A 40-YEAR-OLD man of Chingola has told the Chingola Magistrate’s Court that his former wife nearly killed him by squeezing his sacred parts after he refused to reconcile with her.
Morgan Chingabwele of 30 Masomo Street, Chiwempala, was testifying before senior resident magistrate Davies Chibwili in a case in which he is facing one count of assault.
It is alleged that Chingabwele assaulted Beauty Chabu occasioning her actual bodily harm on November 10 this year in Chingola.
Appearing for defence, Chingabwele told the court that Ms Chabu wanted the couple to reconcile, but he refused.
He said this did not please his wife, who went to his house to insult him.
The court heard that Ms Chabu called Chingabwele and asked if she could spend a night at his house because she was stranded.
“I refused because we are divorced and I explained to her that she cannot sleep at my house because she is no longer my wife,” he said.
The court heard that Ms Chabu suspected that Chingabwele had married another woman.
“She called me asking if we can get back together and after I refused, she came to my house and started hitting the door with a stone while insulting me. She thought I was with another woman, so she entered the house and started searching.
“After that, I tried to drag her out of my house but her sister held my hands while Ms Chabu pulled my private parts,” he said.
Chingabwele told the court that he felt a lot of pain, which forced him to retaliate and assault Ms Chabu as he tried to defend himself.
“Your honour, I felt pain. My landlord came to my rescue and I ran away. She damaged my radio and locked my house,” he said.
Mr Chibwili adjourned the matter to December 22 for judgment.

(DailyMail)

The Grand Coalition on the Campaign for a People Driven Constitution in Zambia has said the amendments to the constitution passed in Parliament is not what the people of Zambia drafted but what the PF wanted.The Grand Coalition said the people of Zambia have clearly been duped by the Patriotic Front government and now it is trying to blindfold the citizenry to think that a new People Driven Constitution has been delivered.

They said one wonders why the PF government did not just adopt the National Constitution Commission (NCC) draft of 2010 and included whatever new clauses they wanted, than wasting so much money only to end up adopting some of the exact clauses in the NCC draft Constitution and using the same route the NCC proposed. In a statement to the media the Grand Coalition further outlined the implications of the exclusions or shooting down of some progressive clauses in the draft constitution.

Below is the Full press statement

PRESS STATEMENT

Lusaka, 17th December 2015

The Grand Coalition on the Campaign for a People Driven Constitution in Zambia has been vindicated in its warning that the Parliamentary Amendment of the constitution is part of a well calculated ploy to deny Zambians a people driven constitution.

The people of Zambia have clearly been duped by the Patriotic Front government and now it is trying to blindfold the citizenry to think that a new People Driven Constitution has been delivered. The Bill that was passed is not a new constitution but amendments to the constitution. What they passed in Parliament is not what the people of Zambia drafted. It belongs to the PF and not the Zambian people. What happened in Parliament last week is part of the treachery that the Grand Coalition consistently warned Zambians to be wary about.

Recollecting how the final draft constitution was birthed, it is extremely treacherous for any person to alter the contents of a document that was compiled by the people of Zambia. One wonders why the PF government did not just adopt the National Constitution Commission (NCC) draft of 2010 and included whatever new clauses they wanted, than wasting so much money only to end up adopting some of the exact clauses in the NCC draft Constitution and using the same route the NCC proposed.

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The implications of the exclusions or shooting down of some progressive clauses in the draft constitution are that:

