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Is the secret to a mans heart through his stomach?
Dear bloggers,
I had been married for 5 years but after 2-3 years I started feeling like I had fallen out of love with my husband. I felt the biggest mistake I ever made was accepting to marry him in the first place.I was 24 years at the time recently graduated from UNZA and felt the pressure to marry.Pressure came from relatives who always passed comments at my always being on other peoples wedding line ups.Well, I had been living with my boyfriend for a year and felt it only right that we should marry.
Over the years living with him became a struggle.I crudely joked that for all those men who say, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free, there are women who are also thinking, “Why buy an entire pig, just to get a little sausage!”
I found every excuse to be away from my husband.I was at every baby shower,kitchen party,wedding,poverty reduction seminar…..I was just short of joining those women who entertain the president at the airport everytime he flew in or out.
My husband is generally a good man but I feel sometimes we have nothing in common anymore.Ok I’ll say it, he bores me to tears sometimes.
I would love a man with more knowledge of World affairs and a man who wears the pants in the home.I have to come up with the ideas of how to invest our money,where to build our home etc.All he does is watch football and drink.He never plans ahead and when he does,he does not follow through with the plans.
I would also love to get out more,visit different countries,visit game parks etc.Even taking a trip to Livingstone to see the Victoria falls to him is an issue.
Recently my brother was going to Tanzania to pick up a Japanese car and I jumped at the idea to go with him.I planned to visit one of my friends living in Dar es Salaam.My friend promised to take me on a site seeing trip to Mount Kilimanjaro.This was a chance of a lifetime but my husband vehemently refused saying it would be a waste of money. I went to Tanzania anyway.Its not like I couldn’t buy my own air-ticket.I’m as financially sound as he is.I had so much fun especially seeing mount Kilimanjaro.I then flew to South Africa to visit my sister.Her husband is a Ranger in the Tsitsikamma National Park.It was a chance for me to visit the famous Tsitsikama forests.
I had an awesome time in South Africa.The Tsitsikamma’s spectacular scenery which included the Indian Ocean breakers, pounding rocky shores beneath 180m high cliffs was a sight to behold.The ever-green forests and fynbos rolling down to the sea in a lush carpet, where ancient rivers have carved their path to the ocean through rocky ravines was awesome.I felt to blessed to be there.The highlight of my trip was bungee jumping of the Bloukrans Bridge.
Being in nature and away from my husband gave me plenty time to think.Perhaps my expectations of my husband were too high.Perhaps I was trying to change him instead of changing myself.Was I serious when I said those marriage vows? My grandparents had been together for over 50 years before they died and theirs was an arranged marriage. Surely there must be something I was missing.What makes two strangers marry and go on to stay together for 50 years.
I determined to fly back to Zambia and find out what that secret glue was that made people stay together for better or for worse.I would be grateful for any ideas.
Zambians had 10 years of unabated destruction under a matrix of Sata-Nawakwi-Chitala-Sondashi-Chongwe-Mulongoti Groupthink disdained by every Zambian patriot. It is now amusing that the same without apology for their sins are reconstituting themselves into an assembly of revisionism to continue from where Zambians stopped them. Sadly, the PF is emerging as a party of failed and frustrated politicians, who seem to believe that Zambia owes them more for plunder. To borrow from US President Bill Clinton’s most popular question for the sake of debate, ‘Is it ‘the economy, stupid’ Is Zambia to fall on this revisionism?
Maybe this Groupthink believes Zambians have “selective amnesia” to forget so soon years of impunity the same clique perpetuated with passion and callous arrogance against Zambians. And their regrouping is happening at a time when this country is recording unprecedented national development under incumbent President Rupiah Banda who is tenaciously undoing historic social-economic injustice the matrix inflicted.
This is why it will be interesting to hear their scripts on the campaign trail against a pro-development President armed with a record of innumerable gains in the 2 years of his Presidency. A comparative look at the last 2 years to their 10 from the point of overall living standards as measured by GDP per capita at purchasing power parity reveals a challenge for them.
Today’s economic factors indicate that hardworking citizens are on their way to some real economic breakthrough. Though high, there is evidence that the challenges of unemployment and poverty are being fought by a spirited leadership with pro-poor and growth socioeconomic policies. We are seeing price stabilization with incomes levels exponentially improving in the formal and informal sectors across the country. These gains have come with more political freedom and many uninhibited liberating force of modern communications tools democracy brings.
