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Mutinta is a gifted singer with a beautiful voice. Her music has an Afro-jazz-soul feel to it , which is refreshing to the Zambian music scene. She stays true to her African roots in her music and videos and does not just follow the latest trends , which is a good thing. Originality is the key to success .
Enjoy some of her videos ;
UP TO YOU ft MXO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHpci498-M
Usain Bolt is arguably the fastest man on Earth. He holds the record in the 100m (9.58 secs) and 200m (19.19 secs) boasts a staggering top speed of 27.79mph. But Bolt believes anyonecan accelerate to greatness. “There are no secrets,” he says. “You just have to develop strength, power, acceleration and technique.”
To get speed like Usain, do the following workouts ;
Electrify your sprint
These three moves enable your muscles to reach maximum force in the shortest possible time to boost your explosive power and turbo-charge your sprint. “I perform them once a week during the winter to develop power and increase explosiveness,” says Bolt.
Bunny hops (Frog jumps)
5 sets of 20 reps
How its done:
With your feet shoulder-width apart, squat down and bring both arms back.
Drive your arms forward and jump as far ahead as you can ahead.
Land and quickly repeat the jump.
Box jumps
4 sets of 8 reps
How its done:
Adopt a squat position, with hands on your hips.
Jump onto a 60cm high box, landing on your feet.
Jump back down into a squat position and spring quickly back up.
Bounding
3 of sets 10 reps
How its done:
Leap forward, landing on the front of your right foot.
On landing, immediately leap forward onto your left foot.
Use your arms to power your body through the air.
Stretch your stride
“Flexibility helps with stride length, as does core stability to hold the hips in a good position,” says Bolt. “Usually when the hips drop the stride gets shorter.”
Hanging leg raises
3 sets of 10 reps
How its done:
While hanging from a pull-up bar with an overhand grip, bend your knees and raise your hips until your thighs are near your chest. Pause, lower and repeat.
File:President Michael Sata takes the Oath of Office as Chief Justice Ernest Sakala looks on at the inauguration ceremony in Lusaka
By E.Katyoka
90 days have passed since the PF ascended to power after a resounding victory that gave it a five year mandate and unseated a confident MMD from its 20 year rule. The jury is still out whether the MMD will revive and regain its ‘glory’ or like UNIP, pass on into oblivion.
Five years is a long time in politics, leaders and indeed political formations are yet to be born.
Notwithstanding 2011 will go down as one of the most remarkable years in Zambian history. Either as the year when Zambians finaly got the government they had waited for,elected the long awaited ‘Moses’ to take the Nation into the promised land, and veritably implimented ” Mwanawasa legacy reloaded”
or, it will be the beginning of the worst years of the Zambian expedition. The undoing of a nation.
Much of how things will turn out rests squarely on the shoulders of one. His excellency Michael Chilufya Sata. To any casual observer of Zambian politics it is clear that the 2011 Elections seem to have fractured the facade of a Zambian Nationalism.
The Nation undertook the most divisive bitterly contested Election in modern history. The Nation voted, and Ethnic nationalism like a vampire reared its head again and Zambian Nationalism like humpty dumpty shatterd into a thousand pieces.
It is yet to be seen whether the stitches of political state craft can re-assemble a semblance of a Zambian Nationalism to which all the ‘Ethnic Nationals’ of this country can subscribe to; without reservations.
Two options remain; Either we accept the ethnic nationalist sentiment as something that has come to stay and pragmatically begin to say ” one Zambia many ‘Ethnic’ Nations – unity in diversity” or Embrace a higher Nationalism…an African Nationalism, driven by the commonness of our African heritage
‘Ubuntu’. A Nationalism that embraces the common humanity of all races, tribes and tongues and seeks as its goal the redemption of the continent from the evils of tribalism, conflict, corporate greed,corruption, cronyism and resource colonialism brought about by the new scramble for Africa.
A nationalism that will not be driven by color,tribe or narrow sectarian considerations but one driven by the urgency of the cause of the suffering masses. That Africa, the continent of the great pyramids will one day rise up to fulfil the scripture Psalm 68:31 “Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.” For the Earth earnestly awaits the manifestation of the sons of God
My prayer is that Zambia may remain one sovereign indivisible country. That while the rest of the world is moving towards regional intergration, we may not allow the balkanisation of our peoples who have long lived side by side for millennia under the commonness of our shared humanity: ‘ubuntu’
long live Zambia.
NEW Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito says he will not use his position to target his perceived enemies as his critics would like to believe.
