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Chipolopolo captain and midfielder Rainford Kalaba has been ruled of Sunday’s crucial Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier against Sudan set for Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
In a statement released by FAZ late on Saturday, Zambia Team Physician Dr. Joseph Kabungo confirmed that Kalaba had developed a fever and had been given seven days rest.
The TP Mazember star missed training on Friday and Saturday.
“Kalaba had a fever yesterday (Friday) and he is still feeling weak so he has been given seven days to rest,” Kabungo said.
Midfielders Spencer Sautu and Mwape Mwelwa are possible options to replace Kalaba.
Kabungo further revealed that defender Dauti Musekwa will also miss the match against Sudan.
Zesco United’s Musekwa had suffered a hamstring injury when the team travelled to Angola for a tournament a week ago.
“Dauti has a hamstring injury which he sustained in Angola; we have been trying to rehabilitate him and should be of action for three weeks,”he said.
Meanwhile, George Lwandamina’s side enjoys a 1-0 lead from the first leg match played on November 11 away in Karima.
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
(Matthew 5:5, NKJV)
Strength under Control
When most people hear that word “meek,” they think of a weak, shy, reserved or timid person who lets everybody run all over them. But that’s not at all what it means to be meek. Meekness is not weakness; it’s strength under control. Meekness is like a wild horse that has been tamed. He’s just as strong, just as powerful, has just as much speed as before; but now that strength is under control. You can walk up to that horse, pet him, lead him around, and ride him. But don’t be fooled. He has the same power and tenacity as before; he’s just learned how to control it.
When you’re a meek person, you don’t have to go around trying to straighten everybody out. You don’t respond to every critic. People may be talking about you, but you don’t let it bother you. You may have the power to do something about it, but you realize your time is too valuable. You don’t fall for every distraction. Instead, you keep your focus on what God has called you to do. That’s meekness—having strength under control!
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the blessing of meekness. I choose today to be a person of self-control. Help me to know when to speak and when to listen, when to respond and when to hold back. Help me to honor You in everything I do in Jesus’ name. Amen.”
Defence and security wings today held a Day of Prayer at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka that was characterised by preaching, song and prayers.
Zambia Police Head of chaplaincy, Chombwe Kayando, in his homily said prayer is an important tool for Christians that enables God to intervene in situations that may be difficult for man.
Rev Kayando, who based his preaching on 1 Samuel 7: 7-14, called on the nation to continue praying to God for his intervention in the economic hardships that has hit the country Him to rescue the country in the same way He rescued the Israelites from Philistine attackers after they prayed.
He said instead of complaining, Zambians should constantly engage in prayer because fervent prayer brings victory.
Rev Kayando further appealed to defence and security personnel to continue praying for the country’s peace which he said should not be taken for granted.
He appealed to all Zambians to stop politicising prayer and seeking quick answers to their prayers because God is faithful in answering prayer.
Rev Kayando expressed confidence that Zambia will recover from all the challenges it is currently facing because of the prayers the country has been conducting regarding the country’s economy.
And Scott Mwanza of the International Prayer Warriors, who is also the founder of the Defence and Security Day of Prayer, said there is need to appreciate the work that men and women in uniform do for the country.
Bishop Mwanza said without the peace that the defence and security wings maintain, it would be difficult for the Church to freely preach the Gospel.
He urged the nation to appreciate the uniformed staff whose work he said goes un-noticed most of the time.
PF Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri addressing the public of Mano Ward in Bangweulu Constituency in Samfya District at Kasoma Banweulu Primary School during campaign the rally
PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri has taken a swipe on MMD leader Dr Nevers Mumba for accusing the ruling party of faking defections in Eastern Province.
Ms Phiri said when she received more than 300 MMD and UPND members who joined PF at Wildlife hall in Chipata today that it was sad for Dr Mumba to accuse the PF of faking the defections.
She said the MMD had crumbled because he was leading the former ruling party as an imposter.
