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I am very interested in seeing and knowing what measures the Zambian government will take with regards to the leak of Radiation that is going on in Japan. Zambia imports a lot of cars from Japan.What I am not sure of is if we will be importing ‘radioactive cars’
Has anyone thought of the impact the exposure of radiation will have on Zambia´s health and its people if the cars being imported into Zambia are definitely exposed to the radioactive material.
We love Japanese cars and our hearts go out to the Japanese people during this terrible time.However, I think it is time Zambia began to produce it´s own cars and sold them cheaper to its own people.
Vice President George Kunda has said that Zambian laws do not allow the practice of homosexuality and lesbianism. Mr Kunda told Parliament on today that such acts are considered criminal, under the laws of Zambia. Vice President George Kunda
Mr. Kunda, who is also Justice Minister, said that the practice is criminal and can attract a minimum jail sentence of 14 years. He said that government will not condone unnatural practices in the country as Zambia is a Christian nation.
The Vice President said that Zambian laws are tailored by the Christian values the country practices. Mr. Kunda said it is therefore unfortunate that PF leader Michael Sata wants to champion these illegal practices.
The Vice President was responding to Chasefu Member of Parliament, Chufumu Banda, who wanted to know if the Zambian Law provides for the practice of homosexuality.
Konkola Copper Mines has introduced a computerized entry system to prevent rampant theft of copper and equipment.
This means that mine suppliers entering the company’s premises will first have their finger prints taken and used for configuration whenever they will visit the mine.
And Mine Suppliers and Contractors Association president Fanuel Banda has called on members to remain calm in view of the newly introduced computerized access to the mine.
Mr. Banda has told members that the introduction of computerized entry to the plant is meant to prevent theft of copper and equipment.
Mr Banda says KCM has agreed to extend the computerization of access to the plant by people operating at the company so that all the registered suppliers and contractors are covered.
He says his association has held meetings with KCM management and the company has undertaken to extend the exercise in order to cover all members.
Mr Banda says KCM’s resolve to extend the exercise is in recognition of the fact that there was no proper communication to the stakeholders before the company introduced the system.
He says most suppliers and contractors were caught unawares because they were being barred until their finger prints had been taken resulting into confusion at the main gate, resulting into loss of business by suppliers.
Chinese Ambassador to Zambia LI QIANGMIN says his country’s investment in Zambia is safe despite elections to be held this year.
Ambassador LI says Chinese investors will not withdraw their investment from the country because Zambians have demonstrated capability of holding peaceful and transparent elections.
Ambassador LI says he has no doubt that this year’s Zambian elections will be peaceful.
And Mr LI told TV 2 News in Lusaka on Friday that trade between Zambia and China has continued to increase.
Ambassador LI says Zambia’s export to China now stands at Two Point Five Billion Dollars.
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Former Church of God overseer Bishop John Mambo has charged that the appointment of the Justice Irene Mambilima as Electoral Commission Chairperson is ill-timed.
Bishop Mambo has also questioned the rationale used in appointing the deputy Chief Justice as the ECZ chairperson.
He says government was supposed to call for a national indaba before coming up with a name to replace justice Florence Mumba.
Bishop Mambo says government was supposed to call for a stakeholders meeting to solve the crisis at the ECZ.
He says government cannot state that issues at the ECZ have now stabilized after the resignation of justice Mumba.
Bishop Mambo has also observed that election results might be questioned after the impasse that rocked the electoral body recently.
File: Former Patrotic front Secretary General Edwin Lifwekelo lifts a Guardian Weekly headline on Sata and his marital scandals
Two civil society organisations have said they are disappointed that the Catholic Church has not condemned Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata’s statement that the constitution provides for gay rights.
And Forum for Leadership Search executive director Edwin Lifwekelo has said PF secretary general Wynter Kabimba should stop defending Mr Sata’s stance on gay rights.
Committee of Citizens executive director Gregory Chifire and Mr Lifwekelo said in separate interviews in Lusaka yesterday that the Catholics should have been the first to denounce Mr Sata’s intentions because the act of homosexuality is unGodly.
Mr Chifire said it is surprising the Catholic Church has said nothing about Mr Sata’s stance when it is expected to condemn the PF president.
“We expected the Catholic Church to lead the condemnation of Mr Sata because it condemns homosexuality and abortion,” he said.
Mr Chifire said homosexuality is unChristian, immoral and sinful and the Catholic should preach against it.
