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Traders at Lusaka’s Soweto Market on this morning looted goods and roughed up some Congolese traders selling in the market.
The traders were reacting to the burning to death of a Zambian truck driver by Congolese at the Kasumbalesa boader post on the Congolese side on Thursday.
The traders destroyed goods worthy millions of Kwacha belonging to Congolese traders.
One of the affected traders Mary Kabaso has told ZNBC news that she is not from Congo but is a trader who buys her products from Kasumbalesa on the Copperbelt.
The traders say it is unfair that an innocent man was killed in such a manner because of an accident which was not deliberate.
And one of the Congolese gentlemen believed to be in his 30s was assaulted using a bottle and beaten in Lusaka over the truck driver incident.
On Friday, Vice President Guy Scott said government will engage the Democratic Republic of Congo to address the increase in violence along the border post area.
Meanwhile, Congolese Police have already arrested some Congolese villagers who were allegedly involved in the burning of the Zambian truck driver in that Country on Thursday.
Home Affairs minister Kennedy Sakani has confirmed that authorities in Congo have assured him that they have arrested the villagers who were involved in the mob justice.
Mr. Sakeni says Congolese authorities have assured Zambia that all the culprits who were involved in the burning of the Zambian drivers will be brought to book.
And Mr. Sakeni has appealed to Zambians not to take the law in their own hands and stop violence against innocent Congolese nationals living in Zambia.
Mr Sakeni said it is unfortunate that some elements are taking advantage of the situation to steal and attack innocent Congolese citizens instead of allowing the law to take its course.
The Minister has since directed the police to be on alert and arrest anyone who will be involved in xenophobic violence against Congolese.
He says the traders who were this morning attacked at Soweto market are innocent and should not be harassed because of one unfortunate accident which is regretted by both the Zambian and Congolese governments.
MMD president Nevers Mumba during a press briefing
The opposition Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) has vowed to continue talking about the PF’s hiccup to fulfill its promises. MMD president Nevers Mumba said that the party cannot be restricted from commenting on the work of the patriotic front government because the PF had promised to deliver to the people of Zambia within 90 days in office.
Dr. Mumba said that the opposition will only stop talking when the government delivers on all its promises it made during the run-up to the general elections last year.
[pullquote]PF government should not even put the blame of unemployment in the country on the MMD but should instead apologize to citizens for failing to its campaign promises.[/pullquote]
Speaking in Lusaka, Dr. Mumba said that the PF government should not even put the blame of unemployment in the country on the MMD but should instead apologize to citizens for failing to its campaign promises.
He said that if the PF used the 90 day promise as a gimmick to win votes, it should consider using the same gimmick to deliver on the promises made.
The smack on her face sent her crashing to the ground. She received a striker’s kick to her right; she thought she heard her ribs crack. She cocooned herself and leaned back against the wall hoping that the wall would protect her from this brutality. But like the wall had done many times before it denied her request. So all she could do was cover her face and hope that was not the day that she would meet her maker. Then as suddenly as the beating began it stopped. It was not until she heard the door open and close, that she allowed herself to cry.
Now this woman will never cease to amaze me. Here I was a bachelor, who was willing to make her happy and my love so generously going to bestow upon her. But each time I asked her to be my girl she gave me the same reply.
“My mind wants to love you but my heart says no.”
What type of nonsensical rubbish is that? Tell your bloody heart to love me, I would tell her. But no, so for two solid years I kept asking her the same question and for two solid years she gave me the same reply.
“My mind wants to love you but my heart says no.”
And the day she crushed my heart is the day she married that hooligan of man.
When the tears had dried, she got up wincing through the pain. She was thankful at least this time nothing was broken. As she began to put the furniture together she realised that she had been reduced to a punching bag. She was trying to comprehend that how was it that the man she married would be a beast one second and lamb the next. She could not understand how a man whose first words when he awakes are I love you, who knows her birthday and anniversary, who knows that her favourite colour is not red but crimson and still writes love letters in this day and age. She failed to understand. One thing she did know is that she had two options. Stay and die or leave and survive. She chose the latter. She went up to pack.
Why isn’t there any justice in the world? Why is it that the good girls always fall in love with the bad guys when we the good guys are over here? The signs were there begging her to see. The first time she tasted the back of his hand should have been the day she ran for her dear life straight into my wide and open arms. Alas my arms remain wide open. All I can do is hope that she realises that she is in hell and heaven is not too far away if only she will look in my direction. Until then I pray that she feels the heat of hell she is in sooner rather than later.
