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Nevers Mumba is Positioning Himself to Replace Dr Canicious Banda in UPND

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Nevers Mumba is Positioning Himself to Replace Dr Canicious Banda in UPND
Sunday Chanda
Sunday Chanda

By Sunday Chanda

Mr. Nevers Mumba’s name will remain associated with betraying the people who trust him and abandoning those who serve him.

Mr. Nevers Mumba misleads unsuspecting people with his demeanour that masks a highly deceitful character who uses religion to bulldoze his way to the top. This is a man who abandoned his flock to join politics.

The only way Nevers Mumba can survive the 5 years is by playing the lapdog to both Hakainde Hichilema (HH) and Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM). This man deserves more sympathy than anger because the man is so desperate to survive.

He is in survival mode not that he is even loyal to HH or GBM. Nevers Mumba is not loyal to anybody but himself and his history attests to this fact. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to know that Nevers Mumba has not abandoned his Presidential ambitions. His plan is to infiltrate UPND, replace Dr. Canicius Banda (HH is ready to do this in an effort to weaken GBM who seems himself as the Bemba strongman in UPND), get to the party Presidency in order to contest the 2021 elections with a named MP from Southern Province as his running mate.

In responding to Mr. Nevers Mumba’s statement, it is important to let him know that neither HH nor GBM trusts him. If he is in doubt, on 17th October 2012, HH said “Nevers Mumba cannot not be trusted; he can resign if given a position by Sata”.

Addressing a meeting on 17th October 2012, HH charged that his party could not work with the MMD because its leader Nevers Mumba could not be trusted. “Mumba was known of a chain of resignations in the past which were necessitated by his appointments to various positions in Government.

He was National Christian Coalition leader, but he abandoned the party to take up the vice Presidency. How can we work with a person who dumped his own, who accepted a diplomatic job at the expense of the Reform Party”, HH said. If he’s in doubt, we challenge Nevers Mumba to ask HH to swallow these words!

Mr. Mumba’s religious and political journey has been full of inconsistencies and inaccuracies. It is a fact that he is a failed pastor and politician and this we say without any malice at all. His belief that he was born to become President of Zambia is the greatest disease he suffers from.

Mr. Mumba should be the last person to make himself judge in the “Court of Political morality” because he is devoid of it. He has mastered and practiced both political prostitution and political crosstitution. For those who may not know, here is a man who knows no loyalty:

1. When late President Frederick Chiluba ascended to power, he gave a lot of visibility to Pentecostal Pastors and amongst the beneficiaries was Mr. Nevers Mumba who was also honoured with a diplomatic passport. Little did President Chiluba know that Mr. Nevers Mumba’s Zambia Shall Be Saved was slowly departing from ecclesiastical preachings by harping on political subjects from time to time. He finally formed National Christian Coalition (NCC) to push for political reforms in Zambia and added that NCC was going to take on President Chiluba’s government. President Chiluba felt betrayed that a brother in Christ and pastor he had embraced and honoured could turn around to stab him in the back. Then Vice President Brig. Gen Godfrey Miyanda appeared on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) to dismiss NCC as a political party. On the same ZNBC Program, Brig. Gen Miyanda said he had read the NCC constitution and that it was a political party; Nevers Mumba was exposed! NCC faced a lot of opposition and resistance from his fellow members of the clergy and Christians he expected would follow him blindly.

2. After this exposure, Mr. Nevers Mumba changed National Christian Coalition (NCC) to National Citizen’s Coalition (NCC), with his Church Cell leaders becoming his bodyguards. This was also at the height of the infamous house in Riverside which he later sold off after much controversy. To this day no one knows whether the poor old white widow gave the house to him as a person or Victory Bible Church. Standing on the NCC ticket, he contested the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections of 2001 and lost terribly; He was bruised, his reputation stained and former confidants deserting him because of his treachery!

3. Mr. Nevers Mumba was made spokesperson of the 2001 election petitioners, which included UPND and PF. Little did his colleagues realise that he was sneaking into State House to cut political deals behind their backs. Before long, he dumped them, auctioned NCC, joined MMD and become late President Levy Mwanawasa’s Vice President. Before long, there were stories of him undermining his appointing authority! As Vice President, Zambians can only remember him at Alpha Bar in Northmead Lusaka counselling prostitutes and underage patrons in the middle of the night!

4. In his quest to outshine his master, Nevers Mumba was fired by President Mwanawasa after he addressed a Press Conference when his boss was out of the country and alleged that some individuals from DRC were fuelling political tension in Zambia. This was an embarrassing moment for the Head of State who apologised to his DRC Counterpart President Joseph Kabila. On arrival at Lusaka International Airport as it was known then, President Mwanawasa addressed the matter and stated that his Vice President had embarrassed him. Every reasonable Zambian expected Mr. Nevers Mumba would keep his cool but that was not to be. No sooner had late President Mwanawasa left the Airport did Mr. Nevers Mumba inform the nation that he did not regret his remarks against DRC; the following morning he was fired with late President Mwanawasa saying “if he does not regret saying what he said about DRC, then I regret having appointed him as Vice President. His nomination as MP is revoked and I have fired him as my Vice President with immediate effect!”

