UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) vice-president for administration Geoffrey Mwamba has been summoned by Kasama Police for holding political meetings without notifying the police.

According to the Police in Kasama, Mr Mwamba has allegedly gone into hiding after police in Kasama sought him for “an interview” over meetings he held.

Northern Province acting commissioner of police Lackson Sakala said in an interview yesterday that Mr Mwamba has allegedly been holding political meetings without notifying the police.

Mr Sakala said Mr Mwamba has allegedly gone into hiding but that the police will “fish” him out.

“We want him to come to the police tomorrow for some interviews. He was holding meetings without notifying the police.

“He is in hiding and we are looking for him,” Mr Sakala said.

He urged Mr Mwamba to lead by example as a person who has served as a member of Parliament (MP).

“He has actually been a law-maker, so he should lead by example and abide by the laws of Zambia. If he wants to hold any meeting, he should notify the police,” he said.

Mr Sakala said the police will diligently execute their duties and firmly deal with individuals who break the law, regardless of their political affiliation.

“Anything to the contrary, we are not going to spare anyone because no-one is above the law,” he said.

And in a posting on his Facebook wall, Mr Mwamba admits that the police are looking for him and he will avail himself today.

In a posting on his Facebook wall, Mr Mwamba admitted that the police were looking for him.

“Later on they brought a police call-out to my home and I have agreed to meet them at the station at 12 tomorrow [today],” the Facebook posting reads in part.

PF Media and Publicity Committee Vice chairperson Sunday Chanda has said it is shocking for FDD leader to question First Lady Esther Lungu,when she never questioned the former First ladies for their charitable work.This is in reference to an article published by the Post newspaper where Ms Nawakwi wondered which resources Esther Lungu was using to campaign for President Edgar Lungu, saying she was not the ‘Santa Claus’ of Zambia.
‘We know that the President is planning early elections, sometime in February or March, and that is why she is all over the country campaigning’.

Ms Nawakwi said Mrs Lungu wants to pretend she is distributing gifts on a charitable exercise when, in fact, her clear motive is to campaign for the President.

“I don’t know if between the President and the first lady, they have agreed that the President will do PR work outside the country and she will fill the vacuum because the work she is doing is what I would love to see the President do; to go to villages and find out how people are doing.

I don’t know if between the President and the first lady, they have agreed that the President will do PR work outside the country and she will go to villages

“It is very clear that the first lady is using money from the social cash transfer window. And I want to tell the donors that the money they gave us as a country, which was supposed to be distributed to the vulnerable groups, through established channels; the churches, community development and all the agreed institutions which were the platforms through which this money was supposed to be delivered, unfortunately, because this government is so desperate, they have diverted money from the social cash transfer and given to the first lady,” she said.

‘Now she is the one who is being seen as the bearer of this message and pretending to the world that she is generous. She is not the Santa Claus of this country. We have no objections to her setting up an NGO, raising money and doing charitable work. But we take great exception for the first lady to use money from community development, for Ministry of Gender and from the social cash transfer window, and I challenge them to say that this money they are using is not government money’.

I challenge them to say that this money they are using is not government money.
But you can’t expect that you can develop this country through charity. When you arrive at a place where there is no hospital, no facilities and you give them 25 bags of mealie-meal and some blankets and say ‘These are gifts from State House’, meanwhile, you have spent so much fuel flying there just to deliver 25 bags of mealie-meal, what is the job of the department of disaster management? I want to see the Vice-President doing the work we gave her,” she said.

The PF media and Publicity vice chairperson however said Ms Nawakwi never condemned other former First ladies including Mrs. Maureen Mwanawasa, Mrs Thandiwe Banda and Dr. Christine Kaseba because there is nothing strange and wrong about the works these mothers did while their respective husbands served as Heads of State.He advised that it will be counter-productive for Ms. Nawakwi to vent her annoyance on another woman who is doing so much to profile the place of women in Zambia and called on the women movement in the country to reinforce what First lady Mrs Lungu is doing for the poor communities in our country.

First Lady Esther Lungu in Mangago

First Lady Esther Lungu in Nalolo

First Lady Esther Lungu in Nalikwanda constituency

First Lady Esther Lungu in Lukulu

First Lady Esther Lungu at Luampa mission hospital

First Lady Esther Lungu in Kaoma

First Lady Esther Lungu in Mwandi

First Lady Esther Lungu at Sioma mission

First Lady Esther Lungu in Senanga

First Lady Esther Lungu in Sesheke

First Lady Esther Lungu in Kalabo

First Lady Esther Lungu at Lewanika hospital

First Lady Esther Lungu in Limulunga

First Lady Esther Lungu in Chipata

Mr Hichilema says this is why everything that the PF government lays its hand on is going wrong.

Mr. Hichilema has cited the continued poor performance of the Kwacha, increased load shedding, increase in fuel and none availability of jobs in Zambia as some of challenges that point to the ruling PF’s exit from power.

