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President Sata calls for PF MPs in Southern Province if the province is to develop

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President Sata calls for PF MPs in Southern Province if the province is to develop
President Micheal Sata pose with some of the 27 chiefs from Southern Province at Chief Chikanta Palace in Kalomo on wednesday 24th April 2013.picture by Eddie Mwanaleza/Statehouse.
President Micheal Sata pose with some of the 27 chiefs from Southern Province at Chief Chikanta Palace in Kalomo on wednesday 24th April 2013.picture by Eddie Mwanaleza/Statehouse.

Republican President Micheal Sata has urged the electorate of Southern Province to give him Members of Parliament who belong to his party if the province was to develop.

And Southern Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe told a huge gathering that attended the meeting that if President Sata was a tribalist, he wouldn’t have appointed the ten Ministers from Southern Province who are currently serving in his government.

And Chief Chikanta thanked President Micheal Sata for appointing Mr. Munkombwe as Southern Province Minister.

Mr Sata cited Livingstone, which recently gave the ruling party the only PF Member of Parliament in Southern Province, as one of the areas that was receiving development as a result of having voted for a PF MP.

ZANIS reports from Kalomo that the President was speaking at Chungu palace in Chief Chikanta’s area in Kalomo district today. This was during the welcoming and appreciation ceremony for Provincial Minister Daniel Munkombwe.

He said Southern Province was capable of feeding the entire Africa and beyond.

The President has further said that opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has continued to mislead the people in the province by alleging that the Patriotic Front government was a Bemba government when ten of his ministers hail from Southern Province.

He cited Commerce Minister Emmanuel Chenda, Lands Minister Wylbur Simusaa and Western Province Member of Parliament Obvious Mwaliteta as being some of the Ministers as some of the ten Tonga Ministers currently saving in his government.

President Sata observed that government will only deliver in those areas where he has PF Members of Parliament.

President Sata being Introduced To Lovemore Sieva of Zambia Sugar
President Sata being Introduced To Lovemore Sieva of Zambia Sugar

And Southern Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe told a huge gathering that attended the meeting that if President Sata was a tribalist, he wouldn’t have appointed the ten Ministers from Southern Province who are currently serving in his government.

Mr Munkombwe said President Sata had included Tongas in his government even if they did not vote for him.

And speaking earlier, Chief Chikanta thanked President Micheal Sata for appointing Mr. Munkombwe as Southern Province Minister.

He said Mr Munkombwe will uplift the living standards of the people of Southern Province adding that all the chiefs in the province were in support of the appointment of Mr Munkombwe.

Chief Chikanta said more than 27 chiefs attended the ceremony. He also observed that the province was begging for development in terms of road infrastructure, clinics and to improve the phone network.

And Chieftainess Mwenda of Chikankata district said she was positive Mr Munkombwe would work hand in hand with the President in developing the province.

She said Southern Province was one province that had a lot of problems because people were not united. She called upon her fellow Chiefs to help unite the province.

”We are facing a lot of problems in this area because we are a province that is not united. Chiefs lets unite. This government is planning to bring development, so its up to us to sit together and unite for the sake of development,” she said.

Chieftainess Mwenda noted that government had the problems of the people in the province at heart as it was already considering building palaces for the chiefs.

Earlier, President Sata met more than 27 Chiefs who had come to welcome him at the palace.

Senior Chief Monze in his welcoming remarks noted that there was no ruler on earth who put himself in power unless by the grace of God. He called upon his fellow chiefs to work with the President who was in power and who was ruling.

”We have great respect for the ruler whom God has given us this time. We can talk about the hunger that is looming in this country but only our ruler can do something about it,” he said.

He observed that Mr. Munkombwe was a local person who was well vested with the challenges that the people in the province were going through.

The President who arrived at Chief Chikanta’s palace aboard a Presidential chopper has since returned to Lusaka.

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Chongwe council denies allocating 31 plots to Chuumbwe

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Chongwe District Council has distance itself from assertions that it allocated 31 plots in Silverest Area to Patriotic Front Acting Provincial Chairman Geoffrey Chuumbwe to distribute to provincial and district leaders in Lusaka.

Council Public Relations officer Namasiku Njovu in a statement released to QFM News says at no time did the council allocate any plots in Silverest Area to Mr. Chuumbwe to distribute to party leaders in the province.

Ms Njovu says the allegations are false because the Council has never allocated the said plots of land to Mr. Chuumbwe.

