THE Kitwe magistrate court yesterday slapped a six months simple imprisonment sentence to the woman that allegedly poured hot porridge on her husband.
Two months out of the six would be suspended for 12 months meaning that she will only serve four months simple imprisonment.
Mavis Mwansa,29, of house number 692, Bulangililo was facing one count of causing grievous bodily harm contrary to section 229 of the Penal Code Cap 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
On October 12 this year Mwansa, unlawfully did grievous bodily harm to Nelson Mwanza after pouring hot porridge on him.
She however denied the charge But in his judgment, senior resident magistrate Daniel Musonda noted Mr. Mwanza was grievously harmed by Mwansa.
The court also noted that Mr Mwanza sustained burns on the left side of his body and part of his face.
In her mitigation , Mwansa said has learnt a lot from the time she was remanded at Kamfinsa prison and asked for lenience. She also said that she was sorry for whatever she had done.
The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has expressed worry at the continued trend by parents and barons to use children as illicit drug couriers.
DEC Commissioner Alita Mbahwe said recently, a 14 year old girl was arrested in Serenje district where parents left over 50 kilogrammes of cannabis with her to sell to the abusers, while they went into hiding.
ZANIS reports that Ms. Mbahwe was speaking in Kabwe at the just ended two days sensitisation workshop for chiefs in Central province, whose theme was, ‘one chief, five Industries’.
She called on chiefs to sensitise their subjects against using children in drug related issues.
She said chiefs’ voices were very much respected and can help to prevent the abuse of children in drug trafficking.
Ms. Mbahwe further said Central province has continued to record a high number of people arrested for trafficking in cannabis and miraa, adding that the province was also the hotbed spot concerning the growing of the psychotropic substances.
The Commissioner has further called upon chiefs to work with DEC in order to effectively preach the message that will make communities free of illicit drugs such as cannabis and miraa.
She added that a fight against the scourge of illicit drugs will be in vain without the chiefs’ support as their role in the battle goes to the root of the problem when it comes to cannabis cultivating and trafficking.
Ms. Mbahwe also urged chiefs to guard the communities against falling prey to vices such as white collar crimes.
According to the 2011 DEC report, Central province was leading in the amounts of cannabis seizures, accounting for 58 per cent of 83 kilograms of cannabis seeds seized countrywide.
And from January 2012 to date, a total number of 358 people have been arrested for drug related offences and a total of seven tonnes of cannabis has been seized in Central province.
Minister of Defence Geoffrey Mwamba has said tremendous progress has been made towards capturing the notorious Mailoni brothers in Mkushi district.
Mr. Mwamba assured the nation that the trio will sooner or later be captured by government forces that were deployed to Luano valley to clamp them down.
He said the forces have made inroads in tracing where the Mailoni brothers may be hiding and that it was just a matter of time before the killer brothers are brought to book.
Mr. Mwamba could however not divulge much information concerning the matter for fear of jeopardizing operations to arrest the three ‘blood-thirsty’ brothers who have caused untold terror to the people of Luano valley of Mkushi district of Central Province.
He was speaking to journalists in an interview in Lusaka today shortly after presenting Christmas hampers to patients at Maina Soko Military Hospital.
And Mr. Mwamba has urged citizens to always have a heart for patients and other vulnerable people in society by sharing the little they have especially during the festive season.
He urged citizens in the country to cultivate a heart of giving as it was more joyous to give than to receive.
Speaking earlier, Maina Soko Military Hospital Commandant Panganani Njobvu thanked the minister for the gesture saying the gift hampers would significantly help in quickening the recovering process of the patients.
Brigadier General Dr. Njobvu also disclosed that the maternity wing at the hospital, which was undergoing renovations, was ready for use and had been fully refurbished.
He said what was lacking was staff of at least ten medical officers to work in the maternity wing.
Home Affairs Minister Edgar Lungu has said the Public Order Act is a good piece of legislation in its current form.
Mr. Lungu said government will not amend the Act unless the opposition political parties give valid reasons and convince government to make adjustments.
He said he can only take the proposed amendment to cabinet if the opposition political parties give him valid reasons for amending the Act.
Mr. Lungu was speaking last evening on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) programme dubbed, “Sunday Interview” monitored by ZANIS in Lusaka.
“The law (Public Order Act) in its current form is a very good piece of legislation we have in the country. This law can be improved when they (opposition) form government and they want me to discard it, no l will not,” Mr. Lungu said.
