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Herve Renard failed to return home with the team on Thursday night from Nigeria.
Zambia lost 2-0 away to Nigeria in a friendly on Monday that was played in Kaduna.
However, a senior Faz official said Renard is in South Africa checking out Zambia’s training facilities where they will be camped from December until January ahead of the 2012 Africa Cup tournament to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea from January 21 to February 12.
“He has gone to Pretoria to check on the facilities at the High performance center Zambia we will setup camp,” the Faz official said.
Only Renard’s assistant Patrice Beaumelle was in the traveling party back to Zambia.
Meanwhile over a dozen local players and the TP Mazembe contingent of goalkeeper Kalililo Kakonje plus midfielders Stophilla Sunzu and Rainford Kalaba and striker Given Singuluma landed at KK International airport on Thursday at 20:30 on South Africa Airways from Nigeria.
The World Bank has warned Zambia that the tax shifts that have been introduced in the 2012 budget are likely to increase execution risks and lead to increases prices.
Addressing the media on the 2012 proposed budget, World Bank Country Director for Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe Kundhavi Kadiresan, warned that depending on revenue from the mining mineral royalty and the issuance of the bond on the international capital market, increased risks to the budget execution.
“Once there is increased uncertainty about revenue receipts in 2012 because of significant changes made to the tax structure. Also a greater reliance on mineral royalty, which is likely to be much more volatile than PAYE receipts, would increase risk,” Kadiresan warned. “And two, external borrowing would be difficult to organize given the state of international capital markets.”
The government’s 2012 budget is focused on a strategy aimed at equitable distribution of economic benefits. Towards that end, taxes on low income earners have been reduced, taxes on the mining sector have been increased, budget allocation to social sectors has been significantly scaled up with large increases for agriculture, education, health and infrastructure, user fees for primary health care services have been abolished and grants to local councils doubled.
“The overall thrust of shifts is to enhance pro poor orientation of government’s activities which is commendable,” she said. “These welcome shifts however come with attendant risks. Risks to budget execution are higher because of higher dependence on mineral royalties which are likely to fluctuate with world prices of export commodities and dependence on external borrowing (the planned US$500 million bond offer) from global markets in an uncertain international environment.”
Ms. Kadiresan said at the current market prices the government’s royalty increase (from 3 to 6 percent) was unlikely to cause serious economic hardships to the mining sector.
“However the situation could change if commodity prices go down significantly,” she said. “At that time, the government could come under pressure to review royalty rates. Frequent adjustment of royalty rates could, however, send a signal of unstable fiscal regime, thereby reducing Zambia’s attractiveness as a destination for investment for investment in the mining sector.”
She also said the rise in the royalty rate will alter the competitive ranking of Zambia.
On increased prices of essential goods, Ms. Kadiresan said “a sharp increase in expenditures while reducing tax burden on residents, combined with the recent monetary policy measures aimed at reducing lending rates, is likely to put upward pressure on prices.”
An opposition political party has requested president Michael Sata to include the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia on the technical committee appointed to draft the new constitution.
The Zambia for empowerment and development -ZED- which made the request says the Evangelical fellowship represents a large constituency of voters.
ZED president Fredrick Mutesa has also said the twenty member committee of experts in its current form is not balanced.
He was speaking in an interview with ZNBC news in LUSAKA on Thursday.
Dr Mutesa has observed that the last constitution making process under the MMD failed because of controversy surrounding the composition of the commissioners.
President Sata on Wednesday appointed the technical committee to draft the new republican constitution within a 12 months timeframe.
The Law Association of Zambia has dropped plans to sue the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation -ZNBC- for breaching the ZNBC Act and the Republican Constitution.
LAZ President Musa Mwenye says the council in June was concerned by the manner ZNBC operated, breaching the Act as evidenced in its unfair news coverage.
Mr. Mwenye says LAZ is now satisfied that ZNBC has improved its news coverage.
He said the association is also happy that the Ministry of Information has made it public not to interfere in the operations of the public media.
Mr. Mwenye was speaking at a joint media briefing between LAZ and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in Lusaka on Thursday.
He appealed to government to speed up the process of enacting the Freedom of Information Bill.
