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sponsorship of Standard Chartered Bank has embarked on eye mass drug
administration to eliminate trachoma in Kasempa. Above, a nurse Sarah
Kantolomba (second right ) giving out an eye drug to Sipo Kalwendo (l)
at Mukinge mission hospital in Kasempa on Friday as her counterpart
Dorica Mwale (r ) looks on
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Armed police officers in Kitwe have picked up FDD leader Edith Nawakwi in Mulenga compound where she was addressing party leaders.
The police officers in full riot gear arrived who had earlier trailed the opposition leader arrived in two land cruiser vehicles shortly after Ms. Nawakwi had finished her meeting and blocked as she headed out of the compound.
At this point Nawakwi obliged and was later taken at Wusakile police station for interrogations.
But a police source said the instructions came from above.
“We are told by the bosses that she should leave Kitwe now. We are just following instructions. It seems they are not happy with the stories coming out of papers and radio stations of Nawakwi been here. The boss (President Lungu) is here and it seem this has not gone well. So for us we are just following orders my brother! But we think she should just be allowed. The boss (President Lungu) should just concentrate on addressing real issues. We are just making her popular, why should Nawakwi’s presence here put pressure on the boss,” said a police source.
Copperbelt Minister Mwenya Musenge had to be rescued by Information Minister Chishimba Kambwili from angry PF youths who wanted to beat him up at Ndola’s Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe airport yesterday.
This was during the arrival of President Edgar Lungu who is in the Province on a five day working visit.The cadres carrying placards denouncing Mr Musenge said they are angered by the Minister’s allegations that President Lungu’s financiers are forcibly attempting to take over the Mimbula Mines in Chingola.
They say Mr Musenge has clearly demonstrated that he is not working in line with President Lungu’s administration and demanded for his immediate sacking.
The cadres wanted to lynch Mr Musenge in full view of other party and government officials but quick action by Mr Kambwili prevented further escalation of the situation.This was after the cadres failed to heed to pleas from police officers led by Copperbelt Police Commissioner Joyce Kasosa for them to retreat.
Mr Musenge who was visibly shaken by the action of the cadres was quickly whisked away by Mr Kambwili.But when reached for a comment, Mr Musenge said the cadres were sponsored by his enemies within the party.
Recently Mr.Musenge said that there were some people in the ruling party who wanted to hold him to ransom so that he could allow the takeover of a mine from the Chinese to Zambians, adding that this group of people had put him under pressure to receive bribes.His co-accused Christopher Yaluma has responded saying he did not benefit from the Chinese bribes. Yaluma was transfered from the ministry of mines in the previous cabinet reshuffle.The Chinese insist they are the legimate owners of the Mimbula dumps in Fitula area of Chingola and have been operating in Zambia since 2010 .
On Tuesday night Zambia police arrested 46 students at the University of Zambia over their demands for government to increase their meal allowances. TIZ has noted with dismay that police behaved in the most strange and unprofessional manner by intruding into the university campus residences and forcefully attacked and fished out students from the hostels.
In the process they broke doors and vandalised other property of the university. It is not exactly known where some of these students are currently being held. Further the students
they arrested are mostly female and first year students who may not have been involved in the rampage. A few post graduate students were also arrested including non-students. Clearly
there is something very wrong with the conduct and judgement of our police.
TIZ condemns strongly the heavy handedness of the Zambia police who battered students at UNZA. In particular we are appalled by the brutality and use of excessive force being applied
to control the rampaging students. The aftermath of the UNZA disturbances have left some students badly injured and so far those injured have had no access to medical attention.
In addition it is difficult to trace where all these students are being held. This is an affront not only to academic freedom but also a violation of the right to life.
We are concerned that even where students have caused breach of peace their relatives and the university authorities must be aware of where they are kept and the conditions under which they are being kept. Zambia is an open society and lack of transparency in the manner police is handling the issue of the wrongly arrested students is reflecting badly on the government. Zambia upholds the principles of transparency and democratic governance and it absolutely unacceptable for students to be held in secrecy and subjected to brutality especially at the time of remembering the 51st anniversary of Zambia’s independence.