She packed her final blouse and closed her suitcase. She looked around her matrimonial room and opened the door to leave. She paused. On the floor she saw a trail of rose petals that led somewhere. She followed them step by step, step by step. Until she came to the living room and there on the dining table was the most beautiful bouquet of white roses, her favourite flowers. She went and got the note it read, “I AM SORRY. PLEASE FORGIVE ME”. Then from behind the door he appeared, with tears rolling down his eyes.
He said, “I am sorry, I will never to that again. Please forgive me, do not leave me.”
At that moment she heard the voices at the back of her heard telling her no do not believe him. He is lying. She quieted the voices. Her lamb had returned.
She ran into his arms and they locked in an embrace like that of lost lovers and their hearts were in sync. It was at that very moment that she turned and kissed his cheek and whispered in his ears, “In another life time.”
The Zambia National Farmers Union -ZNFU- has said that there will be no further negotiations over the price of cotton and has advised farmers to fend for themselves.
ZNFU President Jervis Zimba said that the K25 increase which ginners offered yesterday afternoon during a meeting facilitated by Vice President Guy Scott is an insult.
Mr. Zimba has told ZNBC news in a statement that the Ginners only moved their position by K25 from K 1 600 to K1 625 per kilogramme bag of cotton.
He said that it is a pity that farmers are now being used as slaves for raw materials in Zambia which he described as extremely unfortunate. Mr. Zimba said that with the negotiations having collapsed before the Republican Vice President and the Minister of Agriculture, farmers feel there is nowhere to run to resolve the price impasse.
On Friday, Dr. Scott met ginners, the Cotton Association of Zambia and the Zambia National Farmers Union to facilitate dialogue over the price of cotton BUT both parties have remained adamant.
Last year’s price was K 3 200 per kilogram.
And Vice President Guy Scott has said that government will not dictate the price of cotton but wants farmers and ginners to strike a balance.
Dr Scott was speaking to ZNBC news in an interview shortly after he met cotton farmers and ginners at Cabinet office yesterday afternoon.
This follows the continued stand off and hostility between cotton farmers and buyers over the price of cotton.
The meeting which was attended by Agriculture Minister Emmanuel Chenda ginners and the Zambia Farmers Union, which is representing cotton farmers lasted for two hours.
There has been a stand off and hostility between cotton farmers and ginners resulting in some farmers burning their cotton over the disputed commodity.
Cotton farmers are particularly not happy with the price of cotton, which has been pegged at one thousand six hundred Kwacha.
It appears that negotiations between Faz Super Division side Nchanga Rangers and their prospective coach Fighton Simukonda have taken a protracted turn.
According to Rangers sponsors Konkola Copper Mines, Simukonda was set to be unveiled as Rangers head coach on Saturday afternoon but the event has been cancelled.
KCM said the ceremony has been rescheduled because Simukonda has a family issue he is attending to.
But Rangers chairman Blackwell Siwale has insisted that the Chingola side are yet to conclude talks with their prospective coach whom he declined to identify.
Siwale predicted that the negotiations would be finalised early next week.
He also denied knowing about the cancelled KCM planned unveiling ceremony.
Rangers launched a search for a new coach after firing Bruce Mwape earlier last month.
Mwape has since been enganged as Roan United trainer.
Zambia Daily Mail’s interpretation of President Sata’s response to RB’s apology to George Bush
The meeting between Zambian Preisident Micahel Sata and US former President George Bush was reported by UK’s Telegraph. Below is the Telegraph story reproduced. To read the whole story in its entirety and the comments go to http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zambia/9381583/George-W.-Bush-berated-by-Zambias-Michael-Sata-on-Africa-trip.html
George W. Bush berated by Zambia’s Michael Sata on Africa trip
George W. Bush, the former US president, has received a dressing down from Zambia’s Michael Sata over the colonial legacy of Western countries whom he accused of “abandoning” Africa having stripped it of its natural resources.Mr Bush arrived in the southern African country last weekend with his wife Laura to promote the work of their cervical cancer prevention foundation, and paid a courtesy visit to the president at Lusaka’s State House.
There, Mr Sata, known as King Cobra for his sharp tongue and quick temper, told the 66-year-old Texan that his charitable efforts represented “payback time for colonialists”.
Mr Sata, 75, also complained about “the young man” Mr Bush being late for their meeting, adding that were he not bringing money to Africa, he would not have waited.
