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Father Frank Bwalya has says the Catholic Church will not allow to be mocked by president Rupiah Banda and the MMD by issuing hypocritical statements following the death of late former Mongu diocese Catholic Bishop, Paul Duffy.
Father Bwalya has said that President Banda and the MMD should instead be rejoicing over the death of Bishop Duffy because that was their wish.
He said that the MMD should not pretend to be thoughtful about the death of the Catholic Bishop when a senior party member, Chiko Chibale, is on record publicly announcing that the party on the copperbelt was dispatching its militia to kill Bishop Duffy.
He told QFM in a telephone interview that President Banda is at liberty to go for Bishop Duffy’s funeral but will not be allowed to issue hypocritical statements about the late Bishop as it will be a big mistake.
And Father Bwalya said that President Banda should apologize to the nation and correct the misinformation that Father Francis Musonda, who died at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) on Thursday, was the first Zambian native seminarian.
Father Bwalya said that it was unfortunate that president Banda would claim to have known the late Catholic priest personally, even in his death, when he knows nothing about him.
FLASHBACK: President Rupiah Banda talks to Education Deputy Minister Boniface Kawimbe as Presidential Affairs Minister Ronald Mukuma (center) looks on before he left for South Sudan at Lusaka1 International Airport
Standard Bank Group has predicted victory for President Rupiah Banda in the September 20 general elections.
The research wing of Standard Bank says President Banda and the MMD will emerge winners of the 2011 elections, supported by the positive economic outlook.
The bank says the country’s per capita growth has been accelerating since President Rupiah Banda assumed office in 2008.
This is contained in the August 9, Standard Bank Group Africa Research report for Zambia.
The report however notes that the elections have put pressure on the kwacha which it anticipates to weaken as the political discourse gets heated up.
The bank expects the kwacha to move to K5,250 to one dollar.
Standard Bank Group becomes the third institution to tip President Banda as winner in the September 20 polls.
Early this month the Economic Intelligence Unit predicted for the fourth time running that President Banda will emerge winner in this year’s general elections.
Last week SYNOVATE, a leading research firm in the SADC region also predicted that President Banda will win the September polls with 42 percent.
File: Youths and Lusaka residents watch sports events at the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka
The national youth sports festival has opened at the Olympic Youth Development Center- OYDC with over 1 000 youths taking part in the event.
Speaking at the official opening ceremony yesterday, secretary to the cabinet Joshua Kanganja challenged selectors to pick the best athletes to represent the country in future international events.
Kanganja also said that it will be a shame if the country fails to win a medal at the SADC games to be hosted by Zambia.
He says government is investing huge resources in the development of sports infrastructure across the country.
At the same occasion, sports permanent secretary Teddy Mulonga says government wants to ensure that Zambia becomes a top medal winner at the major sports event.
Mr Mulonga also says the investment in sports infrastructure is unprecedented and he has urged the participants to work harder.
File: Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata addressing a rally
PATRIOTIC Front president Michael Sata has outlined his vision for Southern Province promising to make maximum use of the vast land and water resources in the region.
Addressing a mass rally in Choma yesterday at Kings Centre grounds, Mr Sata told the cheering crowds that the neglect of the region will end next month when the PF takes power from the corrupt and incompetent Rupiah Banda administration.
Mr Sata said given the excellent location of Choma, the town was best suited to be the provincial capital but the MMD government has failed to make good use of this unique geographical position.
The PF leader said the town had also produced illustrious men and women that contributed immensely to Zambia’s freedom struggle. He paid tribute to Mr Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula, one of Zambia’s best known pioneers of the freedom struggle.
The PF leader has been on a campaign trail in Southern Province since Wednesday.
This afternoon, the PF leader will be addressing another rally in Livingstone to spell the PF vision for the tourist carpital.
The 2011 Faz Super Division season enters a crucial stretch with 10 games to go before the league title is decided.
Leaders Red Arrows travel to Ndola to face second from bottom Lime Hotspurs looking to maintain their lead at the top of the table.
Arrows beat lime 6-1 in Week 5 and how the Ndola side will overcome that psychological experience and show some character at home could mark a turning point in their quest to survive a very tight relegation fight.
Meanwhile, two teams this weekend are a threat to Arrows domination at the top of the table as coach George Lwandamina chases his first league title after winning it in 2005 and 2006 as an assistant at Mufulira Wanderers.
Arrows lead the table on 37 points, three less that Power Dynamos and Konkola Blades both on 34 points in 2nd and 3rd positions respectively.
