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Nkana coach Aggrey Chiyangi has tipped striker Ronald ‘Sate Sate’ Kampamba to score more goals at the club.
Kampamba at the weekend scored his first goal since re-joining Nkana on a one year loan deal from Egyptian club Wadi Degla.
He had featured in two games as a second half substitute before scoring in Nkana’s 3-0 thumping of Lusaka Tigers on Saturday in Kitwe
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“We expect Ronald to score goals for Nkana.” Chiyangi said.
“He has the experience and he knows the right position where to score goals,” he said.
Chiyangi added: “Against Lusaka Tigers he just went in and the first touch he scored.”
Kampamba may start Friday’s away match at Nchanga Rangers in Chingola.
logs of wood placed by UPND cadres during a protest
Police have arrested 151 UPND supporters in Southern Province for riotous behavior related to post elections.
Riots broke out in several parts of Southern Province on Monday, shortly after President Edgar Lungu was declared winner of Thursday’s tightly contested elections.
Police Spokesman Rae Hamoonga disclosed that 53 people were apprehended in Choma while 53 others were picked up in Mazabuka and a further 26 nabbed in Monze.
In Namwala, six, were arrested while four were picked up in Sinazongwe and three were picked up in Kazungula District.
Mr Hamoonga said in Choma, police recorded five cases of Arson after the unruly mob ran amok and begun setting ablaze other people’s property.
“In Mwapona Compound, some UPND supporters set ablaze a house belonging to Kelvin Simimba, 45 of Zambia Compound. They also set on fire a restaurant belonging to Juliet Jere, 33 of Choma’s overspill destroying various properties. The unruly crowds also blocked a road using a rail slipper at Muzoka,” he said in a statement.
He said there were also riots in Monze Town and surrounding compounds around 1400 hours, where UPND supporters were burning tires and logs later also blocked roads with various objects.
Mr Hamoonga said Chibuyu Community Police post and eight motor vehicles packed at the police were damaged and make shift stands at Hamusonde market were burned and in the process, 25 males and one female were arrested.
“In Maamba, six, people of Chief Mweemba have been picked up for riotous behavior and malicious damage to property. They have been identified as Shemu Siankazi aged 18 years, Wisdom Sikanembe aged 23 years, Chipo Simapemo aged 22years Willy Siasidu aged 35 years, Clement Siamalambo aged 40 years and Lewis Simudini aged 45years. The accused persons blocked Mweemba road with rocks and logs later begun stoning houses perceived to be owned by Patriotic Front supporters. They further stoned Siatwinda Clinic.”
“In Kazungula district, three UPND cadres were arrested for damaging motor vehicles belonging to some Patriotic Front supporters.”
He said a Toyota Carina registration number ALG 9674, property of Floriah Maliwe had its wind screen damaged at Kaleya, in Mazabuka and another motor vehicle Toyota Ipsum registration number BAD 1141 belonging to Evaristo Malama also of Mazabuka was damaged while an unregistered Honda Fit, property of Constable Malama of Mazabuka also had its wind screen damaged and a house with property belonging to Evans Lungu, a PF supporter of Kabobola Compound was damaged by unknown people.
He said all those apprehended are detained in police custody and will appear in court soon.
“The situation has since been brought under control. We have intensified both foot and motorised patrols in the province to ensure that all those that would want to abrogate the law with impunity are brought to book.”
Plumes of smoke from burning tyres placed by United Party for National Development (UPND) supporters on the Monze-Lusaka road during the protest by the cadres after the announcement of the Edgar Lungu as president-elect. The cadres engaged in a running battle with police which lasted for several hours till late last night.Make shift market stalls belonging to PF supporters torched by UPND supporters shortly after President Edgar Lungu was declared winner of the 2016 general electionsMake shift market stalls belonging to PF supporters torched by UPND supporters shortly after President Edgar Lungu was declared winner of the 2016 general electionsDefiant UPND supporters burning tyres and blocking the street roads with stones and logs shortly after the declaration of Edgar Lungu as the winner of the pollsPolice who were ostensibly outnumbered by protesting UPND cadres had a tough time to contain the situation which lasted for close to 10 hourslogs of wood placed by UPND cadres during a protestBurning tyres on the main roads were everywhere as Police engaged in a running battle with cadres.
