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Heritage Party president Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda has condemned president Rupiah Banda for threatening Chieftainess Nkomeshya with dethronement.
General Miyanda has since advised president Rupiah Banda to apologize to the Chieftainess for his misconduct.
In a statement released to QFM today, General Miyanda has since urged traditional leaders not to be intimidated by what he describes as President Banda’s empty threats.
He says there is no law in Zambia that gives the President any authority over chiefs, and has since challenged President Banda to a public debate over the matter.
He adds that such threats by president Banda are the reasons why he has been saying that some of presidential candidates will not make any new changes in the country’s governance system but instead will take the country back into the past to the one party system of threats, intimidation, favoritism and detentions without trial.
General Miyanda says president Banda’s warning to Chieftainess Nkomeshya exposed his deep disrespect for the traditional leader.
He has since encouraged Chieftainess Nkomeshya to soldier on, describing her as a rare example among traditional authorities in the country.
General Miyanda adds that the Chieftainess has been resisting the taking over of traditional land by president Banda’s government to give to dubious foreign investors as if it is his personal property.
The Zambia Police Service has urged people who were allegedly assaulted by suspected MMD cadres over the weekend in Chongwe to expose their assailants.
Lusaka Division Commanding Officer Mhlakeni Zulu says police can not start witch hunting and that it is up to complainants to identify people behind the attacks.
Mr Zulu has told ZNBC News that that the Zambia police Service has received formal complaints through Chongwe police station that they should identify the cadres who allegedly assaulted them.
Mr Zulu has also dismissed media reports that police had deployed officers in a named village in Chongwe district.
He says the only police officers that deployed to Chongwe were those assigned at the MMD rally.
He further says the Zambia Police Service had information that the PF cadres were planning to block the president on his way to Chongwe and had to keep vigil.
Mr Zulu has also appealed to political parties to learn to co- exist as the country goes to the polls this month.
Western province permanent secretary Seth Muleya (c) with other mourners at the church service of the late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy at our lady of cathedral in Mongu
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Western province permanent secretary Seth Muleya (c) with other mourners at the church service of the late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy at our lady of cathedral
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Vice President George Kunda ZAF pilot colonel Martin Mumbi after his arrival in Mongu for the funeral of the late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy
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vice president George Kunda with ZAF pilots after his arrival in Mongu for the funeral of the late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy
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Some of the mourners at the funeral of the late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy
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The casket of the late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy arrives in Mongu for the church service
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The casket of the late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy arrives at Mongu for the church service
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Vice President George Kunda arrives at Mongu Stadium for the church service
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Vice President George Kunda arrives at Mongu Stadium for the church service of the late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy
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Vice President George Kunda delivers a speech during the funeral of the late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy
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Cardinal Medardo Mazombwe (in the red hat) pays his last respect late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy
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Lowering the casket in the ground
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Lowering the casket in the ground
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Heritage Party leader Godfrey Miyanda with Vice President during the burial of the late former Mongu bishop Paul Duffy
Zambia will travel to Sudan for the first leg Group D qualifier on the road to the Brazil 2014 Fifa World Cup.
Dario Bonetti’s side is in Group D together with 2010 World Cup quarterfinalist Ghana and Sudan.
The fourth member of Group D will be determined between Burundi and Lesotho who meet in a preliminary round two-leg knockout qualifier this November.
Meanwhile, Zambia will travel to Khartoum during the weekend of June 1, 2012 to face Sudan.
According to Fifa, Zambia will face Ghana on match day two in Ndola on August 6 next year.
Group D winner will join nine other teams in the final group of 10 to decide which five sides will represent Africa in Brazil in 2014.
The Zambia Election Media Monitoring Project (ZEMMP) has observed that the public media is still heavily biased towards the ruling MMD while the private media is biased towards the opposition patriotic Front, neglecting other political parties in the country.
MISA Zambia chairperson Daniel Sikazwe disclosed at a pre-election tracker report dissemination meeting in Lusaka today, that the trend is contravening the electoral code of conduct which stipulates equal provision of media space.
Mr. Sikazwe says despite limitation of resources, the community media has attempted to cover political parties more than they are covered in the mainstream media.
