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Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba has maintained that no organisation will be allowed to hold public hearings on the constitution making process without the supervision of the Technical Committee Drafting the Republican Constitution.
Mr. Kabimba said all parallel meetings over the constitution remain banned in order not to confuse the ongoing process of enacting a new constitution.
He said the decision to halt parallel process is also aimed at safeguarding the integrity of the constitution making process.
“This does not in any way stifle democracy. It is simply aimed at ensuring that the process of arriving at a people driven constitution is safeguarded,” Mr. Kabimba said.
The Justice Minister was speaking in Lusaka this morning during a civil society consultative meeting on the constitution organised by FODEP.
Mr. Kabimba clarified that NGO’s can still hold in house meeting to discuss the draft constitution but will not be allowed to hold public hearings to discuss the same.
Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba and Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba
The Anti-Corruption Commission has revealed that its officers have launched investigations into corruption allegations leveled against PF Ministers Wynter Kabimba and Geoffrey Mwamba.
Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba and his Defence counterpart Geoffrey Mwamba has been caught in a web of corruption allegations over energy and ZESCO deals.
Mr. Mwamba is accused of corruptly soliciting a contract to supply electricity poles to ZESCO while Mr. Kabimba is said to have received kickbacks for facilitating the awarding of an oil supply contract to Trafigura.
And ACC Spokesman Timothy Moono confirmed that that the Commission is investigating the two Ministers.
“Yes we are on that case, our officers have received official complains of corruption involving the two Ministers and the nation will be kept informed of the outcome of the investigations,” Mr. Moono told Journalists at a quarterly briefing today.
Luapula Province Minister Benson Kapaya, with Milenge district Commissioner Mumba Mushitu (right) leading a group of Provincial staff who inspected the works at the pontoon at Kapala on the Luapula River in Milenge District of Luapula Province.The pontoon will link Milenge in Luapula with the Copperbelt via at Sakanya in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Nine year old Gibson Mwamba, demonstrating how to wash hands with soap, during a hygiene sensitization at Kanyama basic school grounds in Lusaka. Looking on is Lusaka Province Minister, Col. Gerry Chanda(right) and Lusaka district commissioner, Ashell Kampengele (in white T/ shirt).
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A car rammed into a moving truck near the junction of Great north road and Lumumba road in Lusaka
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Heavy duty equipment for Zambian Breweries including six fermenters that arrived in the country from Germany some weeks ago.
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Part of the equipment enroute to Ndola where the construction of the new $90million Zambian Breweries Plant is under way. The new state of the art brewery will have an annual production capacity of 100 million liters which will translate into 267 million bottles per year.
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Escort vehicles clear the road ahead for the trucks transporting the new Zambian breweries fermenters from Lusaka to Ndola,the site of the new state of the art brewery that will have an annual production capacity of 100 million liters which will translate into 267 million bottles per year.
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The trucks transporting the new Zambian breweries fermenters from Lusaka to Ndola the site of the new state of the art brewery that will have an annual production capacity of 100 million liters which will translate into 267 million bottles per year.
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A truck belonging to Chat Breweries was impounded recently for ferrying packets of opaque Chat beer without the manufacturing and expired dates. Here, environmental health and judicial Officers inspect the vehicle at Mbita Rest House in Mpulungu.
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Chieftainess Mwanjawanthu of the Nsenga people in Petauke, welcomes Republican Vice President, Dr. Guy Scott, when he went to officiate at this year’s Kutila Nsembe traditional ceremony held at Kaumbwe palace in Petauke.