1. It limits citizens’ enjoyment of fundamental rights: The Bill of Rights has not been included in the amendments that passed in Parliament. This makes it difficult for citizens to enjoy their fundamental rights and freely participate in the governance of the country.
2. The shooting down of the provision on Mixed Member Proportional representation undermines the participation of women, youth and persons with disability: The amended constitution has undermined the participation of women, youths and persons with disability in national affairs and they remain at the benevolence of the leaders which perpetuates dependence and political patronage. The submissions from district, provincial and provincial levels, which were clearly captured in the final draft, were clear that citizens wanted the constitution that guaranteed the effective representation of women, youths and persons with disabilities in line with the many international instruments Zambia has signed. It is clear that the MMD and PF do not want the marginalised groups to also participate in the governance of the country as demonstrated by their unanimous resolve to shoot down such a provision.
3. The removal of the clause on Cabinet outside Parliament has undermined the doctrine of separation of powers: The amendment has also undermined the doctrine of separation of powers. We are in a subtle way going back to a one party state. The people clearly stated that in order for different arms of government to keep checks and balances on each other, Cabinet would have to be appointed from outside Parliament. This is working in other countries.
4. It has stifled access to information and freedom of the media: The people indicated that they want access to information and freedom of the media to be guaranteed in the new constitution. These provisions are not part of the PF amendments passed in Parliament. This means the PF want to continue with this current trend of beating journalists, storming radio stations and disrupting programmes. No wonder threats on media institutions have become the order of the day from the Minister responsible of protecting the media and also no wonder the Access to Information law has dragged on.
5. The amendments trashed the people’s submissions on voting on the budget: The final constitution says the budget must be passed by a two thirds majority, but the PF and MMD colluded to reject the people’s submissions, changing the clause to provide for a simple majority to pass the budget. This shows that they are so determined to continue with their lack of accountability in the management of national funds. It is sad that the PF could not learn from reasons that led to MMD being booted out-limited accountability that resulted in massive cases of corruption within government and officials.
6. The amendments left out the provisions on Provincial Assemblies, thus limiting decentralisation: Among the clauses that were shot down was the provision on provincial assemblies, whereby the constitution defined how citizens would effectively participate in local governance. PF government with support from the MMD want to continue to centralise power and their talk about decentralisation is but just a lip service.

The way in which the PF have handled their amendment of the constitution shows they want to limit citizens’ participation in the democratic governance of this country. We have every reason to fear that the current human rights violations through the limitation of the enjoyment of people’s freedoms are just but a beginning of worse things to come especially ahead of the election. That is why the PF have dropped a number of progressive clauses so that they can continue to undermine the role of citizens in the governance of this country later on drags its feet to review the Public Order Act.

What has worsened our fears is the fact that the current process does not have a clear roadmap to give guidance and indications on what will happen next on the mutilated constitution. We have already seen that those in power just decide as and when they want to change or remove some provisions of the draft without consulting the authors of the draft: the people of Zambia. Without a roadmap and legal framework, they will get away with this without accounting to anyone. However, the time to account for their actions is fast approaching and as Grand Coalition, we are resolved to make it happen for them.

What the Members of Parliament have done is like a messenger who is sent to deliver a letter, but on the way the messenger decides to open the letter and change some paragraphs.

Once again like they failed with the economy, the PF have failed even at something that was within their control.

Issued by: Ms Sara Longwe
Vice Chairperson – Grand Coalition on the Campaign for a People-Driven Constitution

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BY KAPA187 

Look at the woman above, Pilgrim. Isn’t she a marvel to behold? Aren’t you spellbound? Tell me, Pilgrim, isn’t she something?

See the hair? Breathtaking!Forget the sad, pensive look.Focus on her appearance.

You will see the following:

• originality.
• confidence.
• seriousness.
• maturity.
• pride.
  self-respect.
• focused.
• imposing.
• being at peace with oneself.
• striking beauty.
• leadership.
• blackness.
• the image of God.

This is the natural face Africa lost.Africa doesn’t look like this anymore.

Today Africa […save for South Africa] will not accept a president, MP, medical doctor or banker with dreadlocks. But one with a tie is suitable/acceptable. So plain stupid. Totally lost. Annoying.How so very sad!

Africa today looks Brazilian, Peruvian, Indian, American, soon Chinese, ad infinitum.

Now Pilgrim, if you no longer have your own face, you have a copy of another’s, how then can you excel, succeed or be exemplary?Shouldn’t you then be accused of deception?And kindly note, Pilgrim, that the worst form of deception is that of the self.If Africa is to rise again, yes again, this is the face Africa must reclaim.Its own.

The current face of Africa is fake. It is a festering and malignant cancerous wound on the conscience of the continent. It is offensive, repulsive.This explains why many troubles, trials and tribulations today riddle the continent.

We have forgotten ourselves. We no longer remember the people we were. Worse still we now hate ourselves.We even de-melaninise ourselves. We bleach our skins.

Sadly, we remain the same inside – lorded over and confused.

Today Africa […save for South Africa] will not accept a president, MP, medical doctor or banker with dreadlocks. But one with a tie is suitable/acceptable. So plain stupid. Totally lost. Annoying.How so very sad!

Africa’s current face is an abomination.

Take off your mask Africa! Africa do you see not your debilitating cultural colonialism? Shed off your pretense! Reclaim your majestic self, Africa!

Forthwith, Africa must stop being a whore, perennially prostituting her identity for a pittance.

