Several government officials, ministers and relatives have gathered at the funeral house of Second Republican President Frederick Chiluba.

Mourners started gathering for the funeral which is being held at the Dr Chiluba’s Residence in Kabulonga early this Saturday as news of his death filtered through.

Dr. Chiluba, 68, died at his home in Lusaka’s Kabulonga area at five minutes after midnight on Saturday.

And Government has constituted a committee of ministers to oversee funeral arrangements for Second republican President Dr. Frederick Chiluba.

The committee is headed by Defence Minister, Kalombo Mwansa.

Dr Mwansa told ZNBC News in an interview that Zambians should remain calm as the details for the funeral arrangements will be released in due course.

He is also saddened that the country has lost Dr Chiluba who championed multi-party democracy.

And Zambians have paid glowing tribute to Dr. Chiluba for his for his role in the re-introduction of democracy in the country.

A number of people who have called and sent text messages to ZNBC have described Dr. Chiluba as a democrat.

The Press Association of Zambia -PAZA- says the late Dr Chiluba will be remembered for liberalizing the media.

PAZA Vice president Amos Chanda says because of the media reforms implemented under his reign the country has witnessed a proliferation of media houses.

And Dr Chiluba’s former press aide Richard Sakala says Dr Chiluba is an icon who enhanced the country’s political and economic vision.

Mr. Sakala says Zambians will remember Dr Chiluba for the good he did for the country.

And Former Vice President in the Chiluba administration, Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda says he will remember the late former president as a man who declared Zambia as a Christian nation.

General Miyanda says Dr Chiluba a made a landmark decision to declare Zambia a Christian nation.

General Miyanda also served as education Minister during Dc Chiluba’s rule.

General Miyanda is now Heritage Party President, and says Dr Chiluba will also be remembered for spear-heading multi-party democracy in Zambia.

And The Council of Churches in Zambia -CCZ- has called on Zambians to unite and mourn Former President Dr. Frederick Chiluba with dignity.

CCZ Chairperson Reverend Sussane Matale says Dr Chiluba will be remembered for being at the helm of championing multi-party democracy.

Reverend Matale says that Dr Chiluba played his part and contributed to national development as President.

Reverend Matale was speaking in an interview with ZNBC News in Lusaka on Saturday.

She also appealed to Zambians to set aside perceived differences and unite to mourn the president.

And president Rupiah Banda has hailed the role played by the late Second Republican President Dr Frederick Chiluba in democratizing the country in 1991.

Commenting on the death of Dr Chiluba in Chipata Saturday afternoon, President Banda said Dr Chiluba played an important role in ensuring that peace prevailed in 1991.

He says had it not been for the role Dr Chiluba played; Zambia would have been like other troubled countries on the continent.

President Banda was expected to issue a comprehensive statement on the death of Dr Chiluba later in the afternoon.

Mr Banda is still in Chipata where he is attending burial of his maternal uncle Mwase Banda, 88.

[ZNBC]

Lusaka Province MMD chairperson William Banda has said the party in the province has recommended to the national policy making body to expel Ms Masebo without delay for breaching the trust that was bestowed on her during the national convention.

Ms Masebo, who is MMD national chairperson for women’s affairs, has been accused of flirting with the Patriotic Front (PF).

MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya confirmed that a recommendation had been passed urging NEC to expel Ms Masebo following her misconduct.

Ms Siliya said MMD members in Chongwe were wondering how Ms Masebo could have joined PF when she carried a mock coffin against Mr Sata during the inauguration of late president Levy Mwanawasa to demonstrate the embarrassing defeat the PF leader had suffered.

Meanwhile, in the scheme that has been exposed, Ms Masebo has been courted by Mr Sata to contest in Munali Constituency following his decision to remove incumbent MP Mumbi Phiri, who has fallen out of favour, while a national executive committee member in his party, Geoffrey Chumbwe has been nominated to contest the Chongwe seat.