He has told Qfm News by telephone that this means that whether the ruling party allegedly manipulates the outcome of by-elections by buying candidates, the people’s voice will prevail very soon.

Mr. Hakainde states that he is firmly convinced that come 2016, the PF government will exit from government because they have allegedly failed to deliver.

He notes that the challenges facing the Zambian people under the PF government can only be likened to UNIP days of the late 80s and the early 90s.

The UPND leaders wonders why anyone would therefore find attraction in the ruling PF, which he says has nothing to offer.

Mr. Hichilema says he in fact finds it disgraceful reports suggesting that ruling PF has now resorted to buying opposition political party candidates during by-elections.

The opposition FDD- leadership on the Copperbelt has condemned the reported plan in which the Grand Coalition on the People Driven Constitution and the Law Association of ZAMBIA-LAZ- allegedly intend to go to court this week to block the Constitution Amendment Bill.

FDD Copperbelt Provincial Chairman Yotam Mtayachalo says the plan is premature and may just deny Zambians a new constitution before the 2016 general elections.

Mr Mtayachalo says all stakeholders should give dialogue a chance and explore other avenues such as seeking an audience with President Edgar Lungu on the way forward on the constitution.

He says this will afford parties a chance to iron out areas of misunderstandings before taking the legal route.

Mr Mtachalo says the court action will delay the whole process resulting in the 2016 general elections being held under the old constitution.

He said all parties can still strike a compromise for the country to achieve a people driven constitution.

The Patriotic-PF on Sunday announced that it had unearthed a scheme in which the Grand Coalition on the People Driven Constitution and Law Association of ZAMBIA-LAZ allegedly intend to go to court this week to block the Constitution Amendment Bill.

PF Media and Publicity Vice Chairperson Sunday Chanda charged at a media briefing in Lusaka, that such schemes by the Grand Coalition and LAZ will only frustrate efforts to give Zambians a new constitution.

A 30-YEAR-OLD Kitwe woman has pleaded with the Garneton Local court to compel her husband of 13 years to stop denying her sex.
Helen Chinyingi, who is currently on separation with her husband, told the court that her husband sleeps with his clothes on. She was suing for reconciliation.
This was heard before senior local court magistrate Fredrick Ndhlovu in a matter in which Helen sued Rodgers Chinyingi, 39, for reconciliation. The two got married in 2001 and have five children.
Helen narrated before the court that all was well in their marriage until she started a business.
She said she started helping out in the home because of her business but Chinyingi started accusing her of making money out of prostitution.
“I don’t even remember the last time he touched me. I love my husband that’s why I have brought him to court so that the magistrate can counsel us on how to live as a husband and wife,” she told the bench.
She said at times Chinyingi does not speak to her for four months yet they live in the same house.
But Chinyingi told the court that the money Helen was handling was too much for the type of business she was doing.
“I don’t know where my wife gets money from for her to be buying items such as a two-piece kitchen units and other items,” he narrated.
He told the court that Helen had a know-it-all attitude which puts him off.
Magistrate Ndhlovu adjourned the matter to September 1, so that parents from both sides could give their side of the story.

(Dailymail)

State power utility ZESCO has announced that it has cut its generation capacity from the current 540MW to 305 MW to avert a premature shutdown of the Kariba North Bank Power Station.

ZESCO Senior Manager for Marketing and Public Relations Bessie Banda announced during a news conference that water levels at Kariba have worsened.

Ms Banda said continued generation of power from Kariba of around 540MW would have meant completely shutting down the power plant.

She said the worsening water levels have been occasioned by the usage patterns that have developed since load shedding commenced.

‘What we have observed is that most customers are over using power once supply is restored, most of them are not having power for close to 8 Hours and once supply is restored, they are over using both power which is now defeating the purpose of load shedding,’ Ms Banda said.

Zambian model , Amanda Sibeso Wamunyima , has been crowned Ms America, one of the most competitive shows in the United States of America.

Amanda beat the 50 other beauties representing their states in the USA. She holds the Ms. Florida crown, and that crown allowed her to compete on the National level as Ms America.

She now starts a long journey as Ms. America a role that involves a lot of social advocacy. This however will not be something new to Amanda who is currently the CEO of Miss Zambia USA, a beauty pageants for Zambian beauties who live in the USA.

Zambians should be proud of this achievement, and extend their congratulatory praise to Ms Amanda Sibeso Wamunyima for flying the Zambian flag to the highest.

Ms. America, not Miss America, has most of the trappings of a typical beauty pageant – the gowns, the interviews, the glamorous head shots.

But there are differences: It attracts women ages 26 to into their 60s. It doesn’t require a swimsuit or a talent. The winner is asked to use her crown to advance a worthy cause.

CEO Susan Jenkse, an Irvine resident, was the first Ms. America winner when she won as Ms. Colorado in 1997; she raised awareness about violence in schools just a couple years before the Columbine High School shootings in her home state.

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