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Chieftainess Mwanjawanthu talks to vice president Guy Scott before the Kutila Nsembe traditional ceremony in Petauke
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Chieftainess Mwanjawanthu doing some rituals at the grave site of ancestoral spirits, seven kilometers away from her palace during the Kutila Nsembe traditional ceremony in Petauke
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Vice President Guy Scott, address villagers when he officiated at the Kutila Nsembe traditional ceremony of the Nsenga people of Petauke
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Labour minister Fackson Shamenda carrying gifts for Chief Mushima Mubambe on a wheelbarrow containing assorted items during this year’s celebrations of the Makundu traditional ceremony of the Kaonde people of Kasempa
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Labour minister Fackson Shamenda presenting gifts to Chief Mushima Mubambe during this year’s celebrations of the Makundu traditional ceremony of the Kaonde people of Kasempa
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A chinese investor presents gifts to chief Mushima Mubambe of the Kaonde people of Kasempa during the commemoration of this year’s Makundu traditional ceremony in Kasempa.
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Dancing before Chief Mushima Mubambe during this year’s celebrations of the Makundu traditional ceremony of the Kaonde people of Kasempa
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Chinsali district commissioner Evelyn Kangwa talking to good Samaritans, who included motorists and local people who rescued a tanker driver from Tanzania who lost control of his fuel tanker and plunged into a ditch following a tyre burst at Lwanya in Chinsali district of Muchinga Province
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Chinsali district commissioner Evelyn Kangwa talking to good Samaritans, who included motorists and local people who rescued a tanker driver from Tanzania who lost control of his fuel tanker and plunged into a ditch following a tyre burst at Lwanya in Chinsali district of Muchinga Province
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Chinsali district commissioner Evelyn Kangwa talking to good Samaritans, who included motorists and local people who rescued a tanker driver from Tanzania who lost control of his fuel tanker and plunged into a ditch following a tyre burst at Lwanya in Chinsali district of Muchinga Province
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Mkushi DC Christopher Chibuye and Chief Chitina cutting the ribbon at the opening of Donata School
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The newly commissioned Donata School for Children with Special needs
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Special needs child,Priscila Mwape giving a vote of thanks at the opening of Donata School for Disabled Children
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Central Province permanent secretary Anne Mwitwa, cautioning a chinese supervisor against mistreating Zambian workers. Her warning comes after Mr Wangu allegedly asaulted a worker only identified as Sitali over delayed payment of salaries at Itezhi Tezhi Secondary School
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Itezhi tezhi power company project manager Surender Kumar (Left) and Sino Hydro project manager Li Jan Wei leading central province permanent secretary Anna Mwitwa to the construction site of the Itezhi tezhi hydro power station, which have reached an advanced stage.
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Members of the Community Based Natural Resource Management Forum (CBNRMF) and Malaila working group of Kapatu in Mporokoso district greeting Chief Shibwalya Kapila of the Bemba speaking of Mporokoso district
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Community Based Natural Resource Management Forum (CBNRMF) Coordinator Vincent Ziba second (right) handing over a modern Bee Hive to Chief Shibwalya Kapila (left) of Mporokoso district when the team also handed Bee Keeping equipment to Malaila working group of Kapatu.
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Community Based Natural Resource Management Forum (CBNRMF) team handing Bee Keeping equipment to Malaila working group at Chief Shibwalya Kapila’s palace of the Bemba speaking of Mporokoso district
SICK AND STRANDED: Scores of cancer patients sleep hopelessly under the shed outside the Cancer Hosiptal.
LIVES of thousands of cancer patients are at risk following the looting of computers that store vital data for them at the Cancer Diseases Hospital, a heist that has shocked medical personnel.
The specialised hospital is located within the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) premises in Lusaka.
Medical personnel have described the theft as a ‘death sentence’ on the patients and have passionately appealed to the thieves to bring back the equipment, which included data storage computers.
Operations at the hospital, where 350 patients are daily attended to, have screeched to a halt following the theft.
The theft could have occurred between 01:00 hours and 05:00 hours yesterday, according to hospital officials.
They state that the suspected thieves broke into the modern institution and made away with an undisclosed number of computers and printers attached to the Computerised Tomography, commonly known as CT scan.