When the Bushes arrived and the three sat down to tea, Mr Sata told him: “Previously there used to be four great countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Russia and France.
“And you have all drifted away; you have abandoned Africa after taking all our raw commodities, our raw materials and built your cities “I mean, as far as you are concerned, Africa doesn’t exist. And when we have a former colonialist like you coming back to pay back what you took out of this country, we are grateful.”
[pullquote]Mr Bush reportedly interjected: “Mr President, I don’t wanna be argumentative, but America was never a colonial nation. France might have been a colonial nation, Britain might have been a colonial nation, but not the United States of America.”[/pullquote]
Mr Bush reportedly interjected: “Mr President, I don’t wanna be argumentative, but America was never a colonial nation. France might have been a colonial nation, Britain might have been a colonial nation, but not the United States of America.”
Mr Sata fired back that the Americans’ role in the slave industry made them equally culpable: “The Americans did not physically colonise us, but at the same time, the Americans still have scars of slavery,” he said.
Amid nervous laughter from their assembled entourages, Mr Bush replied: “No question about it.”
It is not the first time Mr Sata has bemoaned the waning role of the West in Africa. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph earlier this year, he said he was keen for his country’s former colonial master Britain to increase its influence to counterbalance a now heavy Chinese presence against which he campaigned so fiercely in previous elections. “Better the devil you know than one you don’t,” he added.
The Bushes were 15 minutes late to State House, having driven 90 miles from the northern city of Kabwe, where they had opened a health clinic refurbished with their money which will offer cervical and breast cancer screening to locals.
As he awaited Mr Bush’s arrival, Mr Sata complained to Priscilla Hernandez, the United States public affairs officer, that he did not like being kept waiting.
“Bush is former president; he is not the current president of the United States so I cannot be waiting for him,” he said.
“The young man is lucky that he is the first American leader to have brought money to Africa through his Millennium Challenge Account; that’s why I’m standing here. Otherwise if it was somebody else, I would have handed him over to one of my ministers to meet him.”
[pullquote]“The young man is lucky that he is the first American leader to have brought money to Africa through his Millennium Challenge Account; that’s why I’m standing here. Otherwise if it was somebody else, I would have handed him over to one of my ministers to meet him.”[/pullquote]
Mr Sata’s outburst is being viewed in some quarters as an embarrassing diplomatic incident.
But George Chellah, Mr Sata’s spokesman, said the two men were “old friends” and the entire encounter had been “light-hearted”.
“This talk of a diplomatic incident is invented by people bent on creating a storm in a teacup,” he said.
A diplomatic source said the scene had been “awkward, but not really an incident”. “You never know what to expect from Michael Sata,” the source said.
[Source: The Daily Telegraph ( www.telegraph.co.uk)
MINES, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma
OIL Marketing Companies (OMCs) should play their role professionally in supplying fuel to all parts of the country, to avoid fuel shortages in some areas when the country has enough fuel, Minister of Lands, Energy and Water Development Christopher Yaluma has said.
He said companies supplying fuel to filling stations in different parts of the country must ensure they do their work efficiently so that all their stations have enough fuel. Mr Yaluma said this in an interview in Lusaka yesterday.
He said TAZAMA has enough fuel to meet the country’s demand. “For this reason, Government is disappointed with fuel suppliers in Choma who have caused the fuel shortage the area has been experiencing in the past two days,” Mr Yaluma said.
He attributed the fuel shortage in Choma to unprofessional conduct on the part of OMCs. He said the failure by suppliers to deliver fuel in different parts of the country is due to debts which they are avoiding to clear.
“For them to avoid increasing the debt, they decide to stop supplying fuel until they are able to pay the outstanding debt,” he said. Mr Yaluma said all suppliers are given seven days to pay their arrears but some companies do not want to do so.
“I will soon meet with the OMCs to find out what is hindering them from being effective in their work of servicing their stations. Fuel is a very important commodity which plays a major role in driving the businesses of the day to contribute to the country’s economy,” he said.
ZESCO has failed to minimise load shedding following the company’s inability to commission the fourth generator for commercial operations after it caught fire. The generator which was supposed to have been commissioned on July 15 caught fire during trials on Sunday last week.
The commissioning of the generator for commercial operations will now have to be delayed by three months, to enable the contractor to procure new material from France. Alston Power, the company engaged to upgrade the four generators at Kariba North Bank Power Station said the fault developed during electrical testing.