On this premise, many Zambian don’t know where this insinuation that Derrick Chitala could be a political factor and potential nightmare against MMD is coming from. It is simply evidence of incompetent political Groupthink. Some of us that know Chitala at a personal level laugh on reading this off balance view.
A factor in what way, and where? In all appointments Chitala was fired 100 percent on basis of his own natural incompetency, laziness and borderline disconnection with reality. At state house and Finance as deputy minister, his assignments were ever 6 months behind and incomplete until fired a fact the likes of Hon Muteteke can attest. He always solicited for help on his assignments even on sensitive Presidential ones. He may have clammed Marxist political theories for his thesis but he is an authentic incompetent idealist with shallow knowledge and zero sense of realism.
Chitala is just an overzealous self seeking Marxist without political influence other than some blind alley of utopia world theories. Do you know that the plunder of over 255 Zambian parastatals put in the privatization portfolio some of which were viable profit making entities left by UNIP were sold for songs on the scripts of Chitala, Penza, Nawakwi and Roger Chongwe? These revisionists were motivated by their utopia world economic theories they little understand. They left thousands of Zambians dead in abject poverty without benefits due to them. Families were broken and children thrown out of schools indiscreetly. They had no sense of responsibility or moral guide to say the least. I challenge any smart mind in the media to engage Chitala on public and economic policies, then you will understand his deficiency mooted with Marxist utopia he little understands.
This is a man that has moved from MMD to other parties before yet MMD has remained strong and in power. He joined Mung’omba’s defunct Zambian Democratic Congress-ZDC which failed with him as Secretary General then started reporting on every Zambia and friends to MMD. Late Dean Namulya Mung’ombaforced into his Graveyard is a victim of Chital. Since then the spirit of innocent Mung’omba has kept haunting and cursing Chitala hence all bad decisions.
It’s no surprise that wherever Chitala goes and touches, the spirit of innocent Mung’omba is crying loud on his head while the widow and orphans are asking why Dean Mung’omba was flamed into death. The man is unprincipled desperate politician, whose maneuvers are always immoral. In this vein many Zambians today concur with Mr Charles Chimumbwa and Edwin Lifwekelo when they say “Derick Chitala had plunged into political backwardness which was now making him jump from political party to another”.
Derrick Chitala’s desperation has prompted him to go back to his vomit by supporting the Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata whom on records he has always classified as a demented comedian too risky for state power to gamble with. He has called him all sorts of names.
Thank God for the technology of file management still hold testimonies such as the revelation of Mr Sata in the Times of Zambia of January30, 2004 when disclosed in the Lusaka High Court that Dr Chitala informed the State on the alleged involvement of politicians Dean Mung’omba and Princess Nakatindi Wina in the 1997 coup attempt. This testimony of Derrick Chitala betrayal habit against his friend, the late Mung’omba reveals about his character.
Zambians are saying no to any revisionism regardless of the hue in assemblies used. The Sata-Nawakwi-Chitala-Sondashi-Chongwe-Mulongoti Groupthink is a no choice for a progressive Zambia because enough lives have been lost from their plunder years.
The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on politicians to desist from politicizing the Labour Day that is held to commemorate the economic and social achievements of workers.
ZCTU Secretary General Roy Mwaba says ZCTU is a social movement whose mission is to enhance the welfare of members through the promotion of harmonious industrial relations as opposed to campaigning for political parties.
Mr. Mwaba says this in a statement made available to QFM in reaction to North western province minister Daniel Kalenga’s accusations that some ZCTU official are politically biased.
He says the sentiments expressed by the minister are strange as the labour movement has been giving guidance and direction to workers adding that the high productivity levels of workers have been widely acknowledged by many people who include Republican president Rupiah Banda.
Mr. Mwaba has charged that it is cheap politicking for Mr. Kalenga to brand the behavior of the ZCTU senior trustee Betty Mtambo as uncalled for when she raised a clenched fist while addressing workers during the Labour Day celebrations in Solwezi.
He has justified that the clenched fist is a salute and logo which has been used by Trade unions for many years to show unity and solidarity.