Mr. Lungu, who is also Patriotic Front (PF) Chawama Member of Parliament, advised the opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) and United Party for National Development (UPND) to dialogue with government and desist from rushing to the court when aggrieved.
“I am surprised that the opposition are saying the Act is a bad law. As PF we are open to dialogue but we see our friends doing things deliberately,” he said.
He further advised the opposition political parties to understand government’s position on holding public rallies.
He said having a meeting was not absolute adding that government has a duty to protect the rights of the citizens.
MMD leader Dr. Nevers Mumba and his UPND counterpart Hakainde Hichilema have accused the PF government of not being democratic by not allowing them to hold public rallies.
Rainford Kalaba might make a full return to training this week when Zambia enters camp in Johannesburg.
Zambia team physician Doctor Joseph Kabungo said he set to make a decision this week when the team goes into camp on December 26.
“Rainford is doing well I think he should be able to join full training in the next few days,” Dr Kabungo said.
“We will determine how well he’s progressed in the next few days.”
Kalaba sustained his injury in a CAF Champions League semifinal game against Esperance of Tunisia on October 10 in Lubumbashi.
The midfielder has since then been sidelined and has been doing light separately from the rest of the Zambia team since it entered camp on December 15 in Lusaka.
Kalaba also missed Zambia’s final leg qualifier against Uganda on October 13 and sat-out last Saturdays 1-0 loss to Tanzania in a friendly game.
Patriotic Front cadres this morning heeded to party Secretary General Wynter Kabimba’s directive not to block embattled Kabwata Members of Parliament and Foreign Affairs Minister Given Lubinda from entering his office as planned.
Mr. Lubinda told Qfm News in an interview this morning from his office that he does not expect anyone to block him from carrying out national duties.
He says he will continue serving the people of Zambia despite the continuing pressure on him to resign from the ruling party.
And speaking in a separate interview, PF Kabwata Constituency Chairman David Silubanje said he has withdrawn his cadres from blocking Mr. Lubinda to allow the disciplinary committee take necessary action against him.
Mr. Silubanje says it is the will of the people that Mr. Lubinda is reprimanded by the party’s disciplinary committee on allegations of divided loyalty.
Yesterday PF secretary general Wynter Kabimba called on party cadres to exercise patience and wait for the disciplinary committee to hear cases instead of locking suspected offenders outside their offices.
[pullquote]“This is not my party and I am equal to every one of you here. Therefore, I have no reason or objective to hound anyone out of this party. People will hound themselves out, not me. They will also be hounded out by members who want to defend the party,” Kabimba said.[/pullquote]
“I want to urge you colleagues that we should allow the process to take its course,” Mr Kabimba said. “May I also state that a disciplinary committee was constituted to look at all pending issues,” he said.
The Justice Minister added, “I would urge you to exercise patience and do not lock anyone out of their offices,” he said.
He said the ruling party will act to protect itself from anyone who attempts to frustrate its efforts and this must not be mistaken for hounding out foes.
Mr Kabimba said the PF is presently going through a defining moment to protect its ideology which requires it to correct erring members.
He said he has been accused of trying to hound out and victimise some party members but that these are the people who do not want to repent about bad situations they have created for themselves.
“This is not my party and I am equal to every one of you here. Therefore, I have no reason or objective to hound anyone out of this party. People will hound themselves out, not me. They will also be hounded out by members who want to defend the party,” Kabimba said.
Mr Kabimba said the PF has to cleanse itself in order to be strong.
“We want people to be members because of what they can do for the party and not what the party can do for them,” he said.
Mr Kabimba said while Government makes up the administrative structures of the country, the ruling party is the political authority of the country.
“The ruling party is important and supreme. It has nothing to do with the one-party state because before Government, there was a party,” he said.
He said President Sata founded the PF for the poor, not the rich.
He asked ministers to serve interests of the poor, adding that if they have missed that point, they will not last. He cautioned Government leaders not to take anything for granted.
Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) women have defended party president Hakainde Hichilema over his alleged remarks advising single women in the opposition to deny their Patriotic Front boyfriends sex.
Speaking at media briefing in Lusaka this morning, UPND Chairlady for Women Affairs Namakau Kabwiko says Mr. Hichilema never insulted the women when he made the alleged statement under scrutiny.
Mrs. Kabwiko says it is shocking that instead of the PF government concentrating on real issues affecting the country, they have resorted to attacking the UPND leader.
