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Zesco United continue to enjoy their slender lead at the top of the FAZ Super Division table after a home draw against Napsa Stars.
The league leaders came from behind to finish 1-1 against promoted Napsa at the Trade Fair Grounds in Ndola.
Napsa took the lead in the 37th minute through veteran striker Linos Chalwe who headed in a Jacob Mupeta corner.
Zesco leveled scores in the 44th minute through Jackson Mwanza with a close-range effort.
Napsa survived a late scare in the 88th minute when Mwanza failed to punish goalkeeper Kalililo Kakonje for spilling the ball while Alfred Luputa blasted the rebound wide.
Meanwhile, Power Dynamos remained second despite losing 2-1 away to Nakambala Leopards away in Mazabuka.
Nakambala moved from 12th to 10th after their third win of the season.
And Power could be relegated to third on Sunday should Red Arrows win away to Nkana away in Kitwe.
The Kabushi local court in Ndola as granted divorce to the 52 year old house wife Chanda.
This is in a matter where Chanda sued to end her marriage stating that her husband Mbewe 54, was not satisfying her sexually.
In passing judgment presiding magistrates Mildred Namuziye and Paul Kayula said Mr Mbewe had failed to satisfy his wife sexually which was
an indication that there was no marriage.
The presiding magistrate said Mr Mbewe was supposed to divide time for his second wife who in this case was Ms Chanda and his first wife.
She said when a man was in a polygamous marriage he divides time for both homes unlike in the case where Mr Mbewe left his matrimonial home
for good but still continued to claim that he was married to her.
Ms Chanda of Mushili told the court that she got marriage to Mr Mbewe in 1987 as a second wife during which dowry was paid.
The couple had four children together and the problems in the marriage started in 2000 when Mr Mbewe packed all his clothes claiming he was
going for work but instead went to Kabushi to his first wife and stopped dividing time to visit his second wife.
She said Mr Mbewe would go for one to two months without visiting his second wife with the children and also stopped providing food for
them.
This move angered Ms Chanda and when she complained Mr Mbewe demanded for oral sex from his wife.
Thereafter Ms Chanda was surprised to learn that her husband had married a third wife by the name of Evelyn with whom he had a child
with.
This surprised her because her husband had claimed he had been sick and could not have sex with her because he could not perform.
In a cross examination Mr Mbewe said he decided to leave the house because of the problems that they had continued to experience with his
wife.
Mr Mbewe said when he fell sick his wife Ms Chanda decided to leave her to go for business in Lusaka.
But Ms Chanda told the court that she reported all the problems they were experiencing to the Shimukombe and the husband had left the house
since 2008 to date.
But in defence Mr Mbewe said his wife Ms Chanda decided to leave her because his manhood had stopped functioning.
Mr Mbewe said his wife Ms Chanda was even looking for medicine for him so that he could recover from this problem.
“Even up to now I’m still sick my manhood does not function properly this one (Ms Chanda) went to even search for medicine for me,” he
said.
He said following the mal functioning of his manhood his wife used to run away from the house at night claiming she was collecting debts
from her debtors as late as 04:00 am in the morning.
In delivering judgment the presiding magistrate said Mr Mbewe had a problem because he was in the habit of marrying.
“When a man marries for the first, second and then marries a third wife then that man is a problem because how can he be marrying any
how. It’s a man who is a problem here,” she said.
She said Mr Mbewe left his second wife claiming he was sick but went on to have a child meaning he was okay.
She said men that were in polygamous marriage always divide time for their wives unlike in this case and dismissed the marriage.
She said the defendant who in this case was Mr Mbewe had a chance to appeal to the magistrate court within 30 days and Mr Mbewe was to
compensate his Ms Chanda by paying her the sum of K8 million.
The first installment of K500, 000 was supposed to be paid on June 11,2012 and the other payment would K300, 000 per month.
Ms Chanda has also be granted the Mushili house with her four children, because Mr Mbewe had a house in Kabushi where he lived with
his first wife and the other house in Chipulukusu was for Evelyn who he claimed he had left her.
All the belongings in the house had been given to Ms Chanda and Mr Mbewe also decided to give a sewing machine to his wife also.