Mr Nchito said this when he appeared before the Parliamentary Select Committee that scrutinised his appointment and that of Solicitor-General Musa Mwenye. This is according to the Committee’s report.
“The nominee (Mr Nchito) stated that the job of a prosecutor is a very challenging one and going into it with an agenda to settle scores will make it more complicated. He explained that if given the job, his guiding principle on every prosecution will be to follow the rule of law regardless of who is involved.
“He reminded the Committee that the office of DPP is made up of many other officers such that whenever necessary, he will recuse himself from prosecuting cases where he will have an interest and allow other prosecutors to handle the cases,” the report reads in part.
Mr Nchito also told the Committee that during the eight years he served as public prosecutor under the defunct Task Force on Corruption, he demonstrated resilience and ability to handle political pressure in discharging his duties.
He said he has been motivated to leave the lucrative private law practice after reflecting on the matter and resolved to make himself available, purely to render a service to the nation.
And Mr Nchito explained to the committee that the problem encountered at the defunct Zambian Airways, where he was chief executive officer, was not peculiar to the airline industry.
He stated that Zambian Airways requested the Rupiah Banda administration to assist the company but the government declined.
Mr Nchito also denied allegations that he siphoned money from the defunct airline, adding that his integrity would be impinged if he owed people money or if, as Zambian Airways director, he siphoned money from the company.
Mr Nchito told the committee that the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) loaned Zambian Airways US$3 million (about K15 billion) and that the airline’s directors did not directly deal with DBZ directors but through a syndicate, Investrust Bank Plc.
He said when Zambian Airways went under, DBZ requested him to guarantee the loan, adding that this amounted to past consideration, which is no consideration in the law of contract.
A man searching for cell phone network signal up a tree
AMBIA Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) and Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) have joined other calls for government to reverse the law restricting entry of the fourth mobile phone service operator.
ZACCI president Geoffrey Sakulanda says the larger the number of players on the market the better because this help costs go down and consumers to benefit.
“ZACCI supports Government efforts to liberalise the economy, when we have more players in the industry doing business becomes cheaper although we should see to it that these providers do not form cartels,” he said.
Mr Sakulanda said that even as the new players are entering the market issues of better and improved services should not to be over looked. And ZACA executive director Muyunda Ililonga said the restriction of the entry of more mobile phone service providers was anti-competitive. He said if the government reverses the statutory instrument to make the mobile sector more competitive, the consumers will have a wide choice and not be limited to a particular operator.
Mr Ililonga said the introduction of the fourth mobile provider is good for the consumer’s welfare adding that it will reduce the cost of the products.
The government should remove all barriers and fully liberalise the sector so that the consumer’s welfare is not undermined.
Government through the Ministry of Communication and Transport issued Statutory Instrument No. 111 of 2009 that has prevented entry into the fixed telephone and mobile communication networks markets up to 2014.
The reason Government gave was that allowing unrestricted entry into the mobile market will result into the market having more market players fighting for a few subscribers which might eventually force others to exit the market due to unattractive profit margins despite prior substantial investment in their mobile network operations.
Government noted that in this regards, for another entry to occur into the market, Zambia is supposed to attain a certain level in both subscription and potential which will warrant continued profitability of all market players.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
File: Zambian Breweries Group corporate affair director Chibamba Kanyama (l)
THE SABMiller-owned Zambia Breweries plc. that produces and distributes Coca Cola have called for fair application in ‘tax holidays’ following a Mail expose that Pepsi was given a five-year K10.8 billion tax holiday by former Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane.
It is like the age-old ‘cola’ wars all over again where the two arch-rivals try to out-do each other in sponsoring sports or coming up with new unique products except this time the ‘war’ has been brought to the Zambian soil.
Leading the attack is Zambian Breweries corporate affairs director Chibamba Kanyama who has expressed “concern” about “competition” issues in the tightly contested industry, which he feels must not apply ‘exclusively’ at the expense of possibly discriminating other companies.
He said it is important for Government to ensure that trade policies are also fair.
This was after the K10.8 billion tax holiday to Varun was exposed by the Mail on Tuesday. Dr Musokotwane instructed the Zambia Revenue Authority to award the tax holiday to the company that produces Pepsi Cola.
“We would also love to have a tax holiday, if the opportunity arises,” Mr Kanyama said, adding that Zambian Breweries has never been awarded a tax holiday on any of its products despite ‘massive’ investments it has made in Zambia.
