Patriotic Front (PF) Nkana Member of Parliament Luxon Kazabu has said that he has not done anything harmful to the ruling party adding that his loyalty remains with the PF.

Commenting on allegations that he has lodged bail for a UPND cadre, Mr. Kazabu said that he signed for Mate Situla because he is a school boy who is a close relative.

Yesterday Mr Kazabu joined the United Party for National Development (UPND) in bailing out its cadres who were arrested along with Chongwe Member of Parliament Sylvia Masebo for conducting an illegal political procession.

The 17 UPND cadres were arrested by police last week along with Chongwe MP Sylvia Masebo after conducting an illegal procession along Independence Avenue soon after Ms Masebo appeared at the Magistrate court on charges of abuse of authority of office.

The cadres were each given K5000 bail with two working sureties, and several MPs including UPND’s Kaoma Central MP Carlos Antonio, Villie Lombanya of Solwezi East and their Sesheke counterpart Sianga Siyauya.

Mr Kazabu has received condemnation for his role from PF senior leaders.

PF secretary general Davis Chama said Mr Kazabu had exposed himself for who he truly was by helping the UPND cadres be released from police custody by joining the UPND MPs in signing bonds for the suspects.

Mr Chama has challenged Mr Kazabu to openly declare his loyalty to the opposition political party instead of using the name of PF to conduct political activities for the UPND.

“This is actually surprising, but again it is revealing his true colours and his allegiance to the opposition party. If he (Kazabu) can go to sign bail for the law breaking UPND cadres, he is just trying to expose himself for who he truly is. Let him go,” Mr Chama said.

And PF National Youth Chairman Chishimba Kambwili has called on PF Nkana Member of Parliament Luxon Kazabu to resign if allegations by media reports that he signed a police bond for a UPND cadre are correct.

Mr. Kambwili said that the allegations are an insult to the ruling party.

He said that Mr. Kazabu joined the PF shortly before elections in 2011 adding that it is possible for him to turn against the ruling party.

Inspector General Of Police Stella Libongani has condemned UPND supporters in Solwezi for the violence that occurred yesterday between 16hrs and 21hrs.

Riots broke out in Manyama area in Solwezi after Police descended on UPND members who were attending the party’s final rally ahead of today’s parliamentary by election.Onlookers narrated how police in full riot gear descended on the UPND members and started beating up for attending rally which they claimed was illegal.Police told UPND not to conduct the rally at Manyama Basic School grounds in Kalumbila on account of lack of prior notice.The residents took offence and fought running battles with the Police who kept on firing teargas canisters.

I.G Libongani said 21 people were apprehended and are currently in custody.

Below is the Full Press statement

STATEMENT ON THE INCIDENT WHICH HAPPENED IN SOLWEZI WEST

The situation in Solwezi West and Lubensenshi is quiet and voting is going on smoothly. Police are continuing with operations in both constituencies in order to ensure that the remaining period is well policed. The officers will also monitor the movement of ballot boxes to the totaling centers until the whole process is over.
However, the Zambia Police Service would like to condemn the conduct of the UPND cadres for turning riotous after being advised by officers and school management not to conduct a rally at Manyama Basic School grounds in Kalumbila on account of lack of prior notice.
Instead of adhering to Police advice, the cadres started throwing stones, blocked the road as well as smashing police equipment that was in the nearby Police Post. This act left two police officers with head injuries forcing the Police to use tear gas in order to disperse the riotous cadres.
As a result, 21 people were apprehended and are currently in custody and will be charged accordingly.
This happened on 23rd September 2015 between 16 and 21:00 hours.
Apart from the two officers who were injured by the cadres, the police have not received any other report of injury or fatality as a result of the incident.

STELLA LIBONGANI
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE

24th September, 2015

THE Patriotic Front (PF) is shocked with its Nkana Member of Parliament Luxon Kazabu who yesterday joined the United Party for National Development (UPND) in bailing out its cadres who were arrested along with Chongwe Member of Parliament Sylvia Masebo for conducting an illegal political procession.