5. After being fired as Vice President, as if to confirm what many people knew that he was undermining late President Mwanawasa, Mr. Nevers Mumba informed the nation that he would challenge late President Mwanawasa at the MMD Convention. Then MMD National Secretary Vernon Mwaanga suspended Nevers Mumba and told the nation that “there exists an unwritten rule in politics that you do not challenge an incumbent”. Mr. Nevers Mumba was later expelled from the MMD.

6. He went on to form the Reform Party (RP) talks of “merging” with late BY Mwila’s ZRP started. It was agreed that the “merger” would have one President and a convention was held in Kabwe where Nevers Mumba lost to the late BY Mwila. No sooner had he lost the election than he denounced the result and the merger disintegrated;

7. Upon losing to BY Mwila, Mr. Nevers Mumba as Reform Party leader began making frantic efforts to apologise to late President Mwanawasa in the hope of being re-admitted into the MMD. There was resistance and could not yield the desired success. It was only after late President Mwanawasa died that Mr. Nevers Mumba jumped on the bandwagon to endorse former President Rupiah Banda, a man he hates and vilifies today. After President Banda won the election, he was gracious enough to give him a diplomatic job in Canada as Zambia’s High Commission;

8. After MMD lost power to PF, Mr. Nevers Mumba sounded sympathetic to the PF but he was a known opportunist. There are so many notables that Mr. Nevers Mumba called asking them to persuade late President Michael Sata to keep him as Zambia’s High Commissioner to Canada but these cries fell on deaf ears as reports of financial misappropriation at the Mission in Ottawa had reached the President’s ears;

9. Mr. Nevers Mumba still has cases before the Courts of law including the misappropriation of funds at the Zambian Mission in Canada. Since the matter is before the Courts, we shall not go into details except to say that such issues must never be identified with a man who preaches integrity and morality;

10. After his recall, he was crowned as MMD President by those who never knew him and who believed he had what it took to fight late President Sata. After President Sata’s death, the support from former President Banda and President Lungu’s subsequent winning the 2015, Mr. Nevers Mumba’s mission became that of displacing the former President. He was angry with former PF Secretary General and now Defence Minister Davies Chama who he blamed for the “failed alliance”. With the coming of a new constitution, Mr. Nevers Mumba saw himself as President Lungu’s natural running mate. He was disappointed that his running mate fantasy could not materialise. Interestingly it was the very people that crowned him MMD President who made sure he was booted out of the leadership seat. The “greatest sin” if any that President Lungu has committed to Nevers Mumba is not to grant his wishes of running mate and shunning former President Banda. Mr. Nevers Mumba knows that MMD is in Hon Felix Mutati’s hands but he needs to survive, hence his going to the desperate UPND.

11. Under the UPND, both Nevers Mumba and Hakainde Hichilema know that there is nothing like an alliance with MMD. The scheme is to kick out Mr. Canicius Banda and have him replaced with Nevers Mumba. Nevers Mumba will be used as GBM’s checkmate even as HH looks at 2021. In this regard, Nevers Mumba is doing all he can to prove himself worthy of the appointment to Hichilema. He can even insult President Lungu if that is what it is going to take.

In responding to some of Mr. Mumba’s hallucinations, it must be stated that:

1. The whole idea of an ALLIANCE is a figment of his imagination and that of HH. What is there is that Nevers Mumba is being positioned to replace Canicius Banda; this is because Nevers Mumba is ready to deceptively sing the “Wamuyaya” Song for HH unlike Canicius Banda who was able to talk about the Convention. It is also shocking that other UPND zealots can entertain a ridiculous and archaic rule as article 70 of the UPND constitution which dignifies the dictatorial “indefinite clause” which technically makes HH UPND’s Life President since he is losing again in 2021;

2. We do not need to remind Mr. Nevers Mumba that President Lungu is the legitimate President of the Republic of Zambia. It is therefore irresponsible and careless for Mr. Nevers Mumba to insinuate that Zambia has no President. It is clear to see that he desires for anarchy to reign in Zambia. He must be told that his excitement and ridicule for a democratically-elected President will soon land him into deep waters because Zambia is not a country of men but of laws. In his quest to appear relevant to Hakainde Hichilema, Nevers Mumba is saying in a flowery way that there is going to be an uprising in Zambia and that is treasonous. If his paymasters are not advising him, he will soon cross the line and the long arm of the law will deal with him. It must be noted that there is a huge difference between being courageous and being dim-witted.