Mr Mwenye says the Freedom of Information law is a very important weapon in fighting corruption.
At the same briefing Information and Broadcasting Minister Given Lubinda praised LAZ for not proceeding with legal action against ZNBC .
Mr. Lubinda says the professional conduct that ZNBC has started exhibiting is testimony to the new government’s policy of non interference in operations of the Public media.
The Minister said President Michael Sata has made it clear that he will not interfere in the operations of ZNBC and other public media houses.
Mr. Lubinda has asked other institutions and the public that have cases with ZNBC to consider withdrawing them in order to save the government from paying tax payers money in litigation cases.
And ZNBC Acting Director General Victor Nyasulu has assured the public that ZNBC will Endeavour to operate professionally.
File:Minister of Justice Sebastian Zulu at State House
President Michael Sata says cabinet will decide whether to reverse the sale of Zamtel to Libya’s Lap Green following the Commission of Inquiry’s report which has revealed that the transaction was fraudulent.
Minister of Justice Sebastian Zulu, who headed the Commission, this morning presented the report to the President and during the presentation stated that findings of his investigations revealed irregularities in the transaction.
Zulu said the technical committee of the commission has established that the sale of Zamtel by the Zambia Development Agency was hasty and that Lap Green failed to satisfy at least three of the procurement requirements and that it was shocking that they were awarded the bid.
He also reported that RP Capital, the firm that was engaged to evaluate the assets of Zamtel, was illegally appointed to do the work and that it irregularly undervalued the assets of the country’s biggest telecommunication company.
“We have established that ZDA hastily engaged RP Capital and they did this under duress. The firm then went on and carried out an incompetent and misleading valuation,”
Zulu reported. “They claimed that Zamtel was valued at US$38 million when it had a book value of US$81 million. The (MMD) government endorsed the sale of Zamtel at a cabinet meeting held on 23, July, 2009 against an incompetent valuation.”
He also disclosed that negotiations for the sale were not done independently by ZDA and that the government directed ZESCO to authorize the use of its optic fiber network by Lap Green.
“The managing director of ZESCO was even threatened with dismissal if he refused to sign for the use of the optic fiber,” Zulu said.
In response, President Sata told Zulu to write a cabinet memo and to make a formal report to cabinet.
“Cabinet will decide whether to reverse the sale or not,” President Sata said.
He also directed Zulu’s Commission of Inquiry to extend its investigation to the National Airport’s radar system, which was procured irregularly.
The President also announced that the government was “hunting for money hidden in the neighborhood” by the previous government.
Finance Minister Alexander ChikwandaGovernment has announced plans to recapitalize the operations of the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ)
Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda says DBZ has an important role to play in encouraging more investment among Zambians.
Mr. Ckikwanda said this is why government would strive and ensure that it increases the budgetary allocation to the bank if many people are to benefit.
Speaking during the ACCA 2012 Budget Analysis programme on ZNBC TV last night, Mr. Chikwanda stated that the Patriotic Front government is interested in seeing that a lot of sectors that can foster economic development are revamped.
He further acknowledged that the budgetary allocation for DBZ in the 2012 national budget is inadequate hence government will engage various stakeholders to raise enough revenue for the bank.
And Mr. Chikwanda has maintained that government will not re-introduce the windfall tax for mining companies.
The Finance Minister said the government’s decision not to bring back the tax is in line with protecting investment in the mining sector that employ more than 40,000 Zambian miners.
Mr. Chikwanda explained that the increase in mineral royalties’ tax is sufficient enough for government to raise resources to run and boost the country’s economy.
Mr. Chikwanda added that government‘s decision to hike the mineral royalties’ was in order to create a win-win situation to ensure that investment is not lost in the mining sector but rather encouraged.
He said to this effect, both mining firms and government will benefit from improved metal prices on the international market.
Mr. Chikwanda has since assured Zambians working for the mines that government would ensure that they are part of the economic growth in the sector through improved conditions of service.
He further explained that if workers in the mining sector are paid well, government would be able to increase its revenue base through various taxes such as Value Added Tax and the Pay As You Earn (PAYE).
Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda last Friday presented the 2012 national budget were he proposed an increase in the mineral royalty tax and other corporate taxes instead of re-introducing the windfall tax.