She says UPND women will stand by their leader, adding that Mr. Hichilema does not owe anyone an apology for his remark.
Mr. Hichilema was on Thursday quoted by some sections of the media as having appealed to single women in the opposition political parties to deny their boyfriends sex in protest over the PF governance system.
The statement has prompted condemnation from the ruling party with Gender Minister Inonge Wina describing the remarks alluding to women as sex objects as unacceptable.
Mukuka Mulenga leads the list of three new faces in Zambia’s 2013 Africa cup provisional team unveiled today.
The 19-year-old Power Dynamos playmaker has been drafted into the 26-member team together with Red Arrows midfielder Shadreck Malambo and Zanaco defender Salulani Phiri.
However, missing from the team is 20-year-old Nkana striker Evans Kangwa following a poor 2012 a year after scoring 16 goals in all competition in the 2011 season.
Also left out of the team is TP Mazembe striker Given Singuluma who failed to turn up for the Tanzania friendly.
Power goalkeeper Joshua Titima has made the team ahead of Daniel Munayu who was in goal on Saturday in Zambia’s 1-0 away loss to Tanzania.
Meanwhile, Collins Mbesuma and Jacob Mulenga are part of the team that heads to Johannesburg on December 26 for the final phase of training camp.
The team will be cut to the final 24 in mid-January.
Team:
Goalkeepers: Kennedy Mweene (Free States Stars, South Africa), Joshua Titima (Power Dynamos), Kalililo Kakonje (Napsa Stars)
Defenders: Stopilla Sunzu, Hichani Himonde, Francis Kasonde (All TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Davies Nkausu (SuperSport United, South Africa), Joseph Musonda (Golden Arrows, South Africa), Chintu Kampamba (unattached), Salulani Phiri (Zanaco), Emmanuel Mbola (FC Porto, Portugal)
Midfielders: Rainford Kalaba, Nathan Sinkala (Both TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Mukuka Mulenga (Power Dynamos), Isaac Chansa (Henan Jianye, China), Chisamba Lungu (Ural Oblast, Russia) , Felix Katongo(Premiero de Agosto, Angola), Noah Chivuta (Free States Stars, South Africa) , William, Njobvu (Hapoel Be’er Sheba, Israel), Shadreck Malambo (Red Arrows)
Strikers: Emmanuel Mayuka (Southampton, England) Collins Mbesuma (Orlando Pirates, South Africa), Jacob Mulenga (Utrecht, Netherlands), James Chamanga (Dalian Shide, China), Jonas Sakuwaha (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Christopher Katongo (Henan Jianye, China)
MMD president Nevers Mumba and his supporters outside the Kitwe Magistrate court
MMD President Nevers Mumba has refuted the reported defection of the entire MMD leadership in Luapula Province.
Dr Mumba said the MMD leadership was intact in Luapula province contrary to media report.
Over the weekend, some media houses reported that the entire MMD Leadership has defected to join the ruling Patriotic Front.
He however admitted that four people defected from the party and their planned defection was known long before they did.
He named the four defectors as the Provincial Party Chairperson and the Vice chairperson, the Provincial Chairlady and the Youth Leader.
Meanwhile Dr Mumba has accused the Patriotic Front government of having released K1 billion for buying MMD Members of Parliament to either defect or engage in activities aimed at destroying their party.
He further alleged that the PF government has also given K20 million to councilors in Lufwanyama for them to defect from the former ruling party.
Dr Mumba warned the Members of Parliament or Party members who have received the money that it will work against them as it is tax payers’ money which should be used for national development.
He urged government to use that money to address the food insecurity looming in the country.
And Dr Mumba has announced that the MMD together with some civil society groups were in contact with the international community over the violation of human rights in Zambia by the Patriotic Front government.
He said the MMD and some civil society groups were making arrangement to have a meeting with the international community in Zambia for the later to get a full report of what is happening.
The embattled MMD leader vowed that he will continue to speak and defend all those afflicted by the Patriotic Front Government.
Dr Mumba was speaking in Kitwe today shortly after he appeared for plea in Kitwe Magistrate court in a case where he is charged for unlawful assembly.
Earlier, . MMD President Nevers Mumba and eight others who were recently arrested for unlawful assembly in Kitwe today appeared for mention in Kitwe Magistrate Court.
The eight are charged for unlawful assembly, a charge they denied when they appeared for plea two weeks ago.
The matter has since been adjourned to January 29, 2013 for commencement of trial.