3. Mr. Nevers Mumba’s ignorance is appalling to say the least. We challenge him to show Zambians which law they are basing their declaration of an official dispute with the PF and President Edgar Lungu’s election? Nevers Mumba does not know the difference between collective bargaining where you declare an official dispute and elections where there is an automatic winner and the aggrieved party has recourse at course where a matter can be heard and thrown out or indeed disqualified on effluxion of time as the case was with the UPND petition. There is no such a thing as declaring a dispute in politics unless by declaring a dispute the UPND through Nevers Mumba is telling Zambians that they are ready for anarchy and lawlessness. While Nevers Mumba speaks of non-violence in his statement, his speech and that of his cohorts is that of violence against a legitimate Government of the people.

Throughout his life, Nevers Mumba seems not to think twice on who he betrays. His list of betrayal is long and wide. He betrayed late President Chiluba, late President Mwanawasa and former President Banda, among others. If Mr. Nevers Mumba could betray the three Presidents, who is HH? So when he insults President Lungu, it does not come as a surprise because that is his nature. But the words of scripture in Matthew 23:27, apply to Mr. Nevers Mumba when they say: “You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which looks beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean”.

Zambians remember him as a flip-flop when before he joined politics; Nevers Mumba appeared on ZNBC’s Frank Talk Show and was asked by Frank Mutubila “Would you one day join politics?” His answer was “No, it would be a demotion to give up my Godly position to serve in Government”.

Today, he is hungry and angry because for all the years he has been in public life, he had needed a lifeline. He is consistent with inconsistencies. His continued rantings must therefore be dismissed with the contempt they deserve.

Zambia committed to tackle antimicrobial resistance, Health PS tells UN meeting

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Zambia committed to tackle antimicrobial resistance, Health PS tells UN meeting

Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Peter Mwaba (left) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Director (International Organisations) Eliphas Chinyonga attending the United Nations High-Level meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the UN General Assembly Hall in New York on 21 September, 2016. PHOTO | ZAMBIA UN MISSION | PRESS OFFICE
Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Peter Mwaba (left) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Director (International Organisations) Eliphas Chinyonga attending the United Nations High-Level meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the UN General Assembly Hall in New York on 21 September, 2016. PHOTO | ZAMBIA UN MISSION | PRESS OFFICE

The Government of Zambia says it’s committed to tackling antimicrobial resistance and will work towards the development of a national policy in line with the recommendations of the Global Action Plan, for infection prevention and control activities in health systems.

Addressing the United Nations High-Level meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) at UN HQ in New York on Wednesday, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Peter Mwaba said adequately financed national policies with a multi-sectoral input were essential to addressing antimicrobial resistance and to ensure sustainable implementation of plans and strategies.

According to the statement released to the media by Zambia’s First Secretary for Press and Public Relations
Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Chibaula Silwamba, the Permanent Secretary noted that the world was facing challenges in the control of older pathogens and the re-emerging of newer ones. “We have all witnessed the devastation caused by the Ebola virus and more recently the Yellow fever and ZIKA viruses,” he said.

Dr Mwaba said the increased use of antimicrobial agents in humans, animals or plants is closely linked to the emergence of resistance.

“Although Antimicrobial resistance is now widely recognized as an emerging problem, not all countries Zambia inclusive have comprehensive national policies to tackle this challenge,” Dr Mwaba said. “This is exacerbated by limited financial and technical resources for effective implementation of the response mechanisms. We must ensure the development of comprehensive national plans, including building the laboratory capacity especially for low and middle income countries.”

He said the overuse, improper use or self-medication of antimicrobials increases the development and spread of resistance.
He said this was particularly true in countries were rational use of drugs and monitoring systems are not in place.
Dr Mwaba said there was need for urgent and coordinated action by all stakeholders as the cost of treatment was likely to increase beyond the majority of the countries.

“The Zambian Government commends the global community for reaffirming its commitment towards early and accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular goal number three which calls for an end to communicable diseases and epidemics such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Ebola,” Dr Mwaba said. “Addressing the growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance is critical, especially for low and middle income countries.”

The Permanent Secretary said Zambia welcomed the adoption by consensus of the Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance, which has among others, reaffirmed the World Health Assembly Global Action Plan (GAP), as a blueprint for tackling antimicrobial resistance.

Dr Mwaba said the World Health Organization Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance has a fundamental role to play in coordinating, collaborating and offering technical assistance towards the development of national and regional action plans and programmes.

The primary objective of the meeting was to summon and maintain strong national, regional and international political commitment in addressing antimicrobial resistance comprehensively and multi-sectorally, and to increase and improve awareness of antimicrobial resistance.

UPND’s refusal to recognise PF election victory is recipe for anarchy-Fr Chilinda

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UPND’s refusal to recognise PF election victory is recipe for anarchy-Fr Chilinda

Father Charles Chilinda
Father Charles Chilinda

Catholic Priest Fr Charles Chilinda has appealed to the UPND leadership to accept the election victory of President Edgar Lungu.