“We haven’t had a tax holiday on VAT and excise duty. Our concern here is on competition. I think policies and programmes should apply to everybody in the industry,” he said.
He said VAT and excise duty should apply fairly to all companies in the industry to promote fair competition.
Conversely, Trade Kings Limited, a local manufacturing company, says the tax holiday incentive is open to irregularities and abuse by certain companies, especially foreign ones.
Company corporate affairs manager Bright Chunga said in a separate interview that some foreign firms have closed their companies after the expiry of the tax holiday incentive.
“I recall at some point, Government gave some furniture shops and others dealing in suits a tax holiday but most of them left after the expiry of the period. So this incentive can encourage irregularities,” he said.
Dr Chunga said since the establishment of Trade Kings in 1995, it has not received a tax holiday.
“Trade Kings has never ever been given a tax holiday since inception,” he said.
He said the investment licence is the only tax holiday which applies to every established company.
Dr Chunga said the Investment Act stipulates the types of tax holidays that apply to various investments.
“I know of a tax holiday which applies when a company invests over US$500,000. However, there is another type of holiday which is discretional. This is what the Investment Act stipulates,” Dr Chunga said.
Tax deferments are a fairly normal practice as long as a statutory instrument (SI) is signed and extenuating circumstances are provided before the tax holiday is given.
Tax experts say this is not the case for Pepsi Cola.
According to the Zambia Daily Mail it was “highly illegal” for Dr Musokotwane to defer a consumable tax such as VAT.
Minister of Home Affairs Kennedy Sakeni has since directed the police to ensure the law takes its course in the matter.
He said that his ministry is in possession of information on Dr Musokotwane’s suspected wrongdoing in respect of Varum beverages deal.
“It should be noted that the ZRA Act empowers institutions to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing and this is best done in collaboration with other law enforcement officers to do so,” Mr Sakeni said.
Brian Lingela at the Zambian Anti-Trust Unit said his commission may investigate the matter to ensure there are no ‘competition’ breaches.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
Here is the Zambia senior team to go into camp for the final phase of the 2012 Africa Cup tournament.
Renrda named a provisional 28 man team that includes two standby players Thomas Nyirenda and James Chamanga who are both injured.
Team
Goalkeepers: Joshua Titima (Power Dynamos), Kalililo Kakonje (unattached), Kennedy Mweene (Free State Stars, South Africa)
Defenders: Davies Nkausu(SuperSport United, South Africa), Joseph Musonda (Golden Arrows, South Africa), Nyambe Mulenga (Zesco United ), Stophilla Sunzu, Hichani Himoonde, Francis Kasonde (All TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Kampamba Chintu (BidVest Wits, South Africa)
Midfielders: William Njobvu (Hapoel Ironi Shmona, Israel), Justin Zulu (LeZion, Israel), Felix Katongo, Nathan Sinkala (Both Green Buffaloes), Isaac Chansa (Orlando Pirates, South Africa), Noah Chivuta (Free State Stars, South Africa), Rainford Kalaba (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Chisamba Lungu (Ural ,Russia), Clifford Mulenga (Bloemfontein Celtic, South Africa) Christopher Katongo (Henan Jienye, China), Jonas Sakuwaha (El Merreikh, Sudan)
Strikers: Collins Mbesuma (Golden Arrows, South Africa), Evans Kangwa (Nkana), Emmanuel Mayuka (BSC Young Boys, Switzerland), Given Singuluma (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Roger Kola (AS Ashdod, Israel)
Chief Government Spokesman Given Lubinda has revealed that Vice President Guy Scott will this week present a statement to Parliament detailing the achievements of the PF government in the first 90 days of its rule.
Mr. Lubinda in an interview said the new government through the Vice President will outline all the achievements recorded in the first three months of PF administration.
He said government has opted to present a statement in Parliament in order to avoid giving piece meal statements on its 90 days achievements in power.
Mr. Lubinda said the PF government has scored major successes in the last three months which have given it confidence that it will fulfil all its promises to the Zambian people.
The PF marks 90 days in power tomorrow, a timeframe under which they promised to implement certain development programmes.
The Zambia National Marketers Association (ZANAMA) executive has refuted local authorities’ allegations that it has been running council markets in the country.
ZANAMA president Evils Nkandu said his association has never run council markets in the country.
Mr. Nkandu said it is the councils that have been running markets in Zambia and collecting levies in all the years that his organization has been working in the markets.