Mr Lifwekelo said the Catholic Church is the biggest church in Zambia and citizens expect it to denounce the opposition leader’s stance on homosexuality.
He said it is amazing that the Catholic has said nothing when there is evidence linking Mr Sata to plans to legalise homosexuality.
Mr Lifwekelo challenged the Catholic Church to condemn Mr Sata, according to its teaching.
Meanwhile, Mr Lifwekelo said PF secretary general Wynter Kabimba should grow up and stop defending Mr Sata’s statement on homosexuality.
“The audio compact disc in circulation is very clear about what Mr Sata said to Danish journalists about gay rights, no matter how much Mr Kabimba wants to cover it up,” he said.
Mr Lifwekelo said for the first time, Mr Sata was clear about his stance on homosexuality.
He said the Compact Disc will be posted on internet-based social networks, Youtube and Facebook, to expose the PF’s stand on homosexuality.
Mr Lifwekelo also described Mr Kabimba as a ‘pathological liar’ for suggesting that he (Lifwekelo) is being looked after by his wife.
He said in a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday that he finds it ‘cheap and preposterous’ for Mr Kabimba to sink so low and talk about his (Mr Lifwekelo’s) wife.
“While I acknowledge that my wife is a professional teacher who is well qualified for her job and an employee of Tick High School in Lusaka run by Mr Kabimba’s wife, he cannot suggest that my wife looks after my family,” Mr Lifwekelo said.
In March 17’s edition of The Post, Mr Kabimba was quoted as saying Mr Lifwekelo is being kept by his wife, using the salary she gets as a school teacher.
“Mr Kabimba is a pathological liar to suggest that I am unemployed. I am very much self-employed and doing well,” he said.
Mr Lifwekelo challenged Mr Kabimba to relieve his wife of her job if he so wishes.
Mr Lifwekelo said he and Mr Chifire are young role models who are self-employed and doing well in their investments.
He said their finances are clean as they do not make money from selling council plots and engaging in other illegal activities.
“I know a lot about Mr Kabimba but I will not sink so low as to talk about that and lower my integrity,” Mr Lifwekelo said.
Meanwhile, Nkombo Kachemba reports that a clergyman in Kitwe has castigated Mr Sata for alleging that there are adequate laws in Zambia to regularise gay rights.
Brethren in Christ Church pastor Justin Mushanga said in a statement released in Kitwe that it is unfortunate for a leader who wants to become republican president to support gay rights in a Christian nation.
“One does not need to be a Christian to know that homosexuality is an abomination. If Mr Sata is saying there are such laws, I wonder if we need a president like that,” he observed.
He said Mr Sata should know that Zambians want a leader who will develop the country and not introduce gay rights.
The clergyman said Zambians do not want a presidential hopeful to support gay rights because the act is inhuman.
Anti Voter Apathy Project-AVAP- Executive Director, Bonnie Tembo has commended chiefs from Western province for not taking a partisan stance by endorsing candidates.
Mr. Tembo said by not taking sides, the Barotse Royal Establishment is setting a good example by allowing its subjects to make independent choices.
Mr Tembo advised Chiefs in the country to desist from endorsing political parties and candidates in the run up to this year’s tripartite elections.
He said that Chiefs should instead stay away from politics and follow constitutional provisions on their role.
Mr. Tembo has called on every Zambian to be actively involved in the affairs of the country in readiness for the general elections.
He was speaking at the launch of the Voter Mobilization Campaign in Livingstone on yesterday.
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Amusaa Mwanamwambwa on March 17 reprimanded Patriotic Front (PF) Roan member of Parliament (MP) Chishimba Kambwili for voting on behalf of Livingstone MP Sakwiba Sikota on the amended Anti-Corruption Commission Bill No. 41 of 2010.
Mr Mwanamwambwa, who made a ruling on the matter for close to 30 minutes, said he is discontented with the conduct of Mr Kambwili by breaching the Parliamentary etiquette by voting on behalf of Mr Sikota.
The punishment meted out on Mr Kambwili was for him to stand behind the Parliament bar for 30 minutes.
“I order you to go and stand behind the Bar of the House. I also instruct the Sergeant-At-Arms to take the Speaker’s mace and stand behind you.
“This is not the first time you are being punished for breaching the rules and procedures of this honourable house.
You have been reprimanded and admonished several times before, which should be embarrassing for any honourable member. I want to believe that disciplinary measures are intended to create positive change in an individual. This doesn’t seem to be happening to you, which is very sad. This is the last time the House will have to mete out disciplinary action against you,” Mr Mwanamwambwa told Mr Kambwili.