The power company’s construction manager Sylvain Bouye said they were currently assessing the extent of the damage and how much it will cost to repair the guttered part. Mr Bouye, however, confirmed that only the insulation material got damaged.
“The commissioning will now be delayed by three months as it will take two months to procure the material and one month to carry out repairs,” he said. Mr Bouye said he is optimistic that the generator will be commissioned by October.
“Once commissioned, the KNBPS will have a generation capacity of 720 megawatts,” he said.
Zesco is currently upgrading its four generators at the station to generate 180 megawatts each from 150 megawatts to mitigate the current power outage in the country.
And Zesco director for generation and development Victor Mundende said it is unfortunate that the generator developed the fault as this has undermined the company’s efforts to address the power deficit the country is experiencing.
Information Broadcasting and Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda unveils Zambia Media Council chairperson Paul Mususu during the launch of the council in Lusaka
THE long-awaited Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) has been launched, with the National Governing Council (NGC) to be chaired by cleric, Paul Mususu.
Information, Broadcasting and Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda, speaking during the launch in Lusaka yesterday, said the Government would give conditional backing to the self-regulatory body and that it would keenly watch developments to see whether the media would effectively regulate themselves.
ZAMEC was officially launched at the new Government Complex at a ceremony attended by Information Deputy Minister Mwansa Kapeya and Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga.
Members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of various political parties, and media heads attended the launch at which the NGC was also unveiled.
The vice-chairperson of the NGC is Rumbidzai Mutasa, a representative of the Law Association of Zambia, while other members are Press Association of Zambia president Andrew Sakala, University of Zambia senior lecturers Kenny Makungu, Mickie Mumba, Swithen Haangala and Mulenga Kabiti.
Others are Lee Habasonda, Sister Sililo Nawa, Non-Governmental Organisation Coordinating Council executive director Engwase Mwale, and Susan Musukuma.
Mr Shamenda, however, said the Government could only endorse ZAMEC if it was availed with the resolutions of the general meeting held at Cresta Golf View Hotel yesterday and the constitution.
He reiterated Government’s commitment to a free Press in Zambia.
Bishop Mususu said the NGC was delighted that the minister had attended the launch and praised the Government’s stance on free media.
He thanked other NGC members for the confidence they had in him and electing him chairperson and pledged to work to the best of his ability.
ZAMEC, a brainchild of the Media Liaison Committee, is a body that would arbitrate for the public and the media against any infringement.
United Nations Development Programme country director Viola Morgan said the media had an important role in promoting sustainable development and the maintenance of peace and security of any country.
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung programme manager Kathy Short said the organisation’s cooperation with the Zambian media had been a long-standing partnership which it valued because of the importance of a free media in any democracy.
Ms Short said if media freedom was the barometer of the democratic order, the adopted system of self or statutory regulation showed the degree of media freedom in any given country.
Faz Super Division Champions Power Dynamos have loaned ex-junior international striker Alex Ng’onga and winger Josphat Nkhoma to Nchanga Rangers.
Both Ng’onga and Nkhoma moved to Rangers and on Thursday and featured in the Chingola side’s friendly against Faz Division One North leaders Lime Hotspurs in Ndola.
Power secretary Justin Kapoma confirmed but said although the two players have started training at Rangers the deals are yet to be finalised by the two teams.
Kapoma said Power and Rangers officials are likely to meet at the weekend to conclude the negotiations.
” Yes, the players are already training with Rangers, we just need to conclude the negotiations. We are meeting Rangers tomorrow (Saturday) or sometime next week,” he said.
The two players have seen little action at Arthur Davies this season as coach Beston Chambeshi prefers strikers Graven Chitalu and Felix Nyaende.
Chipolopolo coach Herve Renard has said he is pleased with Zambia being drawn to face Uganda in the final round of the 2013 Africa Cup qualifiers.
Zambia will host Uganda at home on the weekend of 7 and 9 September before the return match set for the weekend of 12 and 14 October.
“I am relieved that the draw we have been waiting for has happened and now real work starts. As champions we are always under pressure to impress,”
Renard told the Zambia Daily Mail.
” I am not saying Uganda are a small team but everyone now thinks we are invincible after winning the Africa Cup,” Renard added.
And Faz president and soccer legend Kalusha Bwalya says the draw against the Cranes is tough.
“It’s always tough playing against Uganda we know them from the CECAFA where we have played them,” Kalusha told journalists shortly after the draw conducted in South Africa the host nation for next January’s Africa Cup.