Power have a tricky tie away to 10th placed Roan United who beat them 2-1 in Kitwe in a Week 5 game last April.
Blades on the other hand are at home at Konkola Stadium in Chililabombwe where they host 5th positioned Nakambala Leopards and are looking to better their 1-1 draw from the first leg meeting in April.
And on Sunday, defending champions Zesco United are away to Nkana.
Without a doubt the most worked on body part for men has to be the arms , the biceps in particular. It is practically impossible to walk into any gym and find that no one is working on their biceps. You may ask ” If it is so popular ,then how come not many people have huge arms?” Two things;
technique- It is very important to have the correct technique , otherwise you risk injuring yourself.
commitment- If you don’t see the results you were wishing for , don’t give up , building muscle takes time . Just be consistent and positive minded.
BEST BICEP WORKOUTS
In order to fully work on your biceps you will need access to weights. If you do not have any and are not a member of a gym , you have to be innovative and use some simple house hold items. For example you can fill an empty 2 litre container with water , close it tight and use it as a makeshift dumbbell. You can also fill the bottle with sand to increase the weight.
STANDING BAR CURLS
Given the main role of the biceps is elbow flexion, the logical movement for stimulating the most amount of muscle in this region is the curl, and the most basic of all the curling movements is the standing barbell version, universally known as the greatest biceps exercise ever. If you are at home you can use a broom stick . Tie water bottles to each end of it.
How it is done;
Hold bar with a shoulder-width grip, with arms straight towards the floor and elbows locked an inch from your sides.
Curl weight towards the chest, while keeping the elbows and back fixed.
Contact the biceps as the bar reaches the front of the chest.
Resist weight as it slowly lowers to the floor for a full stretch.
Precaustion;
For beginners start with small weights to get the range of motion correct.
Lift the bar up and down slowly to really target the biceps.
ALTERNATING ROTATING DUMBBELL CURL
This is a simple yet effective exercise. By alternating, you can focus maximal intensity on each arm separately.
How it is done;
grab two dumbbells (or water bottles) and hold them down at your sides, arms straight, palms facing your body. keep your elbows tucked into your sides as soon as you start curling.
start the movement with a hammer curl position ( that is your palms facing your side), then as the dumbbell clears your body, begin to rotate it so that at the end of the movement, your palms are facing your head.
Once you lower the dumbbell back to the starting position, start curling with the next arm.
Precaution
Start with smaller weights then steadily increase after time.
Keep your elbows tight to your side and curl up slowly.
CLOSE GRIP CHIN UPS
These are one of the best mass building bicep exercises . By keeping your hands close together and focusing on your biceps to lift your body, you will be essentially doing body weight curls.
There is a big difference between pull ups and chin ups. While pull ups are good for your arms and back, close grip chin ups concentrate more on the biceps.
How it is done;
find a straight bar that you can comfortably reach from a standing position. Grip the bar with an underhand grip (your palms should be facing you). Keep your hands a short distance apart; they should be right outside your chin on either side.
Pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar , then go back down. That is one rep , do as many as you can.
Precaution
Make sure your chin goes right over the bar , even if you can just do a few reps , it is ok . After sometime you will be able to do more.
Patriotic Front and MMD cadres this morning clashed around Soweto market area in Lusaka.
The clashes erupted over removal of rival campaign posters by the cadres of the two political parties.
Eye witnesses have told QFM the clashes by PF and MMD cadres sent traders and people at the market scampering in all directions.
Police officers deployed to the scene to quell the violence failed to make any arrests.
And Zambia Police service spokesperson Ndandula Siamana has confirmed the development saying the police are on the ground to ensure the culprits are brought to book.
Ms Siamana has told QFM that police officers have since been deployed at the scene to avoid further violence.
A check by QFM at the scene of the violence found police officers monitoring the situation around the New Soweto market with most shops closed.
British High Commissioner to Zambia Carolyn Davidson (l)
British high Commissioner to Zambia Carolyn Davison has observed that the media in Zambia is polarized.
Ms Davison has told journalists in an interview in Lusaka that it is difficult for one to believe what is being published in the media saying there is need for the media to be objective.
She says media biasness deprives the electorates an opportunity to make informed decisions.
She adds that the media has a critical role to play in ensuring that the playing field for all political parties taking part in the general elections is leveled.
Ms. Davison has further advised the police to conduct its operations effectively to ensure that no one feels intimidated during the election period.
The high commissioner says having an environment that is free for all political parties to conduct their campaigns is key in preventing any form of violence during the election period.
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has called on the police service to realign itself to efficiently deal with concerns raised by all political parties without any bias.