He said the MP’s conduct misled the House and the public as the results of the voting were not a true reflection of the actual votes cast.
He said voting is one of the mechanisms used by the House to arrive at its decisions and it is gross misconduct and a serious breach of the rules and procedures of the House for any member to attempt to exercise it on behalf of another member whose constituents he does not represent.
Mr Mwanamwambwa said it is wrong for Mr Kambwili to vote on behalf of Mr Sikota because the rules do not provide for proxy voting.
Mr Mwanamwambwa said Mr Kambwili’s conduct caused grave embarrassment to Mr Sikota and brought the integrity of the House into question.
He said Mr Kambwili has lowered the decorum and standards of the House by breaching the rules and procedures the House has put in place to ensure that MPs perform their functions in a dignified and unimpeded manner.
Mr Mwanamwambwa said it is depressing that Mr Kambwili has continued to breach the rules and procedures of the Housedespite him being guided several times to desist from conducting himself in a manner that can lower the standards of the House.
He said the National Assembly Standing Orders of 2005 regulate the proceedings of the house to promote decorum and dignity in the conduct of business in parliament.
During the sitting of the House on March 16, November 3, 2010, Mr Kambwili voted twice when the amendment to the Anti-Corruption Commission Bill No.41 of 2010 proposed by UPND Itezhi-Tezhi MP Godfrey Beene, was put to the vote.
Vice president George Kunda has revealed that government has no immediate intentions of tabling before parliament the issue of second republican president Dr. Fredrick Chiluba’s presidential immunity which was removed in 2002.
Mr. Kunda, who is also Justice Minister, assured the house that the issue of Dr. Chiluba’s immunity will be addressed in the new constitution.
He said that there was a part that will address the issue of the second republican president’s immunity in the new constitution.
And the vice president has questioned why some opposition political parties have u-turned on their support to the second republican president.
Mr. Kunda said that he was surprised that some opposition political parties are now calling on government to recover the alleged stolen money from Dr Chiluba, when in the past they claimed his innocence.
Mr. Kunda has further stated that government has not failed to recover or locate any assets linked to the Dr. Chiluba anywhere in the world.
The vice president has also denied accusations that the MMD government has been shielding Dr. Chiluba.
The vice president was answering a question from Chipili Member of Parliament Davies Mwila.
Bruce Mwape faces his first big international test as Nchanga Rangers coach when the Chingola side plays DR Congo club Lupopo in Lubumbashi on Friday in the Orange Caf Confederation Cup first round, first leg tie.
In 2000, Mwape was part of the bench in Rangers last appearance in a Caf club competition when they reached the quarterfinals of the Caf Cup, the forerunner to the Caf Confederation Cup.
Mwape was then assistant to Fordson Kabole during a campaign whose major highlight saw Rangers eliminate Kaizer Chiefs in the second round in a team that had one Doctor Khumalo in the line-up and heading for retirement and Jabu Pule on his way to brief stardom.
This time around, Rangers will jump straight into the thick of action after sailing through from the preliminary stage via a bye following the withdrawal of their initial stage opponents Highlanders of Zimbabwe due to logistical problems.
Lupopo were on an automatic bye from the preliminary stage.
Meanwhile back home in the Orange Caf Champions League, Zesco Uniteds’ first round, first leg opponents Young Buffaloes of Swaziland are due to arrive in Ndola late on Thursday evening.
This is after taking a transcontinental overland journey from Manzini to Ndola for the first round match scheduled for Saturday at Trade Fair Grounds in Ndola.
Faz has succumbed to pressure for the league to be postponed until after its annual general meeting on March 26 in Kitwe.
Faz vice president Boniface Mwamelo who is also chairman of the premier league organizing committee said the league will now kickoff on April 2 instead of this weekend March 19.
“The Football Association of Zambia wants to advise all Super League teams that the league games for Week One will be played on April 2,” Mwamelo said.
“FAZ wishes to place on record that the commencement of the league which was previously tied in with the annual general meeting was removed as an agenda item by the FAZ council almost eight years ago under an item that was called Approval of Fixtures and League Standings.
“This was done to enable the league run as an administrative instrument with no tie-ins to the AGM.In fact this has been the case for the last six years or so where the league has always started prior to the AGM.”
The decision comes in the wake of the National Sports Council of Zambia’s statement on Wednesday they will be forced to act if FAZ does not heed the directive to delay the season kickoff until after the AGM.