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JUSTICE Minister Sebastian Zulu has said the new Constitution to be drafted by the newly-constituted team of experts will not cost more than the K300 billion the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) consumed.
No allocation has been made in the 2012 Budget for the new Constitution but Mr Chikwanda told Parliament that the Government would use other avenues to secure funds to enact the document, whose process has started within the 90 days of the Patriotic Front (PF) in Government.
He said the roadmap to be taken on the Constitution-making process would be determined by a team of experts that has since been instituted and it would be the same body that would be able to state how much the exercise would take. “The cost will be determined after this team of experts is constituted but it won’t be like what the NCC spent,” Mr Zulu said in response to an oral question by Kamfinsa Member of Parliament (MP) Moses Chishimba (PF). The parliamentarian asked what the roadmap for the making of the new Constitution was and how much money would be spent on the Constitution-making process.
Kalomo MP Request Muntanga (UPND) in a follow-up question wondered how the Government would draw the funds for the exercise which has not been provided for in the Budget but Mr Zulu said “The minister of Finance knows how to source such funds even when not in the Budget.”Muchinga MP George Kunda (MMD) asked the minister to confirm that the Constitution-making process would gobble more than a general election to the tune of K300 billion since it entailed the holding of a referendum. Mr Zulu in response said in as much as it was true that a referendum would have to be held, it would be premature to determine the cost of the Constitution-making process.
Lunte MP Felix Mutati (MMD) wondered whether it would not be prudent now that the activity of the Constitution had been known to make provisions in the Budget as it is debated for the cost of the exercise to be known, to which Mr Zulu said the proposal would be considered. Monze MP Jack Mwiimbi (UPND) asked the Government to state categorically and inform the Zambians that the pronouncement by President Michael Sata to deliver a new Constitution within 90 days had now been buried, to which Mr Zulu said the process had started within the promised period.
Siavonga MP Kennedy Hamudulu (UPND) wondered why it would be premature for the minister to state how much the exercise would cost when he had indicated it would not be more that what the NCC spent. Mr Zulu in response said the process would not take more than one year like the latter did and so it would be less costly.
Nalikwanda MP Geoffrey Lungwangwa (MMD) stated that it was a presidential directive that the Constitution should be ready within 90 days and so the minister was abrogating the directive but Mr Chikwanda said he was not aware of the directive.
Meanwhile, the Government has considered the complaints raised by the people in Luapula Province regarding the seizure of the breast milk substitutes which were being sold in violation of the law.Minister of Health Joseph Kasonde told the House in a statement that the Government had taken into consideration that there was only one outlet for the breast milk substitute products which was Shoprite Mansa.
“The ministry has decided to suspend the exercise for now and decided to call a stakeholders’ meeting this week to discuss the issue and chart the way forward,” Dr Kasonde noted.
Former Mines Minister Maxwell Mwale has pleaded not guilty to one count of failing to account for property believed to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained.
Mr Mwale took plea this morning before Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate, Joshua Banda.
It is alleged that on October, 18, 2011, Mr Mwale jointly with others had in their possession 261 bicycles which were reasonably suspected to have been obtained unlawfully.
Meanwhile, Mr Mwale has been released on bail.
Chief Resident Magistrate Joshua Banda has granted Mr Mwale a K30 million bail in his own recognition.
Mr Mwale has also been ordered to give two working sureties in their own recognisance.
Earlier, Defence Lawyer Sakwiba Sikota and Sunday Nkonde applied for the bail saying that their client is facing a bailable offence.
Todays workout will concentrate on cardio. One important thing you must know , is that doing hundreds of sit ups will not give you a flat stomach , it will work your ab muscles. In order to lose the fat you have to do a lot of cardio workout such as the ones that i will describe for you. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication , just start bit by bit and you will soon see the fruits of your labour.
THE WORKOUT
BUNNY HOPS WITH MEDICINE BALL
Do 5 sets . going from one end of the room to the other and back is one set.
How its done ;
Hold a ball over you head.
Squat and hop from one end of the room to the other while holding the ball over your head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_5rYvtNrP0
SPRINTS ON A SPOT
Do 5 sets of 1 minute sprints.