Dr Mumba was recently arrested together with three MMD MPs and four party officials after they paid a courtesy call on Senior Chief Nkana of the Lamba people in Lufwanyama.
They were later released on a K2million bail each.
The accused include Dr Nevers Mumba, Howard Kunda MP for Muchinga, Anne Chungu for Lufwanyama and Michael Chishiba for Masaiti Constituency.
Others are MMD Copperbelt Women chairlady Elizabeth Mataka, MMD deputy national secretary Chembe Nyangu and Greenford Zondani who is Dr Mumba’s assistant
President Michael Sata
President Michael Sata has, with immediate effect, revoked the appointment of Hon. Elijah Muchima as deputy minister in the Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.
The Head of State confirmed the revocation of Hon. Muchima’s appointment during a swearing-in ceremony at State House today.
President Sata, who thanked Hon. Muchima for the services rendered to the nation during his tenure of office, wished the Mwinilunga West [Ikeleng’i] parliamentarian God’s blessings in his future endeavours.
And President Sata has appointed Kabompo East MMD member of parliament Hon. Danny Chingimbu as deputy minister and assigned him to the Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.
The Head of State wished Hon. Chingimbu success as he embarks on a new journey in his political career and service to the nation.
And, President Sata this morning swore in Mr. Palan Mulonda as Zambia’s Ambassador to the United States of America.
The President expressed confidence that Ambassador Mulonda will execute his duties to the satisfaction of the nation.
“The United States (US) is a very key development partner to Zambia. Therefore, we expect you, Mr. Mulonda to represent us very well in Washington DC. We wish you well as you embark on your tour of duty,” President Sata said.
Meanwhile,President Michael Sata has urged Zambians to show compassion and care to one another, especially to the needy this Christmas.
President Sata said though Christmas is mainly a period for celebration and family get together, people must find time to thank Almighty God and reflect on the purpose of Charismas.
“We should be persistently inspired by the life and deeds of our Lord Jesus Christ. And during this period let us all endeavour to extend goodwill, love compassion and care to each other, especially to those who are disadvantage or less privileged than ourselves,” said President Sata.
This is contained in a media statement released to the media in Lusaka today, by President Sata’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations, George Chellah.
Mr Sata further urged the Zambian people to use this period as an opportunity for reconciliation and service to others and more importantly give assurance and hope to one another.
“This is the time to reflect with pride and satisfaction that despite our different political persuasions, we have allowed a peaceful atmosphere to prevail in our country. This is how it should be and I implore all leaders to ensure that this status is upheld,” the President said.
He also counselled Zambians to avoid over-indulgence in order to minimise fatalities and human suffering during this festive period.
“Let us all conduct ourselves in a responsible manner and desist from behaviour that will endanger our lives and that of others. Zambia needs all of us and I therefore, urge all road users to observe traffic rules,” he said.
“I wish you all, my dear beloved compatriots, a merry Christmas and we pray that this will be a memorable day to us all.”
And President Sata has directed the police and other law enforcement agencies to strictly enforce law and order in the country as well as ensuring that there is sanity on the roads during the festive period.
THE construction of a new terminal building at Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport will be completed in May 2013 ahead of schedule in readiness for 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly, Project manager Peter Kapala has said.
Currently, the existing airport building has the capacity to attract 250, 000 passengers per year while the new terminal building would be attracting about 700, 000 passengers per year annually.
Mr Kapala said the completion of a terminal building had been moved to May 2013 from the earlier timeframe of June next year because most resources were currently available to do finishing touches.
He was speaking in Livingstone at the weekend when a delegation of Permanent Secretaries led by Deputy Secretary to Cabinet Peter Kasanda inspected the construction of a new terminal building at Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport.
The Permanent Secretaries, who are members of the National Steering committee supervising and overseeing the preparations for the holding of the 2013 UNWTO general assembly, were in Livingstone and other surrounding areas to inspect various projects and facilities ahead of the tourism conference.
“We are ahead of schedule and we will finish the remaining works by May 2013. Almost all the resources required are available while other materials will be arriving in the country soon after New Year holiday,” Mr Kapala said.
He said most pending works only needed a shorter period for them to be completed such as five days or less than a month.
National Airports Corporation Limited (NACL) managing director Robinson Misitala assured the Permanent Secretaries that the new airport infrastructure would be commissioned before the UNWTO general assembly.
Mr Misitala said it would take many years to fill the capacity of Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport once the terminal building was completed.