The ZCTU official adds that there is no need for the minister to draw similarities between the opposition Patriotic Front and Ms Mtambo’s action.
He states that the ZCTU pursues a policy of non-partisan in party politics adding that it works with the government of the day on the basis of the tripartite arrangement.
meanwhile Former Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Lusaka District Chairperson Elphas Munakaila has called on workers in the civil service to desist from engaging in active politics ahead of the forthcoming tripartite elections.
Mr. Munakaila has told QFM that even though workers may have different political preferences, they should not declare their support for certain candidates publicly.
He says the political atmosphere in the country ahead of the polls will be tense and that public servants should be cautious of being trapped in political games.
The former labour movement official has since advised workers in the country to make their own judgments on candidates aspiring for political office.
Mr. Munakaila has also said that the labour movement will remain neutral and committed in fighting for better conditions of service for workers in the country.
Mahtani Group of Companies Executive Director, Dr. Rajan Mahtani
A LUSAKA Magistrates’ Court has found Lusaka businessman Rajan Mahtani and his lawyer John Sangwa with a case to answer for alleged forgery, uttering false documents and fabricating evidence.
High Court deputy director of court operations Charles Kafunda, sitting as magistrate, said the prosecution has established a prima facie case against Mahtani and Sangwa who were put on their defence when the matter came up for ruling on whether they have a case to answer or not in Lusaka yesterday.
This is in a case in which Mahtani and Sangwa are charged with five counts of alleged forgery, uttering false documents and fabricating evidence.
Mahtani, 62, and Sangwa, 45, have denied the charges.
“I am indebted to both submissions made by the State and defence, I find the two accused persons with a case to answer on all the charges and put them on their defence,” he said.
Mr Kafunda said he was aware that the defence lawyers could not proceed with defence yesterday but he just wanted to find out if the accused will call witnesses, give sworn-in evidence or if they will choose to remain silent.
But one of the defence lawyers, Stephen Malama, said he was not sure whether the duo will not call witnesses, remain silent or give evidence on oath.
Mr Malama said the defence lawyers need to consult Mahtani and Sangwa on how to proceed with their defence.
“We are not ready to proceed with defence because we need to consult with our clients on how best to go about it,” he said.
Particulars of count one are that Sangwa and Mahtani, on July 12, 2010, and August 30, 2010, allegedly forged a letter purporting to show that it was genuinely prepared and signed by then Bank of Zambia deputy governor Denny Kalyalya when in fact not.
It is alleged in the second count that Sangwa, on July 28, 2010, uttered a false letter purported to be from Bank of Zambia to Aaron Zulu, a commissioner at the Drug Enforcement Commission.
Count three alleges that Sangwa, on July 28 this year in Lusaka, uttered a false letter purported to be from Bank of Zambia to Lusaka lawyer Sakwiba Sikota of Central Chambers.
Particulars of count four are that Sangwa, on July 28, 2010, uttered a false letter purported to be from Bank of Zambia to Jane Kumwenda, a secretary at Bank of Zambia.
It is alleged in count five that the two, on August 3 this year, fabricated evidence by filing in court a false letter dated July 12, 2010, purported to have been written by DrKalyalya.
The matter will come up for defence May 6.
Meanwhile, principal resident magistrate David Simusamba has adjourned to today the case in which Mahtani and David Kamalarajan are charged with one count of obtaining credit by false pretences involving over K6.5 billion.
Mr Simusamba deferred the matter when one of the prosecutors informed the court that the prosecution was not ready to commence trial yesterday.
This is in a case in which Mahtani and Kamalarajan jointly and acting with other unknown persons in incurring a debt, obtained K6.5 billion from Finance Bank Zambia Limited, falsely pretending the money was working capital for Cladava Mining Limited when in fact not.
The offence is alleged to have been committed on dates unknown but between February 1 and 8, 2008.
MISSION Press director Father Miha Drevensek allegedly hijacked the World Press Freedom Awards yesterday after he gave MISA Zambia K5 million to award Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections executive director Father Pete Henriot and former Change Life Zambia executive director Father Frank Bwalya.
The two priests were awarded the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)-Zambia Excellence Recognition Awards.
Informed sources said in Lusaka yesterday that Father Miha gave MISA Zambia the money because the organisation failed to raise enough money for the event.