Speaking in Kitwe during a meeting for marketers drawn from all Copperbelt towns yesterday, Mr. Nkandu said people have painted a very bad picture about ZANAMA.
He said it was sad that structures at markets such as Chisokone and Nakadoli in Kitwe have been put up by the marketers themselves while the council was only collecting levies.
Mr. Nkandu said ZANAMA has now established a head office in town but explained that branch officials will however continue operating from their previous offices in markets.
He said ZANAMA was an organization that was registered by the Registrar of Societies and must therefore be allowed to work freely.
Mr. Nkandu said the ZANAMA leadership will seek an audience with President Michael Sata to iron out some issues.
He admitted that as an organization, ZANAMA received K1 billion from the Citizens’ Economic Empowerment Fund (CEEC).
He said he got K2.5 million in form of a loan.Mr. Nkandu said ZANAMA will work with the government of the day just like in the previous years.
[ZANIS]
Parliament heard today that former president Rupiah Banda spent K39.7 billion on foreign trips during his presidency.
Responding to a question by PF Bahati Member of Parliament Harry Kalaba who wanted to know how much money was spent on foreign trips by the fourth president from 1st January,2010 to 1st September, 2011,Vice president Guy Scott said the amount in total stands at K39,790,69,570.
QFM News reports that asked on what measures that PF government has put in place to avert colossal amounts of money being spent on presidential trips, Dr Scott stated that President Michael Sata has made it clear that he intends to minimize his foreign trips.
He says this is evident in circumstances were himself as vice president has had to travel in place of the president, and also ministerial delegations have travelled in his place.
Dr Scott further revealed that it costs nearly ten times as much for the president to travel compared to the vice president and ministers.
File:President Sata poses for a photograph with members of the commission of inquiry on the operations of the Zambia National Building Society at State House
Former Vice President, George Kunda has described the commission of inquiries established by the PF government as a sheer waste of tax payers’ money.
Mr. Kunda who is MMD Chairperson for Legal Affairs says he does not understand the reasoning behind the commissions noting that strengthening already existing institutions such as DEC, Police and the ACC should have been the ideal.
He has urged the government to disclose the amounts the commissioners get as sitting allowances.
[MUVI TV]
File: Northern province permanent secretary Emmanuel Mwamba is interviewed at Lubwa Mission Church of Chinsali district
Northern Province Permanent Secretary Emmanuel Mwamba Mwamba has advised Mr. Mucheleka to stop purporting to be senior chief Nkula but instead leave the palace and allow for a smooth ascension to the throne by the recognised chief.
This followed reports that the Bemba royal establishment in Chinsali district had not welcomed government’s decision to elevate Chief Chikwanda of Mpika district to the Senior Chief Nkula throne.
‘President Sata is very much aware of the decision we made as the Shilubemba royal establishment on this matter. Paramount Chief Chitimukulu and his team of advisors made the wisest decision on the matter but now government wants to bring confusion because the incumbent has been on the throne for three months now,chairman of the Ichinga traditional council, Bwembya Tabwe said.
However Northern Province Permanent Secretary Emmanuel Mwamba said President Michael Sata’s decision to recognise chief Chikwanda as new senior chief Nkula of the Bemba speaking people in Chinsali district is in line with the Bemba traditions and customs.
This is contained in a letter dated December 21, 2011 and signed by Emmanuel Mwamba addressed to Maxwell Mucheleka, who is claiming the chieftainship of senior chief Nkula.
Mr. Mwamba explained in the letter that according to the Bemba traditions and customs, when a leadership vacuum for senior chief Nkula arises, chief Chikwanda of Mpika district automatically ascends to the throne.
He observed that the President’s recognition of chief Chikwanda was aimed at restoring traditional customs and norms in the manner the hierarchy to the throne of senior chief Nkula is supposed to be followed.
The Permanent Secretary said it was better for the claimant to voluntarily vacate the palace in order to avoid creating unnecessary succession wrangles in senior chief Nkula’s chiefdom.
Mr. Mwamba further appealed to the traditional leaders and other stakeholders in Chinsali district to accept government’s decision to recognise chief Chikwanda as the new senior chief Nkula.
On 13th December this year, President Sata recognised chief Chikwanda, whose names are James Charles Ng’andu, as senior chief Nkula in conformity with the Laws of Zambia.
However, some members of the Bemba Royal Establishment in Chinsali recently opposed government’s decision to recognise chief Chikwanda as senior chief Nkula claiming that someone else has already been chosen to take up the Nkula throne.