But Mr Mbewe said the judgment was not fair because he would pay Ms Chanda a lot of money but the presiding judge said it was a fair
judgment considering the fact that they had been married for more than 25 years.
The Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, Governance, Human Rights, Gender Matters and Child Affairs has observed that most ministries were corrupt in the tender procedures.
Committee Chairperson Jack Mwiimbu observed that the ministries of Home Affairs, Education, Health, provincial administration among others were dented with corruption during the tender procedures.
Mwiimbu who is also UPND Monze central Member of Parliament (MP) said during a meeting held in Chipata that the cases of corruption were
very high during tender procedures.
He said Eastern Province was not left out in the corruption looking at the revelations at the latest Auditor General (AG) report.
“Eastern Province is also well known in terms of corruption and we are aware of the issue of corruption during the tender procedure. These
ministries are involved in corruption cases,” Mwiimbu said.
Some contracts were being awarded to unscrupulously people who cannot even managed to do quality of work, he said.
Mwiimbu said at a meeting also attended by committee members Mkushi South MP, Sydney Chisanga, Chitambo MP, Mushili Malama and Bwacha MP,
Sydney Mushanga.
Mwiimbi said there were glaring irregularities in the awarding of the tenders to some contracts which ended up in the Government losing huge
sums of money in paying the fake contractors.
He said the trend was bringing a lot of the misappropriation of funds because of some insiders in the tendering process were conniving in
the awarding of the contracts.
“Even police if they do not have a chicken at home for relish, they will go to the roads and do road block in order for them to have something to eat,” he said.
Mr Mwiimbu said it was sad that the ministry of education was one of the ministries which he said was among the most corrupt in Zambia.
He advised the provincial roads engineer Ziko Banda to inspect works thoroughly and ensure contractors have satisfied their contractual
obligations before certifying the jobs.
“It is unfortunate that most of the roads in Eastern Province were given to one contractor and it is difficult for this contractor to
finish the works,” he said.
Speaking at the same meeting, Provincial Education Officer, Pilila Jere complained over Gabman Contractor who was awarded a contract in
Lundazi District.
She said the contractor was given a tender to construct two schools in the district which have not been completed for a long time now.
Ms Jere said it was difficult to control most of the contracts because they were awarded in Lusaka and there is politics involved.
In echoing his sentments, Chipata General Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Francis Bwalya also said the ministry of health was forced to terminate the contract of Gabman because of the poor workman ship during the construction of paramedics flats at the hospital.
Eastern Province Chief Regional Planner Frank Simushi said most of contracts awarded at national level had some bureaucratic procedures.
He said most civil servants were mute about the mistakes for fear of losing jobs.
A 22-member Zambia national team goes into camp in Lusaka this Sunday.
The team comprising of mostly home-based players goes into camp ahead of this Wednesday friendly game away to Angola to be played in Luanda.
The team will only have two foreign-based players in the squad namely Chisamba Lungu of FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia.
Felix Katongo of Angola club Petro Atletico is the other foreign-based player.
In all, the team will five players from the victorious Africa Cup winning team.
Goalkeeper Kalililo Kakonje, defender Nyambe Mulenga and striker Evans kangwa of Napsa Stars, Zesco United and Nkana respectively are also in the team.
Wednesdays friendly will be Zambia’s first game since winning the Africa Cup on February 12 in Gabon.
Team
Goalkeeper: Kalililo Kakonje (Napsa Stars), Joshua Titima (Power Dynamos), Jacob Banda (Zesco United)
Defenders: Jimmy Chisenga (Red Arrows), Govender Simwala (Power Dynamos), Dennis Banda, Steven Kabamba (Green Buffaloes), Charles Siyingwa, Nyambe Mulenga (Both Zesco United),
Midfielders: Thomas Nyirenda, Joseph Sitali, Kennedy Mudenda (All Power Dynamos), Portipher Zulu (Zesco United), Lubambo Musonda (National Assembly), Roderick Kabwe (Kabwe Warriors), Felix Katongo (Petro Atletico, Angola), Chisamba Lungu (FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia)
Strikers: Evans Kangwa, Reynold Kampamba (Both Nkana), Felix Nyaende (Power Dynamos), Chakwa Lungu (Zesco United), Bruce Musakanya (Red Arrows)
The planned sittings by the Malawian Judge Lovemore Chikopa regarding the tribunal to look into the purported misconduct of the three suspended judges is expected to be hosted at the luxurious new government Conference Centre in Lusaka.