A business men trying to salvage something from what was once his market stalls gutted by fire started by UPND cadres yesterday during a protest.Chibuyu Police station in Site and Service compound was not spared from rampaging UPND supporters who smashed the windows of the station and got away with some police documents as well.One of the shops in Manungu damaged and ransacked by UPND cadres during a remonstration yesterday after the announcement of president Edgar Lungu as winner of the 2016 presidential polls.
Frank Bwalya and his Deputy Katongo Banda
The Patriotic Front says the impending election petition by the UPND will help show that it also suffered due to election malpractices.
The UPND has confirmed that it will file petition papers this week in the constitutional court hoping to overturn the election victory of President Edgar Lungu.
But in an interview, PF Deputy Spokesman Frank Bwalya said the party is excited that the UPND intends to petition the outcome of the presidential election.
Mr Bwalya said the PF is confident that the Judiciary will handle the matter judiciary and expeditiously.
He said the party will comply with the provisions of the amended constitution and allow the Speaker to act as President once the petition papers are filed in.
Mr Bwalya said the PF will use the petition process as an opportunity to highlight the many injustices that some of its election agents faced intimidation and some were beaten up in UPND strongholds.
He said the party’s legal team will be on hand to defend the re-election of President Edgar Lungu.
And Mr Bwalya has advised PF members to celebrate the victory responsibly and not mock the losers.
He said President Lungu does not want to see mock coffins in UPND colours saying such celebrations are provocative.
For the first time, Zambia will have an interest in three teams in the semifinals of the CAF Champions League.
Zamalek of Egypt and Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa will add to Zesco United’s local flavour in the last four of this year’s competition.
The semifinal first legs are set for the weekend of September 16 and the final legs will be played during the weekend of September 24.
Sundowns have goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene, although his only group stage appearence came as an unused substitute in Sundowns’ 2-0 away win over Entente Setif on June 18 before the Algerian club was expelled for crowd trouble in that match.
Zamalek have striker Emmanuel Mayuka who has made the team four times in the league phase and played two matches after coming off the bench but has yet to score in the group stage.
Meanwhile, should Zesco finished second in Group A when they hosts leaders Wydad Casablanca on August 24 in Ndola, they will face Sundowns who finished first in Group B.
Weekend scorecard
FAZ Super Division
Week 22
13/08/2016
Nkana 3(Fred Tshimenga 21′, Ronald Kampamba 56′, Jacob Ngulube 71′)-Lusaka Tigers 0
Lumwana Radiants 1(Vernon Sikalinda ?’)- Green Eagles 3(Tandi Mwape ?’, Claude Bwalya ?’, Mwila Phiri ?’)
Mufulira Wanderers 0-Kabwe Warriors 0
Green Buffaloes 4(Sebastian Mwansa 46′, Christopher Katongo 56′, Buchizya Mfune 85′, Victor Chimbulu 90′)-Nchanga Rangers 2(Kabeya Mulume 12′, Clement Mwape 81′)
Lusaka Dynamos 1(Kennedy Musonda 21′)- Zanaco 6(Roderick Kabwe 34′, Aubrey Funga 37′, Isaac Chansa 56′ 60′, Richard Kasonde 58′ 73′)
Who doesn’t love a good curry? There are so many different ways to make it and so many different things that you can add to it; and you can eat your curry with nearly anything. Whether you are a vegetarian, a vegan or a meat eater there is a curry out there for you. Curries like this scrumptious mild curry, are a great way to spice up your typical meals. You can use leftover chicken and jazz it up to make this easy and delicious Chicken and sweet potato curry.
Preparation and Cooking time: 25-35 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
1 tbsp vegetable oil/sunflower oil
2 tsp mild curry powder
4 chicken pieces, thighs and breasts, cut into small pieces
2 medium-sized sweet potato, peeled and cut into small pieces
300ml chicken stock
400ml can of coconut milk
175g frozen peas
Salt
Pepper
2 tsp garlic powder
Coriander, to garnish
Method
Marinade your chicken pieces, with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Heat the oil in a deep pan or wok, add your chicken; then your curry powder and stir well. Fry for 1 minute. Add sweet potatoes and stir until everything is coated. Now pour in the stock and coconut milk. Bring to the boil, and then simmer for 15 minutes.
