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Community Development, Mother and Child Health Deputy Minister Jean Kapata (l) with Florence Mampa
FLORENCE Mampa, the 24-year-old woman from Samfya who underwent surgery to control her enlarged breasts, has been discharged and is out of danger. In an interview at the University Teaching Hospital, Ms Mampa said the surgery was expertly done as she does not feel the pain she endured for the four years she lived with the enlarged breasts.
She said life was miserable as she was a laughing stock of the town.
“People used to laugh at me and I was called all sorts of names during the four years I lived with those breasts. I used to cry but my family was there to comfort me. I was a very sad person, I never thought I would ever have normal breasts again,” she said.
Ms Mampa said during the onerous four years, her mother took her to different hospitals but none of them could offer a remedy for her peculiar condition. She owes her successful operation to her faith in God, saying she believed the Lord was going to heal her and remove the shame on her life.
Ms Mampa said the two general surgeons and one plastic surgeon who conducted the surgery to remove 16.25 kilogrammes of breast mass have helped restore her womanly pride and she has now started wearing bras.
The bright-looking Ms Mampa thanked President Sata and the Zambian government for the support. She said while in theatre during the operation, she felt what she described as the Lord Jesus Christ speaking to her and reassuring her that it was not yet her time to die and to trust that the surgeons were God’s helpers.
And UTH managing director Lackson Kasonka explained that the operation had down-sized Ms Mampa’s breasts to normal. Dr Kasonka, who confirmed Ms Mampa’s discharge from hospital, said the wounds were not showing any sign of infection and that doctors are optimistic of her recovery.
He said she did not bleed a lot during the operation, adding that the tumour was non-cancerous. Dr Kasonka said Ms Mampa was in high spirits and responding well to treatment. Ms Mampa was evacuated from her hometown of Samfya to Lusaka two weeks ago.
A Zambian tour operator based in the USA, has challenged Zambians in the Diaspora to seriously consider participating in Zambia’s development. Patrick Mapalo, of Mamu tours USA, said Zambians in the Diaspora have the ability to influence Zambia in a positive way.
Mr Mapalo who was speaking yesterday from Zambia on a USA based radio called, Zambia blog talk radio, said joining or running a political party was not the only way to influence Zambian affairs. Mr Mapalo is a Zambian, resident in New Mexico, United States of America.
Mr Mapalo said the problem in Zambia was that, some diasporas only want to become president when they return to Zambia when there were many other areas they could be useful.
“We can influence Zambia by sharing knowledge and information that is useful to our country. Diasporas have the capacity to change Zambia through exchange programs and important and useful ideas”, Mr Mapalo said
Mr Mapalo is in Zambia, leading a delegation team of Mayors from Santa Fe and Albuquerque New Mexico, USA. The delegation team’s mission is to embark on a city twinning program between some cities in New Mexico and Zambia.
I was reading one of the articles in one of the tabloids in our Zambian papers after the President’s visit recent to UK which alluded to the Zambians in attendance at the meeting to have come from Nursing Home jobs in a derogatory manner. This prompted me to shade some light on what a Nursing Home is and what is involved.
In the developed world,the unemployment rate is very small they are highly industrialised to an extent that even the 18 years olds are absorbed in the job sector.Because of the advance in medicine and good economies the life expectancy is very high for example UK -80.It is not uncommon to see 90 year olds walking the streets and going about life.People are living way into the 100s.Will not talk about our life expectancy.
Because of high industrialisation,whilst we are able to look after our elderly for reasons already explained it is not always possible for the elderly to be looked after in their own homes in the developed world.They are prone to be left alone incur falls,dehydrate as they may not drink or cook for themselves etc.
[pullquote]Do we know were our senior citizens are in Zambia and under what conditions they live in? Who regulates their care? Do we have a prominent social services for the elderly? That is the bigger picture.[/pullquote]
Reluctantly the families take them into Nursing Homes to be looked after so that they can be able to go about lives with the peace of mind that their Grand parent or father is being looked after by trained and qualified people.Regularly they come in to check on them and spend time with them.They love their people just as much as we do.It is something they do not enjoy doing.Do we know were our senior citizens are in Zambia and under what conditions they live in? Who regulates their care? Do we have a prominent social services for the elderly? That is the bigger picture.
