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File:MINISTER of Youth and Sport Chishimba Kambwili
Patriotic Front (PF) National Youth Chairman Chishimba Kambwili has challenged opposition political parties and the civil society to fund the enactment of the draft constitution.
Mr. Kambwili who is also Youth and Sports Minister said government has no money to conclude the constitution making process because it has prioritised development.
“We are not going to enact the constitution at the expense of development because we are not in a constitutional crisis. We have a workable constitution. My advice is that those who are pushing for a new constitution should find money to facilitate its passing because as government we have prioritized development first,” he said.
Addressing youths in Kapiri Mposhi District at the weekend, Mr Kambwili said opposition political parties have stopped criticizing the PF on job creation and infrastructure development because it has delivered and scored significant progress in developing the country within the two years it has been in power.
Mr Kambwili said opposition parties had now shifted focus to agitating violence and force change of government due to the impasse on enacting a new constitution.
“The opposition have now changed their goal posts to the new constitution. They have noticed that we are delivering and doing what they thought we will fail to do,” said Kambwili.
The Minister assured Zambians that the PF administration will not bow to political rhetoric from the opposition political parties to abandon its development agenda and commitment to better the lives of people.
Mr Kambwili urged youths in the country to be cautions and not allow politicians to mislead and influence them to perpetration violence and create instability in the country.
Nchanga Rangers ended a nine-game winless streak after beating Nakambala Leopards 2-1 in a FAZ Super League match at Konkola Stadium in Chililabombwe on Sunday.
Fighton Simukonda’s side trace their last win to March 23 when they beat visiting Green Buffaloes 2-1 in Chingola.
In Chililabombwe, Nchanga came from a goal down to defeat Nakambala in this early kick off match thanks to goals from Bornwell Mwape and late substitute Aubrey Chamulwanda.
Friday Konga handed Nakambala a 20th minute lead when he tapped in from close range.
However, Konga’s goal was cancelled by Mwape eight minutes from the half time break.
Chamulwanda left it late when he poked in the winner three minutes from full time.
This was Nchanga’s third win of the season and it pushed them to 11 points in 11 games.
The Chingola side have one unplayed match against defending Nkana champions.
Indeni jumped out of the bottom four after coming from a goal down to thump Roan United 3-1 in Saturday’s FAZ Super League match at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe.
Striker Josphat Kasusu scored a hat-trick as Indeni condmned Roan to their second defeat in a row.
Roan made a false start in the lunch-time kick off match when striker Lyson Sikaonga gave them a 2nd minute lead that was cancelled by Kasusu two minutes later.
Kasusu registered his second goal just before the half time as Indeni went into the break leading 2-1.
The ex-Kalulushi Modern Stars forward completed his hattrick with a 72nd goal after he was set up by Congolese striker Kalombo Kanda.
This win pushed Indeni from 14th to 11th place on the 16-team Super League table.
The Ndola side now sits on 11 points from 12 games.
On the other hand, Roan drops from 12th to 13th on the table and remain stuck on nine points from 12 matches.
Shepolopolo are 90-minutes away from qualifying for their maiden Africa Women Championship as they face Zimbabwe in return leg of the final round at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka on Sunday.
Zambia enters Nkoloma Stadium leading Zimbabwe 1-0 from the first leg played in Harare two-weeks ago.
Charles Bwale’s side must avoid losing to book a place at the 2014 Africa Women Championship to be held in Namibia in October.
Bwale is cautious as Zambia hosts Zimbabwe in Lusaka.
“I believe that Zimbabwe are also preparing. They want to come and upset the tables but we will use home advantage and put up a good
challenge,” he said ahead of the crucial match.
Zimbabwe coach Rosemary Mugadza has declared that her team was in Zambia upset the tables.
“We just need to score an early goal and upset the Zambians. If they managed to come to Zimbabwe and win 1-0, and then it is possible for
any time to come to Zambia and win,” she said.
Zambia has been selected as one of the African countries from which the University of Limpompo in South Africa plans to recruit students as part of a crusade to expand its base of international students.