[ZANIS]
FIRST Lady Christine Kaseba has said the campaign for zero-tolerance against gender-based violence, corruption, poverty and moral degradation in society should start at family level.
Dr Kaseba has also called for collective empowerment of needy families if the country is to reduce poverty and attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Speaking during the launch of the Families Are Nations (FAN) project in Lusaka yesterday, Dr Kaseba said strong family units were important for national development.
“A family, described as a social group consisting of parents and children, is a unit of socialisation and a basic institution which is key to the structure of society.
“The corporate world needs well-established families to excel, and our Government needs a strong family partnership in creating conducive communities within which to deliver effective national development and governance,” she said.
Dr Kaseba said the family should always remain the major cornerstone of continued social and corporate manifestation in society for the country to effectively manage human and natural resources.
She said efforts to end new HIV/AIDS infections should be effectively applied at family unit level.
“For peace to exist in Zambia, there should be peace at home, within the individual and within the family,” she said.
And Minister of Local Government, Early Child Education and Environmental Protection, Nkandu Luo said the Government would restructure the education system by bringing back the welfare school that would provide adult learning.
Professor Luo commended FAN for incorporating adult literacy in programmes as that would broaden the capacity of the learners, who were mostly women.
And FAN president, Judith Mwila said her organisation was currently addressing some vices that had affected the family unit.
She said FAN was there to fight vices such as corruption and illiteracy, especially among women.
[Times of Zambia]
President Michael Sata has directed Minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda to table the report of the Zambia Revenue Authority Commission of Inquiry before cabinet.
Mr. Sata was however, disappointed that the Chairperson of the ZRA Commission of Inquiry Kingsley Chanda did not give a summary of the report.
The President was speaking at State House, when he received the Report of the ZRA Commission of Inquiry, which was set to look at the operations of the Zambia Revenue Authority.
Mr. Sata instructed Mr. Chikwanda to draw a cabinet memo so that cabinet could look at the document.
The President is also disappointed that a parliamentarian refused to appear before a Commission of Inquiry on the contract for the supply, installation and commissioning of the Zambia Air Traffic Management Surveillance Radar System.
He explained that a parliamentarian refused to appear before the Commission of Inquiry because it is NOT serious.
And Mr. Chanda said he is confident that the Report will help government in tax administration.
President Sata appointed the ZRA Commission of Inquiry to also among other things investigate the awarding of contracts to various firms and establish whether the law was followed.
Over one hundred witnesses appeared before the ZRA Commission of Inquiry, which sat for over a month.
GOVERNMENT revenue amounting to K12 billion has been kept in an account at a private commercial bank in Lusaka since January, contrary to regulations that such should be immediately transferred to the central bank.
Times investigations reveal that this money is tax revenue collected by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA).
The money has been lying idle for the last 11 months in the said account referred to as ESCROW account.
It has also been revealed that the K4 billion payment in a transaction President Michael Sata intervened and stopped midway, was to be made from the ESCROW account.
It is not yet established how many other transactions have taken place in the said account.
The President disclosed at a swearing-in ceremony in October this year that there was a “scam” in which ZRA was about to pay K4 billion to a “fake” clearing firm operating scanners at the northern border town of Nakonde in Northern Province.
Mr Sata immediately instructed the Zambia Police Service and the Ministry of Finance and National Planning to block the payment and investigate any other transactions that could have been made from State coffers to pay the firm.
The president noted that the scanners at the border post belonged to the Zambian people through the ZRA.
“This morning, ZRA was supposed to pay K4 billion to a front of somebody who was in my office but the scanners which are at Nakonde belong to the Government of the Republic of Zambia through ZRA,” Mr Sata said when he made the disclosure in November.
Documentation has also revealed that the same local commercial bank is holding US$1 million belonging to Mpundu Trust Limited, whose source is unknown.
The Times has learnt that the named local commercial bank received instructions from a Cabinet minister in the previous regime to open this account.
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has since opened investigations into the matter.
President Sata recently instructed law enforcement agencies to investigate how a private bank account belonging to Mpundu Trust Limited, got to hold a colossal sum of $1 million.
The president gave the directive in the wake of revelations that Mpundu Trust had unexplained funds in one of the commercial banks in the country.
On the basis of the colossal amounts involved, the president felt that it would only be fair and prudent for the DEC in liaison with other law enforcement agencies to professionally and systematically investigate the matter.
Recent media reports revealed that Mpundu Trust was linked to former president, Rupiah Banda.