Fr Chilinda said in an interview that the UPND should accept the re-election of President Lungu because he was dully and legitimately elected as President.

He said the continued refusal by the UPND to accept President Lungu’s as Head of State is a recipe for anarchy.

Fr Chilinda said the UPND leadership is being Unchristian by failing to accept President Lungu’s victory.

“Even in our lives as Christian, we are commanded to respect our leaders because they are chosen by God. What the UPND is doing is Unchristian and they must stop because Zambians don’t want bloodshed,” Fr Chilinda said.

He has since challenged the UPND to accept President Lungu’s re-election because he was legitimately elected by Zambians.

Dr Banda’s suspension is grandiosely suspicious and sends a wrong signal to young politicians

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Dr Banda’s suspension is grandiosely suspicious and sends a wrong signal to young politicians
Mulenga Sata with Dr Banda and HH
FILE: Mulenga Sata with Dr Banda and HH

Outgoing ZANASU Vice President Prince Ndoyi says the suspension of UPND Vice President Canisius Banda for politics is “grandiosely suspicious and sends a wrong signal” to young and upcoming politicians.

Mr Ndoyi said youths are deeply concerned about the signal that the move to suspend Dr Banda will send in the political arena.

He noted that youths have held Dr Banda as hard working, loyal and consistent politician who has earned the respect of many in the political arena.

“We have received the news about the unexpected suspension of Dr. Canisius Banda whose Vice President for Politics in the UPND. We are not very surprised as youths but we are deeply concerned about the signal that this will send in the political arena.

“Let me say the suspension is grandiosely suspicious and sends a wrong signal to the young and would be politicians in the country. Because we see Dr. Canisius Banda as a hard working, loyal and consistent politician who has earned great respect in the political arena,” he said.

He further said it is outrageous that politicians like Dr Banda are less celebrated.

“It is outrageous for such characters in our politics to be least celebrated in our politics and the complete opposite is what is most celebrated. Why do we say so, Zambians are unfortunately seemingly celebrating unethical traits in politicians, we are more celebrated when we are thugs, violent, immoral, corrupt, inconsistent, disloyal etc,” he said.

He said the country’s politics should be transformed so that hard working people can be celebrated and ensure that crooks who continue to jump from one party to another everytime the fortunes of their Party dwindle are not given undue attention and celebrated like Heros.

He also said the country’s politics should move from viewing opponents as enemies who should not be seen talking because the country needs everyone’s participation in its development agenda.

He added that there is need for tolerance of different views among political leaders and that intra-party democracy is the only way individual political parties will help grow the country’s democracy.

IMF is not a solution-FDD

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IMF is not a solution-FDD
Antonio Mwanza
Antonio Mwanza

The opposition FDD says the country’s solutions to its economic challenges is not the IMF as the conditions will affect the country’s social and economic priorities.

FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says conditions imposed by the IMF can effectively control a nation’s crucial social and economic priorities.

Below is a statement as issued by Mr Mwanza.

The IMF is expected in the country this week to discuss the possibility and conditions of giving Zambia a financial package owing to the economic conundrum we are in.

In order to receive a loan from IMF, a country must agree to the IMF’s CONDITIONALITIES and make general commitments to cooperate with IMF in setting policies to the formulation of specific, quantifiable plans for financial policies.

The conditionalities imposed by IMF include a drastic shift in the fundamental domestic and external policies that, depending on the intentions of IMF, can effectively control a state’s crucial social and economic priorities.

The standard IMF conditionalities include:

1. Deregulating of the economy

2.Privatising of state-owned enterprises

3.Removal of subsidies, including on essentials such as food, fuel, agro inputs, electricity etcetera

4. Imposing of consumption taxes

5. Cutting down of Government spending on key sectors of the economy such as health, agriculture, education, energy, etcetera.

6. Raising of interest rates as well as

7. Reducing price subsidies on essentials such as food

Statistics have shown that the majority of the countries, Zambia inclusive, that have accepted IMF prescriptions and/or advice have experienced profound economic disasters which include low or even declining growth; higher foreign debt and general economic stagnation that perpetuates systemic poverty. The IMF’s own studies have revealed a devastating assessment of the social and economic consequences of its guidance of poor nations.

The emerging IMF data only confirms that IMF’s Structural Adjustment Programs have eroded existing social services and have in fact aggravated the poverty and suffering of hundreds of millions globally.

In summary, the IMF has created an immoral system of modern day colonialism whose goal is to serve the interests of the multinational corporations at the expense of third world countries.

The IMF’s Structural Adjustment Programs ensure debt repayments (to the multinationals) by forcing poor countries to cut down spending on key sectors of the economy such as health, education and so forth which are actually key to sustainable development. Further IMF usually demand the devaluation of the local currency to make exports cheaper for the multinationals at the expense of poor countries.

They demand privatisation of state assets which the multinationals buy at cheaper price and demoralise the local workforce by demanding wage freezes to the detriment of the recipient countries.

