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Nkana vice-Secretary Stanley Kaseko has told club supporters to be patient after they protested Saturday’s 2-1 away loss the former champions suffered at NAPSA Stars in Lusaka.
Nkana have picked 9 points from seven games played so far in the Super Division.
Kaseko said protesting and demanding team coach Linos Makwaza’s resignation after Saturday’s defeat was not a proper way of airing their grievancies over Nkana’s performance.
” It is unfortunate (protest). Football is like that it’s either you win,lose or draw,” said Kaseko.
He stated that it was too early for the Wusakile faithful to start protesting seven games into the new season.
“They should calm down.We have only played seven games and we have some new players in the team who are blending with old ones,” Kaseko added.
Nkana’s next fixture is at home against Red Arrows at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe.
MMD national youth Chairperson Moses Muteteka has likened MMD presidential aspirant Enoch Kavindele to the rich fool in the bible, who thought he was wise because of his riches.
Mr Muteteka says the party does not need a rich man to be the president.
He says what the party needs is a man who is mature, God fearing, has respect for people and fully understands what is best for the party.
Mr Muteteka, who is also an aspiring presidential candidate, was responding to Mr Kavindele’s who was recently quoted as saying that the MMD needs a leader who is politically and financially equipped.
Speaking to QFM, Muteteka says Mr Kavindele is just de-campaigning himself stating that a political party is not formed using money but through concerted effort by all members.
Minister of Finance and National Planning Alexander Chikwanda
Government has signed a 50 million United States Dollars loan agreement with the World Bank for the livestock development and animal health project.
Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda signed on behalf of the Zambian government while World Bank country Director Kadiresan Kundhavi signed on behalf of the global Bank.
Speaking at a signing ceremony in Lusaka today, Mr. Chikwanda acknowledged the livestock sub sector as an important component of agriculture which must assign urgent priority.
The Minister attributed the low productivity in the livestock sector to under-investment stating that investment is needed to boost animal husbandry and vigorous disease control.
Mr. Chikwanda said the loan will go a long way in containing livestock diseases and ultimately improve the livestock sector in the country.
And World Bank Country Director Kadiresan Kundhavi said the loan signals a turning point in the Bank’s support to the Agriculture sector in Zambia.
Ms. Kundhavi explained that the project supports government’s aspirations to diversify both the economy and agriculture by improving productivity of key livestock production systems for smallholder producers in Eastern, Southern and Western provinces of Zambia.
The project will also cover disease free zones comprising Central, Lusaka and parts of the Copperbelt provinces.
Over 70 percent of the country’s population is dependent of agriculture and livestock and this project has targeted 390 thousand female and male smallholder producers in selected areas to improve Cattle, Goats, Pigs, and Sheep as well as poultry production systems.
Along with Mampi there are two other Zambians in this years Big Brother House , sisters Talia and Tamara.
Talia
Talia hails from Lusaka, where she is a graphic designer and musician. She will be playing Big Brother StarGame with her older sister Tamara, because she believes they are a great pair, they complement each other well and they share a rare understanding. She believes their presence in the House will bring controversy and great entertainment – and their supportive family is right behind them.
Talia says she is outgoing, free-spirited and spontaneous and likes her patience, tolerance and great sense of humour. In others, she respects strong personalities, kindness, understanding and a similar free-spiritedness to her own personality. She dislikes control freaks, gossips and people who look down on others.
If she wins the grand prize, Talia will invest in real estate and help her family and the people who helped her become who she is today. She is hoping to gain exposure, friends, connections and experience from being on the show and lists her favourite former housemate as Munya.
Tamara
Tamara is a musician, just like her younger sister and Big Brother StarGame partner Talia.
She was inspired to enter Big Brother StarGame by the possibilities: the exposure, chance to meet new people, and above all, the money which she says will change her life. She is looking forward to playing the game with Talia because they have fun together, they want to see how they will get along with the rest of the Housemates – plus it was a long-standing dream of theirs to be on Big Brother together.
Tamara says she is talkative, frank, good, and has a cool temperament. She likes the fact that she “tells it how it is”, helps people whenever she can manage and is a very happy person. She likes people who help other people and dislikes control freaks, know-it-alls and gossips. Tamara promises viewers entertainment, a lot of dancing, laughter and talking on the show.
Her role model is her father because he was creative and talented and showed her she could be anything she wanted to be.