“It is not going to be easy. We are African champions so everyone wants to beat us.”
The opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has said that the victory of Howard Kunda in the Muchinga parliamentary by-elections sends a strong signal that the party is determined to re-organizing itself.
And the MMD plans to petition the Chama north seat, which it said was manipulated by the ruling Patriotic Front. Party president Nevers Mumba said that Howard’s victory in Muchinga was expected stating that the PF tried every possible trick but to no avail.
Dr. Mumba said that the PF’s desperation was seen when they allegedly started distributing relief maize in an area that was not experiencing any famine. Speaking at a press briefing in Lusaka this afternoon, Dr. Mumba said that the party will also lodge in an official complaint over the exaggerated expenditure on the part of government officials in the by-elections.
He said that the government should explain why vice president Guy Scoot made two visits to the area instead of just one.
And newly elected Muchinga constituency Member of Parliament, Howard Kunda, who is late former republican vice president and Muchinga Member of Parliament, George Kunda, said that he is honored to be given an opportunity to continue with his father’s legacy.
Howard has since pledged to work with the party in ensuring that he delivers to the people of Muchinga.
President Michael Sata has said that he is deeply embarrassed with immediate-past President Mr. Rupiah Bwezani Banda’s hyperbole over his lighted-hearted conversation with former United States president George W. Bush.
This is contained in a press statement released to the media his Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations George Chellah
“It is very unfortunate that Mr. Banda has chosen to play very cheap politics on a matter that does not concern him. Mr. Banda is remotely connected if not totally disconnected to the matter at hand, as he does not understand the nature of the personal relationship that I have cultivated with former president Bush,” President Sata said in the statement.
“Therefore, my light-hearted conversation with former president Bush should not be an occasion for cheap political scoring by Mr. Banda. As a matter of fact, this is not the first time that I was hosting former president and Mrs. Bush. And I am very grateful that they chose to pay us two visits in a space of six months, which clearly indicates the cordial relations between the two countries and former president Bush’s personal commitment to our country.”
President Sata encouraged Mr. Banda to behave in a manner befitting a former Head of State.
“Mr. Banda spent his presidency doing wrong things for himself and his children. I therefore, understand his desperation and attempts to seek relevance, though in wrong places this time around. I would encourage my dear brother to come to terms with what has happened and subsequently behave as a mature adult, and leave the running of Government to the duly elected officers,” President Sata said.
“Let Mr. Banda prepare to answer for his own misdeeds. Trying to turn a light-hearted exchange between former president Bush and myself, which we normally do, will not help him to sort out his numerous problems.”
[pullquote]“Let Mr. Banda prepare to answer for his own misdeeds. Trying to turn a light-hearted exchange between former president Bush and myself, which we normally do, will not help him to sort out his numerous problems.”[/pullquote]
The President described Mr. Banda’s conduct as unbecoming and unprecedented for a self-respecting former Head of State.
“Notwithstanding the many wrongs that Mr. Banda committed against our people and us, we have restrained ourselves and tried to accord him full respect. Obviously, Mr. Banda is mistaking this for a weakness. We warn him not to push his luck too far. In fact, he is the least person that should cross paths with this administration,” President Sata said.
“Today, Mr. Banda can pretend to be a friend of the international community because he wants their support to defend the wrong things that he did during his tenure. But we have not forgotten that it is during his administration that he told donors to ‘pack and go’ when they questioned the corruption in his Government.”
The Head of State said that the Zambian Government continue to express its unreserved gratitude to former president and Mrs Bush’s works in the country.