ECZ Chairperson Irene Mambilima says the commission is concerned with allegations of laxity on the part of the police suggesting that they have a soft spot for the ruling MMD.
Justice Mambilima observes that the law should be left to take its course regardless of political affiliation of the offender.
Speaking at the political party liaison committee meeting in Lusaka this morning, Justice Mambilima also expressed concern with the unfriendly relationships that are developing during campaigns among political parties.
Justice Mambilima has further questioned why the country has seen an increase in political acrimony when all players publicly declared during the filing-in of nominations that they would abide by the electoral code of conduct.
She notes political party leaders should ensure that their supporters refrain from attending their meetings with offensive weapons with intentions of hurting other people adding that there can be no justification for hate speech and incitement of violence.
The ECZ chairperson has also advised political parties to avail their rally schedules to the commission and the police to enable effective policing of their meetings.
MMD national secretary Richard Kachingwe has directed all party organs and members to avoid any form of violence, even when provoked,and concentrate on campaigning for the party and its President Rupiah Banda.
And Major Kachingwe has said the Patriotic Front (PF) cannot accuse his party of perpetrating violence because Zambians know that the?opposition party is led by a leader who believes in violence as a means of political persuasion.
Maj Kachingwe said in Lusaka yesterday all party organs and members should stay away from any form of violence and concentrate on selling the party to the Zambian people. “I would like to instruct our party members to stay away from violence not only by word but also by deed.
I want to urge them to go the people and kneel before them to beg for the vote, they must go door to door, village to village and campaign based on the achievements of our Government and President Banda.
“Even when provoked our members should not entertain those that want to be violent. We are a peaceful party and we shall campaign in this election peacefully because we value peace,” he said. Maj Kachingwe directed party officialsto ensure they do not allow members to drink alcohol whenever they are out on the campaign trail.
Maj Kachingwe’s order comes in the wake of the directive by the PF secretary general Wynter Kabimba’s directive to party members to use violence against political opponents. Meanwhile, the MMD national secretary has refuted allegations by some Lusaka PF parliamentarians that the MMD was responsible for the violence that had been experienced so far. He said the MMD began their campaigns some time back and had not been involved in any forms of violence.
“But immediately the PF started the campaigns violence also started. I’m sure Zambians recall that we announced our candidates earlier and started campaigns. So we know it is just a ploy everybody knows that it is the PF that is violent.
“It is the PF that smashed a vehicle belonging to our candidate in Nalolo, it is the PF that beat up the mother of our candidate in Mandevu. We are also aware that they have been pulling down posters of our candidates,” he said. He said the party had since lodged a complaint with the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) on the wrongs against the PF. He said PF president Michael Sata was known as a violent person. “Even when he was in the MMD Mr Sata used to sponsor violence and now?he has transferred that to the PF, in fact I would like to warn Zambians against voting for Mr Sata because if they make that mistake, God forbid, the party will just be beating people.
“I am sure Zambians still remember that at some point Kulima Tower was a no go area because Mr Sata was sponsoring violence there,” he said. He said Zambians should be careful as they go to vote this year.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda’s political advisor Francis Chigunta has advised Patriotic Front (PF) campaigners to focus on issue-based campaigns and not character assassination.
Dr Chigunta said the behaviour of PF campaigners such as Father Frank Bwalya and others was uncalled for and baseless because it was not issue-based.
He said in an interview in Kitwe yesterday that, the PF Campaigners had run out of ideas and had nothing to offer the people of Zambia hence resorting to campaigns of attacking the Head of State on his education background.
Dr Chigunta was reacting to Father Bwalya’s allegations that President Banda was not educated and that was why he removed the qualification of a holding a degree for a presidential candidate.
He said President Banda was a solid leader who had attained his education in Ethiopia and Cambridge and was comfortable in the company of educated assistance unlike his opposition leader who was surrounded by hooligans who had nothing to advice.
Dr Chigunta said PF leader Micheal Sata’s education background was nothing to talk about because he was not an educated person.
“I would like to condemn the behaviour of PF campaigners like Father Frank Bwalya and others who have run out of ideas and have nothing to offer the people of Zambia.
“Attacking the education of the Republican President is baseless because he is a solid leader who attended his education in Ethiopia and Cambridge,” he said.
Dr Chigunta said because of the educated team that the President was surrounded with, that was why they had come up with a developmental program known as the Seven point plan to develop the country. He said no leader had come up with something serious and issue based program like that.
Dr Chigunta advised PF campaigners to address their campaigns on issues and not personality and that even the electoral code of conduct did not permit personality attacks.