She adds that Chongwe District Council will always endeavor to ensure that its operations are transparent and beneficial to the intended community.

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RB’s former Chief of Staff testifies against him in court

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RB’s former Chief of Staff testifies against him in court
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda confers with Dr,Austin Sichinga during the occasion of the dissolution of the National Assembly at State House
FILE: Former PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda confers with Dr,Austin Sichinga during the occasion of the dissolution of the National Assembly at State House

Former Chief of Staff for former president Rupiah Banda has today testified in court that he edited a letter which was a request for 45 thousand barrels of crude oil and purchase of solid minerals to the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Umaru Musa Yaradua.

This is in the continued trial of former president Banda in the case in which he is charged with abuse of authority of office involving a Nigerian oil procurement deal.

Mr. Austin Sichinga 59 of house number 6 Ingwe road in woodlands Lusaka, has testified that during the time he was chief of staff at state house, he dealt with many letters that came from correspondence and some had to pass through his hands because the president could have been busy.

Mr. Sichinga told the court that it was during the same time that one day he was asked to see the president who he found with two people in his office.

He testified that it was at this stage that president Banda asked him to look at the draft of a letter and see if it was of state house standard and have it edited.

Mr. Sichinga told the court that the letter was addressed to the then president of Nigeria Umaru Musa Yaradua, requesting for a possible concession to supply crude oil to Zambia, while offering Nigeria option of buying some mineral from Zambia.

But when shown a copy of the purported letter by Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito for identification, Mr Sichinga told the court that the document he was shown was just similar to the one that he had edited.

Mr. Sichinga explained to the court that the document shown to him was not original and not on standard state house special paper adding that the one he had edited was not signed by the former president Rupiah Banda.

He further testified that the letter in question had a state house date stamp and was on a special paper which was yellow in colour.

He also testified that letter that he was shown by the investigations officer was the one which had a signature of the former president Rupiah Banda.

And when asked by DPP if he had ever heard of the Osigue brothers, he answered in the affirmative and told the court that he meet them when president Banda has gone to address the United Nations meeting.

He told the court that President Banda introduced them as Nigerian businessmen who had interest to invest in Zambia.

Trial in the matter has been adjourned to tomorrow for continued trial.

Rough times ahead as Copper prices slump

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The current drop in copper prices below US$7,000 per tonne is likely to have an effect on the availability of foreign exchange on the Zambian market thereby adding more pressure on the Kwacha.

The Copper shipments out of Zambia, which have resumed after a two-week export halt because of a railroad accident on Tazara on the 9th April, will bring about additional supplies of copper which will arrive in a market in which stockpiles of extra copper are already on the rise. The amount of the metal held in warehouses overseen by the London Metal Exchange rose 2,000 tons, to 614,350 tons, on Thursday, up 92% this year.

Copper prices have been in decline for much of this year as investors wagered that supplies from new and expanded copper mines would overwhelm demand from manufacturers.These fears escalated at the start of the week, after China reported slower-than-expected economic growth for the first quarter.China is the world’s top copper consumer, accounting for about 40% of global demand. Its gross domestic product expanded 7.7% in the first quarter, a slowdown from 7.9% in the final quarter of 2012.

Copper lost 5.9% on the week, its biggest weekly percentage decline in 16 months, and is down 13% this year. The metal is a component in many products, ranging from bathroom pipes to iPhones.

“Copper is telling us right now that all is not well with the global economy,” said Matt Zeman, head of trading with Chicago brokerage Kingsview Financial. “If people still look at copper as a barometer of economic activity, we’re in for some rough times ahead.”

Analysts said weak demand and robust supplies could continue to put pressure on copper prices.

Zambian economist Professor Oliver Saasa has described the development as bad news for the country and said it is likely to have an effect on the government treasury.

[Sources WSJ,QFM]

Police apprehend man from known party buying votes in Kapiri Mposhi

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Kapiri Mposhi police count confiscated money
Kapiri Mposhi police count confiscated money

Police in Kapiri Mposhi apprehended a man believed to be from outside Kapiri Mposhi who was allegedly giving out cash to some voters in a bid to woo them to vote for a ‘particular party’, district electoral officer Mpande Hamwende confirmed.

He said the man was apprehended after he was found with KR13,000, five national registration cards and five voters’ cards.

Voting in Kapiri Mposhi Constituency parliamentary by-election yesterday was marred with widespread apathy.In Lukulu West, voting closed at 18:00 hours and most of the polling centres were not reachable by road.