PF secretary general Davis Chama said Mr Kazabu had exposed himself for who he truly was by helping the UPND cadres be released from police custody by joining the UPND MPs in signing bonds for the suspects.

Mr Chama has challenged Mr Kazabu to openly declare his loyalty to the opposition political party instead of using the name of PF to conduct political activities for the UPND.

Mr Chama said the decision by Mr Kazabu to stand as a guarantor for the law breaking UPND cadres expressively showed his allegiance to the opposition political party.

He said all those thinking the PF was a sinking ship and wanted to jump were free to do so stating that the PF had adequate human resource and would therefore not run after traitors,

“This is actually surprising, but again it is revealing his true colours and his allegiance to the opposition party. If he (Kazabu) can go to sign bail for the law breaking UPND cadres, he is just trying to expose himself for who he truly is. Let him go,” Mr Chama said.

Mr Chama was commenting on the decision by the PF Nkana law maker who yesterday volunteered to be a sponsor of one of the 17 UPND cadres who were arrested last week for public misconduct.

The 17 UPND cadres were arrested by police last week along with Chongwe MP Sylvia Masebo after conducting an illegal procession along Independence Avenue soon after Ms Masebo appeared at the Magistrate court on charges of abuse of authority of office.

The cadres were each given K5000 bail with two working sureties, and several MPs including UPND’s Kaoma Central MP Carlos Antonio, Villie Lombanya of Solwezi East and their Sesheke counterpart Sianga Siyauya.

PF Nkana Parliamentarian Luxon Kazabu joined the UPND MPs in signing for the release of the 17 cadres.

The cadres have been charged with unlawful procession after they attempted to walk from the Magistrate Courts in Kabwata to Ibex Hill through Independence Avenue in solidarity with the Chongwe law maker after attending her court session in a matter before the Magistrates Court.

Mr Chama said the PF would carry out investigations to understand what could have compelled Mr Kazabu to join the UPND MPs in bailing out its cadres.

Mr Chama said he was reluctant to comment further on the matter but would rather wait for next year to see who would be a true and patriotic member of the ruling party.

Yesterday, 17 UPND cadres arrested along side Ms Masebo were granted bail and released from custody pending court hearing next week.

Voting is taking place in the Solwezi West and Lubansenshi Parliamentary by-elections.

In Solwezi , ZNBC’s Stephen Sakuwaha reports that voting in the SOLWEZI west parliamentary by election which started this morning has continued in a peaceful atmosphere.

According to Solwezi district electoral officer Ventiure Kafula voting started at 0600 in all the 38 polling stations without disruption.

The voters in Solwezi West are going to the polls after the death of Area Member of Parliament Humphrey Mwaanza.

Candidates in Solwezi West are the Patriotic Fronts Martin Mbaya, John Njombi of the United National Independence Party UNIP, while the UPND is feilding Teddy Kasonso in the by election.

Meanwhile , Bright Mukwasa reports that voting in Lubansenshi Parliamentary constituency by election is currently going on in a calm atmosphere.

And PF Candidate George Mwamba told reporters after voting at the Lupili Local Court polling station that his confidence of winning the seat is firmly anchored on the ruling party’s record of development programmes.

Mr. Mwamba, flanked by deputy minister in the office of the Vice President Stephen Kampyongo and deputy campaign manager Father Frank Bwalya, said he is ready to accept defeat in case he loses as he is in a race.

Rainbow party candidate Daniel Mubanga who also voted at the same venue had earlier told ZNBC that his party is headed for victory.

The people on Lubansenshi are going to the polls after the Supreme Court nullified the election of Patrick Mucheleka.

Candidates taking part in the by-elections are PF’s George Mwamba, Daniel Mubanga for the Rainbow Party, Patrick Mucheleka for the UPND, the MMD’s Gabriel Mulenga and Charles Chimumbwa is an Independent.