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National Restoration Party leader Elias Chipimo jr
National Restoration party president Elias Chipimo junior has joined fellow opposition leaders in calling for the resignation of the Director for Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito.
Mr Chipimo says it will only be moral for Mr. Nchito to resign as DPP to pave way for further investigations into the unpaid Development bank of Zambia loan which the defunct Zambian Airways acquired.
He says he is making the call not because he has personal fights with Mr. Nchito or the Post newspapers but because he is a citizen who is ready to stand for what he believes in.
Mr. Chipimo says it is a clear that Mr. Nchito, JNC holdings- a company which he owned jointly with his brother Nchima, and the post newspapers arranged finance from the Development bank of Zambia to shore up an airline they had invested in and of which the money has not yet been paid back.
Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka this morning, Mr. Chipimo says the appointment of a tribunal by President Michael Sata to look into the action of the three suspended Judges is based upon a complaint from persons considered publicly to be close associates of the President.
He says the big question that should surround the move by the President is not whether he acted within the law or not but whether he used his powers appropriately.
Mr. Chipimo notes that if the president did not use his powers appropriately, the implications of such an action would be considered abuse of his power.
He says whatever the background of the President’s decision, certain questions surrounding the sourcing of finances involving Mr. Nchito, the Post newspapers and the Development bank of Zambia need to be answered if the matter is to be resolved amicably.
QFM
Press statement by the President of the National Restoration Party following the suspension of Judges by the Republican President
“Suspending Justice”
Nearly 4 years ago, I made the choice to enter the political arena. At that time, I made a commitment to myself and to the Zambian people that neither I nor the party I helped to establish (as long as I would lead it) would succumb to playing “politics as usual”.
There are enough politicians on the scene that are prepared to play by the same old rules and use the same tried, tested and failed approaches of the past and my intention was certainly not to add to their number.
I committed myself to being a new type of politician for our nation – a leader that would not focus on personality, vindictiveness or envy, but a leader that would base his politics on issues; a leader that would always be ready to listen, learn and grow.
I committed our movement, the National Restoration Party, to offering constructive criticism to whichever government would be in power. We set out to do this by acknowledging the positive actions of the incumbent administration and pointing out the things that they tend to do wrong while always offering an alternative approach whenever we criticise them.
4 years and one general election later, I remain as committed to these ideals today as I was then, if not more so.
It is with that same conviction that I speak to you today on a matter that I believe could, if not handled correctly, result in the slow but steady erosion of a vital arm responsible for protecting our hard won democracy: Our Judiciary.
[pullquote]We must remember that this is not about whether the president has acted within the law. This is about whether he has used his powers appropriately and if he has not, the implications of such action.[/pullquote]
The appointment by president Michael Sata of a judicial tribunal to look into the actions of a judge of the supreme court and 2 judges of the High court coupled with his decision to suspend these Judges pending the outcome of the tribunal hearings, is based upon a complaint from persons considered publicly to be close Associates of the president.
Let me say at this point that contrary to what they or any other person may believe or think, I have no personal fight or any kind of score to settle with Mutembo Nchíto or the Post Newspapers. I am simply a son of the soil who is ready to stand up for the things that I believe in.
My intention is not to grab headlines for the sake of publicity but to touch hearts and help people to see that the change they need lies within themselves; Within each and every one of us that is willing to make a positive difference in the communities in which we live.
From the correspondence made public to date, there can be little doubt that the previous administration (indeed some of the very people seeking to censure Mr. Sata’s actions today) attempted to use the courts and our system of justice to settle political scores With their perceived enemies and political detractors.
To clear some of the confusion surrounding this issue, we can ask a few questions:
Did mutembo nchito, JNC holdings (a company owned by Mutembo and Nchima Nchito) and the Post Newspapers arrange finance from the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) – a Government-owned institution – to shore up an airline they had invested in and which money has remained unpaid to date? Yes.
Were they the victims of a plot by the previous administration to discredit them for political ends using this debt obligation? The Evidence made available so far would suggest so.
Does this justify the use of Presidential powers under the constitution to unearth the plot? Probably not.
But if the tribunal is able to clear the air on possible corruption within the judiciary, the ends may justify the means. The long-term implications, however, may be the effect this has on the ability of the judiciary to dispense justice without fear or favour.
