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Kitwe Juveniles convicted of killing Bar tender

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THE Kitwe High Court has convicted two juveniles for manslaughter after allegedly causing the death of a Kitwe man over alcohol, they will be sentenced next week after receiving a social report from the social welfare department.

High Court Judge Catherine Makungu convicted the two juveniles aged 18 and 19 after she found them guilty of manslaughter for allegedly causing the death of Mutale Makumba on November 25 last year.

The juveniles were charged with murder but the court found them guilty of manslaughter.

In delivering judgment, Justice Makungu noted that the juveniles were drunk, unruly and were angered by the deceased refusal to sell them beer.

She was satisfied that the accused persons had a common skim to attack and assault the deceased whom they left at the scene after killing him and died of internal bleeding and brain damage.

Evidence in court was that the juveniles, who are cousins were drinking at a bar in Mulenga Township and when beer was sold out, the duo decided to go to Twesheko bar where the deceased and his nephew Emmanuel Chansa were.

When the juveniles reached Twesheko bar they were informed that they could not be sold the beer and that was when one of them threw a stone at the late Mr Makumba.

The court heard that the deceased gave chase until he got hold of one of them who started calling his other colleagues for help and that was how they all started beating the deceased.

The deceased who was later found lying near Mulenga market was pronounced dead at Kitwe Central Hospital.

In mitigation, the juveniles through legal aid senior counsel Humphery Mweemba said they were still youths with a possible chance of reformation if given a chance.

They said they had been in custody since December last year and that the period had taught them a lesson as they had found themselves in such circumstances because of engaging in beer drinking.

The court will sentence the two on July 22 after receiving a social report from the social welfare department.

Woman jailed after cutting off husband’s penis

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A Southern California woman was in jail Wednesday after allegedly drugging her husband, cutting off his penis, throwing it into the garbage disposal and turning it on, Orange County police said.
Catherine Kieu Becker put a drug or poison in her husband’s dinner Monday evening to make him sleepy, according to the initial police investigation.
“The victim went to lie down and he woke up tied to the bed with his wife tugging his clothes off,” police said. “The suspect grabbed the victim’s penis and cut it off.”
Becker told police he “deserved it” when they arrived at the scene after she called 911, the police report said. The couple is going through a divorce.
Becker, 48, was arrested for aggravated mayhem, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, administering a drug with intent to commit a felony, poisoning, and spousal abuse. She was booked into the Orange County Jail.
The 51-year-old victim, who hasn’t been identified because he is an alleged victim of spousal abuse, underwent emergency surgery at the UCI Medical Center, police said.
[CNN.COM]

FRA commences Purchase of Maize and Rice

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The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has finally commenced the purchasing of maize and paddy rice from local farmers.

This is despite the current crop marketing season having started on 1st May.

FRA Marketing Information Coordinator, Joseph Mulambu says the delay is due to the crop’s moisture content.

Mr. Mulambu has explained that the crop can be bought when the moisture content is at the recommended 12.5 percent.

Meanwhile, the FRA has to date sold 536,453 metric tonnes of maize valued at over 89.7 million dollars, of which 316,197 tonnes were exports valued at 52.8 million dollars.

Mr. Mulambu says the FRA maize market included Zimbabwe, Congo D.R and other countries in the SADC and COMESA regions.

[ MUVI ]

Chipata Residents snubs Mangani

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Chipata Central Member of Parliament Lameck Mangani’s sympathisers this mornimg struggled to mobilse Chipata
residents to welcome him following his resignation from the ruling
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD).

The Former Works and Supply Deputy Minister who arrived in Chipata
district expecting residents to give him a thunderous welcome was
snubbed and only a handful of people who are reported to have been
paid showed up at the Chipata airport.

ZANIS reports that efforts by his sympathisers to mobilise support
proved futile prompting them to pay taxi drivers and call boys to
masquerade as supporters.

And Chipata residents talked to by ZANIS said Mr Mangani should not
contest the Chipata central constituency seat because he had proved to be selfish by dumping the party that made him what he is today saying
he was a nobody before he joined the MMD.

Andrew Jere of Jere compound described Mr Mangani as a shameless opportunist who had failed to deliver in the MMD.

Eliness Zimba of Kapata township also expressed disappointment with Mr
Mangani saying the wise should judge him by his cunning behaviour.

Ms. Zimba stated that Mr Mangani should not be deceived that he had
support due to developments taking place in the district because these were Government-initiated and that as area MP he did nothing.

She noted that Government had been initiating a number of
developmental projects in order to facilitate the attainment of
Chipata district to a city status.