The choppers that were to carry the ballot boxes from 39 polling stations could not be used at night.

Lukulu has a total of 11,889 registered voters and at Mitete Polling Station, the only one ballot boxes was ready, 306 had cast their votes as at closing time out of the total registered voters of 450.

The Lukulu West seat is being contested by Patriotic Front’s, (PF) Eileen Imbwae, Misheck Mutelo for United Party for National Development (UPND) and United Liberal Party’s (ULP) Mubita Sikwa.

The seat fell vacant after the Supreme Court nullified it following an election petition.The voter turnout, however, was reported to be encouraging, unlike for Kapiri Mposhi.

Kapiri Mposhi District has 84,000 registered voters with 89 polling stations.But a check at most polling stations after 10:00 hours found widespread apathy.

In some cases, electoral officers had to wait for people to walk in and cast their votes but most electoral officers were optimistic that more people could turn up later in the day.

A check at Railways, Fire Brigade, Old Civic Centre, Hill Top and Kapiri Mposhi basic schools found no queues, while the electoral officers, monitors and observers found were patiently waiting for voters.

And District Commissioner Beatrice Sikazwe, who was found casting her vote at Kapiri Mposhi Basic School, was not happy with the turn out, saying voter education was needed.

The Kapiri Mposhi election are being contested by PF’s Eddie Musonda, Francis Mwape for UNIP and Lawrence Zimba on the UPND ticket.

Unconfirmed reports put PF in the lead in Kapiri Mposhi.

Passionate Kiss in Kalulushi turns tragic

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A 25 year old Man of Kalulushi had part of his tongue removed after being kissed by his lover in unexplained circumstances during a drinking spree.Japhet Mwape of Keampemba farm chati area in Kalulusi District had his tongue cut by Mary Mumba Musa his lover whilst they were kissing.

Copperbelt police Commissioner Mary Tembo confirmed the Development and said that the incident happened on April 17 at around 20:00 hours. She said that Mwape on the material day at around 20: 00 left his farm and went to Chama Tavern for a drinking spree where he was joined by Musa, a lady he had come to know from Chati farm.

Ms Tembo said Mwape liked the woman and proposed love to her and she agreed.Whilst at the Tavern, the couple started kissing each other. After some time, Musa left her lover where they were seated and went out.

It was at this stage that some people within the tavern observed that something strange was happening.Blood was oozing out from Mwape’s mouth.Mwape only discovered that his tongue was cut in half after seeing a piece that was given to him by someone in the tavern who had picked it from the floor.

They later followed the woman to find out what had really happened,” Ms Tembo said.

Ms Tembo said Mwape thereafter took the tongue to the Hospital but the Doctor advised him that there was nothing that could be done because it was too late.Musa has since been arrested and she is detained at Kalulushi Police station waiting to appear in court.

Man beaten to death after being suspected of poisoning two boys

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Two boys from the same family have died of suspected food poisoning in Mpulungu’s Chilwa village while three others have been admitted to Mpulungu district Hospital.

Meanwhile, the deceased family members to day beat to death a 49 year old man who they suspected to have given the poisoned foodstuffs.

ZANIS reports that both police in the district and health officials have confirmed the incident in separate interviews.

The deceased were named and aged 12, and five, years, respectively.

Police sources said that the incident happened last evening when the family ate food provided by the late Davies Mazimba.

According to sources, Mazimba accompanied by his wife, are said to have taken some food to the victims’ family during a routine visit.

The whereabouts of wife to the deceased man are unknown after being equally badly beaten.

Facts are that as the family sat to have their meal, the deceased victims developed stomach problems and died on the way to the hospital.

Police said the community later realizing the case as that of food poisoning, descended on Mazimba and his wife and started beating them.

The mob beat up Mazimba who died on the spot whilst his wife was whisked away from the angry mob by unknown sympathizers.

The bodies of the three people are lying in Mpulungu District Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem and burial.

A visit this morning at the hospital found the other victims of the suspected poisoning lying in hospital beds in their respective wards.

Hospital authorities identified those admitted as Cylla Nankala, Eddie Sikapite and William Sikapite.

Police are still carrying out investigations to establish the motive behind the food poisoning.

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Study launched to assess if Zambia really has Yellow fever (updated)

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Government says the requirement for Zambians to show proof of valid yellow fever vaccinations before entering into other countries has economic and political implications.