But World Press Freedom Day organising committee chairperson Amos Chanda said he was not aware of the awards presented by MISA Zambia during the Press Freedom Day celebrations until the moment they were presented.
He said MISA wanted to use the celebrations as a platform to award its own people.
“I was not aware of the awards and I only got to learn about them when they were being presented,” Mr Chanda said.
He said MISA Zambia has a relationship with Father Miha and he used the media body to award the two priests.
“It is MISA which has a relationship with FrMiha, so they should know more about the K5 million given to them,” Mr Chanda said.
Mr Chanda said MISA Zambia is better placed to explain why the awards were allegedly hijacked.
Mr Chanda said the organising committee had enough funds to host the celebrations as government provided K20 million through the ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services.
“Government gave us K 20 million and UNICEF gave us US$3,000 to award the deserving journalists, which went to Thomas Nsama from The Post,” Mr Chanda said.
NAMWALA member of Parliament Robby Chizyuka says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema should be blamed for the continuous defection of party members to the ruling party.
Major Chizyuka said members of the UPND have realised that Mr Hichilema cannot win the forthcoming tripartite elections and the only alternative is the MMD.
He said people have realised that voting for Mr Hichilema will only increase PF leader Michael Sata’s chances of winning the elections and that a lot of people do not want Mr Sata as their president.
“Everyone knows that it is not possible for Hakainde to win the elections, so why should anyone vote for him? The only party which will bring development to Zambia is MMD and that is the reason members are defecting,” Maj Chizyuka said.
He said for the sake of peace and unity, people are resorting to supporting the MMD and not MrSata who they think will cause confusion in the country.
Maj Chizyuka said some UPND members have realised that it is important for them to vote for a president who will bring development to the nation and that president is not Mr Hichilema.
Maj Chizyuka expressed confidence that President Banda will win this year’s elections and there is no need for people to waste their votes on a candidate who will not win.
“As far as 2011 is concerned, RB will win. There is no point putting votes on someone who will not win,” Maj Chizyuka said.
He said the defections to the ruling party from the opposition are a true manifestation of the fact that voters want president Banda to win the elections.
“People do not want Mr Sata and these defections show us that they (voters) are happier with the leadership of President Banda. They are worried about what Zambia will become if MrSata is given any chance,” Maj Chizyuka said.
Maj Chizyuka said Zambia needs a leader who can transform the country’s economy and bring development to the entire nation and not just a few people.
“The country needs someone who will bring unity and peace, not a person bent on perpetuating anarchy by causing unnecessary confusion among the people,” Maj Chizyuka said.
He noted that Mr Sata cannot be entrusted with leading the country because of his bad leadership traits.
Maj Chizyuka said MrSata cannot lead Zambia because he cannot be trusted and he has created a state of confusion because of his support for gay rights.
“In the recent past, MrSata has been advocating gay rights, which is a taboo and citizens should wonder how he can find comfort in supporting such activities,” Maj Chizyuka said.
He said no leader in their right mind can support gay rights which are widely unacceptable among the Zambian people
Faz has summoned Andrew Kamanga and Simataa Simataa to appear before the disciplinary committee.
Simataa confirmed today that him together with faction head Kamanga have been found with a case to answer for bringing the game into disrepute by forming a parallel league structure.
“The Kalu group has summoned myself (Simataa ) and Mr. Kamanga to a disciplinary meeting. The charge is starting a parallel league,” Simataa said.
The Kamanga faction of Saturday evening after the contentious Faz annual general meeting at Mulungushi Rock in Kabwe announced the formation of the National Football League.
14 clubs, 11 from division two and three from division one, have already joined the NFL.