Add the peas, bring back to the boil and simmer for a further 4-5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper before serving, and garnish with coriander.
Serving
Serve this mildly spiced curry with basmati rice.
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Riots in Monze
Riots against re-election of President Edgar Lungu that hit most parts of Southern Province last evening spread to Mongu in the western province.
An eye witness confirmed that most parts of Mongu town were affected and that riot police had to fire teargas canisters.
He said youths were running battles with the police as youths chanted slogans of forward forward and we want change.
And Mazhandu Family Buses Limited has announced the temporal suspension of bus services to the Southern Provinces after riots broke out.
“We wish to notify our esteemed passengers that the buses to and from southern province have been temporarily cancelled due to riotous behaviour currently being experienced in some towns along this route. However, we expect to resume as soon as the situation normalises. Advance tickets that were purchased for this route remain valid, we regret any inconvenience this may cause,” a statement read.
HH flanked by Mr Mwamba and Dr Banda_1
UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has described the re-election of President Edgar Lungu as a coup on Zambia’s democratic process.
Mr Hichilema said the will of the people has been changed in an illegal and undemocratic way.
He has since announced that the UPND will file a petition in the constitutional court to challenge President Lungu’s victory.
Mr Hichilema disclosed this during a press briefing this evening.
“Firstly we wish to thank our supporters from the bottom of our heart. We are truly grateful for your support, hard work and dedication throughout the election period. Today the PF has effected a coup on Zambia’s democratic process,” Mr Hichilema said.
“The will of the people has been changed in an illegal and undemocratic way. We submitted evidence before the declaration of the results regarding the gross irregularities that have taken place,” he said.
Mr Hichilema said in any free, fair, transparent and democratic system this would have been enough to prompt a recount in the affected areas but that Zambia no longer operates that way.
“The ECZ has taken the decision away from the people. Zambians made their decision on Thursday. That decision has not been respected. During these delays the PF have acted with impunity to change the result,” he said.
Mr Hichilema said the UPND team endured countless obstacles and perversions of democracy throughout the campaign period and that it cannot now accept the manipulation of the vote itself.
“That is why we will not accept the result. We will be launching a Constitutional Court petition on the basis of the evidence we have collated and presented to the ECZ,” he said.
“As the Constitution sets out, once we have launched our petition then there must be no inauguration until the matter is settled in the court. This is according to a provision in the new Constitutional Amendment Bill that Edgar Lungu himself assented to just a few months ago.”
He said the independence of the ECZ has been compromised, after coming under pressure from the PF.
“We will now place our faith in the Constitutional Court, in the people of Zambia.”
He said the grounds on which the party will launch the petition are many, but they include the withholding of G12 forms from UPND’s polling agents in order to enable tampering with the results in favour of the PF.
“Without authenticated certificates for the stations there is no validity in the totalling process. The ECZ itself acknowledged this fact, agreeing to a verification and recount of votes in Lusaka district and the formation of a task team to oversee the process just yesterday afternoon, before the decision was later reversed under pressure from the President Lungu,” he said.
Mr Hichilema also cited the intimidation of party agents at polling stations during the counting process, whereby PF supporters physically kicked them out before having uncontrolled access to the ballot boxes.
“Discrepancies in the vote count and the result issued by the totalling centre, for example the case of the 14,039 missing UPND votes in Kanyama that were later found in the bin. Once these were input our vote went from 17,985 to 32,024. Even after this, however, the ECZ announced a figure of 30,892. We are compiling a list of other such instances to present to the courts.”
“Instances where a higher number of votes were cast than registered voters. For example, at Kamanga polling station in Munali constituency where there were 714 more votes cast than registered voters. The discovery of pre-marked ballot papers outside of ZAF HQ in Lusaka as late as Sunday morning,” he said.