Originality is attractive.

And all original things reflect God. They reflect the required order of existence. And their value is priceless.

It is only when a thing is original that its function or performance is as intended.

Take heed, Pilgrim.

It is an appearance of a woman […an African] such as this one that makes me want to melodiously sing ‘Hallelujah’ all the days of my life.Take my hand, Pilgrim…We have got naturalness to preserve and promote; our selves to display…

We are a people at peace with ourselves. And so it shall remain

Thank you, Viola! The awakening is indeed inspirational.

By Dr.Canisius Banda

OFFICIAL STATEMENT

PRESIDENT LUNGU IS BEING LIED TO

President Edgar Lungu’s reported statement that our peaceful UPND party is planning to cause violence and chaos next year again shows how petty and trivial he is when addressing national issues.

In fact it is really a waste of time to react to President Lungu whenever he says something because nobody takes him seriously anymore like Zambians did to any of his predecessors.

It is very clear that his statements which are merely hallucinations are always uttered under the influence of whatever strong stuff he takes.

Even if he is basically a caretaker president, Zambians are expecting a little bit more from him than merely going out at night partying and dancing at cocktails where the Lusaka Mayor would have officiated.

As UPND, we are more focused on economic issues currently affecting our people, especially those losing jobs in many sectors and youths without jobs.

We are more worried about poverty, extravagant PF expenditures, corruption at all levels, high cost of living, PF reckless borrowing and other issues affecting our people.

His wild and baseless statement on violence shows clearly why he had ordered his security wings to limit freedoms for other political parties, especially ours, from going out to mobilise our people around the country while him and his wife are busy gallivanting all over busy campaigning.

We really pity the intelligence wings of our country who can be accused of feeding President Lungu what amounts to alarming information.

Every Zambian now knows which political party is the most violent in the country as Lungu himself is a product of pangas and machetes from Kabwe and no one now expects him to champion peace.

Everyone knows the PF has been brutalising citizens including journalists around the country and Lungu has not come out to condemn any of the behaviours of his cadres.

Lungu really thinks our supporters can be that stupid to attack their own party President Hakainde Hichilema in Kitwe and destroy their own secretariat for which PF leaders came out to apologise.

So Lungu has already forgotten that not long ago he even banned PF regalia in buses and markets on being embarrassed that his thugs were causing mayhem to poor marketeers, bus drivers, and innocent citizens in the streets.

And Lungu was not even aware that even as he was issuing alarming statement in Kasama, poor women were being dehumanised and stripped naked for wearing UPND party regalia when the residents were expecting to hear and be shown the cheaper mealie meal and farming inputs in the area?

Lungu and PF Leaders know they are on their way out as no Zambian can give them any votes anytime to continue mutilating the economy and brutalising citizens.

We wish we can say more but perhaps we should also find and take the strong stuff he takes before he utters such alarming statements which we are happy nobody takes him seriously.

Hon. Stephen Katuka
UPND Party Secretary General

Speaking in Kasama shortly before he left for Kawambwa yesterday, President Lungu said that the PF government has fulfilled its promise to give the people of Zambia a constitution that they wanted.

“The PF means business and you can see what happened recently when they thought we were playing, but we gave them the constitution. Now they are backtracking and asking for some of the clauses approved by Parliament to be removed,” he said.

He said he will sign the document as soon as he returns to Lusaka and if the Government Printing Department and the National Assembly have completed their part.

He also reiterated his appeal to Zambians to preserve and maintain peace.

President Lungu said the police also deserve the support of all citizens to discharge their duties of maintaining peace and order.

He thanked the people of Northern Province for being peaceful and urged the youth to ensure that they remain calm.

“I want to thank you the people of Northern Province for maintaining law and order and this is the way it should be and you should not despair but stand on the truth and always seek peace. We are the ones that can maintain peace. Some of the opposition leaders are cowards and they are not wise, you can’t blame them for that. So, when they want to come back, just welcome them,” said President Lungu.

Meanwhile, President Edgar Lungu has said that Rainbow party leader Wynter Kabimba is not a factor in Zambian politics.

President Lungu wondered how Mr Kabimba rates himself in politics for him to tell Zambians to vote out the PF government in the 2016 general elections.

The Head of state was responding to questions from journalists shortly after his arrival at city airport on Wednesday evening.

President Lungu said that he is happy that people are appreciating his leadership style which he said is inspired by God.