Faz Division One
Week Seven
01/05/2011
North
Chambishi 2-Ndola United 0
Indeni 1-Kitwe United 1
Mining Rangers 0-Prison Leopards 1
Chindwin Sentries 0-Kabwe United 0
Luanshya United 1 -Konkola Mine Police 0
Bresmer 1-Mufulira Blackpool 2
Mufulira Wanderers 3-Kalulushi Modern Stars 0
Lusaka Dynamos 1-Mufulira Police 0
Zesco Luapula-Nkwiza*
*Not play. Nkwiza failed to travel
South
Big Roma 0-Luena Buffaloes 0
Senanga Leopards 0-National Assembly 0
Profund Warriors 0-Lusaka City Council 0
City of Lusaka 0-Riflemen 0
Lusaka Tigers 0- Kafue Celtic 1
Young Green Eagles 1-Kalomo Jetters 0
Livingstone Pirates 1-Mazabuka United 1
Petauke United 1-Nampundwe 0
Paramilitary 1-Freedom Rangers 1
FLASHBACK: President banda with Dr Welani Chilengwe during the launch of the mobile hospitals in Chongwe
By Henry Kyambalesa
A news article which has appeared in the Zambian Watchdog under the title “Each Mobile Hospital to Gobble K450m per Trip on Allowances,” if its content is authentic, is one of the many good reasons why President Rupiah Banda’s decision to buy the controversial mobile hospitals will be recorded in our beloved country’s history as having been a gigantic policy blunder.
In the article, it is revealed that EACH mobile hospital, which consists of 7 trucks, will require more than 36 personnel per visit of 2 weeks in any given rural area, including medical doctors, nurses, clinicians, laboratory staff, surgeons, pharmacists, and support staff.
And it is estimated that K450 million will be spent in allowances on EACH of the 36 or so mobile hospital personnel over a period of 2 weeks, an amount which does not include expenses on fuel, oil, spare parts, maintenance of the 7 trucks, and so forth, especially after the two-year initial contract with the Chinese supplier of the mobile hospitals. Also, the amount does not include the monthly salaries of the 36 or so mobile hospital personnel expected to serve on EACH of the 9 mobile hospitals.
All these expenditures are in addition to the US$53 million secured from the EX-IM Bank of China to purchase the 9 mobile hospitals from the China National Aero Technology Import and Export Corporation, and which will need to be repaid over a period of 40 years.
Besides, it is irresponsible, wasteful and unwise for President Banda to buy mobile hospitals which are unacceptable for the following reasons:
(a) They are likely to last only a few years, given the poor state of roads in rural areas;
(b) There are a lot of rural communities today where there are no motorable roads;
(c) It will be very difficult to control the potential abuse of the mobile facilities and their contents;
(d) There will be a high potential for cohabitation and/or marriage breakdowns among nurses, doctors and other personnel who will be assigned to work away from their families;
(e) For a healthcare system that is already understaffed, the assignment of well over 324 personnel to the 9 mobile hospitals will lead to greater levels of stress among health personnel at existing hospitals and other permanent healthcare facilities in the country; and
(f) The mobile hospital personnel will inevitably be subjected to deplorable conditions, including the lack of proper lodging, bathing and toilet facilities, and will be disposed to deadly diseases like malaria.
As any genuine development economist would advise, loans, if there is really a pressing need to obtain them, should ideally be used to support the production and/or exportation of tradable goods. However, the US$53 million loan would still have made sense if it was secured to cater for the following:
(a) Provision of free healthcare for all Zambians;
(b) Construction of more permanent healthcare facilities nationwide;
(c) Provision of adequate medicines, medical equipment and ambulances;
(d) Financing of research designed to find cures for HIV/AIDS, cancer, tuberculosis, and other deadly diseases; and/or
(e) Hiring, retention and training of health personnel.
The mobile hospitals are, by and large, ideal for a country that is at war. For Zambia, they are a luxury we can clearly not afford.
No doubt, the procurement of such temporary facilities is going to be the most conspicuous case of misapplication of resources by a Republican president thus far. It is a clear case of misplaced priorities! Sooner or later, the President and/or members of his inner circle will be crossing national borders for medical treatment or check-ups after wasting the US$53 million on mobile hospitals!
And President Banda and the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) want to continue to rule Zambia beyond 2011 after committing the country to such kinds of loans appropriated on worthless projects!
The US$53 million deal has all the characteristics of an attempt by President Banda to use the mobile hospitals as a campaign tool for the 2011 general elections, designed to woo voters in rural areas. He could win the Republican presidency, but he won’t be there to personally make a contribution to the re-payment of the loan!
And how does one explain the prominence of single-source procurement by the President during the short period he has been in office, if it is not to reap personal or political benefits from the deals involved? What is the use of having a procurement authority and technocrats in government ministries whose function is merely the acquisition of machinery, equipment and services that are prescribed by ministers or State House?