A CT scan is an X-ray procedure that combines many X-ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross-sectional views of the internal organs of a body.
Two security guards on duty from Armcor – a security company – have been arrested and are assisting the police with investigations.
The Daily Mail yesterday found some police officers manning the barricaded entry to the hospital while patients and members of the public were restricted from accessing the premises.
Cancer Diseases Hospital executive director Kennedy Lishimpi said the theft is disheartening as the institution is making frantic efforts to cure patients.
Dr Lishimpi, a consultant oncologist, said the institution is currently treating between 300 and 350 patients daily.
“Please, whoever has stolen this equipment should bring them back so that we can continue to save our patients. I know they [culprits] will face the law for the offence but it is important we prevent loss of lives,” Dr. Lishimpi said.
UTH managing director Lackson Kasonka has described the theft as national sabotage and a death sentence to patients at the institution.
Dr Kasonka said the stolen equipment is very expensive.
“They have stolen the monitor and recorder of the CT scan which stores data of diagnoses of patients.
“The components of this equipment are very specific and so I wonder where the thieves will take the stolen items. It’s sabotage and a death sentence to our patients,” Dr Kasonka said.
He hopes police will recover the stolen items and bring to book all the culprits.
In the absence of the information stored on the computers, patients may not be treated.
Ministry of Health permanent secretary Peter Mwaba has described the theft as sad.
“Surely, even if one is desperate to steal, how do you get equipment meant to help our patients? Cancer is devastating,” Dr Mwaba said.
Dr Mwaba, however, said the culprits’ race against the law will be short as the hospital is monitored by CCTV cameras.
“The hospital is secured with CCTV cameras and so the footage will assist to catch the culprits,” Dr Mwaba said.
Lusaka Province Commissioner of Police Solomon Jere has vowed that all the people involved in the theft will be brought to book.
“Whether they (thieves) are in the air, water or on the ground, we will fish them out and recover the stolen items,” Dr. Jere said without giving away his capture plan.
The two Armcor guards police have arrested are detained at Kabwata Police Station and have been identified as Evidence Chilufya, aged 25, of John Laing and Steven Matoka, aged 38, of Kuku.
“We suspect it was an insider job because the break-in was constructive as no window or door was destroyed,” Dr Jere said.
Kitwe Soccer Academy has won the 2012 South African Grimoldby Under 17 Youth Cup staged in Pretoria.
Kitwe Academy a member of the Faz sanctioned Copperbelt Amateur Football Association (CAFA) League thrashed Hammerskraal 4-0 in Sunday’s final to collect Rands 7000 (K 4.2 million), a set of jerseys plus a trophy.
Releasing the tournament results,CAFA Secretary Peter Kasongo revealed that Kitwe Academy won the youth cup organised by Pretoria Sports Embassy with a perfect record.
On their way to the final, Kitwe Academy eliminated Mamelodi Sundowns youth via a 4-1 scoreline in the semi finals.
At the quarterfinal stage, Kitwe Academy beat cup holders Wintervelt 2-0 while in the earlier stages the eventual champions had taught Sushanguve a 4-1 football lesson.
Kitwe Academy is reported to have missed the first group stage match after arriving late at the 12 team youth cup.
” We are pround of Kitwe Academy, this is a great achievement,” said Kasongo
Four Zambian players from the 2012 Africa cup winning team have made the preliminary shortlist for the 2012 CAF African player of the year awards.
Meanwhile, the TP Mazembe duo of Rainford Kalaba and Stroppila Sunzu who who are part of that shortlist have also been nominated for the CAF African-based player of the year award.
In the main category, Zambia captain Christopher Katongo of Henan Jianye in China and Southampton striker Emmanuel Mayuka join Kalaba and Sunzu vying for the African player of the year award.
In all, three Zambian players from TP Mazembe have made in on either list that was officially unveiled by CAF on Thursday.