Flanked by students who attend the Julie Anne’s Children’s Home at the Robert Shitima School in Kabwe, Zambia, Mrs. Laura Bush and the children wave to the camera while posing for a school photograph on Sunday, July, 1, 2012. Brother Marcus Turcotte established the school in 2001 to serve street children and other disadvantaged children. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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During a tour, Mrs. Laura Bush, Brother Marcus Turcotte (center), Founder, along with other school officials of the Julie Anne’s Children’s Home at the Robert Shitima School in Kabwe, Zambia, view the hats and baskets hand-made by children of the school on Sunday, July, 1, 2012. Brother Marcus established the school in 2001 to serve street children and other disadvantaged children. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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Mrs. Laura Bush, Brother Marcus Turcotte (center right), Founder, and other school officials of the Julie Anne’s Children’s Home at the Robert Shitima School in Kabwe, Zambia, observe a reading lesson during a tour of the school on Sunday, July, 1, 2012. Brother Marcus established the school in 2001 to serve street children and other disadvantaged children. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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Students in a 7th grade reading class at the Lufutuko Community School in Kabwe, Zambia, listen as Mrs. Bush reads the book that she and Mrs. Jenna Bush-Hagar authored titled, Read All About It, on Monday, July 2, 2012. Mutinta Mwananyanda (center), Founder, Lufutuko Community School, and a teacher, look on. The teacher is one of four teachers, including a supervisor, who share the duties of the 2 class sessions. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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Women serving lunch to children in the dining hall of the Lufutuko Community School in Kabwe, Zambia, pause for a photo on Monday, July 2, 2012. With approximately 270 students attending in range of 1st to 7th grade, the school is in the process of building a protective wall to maintain a garden and to keep out goats that will destroy the crops. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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After receiving a tour, Mrs. Laura Bush stops into the dining hall to visit with children of the Lufutuko Community School in Kabwe, Zambia, on Monday, July 2, 2012. There are approximately 270 students in the school ranging from 1st to 7th grade. With a 100% pass rate on the 7th grade exam, the school has four classrooms, and takes place in two sessions a day. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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Mrs. Laura Bush exchanges smiles with a young man she sits next to during a service at a local church she and President George W. Bush attend in Kabwe, Zambia on Sunday, July 1, 2012, during their weeklong trip to Zambia and Botswana, Africa, to promote Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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Participating in a moment of prayer, President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush attend a service at a local church in Kabwe, Zambia on Sunday, July 1, 2012, during their weeklong trip to Zambia and Botswana, Africa, to promote Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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President George W. Bush signs his name for a young man he sits next prior to the start of a local Kabwe church service that he and Mrs. Laura Bush attend in Kabwe, Zambia, on Sunday, July 1, 2012, during their weeklong trip to Africa to promote Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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Mrs. Laura Bush uses a roller to the paint the walls of the Ngungu Health Center on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. When renovations are complete, the clinic will screen, diagnose and treat women for cervical cancer. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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Mrs. Laura Bush paints a metal door at the Ngungu Health Center on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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Together with a team member of The Bush Center, Mrs. Laura Bush and President George W. Bush paint the finishing touches on the inside of the Ngungu Health Center in Kabwe, Zambia, wrapping up a day of renovations on Monday, July 2, 2012. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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President George W. Bush hands out treats to local children who gathered across the street from the Ngungu Health Center on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. Working with the local community, Mrs. Bush, President George W. Bush, and Mrs. Doyin Oluwole, Executive Director, Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Initiative, are renovating the clinic during the first part of their weeklong trip to Africa to raise awareness for Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon, an initiative to save women’s lives from cervical cancer in Africa. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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President George W. Bush renovates the Ngungu Health Center on Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. President and Mrs. Bush are in Africa to promote the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon partnership, which aims to save women from cervical cancer. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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President George W. Bush renovates the Ngungu Health Center on Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. President and Mrs. Bush are in Africa to promote the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon partnership, which aims to save women from cervical cancer. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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President George W. Bush uses a roller to the paint the highest parts of the walls of the Ngungu Health Center on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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A local resident of Kabwe, Zambia participates with President George W. Bush (left), and Mrs. Doyin Oluwole (center), Executive Director, Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon Initiative, in the renovations of the Ngungu Health Center on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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President George W. Bush renovates the Ngungu Health Center on Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. President and Mrs. Bush are in Africa to promote the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon partnership, which aims to save women from cervical cancer. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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Teams renovate the Ngungu Health Center on Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. President and Mrs. Bush are in Africa to promote the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon partnership, which aims to save women from cervical cancer Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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President George W. Bush renovates the Ngungu Health Center on Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. President and Mrs. Bush are in Africa to promote the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon partnership, which aims to save women from cervical cancer. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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President George W. Bush renovates the Ngungu Health Center on Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. President and Mrs. Bush are in Africa to promote the Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon partnership, which aims to save women from cervical cancer. Photo by Shealah Craighead/The Bush Center
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Former US president George Bush visiting patients at Ngungu clinic in Kabwe
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Former US president George Bush and his wsife Laura cut a ribbon to open Ngungu clinic in Kabwe
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Former US president George Bush and his wife Laura receive a present after opening Ngungu clinic in Kabwe
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A woman being screened for cancer at Ngungu clinic in Kabwe