The Zambian government has presented a Bill to the National Assembly seeking to change the law to enable President Rupiah Banda qualify for a gratuity at the end of his less than three-year reign.
According to the current laws, only a person who has served for a minimum of three years of the five-year presidential tenure is entitled to gratuity.
However, Vice-President George Kunda presented to Parliament the Presidential Emoluments (Amendment) Bill without the minimum specified period of three years service for Mr Banda to be entitled to gratuity.
Mr Banda became president on November 2, 2008 after a by-election held to replace Levy Mwanawasa, who died mid-term in August 2008, and complete his remaining years of the five-year tenure.
President Banda, 74, who is running for re-election in polls, which he says will be held before September this year, would have served three years by November 1. Therefore, according to the current law, he does not qualify for gratuity unless it is changed.
Mr Banda, who was the Vice-President of Mr Mwanawasa, was embroiled in controversy shortly after his election when he increased emoluments for himself and other constitutional office holders amidst public disapproval.
(Catholic Father in Court)Father Leo Ululi of Saint Lawrence Parish Catholic Church in the accused’s dock. He is being sued for committing adultery.
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Father Leo Ululi of Saint Lawrence Parish Catholic Church in the accused’s dock cross-examining Irene Simaubi, the wife of a police officer who has sued him for committing adultery.
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Father Leo Ululi of Saint Lawrence Parish Catholic Church (in striped shirt) reading out to the court a document in which he confessed flirting with a Police officer’s wife
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Father Leo Ululi of Saint Lawrence Parish Catholic Church (in striped shirt) reading out to the court a document in which he confessed flirting with a Police officer’s wife
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Father Leo Ululi of Saint Lawrence Parish Catholic Church is greeted by sympathizers after the hearing of a case in which a police officer has sued him for adultery
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Father Leo Ululi of Saint Lawrence Parish Catholic Church is greeted sympathizers after the hearing
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Father Leo Ululi makes his way to the car as scores of curious residents look on
The Patriotic Front has called for fresh negotiations with the United Party for National Development over the future of the UPND/PF pact.
Sources have revealed to QFM that PF president Michael Sata this week met with UPND president Hakainde Hichilema to see if they can still work together.
Mr. Sata is said to have complained to the UPND president that some people close to him were advising him wrongly on the issue of the PACT.
The PF president is said to have written to the UPND requesting to have a fresh look at the electoral alliance of the two biggest political parties in the country.
Yesterday, senior members of the UPND met to discuss the letter written by the PF.
The UPND meeting which was held at the party’s secretariat and lasted for more than 9 hours resolved to give the PF conditions in order to enter into an alliance again.
The sources explained to QFM that the UPND will keep its doors open as long as the PF accepts the set out conditions.
Among other conditions include the economic agenda of the PACT government and the sharing of the government positions equally.
QFM news has also been told that UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has no problem with being the vice president as long as the most important issues concerning the nation are agreed upon.
Efforts to get a comment for the two camps failed by press time.
The United Kingdom Government has handed over Emergency Obstetric Care Equipment worth K32 billion to the Ministry of Health.
The items donated include operating tables, beds and infant incubators among other items to help address the high rate of maternal mortality in the country which has resulted in the loss of many lives.
Speaking during the hand over ceremony in Lusaka today, Department for International Development (DFID) Head Office in Zambia Mike Hammond
assured the Zambian government of his country’s continued support in reducing the number of women who died during child birth.
“DFID is supporting Zambia in efforts to tackle maternal mortality through 7.2 million pounds maternal health programme for 2009-2012”
Mr. Hammond said.
Mr. Hammond noted that Zambia had made significant improvement in the fight against Maternal mortality with rates reducing from 729 in 2002 to 591 per 100, 000 live births in 2007 according to the Demographic Health Survey (DHS).
He also observed that further progress in the attainment of this goal was being hindered by lack of trained health workers, inadequate supplies of medicines and emergency equipment such as the ones donated today.
And speaking at the same occasion, Ministry of Health Deputy Minister Christopher Kalila said Government appreciated the support from its cooperating partners in meeting some of its goals.
Dr. Kalila said the equipment donated would not only help in the reduction of maternal mortality rate in the country but would also greatly contribute in the attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDG’S) on health.
Dr. Kalila said it was Governments wish to ensure that by 2012 about 86 ‘Government facilities were equipped with emergency obstetric care.
