In an interview yesterday, Mr Kalumba disclosed that his officer working together with other stakeholders in the district had mobilised over 800,000 condoms to be distributed within the district specifically for the festive season.

He said 34 condom dispensers were strategically placed in selected areas in each of the 17 wards in Livingstone.

“We are aware that the festive season comes with a lot of sexual activities and as a district we are equal to the task and that is the more reason why we have mobilised enough condoms specifically for this period.

“We don’t want people more especially youths to engage themselves in unprotected sex and so over 800,000 condoms are in stock and ready to be distributed to all corners of Livingstone using our cooperating partners and NGOs,”Mr Kalumba said.

He called on members of the public to join the district Aids taskforce in sensitising communities on the dangers of unprotected sex during the festive season.

“Livingstone being a tourist capital will be a hive of activities during this festive season and members of the public should play a very pivotal role in helping to reduce HIV infections by speaking against unprotected sex,”he said.

He said the district had between June and September this year distributed 254,407 male and 18,238 female condoms.

“During this period, the district accelerated and intensified prevention in order to reduce the annual rate of new HIV infections.

“Livingstone is a transit to three countries which see a lot of mobile and migrant labour in the district. This too has proved to boost commercial sex, needless to mention that this proximity has exposed locals to cheap alcohol which has led to a lot of unprotected sex,”he said.

New Congress Party president Peter Chanda has advised UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to adhere to advice given to him by the Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland and former Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo to accept and forget about the 2016 elections.

Pastor Chanda says the two had confirmed that Mr. Hichilema had agreed in their presence to accept and forget about the 2016 polls.

He has told ZNBC News that it is however surprising to hear the UPND leader still insisting that he had won last year’s elections when he appeared on ZNBC’s’ Sunday Interview programme on Sunday.

Pastor Chanda has observed that Mr. Hichilema must realise that the courts of law cannot make a president and that it is only through an election that one can become Head of State.

He said Mr. Hichilema should instead focus and look forward to the 2021 elections and build his party to a level where the UPND will go for a convention and have intra party elections.

Mr Kambwili was commenting on the decision by the Zambia Police Service to reverse its decision to recruit eight police offices into its reserve wing.

Mr Kambwili said the PF government must stop subjecting the country to mockery and ridicule.

“Oh weh it looks like there will be major refunds to those Chinese who just 24 hours ago became police reserves. Hand over if you don’t know how to run a country, stop subjecting our country to mockery and ridicule, we were once a beacon of peace and hope in Africa but today we are merely a nation being torn apart by greedy people,” Mr Kambwili said.

“Lesa ngalefwaya ukumweneshamo umuntu ninshi kumulowa ichilafi. Most Zambians are going into the new year hoping for 2018 to speed up so that they can come and make a proper decision,” Mr Kambwili said.

“What we are seeing now is total confusion, it’s clear to see that people have moved away from service delivery and gone into self delivery. Oh what a shame!”

He added, “Chipante pante government is in full swing kicking policies all over the place.”

Ms Nalumango said this at the weekend’s card renewal exercise in Solwezi.

She maintained that the party will not give chance to anyone to challenge their leader.

“Our sole candidate for 2021 is HH and that is why we are not going to allow anyone to challenge him during the convention,” Ms Nalumango said.

And the UPND reshuffles effected last week and its scheduled congress have been described as a sham which offered nothing new because it still has the same leadership.

Zambia Republican Party leader Wright Musoma has charged that the UPND’s agenda was well known to the Zambian people and that they wanted to get power by any means that frustrated the country, noting the reshuffles were merely to blindfold the people to think that the party had changed.

He said not every Zambian could be deceived by such a move and that as long as its leader, Mr Hichilema remained, the party should forget about being in power. Mr Musoma said the reason that the party had never accepted its wrongs was the reason why the people of Zambia had lost hope, noting that at this moment of time, no party could unseat the ruling PF.

“The trouble with the UPND leadership is that it is too pompous and think all is well with them based on satisfying their agenda best known to themselves.

And these reshuffles are a rubber stamp because some of the members are a threat to HH and no Zambian can be deceived,” Mr Musoma said.

Mr Musoma charged that the UPND had already decampaigned itself and that the Zambian people had lost hope, looking at the type of the leadership it was portraying publicly.

“There is nothing new that can be expected from the UPND, truth be told and they should not forget that the people are watching, and the party’s behaviour will remain the same,” he said.

Mr Musoma reiterated that those vying for senior positions should remain humble and leave the rest to God, saying whether the UPND liked it or not, they should respect the presidency as the starting point, which was a cause of conflict in Zambia.

A Lusaka Prominent lawyer Jonas Zimba has questioned the composition of the Judicial Service Commission.

Mr. Zimba says it is wrong for lawyers to be handling matters involving the Judges.

He told ZNBC News that just like the Law Association of Zambia, former judges and practicing judges should be allowed to deal with complaints on matters involving judges.

Mr. Zimba said former Judges are better placed to deal with complaints from the public regarding the conduct of judges because they have once held that office.

Meanwhile, Mr. Zimba has observed that Judicial Complaints Commission does not have powers to adjudicate matters but only to investigate a case.

He also said the Judicial Service Commission does not have power to overturn the court’s decisions.

 A 22 year old man of Lupili compound in Luwingu district has died after lightning struck him at the weekend.

Northern Province Deputy Police Commissioner Edwin Bwanga confirmed the development to Zambia News and Information Service in Luwingu today saying the incident happened on Saturday in the afternoon.

Mr. Bwanga named the deceased as Shame Mwape 22 who was struck by lightning in Maiteneke compound where he was working as a casual work of Freshino’s company Limited engaged by China Henan Construction Company to construct drainages on the township roads.

It is alleged that Mwape was drawing rain water pouring from the roof of the building before he met his fate on Saturday afternoon around 15:00 hours.

He sustained serious burns from his left side of the body and died on the spot.

The body is lying at the district hospital mortuary waiting for burial arrangements.