We must remember that this is not about whether the president has acted within the law. This is about whether he has used his powers appropriately and if he has not, the implications of such action.
For example, the president clearly has power to forgive any person of any crime. But if he was to exercise these powers to forgive a relative of the crime of multiple murder, this would be considered an abuse of his power.
So barring a legal challenge, the tribunal will sit. Through the tribunal hearings, the public will have a chance to determine if the President has used the law to protect political friends or acted in The interest of removing a strain of corruption within the Judiciary. It is possible that both of these issues are at play (namely that the alleged corruption has justified the protection of the president’s political allies).
Whatever the background to the president’s decision, in order to complete the matrix of facts, certain questions need to be answered:
(1) Did any senior government minister or high ranking Judicial officer issue any directives to the Development Bank of Zambia to stay or suspend proceedings against the DPP (in his personal capacity), Post Newspapers and JNC holdings – persons (or Entities owned by persons) publicly seen as being close to the President?;
(2) If the people lodging the complaint had not been close associates of the president, would he have taken this action?;
(3) Should a person embroiled in such a controversy not be considering his position to continue to act as DPP, especially when the agency responsible for criminal prosecutions and over which he presides has been discontinuing matters against the proprietor of a bank that he or entities in which he has shareholding owe money; money connected to the very case that has prompted the tribunal hearings?
The invocation of the powers of the president to convene a tribunal under article 98 of the constitution is a serious undertaking that should not be embarked upon lightly. In the scheme of things, however, it is probably better to weed out any perceived corruption in the judiciary even if this coincides with the protection of political friends of the president.
We must not Lose sight, however, of the outstanding obligation of the debt owed to DBZ and the need for an impartial conclusion of this Matter.
[pullquote]An inescapable conclusion, whatever the outcome of the tribunal hearings, is that the current DPP cannot in the light of the conflicting position he finds himself in, continue his daily responsibilities in office.[/pullquote]
In the final analysis, if this is the case that helps zambia to begin to cleanse a troubled judiciary, then something positive may yet emerge from this sorry saga.
We just need to be clear that in the cleansing process we do not end up creating such fear in the Judiciary that we damage the parts of it that do uphold justice with integrity and competence.
An inescapable conclusion, whatever the outcome of the tribunal hearings, is that the current DPP cannot in the light of the conflicting position he finds himself in, continue his daily responsibilities in office.
Whether now or in the future, he must resign. At this stage the Very least he should do is stand aside and take leave pending the findings of the tribunal
SUSPENDED Supreme Court judge Philip Musonda last Thursday visited murder suspect Mathew Mohan at Chimbokaila Prison in Lusaka.This is according to the Daily Mail.
Prison records showed that Judge Musonda signed in the visitors’ book at 10:00 hours in the morning on his mission to meet Mohan, currently serving a two-and-half-year sentence for theft.
President Sata last week on Monday suspended Judge Musonda and High Court judges Charles Kajimanga and Nigel Mutuna and set up a tribunal to investigate them in the case of Development Bank of Zambia v Post Newspapers Limited, JCN Holdings Limited and Mutembo Nchito.
The Daily Mail revealed that Judge Musonda visited Mohan at the prison three days after his suspension.
“The purpose of the visit was to have a meeting with Mohan, who is a convict there,” a source told the Daily Mail.
“Judge Musonda used a male relative to access prison and Mohan but the nature of discussions between him and Mohan remained vague,” the source said.
The meeting was allegedly constantly characterised by gestures, with Mohan seemingly disagreeing with the judge, and it lasted 20 minutes before the judge clad in a blue tracksuit bottom walked out.
Judge Musonda wore a baseball cap and a white golf T-shirt when he entered the heavily-secured prison.
According to sources, Mohan may be a key witness in the forthcoming tribunal that shall hear arguments for and against the three suspended judges in due course.
President Sata has appointed a three-member tribunal to investigate the three judges and it will be headed by Malawi High Court judge Lovemore Chikopa. Others are Justice Thomas Ndhlovu and Justice Naboth Mwanza, both retired judges of the High Court of Zambia.
The move has cheered the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) but displeased the opposition, who have been making frantic efforts to circumvent the tribunal.
And the latest backing for President Sata has come from ambassador Darlington Mwape who served as President Levy Mwanawasa’s legal advisor.