A woman who has been appointed as Tribunal Secretary is Chipili Katunasa and she has said that the secretariat had been allocated offices at the government complex and that all logistics for the tribunal were being organized.
Ms Katunasa said Mr Justice Lovemore Chipoka was expected arrive in Zambia next week and his tribunal would sit for the first time.
“When the Judge arrives, the first meeting would be held to discuss the method and procedure of the inquiry. The public would be informed whether the hearing would be held in camera or whether it would be open to the public,” she said.
President Michael Sata appointed a tribunal to investigate the alleged misconduct of Supreme Court Judge Philip Musonda and High Court Judges Charles Kajimanga and Nigel Mutuna pursuant to the provision of Article 98 (3) of the constitution of Zambia.
According to the terms of reference on Justice Mutuna, the tribunal would inquire into his conduct in relation to the manner in which he presided over hearing and determination of the case of Development Bank of Zambia versus Post Newspaper limited, JCN Holdings limited and
Mutembo Nchito.
others are that the tribunal would specifically inquire into charges that Justice Mutuna misbehaved or acted incompetently when he proceeded to hear and determine the matter without a formal order transferring the matter from Justice Albert Mark Wood before whom the matter had been heard.
It is alleged that Justice Mutuna misbehaved or acted incompetently when he proceeded to hear and determine the matter in total disregard of evidence available to him that clearly demonstrated that Justice Wood’s independence as a Judge had been interfered with in the course
of proceedings relating to the matter.
Justice Mutuna allegedly misbehaved or could have acted incompetently in the circumstance of the matter when he proceeded to deliver judgment in a matter in which the plaintiff had expressly indicated that it no longer intended to proceed with matter as a result of which
it filed a notice of discontinuance.
With regard to Justice Musonda and Justice Kajimanga, the tribunal would probe their relation in the matter in which they interfered in and illegally retrieved or caused the retrieval of cases of Development Bank of Zambia versus the Post Newspaper limited, JCN Holdings and Mutembo Nchito and Finsbury Investment limited versus Antonio Vetriglia and Manuela Sebastiani Vetriglia the matter from Justice Wood.
Justice Musonda and Justice Kajimanga allegedly misbehaved or acted incompetently when whilst acting together they conspired to pervert the course of justice by retrieving or causing the retrieval of records relating to matters from Justice Wood during the due execution of his judicial functions as Judge of the High Court of Zambia.
The tribunal is expected to give recommendations President Sata within a period of two months or such other period as the tribunal would
reasonably recommend.
THE Lusaka High Court has granted senior Lusaka commercial lawyer Lewis Mosho access to his accounts which were illegally frozen by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) as the commission investigated a feud between Mr Mosho and Shoprite Checkers.
Delivering judgement in Lusaka on Wednesday, High Court Judge Christine Phiri quashed DEC commissioner Alita Mbhawe’s decision to seize Mr Mosho’s bank accounts.
Mrs Justice Phiri further ordered the DEC to pay up all the legal costs incurred by Mr Mosho since his company account holding more than K45 billion was frozen.
Lewis Nathan Advocates, as first applicants and Mr Mosho as second applicant, sued the Attorney-General as first respondent and the DEC as second respondent challenging the action of the commission which seized their accounts on December 5 last year and January 30 this year.
The Elite law firm and Mr Mosho’s three bank accounts are held at Barclays Bank and one at Stanbic Bank.
“It is ordered and directed that the DEC commissioner withdraws the seizure notices served on the banks seizing the bank accounts. It is ordered and directed that costs will follow the event in default of agreement to be taxed,” Justice Phiri’s judgement reads.
The judge said she was satisfied that Mr Mosho and his law firm have proved their case sufficiently.
Mrs Justice Phiri noted that Mr Mosho and his law firm, submitted extensively on fact and law, where by the Attorney-General and DEC only argued that they have continued to freeze the accounts because they are investigating them.
She, however, said the State did not attach any exhibit to their affidavit to show that there are criminal proceedings against Mr Mosho and his law firm in respect of the bank accounts.