At her Press briefing either today or tomorrow, Ms Masebo would accuse President Rupiah Banda of having told her not to contest the position of MMD chairperson for women’s affairs because he wanted to nominate her even when he knew he was not going to do so.

She would also claim that the president did not like her and that access to him was always denied while the programme of activities was not given to her.

Both MMD deputy national secretary, Chembe Nyangu and Forum for Leadership Search executive director Edwin Lifwekelo confirmed this in separate interviews in Lusaka yesterday.

The mass defections were being organised by some constituency executive committee members and district MMD officials who had also decided to resign alongside the former minister of Local Government and Housing.
Senior Chief Nkomeshya Mukamambo II of the Soli people has been reported to have been organising village headmen to denounce the Government.

“It is good riddance. We are aware that she is contesting in Munali because Mr Sata who has been appointing candidates as an individual has dropped Mumbi Phiri.

“The idea is that Munali has too many voters so they hope to reduce on RB’s presidential figures using Masebo but we will take them on,” Mr Nyangu said.

And Mr Lifwekelo said the MMD delegates who voted for Ms Masebo as chairperson for women’s affairs had been betrayed.

[Times of Zambia]

The Movement for Mult-party Democracy (MMD) has suspend Chongwe Member of Parliament Sylvia Masebo who is alleged to have plans of defecting to Patriotic Front (PF).

The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) reports that MMD’s National Secretariat said Ms Masemba has been suspended for giving false information to the party.

Major Richard Kachinggwe said in a press release that Ms Masebo who is also MMD National Chairperson for women will remain suspended until her matter was addressed.

Yesterday Forum for Leadership Search Executive Director, Edwin Lifwekelo says his organization had information that Ms Masebo is likely to cross over to the PF on Saturday or Sunday.

He says Ms Masebo has betrayed MMD members who voted for her as chairperson at the MMD convention.

Former Zambian president Fredreick Chiluba died Saturday at the age of 68 for causes not known yet.  According to the Zambian National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC), Chiluba died at 0:05 a.m. after a normal day on Friday.

Chiluba started complaining of heart pains on Friday evening, ZNBC quoted Chiluba’s spokesperson as saying.

The spokesman said that the doctor was called and attempted to save Chiluba’s life but failed.

“He died five minutes after midnight at his home,” Emmanuel Mwamba told AFP.

Fredreick Chiluba had been suffering from heart and kidney problems but Mwamba said he had earlier complained of stomach pains.

“We will release more details later in the day,” said Mwamba.

Fredreick Chiluba was born on April 30, 1943 to Jacob Titus Chiluba Nkonde and Diana Kaimba and grew up in Kitwe, Zambia. Chiluba was married twice. Frederick Chiluba did his secondary school of education at Kawambwa Secondary School in Kawambwa, where he was expelled in the second year for political activities.

He became co-boy and later a bus driver. It was there that he found his ability to became a politician due to his charismatic personality. He later worked as city councilor before becoming an accounts assistant at Atlas Copco, and rose in his rankings, in Ndola where he joined the National Union of Building.

Frederick Chiluba and his first wife with whom he has nine children, Vera Tembo, divorced in 2000 after nearly 30 years of marriage. Chiluba married his second wife, Regina Mwanza, shortly thereafter.

Chiluba’s personal appearance and dapper dress had been noted by both his supporters and opponents throughout his career, as had his short stature. His careful appearance and taste for fine suits became a trademark, and was noted during his corruption trial. Dr Chiluba had also been described by the BBC as “a fervent born-again Christian…” whose “…private life was the subject of much gossip.”

He went on to win the chairmanship of the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). Chiluba and several leaders in ZCTU were detained in 1981 by President Kenneth Kaunda for calling a wildcat strike that paralyzed most of the Zambian economy. The union leaders were released after a judge ruled their detention as unconstitutional. In 1987, he successfully withstood challenge to his chairmanship of NUBEGW that would have put his ZCTU position in jeopardy.

In 1990 he helped form the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), a party that, with Chiluba as its presidential candidate, went on to successfully challenge Kaunda’s rule in the 1991 elections. Chiluba was a powerful speaker with a natural charm and charisma.