Striker Given Singuluma joins his compatriots Kalaba and Sunzu on the African-based player’s award category.
CAF will announce the top 10 final shortlist in each of the two categories at the end of this month who will battle for honours on December 20 in Accra, Ghana.
Veteran musician Kayula Bwalya aka Kay Figo has had her reconciliation case with her husband john van quashed on grounds that the two were not legally married.
Senior local court magistrate Mary Namangala dismissed the case and said her claim of reconciliation could not stand because the couple was not legally married but were just cohabiting.
She said no dowry was paid to approve the marriage and was evident that the two were not committed to the marriage.
“I am dismissing the case of reconciliation because the two of you were not legally married and no dowry was paid to approve the marriage,” she said.
And van said he was happy with the verdict because he had enough from Kay and that he had gone through a lot with her.
He said her music career had contributed to the breakdown of the relationship because he could not stand her provocative dance moves.
But Kay was not happy with the verdict and said she would appeal the matter as it was not fair.
She said the verdict was not fair because as far as she was concerned the two were legally married and had stayed together for a long time.
“I will appeal the verdict because it is not fair me because we have been together for a long time now,” she said.
Zambia under-20 has arrived in Bamako ahead of Friday’s decisive 2013
African Youth Championship qualifier against Mali.
Faz spokesperson Erick Mwanza who confirmed Zambia’s arrival in Mali
without elaborating more said the junior Chipolopolo landed in Bamako
on Thursday.
The journey to Mali has taken Zambia two days.
By Wednesday the team which left Zambia on Tuesday was still in Nairobi Kenya.
The long trip to Bamako has cost the national under-20 training time
and his could adversely affect the team in the decisive qualifier
against Mali.
While Zambia used the Nairobi route, Mali travelled via South Africa
on their way to Kitwe.
Zambia needs an outright win against Mali who held them to a 2-2 draw
on September 22 at Kitwe’s Arthur Davies Stadium.
The West Africans need a goalless or 1-1 draw to qualify to the
African Youth Championship finals slated for Algeria next March.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Moses Mapulanga, Charles Mweemba.
Defenders: Chishimba Changala, Kacholo Banda, Salulani Phiri, Moses
Siansumo,Kacholo Banda, Bonwell silengo.
Midfielders: Bruce Musakanya, Julius Situmbeko, Nsofwa Mwansa, Muonda
Lubambo, Kizito Cheelo, Shadreck Mayembe.
Strikers: Reynold Kampamba, Felix Nyaende, Mukuka Mulenga and Moses Phiri.
FDD President Edith Nawakwi campaigning for RB in 2008 elections
THE Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) says it is a joke to suggest that opposition political parties should field one candidate to stand for the Mufumbwe Parliamentary by-elections scheduled for November 8, 2012.
Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi was recently quoted saying that it was only wise that the Mufumbwe seat should return back to the opposition and that all opposition political parties should support one candidate.
Mr Milupi said opposition political parties should support a candidate that should come from a ‘big’ party that was popular on the ground.
He said small parties should not contest just for the sake of recording history.
But FDD leader Edith Nawakwi said it was a joke to talk of unity among opposition political parties and a suggestion to float one candidate was not worthy any consideration.
“I have already spoken that needs to be said about political alliances and there is nothing to talk about anymore.
All I can say is that an alliance by opposition political parties is just a circus. As you can see, MMD and UPND are fighting as to who floats a candidate in Mufumbwe,” Ms Nawakwi said.
Amidst laughter she said those that wanted to support one opposition candidate should support the FDD candidate instead.
She said suggesting that all opposition political parties should support one candidate was like hyenas and lions trying to hunt for game together.
“Where have you ever seen hyenas and lions hunting together? Hyenas and lions have their own dens, even in the river there are different shades of hippos, it’s the same with political parties,” she said.
And National Restoration Party (NAREP) president Elias Chipimo said he had not been officially approached by any political party to suggest that all opposition parties should float one candidate apart from what he was hearing through the press.