“Yesterday I received a text message from my uncle Nevers that PF is faking the defections but it is him who is an imposter in the party he is leading because he was not genuinely elected to that position,”Ms Phiri said.
She explained that PF was always a party to reckon with because of people who were leading had a high calibre and knowledge.
She said some political parties were allowing women to strip naked.
She cited UPND which she said was forcing women to walk naked stating that PF was respects women through the appointment of many in decision making positions.
Ms Phiri said President Edgar Lungu for the first time in the history of Zambia appointed Inonge Wina as a Republican Vice President which she said had never happened in the UNIP and MMD rule.
“Women have the largest numbers of voters and it is good that President Edgar Lungu appointed a woman who is decent and well dressed madam Inonge Wina as Republican Vice President and in actual fact she is representing us well” she said.
Ms Phiri urged the people to rally behind President Lungu for the betterment of the country in next year’s elections.
She said the joining of the new members should not frustrate the old members because it was the same when the PF formed government in which late President Michael Sata appointed newcomers like Sylvia Masebo as Tourism minister leaving out old timers such as Jean Kapata and Esther Banda as deputy ministers.
She said this was the same spirit which President Lungu had done to elevate Richwell Siamunene and Greyford Monde as Defence and Livestock Ministers respectively.
Dr Guy Scott
LUSAKA Central Member of Parliament Guy Scott has opposed the parentage clause in the Draft Constitution Bill which was drafted when he was Vice President.
Dr Scott, who appeared in his own individual capacity as ruling party MP before the committee, submitted that the parentage clause be reversed to that of 1991.
The clause states that a person qualifies to be nominated as a candidate for election as a President if that person (a) was a citizen by birth or descent (b) has been ordinarily resident in Zambia, among other qualifications.
But Dr Scott said the provision was unfair as it denied citizens who and whose parents were born outside from being nominated as a candidate for election as President. He said the Draft Constitution on the parentage clause was discriminatory and contradictory to the clause on dual citizenship.
“We will have a lot of complications if we allow ourselves to proceed on this kind of lines,” Dr Scott said.
Dr Scott argued that all the clauses under article 100 were not making sense and suggested that it should be reserved to that of 1991.
Dr Scott was flanked by UPND Bweengwa Member of Parliament Hive Hamududu who also contended that the parentage clause was ‘‘useless’’ in the Draft Constitution.
Mr Hamududu said a proper validation should have been done before the document was taken to Parliament.
“The document needed a proper validation process because Zambians are not interested in the origin of a candidate but what he or she can deliver,” Mr Hamududu said.
Mr Hamududu said in its current form, the parentage clause was being used to fix political opponents by those in Government.
He however welcomed the 50%+1 vote contained in the draft Bill.
Health Deputy Minister Chitalu Chilufya says the number of people dying from Malaria has reduced in Zambia.
Dr Chilufya said interventions such as indoor residue spraying and surveillance in the health system have helped in the reduction of the disease.
He also says government will focus mainly in rural areas where the prevalence of the disease is still high.
Dr Chilufya was speaking during the commemoration of the SADC Malaria Day in Botswana on Friday.
And Southern African Development Community-SADC- Chairperson for Ministers of Health Dorcas Mokgato says countries in the region can save a lot of national resources by improving efficiencies in the health system.
Ms Mokgato said health is a necessary investment that can take economies to greater heights.
She said there was need for members in the region to consolidate on policies that can help eliminate malaria.
Ms. Mokgato says it is unfortunate that many people still die out of malaria despite interventions and programmes on the disease.
ZNBC’s Inutu Mwanza reports from Bostwana that the SADC Malaria Day was held under the theme ‘Strong Cross Boarder Collaboration, a key to Malaria Elimination.’
Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has assured maize farmers in Zambia that maize markets will still be available for the 2015/2016 crop despite the increasing input costs that farmers are currently experiencing.
The Agriculture Minister said this when Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) President, Dr Evelyn Nguleka and her team presented an Issues paper on the increasing costs of maize production for the 2015/2016 crop at his office.