A team of academic staff from Limpopo University will be in the country next month to hold meetings with various schools across the country and show case what the institution offers and incentives to prospecting students.
Press Secretary at the Zambian High Commission in Pretoria Nicky Shabolyo disclosed this in a media statement made available to ZANIS yesterday.
Limpopo University Director of International Affairs Hlulani Mabasa said in Pretoria yesterday that his institution is impressed with the academic performance and behaviour of Zambian students.
Dr Hlulani who was accompanied by other university officials was speaking when he met First Secretary for Education at the Zambian High Commission Emmerentina Bweupe.
He said 12 Zambians are currently studying at the university and wants to give more opportunities to Zambians as part of the university’s strategy to raise its international profile.
“We have been impressed with Zambian students currently at the university and we thought of attracting even more because we believe they are best suited to help us raise our international profile,” he said.
And Mrs Bweupe said Zambia has a huge population of people seeking university education and that the programme embarked on by the university will help to address the issue.
She thanked University of Limpopo for considering Zambia as a worthy partner in the exercise and assured him that the Mission in Pretoria will help facilitate the university’s visit to Zambia.
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has demanded the arrest of people who indecently assaulted an alleged adulterous woman in a video circulating on social media.
The commission said there was no justification for people to take the law into their own hands and subject the woman to inhuman, cruel and degrading treatment.
Commission Director Florence Chibwesha said in a media statement issued to ZANIS yesterday that her organisation is deeply concerned about the inhuman acts perpetrated on the woman.
Ms Chibwesha urged the Zambia Police to institute investigations and arrest the perpetrators for violating her rights.
She said the commission has on many occasions condemned all forms of mob justice as it is an affront on the law and infringes on the human rights of the accused.
Chibwesha advised the concerned woman to report the matter to the Police and the Human Rights Commission to seek redress for her rights that were violated.
She noted that instant mob justice breeds cycles of violence and impunity and ultimately undermine the rule of law.
Ms Chibwesha said the commission will continue to undertake broad sensitisation and educational campaigns to improve public understanding of the criminal justice system and discourage mob justice.
Veteran politician Venon Mwaanga has charged that the continued appointment of party cadres in sensitive positions is compromising the efficiency of the civil service in the country.
Speaking in an interview Mr. Mwaanga noted that the PF has systematically been retiring professionals with experience in the civil service and replacing them with party cadres without any knowledge and experience to run some of the institutions they are being given to run.
He noted that efforts were being made to streamline the civil service by the previous government in order to make them work in more effective efficient manner but it seems to have been thrown out by the current government.
“Some time ago there was an effort to streamline the civil service to ensure that they perform in a much more efficient and effective but this appears to have been thrown out the window in the recent past because we have seen new districts been created; we have also seen the appointment of party cadres into very sensitive positions in the public service which compromise efficiency,” said Mr. Mwaanga.
And Mr. Mwaanga has observed that a bloated civil service is not a guarantee that government will deliver to the satisfaction of the public.
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The veteran politician says the country does not need a bloated public service to deliver the services that the public want.
He notes that what the country needs is a leaner public service that will deliver the services required by the people as opposed to a bloated one that does not deliver to the necessary services to its citizens.
“We need a smaller and leaner as well as more effective public service because that is the type of public service that will be able to deliver the services that the Zambian public would want to see.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Mwaanga says it is a pit that the diplomatic service is being used as a dumping ground for party cadres when the country should be maintaining a professional diplomatic service which is important in managing the country’s world affairs.
He said international relations has considerably changed hence the need to have a trained and experienced diplomatic service to handle the country’s international relations in a more professional and efficient manner.
President Michael Sata is accompanied by Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba (left) and Lusaka Mayor Mulenga Sata as he left the Lusaka High Court
Prominent Lusaka lawyer Vincent Malambo has applied to be joined to the matter in which President Michael Sata has denied defending his friends, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito, Post Newspaper owner Fred M’membe and Nchima Nchito who owe the Development Bank of Zambia K14 billion which according to Judge Nigel Mutuna was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation.