He said the people of Zambia wanted to hear what every leader would do for them and not character assassination campaigns.
And addressing a rally at Kitwe s freedom park grounds, Father Bwalya said President Banda had decided to remove the qualification of a degree holder as a qualification for any person aspiring to stand as presidential candidate because he was not a degree holder himself.
And speaking at the same rally, PF Roan constituency aspiring candidate Chishimba Kambwili urged the electorate to vote for Mr Sata in the September 20 elections.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has lamented the death of Father Francis Musonda of Kasama as a terrible loss to the church and the nation. In a letter of condolences to Monsignor Father Ignatius Mwebe who is the Apostolic Administrator of the Kasama Archdiocese, the President said he was deeply moved to learn of the death of Father Francis who passed on at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka at about 17:00 hours on Wednesday August25, 2011.
President Banda said Father Francis, who lately was based at the Emmaus Spirituality Centre in Lusaka, committed himself to the development of rural life as an itinerant pastor, and demonstrated a great love for ordinary people.
“I have learned he was the first native Catholic seminarian in Zambia in whose interests his family made great sacrifices to enable him train as a priest,” the President said.
The Head of State said he was saddened to note that the Catholic Church had suffered two losses among its clergymen in less than a week, following the death in Texas, US of Bishop Paul Duffy.
President Banda wished the archdiocese and the bereaved family the courage and comfort of the Lord Jesus Christ. This was contained in a statement released by President Banda’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations, Dickson Jere.
[Times of Zambia]
THE Patriotic Front (PF) has already lost two seats in Southern Province, contrary to the assertion by Secretary General Wynter Kabimba that his party was contesting in all 150 parliamentary constituencies.
A final tally of parliamentary candidates has found that the PF failed to find candidates in two constituencies in Southern Province. The Patriotic Front (PF) has failed to field candidates in Pemba and Chikankata constituencies in Southern Province and has also not fielded local government candidates in several other wards countrywide.
According to information obtained by the Times of Zambia from the final list of successful parliamentary candidates for the September 20 elections only the MMD had managed to field candidates in all the 150 constituencies. The UPND only successfully filed nominations in 136 constituencies. According to the final list of candidates in Pemba Constituency six candidates are contesting the seat with only the MMD, UPND and the ?National Movement for Progress (NMP) being the only parties represented, fighting for the seat against three independent?candidates.
Similarly in Chikankata Constituency the same three political parties are contesting the elections while there are two independent candidates. Last week, Mr Kabimba said the party had fielded candidates in all the 150 constituencies. Contacted for a comment about the findings that the party had not fielded in the two constituencies, PF vice-president Guy Scott refused to comment.
“I am not interested with the Times of Zambia, bye,” he said before cutting his mobile phone. But MMD national secretary Major Richard Kachingwe said the failure by the PF to field in all the 150 constituencies was a sign that the opposition party had no national character.
Maj Kachingwe said it was now becoming clearer that the PF was headed for a humiliating loss in the September 20 elections given that it had also not fielded local government candidates in several other wards across the country. “Mr Kabimba was trying to mislead Zambians in a wrong way that they had fielded candidates in all the 150 constituencies, this is a clear sign that the opposition party does not have a national character,” he said.
I have to strongly differ with Dr Charles Ngoma’s assertion that imitation may be the shortest route to Zambia’s prosperity. To remarkably imitate an original requires a lot of work in itself, so there goes bust Dr Ngoma’s shortcut. The simple fact is that prosperity has to be toiled for. Half a century into independence, Africa has nothing to show for its imitations of the Western World nor of the Eastern world for that matter. We have been imitating our colonizers for hundreds of years and that has led us to where we are now; a begging under developed continent that always awaits hand-outs in the shape of famine relief, development aid, Structural adjustment programmes, professional expertise, etc. By now we should know that imitating a progressive person doesn’t make you progress.