The biggest problem in the health sector today in the developed world is care for the elderly as they live longer.The longer they live the more ailments they incur.Dementia or mental illness being the commonest.The more medication they take the more Nurses they will need to care for them.
The Nursing Home is therefore a well designed home for people who could as well be young e.g the disabled people whose needs cannot be cared for at home or the elderly who may have other ailments that entail 24 hours care.
I have worked for 15 years old disabled people in a nursing home in England. Don’t we have Disabled people in Zambia? How do we look after them? Another Bigger Picture. A Nursing Home has en-suite rooms for occupants,clean environment.Medical equipment that are to a standard of a clinic or hospital for managing the residents. It’s not a dumping place as it is insinuated.
[pullquote]I have worked for 15 years old disabled people in a nursing home in England. Don’t we have Disabled people in Zambia? How do we look after them? Another Bigger Picture.[/pullquote]
Maybe because we do not grow old in Zambia, old age is oftenly ensnared at and those that care after the elderly are looked down upon.Time catches up with all,in a flush of the pan we grow old and we depend on other people to look after us and this is what it is.To mock anybody working in a Nursing Home looking after the elderly is missing the tangent and being cheap to the lowest core. We all do have our Grand parents our own fathers and mothers,we need to respect and set a good example to the young ones.For tomorrow our turn comes.
Reminds me of an old adage of a man who had a son 12 years old and kept his 90 year old Father.Every day the man quarrelled with his wife who complained of how dirty the old man, her in-law was,mucus from his nostrils,defaecating and urinating in his pants etc making his house smell.
The wife gave the man an ultimatum to chose between him and his 90 year old father.The man decided to do away with his father,he got a wheelbarrow put the old man on it and asked his son to escort him to the River which was crocodile infested. He took the man there and tipped him into the river.After he had done that he said now we will have peace in the House. He is gone, no more arguments and no more bad smells.The Son agreed with him but asked him just one more favour, to keep the wheelbarrow so that when he grows old too he can tip him in the same river.
The Nursing Home oftenly employs a Nurse and a Health Care Assistant.The Nurse gives medication to the residents and sometimes a Health Care Assistant does as well if trained. Washing and cleaning someone vulnerable is a responsibility we all undertake even in our own homes,for a Nurse that is the reality, that is part of the job we gladly do and swore to do even in Zambia.Nursing does not change just because it’s being practised in England or Newzealand,it has never been a white colour job and will never be.Hence sticking our hands in the mud is part of the game whether on planet mars or pluto.Nurses and Carers are respectable people in the western world who cannot be ensnared at by any ignoramus.
[pullquote]Washing and cleaning someone vulnerable is a responsibility we all undertake even in our own homes,for a Nurse that is the reality, that is part of the job we gladly do and swore to do even in Zambia[/pullquote]
The community is well vested in what they do even if they do not attract a footballers wage.Their job is very very important.
A Nurse in England earns a minimum wage of £12 per hour whether in a Nursing Home or Hospital whilst could even go up to £50 or £150 per hour on Agency or locum shift depending on day of the month,area of work etc.A Health care assistant earns minimum of £6.50 per hour but could earn up to £15 per hour on Agency or locum.Varying Nurses with varying experiences and specialisations are on varying salary scale.Would however not surprise me that they are Nurses who earn as much as £70,000 per annum.Now I know this is pocket money for sweets for a lot of people back home with farms and loads of building investments to show off for,but the point is these are British,Australian,Canadian or wherever developed country tax payers whose money is sent back to our country Zambia in the form of aid or donor funds and goes to enrich a few people’s pockets in the form of all manner of corruption.Seminars,workshops,programmes and projects etc
Working in a Nursing Home does not mean one is poor or impoverished. It’s a misconception which needs to be cleared.My Sister visiting me from home was of the view that only Zambians and other foreigners do these jobs,some form of slavery-another myth,the owners of the country do these jobs too and they are in the majority and the pattern of shifts and work hours are the same.What I can get out of this is that as Zambians we are not so entrenched into hard work,we are quick money orientated .We need a cultural re-orientation,to respect work no matter what type of work it is.A Kamalasha (man who burns charcoal) deserves respect it’s a job as well.