To add salt to the wound the police have denied bond to the students.We call on our dear friend, the Hon. Minister Davies Mwila to immediately address the question of UNZA students who are in solitary confinement. We appeal to him to use his authority to ensure that
We know Honourable Mwila as a courageous and fearless minister and implore him to intervene in the situation of students being held by the police. Indeed we cannot preside over our society and national affairs using force and clearly this sending wrong signals about our capacity to peacefully govern ourselves.
We also urge Minister of education Hon Kaingu to employ a less confrontational posture towards addressing problems affecting higher institutions of learning in Zambia. His current
stance will only further breed tension and animosity in these institutions. TIZ therefore appeals to all parties involved particularly the police and the Minister of education to be
responsible in the manner they execute their mandate.
Lee M Habasonda
President, On behalf of TIZ
One of my favorite times of the year is finally here; yes you guessed it…Halloween!! This week has been all about Halloween; there are so many things to do for it, especially in the kitchen – the possibilities are endless; and I promised I would offer up some inspiring ideas to make this Halloween special for you.
So, after hours of slaving, to carve this pumpkin into something that remotely resembles a face, I had some yummy pumpkin leftovers and I wasn’t about to throw them away…no siree; and why’s that…because at “In the Kitchen with Kanta” we don’t believe in wastage, NO .
Now, as I’m sure all of my pumpkin carvers will remember, Tuesday’s recipe saw us use pumpkin in a savoury dish – ‘Pumpkin Butter Chicken’; but today we are going to take it all the way to the left with this sweet and tasty little treat – Pumpkin Passion Cupcakes …Yaaaaay!! But don’t be fooled, though it may not be as complex as the Pumpkin Butter Chicken, this cheeky little cupcake is full of flavour; packaged neatly in a tight little case. It might be small but it certainly packs a punch; and if you’re anything like me you would have scoffed down half of them before anyone else gets their hands on them; but remember ‘sharing is caring’…and I guess I care enough to share this recipe with you all, so that’s my good deed for the day. Enjoy!!
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Total cooking time: 1hour 40 minutes
Makes 24 cupcakes
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
For the Cream cheese icing
Method
First make your pumpkin puree – boil a large pot of lightly salted water; add the pumpkin flesh to the water and boil for about 25 minutes, or until pumpkin is tender when pierced with a knife. Puree the pumpkin in a food processor, in a blender or with a hand held blender. You can store any remaining pumpkin puree in the freezer for future use when making the same cupcakes, muffins, pumpkin pie or anything else with pumpkin.
Pre-heat the oven to 190 ? C. Line two 12-cup cupcake tins with cupcake cases.
Sift together the flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate; then set it aside.
Beat 110g of butter, caster sugar and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in colour. Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Stir in the milk and pumpkin puree. Now stir in your flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated. Pour the cupcake mixture into the prepared cupcake cases. Bake for about 25 minutes, until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed. Remove from the oven and cool in the tins for 5 minutes, then cool them on a wire rack.
Whilst the cupcakes are cooling, make the icing by beating the cream cheese and the butter with an electric mixer until smooth. (DO NOT over whisk or the cream cheese will become too runny). Fold in the icing sugar using a wooden spoon until incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and beat until fluffy. Refrigerate it until 10 minutes before you need it. Spread or pipe it onto the cupcakes and top each with sprinkles or fondant pumpkins.
To make your fondant pumpkins; Take a big piece of your fondant roughly about ¾ of it and colour it with red and yellow food colouring, a drop at a time, until you get your desired orange colour for your pumpkins. Pinch off however many lumps of orange fondant that you want, depending on how many pumpkins you want to make. Roll each lump into a ball; gently flatten the ball on both sides to form a vague pumpkin shape. Using a butter knife, mark/indent 4-6 evenly-spaced lines down the side of each ball; and make an indentation on top of each ball, with a little round tool; for the stem & leaves to fit.
Now take the smaller lump of fondant, and colour it with green food colouring, until it is the colour that you want. Pinch off small pieces and roll them into cylinders for the stem. Use your butter knife to cut out small leaf-shaped pieces with the rest of the fondant. Using a small (clean) paint brush wet the pumpkin where you have the indentation and press one leaf and a stem into it.