Chiluba took office on November 2 of that year. He won re-election to a second five-year term in 1996 despite a lawsuit questioning his birthplace and hence his eligibility for the post. Some candidates in the 1996 presidential elections challenged his eligibility on these grounds, claiming that he or his real father was born in Zaire. There was, however, no doubt that he was raised in the Copperbelt of Zambia and this contributed to his taking up of unionism.

Despite his party’s overwhelming majority in parliament, he failed to win support in his bid to amend the constitution allowing him to run for a third term.

No member of parliament ever moved the motion in the house to amend the national constitution, the government never presented any paper on the matter nor was there any referendum to amend the national constitution. The third term debate was between different groups within and outside the MMD. Chiluba himself was quiet about it.

He stepped down at the end of his term on January 2, 2002, and was replaced by Levy Mwanawasa, his one-time vice-president. Chiluba started out as a socialist, but accepted some economic reforms.

Chiluba can be said to have left both an economic and a political legacy. Economically he started the process of ending Zambia’s socialist command economy. He presided over various economic reforms. There are mixed feelings in Zambia on the effectiveness of the economic transformation initiated by the Chiluba government.

He helped broker a peace agreement to end the war in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, but failed to stop the escalating crime and poverty in Zambia.

Chiluba opposed international economic institutions. His successor Levy Mwanawasa re-established relations with IMF and World Bank that were abolished during Chiluba’s government.

After leaving office, Chiluba was a target of Mwanawasa’s campaign against corruption: in February 2003, he was charged along with his former intelligence chief, Xavier Chungu, and several former ministers and senior officials, with 168 counts of theft totalling more than $40m.

It was alleged that money was diverted from the Ministry of Finance into an account held at the London branch of the Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco). Chiluba said the account was used by the country’s intelligence services to fund operations abroad. Investigators said it was a slush fund, used to meet Chiluba and Chungu’s private and personal expenses.

In early 2006, Chiluba was flown to South Africa for medical attention for a heart condition. After resisting the government’s call for him to return to Zambia for what they termed as long-term treatment, he returned on July 15.

On 4 May 2007 he was found guilty of stealing $46m (£23m) in a civil case by a UK court. Chiluba, however, continued to plead innocence and refused to recognise the verdict of the Judge Peter Smith who he accused of having been bribed by the Mwanawasa government.

Most of the charges that were made against him were later dropped and he was eventually freed on those charges that remained.

[AFP and additional details from Wikipedia]

KAPA187: Welcome to this interview, you came onto the scene in 07 after coming second place in a singing competition, which competition was it and how was the experience?

Paul Da Prince: It was the Teen Star competition on muvi TV. It was a great experience coz that was my first time performing in front of a large audience and also my first time on TV.

KAPA187: How did you get signed to K-army and how is it working with them?

Paul Da Prince: Well K-smash introduced me to KB in 2009 at a Bleksem concert, from then on I have been with the label. It has been a very educational and exciting experience working with k-army coz I learn a lot from Daxon who produced my whole album.

KAPA187: You have a song called “Dance” as I listen to that song I can feel a heavy Chris brown influence . Is he someone you look up to?

Paul Da Prince: Yes indeed I get inspiration from Chris brown, Usher, Trey songz and Ne-yo. All my life I have had keen interest in R&B, I listen to a lot of artists. Hence the mixtape I have being all R&B focused.

KAPA187: Was the video you did with Ruff kid ,for the song “Boss lady”, your first video . How did it feel making the video?

Paul Da Prince: Yes the Boss Lady video was the first I did. It was great coz we shot on top of a building and the director was very receptive to ideas and the time period was quick. So I had fun in those 2days that we shot the video. I’m looking forward to my video shoot soon.

KAPA187: Do you get nervous before a performance, and what has been your most memorable performance?

Paul Da Prince: Getting nervous is really normal. But I have a good relationship with cameras and the stage so the second I step onto the stage I am way over the feeling of being nervous. The most memorable performance for me was Miss Cavendish 2010. It was awesome because the crowd was electric and motivating. And our routines were on point.