Mr Hichilema said the UPND has specific evidence of gross irregularities in a number of constituencies, including all of the Lusaka urban constituencies, namely Kanyama, Munali, Chawama, Mandevu, Lusaka Central, Matero and Kabwata.
“If we fail to stand up for our democracy today then we undermine our prospects for peace and development in the weeks, months and years to come.”
“Finally, we call on Lungu to stop brutalising our supporters. Across the country’s markets, bus stops, taxi ranks and their work places our supporters have been victimised. This must stop right now. Zambians have a democratic right to vote for a leader of their choice. We will not return to a one-party state. We have come a long way and now is not the time to give up. We don’t give up,” he said.
“To our members, our supporters and our sympathisers, I thank you once again. I am asking you to remain united. I am asking you to hold each other’s hands and support one another because we need you now more than ever.”
UPND members listening to Mr Hichilema’s addressHH flanked by Mr Mwamba and Dr Banda
President Lungu addresses PF Supporters who visited him at State House after he was declared Winner of the August 11,2016 Elections.
The Patriotic Front has announced that it will tomorrow, Tuesday, August 16 2016 hold a thanksgiving rally at Lusaka’s Woodlands Stadium.
PF Deputy Spokesman Frank Bwalya said the rally will be held to thank God for what he called a sweet victory after President Edgar Lungu won re-election.
Mr Bwalya said the rally will start at 12 Hours and that all members and the general public are welcome.
“It’s a thanksgiving rally, so let us come together and thank God for this sweet victory. Let us also pray for his guidance as we continue to govern this country under the leadership of His Excellency Edgar Chagwa Lungu,” Mr Bwalya said.
He said Speakers at the rally include President Elect Edgar Lungu, the running mate Inonge Wina and members of the Central Committee.
President Lungu with First Lady Esther LunguPresident Lungu with First Lady Esther LunguPresident Lungu addresses PF Supporters who visited him at State House after he was declared Winner of the August 11,2016 Elections.President Lungu addresses PF Supporters who visited him at State House after he was declared Winner of the August 11,2016 Elections.President Lungu addresses PF Supporters who visited him at State House after he was declared Winner of the August 11,2016 Elections.President Lungu share a light moment with First Lady Esther Lungu, Vice-President Inonge Wina and his Campaign manager Samuel MukupaPresident Lungu addresses PF Supporters who visited him at State House after he was declared Winner of the August 11,2016 Elections.
Riots have broken out in most parts of Southern Province following the re-election of President Edgar Lungu.
Shortly after the declaration was made, some UPND supporters took to the streets of Choma burying tyres and blocking roads in protest against Mr Lungu’s re-election.
Hours later the riots spread to Monze, Magoye and Livingstone.
In Choma riot police have been deployed and teargas canisters fired to disperse the protestors.
They say the election has been stolen from Hakainde Hichilema by the Electoral Commission of Zambia.
Some interviewed said they have suffered enough and will not allow another election victory to be stolen.
Some market stalls in Monze and Choma of Southern Province have been gutted by protesting residents following the reelection of President Edgar Lungu.
Southern Province Commissioner of Police Godwin Phiri,who confirmed the development yesterday, said the police were on the ground to control the situation.
The Southern Province overwhelmingly voted for Mr Hichilema in Thursday’s elections.
Standard Bank which operates in Zambia as Stanbic Bank says it believes that Zambia will sign up to a financing deal with the International Monetary Fund as early as December 2016.
In a note to investors shortly after President Edgar Lungu’s re-election, the bank said with the PF win, most of the groundwork has already been laid.
“In preliminary talks with the IMF, Zambian authorities indicated that a deal in the region of USD1.2bn was in the pipeline. Earlier in the year the IMF indicated that its discussions with Zambian authorities were “to lay the groundwork for rapid action toward a Fund program following the Aug elections.” We thus believe that an IMF deal could be sealed as early as Q4:16,” said Samantha Singh from the Bank’s Research Unit.
“Of course, it is worth recalling that the government initially aimed to reduce the fiscal deficit to 3.8% of GDP in 2016 from a deficit equivalent to 8.3% of GDP in 2015, without the help of an IMF program.”