The new terminal building would have two boarding gates, five club lounges, 30 retail spaces and viewing terraces among other facilities.
And National Steering Committee chairperson for the August 2013 UNWTO general assembly Peter Kasanda has called for an improvement of border facilities to improve the image of the country.
Mr Kasanda said border posts were very important for tourism because that was where the picture of the country emerged to the outside world.
He was speaking on Saturday after members of the National Steering Committee inspected Katimamulilo, Kazungula and Victoria Falls border posts.
The three border posts are entry points to Livingstone, a city which would co-host the UNWTO general assembly with Victoria Falls town in Zimbabwe from August 24 to 29, 2013.
Zambia and Zimbabwe are expecting a maximum of 4 000 participants during the UNWTO general assembly next year.
This would comprise of 1 500 delegates from more than 180 member states, affiliate and associate members of the UNWTO, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and the general travelling public.
The two countries have so-far agreed to share the costs of co-hosting on 50/50 basis, which means that each country would host about 2, 000 delegates.
Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Peter Mwaba
Livingstone General Hospital will acquire a Computerised Tomography (CT) scanner and an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to prepare the institution for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly, Health Permanent Secretary Peter Mwaba has said.
A CT scan, which is mostly used in advanced medical institutions around the globe, uses X-rays to make detailed pictures of structures inside of the body.
Dr Mwaba said the popularised CT scanner and ICU would be procured from the K204 billion that had been allocated to Livingstone, Ndola, Kitwe and University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in next year’s national budget.
He said designs had already been done for a specific new wing of Livingstone General Hospital which would carter for the UNWTO general assembly.
Dr Mwaba was speaking in Livingstone at the weekend during a meeting between the National Steering Committee and the local organising committee.
“From the health point of view, Livingstone will never be the same again and you need to sing this song as local organising committee.
We need to market these preparations very well so that people who will come during the UNWTO general assembly will know what is available in Livingstone,” Dr Mwaba said.
And Information and Broadcasting Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga has urged the media in Zambia to be objective and patriotic in their reporting of UNWTO general assembly.
Mr Malupenga, who is Information, communication and publicity sub-committee chairperson, said there was need for the media to paint a picture that gives inspiration ahead of the conference.
He noted that Zambia recently hosted Zone six games in Lusaka successfully yet some media houses played a prophet of doom role prior to the event saying such negative publicity should not recur in UNWTO general assembly preparations.
“People form opinions on what they here in the media. We are very critical as the media in shaping the destination of the country,” Mr Malupenga said.
The delegation of the Permanent Secretaries led by National Steering Committee chairperson Peter Kasanda was in Livingstone and other surrounding areas to underscore Government determination to the successful hosting of UNWTO general assembly.
Others in the delegation are Local Government and Housing Permanent Secretary Benald Namachila, Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Stephen Mwansa, Home Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary Kaizer Zulu and Tourism and Arts acting Permanent Secretary Monde Gwaba.
United National Development Programme (UNDP) assistant country representative Ian Milimo says President Sata’s creation of more districts will help bring efficiency in service delivery.
Mr. Milimo adds that Zambia needs to increase the participation of people in making decisions that affect them if in order to sustain quality service delivery.
He says it was for this reason that government needs to quickly implement its decentralization policy, which he said would create demand for services.
“ it will also provide space for private partners to get involved in service delivery and wealth creation, “ he said.
He said this on Friday when he flagged off the provincial launch of Zambia Human Development Report ( ZHDR ) for 2011 at Kansanshi Hotel in Solwezi, North western Province.
A number of new Districts have been established on the country an effort government sees will ensure that development is taken as close to the people as possible as well as to meet job creation needs especially among the young Zambians.
And quoting the ZHDR, Mr Milimo said Zambia has made considerable progress in its human development outlook in the last decade, with positive and sustained change achieved in the education, agriculture, health, water and sanitation sectors.
He said between 1990 Zambia experienced a decline in the Human development Index, reaching its lowest ranking on the HDI of 0.32 in the year 2000.
However, he noted that since the year 2000 there has been improvements in key dimensions of the index that include health, education and material wealth and as a result the country’s ranking has now risen to 0.395 on HDI rankings.
Meanwhile the Zambia Human Development Report hails the country’s increased investment in social service infrastructure development.
It says investment in education has resulted in more schools that has led to increased enrolment at primary school reaching universal level.
The report notes that desks and learning materials have been distributed including in community schools that have increased coverage and access to services.