According to the report, of the total number of stories covered by the public media in the last two months, 50% of the sources were from the MMD, 19% from the PF and 15% each from UPND and other political parties.
Similarly in the private media 25% of the sources were from the MMD, the PF had 50% while the UPND had 17% and other parties with 8%.
Mr. Sikazwe has advised the media to enhance diversification of views in stories so as to afford electorates an opportunity to tap into the media as an open space for information exchange.
He has also urged the media to also focus on policy issues to do with the fight against poverty and corruption so as to hold politicians accountable once in office.
Rupiah Banda shakes hands with Mwansabombwe MMD candidate Chriticles and his counterpart for Kawambwa central Elizabeth Chitika Mwansa on arrival at Kazembe grounds
With thirteen days remaining before the 20th September tripartite elections, the latest opinion poll by the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has tipped Republican President Rupiah Banda to win the presidency if elections were held today.
Speaking to Journalists in Lusaka today, CPD Executive Director Neo Simutanyi said according to a survey carried out on 1,500 registered voters across the country, 41 percent would vote for President Banda, 38 percent would vote for PF leader Michael Sata, while 13 percent preferred UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema.
Dr Simutanyi says only 2 percent of the respondents would vote for other political parties with 6 percent of the voters still undecided.
He says the survey was conducted using a random method of selection and had a marginal error of plus/minus 2 percent.
And Doctor Simutanyi says the objective of the opinion poll was to ascertain issues of concern on the political platform, to ascertain government’s performance and to assist the public to make informed decisions among others ahead of the general elections.
He has observed that provincial vote distribution shows that the ruling MMD has consolidated its strongholds while the opposition PF and UPND have lost ground in their strongholds.
[pullquote]This is a second opinion poll that CPD has conducted this year following an earlier one in May which favored PF leader Michael Sata.[/pullquote]
Doctor Simutanyi has also indicated that the breakup of the PF/UPND pact has a great impact on people’s decisions.
This is a second opinion poll that CPD has conducted this year following an earlier one in May which favored PF leader Michael Sata.
African Dream, Kadoko chanda was born in Lusaka ,but spent his childhood in Mozambique, South Africa and Angola.
His poems and music are influenced by the different cultures he has experienced and the need for change to improve lives of people in the African continent. This has influenced him to recite poems and rap in English, Portuguese, Bemba and Nyanja.
He has been writing poems for over 10 years, but only recently started performing on stage.
Most of his music comes from the poems he writes. He has worked with a few artist such as Ariel, Ceeceefied, Jesse, T.C. From Nigeria, Shenzi, Lee, Multi, just to name a few artist.
“My dream is to make music and poetry that people will relate, enjoy, dance to, and get influenced or motivated to do bigger things.”
KAPA187: What does being creative mean to you?
AFRICAN DREAM :. Umm, well its about opening your own mind to possibilities that do not exist without putting boundaries for yourself. Doing things that have never been done.
KAPA187: When did you first start writing, what made you feel the need to express yourself in this way?
AFRICAN DREAM :. I started writing when I was about 10 years old when I went to boarding school in South Africa. Poetry was a way of expressing my feelings to this new culture I had found. It was also the first time i learnt that race was an issue and people had been segregated because of being black in the past, and having a father who worked in a humanitarian organization in Mozambique before and after the war, it made me experience poverty first hand and question why some people would go to certain extremes to destroy the destiny of success of their own people.
KAPA187: What kind of work are you most drawn to reading yourself? Do you find yourself reading work similar to your own, or completely different?
AFRICAN DREAM :.I try to read just about everything though African material stands out, but it usually depends on the state of mind am at, at a particular time. KAPA187: What style of poetry do you prefer? Freestyle, Rhyming …
AFRICAN DREAM :.Umm, i like free verse because it lets me express exactly how i feel without any rules.
KAPA187: Who are some poets that inspire you and why ?
AFRICAN DREAM :.Yooh, thats a difficult one man, but Agostinho Neto and Che Guevara do it. I get inspired at how they thought and saw the world at that time, and how their poems still relate and reflect to the life we live today.