[pullquote]My Sister visiting me from home was of the view that only Zambians and other foreigners do these jobs,some form of slavery-another myth,the owners of the country do these jobs too and they are in the majority and the pattern of shifts and work hours are the same[/pullquote]
The bulk of Zambian nurses practising in UK or other developed countries have got dealings with Nursing Homes including myself writing the article.My most fulfilling role as a Nurse in my 21 years of nursing has been caring for the elderly,they are such a wonderful lot.The level of appreciation you get from caring for the elderly is so addictive.I work in hospitals in the United Kingdom and In Nursing Homes and I do not find any of the two inferior to the other.The care staff as well do an insurmountable job.The amount of ignorance is what boggles my mind and the perspective of what a job should be.Just as the old adage goes the richest place is the Grave yard as thus were a lot of unfinished plans lie;the Nursing Home for the elderly is the other.
It is always important to discuss the core issues of a subject matter without being derogatory.The developed world respects any job done by anybody.It is a world were a plumber gets married to a medical Doctor.Were a man who unblocks sewer pipes comes in a Mercedes Benz to work.A security guard is respected.If we respect every job in Zambia some of these un progressive utterances will phase out of our mouths and we will focus on what builds the country.
[pullquote]What I can get out of this is that as Zambians we are not so entrenched into hard work,we are quick money orientated .We need a cultural re-orientation,to respect work no matter what type of work it is. A Kamalasha (man who burns charcoal) deserves respect it’s a job as well.[/pullquote]
I remember in 2001 Doctors were loaded on a truck in Lusaka and locked up in cells for striking and requesting for an increased supply in Medical and surgical supplies. Today most of those Doctors are abroad, they left, were they are they are treated like celebrities.Some people, who are in Government today, were in Government then when that was happening and a more reconciliatory approach and apologetic approach would be expected in dealing with the Diaspora issues.
Being derogatory does not help:and as PK Chishala sung “Ichalo lifupa bakolokotakofye bwasha.” We seem stuck in the past approach to issues. Who loses out? Not the people we target but the vulnerable people.The world is like a bone enjoyed after a meal you cannot swallow a bone but only pick out the meat and the sinews,the bone is left and true we will all leave the bone in what state God knows.
KALEBALIKA!
Written by Sakala Jacob Registered Nurse Working in the United Kingdom.
Cotton farmers in Petauke district in Eastern Province have burnt cotton weighing 11,300 Kilogrammes valued at K17.6 million, belonging to Cargill cotton Zambia. The farmers are reported to have been infuriated by Cargill Zambia officials who went to buy cotton from the farmers with an offer of K 1,600 per kilogramme prompting the irate farmers to burn the cotton which was stacked at Ukwimi Police post in Petauke.
The burnt cotton was bought from farmers in sopa village but that the driver decided to offload it at Ukwimi police post after an attempt by the farmers to intercept the Truck. The farmers also stoned the police post leaving the building damaged where Cargill area manager Richard Tembo tried to seek refugee.
Zambia police Assistant Public relations officer Esther Mwaata -Katongo has confirmed the development to QFM news a statement. One person has since been arrested in connection to the arson and is currently detained in police custody.
Farmers and cotton buyers have reached a deadlock on the price of cotton. This was after the price offer was pegged at 1,600 perv kilogramme from the K 3,500 which was being offered last year. Farmers have been threatening to burn their cotton,lately due to the price stand off.
Last week during his campaign, President Michael Sata advised farmers in Chama district against carrying through their threat to burn their cotton crop in protest against low prices. The President said Government will soon find a solution for the pricing problem of the cash crop and he appealed to the farmers not to listen to MMD officials who are encouraging them to burn the cotton because of the low price.
“Hold on to your cotton. Don’t burn it. Government has a plan to revive the cotton industry,” President Sata said.
Vice president Guy scott with Minister of Information , Broadcasting and Labour , Fackson Shamenda
GOVERNMENT spokesperson Fackson Shamenda rubbished the accusation by MMD President Nevers Mumba that the PF Government has taken “a personal stance” to bring down his party despite the High Court quashing Registrar of Societies, Clement Andeleki’s decision to deregister the former ruling party.