Serving
There you have it, your pumpkin cupcakes are ready to devour. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how to eat these; they will go down a treat with any beverage, so enjoy them before the kids get their grubby little hands on them.
REMEMBER – Even if you don’t celebrate Halloween, these recipes simply offer some inspiration on what you can do with your pumpkin, to make it more interesting and enjoy it in more than one way.
Happy Halloween!!
Kanta Temba is a cake maker and decorator. She is also the owner and founder of Kanta Kakes – cake shop.
You can find her work on www.kantakakes.com. Follow her on twitter @KantaKakes and Instagram @KantaTemba.
By Michael Chisala
When I first read the story alleging that 2016 US Presidential candidate Donald Trump had called blacks (especially Africans) as “lazy fools only good at eating, lovemaking and thuggery”, I knew it could not possibly be true. I forgot about it but kept seeing it being posted all over WhatsApp and Zambian social media. So being the skeptic that I am, I went on Google and in 2 minutes flat, I confirmed my thoughts by simply running a search for “Donald Trump Africa controversy”.
Sure enough, I did not find a single American website that carried such a story. If Trump did indeed insult black Americans as was quoted (see below), can you imagine the firestorm that would erupt in America in the media within just an hour? Can you imagine what Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, Reverend Al Sharpton and other black leaders and activists in America would do to him? That would be the end of his political career and it would be on CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, Sky News, etc. Have any of you see such a story on these media houses?
The fake story originated on a Kenyan news website called Politica (politics.co.ke) and has been copied and pasted on other African sites and numerous Facebook pages without a second thought. But one website (snopes.com) investigated and of course found the story to be fake. Trump in fact has not visited Indianapolis in October, where he is alleged to have uttered those racist words.
Yet probably millions of Africans have accepted this story as true and are probably cursing and insulting Trump and the white race. Ironically, it just goes to prove the fake Trump quotation. Africans are apparently so lazy that they cannot even bother to do a Google search to verify the story. Or even just spend one minute to think and realize that the story cannot be true.
I am reminded of the old joke about how you hide information from a black man by putting it in a book. It seems
you can also hide information from the black man on his own smart phone and computer just by posting it on a website since he won’t bother to go read it. He would rather read stupid gossip made up by someone else.
And this is not even the first (or last) time. Years ago, there was an email circulating which claimed that Tommy Hillfiger is a racist who told Oprah Winfrey on her “Oprah Winfrey Show” that if he knew black people would wear his clothes, he would never have started his clothing company. Winfrey chased him from her show according to the story.
I did a quick 5 minute search and found a story on the Oprah Winfrey Show website refuting the story. In fact, Hillfiger had never been interviewed before by Winfrey and he went to meet her so that they could refute the story together and she explained everything on her show. On the Tommy Hillfiger website, I saw pictures of black models which is inconsistent with a racist. And no clothing company can survive a week in America if its owner utters racist words. The rumour was apparently traced to some American University in the mid 1990s and it spread for years and years, being shared by Africans too lazy to do a little bit of thinking (or reading).
Back in the 1980s when I was young, there was another story going around in Zambia about a boxer nicknamed “Use Your Left” who supposedly had a left punch so lethal that his left hand had to be tied behind his back when he fought Muhammad Ali. The story said Ali kept hitting him in the ring and then the wife to the boxer (whom I can only assume was Joe Frazier) shouted from the audience “Use your left!” and the boxer pulled hard and snapped the rope tying his hand and threw a punch at Ali who ducked and the boxer hit into a pole at the corner of the ring and died. (There are no poles that can be hit from inside the ring).
All this reveals that there is something wrong with us Africans that we can believe false things so easily and I still have not figured out why. Whatever it is, I am alarmed because it may explain a lot of tragic things that have happened in Africa such as civil wars, genocide and ethnic cleansing.
For example, in most of Africa, we easily embraced Communism and evil dictatorships that lasted for decades and destroyed our nations. To this day, many Zimbabweans apparently believe what Robert Mugabe tells them as the cause of the economic collapse of the country (ie Western sanctions). Belatedly, some of his own people have rejected his story and have recently began to quietly ask white farmers to return to Zimbabwe after they failed to manage the huge commercial farms they were given and became very poor.
In Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda our first president has gotten away with destroying the Zambian economy because he sold the story that it was low copper prices and high oil prices that wrecked the economy in the 1970s. I do not recall any Zambian journalist challenging him in an interview on this claim by doing some simple research to discover for example that the civil service expanded several times after independence and that when the economy was bad, KK opted to borrow money to keep civil servants and waste money on parastatals and liberation wars in other countries instead of cutting such spending and privatizing parastatals.
At the risk of courting controversy, it can be argued that even Africans embracing Islam, Christianity and other foreign religions to the abandonment of centuries old African religions is part of this same naiveté and lack of critical thinking. Hence the joke about how the white man brought a bible, taught the African Christianity and asked to pray. After the prayer and opening their eyes, the black man had the bible and the white man had the land.
Some commentators have even gone as far as saying that Christianity was just a ploy by whites to colonize gullible Africans by making them docile. They supposedly did this by setting up mission schools which taught African children the white man’s knowledge but also taught them Christianity and made them less resistant to the white man’s rule when they grew up.
Whilst I do not subscribe to such conspiracy theories, they may contain a small element of truth in that when certain events occur (such as Africans embracing wholesale what they are taught by foreigners), the situation can be used to further certain schemes such as control of natural resources. But I digress.
Other pundits lament the wholesale embracing of Western culture in terms of dressing, language, accents, mannerisms and even food such that if you go to the big shopping malls, you will be hard pressed to find a meal of nshima or even tute (cassava). Instead you will find chicken and chips, pizza, shawarmas, salads, subs, etc.
In the bars, pubs and taverns, you won’t find the local Zambian brews such as katata and Seven Days but rather Heineken, Castle and Spirits. Zambians quickly embraced these foreign drinks for decades before someone finally thought of packaging Chibuku and even then, it is looked down upon as the poor man’s drink. Could all this be another manifestation of our gullibility?
A good example of the Zambian and African culture of gullibility is how we believe almost any story about witchcraft and other claims about the paranormal. Recently, a church was burnt down in Zambia because of a mere rumour that a pastor had turned into a snake. Residents of one shanty compound in Lusaka a few years ago killed a strange creature they thought was a product of witchcraft and yet it was a simple Pangolin.
Whatever the theories, explanations and causes, all I know is that there is something wrong with us when we can so easily believe any claims thrown at us without exercising some healthy skepticism. It makes it easy for unscrupulous people to manipulate us. No wonder the Nigerian 419 scams have worked so well in Africa. No wonder corrupt politicians find it easy to lie and deceive Africans into voting for them. This issue is not as harmless as some may think.
My advice to all Africans is that next time you see an outlandish story, take time to think a little about it before you forward it. I think that Philosophy should be introduced as a compulsory subject in Secondary schools.
My 2 cents.
Michael Chishala is a Zambian blogger who can be reached on michael [at] zambia [dot] co [dot] zm.
P/S – There is of course some truth to what “Donald Trump” said about Africans. I am glad that more Africans are beginning to see that we cannot keep blaming whites for our self-inflicted problems. I suspect that few Africans below 25 really buy the Western Imperialism story. I may not go as far as supporting colonization, but I would instead make an outlandish proposal that we hire a team of foreigners to form Cabinet and manage Zambia for 30 years until we become a developed country and there is a full transfer of good governance skills to us.
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ORIGINAL QUOTE OF “DONALD TRUMP”
“African Americans are very lazy. The best they can do is gallivanting around ghettoes, lamenting how they are discriminated. These are the people America doesn’t need. They are the enemies of progress. Look at African countries like Kenya for instance, those people are stealing from their own government and go to invest the money in foreign countries. From the government to opposition, they only qualify to be used as a case study whenever bad examples are required. How do you trust even those who have ran away to hide here at the United States hiding behind education?
“I hear they abuse me in their blogs but I don’t care because even the internet they are using is ours and we can decide to switch it off from this side. These are people who import everything including matchsticks. In my opinion, most of these African countries ought to be recolonized again for another 100 years because they know nothing about leadership and self governance.I promise to make America great again by restoring our dignity that we have since lost through Obama. The more reason why I still believe that he, and his Kenyan brothers and sisters should be deported back to Kenya to make America safe.”