In an interview he said: “There is precedence to this matter and late President Mwanawasa did it when he invoked his powers under Article 58 and constituted a tribunal on the proposal to remove the then Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mukelebai.”
He added: “The President is within his powers, we should not think that the Judiciary should not be checked, let us ask two questions: Is it constitutional? Yes. Is it within the powers of the President? Yes. If the two questions are answered in the affirmative, why should people complain about this decision?”
He adds that the security of tenure for judges must not be used as an argument against judges in question and that the matter borders on both legal and governance aspects.
Mr Mwape said the three arms of Government are meant to provide checks and balances to one another, saying the Judiciary must not feel it is above the law.
Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice-President Edgar Lungu yesterday presented Judge Chikopa with an appointment letter for him to chair the tribunal.
TRAFIGURA, is one of the six companies that have been awarded multi-billion Kwacha contracts to supply Zambia with undisrupted petroleum products for the next two years.
Apart from the Amsterdam-based Trafigura – which has access to approximately US$33 billion in credit facilities – are Tanzania’s Oilcom and Gunvor SA of South Africa.
Trafigura will supply undisclosed amounts of diesel or gasoline while Gunvor SA is said to have beaten the other companies in “low” crude supply quotes, which must be good news for Zambia as it tries to push down fuel pump prices.
Ministry of Energy and Water Development permanent secretary George Zulu over the weekend told the Sunday Mail that the selection criteria was tight in order to ensure corruption was removed from the process following President Sata’s expression of concern regarding the corruption that marred oil supply deals during his predecessor Rupiah Banda’s time.
Under Mr Banda, now visiting professor at Boston University in the United States, contracts were allegedly either prematurely terminated without reason and new ones awarded without following laid down tender guide lines.
One such case of premature termination involved the contract given to Kuwait’s IPG awarded by late President Mwanawasa’s administration that was scrapped under Mr Banda and subsequently given to some East African companies believed to have links with Mr Banda’s fugitive son Henry, who has also been tied to the revoked Zamtel sale. IPG’s contract has been reinstated.
“All I can tell you is that the final decision was arrived at above board,” Mr Zulu,who declined to confirm the Daily Mail information, said. “You see, in the past my predecessors (permanent secretaries) have been followed and interrogated by police on retirement and I don’t want that to happen to me.So, we are doing everything by the law.”
Up to K2 trillion was either misapplied or corruptly used during the last oil supply deals, according to the Wynter Kabimba-led commission of inquiry that recently handed a comprehensive report to President Sata.
Western Province Assistant Secretary Sineva Kambenja yesterday appeared before Mongu Magistrate Court after he was charged with 6 counts of forgery contrary to section 342 and 347 of the penal code chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia.
Particulars of the offence are that in the first count on an unknown date but between 21st January, and 31st September, 2010 in Mongu District, the accused with intent to defraud or deceive, did forge documents namely Lui Holiday Homes Guest House receipt number 257 and 561 purportedly to show that he was accommodated in Lui Guest House when infact not.
The court head that in count two, Mr. Kambenja on date unknown but between 1st January, and 1st September 2010 knowingly and fraudulently uttered false documents namely Lui Guest House receipt number 257 and 561 to the Provincial Accounting Unit in Mongu, knowing the same to be false, contrary to section 352 of the penal code chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia.
In count three, it is alleged that on dates unknown, but between 1st January and 1st September 2010 in Mongu, Mr. Kambenja is allegedly charged with forgery, where he knowingly and fraudulently presented a false document namely Selengeti Guest House receipt number 926 to Provincial Accounting Unit Mongu, knowing the same to be false.
Magistrate Liyungu stated that count four alleges that on date unknown but between 21st January and 1st September, 2010 in Mongu, the accused knowingly and fraudulently presented a false document namely Selengeti Guest House receipt number 926 to Provincial Accounting Unit in Mongu knowing the same to be false, contrary to `section 352 and 347 0f the laws of Zambia.
In count five, it is alleged that on date unknown but between 21st January and September 2010, in Mongu District with intent to defraud and receive, did forge a document namely Eliba Guest House receipt number 7114, purporting to show that he was accommodated at Eliba Guest House when infact not, contrary to the laws of Zambia.
In count six, it is alleged that on date unknown but between 1st January and September 2010,in Mongu knowing and fraudulently uttered a false document namely Eliba Guest House receipt number 7114 to the Provincial Accounting Unit Mongu, knowing the same to be false.