Mr Shamenda said that the PF was not interfering in the affairs of the Judiciary and that the Attorney-General’s decision was an independent one. Mr Shamenda said that the MMD should not start crying foul over the decision and that the Attorney-General had the right to appeal if he felt it was the right position.
“We are not running issues the way the MMD was running them. The Attorney-General is free to appeal if he feels it should be so. Why should the MMD cry foul just because the situation does not suit them now, as PF we are just making sure we clear the mess they left,” Mr Shamenda said.
On Friday, Dr Mumba Dr Mumba said that Attorney-General Mumba Malila’s indication to appeal to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling was a clear indication that the PF was after deregistering the MMD.
Dr Mumba said the Registrar could have made other efforts to meet the MMD to address matter on the alleged defaulting instead of filing an appeal in the Supreme Court.
“By appealing against the judgment of the High Court to the Supreme Court, this alone confirms our earlier concerns that the PF Government is moving towards creating a one party State in Zambia,” Dr Mumba said.
Dr Mumba said during a media that it had become apparent that the deregistration of the MMD, “was meant to wipe out the opposition in Zambia”.
He alleged that his party had been furnished with a photocopy of a Certificate of Registration of a Youth League in Mumbwa District which had been misconstrued to be a branch of the MMD but that such were structures that did not exist.
“A letter attached to the Certificate restated that reports should be submitted to the office of the District Secretary which is non-existent. Why then should the MMD Secretariat be required to submit such returns.
“The MMD is hereby appealing to the International Community to prevail over the PF Government to stop their manoeuvres to turn Zambia into a one party state as there can be no other reason for appealing apart from wanting to wipe out MMD,” he added.
The MMD leader said his party was ready to fight to the latter efforts to deregister his party.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Clothe yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and make no provision for [indulging] the flesh [put a stop to thinking about the evil cravings of your physical nature]”
(Romans 13:14, AMP)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
Is there something in your life that you would like to put a stop to today? Maybe it’s a certain behavior, addiction or bad attitude that isn’t pleasing to God? Just as Adam and Eve were exposed in their sin and needed to be clothed in the Garden, we need to clothe ourselves to protect us from sin. When you “clothe yourself” with the Lord Jesus Christ, He strengthens you against temptation.
How do you clothe yourself with Jesus Christ? In the same way you cover yourself in the natural with clothing — by putting something on. You have to daily “put on” the Word of God. You have to cover your ears by listening to the Word. You cover your eyes by watching only what is pleasing to the Lord. You cover your mouth by speaking the Word and encouraging those around you. As you cover yourself with Christ, you will be strong against temptation, and you will walk in the victory the Lord has planned for you! A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus, to pay the penalty for my sins. Thank You for providing a way out of temptation so that I can stand clean before You. Help me stand strong as I cover myself with Your Word in Jesus’ name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen
file:“The RUINS“ UNZA – University of Zambia student residence
University of Zambia Students have abandoned their rooms preferring spending nights outside in protest against the continued strike action and with withholding of results by lecturers.
UNZASU President, Ali Tunkara, says the students will continue spending nights outside until the university is opened.
The re-opening of UNZA has been indefinitely postponed following a strike by unionized lecturers.
The lecturers have since withheld student’s results, a situation that has forced management to postpone the re-opening of the country’s highest learning institution.
Lecturers are demanding better pay and have refused to get the four per cent increment that management is offering them.
The refusal by lecturers to give results to senate has resulted in the university’s opening for this academic year being thrown into disarray.
The Lusaka City Council (LCC) has raised more than K100 million since the commencement of the dog registration exercise.
And the council has described the ongoing dog registration exercise as one of the successful projects the council has ever embarked on.
LCC Public Relations Officer Henry Kapata said the exercise is not meant to make money but to serve lives by ensuring that people are not beaten by unregistered stray dogs roaming the streets.
Speaking in a telephone interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today, Mr. Kapata said LCC has a working dairy and sometimes works at random in cases where they are contacted by the affected people.
“Before the program was embarked on, we had been receiving about six reports in a week of people being beaten by stray dogs but currently the number has reduced,” he said.
And the council has expressed concern over the lack of consistent treatment for rabies in Zambia and further urged government to address the problem.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kapata has applauded people that have been surrendering the illicit banned sachet beer known as Tujilijili as well as expired foods staffs to the council.