Mrs Justice Phiri said the Attorney-General and the DEC have not shown which persons have been arrested and charged, in respect of the bank accounts.
She said Mr Mosho and his law firm have shown that the complainants (Shoprite Checkers) have already received their monies and the DEC has not disputed that fact, showing that the applicants are not holding any money for the chain store in the seized accounts.
Mrs Justice Phiri said the DEC cannot only claim to have seized the bank accounts as they are being investigated, when the commission has not satisfied the court that the accounts are holding money generated from questionable activities.
“For the foregoing, I find that the DEC continues to seize these accounts in bad faith, thereby making their actions illegal, unreasonable and procedurally improper,” she said.
Mrs Justice Phiri said the DEC’s actions are illegal and improper, more so, that the person leading the investigations Shubert Sinkala has been sued in the High Court by one of the applicants, but did not declare interest in the matter and he was the person issuing seizure notices on the accounts.
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Some of the Tujilijili consignment that was surrendered at Kitwe Civic center by a named distributor in Kitwe
Traders of the banned of Tujilijili have resorted to selling the commodity in hidden places to elude the law enforcement officers who have been confiscating the commodity in Ndola.
Ndola City Council (NCC) public relations manager Roy Kuseka said that traders had withdrawn Tujilijili from their shelves because the council and state police officers would grab them.
Kuseka said that the council had continued to confiscate the illicit beer but could not find much when it went to selected high density townships such as Chifubu, Kawama, Nkwazi and Kantolomba.
Only three boxes containing 200 sachets were seized from traders in Chifubu township.
He said that most people had stopped trading in the illicit beer sachets openly for fear of having the commodity consfiscated from them.
Mr Kuseka said that the NCC was aware that some traders were still holding on to the sachets.
“It is difficult to tell whether the people are concealing the beer sachets or not, but we found nothing on the surface in the above
mentioned areas. But what police are doing is to search the store rooms in the bars and warehouses when they go out for a clean up,”Mr
Kuseka said.
Kuseka said the council and the Zambia police would remain vigilant on the matter until the city was swept clean of beer sachets adding that
Ndola residents should report anyone trading on to the illicit beer.
So far, over 300,000 sachets of tujilijili have been seized and destroyed.
THE sewer and water system reticulation system in Mindolo police camp has collapsed forcing residents to sink pit latrines and wells in
their backyards.
The camp is also supplied with low electricity voltage which can not operate electrical appliances apart from lighting the house.
This came to light when Nkana constituency member of parliament Luxon Kazabu and Nkana Water Sewerage Company (NWSC) top management visited the area.
It is believed that the water and sanitation system collapsed years back.
Mr Kazabu said it was unacceptable that residents in a planned settlement used pit latrines and shallow wells for water.
“We can’t allow this kind of situation where the pit latrines and water well are two meters apart,” Mr Kazambu said.
But NWSC managing director Diana Makwaba said the water utility company was aware of the problem but failed to correct the situation
due to lack financial resources.
Ms Makwaba, however, said NWSC was updating the bill of quantity for overhauling of the system when funds were available.
She said entire pipe network had collapsed thus making it difficult for the water utility compamy to pump the commodity there.
“We are aware of the collapsed water infrastructure but financial resources are a challenge, Mindolo is one of the collapsed systems
in the service area,” Ms Makwaba said.
File:Challenges for the Police force are country wide, here a house occupied by a Police Officer in Mongu district in Western Province
Chimwemwe Township is another township who water and sanitation system had collapsed.
Mindolo police station inspector David Sichande said the residents had no option but to sink pit latrines and well due to non availability of
the facilities.
Mr Sichande said despite several appeals to Zesco over the low power voltage, all had been in vain.
Mr Sichande, however, said a certain contractor was awarded a contract to replace the pipes with news ones but had vanished despite being
paid to do the job.
He however declined to give details on the contract but referred queries to police command after being pressed to do.
“I can’t give details on the contract, get to the police command,moreover I was not here when the contract was given,” Mr Sichande
said.
Zambia national soccer team coach Herve Renard and the technical bench
Herve Renard has assembled a developmental squad which included six players from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) winning team for
next Wednesday’s training match against Angola in Luanda.