There is a need for Chinese government officials to guard against encouraging President Banda to borrow lavishly from their country’s state companies to finance projects which are conceived without consultation with Parliament and/or the Zambia Public Procurement Authority. They will do well not to participate in such furtive schemes if they are interested in cementing the existing cordial relations between their country and the people of Zambia.
Five more years of an MMD administration is, clearly, the last thing the majority of Zambians will ever wish for; they have suffered enough over the last 19 or so years of MMD reign.
We, therefore, need to put personal, ethnic, religious, and partisan interests aside and give the mandate to Comrade Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front (PF) to form government later this year and hope that they will work to break the socio-economic decay and backwardness which has haunted our beloved country over the last 19 or so years of the MMD administration.
In this regard, I wish to ask all those who teach our children, those who take care of the sick, those who extract and process copper and other minerals, those who provide transport services, those who create goods and services in the private sector, those who sell products in open markets and retail outlets, those who work in the civil service, those who serve orphaned and vulnerable children, and those who are currently unemployed to join and participate actively in this endeavor.
Finally, I wish to advise President Banda to re-assign the mobile hospitals to Zambia National Service (ZNS) camps in the 9 provinces after incorporating the functions of the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) that is currently vested in the Office of the Vice-President into the functions of the ZNS. They (the mobile hospitals) could be appropriately used during natural and man-made disasters, and during outbreaks of infectious and deadly diseases like cholera.
Information and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister Angela Cifire
Information and Broadcasting Services Deputy Minister Angela Cifire has urged journalists in the country to be ethical in their reporting ahead of the polls this year.
Ms Cifire says journalists play a critical role in society hence the need for them to report ethically and objectively during the 2011 general elections.
She was speaking during the commemoration of the Press Freedom Day in Chipata district of Eastern province.
Ms. Cifire said ethical reporting during the elections by the media will also help the electorate to make informed decisions and choices.
She said this would in the long run strengthen journalists’ call for media self regulation which government also desires to see happen in the near future.
The information deputy minister noted that government believed in the media as a key partner in national development and this was because they media ensured that people had access to information that enabled them to participate in national matters.
Ms Cifire reaffirmed government commitment to see the growth of the media by providing an enabling environment for them to operate freely.
She stated that Zambia has seen a number of new radio and television stations and newspapers being opened up countrywide.
And Chipata Press club board chairman Golden Banda urged the media not to be driven by politicians in their coverage ahead of this years elections.
In a speech read on his behals by his patron, Timothy Nyirenda, Mr Banda said this could ignite tension and cause as politicians would want issues to be reported a their preferred.
He also advised journalists to be truthful saying if reported issues were not true and it could lead to the country losing the peace it had
been enjoying since independence.
Meanwhile, Chipata Press club vice chairperson Lubasi Mutafela bemourned the meagre salries that journalists got.
Ms Mutafela noted that journalist both in the private and public media are poorly paid saying this compromises their work especially when handling corrupt sources.
Government says construction works of a K 31.2 billion one-stop-border at Nakonde in Northern Province, will resume this month.
Nakonde district commissioner (DC ) Billy Silwimba disclosed this in Nakonde today in an interview with the Zambia News and Information services (ZANIS) in Nakonde today.
Mr. Silwimba said all is set for an Israel based construction company, Zambia Border Crossing Company Limited, to resume construction works at Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) customs yard. He added that 600 new jobs will be created for the lo.
” 600 new jobs will be created in the border town as the construction works commences adding that 257 jobs for skilled labour will be available for all Zambians when the new one-stop-border starts operating, ” said the area DC.
The district commissioner who reiterated President Banda’s government’s commitment to job creation, said it is the State’s desire that living standards for all Zambian citizens improves for the better.
“Government has not neglected the project. We wanted to find a strategic partner to help us finish the project and now we are set to commence the works,” said Mr. Silwimba.
Mr. Silwimba said as a corporate responsibility, the construction company will construct a modern high school for the community of Nakonde.
The company will further part away with a total of K500 million each year for community projects in the border town.
Construction of a K 31. 2 billion kwacha one-stop-border at Nakonde was suspended in January last year.