Stand in 1 place and sprint as fast as you can. Do this for 1 minute then rest for 1 minute and repeat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xZ908ytwCU
SIDE LUNGE WITH 2 HOPS
Do 5 sets with each leg.
how its done;
Lunge to the side with one leg straight and one leg bend.
Drive your wait down to the heel of the bend leg keeping your back straight.
Push back to the start position and perform two hops with your standing leg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNibI6tSNn4 BY KAPA187
Austin Chewe makes a monetary donation to a church leader in Kabwe
LUSAKA businessman Austin Chewe (above) says he is not interested in the MMD leadership in the short or long-term, contrary to a list in the possession of Daily Mail that earlier stated that he was one of the top contenders.
He said this in Lusaka yesterday in a statement.
“I categorically deny that I am vying for the MMD presidency neither do I have plans in the near or distant future to lead the MMD,” Captain Chewe said.
This leaves eight people on the list less than two weeks before the party can close the “expressions of interest” for the job, which seems to have lost its allure as analysts call for a “strong opposition” to offer checks and balances to the President Sata-led Patriotic Front government, following Mr Rupiah Banda’s decision to retire.
But MMD Chisamba member of Parliament Moses Muteteka says he will embrace the original ideologies and aspirations the party stood for the time it was formed if elected party president.
Mr Muteteka, who is one of the MMD members who have expressed interest in the party presidency, said he will reform the party so that it can regain the support it lost from the people of Zambia.
Mr Muteteka is one of the eight party members on the list of MMD members who have applied for the party’s top-most position.
The others are former Foreign Affairs Minister Kabinga Pande, former Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane, former Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Felix Mutati and Zambia’s High Commissioner to Canada Nevers Mumba. Former Minister of Local Government and Housing Brian Chituwo, Charles Ngesa, a party member based on the Copperbelt, and Mr Nason Msoni, who contested the Kabwata parliamentary seat as an independent, are the other aspirants.
Mr Pande said he will issue a statement at an appropriate time while Mr Musokotwane said he would talk when ready. Mr Mutati also promised to issue a comprehensive statement on his plans to contest the MMD presidency.
However, Mr Muteteka said he needs support from the elderly politicians because they have always said the youth are future leaders. He said most politicians have been talking about the youth being the “leaders of tomorrow” but never support them (youth) when tomorrow comes.
In an interview yesterday, he said, “We had the best ideologies which the people of Zambia believed in, I want to take the MMD to those beliefs they embraced at the time the party was formed.”
Mr Muteteka, who observed that the people of Zambia have over the years lost confidence in the party because it abandoned its principles over the years, promised to provide credible leadership that will manage financial resources and ensure the youth benefit.
Mr Muteteka said it is now time for the youth to provide leadership for the nation. He said he gets his inspiration from being a youth and has understood the challenges the youth face in the country.
He said he wants to give attention to the youth, who make up 78 percent of the Zambian population so that they can look after the parents. “I’m not saying we are going to ignore our parents, but we will take them as serious consultants of knowledge. I would rather their put us in front,” Mr Muteteka said.
He said he is enjoying support in the party and he will be judged by his performance as party youth chairman. “The loss of Rupiah Banda has changed everything and, therefore, since I already had the intentions, I have expressed my intention to contest the position now.
I cannot wait for 2016 because an opportunity has come,” he said. He advised Zambians criticising President Sata to do so within reason, saying “we will provide constructive criticism, but let’s support him (President Sata) because he needs our support”.
THE Zimbabwean government has finally agreed to clear the decades long- outstanding debt of about US$260 million owed to Zambia for the shared operations costs of Kariba Dam infrastructure.
Minister of Lands, Energy and Water Development Chris Yaluma last week met his Zimbabwean counterpart who was in the country to discuss the debt and how best the federation-era liability could be settled.
Mr Yaluma confirmed in an interview that the Zimbabwean energy minister was in Zambia to discuss the long-outstanding Central Africa Power Corporation (CAPCO) debt for the shared Kariba infrastructure.
“When the assets were sold, the component of the money due to Zambia was not given. There has been some interest accrued and the Zimbabwe government is trying to look for a fair solution where the Zambian government drops off the interest and they simply pay the principle or consider paying the accrued interest,” Mr Yaluma said.