United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema says the 2016 elections will be easier for him to win given the current adversities in the country.
Mr. Hichilema says it is a known fact that the PF will struggle to convince the people to keep them in office in view of the current economic and social challenges the country is facing.
He says the high cost of living, failure to deal with the energy deficit, the volatility of the kwacha; high fertilizer fuel prices are some of the things which will haunt the ruling party in 2016.
Mr. Hichilema is confident that the people of Zambia will vote on merit in the 2016 elections and not the way they voted in January where they voted for PF out of sympathy.
He states that most people have confessed that his earlier warning about the PF was genuine after witnessing the suffering they have been subjected to.
Mr Hichilema says given this background, he feels that the people of Zambia have leant lessons from the mistake they made and will vote on merit next year.
UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Zambia Eric Schultz says there is nothing wrong with Government tabling in Parliament non-contentious clauses of the draft constitution for possible enactment.
Mr Schultz said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that stakeholders should accommodate the government’s decision to take the non-contentious proposals to Parliament for amendment because some are people’s proposals.
“The issue of amending the constitution through a referendum is very important but people should understand that it will be very costly to hold a referendum, especially that Zambia will be holding the 2016 general elections.
“We have indicated that there is nothing wrong for the government to take the non-contentious issues in the constitution to Parliament for amendment and that people can wait for the contentious issues to be amended through a referendum after the general elections,” he said.
The envoy said people should be realistic about the constitution-making process and that the debate should now be centred more on resources.
Mr Schultz said Zambia has missed several opportunities of getting a new constitution that can stand the test of time and that time to achieve consensus is now.
He said Government’s plan shows good political will which stakeholders should embrace.
Mr Shultz also said he supports the proposal by the government to include only non-contentious clauses such as the presidential running mate and the 50 percent plus one vote threshold for the winning presidential candidate ahead of the 2016 tripartite elections.
Meanwhile, Mr Schultz has urged Government to come up with effective interventions to stop the illegal trade and poaching of animals in Zambia.
Mr Schultz said wildlife trafficking has continued to threaten the survival of iconic species such as rhinos and elephants, the security of the nation, economic development and environmental health.
He said this in Lusaka yesterday during a discussion programme on wildlife conservation in Zambia and the role the tourism sector plays in promoting economic development of the country.
“Poaching has continued to be an issue in Zambia and it is sad that Zambia has become the worst hit country in the southern Africa region. Government should, therefore, come up with effective interventions that will stop the illegal trade and poaching of wildlife in the country,” Mr Schultz observed.
He also said Government should not limit the fight of illegal wildlife trade to rhinos and elephants because Zambia is losing a number of other valuable wildlife resources which when protected can contribute meaningfully to the development of the country.
Mr Schultz reaffirmed his Government’s commitment to helping the Zambian government in preventing poaching and the illegal trafficking of wildlife in Africa.
And US Fish and Wildlife Services programme officer for African elephant and rhino programmes Michelle Gadd said poaching and the illegal trade in wildlife are cross-border problem that needs concerted efforts from all countries affected.
Ms Gadd, however, said she is happy that Zambia has already taken measures to curb the illegal trade as demonstrated by the review of the Zambia Wildlife Act and the Tourism Policy both aimed at strengthening the legal frame work.
She also urged the Zambian government to welcome international efforts to trace the sources of illegal wildlife such as the technology of carbon dating rhino horns that enables authorities to determine exactly which countries the animals came from.
Mr Vezzy released the video of his song “Ngathi Nili Naiwe” that features Roberto .
Video shot and directed by Ashtrey for RedDot , and stars the award winning DJ Roxy.
BY KAPA187
MINISTER of Energy and Water Development Dora Siliya says Government is working on short-term measures to reduce load shedding and make power rationing predictable to enable the business sector to plan.
Ms Siliya told a media briefing in Lusaka yesterday that as a short-term measure, Government wants consistence and predictability in the manner power is rationed to protect businesses.
“We will import a further 148 megawatts of power from Mozambique to reduce the current deficit of 700 megawatts we have as a nation,” Ms Siliya said.
The minister said the current power crisis the nation is facing is not a Government problem but a national emergency that requires the input of everyone to resolve.