Mr Malambo who successfully represented DBZ and won the case against the trio and Zambian Airways in the High Court in the recovery of K14 billion loan was eventually removed as the lawyer of the bank after he refused to withdraw the matter from court.
Three weeks ago, President Sata in his evidence in-chief claimed that Mr Malambo could have been dismissed because of incompetence.
But now, Mr Malambo has said President Sata’s statement was injurious and has applied that he joins the case in which the Head of State has sued Daily Nation proprietor Richard Sakala and academician Choolwe Beyani.
The matter comes up on June 24, 2014 and President Sata is expected to be in the dock for cross examination.
The Patriotic Front government finds the current constitution useful for the purpose of oppressing people with divergent views hence President Michael Sata’s refusal to allow Zambians have a new laws, former Patriotic Front Chawama Constituency Member of Parliament Sampa Bredt has observed.
Mrs. Bredt said in an interview yesterday in Lusaka that it was shocking that President Sata had now found the current constitution to be the best when not too long ago, he was a victim of the bad laws in the current constitution.
She reminded Mr Sata about his 2010-2011 campaigns, saying that the constitution was the basis of his election into government.
Mrs Bredt said failure to give Zambians a new constitution now would make it doubtful for the PF go beyond 2016.
“It is very surprising that President Sata likes the current constitution which he described as fake, outdated and colonial when he was in the opposition. I find it strange that he is now hero-worshipping the same constitution he denounced as bad and anti-Zambian,” she said.
Mrs. Bredt said it was unbelievable that whenever President Sata was swearing in people to various Ministries and Diplomatic postings, he was always warning them against talking about the need of having a new constitution.
She warned President Sata and the PF government that of tactics would delay or change the need for a new constitution which the people of Zambia were demanding.
Mrs Bredt said now was the time for a new constitution which should address the many challenges the country was facing, adding that attempts to continue using the defective constitution against the people of Zambia would not help the PF to stay long in government.
“It is clear now that the PF wants to use this defective constitution to propel themselves into staying into power longer than necessary. They want to use the old constitution to continue abusing the Public Order Act. The PF wants to use the old constitution to have some leverage to abuse the law,” said Mrs. Brett.
She reminded President Sata and the PF that the current constitution had made the PF unpopular and the only route was to allow the will of the people to prevail in the constitution making process.
The former law maker in the PF said that Zambians have reached a stage where the only things they wanted from leadership was a new constitution.
“Let’s not bury our heads in the sand, the truth is that we need a new constitution and therefore, we should continue pushing this PF government to give us the new constitution which they promised within 90 days, failure to which the PF does not deserve another term in office,” said Mrs. Bredt.
She observed that the confusing part about President Sata and the PF government was that they had negated their own constitution making process.
Mrs. Bredt was one of the 26 PF Members of Parliament that President Sata labeled as rebels for going to the National Constitution Conference (NCC) under former president Levy Mwanawasa (late).
Opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema arrives to attend a court case at the magistrate’s court complex in Lusaka
The PF was unprepared to assume power hence the continued wrangles in the ruling party, opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has said.
The continued leadership wrangles in the Patriotic Front (PF) government shows how unprepared the ruling party has been to govern since assuming power, opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has said.
And Federation of Free Trade Unions in Zambia (FFTUZ) outgoing president Joyce Nonde has advised the PF to call for an urgent Indaba to try and resolve its leadership crisis, saying that the resurgence of the anti-Wynter Kabimba calls should be a source of concern.
Meanwhile, NAREP president Elias Chipimo said the continued calls to have Mr. Kabimba who is PF secretary general removed from the ruling party reflects poor leadership.
In an interview yesterday, Mr. Hichilema said that the infighting for leadership positions in the PF was a source of concern and if not checked and stopped would spill over to the entire country.
Commenting on the resurgence of the Wynter Kabimba revolt in the PF, Mr. Hichilema said the demands to have Mr. Kabimba removed were expected looking at the way he had handled himself and matters.