Under health the ZHDR says essential drugs are now available, including medicine for diseases like HIV/AIDS which were previously not affordable.
It lauds the country’s supportive agriculture policies that have led to positive growth in maize production and nontraditional exports.
But the report has advised Zambia to remove structural bottlenecks and adopt broad based pro-poor strategies that address poverty in all dimensions, if the country is to realize its vision of reaching middle income status by 2030.
It also criticized the biased distribution of services, with provincial comparisons showing skewed economic and human development processes that give advantage to urban than rural areas.
It also says that improving the coverage, efficiency and effectiveness of essential services in agriculture, education, health, water and sanitation alone are not enough prerequisites for sustainable human development.
The 128 paged report calls for a different philosophy of increased participation of people and their institutions in decision making, saying people’s power to effect change is important to sustainability of service delivery.
Government is planning to re-open Mbereshi and Chitambo Schools of Nursing which were closed because of a critical shortage of nursing tutors, Southern Province Minister Josephine Limata has said.
Ms Limata said the feasibility studies were currently being done to reopen the two nursing schools.
She said Kalene, Nchanga North and Roan Antelope Schools of Nursing, which were previously closed because of a critical shortage of nursing tutors, had already been opened and were operational currently.
Ms Limata said this in a speech read for her by Livingstone District Commissioner Paul Sensele in the tourist capital yesterday during the official opening of the 1st Health Workers Union of Zambia (HWUZ) biannual delegates’ conference.
The gathering, which has attracted delegates across Zambia, is currently being held at New Fairmount Hotel under the theme Health Key to High Productivity and A Better Zambia.
Ms Limata said the Ministry of Health was also planning to introduce new programmes in existing training institutions such as midwifery training.
“I wish to assure you that my Government is committed to improving the health sector in terms of providing appropriate infrastructure and improving the conditions of service among others.
Health workers have already benefited from this year’s collective bargaining through consolidation and rationalisation of salaries and allowances in line with the Patriotic Front (PF) mission statement for the health sector,” she said.
HWUZ president Chrispin Sampa commended Zambia’s foreign cooperating partners who recently pledged to continue supporting the health sector in various programmes.
Mr Sampa said the pledge was a step in the right direction and implored other donors to emulate the gesture.
He however said the PF Government should begin to reduce donor dependence as soon as possible to avoid a black last when donors decide to withdraw like they did in 2009.
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Lenard Hikaumba urged health workers not to vote for parliamentarians who deliberately cause by-elections.
Mr Hikaumba said the money spent during by-elections should be used to improve the health sector and hence people who cause by-elections should not be supported.
In a vote of thanks, HWUZ provincial secretary Damiano Tembo urged the Government to ensure that the promise of liquidating outstanding alliances was done before the next bargaining process.
Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) President Kalusha Bwalya
FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya says Zambia’s 0-1 loss to Tanzania was a good but tough match in which the Chipolopolo were unlucky not to score a goal.
The FAZ chief says on the FAZ official website, today, that Tanzania were worthy winners as they grabbed what he called a well taken goal and were determined against an Africa champion squad which commences its final preparations for the 2013 continental soccer show piece on 26 December in Johanesburg.
Said Kalusha: “The match against Tanzania was a good practice match. It was a tough encounter but in the end a very good training game.”
Added the FAZ chief: “I thought our boys did well for long moments and were just unlucky not to have gotten a goal ourselves. Credit to the Taifa Stars for their determination and well taken goal.”
“Most importantly, the match provided Herve Renard a good opportunity to see more boys in action before naming his 26 man squad to prepare for the Africa Cup finals,” Kalusha said.
Thanks to a Mrisho Ngassa strike just before the break, Tanzania pulled off what may go down as a famous result against the reigning African champions. Zambia hit the upright twice and came close a number of times but could not find a way past Juma Kaseja as the hosts rallied and held on to their first half lead.
Herve Renard will now announce the 26 man squad to start the Nations Cup preparations in Johannesburg on 26 December. In between the intensive preparations for the defence of the title, Zambia will play Morocco on 8th January in Johannesburg, Norway at Levy Mwanawasa in Ndola on 12th January and Namibia on the 15th.
The kings of African football open their campaign to retain the Nations Cup title with a match against Ethiopia on 21st January before taking on Nigeria who return to Afcon finals competition after failing to qualify for the 2012 finals.
Chipolopolo end the group campaign against Burkina Faso – all at Mbombela.