He said is Party was currently in the process of selecting a suitable candidate to contest the Mufumbwe by-election.
A group calling itself the Sinyangwes on Monday attacked and manhandled Chief Zombe of Mbala at his palace in an attempt to dethrone him.
Narrating the ordeal in an interview yesterday, Chief Zombe said he suffered a dislocated arm following the attack by the group which is believed to be led by a former convict named Geoffrey Sinsangu.
Chief Zombe said the Sinyangwes were a group of disgruntled individuals who wanted to wrestle the Lungu Chieftaincy from the Sikazwes.
‘’The last time one of their kind ruled Lunguland was in the 1800s, but now they have regrouped in a desperate attempt to try and take over leadership from the Sikazwes, but this will not happen,’’ said Chief Zombe.
Chief Zombe whose real names are Friday Chisha Sikazwe has been on the throne for over a decade now.
The traditional ruler complained that a group of disgruntled men on Monday descended on his palace and started beating the royal drums signifying that the chief was dead, when he was still alive.
Chief Zombe also complained that the group had also been holding illegal public meetings where they have been denouncing his leadership in his chiefdom in the recent past that were chaired by Sinsangu, who is believed to be the mastermind of the Sinyangwes activities in Mbala and Mpulungu district.
He said after the attack, he now firmly believed that his life was in danger and has called for police protection.
“Both police in Mbala and Kasama are aware of this issue and we want them to investigate this matter and bring the culprits to book because their activities will only breed anarchy, ” he said.
Meanwhile Senior Chief Tafuna’s personal representative Cosmas Tafuna has condemned the barbaric attack on Chief Zombe.
He said the people of Mpulungu and Mbala will not allow the Sinyangwes to bring confusion and anarchy to the Lungu Royal Establishment.
The Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) has expressed concerned over the way some shop-owners are treating young girls.
Kalulushi YWCA National Vice Chairperson, Sharon Chisanga, told ZANIS Kalulushi in an interview today that some young girls had been making several reports to her office that they had been over-worked and paid meagre salaries compared to the work they do.
Mrs Chisanga said the most culprit is a named shop-owner at the market where workers had been reporting to her that they were even being forced to clean toilets without using protective clothes such as gloves.
She added that the same girls had told her that the owner of the shop forces them to get the expired foods on credit and later start deducting from their salaries as a way of making sure that he did not incur any loss on those particular food stuffs.
The YWCA chairperson appealed to government to make random survey in the area and interview some shop workers so that they could find the truth so that such perpetrators of could be brought to book.
Over 200 fuel tankers which were marrooned at Tunduma in Tanzania have started moving into Zambia as seen in the picture
Calm has returned to Nakonde border in Muchinga Province where customs clearing agents yesterday fought running battles during a protest to press for the removal of the Senior Collector of Customs Muyunda Sibote for alleged inefficiency among others.
Both Nakonde District Commissioner James Singoyi and Zambia Freight and Forwarders Association (ZAFFA) National Chairperson Emmanuel Mutale have confirmed the development with the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Nakonde today.
Mr Singoyi said over 200 fuel tankers which were marooned at Tunduma border in Tanzania have since started rolling into Zambia.
He said that empty trucks from the Zambian side started crossing into Tanzania yesterday afternoon just after a successful meeting and continued late in the evening.
The District Commissioner has since assured the business community that all is well at the border with all operations running normally.
And Mr Mutale, the ZAFFA National Chairperson has thanked his members for their resolve to resume work.
Mr Mutale said a disturbance in the collection of revenue for the government especially by the ZRA is not good as billions of kwacha is lost in the process.
A snap survey by ZANIS at the border revealed that both fuel tankers and the newly imported vehicles which were marooned on the other side of the border in Tanzania had started crossing the border into Zambia.