Health Permanent Secretary Dr Peter Mwaba says the designation of Zambia being a low risk yellow fever country was based on the sero-prevalence surveys conducted between 1940 and 1950.

He said it is for this reason that World Health Organization (WHO) is giving both financial and technical support to Ministry of Health to carry out a yellow fever assessment.

The Health Permanent Secretary said this in a speech read on his behalf by Copperbelt Province Medical Officer Dr Changwe Ngandwe.

This was during the official opening of a Risk Assessment of Yellow Fever training for North-western and Western provinces held at Sankananji Lodge in Ndola yesterday.

Dr Mwaba said the yellow fever assessment is also important as Zambia prepares to co-host the United Nations World Trade Conference (UNWTO) in August 2013 especially that Zambia is borders with countries that are established yellow fever endemic.

He said government therefore attaches great importance not only to the final outcome of the assessment but also the process by which the outcome is going to be derived, adding that if the process is flawed the findings will not be credible.

He urged the participants to take the training seriously and to be determined to be professional in the conduct of the survey.

And speaking at the same function, WHO country officer for Disease Prevention and Control Dr Peter Songolo said over 120 000 US dollars has been put into the program.

Dr Songolo said the role of WHO was to support the country to conduct a risk assessment in areas where yellow fever was reported.

He said the active assessment survey of yellow fever is being conducted in areas where yellow fever was reported in the past and that about 70 000 us dollars have so far been spent.

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Editors note: We regret the previous misleading headline and apologize for any inconvenience or panic caused

Government condemns the indiscriminate selling of customary land by some traditional leaders

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Government has condemned the indiscriminate selling of customary land by some traditional leaders.

Central Province Permanent Secretary, Anne Sinyangwe says it is unfortunate that most traditional leaders in the country have not realized the value of land by giving it away without following the laid down procedures.

ZANIS reports that the Provincial Permanent Secretary said this in Kabwe yesterday.

This was when she officiated at the Consultative Workshop, organized by the Zambia Law Development Commission, which attracted participants from Central, Muchinga, Northern and Lusaka Provinces.

She stated that government is aware that all development is anchored on prudent and efficient utilisation of land and thus, the demand for land in Zambia has greatly increased.

The Permanent Secretary, however, observed that the issues surrounding the administration of Customary land has over the years raised many concerns from different stakeholders.

She said, for instance, the women’s access to land has been one of those highly debated issues, especially among the civil society organizations.

She added that controversies have also been recorded in some areas between the local communities and traditional authorities, with regard to loss of rights to some common pool areas, including unwarranted land displacements brought by new landlords.

‘’I think there is urgent need to find a lasting solution to issues surrounding customary land administration in the country, because as you may be aware, land wrangles are everywhere, especially among traditional leaders and this problem is obtaining, not only in Central Province but across the country,’’ she said.

Mrs Sinyangwe, therefore, urged the workshop participants to participate fully and make recommendations that will meaningfully contribute to the development of the country.

And Zambia Law Development Commission Senior Research Officer, Abraham Miti, says every nation derives pride from the availability of land.

Mr Miti, however, regretted that currently, the Customary Land is under traditional tenure or open areas administered by traditional rulers, who have no clearly defined property rights, because the community usually have access to natural resources.

He added that this arrangement is sometimes a source of friction among the rural dwellers since no individual settlers can claim a unique proprietary interest in the land.

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Members of Public continue objecting to the upward revision of ZESCO tarrifs by 26%

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Members of the public in Kitwe yesterday took task the Board and management of ZESCO over the application to revise electricity tariffs by an average 26 per cent across all customer categories.

The members of the public who could not comprehend ZESCO’s application for the proposed tariff hike in the backdrop of increased load-shedding.

They overwhelmingly submitted that the utility was in no certain terms justified to apply for an increase because there was nothing to warrant that.

This was during the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) organised public hearing held at Kitwe’s Hotel Edinburgh aimed at affording members of the public who made written submissions to ERB, address the regulatory Board on their submissions.

Lucky Sichula, in his submissions asked ZESCO to ask themselves why they faced resistance each time they made an application for tariff increase.

“Just see the negative comments on the social networks because of unplanned ZESCO load-shedding which have now become like meals as they are experienced in the morning, afternoon and evening during meal times,” he said.