She however noted that sticking with that commitment proved challenging arguably on account of the pending elections this year adding that the 2016 deficit is likely to be 9.3% of GDP.
Ms. Singh said the administration will probably become emboldened by the election results, making it likely that it would adopt an aggressive, yet credible, fiscal consolidation path.
“If we are correct, such an IMF programme should boost confidence in Zambia not least because it would most likely commit the authorities to fiscal consolidation at a time when monetary policy is already tight,” she said.
Ms. Singh said additionally, the combination of tight fiscal and monetary policy would probably restrain unproductive imports, engender a narrower current account deficit and provide some support to the Kwacha.
“USD/ZMW, which was around 10.5 levels this morning, is likely to test 10 soon, before a slow march to the 11 level resumes. Domestic yields to ultimately compress while Eurobonds should benefit from the prospects of an IMF programme,” she said.
“Fiscal restraint under such an IMF program should also slow down net domestic issuance of government paper, and probably pull down yields at the long-end of the curve, making duration attractive. However, the market is likely to wait for evidence of a sustainable cut back in domestic issuance before yields compress significantly.”
She however noted that the external sector looking brighter saying despite a challenging global environment and domestic electricity supply challenges at the start of the year, copper production has held up so far this year.
“Additionally, the mining tax regime has become relatively stable, and a further sustained decline in copper prices appears less likely. According to the Chamber of Mines’ data, Mopani Copper Mines produced 21.2k MT in H1:16, which represent a 58% y/y decline as most of its mines remain on care and maintenance.”
She said it is unlikely that this pause in production will dramatically affect 2016 output.
“For the country as a whole, the production losses in the large operations have been offset by increase in production at Kalumbila and there are other the expansion projects going on in some of the other large producers. Hence, we expect copper production to increase to about 760k MT this year from 711k MT in 2015.”
“On the electricity front, we expect better rainfall and additional capacity in H2:16. The120MW Itezhi Tezhi power station was commissioned back in Mar while 150MW of the 300MW coal fired Maamba project was commissioned this month. All these suggest that copper production and exports, both in volume and value terms, will rise further in 2017,” she said.
Jack Mwiimbu Chairman – Legal
The opposition UPND is this week expected file a petition in the Constitutional Court against the re-election of President Edgar Lungu who scrapped through Thursday’s tightly fought election.
And the party is also demanding that somebody takes over the Office of the President in an acting capacity once the petition is filed in accordance with the amended constitution.
UPND Legal Adviser Jack Mwiimbu told Journalists in Lusaka shortly after President Lungu was declared winner that the opposition party will file the petition papers anytime this week.
Mr Mwiimbu also revealed that the Court has also granted leave to commence judicial proceedings against the handling of the election.
“I wish to disclose here that last night we had commenced judicial review process, the court has already given us leave to commence legal process, this matter will be held Wednesday morning, concurrently we are commencing the petition against the results of the presidency,” Mwiimbu said.
He said the constitutional provisions have to take root because the party has overwhelming evidence that the election was stolen from Hakainde Hichilema.
“When there is a petition, somebody else has to act as President until the petition is decided. We are not going to allow impunity in this country,” he said.
“This country is for all of us. This is a very sad day for this country. We so ashamed that we can have an Electoral Commission that colludes with a particular party, that is not what we wanted. That is not what we wanted when we put those people in power. We never thought that such travesty of the law can take place here.”
He added, “The Electoral Commission Chairman even had the audacity to say that the Electoral Process Act was the one which was also used in the 2011 elections. How can a law which was passed this year be passed in retrospect? It just shows that there is something wrong in the understanding of the laws of this country by people whom we assume to be knowledgeable. We cannot allow travesty of the law in this country.”
Mr Mwiimbu continued, “We are aware of what they want to do, we have no doubt in our minds. We are resolved, we are going to take up this matter legally and we will not be constrained by anybody. We know that actually there will be victimisation, some of our supporter’s homes have been attacked. In Chibombo, 10 Kilometres away from here, a school to one of our members has been completely destroyed. His houses have been destroyed, just because he belongs to an opposition party.”