KAPA187: How did you feel the first time you performed your poetry.
AFRICAN DREAM :.Mmm, i was nervous at first man, but, once the poem was finished, it felt really good.
KAPA187: You also rap. Are you lyrics centered on the same subject matter as your poems?
AFRICAN DREAM :.Up to a certain degree, though i feel comfortable rapping about certain issues which i cant with poems, especially if you talking about chilling and having a good time.hehe KAPA187: What has been your biggest achievement?
AFRICAN DREAM :.Helping my parents build their dream house, and seeing the joy it brings to them.
KAPA187: If you could have any super powers what would it be and why?
AFRICAN DREAM :.hehe. Read womens minds.hehehe wouldnt it be great man? Neh just kidding, i wouldn’t mind being as fast as light, so i could go anywhere in the world within a flash. Love travelling and experiencing new cultures.
KAPA187: Is there something about you that people will be surprised to know?
AFRICAN DREAM :.I started learning how to speak english when i was 10 years old. Bemba was my prefered language to speak.
KAPA187: Where do you see yourself in the next 10 years ?
AFRICAN DREAM :.ish, thats a tough one. I see myself running my own business and also participating in charitable organisations to help the people in need in our society. Plus still doing what i do with a bigger platform
KAPA187: Is there a poem that you have written that you will never forget , if so what was it about. AFRICAN DREAM :Yeah i have, its called One Zambia One Nation. Its a poem about being proud to be Zambian, and embracing the people in our past, believing in the zambian youth that they have the power to make things better. It talks about uniting people together as one no matter what tribe you are, because we can achieve anything we want if we work together as one.
POEM
One Zambia one nation,
One people, one right,
One fight,
For the future is so bright,
So let’s shine like the stars in a dark night
We have come a long way,
Since independence day,
The struggle that left our families missing in action,
So we give love and respect to our freedom fighters; Simon Kapwepwe,
Dr. K.K, and the comrades, who made a pathway,
So now we are free,
Free to be anything you want to be,
One Zambia, One nation,
My motivation,
I know that greater success is still a long way,
But we are in the struggle,
We will make it one day,
As long as we can dream it,
The sky is the limit
Let us work hard, together as one,
United we stand, divided we fall,
Zambia, we are a people of diverse cultures, a people so friendly,
You can be; Ila, Mambwe, Lozi,
Luvale, Nkoya, Ngoni
Bemba, Chewa, Tonga,
Lenje, Kaonde, Tumbuka, Senga,
Lamba, Lunda, Namwanga,
BUT
We still stand, together as one
One Zambia, One Nation
African Dream™ 2011
MUSIC
HAVE A GOOD TIME
A feel-good track that you can put on repeat and just “have a good time”
Follow him on twitter ( @african_dream) and find him on facebook , to get more of his music and poetry.
INSPECTOR General of Police Francis Kabonde has said the police will not give police bonds to suspects arrested for cases relating to electoral violence.
And Mr Kabonde has instructed Copperbelt Province police chief Martin Malama to ensure that officers carry out foot patrol in all townships, shopping complexes and residential areas to arrest those found engaged in violence.
He said in a statement issued yesterday at the on-going Zambia Police Service and stakeholders’ interactive meeting in Kitwe that suspects would not be released on police bond, but would be taken to court where prosecutors would challenge their bail application.
Mr Kabonde said the police had taken the decision because efforts to persuade people to restrain themselves from acts of violence were not being taken seriously.
The meeting was attended by the opposition Patriotic Front, United Party for National Development and the ruling MMD, among other political parties. He said the police would arrest all those involved in violence regardless of their political affiliations and ensure that law and order was maintained.
Mr Kabonde told provincial police chiefs to encourage members of the conflict management committees to expeditiously deal with conflicts before they degenerated into violence. He asked Dr Malama to summon and caution all illegal traders of sachets of alcohol, popularly known as ‘tujilijili’, who allegedly perpetuated most of the violence.
Mr Kabonde also directed officers-in-charge to summon bar owners and charge those who would not comply with directives. He said the police should recommend for withdrawal or revocation of licences for those who were not respecting directives and further arrest those operating illegally.