Crucially, the IMF often forces recipient countries to eliminate assistance to domestic industries while providing benefits to multinational corporations making it impossible for the local industries especially the small and medium scale businesses to favourably compete on the market.

Government should carefully scrutinise and interrogate the prescriptions IMF will demand and make a conscious decision whether to accept or deny the financial package IMF is offering.

My daughter shot her hubby five times accidentally- Precious’s Mom

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My daughter shot her hubby five times accidentally- Precious’s Mom
Happier Times-Mr and Mrs Litebele
Happier Times-Mr and Mrs Litebele

The Lusaka High Court today heard that murder suspect Precious Liteebele shot her husband accidentally.

This is in a case in which precious is charged with the murder of her husband, Lubinda Liteebele, whom she allegedly shot five times on May 24 2016.

Testifying before Lusaka High Court Judge Sharon Newa, Precious’s Mother Ruth Longwe of john Laing compound in Lusaka said on the material day, she received a call around 01 in the morning from her son in law Lubinda Liteebele telling her to call her daughter whom he had left at a party.

Mrs Longwe, who is a hairdresser, said she thereafter called her daughter to go back home.

However, at around 04 hours, she received a call from her daughter who requested to speak to her father telling him there was an accident at home following threats by her husband to kill her.

Mrs Longwe narrated that when her father asked what happened precious Longwe explained that whilst struggling during the altercation the gun went off and shot her husband Lubinda.

She said after that she rushed to the house and found her daughter handcuffed and on a police van whilst her son in law was laying in a pool of blood in the living room.

The court also heard that the couple was married for over 6 years and most weekends would go out for parties and were both drinking.

Meanwhile, another witness detective Sergeant Charles Banda of Woodlands police station narrated how he was called by a Criminal Investigations Officer around 04:20 to attend to a murder case.

He said upon arrival, he found the deceased laying in a pool of blood with four empty cartridges and 1 live ammunition at the scene.

Sergeant Banda said whilst searching for any firearm in the house, he found four batches of 50 kwacha notes.

And another witness, Inspector Patrick Hamakalu said he apprehended the suspect after the matter was reported by the deceased brother.

And another witness from the University Teaching Hospital, Dr Daniel Maswahu told the court that’s the deceased died of multiple gunshots which resulted in blood loss.

Dr Maswahu who is a medical doctor and pathologist told the court that during the examination, he retrieved two gun bullets whilst the and 3rd one could not be retrieved as it was in the chest.

He however said during the examinations, he discovered that’s the deceased had fatty liver mostly caused by chronicle alcohol intake.

And ZICTA Cyber Security Officer Chewe Mutale also submitted to the court the texts messages between the couple which began on 24th May.

Ms. Chewe said having been asked by the police to extract the messages between precious Longwe’s IPhone 6 and Lubinda Liteebele’s blackberry curve and that according to the messages presented, the couple had differed.

Meanwhile, Zambia Police Senior Superintendent Steven Zulu said he conducted physical examination on the pistol which was used on the deceased.

He said the pistol however cannot fire accidentally if safety catches are applied.

Hearing continues on 6th October and precious remains locked up.

Chrysta Kalulu is New PS -State House

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Chrysta Kalulu is New PS -State House

Former State House permanent Secretary Emmanuel Chilubanama during the Swearing-in-Ceremony at State House on January 26,2015 -Picture by THOMAS NSAMA
Former State House permanent Secretary Emmanuel Chilubanama during the Swearing-in-Ceremony at State House on January 26,2015 -Picture by THOMAS NSAMA

President Edgar Lungu has appointed Chrysta Kalulu as new Permanent Secretary.

Ms. Kalulu replaces Emmanuel Chilubanama.

Ms Kalulu who until today was Chairperson of Local Government Commission is also former Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Local Government in 2011.

She will join other appointees being sworn- in on Tuesday at State House at 09 Hours.

WEEKEND SCORECARD: Wedson begins Zambia reign

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Monday, September 26 marked day one for Wedson Nyirenda as Zambia coach.

Nyirenda began his tenure with his first training camp in Ndola ahead of the October 9 clash against Nigeria there in a 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B qualifier at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium.

It was a positive start for the new coach who was at near full-strength with 16 out of the 23 domestic call-ups reporting for the first week of training.

They included Power Dynamos midfielder Fwayo Tembo who returns to the fold for the first time since June, 2015.

However, seven Zesco United players were missing and are away to face Lusaka Tigers in a league match on Wednesday in Lusaka.

The foreign-based call-ups will start arriving in camp this weekend.