He said Mr. Kabimba was eating his own ‘vomit’ and should therefore brace himself for harder times for belonging to the ruling party that had roundly rejected his leadership style.
Mr. Hichilema said the PF had failed to function and deliver because it was occupied with infighting on who should take over leadership after President Michael Sata retires.
“The leadership wrangles in the PF have affected the operation of government. People are not sure about what happens next. The way things are moving, there is no leadership in the country because those entrusted with leadership instruments have failed to promote unity, peace and stability in the nation since taking over from the MMD in 2011,” said Mr. Hichilema.
“Just the other day, PF cadres protested against which situation Kabimba and the internal leadership wrangles have contributed to the situation,” he said.
He said it was high time the people of Zambia were given a leadership which would inspire them now and in the future.
“We have seen the resurgence of calls against PF secretary general Wynter Kabimba. This is because even the party officials themselves have no confidence in the leadership. The PF is a party of THUGS, these chaps are violent and their conduct is a source of concern to the promotion of good governance and democratization of the nation,” said Mr. Hichilema.
And Ms. Nonde Simukoko said the PF should start behaving like a party in power instead of conducting itself as if it were still in the opposition.
She said the continued infighting in the PF painted a bad picture about Zambia both locally and internationally.
Ms Simukoko suggested that the only way to address the problems the PF was facing was to call for an Indaba where all warring parties would be brought together to try and iron out their differences.
“There is need for the PF to instill discipline in their party structures. PF must know that they are in power; they are no longer in the opposition. They must also know that all eyes are on them, both internationally and locally and whatever they do, they are being watched,” she said.
She said the attitude of leaving everything to chance was a wrong way of governance, adding that the PF as a party in power should show leadership and confidence to the people they lead.
Meanwhile NAREP president Elias Chipimo said there was no doubt that the leadership wrangles in the PF was as a result of who would succeed President Sata.
Mr. Chipimo said going by the happenings in the PF, it was clear that members of the ruling party were not happy about certain individuals’ conduct and it is therefore important that the PF leadership comes out clear on the succession issue.
“PF is the party in power and they must know that they have a responsibility to resolve such matters internally and if they don’t resolve the issue of succession, there will be an eruption of a leadership crisis,” said Mr. Chipimo.
“We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.”
(Romans 5:3–4, NLT)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
The way you handle adversities has a huge impact on your success in life? If you shrink back, choose to get bitter and lose your enthusiasm, then you are allowing the difficulties of life to bury you. You are allowing hardship to keep you from your God-given destiny. But if you choose to keep pressing forward with a smile on your face, rejoicing even in the hard times, you are allowing God’s character to be developed inside of you. You are setting yourself up for promotion.
Think about this: the only difference between a piece of black coal and a priceless diamond is the amount of pressure that it’s endured. When you stand strong in the midst of the trials and difficulties in life, when you allow God to shape and mold your character, it’s like going from a piece of coal to a priceless diamond. Those difficulties are going to give way to new growth, new potential, new talent, new friendships, new opportunities, new vision. You’re going to see your life blossom in ways that you’ve never even dreamed!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father in heaven, thank You for giving me strength to overcome every obstacle in life. I choose to rejoice no matter what may come against me. I know You are working all things together for my good in Jesus’ name! Amen.
Nkana this evening replicated a Zambia Special when they squandered a 2-1 lead to lose 4-3 away to Etoile du Sahel in Tunisia on match-day-three in Group B of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup.
The result came just 24 hours after Zambia also lost by the same margin in similar circumstances in a friendly away to Japan in Florida that included not one penalty this time; but two for both sides.
Nkana went ahead in the 7th minute through a Abdelrazzek Ghazi own goal after he failed to clear Simon Bwalya’s run with the ball.
Etoile equalised in the 21st minute from the penalty spot after Nkana defender Maybin Chishimba nudged Youssef Mouihbi in the back and Baghdad Boundjah stepped up to level matters.