Another resident Timothy Zulu of Mchini compound said Mr Mangani’s
actions were shameful adding that people in the district had earlier
respected him but did not know that he was actually a snake.

Meanwhile the MMD in Eastern Province has accused Mr Mangani of being
an opportunist for ditching the party when elections were approaching.

MMD Provincial secretary, Ezekiel Mtonga said his resignation had
brought sanity to the party saying his presence triggered divisions
among members at constituency level.

Mr. Mtonga said Mr Mangani single handedly picked constituency
executive committee members to ensure that they paid allegiance to
him.

He stated that the party was now intact as an interim committee
had been constituted following the dissolution of the committee that
was handpicked by the area MP.

Mr. Mtonga also stated that the party had credible members who could
contest the Chipata Central Constituency seat and challenged Mr
Managani to contest on any other political party ticket so that he
could see the strength of the MMD which he said was still popular in
the province.

And speaking when he arrived at Chipata airport, Mr Mangani said his
resignation from the ruling party was not influenced by political
hatred towards President Rupiah Banda saying it was only a personal
decision.

He told reporters that he will officially announce his intentions on
Saturday and speculations are high that the former Works and Supply
Deputy Minister wants to join the opposition PF.
[ ZANIS ]

K1.3 billion CDF idle

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Livingstone Town clerk Dras Neves

About K1.3 billion Constituency Development Fund-CDF- for Livingstone has been lying idle in the bank because of leadership wrangles that rocked the council recently.

Livingstone Mayor, Aggrey Njekwa told ZNBC News in Livingstone on Wednesday that two CDF allocations have not been used.

Mayor Njekwa says lack of accountability by some recipients in the past had also contributed to the delay in the release of funds.

He however says the council has now approved thirteen projects at a total cost of K1.2Billion.

Mr. Njekwa disclosed that among the approved projects, is the fencing of the bus stop at a cost of K72million.

He has appealed for prudent use of the funds by the recipients.

Livingstone Council had been rocked by wrangles involving the former town clerk Dras Nerves and the council.

Ms Dras Nerves has since been transferred from Livingstone.
[ZNBC]

World Bank gives Zambia middle-income ranking

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THE World Bank has reclassified Zambia as a middle-income country,along with Ghana.

The World Bank says the upward adjustment in Zambia’s income growth is a result of foreign aid-driven interventions and surging prices of copper in the last few decades.

This is contained in yesterday’s edition of the United Kingdom-based newspaper, The Guardian.

“Zambia and Ghana are ranked 27th and 28th among 63 countries which the World Bank has reclassified as middle-income countries since the year 2000,” The Guardian newspaper reports.

Low-income countries are those with the average gross national income (GNIs) of less than US$1, 005 per person annually. Lower middle-income countries have per capita GNIs of between US$1,006 per year and upper middle-income countries have per capita GNIs between US$3, 976 and US$12, 275.

The UK newspaper says the World Bank did its annual assessment of poor countries last week and the new middle-income countries this year are Zambia and Ghana.

It states that the price of copper (Zambia’s major export) was depressed in the 80s and saw its price rise in the middle of the last decade as China and India’s economies grew and demand for copper soared.

The newspaper states that the World Bank country classifications which are used to help to determine types and levels of support provided by many aid agencies, need a rethink.

The middle-income countries now account for most of the world’s population living in absolute poverty and they need aid allocation models which will take account of poor people and deprivation beyond income.

On the Millennium Development Goals, the Guardian newspaper states that Zambia and Ghana have done well although the progress to attain the goals is slow.

“However, in both Ghana and Zambia, the number of children in primary school has climbed along with literacy rates and infant mortality has fallen. Even if they are not on track to meet the MDGs, quality of life is getting much better,” it states.

There are only 35 low-income countries remaining out of the countries being assessed by the world.

In March this year, Zambia was assigned a B+ sovereign credit by two internationally recognised credit agencies, Standard and Poors and Fitch.

[Zambia Daily Mail]

Zambia proposes the establishment COMESA monetary body to lead to a single currency

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COMESA Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya (r) and Defence Minister Kalombo Mwansa arrive for the COMESA Ministers' meeting in Lusaka
COMESA Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya (r) and Defence Minister Kalombo Mwansa arrive for the COMESA Ministers' meeting in Lusaka

GOVERNMENT has proposed to establish a Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) tripartite monetary institute to help achieve macro economic stability in the region.

The institute will undertake preparatory work that will lead to the creation of a monetary union with a single currency for the entire region.