In response, Mr. Kambeja pleaded not guilty and the matter comes up for mention on 8th and 19th june, 2012 for trial.
The matter comes up for mention on 8th june, 2012 and 19th june, 2012 for commencement of trial.
The Zambia Cooperatives Federation (ZCF) has observed that the Zambian government has continued to subsidize maize exports within the SADC region.
ZCF Director General James Chirwa says the country has been exporting maize at a loss despite the country having to incur high production costs.
Mr. Chirwa notes that with last year’s maize floor price of maize pegged at K65,000, FRA was spending about US$ 260 per tonne of maize.
He adds that FRA has however been selling the maize to other countries within the region at a cost of not more than US $170 per tonne.
Mr. Chirwa has since reminded the government that Zambia is not that rich to be exporting maize at a loss and has since called on the government to work towards reducing the prices of the farming inputs.
Mr. Chirwa notes that this will help the country begin to sell the maize profitably.
Last week, the FRA announced that it had signed a contract with a Zimbabwean company to export 300, 000 metric tones of maize at a price of US$ 42.2 million.
FORMER Minister of Energy and Water Development Kenneth Konga’s multi-billion Kwacha hotel under construction near Kamwala in Lusaka, which Police have seized
A NEW hotel has been set up in Lusaka at a cost of K4.5 billion. The 40-room Diamondacres Hotel has been built by former Energy and Water Development minister Kenneth Konga, who said during the launch at the weekend that the facility would add value to Zambia’s economy through the creation of jobs.
The hotel, on Dedan Kemathi Road overlooking the Kafue Road Fly-over Bridge, has created 25 direct jobs.
Mr Konga, who is Chavuma Member of Parliament, said the hotel was going to help the country provide hospitality services to tourists and accommodate business persons from other countries.
He said the aim of building the hotel was to contribute to the creation of jobs for Zambians and to offer good services to the public.
“We spent about K4.5 billion to put up this hotel and so far it has created 25 direct jobs for Zambians and we are hoping we can create 10 more jobs to make it 35.
“People who will be coming to Zambia from different parts of the world are welcome and can lodge with us because this is a top-class hotel with quality services for all,” he said.
He said out of the 40 rooms, 36 were executive, two single and two double rooms while the hotel included other facilities like a conference room, a bar and a restaurant.
Mr Konga called for more investment in the hospitality industry if Zambia was to attract more tourists and business travellers.
In another development, a Livingstone-based catering firm, Calabash has introduced sunset dinners on the banks of Zambezi River around Victoria Falls site to enable tourists and other guests to have dinner while viewing the falls.
The dinners, which would be mounted on plain grounds around Victoria Falls on the banks of Zambezi River, would have fully fledged catering services of international repute inside the falls area.
Speaking during the launch of the first ever sunset dinner at Victoria Falls in Livingstone, Livingstone Tourism Association chairperson Kingsley Lilamono said the innovation would benefit the tourism sector.
Calabash company director Christopher Tett said the National Heritage Conservation Commission had allowed the firm to conduct sunset dinners around Victoria Falls, a heritage site.
Mr Tett, who is also Bushtracks managing director, said sunset dinners were an exciting and incredible project in his 15 years of stay in Zambia.
In December last year police warned and cautioned Mr.Konga over the multi-billion Kwacha hotel.Police at the time also seized 55 sewing machines, 14 boxes containing pieces for tables, 22 boxes containing pieces for stands, eight motor bikes, 80 bicycles and 135 boxes each containing 50 small winding radios.
However,Mr Kongas lawyer Sakwiba Sikota said his client was being questioned over a Hummer vehicle that was bought for him by Parliament.
“It’s sad that police are pursuing him over a vehicle bought by Parliament and it’s up to you to decide whether it is a witch-hunt or not,” he said.
Its not clear when Mr.Konga was cleared of the corruption charges.
File:A youth in business -cashing in on Tujilijili (brandy or gin packed in small sachets)
SOME Zambians resident in the border town of Nakonde have continued consuming the banned highly-intoxicating spirits known as “tujilijili” except this time around, they cross into neighbouring Tanzania to take their drink and then stagger back onto the Zambian side in drunken stupour.
The residents are capitalising on the fact that the Statutory Instrument signed by Local Government Minister, Nkandu Luo did not affect Tunduma, which is part of Tanzania.