Mr. Lubinda has assured maize farmers that government will allow market forces of demand and supply to operate in order to ensure farmers get a better price for their crop.
Mr. Lubinda has observed that farming is a business and government will continue to provide a conducive environment aimed at encouraging further investment in the sector.
Speaking during the same meeting, Agriculture deputy Minister Maxus Ng’onga says borders are open for the export of early maize.
Mr. Ng’onga has also called on farmers that had exportable surpluses to obtain permits and access the regional markets for better price.
This is contained in the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) Weekly Brief made available to media today.
Zambia striker Emmanuel Mayuka on Friday marked his return to competitive action following his recent recovery from injury with a goal.
Mayuka scored one goal in French Ligue 2 club Metz’s 3-1 away win over lower tier club Montceau in a Coupe de France 8th round match.
The striker had prior to Friday’s match been out of action for five weeks after sustaining a hamstring injury on October 3.
Mayuka found the target in the 57th minute to make up for his 6th minute tame shot and played the full 90 minutes for Metz.
This was Mayuka’s second goal in six competitive games for Metz since joining the French club on a permanent move from English Premiership side Southampton.
Zambia host Sudan on Sunday in Ndola looking to complete the job and advance to the final group qualifying stage of the Russia 2018 World Cup.
George Lwandamina’s side enjoys a 1-0 lead from the first leg match played on November 11 away in Karima.
Lwandamina has however warned that Sudan must be treated with extreme caution as both sides will be playing on a better surface after Zambia overcame a dusty patch at Karima Stadium to scrap a vital away victory by the lone goal.
“It wont be easy they are wounded and we have to approach it with the seriousness it deserves,” Lwandamian said.
Collins Mbesuma and Winston Kalengo are again expected to lead Zambia’s attack with the latter searching for his sixth goal for Zambia in 2015.
Kalengo found the target in the first leg last Wednesday while Mbesuma’s work-rate was the centerpiece of Zambia’s character on the night in Karima.
However, a better performance is expected from captain and midfielder Rainford Kalaba following a lackluster showing in the first leg before making way for Spencer Sautu in the 82nd minute.
Meanwhile, Sudan coach Hamdan Hamad remains hopeful they can turnaround the results despite the pressures of playing away.
“It will be very difficult but we will try to fight and we will try and tell our players to fight for the game because there is no other way we have lost and we have to fight hard. It is a very important game for us,” Hamad said.
Winner over both leg will advance to the group stage qualifiers where Africa’s five representatives at the 2018 finals in Moscow will be decided.
Cleo Ice Queen and Kaladoshas will have a double album launch slated for the 5th of December at the Lusaka Grand Hotel.
The dynamic duo have been working together a lot lately , they recently released the video for their hit single “Oxygen” ,a Collaboration produced by one of Zambia’s award winning producers, Shom C.
“I have … noticed … that … most of the leaders of the Opposition Parties have been quiet and not providing proper checks and balances to the ruling Party. The majority of the Opposition parties have not been making comments or analyzing the economy apart from the UPND and to some extent the FDD in order to provide necessary checks and balances to the ruling Party…. When did you last hear about General Miyanda, Eric Chanda, Nevers Mumba, Elias Chipimo, Dr Sondashi … talking or writing about the economy? It is very rare indeed. One can conclude that these parties lack depth to such an extent that the majority of the Opposition Party leaders do not understand the basics of the economy and are scared to expose their ignorance!”
Kalima Nkonde’s articles thus far have been well written, but his latest piece on 13th November 2015 (quoted above) leaves much to desired. Not only is his article patronizing by projecting himself as the smart one while talking down to opposition political parties, its contents reveal that his political analysis is naive and shallow.
Nkonde has inadvertently revealed that he is an “attack dog” for the UPND despite his attempts to portray himself as an independent analyst. I make this conclusion because of his claim that the UPND is the only major party (followed by FDD) offering good policy positions, which is completely false because UPND are actually quite shallow when it comes to analysis, compared to my party the MMD.