Minister of Defence Kalombo Mwansa said there is need to convert the monetary institute, which became operational on March 7, 2011 in Nairobi Kenya, into a tripartite monetary institute based on the spirit of the tripartite arrangement of harmonising efforts between regional economic communities.

Dr Mwansa said this during a joint meeting of COMESA Ministers of Finance and COMESA committee of governors of central banks.

He said Government hopes the tripartite integration process will continue in all integration agendas of the three Regional Economic Communities (RECs).

He said this follows the signing of the declaration that launched the negotiations for the establishment of the COMESA, Southern African Development Community and East African Community tripartite on July 12, 2011 in South Africa,

He urged COMESA to establish measures to foster financial stability and avoid activities driven by speculation and putting in place policy to regulate capital flows.

And speaking earlier, COMESA secretary-general Sindiso Ngwenya said the proposed COMESA tripartite monetary institute is necessary for the three RECs to harmonise activities, in areas of competition, financial and payment systems, capital markets and commodity exchanges.

Mr Ngwenya said COMESA must consider endorsing the Multilateral Fiscal Surveillance Framework to constrain and co-ordinate member states ‘fiscal policies in the interests of the stability and sustainability of integration process.

He said attention the region is receiving from international capital and private investors confirms the improved economic performance by the countries.

This is evidenced by some countries such as Zambia receiving sovereign credit rating or others being in the process of being rated by international credit rating agencies.

Mr Ngwenya urged COMESA to stay the course and avoid the temptation of policy reversals when short-term cyclical economic downturns are faced.

And COMESA says preparation for the operationalisation of COMESA Customs Union which was launched in December 2008 is on track.

[Zambia Daily Mail]

Sale of Mamba houses based on a petition from tenants-Dickson Jere

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Special Assistant to the President for Press and public relations, Dickson Jere
Special Assistant to the President for Press and public relations, Dickson Jere

THE presidential directive on the sale of Maamba collieries houses is intended to allow those who qualify to buy the houses to do so, special assistant to the President for press and public relations Dickson Jere said in Lusaka yesterday.

Mr Jere was clearing the air over the the sale of 831 houses to sitting tenants announced during a public meeting addressed by President Banda in Maamba last Friday.

Mr Jere said in a statement that President Banda received a petition from sitting tenants of houses owned by Maamba Collieries Limited, asking him to intervene in the delay to issue letters of offer or in some cases, title deeds to tenants.

The petition is dated April 25, 2011 and signed by the representatives of the tenants.

Mr Jere said upon reading the petition, it was discovered that tenants were offered the houses following a directive by former President Frederick Chiluba in the year 2000.

He said Maamba Collieries offered sitting tenants the houses but the transaction was never concluded, especially with retirees and retrenchees.

Mr Jere said for current employees, the company deducted some money from their dues as a contribution to the purchase of the houses.

“President Banda’s directive, therefore, is to allow those who did not purchase the houses when they were offered to do so if they qualify. Further, the President has, for the first time, directed the Commissioner of Lands to give offer letters to those who qualify to purchase the houses while title deeds should be processed with immediate effect and given to tenants with offer letters and who have paid for the houses,” Mr Jere said.

On the remaining institutional houses at Maamba Collieries Limited, Mr Jere said President Banda has received a petition from sitting tenants and will respond to their request after studying the matter.

On Wednesday, the Post Newspaper quoting Nchanga member of parliament Wylbur Simuusa , reported that Rupiah Banda was not sincere about the 838 Maamba Collieries’ former houses because they were already sold.

[Zambia Daily mail]

First Lady Thandiwe’s lawyer Ireen Kunda asks court to dismiss PF’s injunction

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FIRST Lady Thandiwe Banda
FIRST Lady Thandiwe Banda

FIRST Lady Thandiwe Banda has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss an injunction in which the Patriotic Front (PF) sued her for assisting the vulnerable, alleging that she is abusing Government funds.

Mrs Banda’s lawyer, Irene Kunda, said in an argument filed in the Supreme Court yesterday that the Lusaka High Court did not err in law when it held that the application for an order of interim injunction against Mrs Banda was wrongly directed to her.

PF sympathisers Evelyn Kangwa and Marjorie Nakaponda appealed to the Supreme Court against the Lusaka High Court’s decision to throw out their injunction against Mrs Banda.

“The only items she donates are those passed onto her by well-wishers for charity purposes, a noble cause a person of reasonable tenure cannot dispute or despise.

“We therefore submit that to grant an injunction against the first respondent (Mrs Banda) would violate her fundamental constitutional rights and freedom of expression, assembly, movement and association,” Mrs Kunda said.