Recently, Professor Luo signed a Statutory Instrument banning the production, distribution, sale and consumption of the spirits in Zambia.
A survey in Tunduma showed that the spirits were being sold to Zambians in huge quantities and many youths were trekking into Tunduma to consume the “killer drink” while others opted to spend nights on the Tanzanian side enjoying their drink.
Zambian youths, working as porters and vendors of low-valued goods such as slippers and screw drivers, are using the Zambian Kwacha and Tanzanian Shilling to trek into Tunduma to buy “tujilijili” from makeshift stalls.
The Zambian Government banned the highly-intoxicating spirits because they were packaged in small plastic sachets, which made them open for abuse by youths, including school-going children.
A youth, who served as a guide, said he was forced to work from Tunduma because he could not find employment in Zambia, where he left school in grade seven.
The youth was looking for 3,000 Shillings to buy food, but he ended up buying “tujilijili” being sold on the streets.
Speaking in Swahili, a woman who trades in mobile phone talk time and groceries said some of her customers for the spirits included Zambians, especially those resident in Nakonde and those who travelled to the port of Dar-es-Salaam.
Tunduma is a walking distance from Nakonde and it is only the border entry infrastructure that separates the two.
File: Father Frank Bwalya addressing a PF rally during the run up to the 2011 elections
Change Life Zambia Executive Director, Father Frank Bwalya, has urged the Patriotic Front (PF) Government not to mutilate any of the progress clauses in the draft constitution that may not be in its favour as a political party in power.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Kitwe today, Fr Bwalya, who strongly advocated for the constitutional review, said the newly released draft is good and takes the long standing demands for a democratic constitution that represents a true spirit of multi-partism.
Fr Bwalya hoped that the PF government will not throw out the critical clauses such as the 50 per cent plus one for a winning presidential candidate and the one stating that the vice president should be a running mate to the president among other contentious ones as the MMD did in the past drafts.
He said his organization and the entire Zambian people are looking forward to the PF party to honour its promise that it was not going to betray the people like the MMD did.
Fr Bwalya observed that if enacted in its draft form, the constitution would be a perfect document that would stand the test of time.
Last week the technical committee working on a new national constitution released its first draft and the public have been given 40 days to analyze it and make submissions in reaction.
Meanwhile Fr Bwalya said his organization will continue fighting for the former Zamtel workers who were prematurely laid off at the unscrupulous sale of the telecommunications company to Lap-Green Telecommunications of Libya.
He said his organization will soon make a follow up on the progress from government and the Zamtel management to see how far the process of re-engaging the workers has gone.
He added that ‘Get Involved Zambia’ was still committed to helping and speaking for the less privileged in society.
And the Civil Society Constitution Coalition, comprising 19 organisations, is satisfied with the contents of the draft constitution.
The coalition is happy that the draft has provided for economic, social and cultural rights for the first time.
Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections Director, Leonard Chiti who spoke on behalf of the coalition, says the various progressive clauses will help develop and strengthen the country’s democracy if implemented.
Mr. Chiti has told journalists at a media briefing that the coalition feels clauses such as article 75 (1) which provides for the 50 plus one per cent votes for a winning presidential candidate and article 107 (1) providing for a presidential running mate are progressive.
He says the coalition is also happy with the provisions which have been made for Presidential petitions and the transition period before the assumption of office for the elected President.
And Mr Chiti has urged government to immediately appoint a referendum commission so that arrangements for holding of the referendum can start.
James Chamanga scored his first hat trick of the season on Sunday to inspire his Chinese club Dalian Shide to their second win of the 2012 campaign.
The Zambian striker was on target in the 9th, 24th and 87th minutes in Shide’s 4-1 home win over 10th placed Tianjin Teda.
He as substituted just after completing his hat-trick with three minutes left to be played.
Shide are fourth from bottom in 13th place with 9 points from as many games played.
Meanwhile, his fellow China-based striker Christopher Katongo had a dry day despite his teams Henan Jianye 2-2 home draw against fourth placed Beijing Guoan.
Henan are 11th after the draw in a match Katongo played the full 90 minutes with 10 points from nine matches played.
And both Chamanga and Katongo are level on four goals each, three goals less than Romanian striker Cristian Danalache of second placed Jiangsu Shuntian.