Nkana reclaimed the lead in the 31st minute through striker Evans Kangwa who fired in a close range shot after Reynold Kampamba placed the ball into his path to see the Kitwe side take a 2-1 lead into the break.
Six minutes after the break. Etoile were equalised again through 46th minute substitute midfielder Khalil Bangoura who pounced on Ghazi’s shot that came off the right post.
Nkana again took the lead in the 78th minute this time from the spot after defender Falhi Radhouan fouled Kampamba.
Derrick Mwansa then stepped up to convert the resultant penalty to bring back memories of his spot kick on April 1-1 that ejected Tunisian club CA Bizertin from the pre-group stage by the same aggregate scoreline.
However, there was to be no repeat of any Deja Vu when Lassaad Jaziri equalised in the 83rd minute before Bangoura completed his brace in the 85th minute.
Nkana stay bottom of Group B with one point and must beat Etoile on match-day-four on July 26 to reignite any ambitions they have of securing a debut semifinal slot this September.
Etoile take top spot on 5 points for at least 24 hours ahead of Egyptian side Al Ahly’s visit to Abidjan to play Sewe Sport.
Al Ahly have four points after dropping to second place while Sewe are third on two points heading into their match-day-three date.
Power Dynamos moved into second place on the FAZ Super League table after beating ten-men Napsa Stars 2-0 at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe on Saturday.
First half goals from Jimmy Ndhlovu and Alex Ng’onga helped Power to increase their tally 25 points, four behind leaders Zanaco who beat Green Buffaloes 3-2 on the same day.
Ndhlovu led Power into the recovery path from last Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Konkola Blades when he finished Julius Situmbeko’s cross just after eight minutes.
Ng’onga doubled the lead in the 35th minute when he fired into the next Ndlovu’s pass from outside the box.
Napsa tried to come back into the game in the second half but their best was not good enough to break the Power backline led by Nyambe Mulenga and Billy Mutale.
Napsa’s attempt to salvage something from this game hit a snag when White Mwanambaba was shown a redcard by referee Wisdom Chewe for a second yellow after hacking Ng’onga.
This was Napsa’s second straight loss as they remain stuck on 19 points.
The Grand Coalition on the constitution launched the honking protest Friday late afternoon in Lusaka to press government to release the final draft constitution.
The honking which was supposed to start at 17 Hours from the Munali Round about on Great East and end at the JCTR offices on Martin Mwamba road was almost aborted after riot police blocked the protestors.
The protestors were forced to re-route their protest and ended up driving to the Central Business District where the honking was done a few minutes before 18 Hours.
Some drivers on Cairo Road managed to join the honking which created some level of excitement around the Central Business District.
But Coalition Chairperson Father Leonard Chiti described the protest as successful despite attempts by police to thwart it.
Father Chiti said the honking will be intensified next Friday as the Grand Coalition strategies on other methods to elude the Police.
He said the Coalition is determined to ensure that government gives in to the demands to release the draft constitution and deliver a new constitution.
Father Chiti also condemned the actions of the Zambia Police Service to send riot police officers to block their protest march.
The Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has been challenged to rescind his alleged decision of summoning all opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) that carried out a series of protests in the last sitting of Parliament.
Information reaching Qfm news has suggested that all the opposition MPs that took part in the protests that disrupted parliamentary proceedings of the last sitting of parliament are to appear before the disciplinary committee on Monday the 9th of June.
But the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has observed that its challenge to the Speaker to rescind his decision of allegedly summoning opposition MPs is based on the fact that such a move will amount to intimidation.
YALI also regrets that such an alleged decision is also retrogressive for the country’s democracy especially in comparison to what is happening in other African countries in the Southern region.
YALI governance advisor Isaac Mwanza has told Qfm news that it is for this reason that such alleged intimidation that the Speaker is now exhibiting is unacceptable in Zambia’s democracy.
He says this is also why his organization holds the position that the alleged decision to summon opposition MPs to appear before Parliamentary disciplinary committee on Monday should be rescinded as it is taking the country backwards to a time people’s voices were silenced.
And effort to get a comment from Dr. Matibini proved futile by post time.