-2016 CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMIFINALS FINAL LEG
24/09/2016
Attridgeville, South Africa
-Lucas Moripe Stadium
Mamelodi Sundowns 2(Anthony Laffor 5′, Percy Tau 64′)-Zesco

FAZ SUPER DIVISION
WEEK 26
23/09/2016
Forest Rangers 3(Logic Chingandu 54′, Felix Nyaende 75′, 80′)-Green Eagles 3(Greenwell Witika 4′ 90′, Andrew Phiri 87′)

24/09/2016
Nkwazi 2(Emmanuel Kasonde 28′ 46′)-Power Dynamos 1(Patson Daka 83′)

Napsa Stars 4(Mathews Maleka 1′, Lewis Musonda 26′, Collins Sikombe, Chitiya Mususu)-Lusaka Tigers 0

Nakambala Leopards 0-Zanaco 1(Fashion Sakala68′)

Lumwana Radiants 1(Hillary Bwalya 33′)-Nchanga Rangers 0

Nkana 0-Green Buffaloes 1(Jasper Masialeti 37′)

Red Arrows 1(Festus Mbewe 38′)- Mufulira Blackpool 1(Patrick Kongolo ?’)

25/09/2016
Mufulira Wanderers 1(Austin Banda 51′)-Lusaka Dynamos 1(Shadreck Mayembe 73′)
POSTPONED
Zesco United-Kabwe Warriors

TOP SCORERS
After games played
25/09/2016
LEAGUE
Walter Bwalya (Nkana):15

Jesse Were (Zesco): 12

Patson Daka (Power Dynamos):10

Felix Nyaende(Forest Rangers): 9
Fashion Sakala(Zanaco):9

Steward Chikandiwa (Nkwazi):8
Seith Sakala (Zanaco): 8

Isaac Chansa (Zanaco): 7
Venecious Mapande (Nakambala):7
Fwayo Tembo(Power Dynamos):7
Kelvin Mubanga:(Power Dynamos):7
Jack Chirwa(Green Buffaloes):7
Roderick Kabwe (Zanaco):7
Jacob Ngulube(Nkana)7

Josphat Kasusu(Kabwe Warriors):6
Justin Shonga (Nkwazi):6
Aubrey Funga(Zanaco):6

Simon Bwalya (Nkana):5
Jackson Mwanza (Zesco):5
Cletus Chama (Zesco): 5
Kennedy Mudenda (Power Dynamos):5
Martin Phiri(Power Dynamos):5
Ronald Chibwe (Forest):5
Meki Kabeya Mulume(Nchanga Rangers):5

Festus Mbewe (Red Arrows):4
Richard Kasonde (Zanaco):4
Christopher Katongo (Green Buffaloes):4
Kalaba Chikwanda (Nkwazi):4
Rahim Osumanu (Wanderers):4
Brian Mwila(Green Buffaloes):4
Edward Mwamba (Nkwazi):4
Jacob Phiri(Kabwe Warriors):4
Ziyo Tembo (Zanaco):4
Kennedy Musonda (Lusaka Dynamos):4
Claude Bwalya(Kabwe Warriors/Green Eagles): 4
Fred Tshimenga (Nkana):4

Hilary Bwalya (Lumwana):3
Clement Mwape (Nchanga):3
Godfrey Ngwenya(Kabwe Warriors):3
Greenwell Witika (Eagles):3
Martin Bwalya (Lusaka Tigers):3
Mathews Macha(Napsa Stars):3
Spencer Sautu(Green Eagles):3
Guily Manziba (Nkana):3
Joseph Kasongo (Wanderers):3
Sebastain Mwansa(Buffaloes):3
Mathews Sichone (Tigers):3
Webster Muzaza (Lusaka Dynamos):3
Allan Kapila (Lumwana):3

Sharp Blades stays ahead in promotion race

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Konkola Blades maintained a two-point lead at the top of the FAZ Division One Zone Two table following a 2-0 win over Mining Rangers at Garden Park Stadium in Kitwe on Sunday.

Skipper Dickson Chapa converted from the spot after two minutes before Kilo Mwepu scored Konkola’s second goal in the last half.

Konkola leads the table with 51 points after playing 25 matches.

Elsewhere, second placed Kitwe United thumped Zesco Solwezi 3-0 away in Solwezi to remain in the race for promotion.

Regular scorer Emmanuel Chabula registered a brace with Chileshe Musonda scoring Kitwe’s third goal.

The Buchi Boys have 49 points from 25 matches played.

Roan United remained in third place on the table following a 3-2 away win at Chingola Police.

Roan have 47 points after 25 matches.

FAZ DIVISION ONE ZONE TWO WEEK 25

Indeni 0-2 ZNS Lwamfumu

Bresmar United 0-1 Gomes

FQMO Mining 1-0 Coperbelt Baffaloes

CHambeshi 1-1 Kalulushi Modern Stars

Kansanshi Dynamos 0-0 Ndola United

Chingola Police 2-3 Roan United

Zesco Solwezi 0-3 Kitwe United

Mining Rangers 0-2 Konkola Blades

Health Minister gives UTH 7 days to clear floor beds; they pose health risks

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Health Minister gives UTH 7 days to clear floor beds; they pose health risks

Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya
Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya

Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has given UTH management a seven days ultimatum to clear floor beds at the institution.