Renard’s squad which is devoid of the super stars who lit the African football stage, has only 2012 AFCON revelation, Chisamba Lungu,midfielder Felix Katongo, defender Nyambe Mulenga, striker Evans Kangwa and goalkeepers Kalililo Kakonje and Joshua Titima to lead the charge next week.
He has also called up some new faces to squad who include Power Dynamos defender, Govenda Simwala, Zesco United midfielder, Potipher
Zulu, andNational Assembly midfileder Lubambo Musonda.
Renard has recalled Power Dynamos midfielder, Thomas Nyirenda, who missed the 2012 AFCON with an injury, Zesco United defender, Charles
Siyingwa and Green Buffaloes’ skipper Dennis Banda and Power Dynamos midfielders, Joseph Sitali and Kennedy Mudenda.
The squad was expected to regroup in Lusaka to begin preparations for the practice match.
Football Association of Zambia spokesperson Erick Mwanza said the game against Angola was important for training because it would give the
coach significant time to work with the players he had been watching in the league every week.
Mwanza said in a statementthat the training outing to Angola was significant as it fitted in the training programme and objective of preparing the Chipolopolo adequately for next month’s 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Sudan and Ghana.
“This training camp and outing to Angola is one which fits into the overall training programme and objective of preparing the Chipolopolo
adequately for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier matches against Sudan and Ghana next month.
The base or foundation and bedrock of the Chipolopolo lies with the local talents and it’s therefore important that after seeing these players in the league every week, the coach works with them and is able to assess them through national team training regimes and see who he can include in the Chipolopolo.
You will note from the selection that coach Herve has made that this is by no means the Chipolopolo but an assemblage of players who constitute a development team,” Mwanza said.
After the training match in Luanda, Renard is expected to name his Chipolopolo squad which will set up base in Johannesburg, South Africa
to begin preparations for the World Cup qualifiers against Sudan and Ghana.
Zambia will face Sudan in Khartoum on June 2 before hosting Ghana seven days later at the new Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
The full Angola-bound squad has goalkeepers: Kalililo Kakonje (Napsa Stars), Joshua Titima (Power Dynamos), Jacob Banda (Zesco United).
Defenders: Jimmy Chisenga (Red Arrows), Govenda Simwala (Power Dynamos), Steven Kabamba (Green Buffaloes), Charles Siyingwa (Zesco
United), Nyambe Mulenga (Zesco United), Dennis Banda (Green Buffaloes).
Midfielders: Thomas Nyirenda (Power Dynamos), Joseph Sitali (Power Dynamos), Potipher Zulu (Zesco United), Lubambo Musonda (National Assembly), Rodrick Kabwe (Kabwe Warriors), Felix Katongo (Petro De Luanda, Angola), Kennedy Mudenda (Power Dynamos), Chisamba Lungu (FC Ural, Russia).
Strikers: Evans Kangwa (Nkana), Reynold Kampamba (Nkana), Felix Nyaende (Power Dynamos), Chakwa Lungu (Zesco United), Bruce Musakanya
(Red Arrows).
ONE of the oldest football teams in Zambia, Lusaka Tigers has been re-christened Matero Tigers to give the team a new face and lease of life.
And Finance and National Planning Deputy Minister, Miles Sampa has donated K5 million per win to Lusaka Tigers football club after the club management agreed to change the name to Matero Tigers.
Sampa, who is also Matero Member of Parliament, has also donated K1 million for every goal scored in a winning match by the Division One South club.
During a ceremony held on Wednesday at Matero Stadium in Lusaka, the Sampa said it takes money for a team to succeed in football and gave examples of African giants TP Mazembe and English Premier League club, Manchester City as one of the teams that have scored successes because of money.
And Lusaka Tigers chairman Sam Phiri said his team is in serious financial need to propel them to the MTN/FAZ Super Division next year. He said currently the club finds it difficult to travel for away games as it does not have a bus to use for transport. “We don’t have a bus and that makes our trips difficult because we have to source for funds from well-wishers for our travels,” he said.
Due to financial difficulties, Lusaka Tigers have failed to maintain Matero stadium which is currently in a deplorable state and have adopted the Independence stadium as their home ground.
And speaking to the players and officials, Sampa said it is his civic duty as the area MP to ensure that recreation facilities such as the
Matero stadium are in good state. He said now that the government has banned alcoholic drink tujilijili, there is need for more recreation centers that will act as substitutes for illicit activities.