Yesterday police in full riot gear fought running battles with the irate clearing agents who were blocking the entry of fuel tankers from Tunduma, the border town in Tanzania.
Police had to fire tear gas canisters and warning shots to scare the protesting agents.
Authorities were trying to bring in fuel tankers from Tanzania destined for Zambia but the agents blocked the move by burning tyres on the middle of the road near the customs yard.
But the embattled Senior Collector of Customs Muyunda Sibote has dismissed the allegations by the Customs Clearing Agents that he was inefficient in the collection of revenue.
Mr Sibote said that as far as he was concerned, he was carrying out his duties professionally and in accordance with the law.
He said that it was not true that he had been uplifting values for the second hand vehicles saying since he came to Nakonde he had never changed anything, and that Nakonde was still among the borders in the country where they offer the lowest values for the second hand vehicles.
Mr Sibote also disclosed that that since he came to Nakonde, he had intercepted so many trucks which were being cleared dubiously in the area.
“Am not going to allow any officer who would involve himself or herself in illegal business at the expense of collecting the much needed revenue for the country,” said Mr Sibote.
He added that it was also not true that he was treating officers harshly as he was relating with them very well.
“Manpower at the station is very low and this is the only reason why it takes long in processing the entries as opposed to what some agents are saying,” he added.
Mr Sibote said the information on the shortage of man power at the station has already reached ZRA headquarters saying very soon more officers will be sent to Nakonde.
DEFENCE Minister Geoffrey Mwamba Walking at Zambia Air Force Samora Machel Air Base in Mbala during the Pass out of over 500 Air men and women
Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba has said he is ready to step down from his Government position if running his business enterprises will have him labelled corrupt.
And Mr Mwamba has said those labelling him corrupt have started a fight for which they should brace themselves as he will not let his family nor its interests suffer.
The Kasama Central Member of Parliament who said he was ready to be investigated for graft because he was not a corrupt man was speaking in an interview after a special live broadcast on Radio Mano in kasama yesterday.
Giving his side of the story, Mr Mwamba said he was aware that cliques had been formed in Parliament and Cabinet bent on maligning and accusing him of corrupt practices.
Springing to the defence of himself and his family he said: “My wife and children are not politicians they are free to do business. They have tendered for different contracts of which they have lost some and won some. So why should a small contract of Zesco poles become an issue?
“I have been doing business through different administrations including that of late president Mwanawasa, RB (Rupiah Banda) and I have never been labelled corrupt.”
He said it was common knowledge that before him, his parents where business persons and was surprised that some members of a party that he had assisted were now calling him corrupt because of what he termed “individual personal agendas”.
He said his money was already made when he decided to join active politics and some of it was from his business interests in Kasama.
Citing the law in his defence of his involvement in business deals, he said there was no law preventing him or any of his family members from doing business in a competitive environment.
He alleged that the people fighting him and giving him malicious labels were unelected individuals who had wormed their way into Patriotic Front (PF) through the back door.
Earlier on the special radio programme, Mr Mwamba addressing his constituents warned them that the unelected individuals he had earlier made reference to and other factions had begun campaigning to take over from President Michael Sata and were the ones calling him corrupt.
He however, pledged his allegiance to Mr Sata calling himself the president’s trusted lieutenant who had unwavering support for the head of State.
“When we were campaigning who was coming with Mr Sata here (Northern Province where were they)?,” he asked in reference to the people he accused of trying to hijack the PF.
When asked if there was any truth in the rumoured silent war between him and PF Secretary General Wynter Kabimba he responded that he would not talk about Mr Kabimba but was ready to answer any questions directed at him personally.
When pressed to name some of the people he was alleging to have an agenda against him Mr Mwamba told the group of reporters that a member of their profession was one of them.
Pressed to reveal the media personality’s name, the Defence minister insisted that he would name him at an appropriate time suffice to say the person was attempting to manipulate the political future of the country.