KAPA187: Do you think Zambian music is headed in the right direction, will a Zambian ever win a Grammy?

Paul Da Prince: Zambian music is definitely heading in the right direction. With artists doing different genres I think in the next 10 years one of us may find ourselves on the American center stage to win international awards.

KAPA187: Besides music, what other interests do you have?

Paul Da Prince: I have a passion for TV presentation and entertaining the youth. Besides that I also love computers, technology is what interests me a lot.

KAPA187: Which 5 songs are most played on your iPod right now ?

Paul Da Prince:

1. Dru Hill – We’re not makin love no more
2. Tyrese – come back to me shawty
3. Chris Brown – Next to you ft. Justin Beiber
4. J rox feat. Zone Fam – Chikali (remix)
5. Tio – Nimwe

KAPA187: If you only had six months left to live , how would you spend your time?

Paul Da Prince: I would go bungee jumping in Livingstone. Sensitize the youths more on HIV/Aids. Release an album with 20 songs so I can be remembered. And I would really like to visit the States, UK, and go back to see Monte casino in Jozi for the last time. Finally buy my dad an amazing car

KAPA187: In ten years I will be….

Paul Da Prince: Married probably have a son and name him Paul Da ‘Prince. And I will have won at least 5 awards by then B-). I will still be doing R&B.

KAPA187: Any last words to your fans

Paul Da Prince: Much love and appreciation to the people that support me, I will always be grateful because you made this possible and all the music I do is for you. God Bless

The Music

The music has an R&B/Pop feel to it.

Number one

“Tell me that you gonna be my number one” he tells his girl on the chorus. It is a nice mid tempo song that you can dance to with your special someone.

You

“You” is a stand out track , also for that special someone in your life. He has taken care to develop his vocal skills and it shows. Very nice song.

You by pauldaprince

BY KAPA187

Forum for Leadership Search Executive Director, Edwin Lifwekelo says Chongwe Member of parliament; Sylvia Masebo is planning to defect to the opposition Patriotic Front (PF).

Mr. Lifwekelo says his organization has information that Ms Masebo is likely to cross over to the PF on Saturday or Sunday.

Ms. Masebo is currently Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) Chairperson for women.

He told ZNBC News in an interview that Ms Masebo has betrayed MMD members who voted for her as chairperson at the MMD convention.

Efforts to get a comment from Ms Masebo failed as her mobile phone went unanswered.
Ms. Masebo has also not applied to re-contest her Chongwe parliamentary seat in this year’s elections under MMD.

[ ZNBC ]

THOR

Thor is a must see movie. It has action, humor, drama and a bit of romance. One could call it a full package.

The movie centers on Thor and his mighty hammer. He is about to inherit the throne from his ailing and aged father Odin, when an unexpected incursion by the Asgardians’ longstanding foes, the Frost giants, disrupts the coronation. Thor does not heed his father’s words so the powerful but arrogant god of thunder is banished to earth where he is forced to live amongst the humans.

There is pleasure to be plundered from some of the battle scenes, especially when Thor is confronting frost giants with blood-red eyes, and from the culture clash that resounds when he is banished to present-day Earth.

PROS

Chris Hemsworth was a good choice of actor to play Thor, he played the role perfectly.

There was an interesting twist about Thor’s brother Loki.

The visual effects were excellent.

CONS

Not enough time was given to develop the relationship between Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Jane fosters (Natalie Portman).

The storyline was a bit predictable.

CONCLUSION

Thor is a very entertaining super hero, adventure movie that will leave wanting more of the hammer wielding god of thunder and is guaranteed to leave you with a smile on your face.
FAVORITE QUOTES

Odin: He has disobeyed his king. His fate is in his own hands now.

Fandral: Our dear friend is banished to Earth! Loki sits on the throne of Asgard as our King! And all you have done is eat two boars, six pheasants a side of beef and drink two barrels of ale! Shame on you!

By Kapa187