Dr. Chilufya says floor beds pose health risks and should be not entertained.

He has also instructed the health personnel at UTH to ensure there are no long queens of patients seeking treatment especially that government has taken a deliberate policy to upgrade some township clinics into first level hospitals.

Dr. Chilufya says as health Minister, his first task is to ensure that UTH regains the public confidence thereby improving service delivery .

Meanwhile, government has invested over 860 thousand U.S dollars in networking the university teaching hospital-UTH to the rest of the hospitals countrywide using Tele-Radiology system.

Government has since contracted a Zimbabwean company, Baines imaging group to connect nine health facilities to UTH in the first phase of the project which is expected to be completed soon.

This means that any diagnosis and laboratory tests carried outside Lusaka will immediately

reflect at UTH which is the command center for immediate solution.

Once it reflects, experts will be on hand to advise on the treatment hence cutting unnecessary travels to Lusaka by patients especially those from the remote parts of the country.

The hospitals that will be connected to UTH in the first phase are Levy Mwanawasa, Livingstone, Ndola central, Kitwe central, Mansa, Kasama, Chipata and the cancer diseases hospitals.

UTH Head of radiology and consultant Dr. Veronica Sunkutu-Sichizya confirmed this to ZNBC news when Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya inspected the modern laboratories and various equipment that have been bought and installed at the hospital last evening.

Among the equipment are ultra sound, digital chest ex-ray, CT scan ex-ray, whole body imaging and plain film ex-ray machines among others.

Dr. Chilufya says government will continue to invest more in the digitalising of the health facilities in the country to ensure quality health service delivery to the public.

And UTH Head-pathology and microbiology Hamakwa Mantina has praised government for modernizing the laboratories at the institution saying this will help in improving health service delivery to patients.

Honest CEEC beneficiaries elate North PS

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Honest CEEC beneficiaries elate North PS

ceecNorthern Province Permanent Secretary Hlobotha Nkunika has expressed satisfaction with the performance of many Citizen Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) beneficiaries in the region.

Mr. Nkunika said many capital projects that were funded by government through the CEEC have been successful and are performing well.

He said this when he visited Chengelo School of Nursing in Kasama district which was established using CEEC funds.

He revealed that the nursing school was one of the institutions that have managed to pay back the loan in good time and were performing very well.

Mr. Nkunika said this shows that many citizens were putting government money to good use.

He has since encouraged other CEEC beneficiaries to emulate Chengelo School of Nursing if they were to excel in the business.

And speaking at the same event, CEEC Regional Coordinator Walusungu Banda disclosed that the commission has approved another loan for Chengelo School of Nursing to enable it build a modern lecture room and othersupporting facilities.

Mr. Banda added that the decision to approve another loan was made because of the compliance by the institution in paying back the loan.

He further said the commission will not hesitate to give additional funds to beneficiaries who are putting money to good use in the area.

Meanwhile, Chengelo School of Nursing Director Baton Mugala thanked government for showing commitment in empowering people economically in the area.

Mr. Mugala further thanked government for a good working relation with the private sector in the district.

Don’t disturb water table, people drilling bore holes told

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Don’t disturb water table, people drilling bore holes told

The Water Resource Management Authority (WRMA) has warned drilling companies in Zambia against disturbing and abusing the surface or under-round water.

WRMA Director Paul Kapotwe said companies should adhere to the provisions of the Water Resources Management Act.

Mr. Kapotwe noted that the proliferation of borehole drilling companies in the country is an indication that the industry has grown and that some companies could be flouting the Act.

Mr. Kapotwe told media in an interview in Lusaka today that it is illegal for drillers in any party of Zambia to drill a bore hole without following laid down procedures.

The WRMA Chief disclosed that the Authority was aware that some drilling firms were sinking boreholes in forbidden areas and that his organisation will move in to penalise the companies.

Mr. Kapotwe said efforts are underway to strengthen regulation of the water drilling companies through relevant registration agencies such as the National Council for Construction, Drillers Association of Zambia, and the Registrar of Companies.

He appealed to members of the general public to help protect and conserve forests, and employ good practices in managing the country’s water resources.

HH and GBM off to the Copperbelt to visit UPND members in Prisons

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HH and GBM off to the Copperbelt to visit UPND members in Prisons

HH, GBM and GBM's wife after he was released from police custody
HH, GBM and GBM’s wife
UPND President Hakainde Hichilema and his vice President for Administration Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba have left Lusaka for Copperbelt Province.

While on the Copperbelt Province, Mr Hichilema and his entourage will visit some of the several UPND Members arrested during the elections.

The UPND President will go round Police cells and jails holding his party members on the Copperbelt.

Thousands of UPND members are in detention across the country as they were arrested before, during and after elections.

On the Copperbelt, UPND Chairperson Elisha Matambo and 7 others are in jail on aggravated robbery charge.