And Justice deputy minister Alfredah Kansembe who accompanied Mr Mwamba said some members of the cliques that Mr Mwamba alluded to were actually sponsoring PF party officials at provincial level to discredit him in his constituency.
“Let’s band together behind the president until he steps down. Don’t entertain people bringing divisiveness in the party,” Ms Kansembe said.
“Politics has an expiry date because it is a temporary job but business has no expiry date. People like Mwanawasa, George Kunda and BY never abandoned their businesses because of politics. Why GBM alone. I smell a rat. Such squabbles are mounting unnecessary pressure on President Sata which may force him to make a wrong decision.
“Any way, such squabbles are normal just like in families. My mentor is Mr Sata and in the event that I am no longer minister, I will always support him and I will never leave the PF to form or join another party.”
And concluding his interview in much a jovial manner than it had begun, Mr Mwamba joked that those laying ground work to succeed President Sata were doing so in vain as maybe the constitution would be amended accommodate a clause for a third term.
Three people died in a road traffic accident while four others sustained serious injuries along Lusaka/Mongu road on Tuesday.
Western Province Police Commissioner Fanwell Siandenge confirmed the accident in Mongu saying two people died on the spot while the driver died upon arrival at Kaoma district hospital.
Mr Siandenge said in a telephone interview from Mongu that the deceased victims identified as Jessica Nasando Isikanda 58, Nasando Isikanda 52, both of Chilenje, Chalala area in Lusaka and Grace Chirwa 42, of Kafue died after the Toyota Landcruiser station wagon registration number ALD 2759 they were travelling in carried off the road and hit into a tree.
He said the accident happened around 09:00 hours along Mongu-Lusaka road about 8 kilometres away from ZAWA Tateyoyo game barrier adding that the four unidentified people who sustained injuries are admitted to Kaoma district hospital.
The driver and the six other relatives were going to Kalabo district from Lusaka to attend a funeral of their deceased relative when they met their fate.
Mr Siandenge said the three bodies are lying in Kaoma district hospital mortuary awaiting post-mortem.
He warned that motorists and other road users should strictly observe road signs especially in the park where there are many animals crossing the road.
Meanwhile, Mr. Siandenge has dismissed claims by some Barotse activists currently detained at Kaoma Prison that they are being abused and threatened by a named Police officer.
He said it was unreal for the detainees’ to claim that Police officers were beating and threatening them while in remand because there not in the custody of Police anymore.
“It is very unreal for these people to say that they are being abused and threatened by Police officers because they are no longer in our custody” he said.
The detained Barotse activists, Mulasikwanda Chazele 59, and Sinonge Lutangu 45, told the Magistrate court on Wednesday last week, that Police criminal investigations officer, used bad words and harassed them while in detention when he brought two more arrested Barotseland activists, Mulasikwanda Chazele 59, and Muyangwa Mungwaluku 36, to Kaoma prisons.
Zambia Railways (ZR) will spend over K1 billion to clean up and rehabilitate infrastructure at its headquarters in Kabwe in readiness for re-occupation.
Part of the money will also be used to transport materials and office equipment from Lusaka and within Kabwe into the headquarter offices.
Head of Human Resource and Administration, David Mukonkela told ZANIS in Kabwe today that works to clear up the premises will be over soon and by month end, operations will be fully fledged.
Mr Mukonkela who took round a ZANIS reporter and photographer, described the condition of infrastructure and the dirty in the premises as pathetic.
Several people were found busy clearing grass and over grown flowers and some were busy assembling chairs and tables in offices already worked on while others were offloading office equipment for distribution to various offices as painters were also giving a new face to the walls.
Mr Mukonkela explained that there is a lot required to bring everything to the best standards looking at the way the infrastructure has been left in almost 10 years from the time Railway Systems of Zambia (RSZ) took over.
He further explained that Zambia Railway was doing things cautiously to ensure operations were not disrupted during the transition period.