Mr Sichula said the reason given by ZESCO that the proposed tariff
hike was aimed at raising funds for infrastructure development and also reducing load shedding did not hold water because the same reason had been given in all the previous applications but with nothing to show for.

Major Anthony Nyengele in his submissions made reference to the increased load shedding in the country which he said had made ZESCO look like it had no management team in place.

Maj Nyengele who said increased tariffs if granted would further disadvantage people from accessing electricity and caused laughter when he pointed at ZESCO Board chairperson Frank Bwalya who was present during the submissions that he now was in a perfect position to speak for the poor.

“Fr Bwalya is a priest and said he was going to speak for the poor and it appears for a reason God has put him in that position to speak for the poor,” Majo Nyengele said amid laughter from the gathering.

And Chulwa Mbewe said he was against the proposed tariff adjustment because it appeared it was aimed at subsidising ZESCO’s employees who were being given 200 units on top of the hefty salaries.

But Managing Director Cyprian Chitundu said the increased economic boom being witnessed in all sectors of the economy had necessitated the programme of infrastructure development, which required huge sums of money.

He said unless ZESCO was allowed to hike the tariff, the utility would find it difficult to implement the standing projects for new hydro power generation, distribution and transmission lines.

Earlier, ERB Board chairperson George Chabwera said in his view, the electricity sector was in a sense of paradox considering that Zambia, which had 43 per cent of SADC water resources enough to produce up to 18, 000 mega watts of electricity, was presently producing below 2000 mega watts.

“Access to electricity in urban areas is a mere 22 per cent and in the rural areas three per cent. We are asked to consider a tariff adjustment to enable increased and sustainable power supply.

“We should also be aware that a number of urban consumers have given up on electricity use claiming it is not affordable. In the countryside, electricity consumption is by and large perceived as a product for higher income earners and yet most of our rural dwellers have an income once a year,” he said.

The challenge now, Dr Chabwera said, was to harmonise this contradictory predicament.

Former COBUSU leaders seek President Sata’s intervention on squatting

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Two former Copperbelt University Student’s Union (COBUSU) presidents Rodgers Mugala and David Chikwanda have appealed to President Michael Sata to use his discretion to lift the ban on squatting at the higher learning institution.

The duo are of the view that the Republican President must use the same discretion to allow street vending in the country to urged CBU management to allow squatting by the students.

“ May the President use his discretion and let squatting to prevail at the university as s short term measure while management and government works on alternative accommodation, “ they said.

The former COBUSU leaders said presidents In joint statement to ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday.

They noted that while squatting was not the best solution to the problem students were surprised by the decision by the Varsity management to ban the vice.

The former COBUSU presidents affirmed that the situation has forced some students to brave the nights on corridors because they have no alternative accommodation.

“ The problem of accommodation has not started today and squatting has always been an initiative by students to cushion the problem.

“ It is therefore illogical for someone to just wakeup and declare that no more squatting without providing any reasonable solution, ” they said.

The duo said banning squatting will create a situation where students are technically denied education because they cannot afford to rent accommodation far away from campus.

They said this would also deny the country qualified human resource.

Recently, Vice Chancellor professor Ngoma banned squatting at the CBU, the university with an accommodation capacity of 1800 bed spaces against the more than 7000 students enrolled at the university.

First year students at the institution have since been reported to be sleeping in corridors as they have nowhere to go.

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Wynter Kabimba and GBM were thoroughly investigated before being cleared, insists ACC

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Wynter Kabimba and GBM were thoroughly investigated before being cleared, insists ACC
Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba and Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba
Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba and Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has justified the move to clear Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba and his Justice counterpart, Wynter Kabimba of corruption allegations due to insufficient evidence.

Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday, ACC public relations manager, Timothy Moono confirmed that the two ministers had been cleared of corruption allegations because of lack of evidence.

Mr Moono said the two ministers’ cases were thoroughly investigated but were unsubstantiated.

“The ACC investigated the corruption allegations against Mr Mwamba and Mr Kabimba but we found no evidence of corruption against them and this is why they were cleared,” Mr Moono said.

And Mr Moono said that 470 reports of suspected cases of corruption were received in the first quarter of this year.

Out of the 470 cases, 306 did not have elements of corruption and as such advice was given to all that provided the information on how best these cases could be pursued.

He said 164 reports contained corrupt elements of which 108 were placed under investigations.

He said as at March 31, this year, the ACC was probing a total of 759 cases countrywide.