He called on members of the public to cooperate and surrender the banned sachets to the local authority saying no one will be apprehended but will be protected as stated in the Foods and Drugs Act Cap 303 Section 24 of the laws of Zambia.
Vice President Guy Scott says politicians bent on practicing tribal and racial politics are wasting their time.
Dr. Scott says Zambians have risen above tribal groupings and racial segregation.
He says despite having cultural diversity, Zambia is a united nation.
Dr. Scott was speaking last night during the Fundraising Dinner Dance for Mutomboko Ceremony.
At the same function Mutomboko Traditional Ceremony Chairperson Criticles Mwansa says the fundraising dinner dance was part of the preparations for of the Mutomboko Ceremony.
The Mutomboko Ceremony is the annual traditional ceremony that signifies the victorious migration of the Lunda people from Kola in the Democratic Republic of Congo to the present day, Luapula Province.
Former United State president George W. Bush and his wife Laura when they arrived in Lusaka at Kenneth Kaunda international airport.
Former United States of America President George Bush has arrived in the country for a one week visit to various charitable organisations supported by his foundation.
Mr. Bush arrived in the country around 09:00hrs at Kenneth Kaunda International airport on Saturday morning aboard a chattered plane.
He was received on arrival by Vice President Guy Scot and his wife Charlotte.
Others were U.S Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella, Lusaka Province Minister Gerry Chanda and Deputy Mayor Theresa Funga.
Speaking to journalists shortly after Mr. Bush’s arrival, US Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella says President Bush is in Zambia to support HIV/AIDS, Breast and Cervical cancer programmes.
Mr. Storella says the bush foundation is expected to spend about 15 thousand United States Dollars on providing Assistance.
This is the second time the former US president is visiting Zambia within six months.
President Michael Sata spent part of Saturday morning touring stands at the Zambia International Trade Fair grounds.
President Sata in the company of Zambia International Trade Fair chairman Phesto Musonda, Commerce minister Bob Sichinga and Agriculture minister Emmanuel Chenda toured the Zanaco pavilion, Ministry of Agriculture and pavilions in the Kelvin Mulenga Hall.
President Sata who tried to withdraw some money from Zanaco, however failed to do so as the internet line failed.
The president jokingly told the teller Bertha Mwansa who complained about the poor line that it is the directors who have failed, and not the internet line.
The president toured several other stands which included Zesco.
President Sata also took time to greet children and on-lookers who were lining up the road to catch a glimpse of him.
And yesterday, President Sata said that there is no way a person who cannot keep hair like Dr. Nevers Mumba can manage to keep the nation. He said that in the olden times only criminals after being released from prison used to shave their heads or those at funerals.
[pullquote]President Sata said that there is no way a person who cannot keep hair like Dr. Nevers Mumba can manage to keep the nation. He said that in the olden times only criminals after being released from prison used to shave their heads or those at funerals.[/pullquote]
Mr. Sata said this at a rally in Chama North, Muchinga Province, when he drummed up support for PF candidate, January Zimba, in the July 5th parliamentary by election. President Sata also described the MMD as a finished party.
Mr. Sata acknowledged the problems of poor roads, lack of water and health centers in the area.
PRESIDENT Michael Sata has lashed out at MMD president Nevers Mumba for allegedly failing the people of Chinsali where he hails from.
President Sata said Dr Mumba failed to bring development to his native boma despite the time he spent in Government as vice-president under then leader Levy Mwanawasa.
The President was speaking at Chinsali airstrip when he made a stopover en-route to Chama to drum up support for Patriotic Front (PF) candidate, January Zimba in the July 5, 2012 by-election.
MMD is fielding Yotam Mtayachalo while UNIP has settled for Herbert Zimba.
“Mwebena Chinsali mwachula pafula kwamba fye muli chachacha, muli UNIP nobu ubuteko bwafuminepo (You people of Chinsali have suffered for far too long starting from Chachacha times, the UNIP era and during the previous regime),” the President told the residents who met him at the airstrip.
Mr Sata said the residents of Chinsali did not get any help even when Dr Mumba was in Government.