Ms Siliya said as a long-term and sustainable measure, Government is considering renewable energy such as solar.
“As a matter of fact, on Monday we will have a meeting starting as early as 07:00 hours at Mulungushi International Conference Centre to specifically look at how best we will tackle this national emergency,” she said.
Ms Siliya urged the media to help inform the nation on the measures Government is taking to resolve the power deficit.
“The media has a critical role in all this. As a ministry, we will soon engage you to help the nation understand that we are working round the clock to fix this emergency that has befallen us as a nation,” Ms Siliya said.
And the European Union (EU) has earmarked over €200 million for investment in the energy sector to help Zambia grow and address challenges in the industry.
Incoming head of EU delegation to Zambia and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Alessandro Mariani said the EU will continue supporting initiatives in different sectors of the economy to enhance growth.
In an interview on Friday, Mr Mariani said the funding will make great impact in the development of the energy sector.
“There is another sector of concentration of our support which is the energy sector. With the energy sector the resources which have been earmarked for development is €244 million.
The investment in the sector is more relevant today than it was a year ago when the decision was taken to [fund the energy sector in Zambia]. So this shows that there is a vision and willingness by Government and the EU to be working in partnership,” he said.
Mr Mariani said investment in the sector will enable the country accelerate economic growth and improve competitiveness through increased access to clean and reliable energy
He said the funding provides more opportunities for Zambia to continue with its developmental agenda.
Mr Kalaba said information dissemination was key but it mattered how information was being disseminated to the public.
He was speaking in Livingstone at Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport yesterday upon his arrival in the Tourist Capital to officiate at the 4th Annual Public Relations and Communications Conference hosted by the Zambia Public Relations Association (ZAPRA).
The conference, which has attracted PR practitioners and communication specialists across Zambia, is being held at Protea Hotel under the theme Leadership in Communication – Elevating Stakeholder Engagement.
It is also aimed at highlighting the contributions public relations can make to the development of the country through effective stakeholder engagement.
“ZAPRA is important. Information dissemination is key but how you disseminate it is critical.
“That is why your Association is at the epicentre and it permeates across many organisations. Information is key and power. I am happy Zambia has such a body though many people haven’t heard much about it,” Mr Kalaba said.
Speaking earlier at the airport, ZAPRA president Davies Mupenda said his Association invited Mr Kalaba because he was a model in terms of being articulate on national issues and inspirational especially to youths.
Mr Mupenda said Mr Kalaba had a rare courage on various issues and hence the Association was humbled to invite him to open the conference.
“As ZAPRA, we are looking forward to working with you. We want to work with Government. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services are key on matters of information.
We have public relations and communication expertise who are capable of handling Government information professionally and we can help Government,” he said.
Mr Mupenda noted that sometimes there was information gap when people were debating on social media.
“Government communicators should be able to give the public correct information and explain in response to attacks on social media.
“ZAPRA is fairly new and not yet being regulated by an Act of Parliament. Some people are a bit sceptical about the Association but we have brought on board members from both the public and private sector, representing all sectors of the economy,” Mr Mupenda said.
ZAPRA secretary Mwamba Siame asked for Mr Kalaba and the Government to support the Association.
“This will enhance communication standards in the country to a level where everyone was aware of what was happening in the country.
“The Access to Information Bill will also enhance information dissemination in the country. We would also appreciate if you can get us membership from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” Ms Mwamba said.
FDD President Edith Nawakwi says President Lungu is on the copperbelt to revive the political fortunes of the PF and not to save the job loses in the mines.
Ms. Nawakwi said President Lungu is feeling the heat and knows that things are bad for him and his party hence his decision to camp in the Province and try to revive the fortunes of the party.
” Ba Lungu will not camp here (copperbelt)because he wants to resolve the challenges in the mining sector. He is here to put structures for his re- election because things have gone bad for him and PF.”
Nawakwi wondered what President Lungu will do differently to avert the continued job losses which he can’t do without him taking a costly trip to the Copperbelt.
She said the only concern For the current crop of leadership is how to stay in office beyond 2016 which they have seen is highly unlikely due to the mess they have created in this country.
