Former vice president Enoch Kavindele has said that his support for President Rupiah Banda in next month’s polls is not blinded by the contract to construct the North Western Rail Line. Mr Kavindele said that his support is based on the fact that he understood the vision of President Banda in enhancing the economic development of the country and would do what was necessary to ensure that he retained the presidency.

The former vice president is on the campaign team of President Banda ahead of the elections next month but some political opponents have accused him of being compromised after being given a contract to construct the North Western Rail Line.

Mr Kavindele said he could not be compromised by anything and would not be derailed in his support for President Banda because he believed that the MMD candidate had a vision to develop the country than any other contestant.

“I cannot be compromised by anyone and my support and campaign for Rupiah Banda is based on the understanding that he has a vision to develop this country.

Mr Kavindele further said that the contracts that the people are talking about was given to him by late president Levy Mwanawasa.

“When the current Government tried to terminate the rail contract, I took it to court and won, so the contracts have nothing to do with my support for President Banda.” he said.

Mr Kavindele noted that President Banda had made significant achievements in the past three years that he had been in office and believed that Zambia could further achieve economic gains if he was given another opportunity to rule the country.

[pullquote]”When the current Government tried to terminate the rail contract, I took it to court and won, so the contracts have nothing to do with my support for President Banda.” he said.[/pullquote]

Mr Kavindele has said that the opposition Patriotic Front (PF) was looking for an excuse for the imminent loss in next month’s polls by coming up with spurious accusations and unnecessary allegations about the electoral process.

He noted that because the opposition PF had realized that they had slim chances of winning the polls, they had resorted to unnecessary allegations and accusations in a bid to use them as an excuse once they lose the polls.

[Times of Zambia]

Veteran Politician Vernon Mwaanga has sued Patriotic Front Vice President Guy Scott and the Post Newspaper for defamation.

This follows the alleged defamatory utterances on Mr Mwaanga by Dr Scott.

The utterances were carried in The Post Newspaper of 17th August 2011.

The Post Newspapers reported that Dr Scott told PF supporters in Katuba to be alert against possible malpractice by the MMD because Mr Mwaanga was sitting in Lusaka with plenty of computers playing games.

Mr Mwaanga has argued that the innuendo implies that he engages in criminal practices of vote rigging.

He has lamented that The Post has before covered election petitions of 1996 and 2001 with no allegations linking him to rigging of elections.

Mr Mwaanga has sought an injunction to restrain the Post Newspaper from publishing libelous materials on him.

Mr Mwaanga has also demanded an unqualified withdrawal of the defamatory statement in the Post Newspaper.

He has demanded that the apology should be broadcast on ZNBC on both radio and Television for a week twice daily at the defendants cost.

Mr Mwaanga has also demanded that the same should be published on the front page of the Zambia Daily Mail and The Post Newspaper once.

ZNBC

The Patriotic Front-PF says it is fully aware that its party constitution needs improvements.

PF Vice President Guy Scott has explained that his party adopted the UNIP model when the party was registered.

Dr. Scott has told ZNBC that the PF will change its constitution at the next General Conference.

And Dr. Scott says suspected MMD cadres who were dressed in party regalia torn down PF posters in Lusaka Central this morning.

He however says campaigns are going on well.

Meanwhile, More than 40 Patriotic Front Cadres that were involved in a road traffic accident in Mwinilunga have been discharged from Solwezi General Hospital.

North-Western Province Permanent Secretary, Fabian Mumba says the government has accommodated some of the cadres in Solwezi to facilitate medical review.

Mr. Mumba says the twenty-five cadres were discharged on Saturday, while 15 were discharged on Friday.

He told ZNBC News that government will also facilitated the movement of some cadres to other districts such as Kaleni, Mufumbwe and the Copper belt.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mumba says the four bodies are still in the mortuary awaiting postmortem while; one body has been transported to Kitwe for burial.

54 PF carders were on Thursday afternoon involved in a road accident killing 5 people and injuring 20 others.

The FUSO fighter light truck registration number ALB 1037 over turned at a junction 110 km from Mwinilunga.

The accident occurred when the driver was trying to avoid an on coming vehicle on the gravel road.

ZNBC

Council Police were over the weekend stoned by irate Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) and Patriotic Front (PF) cadres after they attempted to remove campaign materials that the two political parties have fixed in public places.

The MMD and PF have pasted posters and hoisted party Chitenge material flags at bus stations and markets.

Kapiri Mposhi District Electoral Officer, Venture Kafula confirmed that the Officers failed to remove the materials from the bus stop and the main market because they were accosted by party cadres.

It is against the electoral code of conduct to carry out campaigns in public places such as markets.

“Public places are for all people we do not want to politicize these places all political parties that have displayed campaign materials within these facilities should help us by removing them because this is against the law,” Mr. Kafula said.

Mr. Kafula warned that the move by political parties to go ahead to campaign and fixing posters and flags in public places is a source of conflict and should be condemned.

He says it is essential for all political parties participating in the elections to abide by the electoral code of conduct as they conduct their campaigns.