“This not what we fought for, this is not what we wanted as a country, we are not in any way failing to protect our interest, we will protect democracy and we will ensure that the process commences very soon.”
PF cadres marching the streets of Lusaka after the declaration of the results
President Edgar Lungu will this afternoon address supporter at Heroes Stadium hours after he was declared winner of he was declared winner of Thursday’s elections.
State House Spokesman Amos Chanda confirmed that President Lungu has been compelled to meet his people who have gone to the stadium within minutes of the President being declared winner of the 2016 presidential election.
Mr Chanda said President Lungu has met with some of his aides and the defence and security chiefs at the Presidential retreat at State Lodge, East of Lusaka.
Earlier today, Electoral Commission of Zambia Chairman Justice Essau Chulu declared Mr Lungu winner of the tightly contested election.
Justice Chulu said President Lungu had secured 50.35% defeating his main rival, Hakainde Hichilema, who got 47.67%.
Mr Hichilema’s party has accused the commission of helping the PF to steal the election.
Meanwhile, there is jubilation in the streets of Lusaka as PF supporters celebrate President Lungu’s re-election.
Hordes of people marched to State House and the Mulungushi International Conference Centre celebrating the victory.
People descend on ZNBC Kitwe studios in celebrationPF cadres celebrating in Lusaka
The Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) has said that their deployed parallel vote tabulation (PVT) estimates are consistent with the ECZ’s official results for the 2016 presidential election delcared, giving confidence that the results announced by the ECZ at Mulungushi Conference Centre in Lusaka accurately reflect the ballots cast by voters at the 10,818 polling streams
located at 7,700 polling stations.
In a statement released to the media, CCMG said that all stake holders should have confidence in the ECZ presidential Results.
“Now that the ECZ has declared results for the 2016 presidential elections, CCMG affirms that
its PVT estimates for the presidential election are consistent with the ECZ’s official results.
All stakeholders, particularly political parties, that participated in the election should have confidence in the ECZ’s presidential results,” read the report.
The Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) is an alliance of four faith based organisations formed to help promote credible elections through non-partisan citizen monitoring. The CCMG partner organisations are: Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ); Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ); Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections (JCTR); and Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB), formerly the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC), through Caritas Zambia. CCMG was founded ahead of the 20 th January 2015 presidential by-election. CCMG is strictly non-partisan.
Zambia’s incumbent President Edgar Lungu has been delared the winner of the August 11 Elections after he polled 1, 860, 877 (50.3 %) and his closest river Hakainde Hichilema from the UPND polled 1, 760, 347(47.8%).
With the results from all the 156 constituencies, the PF candidate secured a Margin of 100 530, maiking him an outright winner and removing the Spectre of a Presidential Election Re-Run.
UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema addressing media from his residence
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Why we need a recount in Lusaka
At a press briefing on Sunday evening we set out the reasons why we need a recount in Lusaka district:
1. G12 forms were withheld from our polling agents after the initial release, meaning they were not able to verify the results. The totalling process cannot be legitimately completed without these and the only way to now verify them transparently is to recount the votes in the presence of all stakeholders.
Note the form was initially being released but then halted in Lusaka. We believe this was a deliberate move to leave results open in Lusaka so the PF could boost their numbers as required on the basis of results coming in from the other provinces.
2. During the delays with the G12 there was widespread intimidation at polling stations including Kamwala basic school in Kabwata and Olympia school in Mandevu where PF agents physically kicked out our agents during the counting process.
3. Dr. Mwanawasa uncovered a discrepancy of 14,000 votes in the Kanyama presidential vote, across a total of 20 polling streams. Informed by her agent that numbers were not adding up she came to the totalling centre to find the missing results literally thrown in the bin. Once retrieved our vote share went from 17,985 to 32,024. This is just one constituency and we know they have rolled out a similar scheme across Lusaka.
4. Instances where a higher number of votes were cast than registered voters. For example at Kamanga polling station in Munali 714 more votes than registered voters were recorded.
5. Discovery of pre-marked ballots outside of ZAF HQ as late as Sunday morning. We are filing a legal case to present the evidence on this matter.