” Edgar Lungu is not coming here to sort out your problems as he is purporting, he is coming here to put up structures for his re- election in 2016 because he has felt the heat coming from the people in the Copperbelt due to the job losses. He has said he will do anything to make sure that he wins the elections and this trip is exactly about that,” Nawakwi said.
“He claims that he is coming to resolve your concerns but what is there to resolve when thousands of jobs for children, husbands and fathers have already been lost. When he comes here will he be speaking to the people who have lost their jobs? The answer is a definite NO! He will go to the people who have put you on the street and nothing will be resolved because you are not his primary concern but his re- election,” she added.
We can’t even afford a ‘pamela’ yet the PF had promised us heaven on earth, cried residents of Kalilo area in Chingola rural.
And FDD leader Edith Nawakwi said it is shocking to see people in abject poverty when President Edgar Lungu was busy bragging of amassing wealth.
She wondered were he has gotten wealth which he has been bragging about to the extent that he will buy voters to ensure victory in next year’s election when he didn’t even have money for printing campaign T-shirts nine months ago.
Meanwhile women of Kalilo in Chingola vowed never to vote for PF even if they bring money for them.
” We have learn’t our lessons here. This PF government promised us heaven on earth during the campaigns but look at us today. Even a ‘pamela’ is very expensive for us here. Eating Nshima in a day is a luxury. Ala tulechula kuno. Ba PF balelanda ati tukalaikala bwino, kashi bufi. Taba ta esako kuno. ( PF promised us better lives, but they have never even visited us here ). We are slaves in our own country,” said Melody Kuchana who spoke on behalf of the women.
Kuchana said God will punish the PF for perpetuating the sufferings of the people.
And another resident Beston Chiluba said eating bread was a very costly experience.
“We don’t know the last time we ate bread. Bread comes from chingola town for it to reach here it costs close to K12 now can we villages manage this. Tulefwa kunsala,” Chiluba said.
FQMO Mining Operation on Wednesday moved into third place on the FAZ Division One North table after beating Indeni 1-0 at Independence Stadium in Solwezi.
Haggai Musonda’s second half strike was the difference in this Week 33 tie.
This was FQMO’s fourth straight win.
With two matches left to play, FQMO rose from fourth into third place with 58 points from 32 matches.
Stephen “Barnes” Mwansa’s boys are now two points behind leaders Lumwana Radiants who drew goalless at Kitwe United in midweek games.
Kalulushi Modern Stars stayed second on the table after a home 1-1 draw with Mining Rangers.
Kalulushi sits on 59 points, one behind table toppers Lumwana.
Mufulira Blackpool dropped from third into fourth place after a 1-1 draw at demoted and hapless Konkola Mine Police.
However, Blackpool increased their tally to 57 points, four better than fifth placed Roan United.
FAZ DIVISION ONE NORTH LEAGUE RESULTS WEEK 30
Wednesday, October 28
Mufulira Blackpool 0-0 Chambishi
Konkola Mine Police 1-1 Kansanshi DynamosZesco Solwezi 2-0 Zesco LuapulaNdola United 2-0 Real NakondeGomes 1-1 Copperbelt BuffaloesKalulushi Modern Stars 1-1 Mining RangersFQMO Mining 1-0 IndeniKitwe United 0-0 Lumwana RadiantsRoan United 2-2 Chindwin Sentries
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Kalomo Jetters 1 – 0 City of Lusaka
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A 28 year old man of Chipola Village in Mbala District of Northern Province has been arrested by Police in Nakonde District of Muchinga Province for attempting to sale his biological son at K15, 000.
The incident has been confirmed to the Zambia News and Information services- ZANIS in Nakonde today by Muchinga Province Police commissioner Auxensio Daka.
Mr Daka said Keleby Sikafunda attempted to sale his biological son aged 11 years old.
The Police Commissioner said the incident occurred on Tuesday this week around 11:00 hours at Chozi village in Nakonde District along the Mbala road.
Mr Daka said Sikafunda was apprehended by Police officers who pretended to want to buy the child after which Sikafunda started negotiating the price starting with a price of K15, 000.
Mr Daka said Sikafunda has since been arrested and charged and is currently in police custody awaiting to appear in court soon.
© Lusaka Times
