KWSC director of engineering Bernard Phiri said the utility company was concerned over some Ndola residents’ continued encroachment on its facilities.

Mr. Phiri said the encroachment covered a wide range on the banks of Kafubu River and from 21 of its well fields in Minsundu area.

He said if left unattended to, the situation would result in contamination of the company’s water sources.

Home Affairs Minister Hon Stephen Kampyongo has announced a 75 day ultimatum within which all clubs, religious groups, community service societies, associations, political parties and pressure groups that have been defaulting their remittance of annual returns to pay k100 for each year they have defaulted.

Speaking during a press briefing at the Ministry of Home Affairs today, Hon Kampyongo warned that failure by any Society, Club or Association to pay the K100 amnesty fee within the stipulated period shall attract serious penalties.

“I am alarmed by the number of registered Societies that have been breaching some of the provisions of the Societies Act, Cap 119 of the Laws of Zambia in terms of the remittance of annual returns.

“For failure to submit the returns, the Registrar of Societies is empowered by law to deregister the erring Society,” he said.

AND Hon Kampyongo stated that compliance with the exercise of ensuring that all defaulting Societies normalize their status will help to weed out dormant Societies and those operating illegally.

“I wish to request all Societies that have defaulted in their remittance of returns to report to the Office of the Registrar of Societies or the nearest National Registration Office in your district and pay k100 for each year you have defaulted to submit your annual returns. This exercise will help to weed out dormant Societies which have stopped operating and those operating illegally.

“I therefore wish to urge all Clubs, Religious groups, Community service societies, Associations, Political Parties and Pressure Groups to come forward a d normalise their registration status.

“May I be quick to mention that this amnesty will be effective from today, 13 February, 2018 to 30 April, 2018 after which the panalty charges of k6,000 shall apply,” warned Hon Kampyongo.

He also appealed to all religious groups and other Societies that are not yet registered with Registrar of Societies to ensure that they register in accordance with section 6 of the Societies Act to avoid breaking the law

Chargé d’ Affaires at the Zambian Mission in Turkey, Bwalya Nondo, said the delegation under the umbrella of the Turkey-Zambia Business Council, will be led by Turkey’s Deputy Minister of Economy, Fatih Metin.

Mr Nondo who conferred with Turkey-Zambia Business Council Chairperson, Esra Cevahir in Ankara yesterday, highlighted agriculture, energy, construction , tourism, manufacturing and mining as some of the sectors in which the delegation is interested.

Mr Nondo said leveraging investment opportunities in these areas will set the pillars of economic development as spelt out in the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) into motion to give impetus to the realization of the Vision 2030.

He said it is important to harness the rich natural resources that Zambia is endowed with through setting up of manufacturing industries.

Mr. Nondo said Zambia is poised for an economic boom given the interest that the country is attracting as a preferred investment of choice.

He added that attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country will have a multiplier effect and contribute to technology advancement and employment creation.

Mr. Nondo noted that the Turkey-Zambia Business Council will also enable Zambia enhance export of non-traditional products as part of product export diversification to boost economic growth.

The Turkey-Zambia Business Council was established last year as a brainchild of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK).

While in Zambia, the delegation will hold meetings with the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA), which constitutes membership to the Turkey-Zambia Business Council, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), among others.

This is contained in a statement issued by First Secretary at the embassy of Zambia Jerry Munthali in Ankara, Turkey.

Senior Chief Mukobela of the Tonga Ila people of Namwala district has submitted that premature victory celebrations during the 2016 elections caused violence.

Namwala was the most affected district where Houses of some residents were burnt down during the electoral violence that erupted after President Lungu was declared winner.

The UPND after it’s leader Hakainde Hichilema took an early lead could not accept the final results that Edgar Lungu had won the elections. They alleged that results which were delayed like in Lusaka were manipulated in favour of President Lungu.

Submitting to the Commission of Inquiry into the Violence and Tribal Voting in 2016, Chief Mukobela told the Commission that visited him on Thursday that premature victories must be stopped saying they were the source of violence in the last elections.

Chief Mukobela has also urged political contenders to campaign and persuade voters in all parts of the country if they are to win elections. He also reminded that politicians should understand that in an election there are two things which happen to win or lose saying they should be ready to accept the outcome