The settling of the debt will pave way for Zambia and Zimbabwe to co-operate in constructing the 1,650 megawatt (MW) Batoka hydropower station as the two countries have ever collaborated closely in hydropower generation.
“The Zimbabwe government is trying to put up Batoka hydropower station and the success of this plant will depend on how well they work with us. They are very much eager to ensure that they settle whatever they owe so that we can work together on this project,” Mr Yaluma said
The Batoka power project, first mooted in 1993, was meant to be a joint venture between Zimbabwe and Zambia but lack of funding and reluctance by the Zambian Government to start the project delayed its implementation.
According to information posted on www.thezimbabwemail, Zimbabwe has agreed to settle the money owed to Zambia for the shared Kariba infrastructure, paving the way for both countries to co-operate in constructing the 1,650 MW Batoka hydropower station.
Zambia could not partner with Zimbabwe until the asset debt accrued during the Federation-era was cleared.
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Tapiwa Mashakada told the Zimbabwean Mail that Zambia has indicated that for them to co-operate on the Batoka project, Zimbabwe should clear the debt.
“We discussed this matter in Cabinet and agreed that we should pay them (Zambians) the principal amount only and not the interest, then we can start cooperation in building the Batoka,” he said.
Batoka is situated 50 kilometres downstream of Victoria Falls and would provide 800 MW of hydro-power generation capacity for each of the two countries.
Information, Broadcasting and Tourism Minister GIVEN LUBINDA
ZAMBIA does not need a “stand alone” budget to formulate a new constitution that will stand the proverbial test of time when enacted, chief Government spokesperson Given Lubinda has said.
Mr Lubinda said this in an interview on Tuesday following concerns from sections of civil society that the 2012 national budget has remained silent on a new constitution.
“We are not going to enrich people through the constitution review process like what the MMD government did. The enactment of a new constitution does not need a stand-alone vote in the national budget,” he said.
Mr Lubinda said funds will be provided to enable the committee of experts that will be appointed to carry out its work and make recommendations on the constitution review process.
But Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) executive director Lee Habasonda said it would have been better for Government to clearly show the amount of money it intended to spend on the governance process.
“As a matter of commitment, it would have been better to show it in the budget. Although it will be in the yellow book, it should have been mentioned when Minister of Finance Alexander Chikwanda presented the budget to Parliament,” Mr Habasonda said.
He argued that it is not all about the amount of money that will be spent on the enactment of the new constitution but a matter of commitment to the governance process.
Mr Habasonda said Government should have clearly indicated, as a matter of commitment, the amount of money allocated to institutions like the Human Rights Commission, Electoral Commission of Zambia and the enactment of a new republican constitution.
But Mr Lubinda insists that Mr Habasonda must not lose sleep as the PF government has put everything in place for the crucial document.
GOVERNMENT has directed the department of immigration to urgently take stock of all foreign employees working in the country. Minister of Home Affairs Kennedy Sakeni announced this in a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday.
“Keeping line with the country’s immigration policy regarding foreign nationals entering the country, the department of immigration should take stock of foreign employees in both local and foreign-owned companies operating in the country.
The exercise should be done in accordance with the principal of making sure that an immigrant in the country must have a contribution to make in the form of skill, profession or capital which should be of benefit to the Zambian people,” Mr Sakeni said.
He said an immigrant should not deprive a citizen of Zambia of employment and should not be a charge on the state as they must have the means with which to support themselves with their dependants.
Mr Sakeni said an immigrant intending to settle in the country must be in possession of an entry permit.
“Because of these principles it is imperative that all foreign investors should abide by these norms and provide economic and social data when requested by law enforcement,” he said.
Mr Sakeni appealed to local and foreign companies operating in the country to stop offering jobs which can efficiently be performed by Zambians to foreigners.
He said the trend is exacerbating the rate of unemployment in the country.
Mr Sakeni, however, appealed for fair treatment of foreigners and that they should enjoy equal opportunity if and when qualified for a specific task.