“I shall look for partners who will help refurbish Matero stadium so that you (Lusaka Tigers) come back and start playing at your beloved
home ground and enjoy the support of you local fans,” he said.
Name change for Lusaka Tigers has been welcomed by residents who said it will make them feel part of the team. Farai Mujajati a Lusaka Tigers fan and Matero resident said it has been long overdue and he is happy that the name has been changed.
The changing of the name according to FAZ rules can only be effected after the 2013 FAZ annual general meeting (AGM).
Meanwhile, Power Dynamos skipper Joseph Sitali has expressed satisfaction with the Arthur Davies outfit’s start to their Super Division title defence.
Defending league champions Power are second on the table one point behind Zesco United after seven games played.
Power face bottom place Nakambala Leopards tomorrow in Mazabuka in a Week 8 game.
Sitali stated that unlike in the past, this season Power have started their league campaign on a good note.
“I think as league defending champions this year we have started on a good note. We have played seven games winning five,drawing one and a loss,” he said.
File:Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Secretary General Roy Mwaba addresses journalists at Courtyard hotel in Lusaka
THE Zambian Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) general secretary Roy Mwaba has now changed allegiance from the MMD to the party in government when he decided to antagonize the union’s leadership by questioning why it was necessary to meet opposition political party leaders over their stance to oppose President Sata’s suspending Judges.
Mr Mwaba, who was supportive of MMD programmes and activities prior to the September 20 general elections, shocked many people at a press briefing in Lusaka when he asked why opposition political party leaders were courting the diplomatic community on internal matters which Zambians had the capacity to resolve.
Mr Mwaba said if the opposition were aggrieved on the suspension of judges, they should seek other avenues of resolving internal matters instead of courting ‘foreigners’.
“There are a number of avenues that the opposition can follow if there is any issue that they feel should be addressed. For example the opposition leaders have Members of Parliament (MPs) who can raise an issue in parliament or they can call for an interparty dialogue where issues can be discussed.
“So there are avenues through which internal matters can be resolved. So as a labour movement we are wondering why the opposition is running to seek foreign intervention when there are avenues,” he said.
Mr Mwaba advised foreign missions not to interfere with the country’s internal matters as Zambian’s had the capacity to solve their internal issues.
He said Zambia was a sovereign state which was capable of resolving its internal issues.
Mwaba said opposition party leaders should stop wasting time of the labour movement and they next time they wished to meet with the ZCTU on any matter, they should make a formal application instead of the impromptu approach taken this time.
Mwaba said the opposition political party leaders had besieged the ZCTU headquarters, which are located next to the office for the taskforce on corruption headquarters in Lusaka’s Porsche Woodlands suburbs to seek audience with the labour movement over the suspension of three judges. He said nothing tangible was discussed in the meeting.
“There was nothing that was resolved in the so called meeting and there are minutes to that effect and this will be availed to the board. But advise the opposition that next time they wish to meet us they should follow procedure,” he said.
Mwaba emphasized that the ZCTU would only issues a statement on the suspended judges after gathering adequate information because the Congress did not want to speculate on the case.
He also took time to comment on the Barosteland turbulence saying the labour movement was shocked as to why some stakeholders were making unwarranted comments on the matter when President Michael Sata had not made any official position following the Roger Chongwe Commission of inquiry whose report was tossed out by the President upon its submission at State House.
He said ZCTU always advocated for a united Zambia and that all and its affiliates would always stand to defend the position of the mother body.
ZAMBIA soccer skipper Christopher Katongo has been ranked among Africa’s top paid sportsmen, according to the latest figures from ESPN The Magazine’s Money Issue salary survey project. Katongo, who guided the Chipolopolo to a historic 2012 Africa Cup of Nations triumph, reaps about a modest $458 000 (about K2.3 billion) annually.
According to Supersport.com, Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan is Africa’s highest paid sportsman, earning about $16 million yearly while Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o gets in the range of $13.3 million.
The list is likely to draw controversy, as other financial reports had placed Ivorian star Yaya Toure at the top of the list. However, this
list comprises the earnings that represent salary and/or prize money from the 2011 calendar year or most recent season.