Zambia Border Crossing Company Limited has been awarded the contract to finish the project under the Private Public Partnership (PPP).
Meanwhile, a Chinese company Wuhan Kaidi Holding Investments Company dealing in bio-fuels is set to embark on the multi billion kwacha investment programme in Nakonde district this month.
District commissioner Silwimba disclosed this in an interview with ZANIS in Nakonde today.
Mr. Silwimba said the project located west of Nakonde in Ndigidi area of Chiwanza ward will offer 4000 new jobs to the Zambian people.
Mr. Silwimba said the company will be increasing its work force each year as it expands.
Zambia Police Spokesperson, Ndandula Siamana-more police officers deployed to Mansa
The Zambia Police Service in Lusaka have recovered three motor vehicles and arrested six suspects of Lusaka in connection with a number of aggravated robberies that have rocked the city.
Zambia Police Service spokesperson Ndandula Siamana confirmed the arrest of the six and the recovery of motor vehicles and an assortment of house hold goods.
She said the police also recovered a pistol and an air gun.
“We have recovered three vehicles in Lusaka both unregistered, we have also recovered an air gun, a pistol and have arrested six suspects who have since been charged with aggravated robbery,” Siamana said.
She said the recovered household goods and motor vehicles were recovered in a police operation which began on April 27 and that the affected areas were Chinika, Kanyama, Longacres, Chadleigh, town centre and Ng’ombe areas.
Ms Siamana named the suspects as David Kandata, Michael Phiri ,Edward Mwasuka all of Chipata compound and Herbert Banda, Peter Phiri and Peter Chisanga of Ng’ombe all aged between 20 and 40 years old.
She said one vehicle was stolen from Kalundu and two from Chadleigh and that among the recovered items were 25 television sets of which two are plasma, three fans, assortment of shoes and eight radio cassettes.
Other items recovered are 4 amplifiers, 12 DVD’s, 3 deep freezers, 10 iron sheets and 45 tires.
First Republican President Kenneth Kaunda recently celebrated his 87th birthday. Above, Dr Kaunda cuts his birthday cake during the launch of a book, ‘The Future Has Arrived’, which was written by author Grieve Sibale (right).
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Communication and transport Minister Geoffrey Lungwangwa who was the guest of honor at this year's labour day celebrations in Mongu inspects the Civil Servant's on the parade
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Civil Servants from different parts of Mongu District march during the Labour Day Celebrations in Mongu
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A mangled car after an accident at the Church road and Nasser road traffic lights in Lusaka
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An accident at the Church road and nasser road traffic lights in Lusaka
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Police officers trying to control Andrew Kamanga supporters who were protesting after the vote of no confidence motion was tossed out of the agenda during the association’s annual general meeting in Kabwe recently
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Confusion at the FAZ AGM as police try to restore order
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Police officers trying to control Andrew Kamanga supporters who were protesting after the vote of no confidence motion was tossed out of the agenda
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Burial of western province police chief Fabian Katiba
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The widow of the late western province police chief Fabian Katiba
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Indiscriminate selling of alcoholic beverages in public places in Lusaka has continued to be a source of concern for authorities seeking to curb underage beer drinking. Here, vendors sell Tot packs and opaque beer by the roadside on Freedom Way
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Vendors selling Tot packs and opaque beer by the roadside on Freedom Way
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Banana vendors sleeping along the corridor on Lumumba road in Lusaka
Andrew Kamanga is interviewed after the annual general meeting by his faction in Lusaka yesterday
The National Football League (NFL) proponents have until 5th May 2011 to register for the new soccer confederacy structure. This was one of the resolution made yesterday when the 13 pro-NFL clubs met at a meeting held in Lusaka at the at the National Sports Development Centre.
The meeting further agreed to operationalise the NFL by 7th May 2011 when the registration process is complete and a sponsor is found. The new NFL will be administered by the Andrew Kamanga-led FAZ faction Interim Executive.
The formation of the NFL comes in the aftermath of last weekend’s FAZ Annual General Meeting (AGM), which failed to resolve the differences in local soccer administration. One delegate to Saturday’s Football Association of Zambia-FAZ Annual General Meeting in Kabwe described the meeting as an embarrassment to the outside world.