SOME clergymen have described as an act of desperation by the Patriotic Front (PF) to claim that it will uphold the Christian nation clause in the Zambian Constitution if voted into power.
The church leaders said it was surprising that the opposition party could make such a statement a few days before the general elections, when they were widely known to favour a secular State that tolerated gay rights.
Life Gospel Church Fellow Ministries International overseer, Joseph Kazhila said it was suspicious that the PF had left it so late to make a stand on the Christian nation matter and subsequently attempting to shed off its soft spot for secularism.
Bishop Kazhila said the PF had not been straightforward on the matter so a long time and that the u-turn did not help their cause much because the public could not be easily convinced. “It’s quite suspicious because it maybe part of their ‘don’t kubeba’ strategy of not telling us what they really stand for,” Bishop said.
He said it was even more worrying that the statement came from the party’s secretary general Wynter Kabimba, and not its leader Michael Sata. Bishop Kazhila said it was difficult for citizens to accept the position because Mr Kabimba could have been making his personal view known on the Christian nation issue.
“This party should have made their position known when reports came out over its support for homosexual rights and not to wait till now,” he said. He said the party would have to do more to convince the electorate on their position and that it would not be through a mere statement.
Bishop Kazhila said however that it would be encouraging if the party was being sincere and that it would be a starting point for them to restore some credence. He the PF needed to exhibit Christian values such as the rejection political violence so that it reflected their acceptance of the Christian nation clause.
The bishop said there was a lot of apprehension that the PF would only accept the September 20 elections results if they were declared in their favour but that all political players should accept the outcome whether they won or not.
And Global Training Network (GTN) Central and Southern African coordinator Barney Mulenga said the PF was desperate because they had no campaign issues to address and were now hoping to repair their image.
Apostle Mulenga said the PF was trying to win the support of Christians, who were the majority of voters in Zambia, by promising something that they could not guarantee to protect if they won the elections. He said the opposition party had realized that the MMD government had done well in its governance of the country and was implementing most of the activities contained in both the MMD and PF manifestos.
Apostle Mulenga said having failed to discredit the electoral process through various accusations on the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and the MMD, the PF had realized that it had run out of time and was now making promises that it was sure would attract Christians. “The current republican president has delivered beyond expectation and a lot of people are happy that he was able to do it in such a short time,” he said.
And Bishop Kazhila urged political parties continue denouncing violence in the run up to the elections and beyond. He appealed to both the ruling and opposition parties to deal with any of their members who went against this ideal.
National Movement for Progress Party President Ngandu Magande
NATIONAL Movement for Progress (NMP) president Ng’andu Magande has pledged to reverse the exchange rate from the current K5, 000 to a United States dollar below K3, 000 if the people of Zambia gave him chance to lead Zambia after the 2011 presidential elections.
Mr Magande also said he would not address public rallies in the townships to avoid causing accidents when ferrying people to the rallies but would use radio stations to popularise his policies and convince the people that he was the right candidate to rule Zambia.
In an interview in Lusaka on Monday, Mr Magande, who is a former minister of Finance and National Planning, said time had come for the people of Zambia to vote a leader who had experience in the management of economic affairs. He said he would also use his skills as former secretary general of the African Carribean and Pacific Group of States to influence development.
Mr Magande said around 2005, the exchange rate was at K5, 000 to a US dollar but he ensured that it dropped to below K3, 000 in 2007 because of the policies he introduced as minister of Finance. He said he was not saying that as a way comparing his abilities with other leaders because such an approach was wrong since leaders had difference types of experience in governance.
Mr Magande said in planning for economic development of the country, he would involve ordinary citizens to achieve maximum results. He said he would go to townships to address small groups of people and raise issues that affect them.
He cited Kuku Township in Lusaka which was prone to flooding while Chelstone needed roads and Kanyama required an improved drainage system. Mr Magande said he was confident that NMP parliamentary candidates would campaign for him to secure victory and as such, there was no need of organising people for big rallies.