Due to confidentiality of information for certain players, official salary figures were not available. In that case, ESPN used earnings that were based on information from multiple sources including leagues, agents, sports federations, cultural centers and the United
Nations.
The Black Stars player shares the ‘title’ with Liberia’s Tamba Hali, who plays American football as an outside linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Togolese talisman Emmanuel Adebayor also reaps about $13.3 million with South Africa’s Steven Pienaar picking up $4.2 million while Egyptians Mohammed Zidan and Mohamed Abu Treika each pocket $2.5 million.
Worldwide, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi keeps his status as football’s highest earner. He has bagged earnings of $43.5 million yearly – that’s from wages, bonuses, sponsorships and endorsements.
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia today met six opposition political party presidents on the suspension of judges. The meeting took place at the MISA-Zambia offices in Lusaka.
The opposition political party leaders in attendance were Mr Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND), Sakwiba
Sikota of the United Liberal Party (ULP), Brigadier Godfrey Miyanda of the Heritage Party (HP), Charles Milupi of the Alliance for Development and Democracy (ADD) and Mr Edwin Sakala the President of the Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) while Chembe Member of Parliament Mwansa Mbulakulima represented the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD).
Speaking on behalf of the opposition political parties, Milupi said the contention surrounding the suspension of the three judges was that President Michael Sata was not being transparent and sincere in the entire process.
The opposition political parties supported the fight against corruption and were committed to the urgent need for genuine judicial reforms which must include all stakeholders and must be done within a framework by which the outcome is acceptable to all.
And brigadier General Miyanda said the opposition political parties had noted with concern, the media blackout of opposition leaders on controversial matters such as the suspension of judges that were of national interest.
But MISA-Zambia Chairperson Daniel Sikazwe merely appealed to the media in Zambia to be ethical and professional in their reporting especially on matters of national interest because this would allow citizens the right to access balanced information which for them to
make informed decisions.
The debate on the suspension of the judges was a matter of national interest that needed to be covered adequately and in a balanced manner to allow the citizens to make informed judgment.
Sikazwe was also grateful that the opposition political party leaders found it important to meet with MISA-Zambia. Sikazwe implored the politicians continue dialoguing with MISA-Zambia on matters that affect the country.
Sikazwe said that MISA Zambia would study the de-briefing note but would only state its position on the matters raised during the National Governing Council meeting that would be held next week.
Sikazwe also reiterated the need for media law reforms in Zambia which would guarantee true media freedom, enhance media professionalism and ethical reporting. He urged politicians to use their influence to ensure press freedom in Zambia.
Africa’s Invisible Generation is a film highlighting the social and economic issues affecting Zambia’s youth. The film is a result of a two-year collaboration between London Video Productions and Kayzon Kays, a Zambian social commentator passionate about encouraging young Zambians to take an active role in shaping their own future.
The film is one of the first steps in highlighting the plight of Zambia’s youth to a global audience with the aim of creating an inspirational worldwide grassroots movement, joining up youth organizations in Zambia with other youth groups across Africa and comparable youth organizations around the world.
President Michael Sata has refused to grant suspended Supreme Court Judge Phillip early retirement after Justice Musonda tendered his application on May 8 this year.
According to Mr Sata’s spokesperson George Chellah, the President has decided to make the letter containing suspended Supreme Court judge
Phillip Musonda’s application for early retirement public in order to insulate the general public from lies and distortions being
permeated by some irresponsible media houses with strange agenda.
Mr Sata said he would only consider judge Musonda’s request for early retirement, after the tribunal probing him had sat.
“I have set up a tribunal as distinctly approved by the Constitution of Zambia and we shall not circumvent that process. For that reason, I
will only consider his Lordship Phillip Musonda’s request for early retirement after the tribunal’s findings,” President Sata said.
“My principal obligation is to be guardian of public interest and it is therefore my duty to correct falsehoods, twists and misrepresentation of facts by certain deceitful elements and authors of disorder within our political circles and beyond,” President Sata
said.
This Patrotic Front government has re-affirmed its committed to follow the due process of the law and no one would stop them from the
national agenda of bringing transparency and accountability in all arms of governance.
The President said all those who are interested in this matter regarding the suspended judges should allow the tribunal to sit and therefore uphold the due process of the law before resorting to wild media speculations.