Meanwhile the ACC has formed three integrity committees (ICs) as provided for under the national anti-corruption policy in three institutions bringing the total number of established ICs countrywide to 32.

“The successful corruption prevention interventions by ICs in some institutions where they have been established has provided an impetus for continuing to roll out this initiative as the ICs continue to develop and implement corruption prevention measures in their institutions,” said Mr Moono.

The ACC had continued to conduct corruption vulnerability assessment in the last quarter covering six public institutions in the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water Development, Judiciary, Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA),Workers Compensation Fund Control Board, Livingstone City Council and the Department of National Registration, Passport and Citizenship.

He encouraged chief executive officers in various institutions to seriously take the government’s integrity programme as a means to significantly reduce corruption in public institutions.

Kalusha: We are looking for the class of 2013

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Kalusha Bwalya says he hopes this weeks CHAN/Cosafa trials will yield the next generation to take over from the current Zambia team.

Herve Renard today began four-day trials for 162 players at Barclays sports Complex in Lusaka for Zambia’s 2014 CHAN qualifiers and its hosting of the 2013 Cosafa Cup this July.

“It is always important to mention that the core of the team that we have has been together since 2003 and it is nine years along the line and also that you need experience if you look at the boys who have played four Africa Cups you know they were there 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013,” Kalusha said.

Christopher Katongo, Kennedy Mweene, Collins Mbesuma, Jacob Mulenga and Isaac Chansa were all part of Peter Kaumba’s Under-23 team from the class of 2003.

Rainford Kalaba and Davies Nkausu were in all members of George Lwandamina’s Under-20 team from the same period in which Felix Katongo alternated between the two age divisions.

“So definitely you want to be challenged as a player you need to step up and be challenged to stake a claim in the Chipololopolo,” Kalusha said.

“Our team has been there for 10 years maybe this team that we start can also be there 10 years from there.”

Kennedy Kalale Aiming High As a Coach

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Ex-Nkana and Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Kalale has described his new coaching career as interesting.

Kalale nicknamed “Ichoni Mwibala” retired last June and he is currently an assistant coach at FAZ Division Two side Zacks United.

In an interview, the former Power Dynamos and Nchanga Rangers player told LT Sports in Kitwe that he was aiming high in his new career.

“I don’t want to end here at Zacks, my aim is to progress in this career. I want to reach the level of Patrick Phiri or George Lwandamina,” Kalale said.

He was among several upcoming coaches who recently attended a CAF C license coaching course in Lusaka.

“I joined Zacks last year and this year the management sponsored me to get the CAF C license,” Kalale stated.
Besides coaching, Kalale is a miner at Mopani Copper Mines in Kitwe.

“I want to thank God and Nkana after I retired they helped me to get a job.”

Kalale begun his career at Nkwiza in Kitwe before joining Nkana in 2000.

Government should not entertain CEOs who bargain for shares in national institutions-Elias Chipimo

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Opposition National Restoration Party (NAREP) has said that it was sad that Zambia Railways Chief Executive Officer Prof. Clive Chirwa was alleged to have demanded for shares in a national institution.

Speaking at a press briefing in Lusaka today, Mr. Chipimo said the party was worried about the developments reported in the media concerning Zambia Railways.

He said government should not to entertain chief executive officers who bargain for shares in national institutions as part of their contract.

Mr Chipimo called on Transport Works, Supply and Communications Minister, Christopher Yaluma to institute an inquiry into the reported corrupt happenings in Zambia Railways Limited.

He said the goings-on at Zambia Railways raise serious questions which need urgent attention through an inquiry.

Mr. Chipimo has since called for patriotism and good governance from persons mandated to run national institutions.

He further hoped that government will heed to the calls to institute an inquiry in the happenings at Zambia Railways.

And NAREP has welcomed the decision made by President Michael Sata to suspend Mr. Clive Chirwa following various allegations that have been raised against him regarding the events at Zambia Railways.

In a statement released to the media by the secretariat , NAREP said that the allegations were serious and had prompted serious questions to be asked about how we select those that are appointed to manage our national assets.

“We believe the suspension will enable the investigative departments to conduct a thorough probe and provide the answers to the many troubling questions we had raised in our media address earlier today.”

“It is our hope that the institution and individuals mandated to carry out the investigations will do so in an independent and professional manner that will allow the truth about the goings-on at Zambia Railways Limited to be fully determined. The probe should be completed within the shortest possible time and the findings should be made immediately public.”

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