He said the party had only managed to field 20 candidates in all the provinces except Northern and Western provinces where it would use the provincial committees to win popularity. Mr Magande said the NMP constitution had a chapter that dealt with promoting national unity and identity where all citizens would be involved in managing the affairs of the nation.
The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has condemned President Rupiah Banda’s public attacks on Chieftainess Nkomeshya Mukamambo the Second of the Soli people of Chongwe district.
Speaking in an interview with Qfm in Lusaka today, SACCORD Executive Director Lee Habasonda said it was not necessary for President Banda to denounce Chieftainess Nkomeshya at a public rally.
Mr. Habasonda says the President should have used other avenues to resolve his differences with the traditional leader.
He says traditional leaders in the country should not be drawn into political campaigns adding that they deserve to be respected.
The SACCORD Executive Director explains that it is surprising at how Chieftainess Nkomeshya has been criticized for her stance to rally behind the opposition when other traditional leaders who have publicly declared their support for the ruling party have not been victimized in any way.
He says people’s preferences have to be respected and further urges Zambians to remain calm and commit to peace in this year%u2019s general elections.
Dont kubeba,popularly said as donchi kubeba is a slogan the PF have come to embrace originally embraced by the PF leaders Michael chilufya
Sata,a mixture of a bemba and English word to mean DON’T TELL or DON’T SAY A WORD, the meaning behind this term is that PF party members can go and collect campaign materials intended for other political party members such as UPND,MMD,FDD,etc when ever these particular party members are at a rally.PF members are encouraged to collect these materials and keep their hearts the term “donchi kubeba” a principle that is highly applied when an evil deed is
being carried out by either a person or group of persons.
It is a term that as we have seen in many court cases, child defilers say to the victimized children when they defile them, it is a term that money launderers use when they are committing their crime, it is a term that drug traffickers use when carrying out their deeds, indeed it is also a term that adulterers use when they cheat on their husbands or wives. I can go on, the list is endless every wrong doer embraces the “don’t say a word” term.
What scares me about this donchi kubeba theory is not that PF sympathizers embrace it, what scares the hell out of me is that an entire party president such as Mr. Sata can embrace such an evil slogan and encourage his members to practice it.[pullquote]Have you ever wondered how it will be when it comes to that time of the year when they have to reveal the Nation’s Revenue, have you ever thought that the donchi kubeba theory will apply there, when it comes to PF ministers over seeing projects in their various ministries, have you ever thought that they will donchi kubeba you on government resources[/pullquote].
It reminds me of a term OMERTA embraced the Mafia by the Italian (and still do), mostly in Sicily Omertà implies “the categorical prohibition of cooperation with state authorities or reliance on its services, even when one has been victim of a crime.” Even if somebody is convicted of a crime he has not committed, he is supposed to serve the sentence without giving the police any information about the real criminal, even if that criminal
has nothing to do with the Mafia himself.
Within Mafia culture,breaking omertà is punishable by death (Wikipedia).It became so strong that crimes such as murder as murder remained unreported. Let me not bore you with this “omerta code” issue, but my point being this donchi kubeba theory may appear to be a joke for now and many may take it so lightly yet it has a very negative effect on the moral standing of an organization, school, and nation at large,even homes have been torn apart due to such terms as donchi kubeba (she don’t have to know kind of attitude).
It is sad that it is officially advertised now and as the old saying goes “charity begins at home”, seeing a political party embrace such slogans at party level simply implies that even at national level they will have no difficult in doing likewise.
Have you ever wondered how it will be when it comes to that time of the year when they have to reveal the Nation’s Revenue, have you ever thought that the donchi kubeba theory will apply there, when it comes to PF ministers over seeing projects in their various ministries, have you ever thought that they will donchi kubeba you on government resources.
And now mr.Sata who is such qualified a politician stands up and proudly says donchi kubeba,he stands up and proudly places a huge advert of himself in the Post(“PFOST” as it has come to be known in the cyber word) saying donchi kubeba.
Sadly for the PF, this donchi kubeba slogan will cost them much of the student vote and the so called intellectual vote mainly comprised of people who analyze and look through issues critically.