She said Supreme Court judge Phillip Musonda, sitting as Lusaka High Court judge, was on firm ground when he ruled that Mrs Banda has no role in directing, disbursing and controlling expenditure.

Mrs Kunda said the practice of the first lady getting involved in charity work is a worldwide phenomenon and the plaintiffs cannot use the injunction to create conditions only favourable to themselves.

She said Mrs Banda’s predecessors had also engaged in similar charity activities.

Mrs Kunda said the relief the two PF sympathisers are seeking is not clear because the person they are seeking to restrain has nothing to do with receipts and payments of Government revenue.

She said Mrs Banda does not use government resources for her donations because she does not have access to Government money.

The appellants’ lawyer Wynter Kabimba argued that the Supreme Court should grant his clients an injunction because the High Court erred in law.

Early this year, Mr Justice Musonda threw out Mrs Kangwa and Mrs Nakaponda’s injunction because it was directed to a wrong party, Mrs Banda.

The duo filed an application for an injunction against Mrs Banda, seeking court action to restrain the first lady from acting in any capacity not supported by any law of the land.

They wanted the court to restrain Mrs Banda from disbursing money and distributing goods which are not provided for in the estimates of expenditure by Parliament.

The plaintiffs, through Mr Kabimba, were also asking the court to restrain Mrs Banda from using the facilities in the absence of disclosing the source of the monies and goods and also to restrain her from using official Government facilities and services for alleged partisan political activity until this matter is disposed of.

[Zambia Daily Mail]

Kavindele advises Patrick Mwanawasa to show respect for the elderly

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Patrick Mwanawasa and his Cousin Jonas Shakafuswa
Patrick Mwanawasa and his Cousin Jonas Shakafuswa

FORMER vice-president Enoch Kavindele says it is disrespectful for a young person like Patrick Mwanawasa to refer to President Banda as a stubborn man.

Mr Kavindele has advised Patrick to tone down his language because he is too young to engage President Banda in a confrontation.

He said in Lusaka yesterday that it is uncalled for, for Patrick to issue statements such as the one which appeared in yesterday’s The Post Newspaper in which he said President Banda’s stubbornness would be his downfall and that he (the President) cannot bring Patrick down.

“Let me advise young Patrick to mind his language because it is too strong and he is too young to address President Banda in that manner,” Mr Kavindele said.

Mr Kavindele said politicians using Patrick to issue such statements are not building his political career but are simply destroying it.

He said the MMD would have liked to nurture Patrick but it is his democratic right to belong to a political party of his choice.

Mr Kavindele said Patrick should not think that belonging to the Patriotic Front puts him at the same level as its leader, Michael Sata, because he (Mr Sata) and President Banda are elderly people.

“Mr Sata and President Banda are more less peers as they are almost the same age and they can call each other names. But it is wrong for Patrick to think he can also say anything he wishes to say,” Mr Kavindele said.

Mr Kavindele said former President Mwanawasa would have liked his son to continue in the MMD, but it is unfortunate that he has decided to take a different path.

“His father was my friend and I know he would have liked him to continue in the MMD and we would have liked to guide and nurture our nephew,” Mr Kavindele said.

He said Patrick could engage President Banda if he needs assistance, instead of embarking on a ‘misguided route’.

[Zambia Daily Mail]

Arrows Short Circuit Simukonda’s Awards Party

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Red Arrows put a dumper on Fighton Simukonda’s 2010 KCM Coach of the Year triumph after beating his Zesco United 1-0 in a rescheduled Super Division Week 11 game played at the Trade Fair Grounds in Ndola on Wednesday.

There was no left-off for Zesco poor run of results over the two week midseason break in which they have collected just one point from their three delayed games played.

An 80th minute goal scored by Arrows and ex-Under-23 midfielder Mwape Mwelwa after the ball came off his knee from a corner in a scrappy match settled affairs.

And the loss came five days after losing by the same margin again at home to ex-league leaders Konkola Blades on July 9.

Sixth placed Zesco on 20 points from 12 games have collected just one point from their three rescheduled Super Division games played during the mid-season break.

Meanwhile, Arrows win sees them go top of the table on 28 points after 13 games played this season with a two-point lead over Blades.

Arrows head into Saturdays resumption of the campaign after a two-week break with a home game against struggling fourth from bottom Nkwazi on Saturday at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka in a Week 14 game.

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MMD headed for easy victory – Kunda

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Vice President George Kunda

Vice President George Kunda says the MMD will record the easiest electoral victory this year because President Rupiah Banda has delivered in all sectors of the economy.

Addressing MMD Party officials in Chinsali, Tuesday afternoon, Mr Kunda said there is a lot to point to for President Banda’s achievements across the sectors.