Mofya Chisala who was also aspiring FAZ Vice President said the meeting dented Zambia’s football image. Chisala said the failure to table the vote of no confidence motion has spelled doom for Zambian football. He said there was no transparency in the manner in which the vote of no confidence was withdrawn.
Chisala said the non inclusion of the vote of no confidence motion denied Zambians an opportunity to address the wrangles that are surrounding soccer administration in the country.
And Some Soccer fans in Lusaka have expressed concern over the decision by FAZ to withdraw the vote of no confidence motion at Saturday’s Annual General meeting.
The fans say it is unfortunate that FAZ could accept a single club to withdraw a motion which has been seconded.
They also said the Kalusha Bwalya led executive should have allowed the motion to pass for the sake of developing football in the country.
The fans said the confusion surrounding the FAZ AGM is a clear indication that people are not in favour of the Kalusha Bwalya led executive.
Some fans said it is time the Kalusha Bwalya executive stood aside and pave way for others to take over the running of football in the country.
Meanwhile, Sports Minister Kenneth Chipungu said he will only be in a position to comment on the outcome of the FAZ AGM on Tuesday.
And when contacted for a comment National Sports Council of Zambia General Secretary Rodgers Phiri said the council is still compiling a report on the matter
ZAMTEL has reduced its international call rates to high traffic destinations by more than 50 percent effective today, May 3, 2011.
The company has slashed call rates to destinations frequently called by most subscribers including India, China, the United States of America, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, South Africa and Tanzania.
Chief commercial officer Amon Jere says Zamtel has decided to pass on the reduction benefits directly to its customers in line with its company policy to provide affordable communication solutions.
“Effective tomorrow, May 3, 2011, our customers will be able to enjoy reduced international call rates to selected high traffic destinations by more than 50 percent.
“We have realised that communication has become a basic necessity, much like food and water; we are committed to providing affordable communication solutions that will enable Zambians to stay in touch and do business affordably,” Mr Jere said.
He said this in a statement released in Lusaka yesterday.
Mr Jere cited the United Kingdom, where customers used to pay K58 per second, but will now be paying K25 per second, representing 57 percent reduction.
“Let me give you another example, for calling India, customers used to pay K20 per second, but starting tomorrow, they will only be paying K9 per second, representing 55 percent reduction,” he said.
When calling China and the United States of America, customers used to pay K20 per second, but they will now enjoy 50 percent reduction by calling at K10 per second respectively.
And Zamtel has reduced its broadband internet services by between 20 to 34 percent with immediate effect.
In February, Zamtel reduced its internet bundle offer to make the service more affordable and help increase national internet penetration in Zambia.
Zambia is ranked amongst countries with the lowest internet penetration in sub-Saharan Africa currently estimated at below 10 percent.
The telecommunication giant slashed its internet modems from K230,000 to K130,000 in a quest to contribute to national development efforts through universal access to information and telecommunication technology.
FORMER republican Vice-President Enoch Kavindele has urged Zambians to give President Banda a full term of office because he has exhibited good leadership qualities for the two years he has been in office.
Mr Kavindele said although Mr Banda is just completing a term for late President Mwanawasa, he has performed well in terms of development, and Zambians must vote for him in the forthcoming presidential and general elections.
He said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that President Banda deserves a full term for development projects spread across the country to continue.
Mr Kavindele said Mr Banda is a credible leader who has dedicated himself to national development and meeting people’s needs.
He said there is more infrastructure development in North-Western Province than there was in the past.
Mr Kavindele said the province has been face-lifted through the good leadership of Mr Banda, who he said will perform even better if given another term of office.
“Having visited North-Western Province last week, I have given President Banda a plus for developing the province, and I have endorsed him for the presidency in this year’s tripartite elections,” he said.
Mr Kavindele urged people in the province to give President Banda massive support in appreciation of what he has done for them.
He said if Mr Banda is voted into power this year, he will perform wonders in terms of development in the whole country.
Mr Kavindele has said people should not oppose economic development, but give President Banda support for the continued development in the country.
He said Mr Banda has a vision for this country, the reason he has managed to complete the projects left by President Mwanawasa while initiating his own.
Mr Kavindele said everyone has seen the country moving towards prosperity under the able leadership of Mr Banda.
He said this has been evidenced by a number of schools and hospitals being built across the province.