As a member of the MMD National Executive Committee and MMD Media Team, I know that we have done a lot more research and analysis than Nkonde can imagine and we have posted many statements on our website (mmdzambia.org) and Facebook page (facebook.com/mmdzambia).
We were the first and only party that pointed out that the PF are going to waste $1 billion on Zamtel and we therefore advocate for Zamtel to be given back to LAPGreenN. Nationalization of private companies is not compatible with a free market economy. We released on 5th January 2015 our “Ten Point Master Plan” in which we have committed to reduce Corporation Tax in Zambia from 35% (fifth highest in the World) to the African average of 29%. We are the only ones saying this.
Among many of our unique policy positions, we have promised to give a referendum to Barotseland and respect whatever decision they make, although of course our strong preference is that they remain part of Zambia. We have also said we shall build Peter Matoka University in North-Western Province (after hearing the cries of the North-Westerners) and we shall reform the Zambian legal system to greatly increase the number of lawyers thereby reducing legal costs and the cost of doing business.
We have also committed to outsourcing to the private sector such functions as border processing, tax collection and garbage collection in our plan. No other party has produced such a comprehensive master plan with a rich depth of analysis that can be used by any reasonable government.
I find it hardly believable that Nkonde could have missed all these many policy statements when they were published by many media houses such as Lusaka Times, Zambian Watchdog, The Post Newspaper, Mwebantu New Media, etc. They have been covered by Muvi TV, Radio Phoenix, 5FM, Hot FM, and many other radio and TV stations all over Zambia.
It therefore appears to me that Nkonde is not being truthful and is just here to push the UPND agenda. If he was a serious analyst as he proclaims to be, he would have checked out the websites and Facebook pages of the opposition parties he is attacking and he would have found our powerful policy statements on our website.
The most plausible explanation of Nkonde’s rantings is that UPND have become so desperate to win they will go to great lengths, including enlisting his services. But of course UPND cannot match the MMD as we are the best party in Zambia with the best policies. UPND is just another big experiment which Zambians will do well to stay away from.
Their President Hakainde Hichilema has promised to legalize an illegal market in Choma that is sitting on Zambia Railways land and for which there is a court order to evict the squatters. He has also promised to reduce mealie-meal prices within two weeks of forming government which of course is totally absurd, unless he wants to bring back price controls like the PF are threatening to do.
Nkonde has made the incredible claim that opposition political parties do not carry out research to find out the actual needs and concerns of voters on the ground leading to superficial statements. This is another false statement. How can he possibly know that we do not research?
Nkonde has advised the smaller parties to merge with the bigger ones because remaining alone means they are selfish and egotistical. This is the most nonsensical statement in his article. If late President Michael Sata had followed this advice, he would never have been president of Zambia.
The history of Zambian politics shows that alliances and mergers never work because politicians are too dishonest. We have experienced attempted alliances with both PF and UPND and they double-crossed us by poaching our members while pretending to be having talks with us.
Our advice to Kalima Nkonde is that he should keep his misguided opinions about the MMD to himself. We are not interested in hearing his advice to opposition parties on how to win. He is conceited and a political amateur. He is better off sticking to writing about economics or how much the PF are messing up. To use his own words, he is a disgrace to political analysis.
Lengwe Bwalya MMD National Youth Treasurer and MMD Media Team Member
THE opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) plans to cause confusion on the Copperbelt in the wake of challenges in the mines, Parliament was told yesterday.
Vice-President Inonge Wina said Government has information that the UPND wants to turn politics into confrontation.
“The UPND wants to take advantage of challenges on the Copperbelt and cause confusion,” Mrs Wina said.
She was commenting following sentiments by Choma Central member of Parliament (MP) Cornelius Mweetwa (UPND during the Vice-President’s question time.
Mr Mweetwa said police on the Copperbelt had rejected the UPND’s notification to hold political rallies earlier this month.
“We were told that we could only hold our meetings next month [December].
“Have you banned political activities in the country?” Mr Mweetwa asked.