Mr Sata promised to tar the runway at Chinsali airstrip as well as the roads linking Chinsali to Chama and from Chama to Isoka.
The President later paid a courtesy call on chiefs Chibale and Mulilo both of whom he promised that he would deliver development in their chiefdoms.
Chief Chibale bemoaned the poor road network in his chiefdom saying it had led to the maize crop from the 2011/2012 season to go to waste because his subjects could not transport the commodity to storage facilities.
The chief, who also thanked Mr Sata for being the first President to visit his palace, said his subjects were in dire need of an ambulance at the clinic near his palace and better water and sanitation facilities in the area.
The President directed Muchinga Province Minister, Malozo Sichone to take note of the problems raised by the two chiefs and ensure their plight was urgently attended.
Addressing a rally at Chibale Basic School, the President introduced the PF candidate in the by-election and advised him to listen to the electorate because they had the power of sending him to Parliament or not.
“You see these women and children, they are widows and orphans, so you now become their father. They are not sending you to Parliament so -that you become rich and forget them,” he warned.
The President had a go at MMD candidate Mr Mtayachalo whom he said left Chama to “enrich himself” in the city and now wanted to hoodwink them and get their vote.
Mr Sata warned the electorate in Chama and the country at large against being cheated by Dr Mumba whom he referred to as the son of Sekwila.
He advised Mr Zimba to routinely visit the electorate so that he is kept abreast of the challenges they were facing.
“Get wisdom from the electorate and these chiefs. They live with the people, they are the ones who can tell you what the people want,” he told the PF candidate.
Justice Deputy Minister, Alfrida Akasembe told the rally that Chama District had two constituencies and that it was time both seats got in the hands of the PF so that they could receive development at the same time.
She said voting for an opposition MP would always leave them lagging behind in terms of development.
President Sata was welcomed by Mr Sichone, Northern Province Minister Freedom Sikazwe, Permanent Secretaries for Muchinga and Northern Province, Charles Sibanje and Emmanuel Mwamba, respectively.
Faz Super Division sponsors MTN have revealed that the winners of this
season’s league title will get K 250 million while the runners up
will get K100 million.
MTN senior manager for brand and communication Lennard Kawanu
disclosed this in Lusaka on Friday when the telecommunications firm
unveiled a K 2.4 billion sponsorship for the Chipolopolo and the Super
Division for the 2012 season.
Kawanu said K 1.2 billion has been allocated to the league while the
other K1.2 million for the Chipolopolo the amount he said would be
increased annually.
He added that besides the league champions and runners up, the third,
fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams would receive K50 million, K45
million, K38 million and K30 million respectively.
For seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions teams would get K18
million, K15 million, K12 million and K10 million in that order while
rest would receive K8 million each.
The footballer of the year will receive K25 million, the league top
scorer K20 million and the most disciplined player K15 million the
same amount the young players of the year will get.
The coach of the year will pocket K20 million while the best referee
will receive K15 million
National football team players celebrate their victory with Herve Renard
THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released US$1.2 million to the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) for the Chipolopolo’s triumph at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and each player will be paid K48,875,000.
This is in addition to the K300 million that each player received from government as a winning bonus.
Minister of Sport and Youth Chishimba Kambwili disclosed this in Parliament yesterday in a ministerial statement.
Kambwili said the national team was given US$1.5 million for winning the Africa Cup of which CAF has so far released US$ 1.2 million.
He said the US$1.2 million was released in two tranches o
f US$600,000 leaving a balance of US$300,000.
Kambwili said K1.5 billion has been budgeted for paying the technical bench and each player will receive K48,875,000.
“This will be in addition to the K300 million that each player got from government as a winning bonus. It is our sincere hope that our boys will qualify for the 2014 World Cup tournament in Brazil, win the trophy and bring more foreign exchange into the country from the prestigious tournament,” he said.
Kambwili also said each club in the FAZ Divisions Two and Three have been given K3 million in a bid to promote sport in the country.
“Out of the 280 clubs, 90 percent have received the money,” he said.
The minister said he will meet the FAZ executive to chart the way forward on the prize money.
He also said it is unfair that CAF awards the same amount of money to winners and runners-up of the championship.
Kambwili said this in response to a follow-up question from Lukulu East member of Parliament Christopher Kalila (MMD), who wanted to know how much Ivory Coast got for finishing runners-up.