Now before you vote, before you cast that precious vote of yours ask yourself how many things you don’t know, how many things the PF government will come and implement that they have “DONCHI KUBEBAd” you.
ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi
ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development president Charles Milupi has castigated Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata for trying to use the funeral of late Mongu Catholic Diocese Bishop Paul Duffy to gain political mileage.
Mr Milupi, who witnessed the conduct of the PF leader as he tried to disrupt the mass, said in an interview yesterday that the behaviour of Mr Sata was uncalled-for as it was against the Catholic Church doctrine.
“When I was a child I was an altar boy and so I understand the Catholic doctrine and even the high points of any mass. It was during this high point of the mass that Mr Sata, who from the onset sat in the terraces, tried to walk to greet the vice-president instead of shaking hands with the people who were around him.
“He crossed the altar and even wanted to go and start greeting the bishops but the priests stopped him,” Mr Milupi said. He said it was unbecoming of Mr Sata to try and use a funeral to gain political mileage.
Mr Milupi, who paid tribute to Bishop Duffy for speaking for the people in the province, said it was wrong for the PF leader to seek to disrupt the mass in order to seek some publicity.
On Monday, organisers of the funeral for Bishop Duffy stopped Mr Sata from attending the burial ceremony at Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral grounds after he allegedly broke the Church’s peace and reconciliation liturgy when he broke protocol to try and greet some priests.
Meanwhile, Mr Milupi, who is in the province on a campaign trail, said he was happy with the response his party was receiving country-wide. He, however, bemoaned the culture of violence by some political parties.
“Our members and candidates in Eastern Province were attacked by some PF cadres and in Mpulungu in Northern Province our candidate was actually hacked by some PF members,” he said. He said some political parties were engaging in violence because they had run out of ideas.
Mr Milupi said his campaign team had a busy schedule that included touring Shang’ombo and Sesheke in Western Province. The team will then proceed to Livingstone in Southern Province, Kabwe in Central Province, Copperbelt Province and Eastern Province.
File: United Liberal Party leader Sakwiba Sikota (right) President Rupiah Banda.
United Liberal Party (ULP) president Sakwiba Sikota has described the warning by President Rupiah Banda to Chieftainess Nkomeshya as a timely intervention.
Mr. Sikota who has abandoned his presidential ambitions to accompany President Banda on his campaign trail tells Qfm that the Chieftainess has a right to support any candidate of her choice but that she should refrain from intimidating her subjects.
He has accused Chieftainess Nkomeshya of threatening to strip off the headmen of their titles if they support President Banda and the ruling MMD candidates in the area.
Mr Sikota says such an act is unacceptable in a democratic dispensation.
Mr. Sikota explains that President Banda was forced express his sentiments at a public rally because the traditional leader declined to meet him despite seeking an audience with her.
The ULP leader has since urged headmen in Chieftainess Nkomeshya chiefdom to take legal action against her if they receive any more threats from the traditional ruler.
Dario Bonetti has defended his training camp preference to practice on grass rather than artificial turf for last Sundays 2012 Africa Cup Group C qualifier away against Comoros.
Bonetti came under criticism after Zambia labored on an artificial turf in their 2-1 away win over Comoros on Sunday after training on it for the first time on the eve of their Group C game.
“I think the people deserve an answer,” Bonetti told LT sports on Tuesday in Lusaka.
“The answer is if we had trained on an artificial ground too many times it is possible we might have many inflammations in the ligaments with our players before the game this is not good.
“Many of our players have ligament problems in the knees. The best we could do is preserve their condition. It is more important to arrive before the match without problems.”
Questions were asked why the team did not make use of the Independence Stadium or Olympic Youth Development Centre artificial turfs in Lusaka.
Bonetti said the same strategy was also employed before they travelled to Mozambique and they still managed to win 2-0 on an artificial pitch at Machava Stadium in Maputo on March 27.
“I have to preserve the players to be in the best condition especially the goalkeepers and the strikers and some midfielders,” he said.
He added that the turf in Comoros was poor and uneven and also first generation unlike the second generation pitches in Lusaka.
Meanwhile, the team arrived back home from Comoros on a chartered flight just after midnight following Sundays 2-1 away win.