A 23-YEAR-OLD farmer of Mutobe village in Chipata, who savagely beat and killed his 10-month-old son on allegation that the infant was a wizard, had his appeal against the death sentence quashed by the Supreme Court.
Kazembe Zulu was on July 28, last year, sentenced to death by the Chipata High court after convicting him of murder.
Particulars of the matter are that on November 8, 2013, in Chipata, Zulu murdered Zindaba Zulu, his baby.
In his ground of appeal to the Supreme Court, Kazembe urged the court to consider imposing a lighter sentence on him other than death.
He argued that the trial court did not consider the extenuating circumstances of his drunken state at the time he committed the offence. Zulu also argued that he believed the infant was a wizard that was turning into a supernatural being at night.
But Justice Gregory Phiri sitting in Ndola recently, observed that the High Court did not error in law by imposing the death sentence on Kazembe as there were no extenuating circumstances in the matter.
Mr Justice Phiri noted that there was no way an infant of 10 months could have been practicing witchcraft as he was solely dependent on his parents.
He also dismissed the defence of intoxication because there was no evidence before the court on how Zulu had been adversely affected by the opaque beer, which he took before the killing.
“There is evidence before court that the accused beat the deceased toddler until he sustained head injuries, which led to his death. Accused also squeezed his wife’s throat until she was rescued by the neighbours. And when the neighbours came, they found the deceased with foam on his mouth and the accused went on and punched the dying child on his head in full view of the neighbours.
“This appeal is therefore dismissed and this court upholds the death sentence imposed on the appellant,” Justice Phiri said.
The evidence before court was that the appellant beat his deceased child to death due to his belief that he was a witch.
The court heard that on the material night, Zulu woke up and started trampling on the deceased, until he became unconscious. He claimed that he saw the toddler in a sitting position on their matrimonial bed, whilst shaking its head vigorously.
But in his defence, Zulu told the trial court that it was an accidental homicide as he allegedly staggered and stepped on the deceased’s stomach in a drunken stupor.

(DailyMail)

 Katatala Ryan Nkole studied at Prue Leith Chefs Academy and graduated with a grandè diploma in culinary arts and wine. He has worked for a top 10 restaurant in Johannesburg, South Africa , and is currently free lancing being a personal chef.

KAPA187: Who is Katatala Ryan Nkole?

Katatala Ryan Noel:  Katatala Ryan Noel is a 24 year old chef and owner of Umami personal chef services and lover of culinary art and its endless possibilities, recovering bacon addict and failed superhero so this food thing is all I have.

KAPA187:  What made you want to be a professional chef as opposed to a more traditional career such a lawyer or doctor?

Katatala Ryan Noel: Well it’s the same old cliché if you ask me, been cooking since I was 9 but I’ve always known what I wanted to be. I vividly remember a school interview in the 3th grade they asked what we wanted to be I said chef and they laughed at me, my parents loved to dine out those days given we only went to Pamodzi, inters and the odd Chinese restaurant. I basically stumbled upon BBC food channel one day and was amazed with all that I saw from then on I started to experiment,  I remember attempting to make pizza , curing meat and a flop cake which I quickly renamed chandelier cake. And I’ve never been one to follow the crowd or the norm.

KAPA187: Was your family in support of your decision.

Katatala Ryan Noel:  My family has been very very supportive and I really thank God for my mother, the sacrifices made for me to pursue this where huge but we managed. I mean if I have been plotting this since the 3rd grade it would be cruel to deny me. Even when my dad, an old school Bemba man, accepted that I will not be doing purchasing and supply he came around. He even said to me once and I quote “chefs should be one of the most paid people I mean we don’t know what goes on inside there but at least we can put in some delicious food”.

KAPA187: You graduate with a grandè diploma in in culinary arts and wine from Pure leith chef Academy. How important is having a good education if one wants to be a chef? Is experience alone enough to make it in your field?