He says most people are tired of being in the opposition with leaders without an agenda for the country.

Mr. Kunda has urged MMD members to fully embrace defectors.

He has pledged logistical support to lower party structures ahead of the tripartite elections.

Mr. Kunda accused PF Leader Michael Sata of denying his foot soldiers required logistical support leaving them to thrive on hatred as a driving force.

And Mr Kunda says MMD will field credible candidates to win the tripartite elections.

He also says the PF scooped some parliamentary seats through corrupt means.
[ ZNBC ]

UPND overwhelmed by applications-HH

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The United Party for National Development is overwhelmed by applications for adoption for this year’s general elections.

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says is equally impressed with the quality of people that are applying to stand on various positions in the party.

But Mr. Hichilema has held back the date for announcement of candidates to be adopted as a party of the UPND Strategy.

And Alliance for Democracy and Development, President Charles Milupi also says the party has started receiving applications from various people intending to stand on his party during the election.

Mr. Milupi says the process is going on well.

And National Restoration party -NAREP-Spokesperson John Phiri says the party has also started receiving applications from all parts of the country.

Mr Phiri says the party is overwhelmed with response from the public.

ZNBC

My resignation not influenced by political hatred towards President Rupiah Banda, Mangani

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Lameck Mangani
Lameck Mangani

Chipata Central Member of Parliament Lameck Mangani this mornimg said that his resignation from the ruling party was not influenced by political hatred towards President Rupiah Banda saying it was only a personal decision.

Speaking when he arrived at Chipata airport,Mr Mangani told reporters that he will officially announce his intentions on Saturday and speculations are high that the former Works and Supply Deputy Minister wants to join the opposition PF.

Earlier, Mr Mangani’s sympathisers struggled to mobilse Chipata residents to welcome him following his resignation from the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD).

Mr Mangani who arrived in Chipata district expecting residents to give him a thunderous welcome was snubbed and only a handful of people who are reported to have been
paid showed up at the Chipata airport. Efforts by his sympathisers to mobilise support proved futile prompting them to pay taxi drivers and call boys to masquerade as supporters.

And Chipata residents talked to by ZANIS said Mr Mangani should not contest the Chipata central constituency seat because he had proved to be selfish by dumping the party that made him what he is today saying he was a nobody before he joined the MMD.

Andrew Jere of Jere compound described Mr Mangani as a shameless opportunist who had failed to deliver in the MMD.

Eliness Zimba of Kapata township also expressed disappointment with Mr Mangani saying the wise should judge him by his cunning behaviour.

Ms Zimba stated that Mr Mangani should not be deceived that he had support due to developments taking place in the district because these were Government-initiated and that as area MP he did nothing.

She noted that Government had been initiating a number of developmental projects in order to facilitate the attainment of Chipata district to a city status.

Another resident Timothy Zulu of Mchini compound said Mr Mangani’s actions were shameful adding that people in the district had earlier respected him but did not know that he was actually a snake.

Meanwhile the MMD in Eastern Province has accused Mr Mangani of being an opportunist for ditching the party when elections were approaching.

MMD Provincial secretary, Ezekiel Mtonga said his resignation had brought sanity to the party saying his presence triggered divisions among members at constituency level.

Mr Mtonga said Mr Mangani single handedly picked constituency executive committee members to ensure that they paid allegiance to him.

He stated that the party was now intact as an interim committee had been constituted following the dissolution of the committee that was handpicked by the area MP.

Mr Mtonga also stated that the party had credible members who could contest the Chipata Central Constituency seat and challenged Mr Managani to contest on any other political party ticket so that he could see the strength of the MMD which he said was still popular in the province.

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I have not resigned, Angela Cifire

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Deputy Minister Angela Chifire (l)

Luangeni Member of Parliament Angela Cifire has dismissed rumours that she has resigned from the ruling MMD.

Ms Cifire who is also information and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister has described the speculations as unfounded.

She told ZNBC News in Luangeni Thursday morning that she has no intentions of resigning from the MMD.

Ms Cifire who is on a tour of her constituency, has pledged her continued loyalty to the ruling party.

On Tuesday, MMD Chairperson for Elections Gabriel Namulambe and Labour Minister Austin Liato also dismissed as false speculations that they had intentions to leave the MMD.

Mr Namulambe wondered why some people were peddling lies about him when he holds positions as cabinet minister and party chairperson for elections.

And Mr Liato said he and Mr Namulambe are still strong in their constituencies and wondered why they cherish the idea of ditching the MMD.

[ZNBC]

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