Why it is impossible to progress via imitation is that by its nature imitation is superficial. You may pretend to be someone else but sooner or later your true self will want to come out and disturb the carbon copy. Thus we may pretend to be European by giving ourselves English names but that does not turn Michael Sata or Rupiah Banda into Winston Churchill. We may walk the dusty streets of Lusaka townships in Western styled suits but that doesn’t turn Kalingalinga into Windsor Castle. To be great we have to believe we are great the way we are and then improve upon that. As it is we want to be great the way the British are, the way the Americans are[pullquote].There is an overwhelming mindset that Western technology is difficult to grasp. This comes out of the inferiority complex handed down by colonialism that whites are superior. At the same time there is a belief that to be modern is to be Western; nothing else.( which belief is false). Therefore, those wanting to take a shortcut to being modern, look for simpler Western artefacts and mannerisms to imitate.[/pullquote]
What dictates progress is normally innovation. You can observe an act, scientific or social, and adapt it to suit your environment. Thus when the Japanese copied Western technology and subsequently bought the licences to now make cars like Toyota, they learnt the technology and with a few tweaks here and there they then made it their own. Japan had confronted modern Western technology in the early 1800s. Terrified by the war between China and Britain in the early 1830s the Japanese built western style guns to protect themselves. They did this without any help from foreigners. Once they had mastered how to build it the technology became theirs.
Once you possess this technology you will be able to repair it when it breaks down. If you are merely assembling Fiat cars in Livingstone you are unlikely to progress to thinking about how to avoid the snapping of the front wheel axle; a common fault among Zambian assembled Fiats. The point I am making here is that we never attempt to own the technology that we admire and import because we have an inferiority complex that we can never master it. Its not uncommon for African firms to ask for engineers from abroad when an imported machine breaks down.
Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, recites an instance when he went to a Kampala hospital and found hundreds of broken down trolleys in the backyard. Talking to staff he was told that the axes on the wheels were snapping and there was noone to repair these since they were made in England. The hospital administration was, in typical African style, now waiting for the government to order new trolleys from Europe. Museveni briefly scrutinised the broken down trolleys and realised that replacement wheels could easily be made in Kampala. He ordered that these trolleys be repaired locally and lo and behold! The hospital was again moving.
This shows the lack of innovation on the continent. When a Western made machine breaks down, Africans start waiting for another one to come from wherever they bought (begged for) the original. There is an overwhelming mindset that Western technology is difficult to grasp. This comes out of the inferiority complex handed down by colonialism that whites are superior. At the same time there is a belief that to be modern is to be Western; nothing else.( which belief is false). Therefore, those wanting to take a shortcut to being modern, look for simpler Western artefacts and mannerisms to imitate. Thus knowing just how difficult it is to emulate Rocket Science, we are very inclined to copying easy stuff such as Western behaviour, Western cosmetics, dress, names, accents, religion, bring it on; I mean everything Western by the truckload.
Humans by nature copy each other for progress’s sake but one should know what to copy and how to copy it. Humans need to copy what is progressive and leave out the inapposite and retrogressive elements. How do we do this? This is where political leadership steps in. It normally has the wherewithal to ideologically influence a whole nation, more so if it is a dictatorship as we had in the first 35 years of African independence. It is the political leadership that introduces education curricula to erase inferiority complexes and neo-colonial mindsets among its youth and general populace. This is quite difficult if the president is busy imitating American accents and fashions.
Dr Ngoma fails to inform his readership on the shortcomings of imitation. The simplistic manner in which he cites various historical imitations doesn’t help the Zambian, rather it runs the risk of reducing him to a proud follow fashion monkey. This perpetuates the inferiority complex because imitation has a side effect. It leaves upon the imitator an inferiority complex coming from the fact that he knows he is pretending to be of a perceived superior grouping. In other words imitation kills self-pride. People without self-pride will not progress. Just look at the great nations we have presently and tell me which one got where they are without self pride. The answer is none.
If Dr Ngoma describes imitation as an “insatiable appetite for the latest” we have a different argument there. The latest does not have to be what the colonial master produces. You can make your own latest. However when we have been brought up to think everything from the colonizer is what is modern (latest) and everything indigenous is archaic, it is difficult to carry our true selves into the modern world. With the kind of innovation (and self-pride) I have cited from the Japanese, we can go forward without degrading and losing ourselves.
The Citizens Forum Executive secretary Simon Kabanda has appealed to the opposition Patriotic Front (PF) not to resort to violence when provoked by its opponents.
Mr Kabanda told QFM that resorting to violence means as a defence mechanism when provoked may lead to loss of lives of innocent people.
Mr. Kabanda said that this may also result in loss of national stability adding that political parties need to play an active role in maintaining peace and order.
He has since called on political parties to learn to co-exist and conduct their campaigns in a peaceful manner.
Mr Kabanda also charged that government was to blame for the unprofessional conduct of the Zambia Police service because of interference in the operations of the police.
Mr. Kabanda said that government gives instructions to the Zambia police adding that it is difficult for the police officers to defy the orders for fear of being fired.
He was commenting on the concerns raised by the Patriotic Front that the Zambia police has failed to act on cases of violence reported involving MMD cadres.