Mr. Kafula who is also Kapiri Mposhi District Council Secretary ordered all political parties to desist from conducting campaigns in designated public places in the district.

He says the MMD and PF should remove of campaign materials posters and party Chitenge material flags fixed in market premises, bus stations and other public places.

Meanwhile, the District Conflict Management Committee has summoned all political parties participating in the September 20 elections to appear before it to resolve the issue.

The Conflict Management Committee is, through mediation, mandated to prevent and manage electoral conflicts with the view of achieving peaceful elections.

The MMD, PF, United Party for National Development (UPND) and United National Independence Party (UNIP) have fielded candidates for the parliamentary seat and local government positions in Kapiri Mposhi.

ZNBC

COWBOYS AND ALIENS

This movie brought together James Bond and Indiana Jones and made them alien fighting cowboys . If that is not a good recipe for a summer blockbuster , i don’t know what is.

The movie starts when a stranger(Daniel Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution in 1870’s  New mexico. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) of coarse except for his unruly son . It’s a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. He teams up with the colonel ,whose son has been taken , to go after the monsters.

PRO’S

• There is never a dull moment in the movie , starting from the first scene, where Jake Longergan (Daniel Craig) is in the desert , you will be hooked.
• Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig had good on-screen chemistry.
• Good visual effects and CGI , the aliens looked realistic.

CON’S

• It was a bit too easy for Jake(Daniel Craig)  to rescue the people that were taken.
• I did not understand why there was a dog following them for the whole movie.

FAVORITE QUOTE

Jake Lonergan: Demons took your gold. When you get to Hell, you can ask for it back.

Colonel Dolarhyde: I want that man! You give him to me now, or I’m gonna take him!

Emmett Taggart: Is there demons?

RATING

4 out of 5

CONCLUSION

The best thing about this movie was Daniel Craig , his acting was splendid to watch. It is a very enjoyable and unpredictable movie , you will genuinely not now whats going to happen next. It is a must-see-movie.

BY KAPA187

President Rupiah Banda has appealed to all September 20 elections aspirants to be truthful in their campaigns and to avoid undermining and mudslinging each other.

ZANIS reports from Luanshya that the President Banda said, yesterday, that although Zambia is a democratic country, politicians from their respective political parties should endeavor to tell the Zambian people the truth about what they will do for them if elected into office.

“ Politicians, especially presidential candidates should be circumspect in the way the talk about others, “ he said.

President Banda, who was accompanied by the first Lady Thandiwe and other senior government and ruling MMD officials, was speaking today when he addressed thousands of Luanshya residents at the Rados Cinema Hall.

He said it was not right for presidential candidates and other politicians to peddle on lies about other politicians and to overstate issues during their campaigns.

He urged politicians to substantiate the allegations they make about other people.

The President said politicians should consider what could be sustained by the Zambian economy when making promises to Zambians other than talking about impossible issues.

“All politicians should come and stand before Zambians and give reasons why you should vote for them and stop undermining others.

“ As MMD we promised to fix roads, build more schools, hospitals and we have done that,” he said.

He reiterated his policy of empowering Zambians with houses through selling housing units to sitting tenants and allowing them to acquire loans to build their won houses.

President Banda said his Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) will ensure that infrastructure is developed to a level that would trigger huge external and internal investment.

He explained that his government had already laid a strong foundation in developing road infrastructure on which economic prosperity can depend on.

Mr. Banda said government has improved the health, education and other sectors that were vital to the economic development of Zambia.

“Every President would want change by having more schooling opportunities for children, more medical attention and having infrastructure reconstructed for investment to flourish in the economy of the country,” he said.

The President further implored Zambians to uphold the peace which Zambia has enjoyed since independence.

He reiterated that sustainable development can only take place in a peaceful and safe environment.

“External investment should flow into a country where there is peace, in a country where workers are hard working and are responsible,” he said.

The President, who is on a campaign trail in some selected districts of the Copperbelt province, further asked Zambians to work together and love one another to foster development in the country.

“My dream for Zambia is that we must express our political feelings without hating each other,” he said.

And Mine Workers Union of Zambia (MUZ) Chairman, Stanslous Mwinde, extolled President Banda for listening to cries of the people of Luanshya when the Luanshya Copper Mine (CLM) was closed in 2008.

Mr. Mwinde said at the same meeting that the current owner of the CLM was a good choice made to take over the mine.

He said in a vote of thanks that workers that had lost their jobs were now happy because they have gotten back their jobs.

He has however appealed to President Banda to lobby for the increase of salaries for workers at the mine.

Mr. Mwinde further asked President Banda to direct the district council to reduce the prices of residential plots in order to enable residents of Luanshya, especially miners and civil servants afford to build houses.

Earlier, President Banda attended a church service at St. Maximillian Catholic Church in Mikomfwa township where he urged the church to pray for peace and unity as Zambia prepares for elections next month.

“We cannot achieve any of our desires for ourselves, our children and our families if there is no peace,” he said.

ZANIS