Mrs Wina said every Zambian has the right of association, but in the case of the Copperbelt, there were security concerns.
“It appears campaigns have started in the House [Parliament]. The police assessed the situation on the Copperbelt and made a decision on security grounds. They want to safeguard life and property,” Mrs Wina said.
She said safety and security take precedence over political expediency.
Meanwhile, Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini says President Lungu has the liberty to travel to any part of the country because he is the head of State.
Dr Matibini said President Lungu is allowed by law to travel freely anywhere in Zambia as he undertakes his work of governing the nation.
He was responding to a point of order raised by Mandevu MP Jean Kapata, who asked if the UPND was in order to question President Lungu’s travels around the country.
“Mr Speaker, is the UPND in order to question President Lungu’s visitation of people around the country?” Ms Kapata asked.
Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at least 120 people in a deadly rampage that a shaken President Francois Hollande called an unprecedented terrorist attack.
A Paris city hall official said four gunmen systematically slaughtered at least 87 young people attending a rock concert at the Bataclan music hall. Anti-terrorist commandos eventually launched an assault on the building. The gunmen detonated explosive belts and dozens of shocked survivors were rescued.
Some 40 more people were killed in five other attacks in the Paris region, the city hall official said, including an apparent double suicide bombing outside the national stadium, where Hollande and the German foreign minister were watching a friendly soccer international. Some 200 people were injured.
The coordinated assault came as France, a founder member of the U.S.-led coalition waging air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq, was on high alert for terrorist attacks ahead of a global climate conference due to open later this month.
Paris Public Prosecutor Francois Molins said the death toll was at least 120. His spokeswoman said eight assailants had also died, seven of whom had blown themselves up with explosive belts at various locations, while one had been shot dead by police.
“The terrorists, the murderers raked several cafe terraces with machine-gun fire before entering (the concert hall). There were many victims in terrible, atrocious conditions in several places,” police prefect Michel Cadot told reporters.
After being whisked from the soccer stadium near the blasts, Hollande declared a nationwide state of emergency – the first since the end of World War Two – and announced the closure of France’s borders to stop perpetrators escaping.
The Paris metro railway was closed and schools, universities and municipal buildings were ordered to stay shut on Saturday. However some rail and air services are expected to run.
“This is a horror,” the visibly shaken president said in a midnight television address to the nation before chairing an emergency cabinet meeting.
He later went to the scene of the bloodiest attack, the Bataclan music hall, and vowed that the government would wage a “merciless” fight against terrorism.
All emergency services were mobilized, police leave was canceled, 1,500 army reinforcements were drafted into the Paris region and hospitals recalled staff to cope with the casualties.
The prosecutor’s spokeswoman said she could not say whether any gunmen were still at large.
Radio stations broadcast warnings to Parisians to stay home and leave the streets and urged residents to give shelter to anyone caught out in the street.
The deadliest attack was on the Bataclan, a popular concert venue where the Californian rock group Eagles of Death Metal was performing. The concert hall is just a few hundred meters from the former offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, target of a deadly attack by Islamist gunmen in January.
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MINISTER of Works and Supply Yanfwa Mukanga says he will next week meet officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to discuss ways of improving road network interconnections between the countries.
Mr Mukanga said some of the connections that will be discussed include the Pedicle Road and other connections on the Luapula River.
“There are a lot of interconnections. People pass through the Mokambo, Kashiba and Sakanya borders,’’ he said.
Mr Mukanga said the meeting will focus on interconnections that are of concern to Zambia.
“I am going to the DRC to discuss interconnections. We want to find out why officials from that country were charging US$50 to people transiting through the Pedicle Road,” he said.
Mr Mukanga said there is a joint permanent commission formed by the two countries that meets when new decisions are made by either country.
Meanwhile, Mr Mukanga said most of the roads in Zambia have been constructed.
“Come next year, 90 percent of the roads will be done. Most of the contractors are doing a commendable job,’’ Mr Mukanga said.