He said both Zambia and Ivory Coast received US$1million but the winners were given an additional US$500,000 from television rights.
And Kambwili said over K1 billion raised from pledges is yet to be collected.
Kambwili said a total of K1,930,000,000 was pledged to the national team by corporate organisations following their victory but only K850 million has been remitted to FAZ.
Simba Football club of Tanzania pledged K50million, Zhongni Mining K500 million, Zesco Limited K500 million, Zambia Lotto Company K50 million, Trade Kings K200 million, First Quantum Mining K250 million, Zambeef K20 million, Railway Systems of Zambia K360 million, GBM K200 million and MTN Zambia K200 million.
And Kambwili said government will buy houses for national team players as promised during the welcome luncheon at State House in February this year.
He said a “few issues” need to be sorted out by the Ministry of Local Government and Housing.
He said this in response to a follow-up question by Moomba MP Vitalis Mooya (UPND), who asked how far government has gone in purchasing houses for the players.
And Kambwili said FAZ has bought a 20-hectare plot worth K156 million from Luanshya Municipal Council to build a school of excellence.
The minister said the construction will be funded by FIFA adding that the school will offer training in football skills to players to enhance their capacity.
And Kambwili has dismissed speculation that FAZ lodged a protest to FIFA late against Sudan who fielded a suspended player Saif Ali during the 2014 Brazil World Cup qualifier against Zambia on June 2 in Khartoum.
Kambwili said the aggrieved party is required to submit the protest within five days. Sudan, won 2-0 and Ali scored the second goal.
“The match was played on June 2 and FAZ lodged its protest on June 7, 2012 to FIFA. FAZ could not immediately lodge the protest after the game to ensure the matter was fully researched,” Kambwili said.
VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott says Zanaco has continued to operate normally and is recording steady growth despite a commission of inquiry constituted to investigate the sale of its majority shares to Rabobank of Netherlands.
Dr Scott said assertions that there is tension at the bank following the constitution of an inquiry are unfounded. He said Zanaco’s capital has grown to over US$102 million and that 54 percent of the bank’s shares are locally owned.
“We are not aware of the tension in the bank because it is growing leaps and bounds despite the commission of inquiry,” Dr Scott said.
He said this in Parliament yesterday during the Vice-President’s question time.
He was responding to a question from Liuwa member of Parliament (MP) Situmbeko Musokotwane (MMD), who wanted to know why Government has delayed in releasing the report on the commission of inquiry on the sale of Zanaco shares.
Dr Musokotwane said the delay in releasing the commission’s findings is creating instability at the bank.
But Dr Scott said the bank’s operations are still going on smoothly despite the commission of inquiry’s report not having been released yet.
And Dr Scott said once the report is made public in due course, it will be tabled before cabinet for consideration of the findings.
Dr Scott said this in response to a follow-up question from Solwezi West MP Humphrey Mwanza (MMD), who wanted to know if Government is aware that the silence over the report of the Zanaco commission of inquiry is scaring investors.
And Dr Scott said he is President Sata’s chola boy and that he has no problem with that.
Dr Scott also said he has no problem with being referred to as chola boy (bag carrier) because it is not an insult.
He said this in response to a question by Senga Hill MP Kapembwa Simbao (MMD), who wanted to know if the Vice-President has lost confidence in his position after being referred to as a chola boy by Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Wynter Kabimba.
“Obviously when I’m with the President, I’m a chola boy and when the SG (secretary general) is with me, he is a chola boy,” Dr Scott said.
And Dr Scott said police should deal with trouble makers in the run-up to next week’s parliamentary by-elections in Livingstone, Muchinga and Chama North constituencies.
He said this in response to a question from Kabwe Central MP James Kapyanga (PF), who wanted to know the measures Government has put in place to curb violence during campaigns for the forthcoming by-elections.
And Parliament heard yesterday that the Zambia Police Service recorded 599 homicide cases countrywide from September last year to February this year.
Of these, 244 cases were committed to the High Court while the rest are still under investigation.
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Ngosa Simbyakula said this in response to a question from Chilubi MP Obius Chisala, who wanted to know the number of homicide cases recorded during the period under review.
