PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has assured Zambians that every part of the country will receive a fair share of development as long as the Patriotic Front (PF) remains in power.

Mr Lungu said he was a president for all Zambians and thus he would not deny any part of the country development even if they did not vote for him.

Addressing a huge rally at Mutendere Ground in Kafue yesterday, President Lungu observed that Zambia was one country and thus he did not want other parts of the country to be developed while others lagged behind.

“I want to assure you that no part of Zambia will remain undeveloped as long as we remain in power,” he said.

President Lungu assured Kafue residents that the development which was being experienced in Lusaka and Western provinces, among other areas, such as township roads would be extended to the district and turning Kafue District Council into a Municipal Council.

President Lungu said he would engage the Ministry of Finance to ensure that it pumped in more money into Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia to revamp it.

He also pledged to tackle unemployment and look into the challenges of retirees in Kafue.
President Lungu noted that his predecessor the late Michael Sata had taught the party to ensure that development benefitted the poor as well and not restricting it to the rich.

President Lungu reiterated his warning against experimenting with leadership as voting for other candidates who had never even served as councillors before risked retarding development as they would take time to learn how to govern the country.

President Lungu further cautioned the electorate against voting for candidates who did not respect them and did not listen to their advice which he said was an attribute of poor leadership.

Mr Lungu also implored PF cadres not to react violently once provoked by the opposition, but to instead forgive their enemies and report them to the police whom he commended for working hard in controlling political violence perpetrators the past week.

“In PF we love peace, so when you vote for PF, you are voting for peace. When UPND attacks you, refrain from fighting back lest you destroy the country,” he said.

Speaking at the same rally, former vice-president Enock Kavindele observed that the amount of development the PF Government had garnered in the last five years was unprecedented, citing the increase in number of public universities, health facilities as classic examples.

Christian Democratic Party leader Dan Pule said President Lungu was a God-fearing leader and thus implored all the Christians in the country to fast and pray for peace and the PF to win the general elections for 40 days starting on July 4, this year.

PF secretary-general Davies Chama, President Lungu’s campaign chairperson Samuel Mukupa, former Kabwe member of Parliament Austin Chewe and leaders of the 16 political parties which have backed the ruling party, besides Kafue adopted candidates, were among other speakers.

President Edgar Lungu has directed the Zambia Public Procurement Authority to ensure that all infrastructural projects, including the airport expansion and electricity power station projects, are supplied by locally produced products.

The President said the move will support locally produced goods such as steel bars produced by the Universal Mining and Chemical Industries limited of Kafue.

President Lungu said the steel plant, which employs about 1000 people, is in line with government’s development programme of job creation hence the need for support by all Zambians.

The Head of State said government stands ready to meet the energy demand required by the steel plant so that it can operate at full capacity.

President Lungu was speaking when he launched the new Direct Reduced Iron Plant at Kafue steel plant in Kafue District.

President Lungu has also directed the minister of mines and the Managing Director of ZCCM Investment Holdings to allocated Kafue steel plant a sizeable coal reserve to enable the upgrading of iron and steel products.

The President was earlier taken on a conducted tour of both the steel plant and the new Direct Reduced Iron Plant which is at the same premise.

And Trade Kings Group of Companies Executive Director, Bright Chunga, told the President that Kafue Steel Plant is producing 120,000 metric tonnes per annum but will upgrade to 240,000 metric tonnes per annum once the plant starts using iron ore later this year.

Dr Chunga said load shedding is one of the challenges that have hampered production restricting it to eight hours per day.

He has also disclosed that the firm will later this year open an ore mine in Nampundwe in Shibuyunji district.

The President is in Kafue District and later expected to address a public rally at Mutendere Primary school.

The vendors interviewed on the streets of Lusaka on Friday revealed that motorists and members of the public have stopped buying the other newspapers since the Post has now limited circulation.

They revealed that the trend has always been that people will buy the other two or three papers together with the Post as a way of getting a balance in news coverage.

“What used to happen is that the first paper of choice would be the Post, after they get the Post, then you find that someone will also get the Daily Mail or Times depending on which Headline they have and the Daily Nation would only be an option but since the Post became hard to find, people are now failing to buy any of the three papers which has now badly affected our sales,” said one vendor on Independence Avenue.

And investigations have revealed that some newspaper vendors on Cairo road have resorted to hiding the paper for fear of being attacked by PF cadres.
Some vendors who operate around Church House on Cairo Road said they have been warned that they will be beaten up and their wares confiscated if they are found selling the Post.

“So we have resorted to hiding the paper and selling it only to our trusted customers because we are scared of these PF cadres. They keep checking up on us to see if we are stocking the paper. They are saying that the Post is a closed publication so it is illegal to trade in it. This has made our work very difficult,” another vendor said.

The Zambia Revenue Authority this week raided the Post and confiscated equipment and assets of the newspaper company and paralysed its operations in a protracted.

However, the Newspaper has defied all odds and have continued publishing although with limited circulation.

The phrase ‘local is lekker’ flowed off Radisson Blu Zambia executive chef, Darrly Freeman‘s lips on Friday night as he feted guests to delicious local cuisines.
He was right. Local is always lekker.
The testimony is in the huge numbers of people that flock to the famous ‘matebeto’ restaurants in Lusaka’s Thornpark every lunch hour.
Zambians have a great love for local dishes such as bondwe and Chibwabwa, and being able to sample such cuisines in a five-star setup such as the Radisson Blu, is set to make it all the more delicious.
The Radisson Blu has tapped into this love by launching the new Chuma Grill menu and restaurant on Mondays.
In an interview, Radisson Blu general manager Marius Wolmarans said the restaurant would serve Zambian cuisines in a comfortable and relaxed environment.
“We want every guest coming into the country to have a real taste of the various Zambian foods, without having to leave our hospitable and warm environment,” Wolmarans said.
Interestingly, the restaurant is named after one of the famous explorer, David Livingstone’s helpers, Chuma.
Chuma was renowned for his hospitality to the explorer and is said to have taken great care of the explorer, especially in the last days of his life.
And chef Freeman said the restaurant will also boost local business as most of the foods are sourced locally, especially from the Tuesday Market in Kabwata, Lusaka.
Chef Freeman is the winner of the Master-cook Zambia 2014 cooking competition.

(Daily Mail)

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