On their way, the entourage stopped by roadsides to greet residents in Chibombo, central province along great North road.

Source UPND media.

President Lungu names 8 more Ministers, Dora Siliya is new Agriculture Minister

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President Lungu names 8 more Ministers, Dora Siliya is new Agriculture Minister
President Edgar Lungu in Office
President Edgar Lungu in Office

President Edgar Lungu President has named eight more Cabinet Ministers bringing the total number of those so far appointed to full Cabinet Ministers to 16.

In a statement released to the media by State House by his special assistant for Press and Public relations, Amos Chanda, the appointments are pursuant to Article 116 (1) and (2) of the Constitution of Zambia.

The following are the appointments, which take immediate effect after the swearing-in ceremony at State House on Tuesday, 27th September, 2016 at 9:00 hours:

(1) Hon. Dora Siliya, (MP):
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ;

(2) Hon. Vincent Mwale, (MP):
MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

(3) Hon. Lawrence John Sichalwe,(MP):
MINISTER OF CHIEFS AND TRADITIONAL
AFFAIRS;

(4) Hon. Jean Kapata, (MP):
MINISTER OF LANDS;

(5) Hon. Victoria Kalima (MP):
MINISTER OF GENDER;

(6) Hon. Prof. Nkandu Luo,(MP):
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION;

(7) Hon. Moses Mawere,(MP):
MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORT 

(8) Hon. Dr. Dennis Musuku Wachinga,(MP):
MINISTER OF GENERAL EDUCATION.

The President will announce structural changes to some Ministries in a bid to rationalise their operations for efficient output.

Meanwhile, President Lungu has tasked the newly appointed Agriculture Minister Hon. Dora Siliya to ensure that national food security is a top priority, immediately she takes office.

In this regard, the President has directed the Minister to ensure that the maize export ban currently in force is strictly enforced.

HH should express gratitude to Dr Banda as opposed to punishing him-Frank Bwalya

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HH should express gratitude to Dr Banda as opposed to punishing him-Frank Bwalya
Frank Bwalya
Frank Bwalya

The PF says it agrees with UPND Vice President for politics Dr Canisius Banda that his President should express gratitude as opposed to the punishment he has received.

PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya said Dr Banda joined the party when it needed high profile politicians to diminish the tribal tag which had become indelible on the party skin.

Mr Bwalya said Dr Banda has worked hard for the Party and has enhanced Mr Hichilema’s image as a presidential material.

“We agree with suspended United Party for National Development vice president for politics Dr Canisius Banda that what he should have expected from the UPND Mr Hakainde Hichilema was gratitude and commendation for his loyalty and sacrifices and not the malicious suspension he has been slapped with.

“The reason we agree with Dr Banda is that he joined UPND at a time when the party desperately needed high profile politicians from regions beyond Southern province to join them as party of the project to diminish the tribal mark that had become indelible on the UPND skin,” he said.

He added “Zambians have not forgotten that Mr Hichilema’s ascendancy to power in UPND having emerged from without after the death of founding leader late Mr Anderson Kambela Mazoka was characterised by scandalous tribalism.

“During the succession process the UPND made it clear that the party wouldn’t accept a non-Tonga to take over as leader of their party. The move to exclude non-Tongas for the top position caused the exodus of many senior members who accused the party of tribalism. Those who left UPND include Mr Sakwiba Sikota SC and Mr Patrick Chisanga, to mention but a few.

“Against this background, we believe that Dr Banda made a great contribution to project the UPND as a non-tribal party. He also added value to the UPND top leadership owing to his wise, sober and thoughtful leadership. We are aware of the many sacrifices that Dr Banda made for the UPND and Mr Hichilema as an individual. He helped to launder Mr Hichilema and did a lot to enhance his profile as presidential material,” he said.

He said Dr Banda is a classic example of how the UPND has been using people to wash off their tribal tag.

“Therefore we believe that the suspension of Dr Banda is a classic example of how UPND has been inviting people to their party and use them as detergents to wash of their tribal tag and thereafter get rid of them. In this case, Dr Banda was used to help Mr Hichilema become appealing mainly to Easterners. This explains why each time Mr Hichilema visited Eastern province as part of his party mobilisation and campaign programme he always went with Dr Banda.

“As such, we think that the suspension and impending dismissal of Dr Canisius Banda from the UPND should serve as a timely warning to the many newcomers to the UPND who were invited for the sole purpose of changing the party’s tribal complexion. These members including the likes of Mr Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM), Mr Mulenga Sata and others will soon realise that they are not wanted in UPND,” he said.

He added “Finally, we wish to advise unsuspecting politicians in our country who may think UPND is attractive to consult those who supported Mr Hichilema in the 2015 presidential election and swiftly distanced themselves from him. These include Dr Katele Kalumba, Mr Lameck Mangani and now finance minister Mr Felix Mutati to mention but a few.”

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