Katatala Ryan Noel:  I’m torn between; it’s like 52/48 with education vs. experience. I mean some of the world’s best , the for fathers of cuisine , the Escoffier’s and Fernad Point never went to school, even modern day greats like Allian Ducasse with his 24 Michelin stars did not have a culinary school behind them or South African chefs like Bertus Basson and chef Michael of Terrior did not go to school. But personally I feel a culinary education is important, reason being that it sparks creativity, as a student you’re taught the basics of , let’s say a mayonnaise and its traditional derivatives but with your knowledge of the basics you can play around with it …they teach you flavor pairing and from there you create your own flavor profiles. But coming up from the ranks as a scholar, unless you’re a culinary prodigy, you will constantly be cooking menus that someone else has developed. I guess I lean more on the school side.

 KAPA187: In your opinion what is the biggest misconception of professional chefs?

Katatala Ryan Noel: Let’s see, biggest misconception thinking a chef and a cook are the same, that chefs like to cook on their off days, that we don’t like to be cooked for, that women absolutely love us, ok that one is true, it’s not all glitz and glamor, the kitchens are rough and that we hate waiters/servers okay that one is also true.

KAPA187: Do you specialize in a particular type of food.

Katatala Ryan Noel:  Well I’m classically trained in French cuisine, as well as Italian,  pan African, pastry and what I’m going to call contemporary Zambian cuisine, which is taking classic dishes and Zambian ingredients we grew up on to the next level.  I also have a passion for making pasta and ice-cream

KAPA187: Having worked for both, a top restaurant and being a personal chef, which one do you consider to be more challenging?

Katatala Ryan Noel: Both are challenging in their own right being a personal chef is more intimate one on one with the client doing exactly what they want for example I did this romantic 5 course dinners; he was going to propose so everything had to be perfect. In a restaurant on the other hand is a whole different ball game working 13-18hr shifts, but the adrenaline during service yoh!! You don’t feel a cut or a burn, it’s intense; I will take a restaurant please.

KAPA187: Do you feel professional chefs in Zambia are able to compete with there counterparts in other countries?

Katatala Ryan Noel:  Honestly we cannot compete at all, at least not yet the levels are so so different. First off we need to get more professional chefs not people doing It as a job but people who love it and want to create,  then we need to grow our industry we are getting there but people aren’t in the habit of dinning out yet, have to start giving the a reason to. Stop the nonsense of bringing in a foreign chef who teaches the cooks how to prep his menu and leaves then they’re stuck cooking the same menu over and over for years even that’s boring. I’m not saying they should not come at all, but come here, keep the standard high, create competition. Don’t bring a burnt out chef who’s just here for the money, we need young hungry chefs. We have a bit to do but we can get there, I know that’s why I’m back to change the industry.

KAPA187: What have been the best and worst moments in your career?

Katatala Ryan Noel: Best moments

• Meeting and working with the best chefs in the country , chefs Martinez , Bertus Basson,  David Higs , Gregory to name a few.
• Working during a “master chef south Africa” held at our school.
• Having my ideas make it on the menu.
• Winning the ultimate braai master
• Cooking with chef Paulina of Mexico for the Mexican ambassador and later having a chat with him.
• Working the winter sculpture festival at Birox, must have been like 100 people there.
  Doing my then chefs wedding.
• And meeting a bunch of like-minded people at the Prue Leith Chefs Academy, shout out.

Worst, don’t have many of those, been kicked out the kitchen, had a bowl thrown at me, and messing up an order during service and chef lets you have it.

KAPA187: Could you give us an example of a menu that you would prepare for this particular season in Zambia.

Katatala Ryan Noel: Seasonal menu
Kwambwa tea and thyme smoked beef fillet, beer battered fondant sweet potato, cauliflower puree, broccoli florests, rape cremè and micro green salad.
Suggested wine pairing
Cab franc

KAPA187: What advice would you give someone who wants to pursue a career in culinary arts?

Katatala Ryan Noel:  You really have to want this, be passionate, doesn’t help being very talented but having a rotten attitude, and love what you’re doing, have hunger for everything food, excuse the pun. And “vivir para cocinar, cocinar para vivir” which means live to cook, cook to live.

KAPA187: Any last words…

Katatala Ryan Noel:  Chase after your dreams or someone else is going to hire you to help build theirs.

BY KAPA187