File : Zambia's High Commissioner to Canada Nevers Mumba in prayer at the Zambian diplomatic conference in Chisamba
Recalled Zambia’s high commissioner to Canada Nevers Mumba has responded to allegations of financial irregularities at the Zamnbian embassy in Canada. Dr Mumba has said that he is innocent and said that he will only return home when he gets a Foreign Office clearance officially.
He denied any allegations of “financial irregularities,” in an exclusive phone interview with the Daily Mail yesterday.
“Our office books have been audited thoroughly and I can’t recall any irregularities,” Pastor Mumba said, “I am happy this is an allegation and not a charge. I am open for investigations and the Auditor General can return to Canada and carry out another audit if there are any doubts…I am a God-fearing man and I fear tax-payers’ money. I have never stolen public funds.”
The fire and brim-stone pastor, who has been in diplomatic services for about two and a half years, has been placed on the spot for alleged “financial impropriety” by President Sata in a statement signed by his special assistant for press and public relations George Chellah.
“Information so far suggests serious financial impropriety at the Zambian mission in Toronto which is under the supervision of Dr Nevers Mumba,” President Sata’s statement said adding that the preacher-turned-diplomat was “resisting recall.”
The President wants Pastor Mumba to “corporate with authorities while in Zambia on a personal visit” he must be prepared to personally pay for rather than use tax payers’ money.
But Pastor Mumba said, “I can’t come home until after December 31 when my tour of duty expires. I have applied for local leave twice and twice it has been denied because I have been told to stay here until my tour of duty extension expires at the end of December. I am not coming.”
Pastor Mumba suggests that he could be getting the “heat” because his name has lately been linked to a list of a possible successor of Rupiah Banda, who resigned after he lost an election to President Sata on September 20. He declined to elaborate.
[pullquote]Pastor Mumba suggests that he could be getting the “heat” because his name has lately been linked to a list of a possible successor of Rupiah Banda, who resigned after he lost an election to President Sata on September 20. He declined to elaborate.[/pullquote]
However, he said he will make his political position clear once he retired because at the moment he is still a servant of the government led by “President Sata…I am still a government worker and will remain so until I come back home.”
The Pastor said he did not resist a “recall” notice sent to him but asked that his return be extended to the end of December so that he can find a place for his family to return back to rather than become destitute on arrival.
“I need time to find a place for my family to stay,” Pastor Mumba said, “I also needed time to bid farewell to friends while I was in service in Canada. I will return soon.”
File: Former Mines minister Maxwell Mwale and Chinese state grid corporation executive vice president Shu Yinbiao exchange notes in Lusaka
Maxwell Mwale, Former Mines and Minerals Minister in the Rupiah Banda led administration has been arrested. Sources familiar with the development have disclosed that Mr. Mwale, who is also Malambo Member of Parliament(MP), was arrested Wednesday, afternoon after long hours of interrogation.
Mr. Mwale has been arrested in connection with the alleged disappearance of gold at the drug enforcement Commission (DEC) offices in Lusaka. He is said to have been denied police bond and has been detained at Woodlands Police Station.
Mr. Mwale is expected to be taken to court tomorrow. Recently, Mr. Mwale was summoned to appear before a combined team of law enforcement agencies over the gold which, Republican President, Michael Sata claim was stolen.
He becomes the latest high profile official in the previous administration to be thrown in the cells following revelation by the Police command that all those linked to the missing gold will start appearing in court this week.
Meanwhile, Former Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Commissioner Aaron Zulu who was arrested on Tuesday has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ court for mention.
This is in a matter where Mr. Zulu is charged with abuse of authority.
The former DEC Chief is alleged to have abused his authority on July 8 this year by directing the sale of one hundred and eighteen point 897 Kilograms of Gold to Societe Financier Du Seujut SA.
The gold was allegedly sold at the value less than the market price.
Mr. Zulu is set to appear for another mention on November 23, pending consent from the Director of Public Prosecutions -DPP- to prosecute the matter.
Meanwhile, Principal Resident Magistrate Aridah Chuulu has granted Mr. Zulu a Five Million Kwacha cash bail.
Magistrate Chuulu has also ordered Mr. Zulu to avail two working sureties in their own recognizance.
This was after Defence lawyer Sakwiba Sikota, applied for bail saying his client is facing a bailable offence and is of fixed abode.
