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Pull-out of PF pact, Chizyuka urges UPND

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UPND president Hakainde Hichilema

NAMWALA Member of Parliament Robbie Chizhyuka has advised the United Party for National Development (UPND) leaders to reconsider their pact with the Patriotic Front (PF) in view of the confusion that has characterised the agreement.

But UPND secretary general, Winstone Chibwe has said the opposition party made wide consultations and has resolved to remain in the pact with the PF.

Major Chizhyuka said yesterday that UPND should reconsider its alignment for the party to have any value in the political process and leadership of the country.

He said had UPND president Hakainde Hichilema consulted before forging the pact with the PF, he would have got tangible and meaningful advice based on the political philosophy of the majority grassroots.

He was commenting on the recent confusion that has arisen in the pact over the adoption of candidates for the Chadiza and Kaoma local government by-elections.

Major Chizhyuka said the decision by the UPND to enter into a pact with the PF was a sole idea of Mr Hichilema that was anchored purely on his personal business interest and profit motive.

[pullquote]Mr Hichilema told the UPND top officials that the party would participate in Western, Southern, North-Western and Central provinces where the party was stronger than the PF, and that the PF would contest on the Copperbelt, Luapula, Lusaka and Northern provinces that were stronghold areas for the PF.[/pullquote]

“They should realign their tactics and strategies for 2011 and 2016. The pact arrangement with the PF will only hurt the UPND from what has surfaced now.

“What is happening is testimony that Mr Hichilema rushed into this pact arrangement for his personal benefits and never widely consulted ,” he said.

Maj Chizhyuka said the UPND leader had learnt a lesson too soon “that lies in politics can come round and haunt the propagators of such lies.”

Mr Hichilema told the UPND top officials that the party would participate in Western, Southern, North-Western and Central provinces where the party was stronger than the PF, and that the PF would contest on the Copperbelt, Luapula, Lusaka and Northern provinces that were stronghold areas for the PF.

“The only province subject to discussion was Eastern Province at the time,” he said.

It was a slap in Mr Hichilema’s face for the PF secretary general Wynter Kabimba to say that it had never been the understanding of the PF that getting into the pact with the UPND would mean dividing the country on regional basis.

“Further, for him (PF secretary general Kabimba) to suggest that it has never been their understanding that their participation in the pact will be limited to certain areas in the country to the exclusion of other areas is a hard slap on Mr Hichilema’s immature political face,” he said.

Major Chizhyuka said it was clear from Mr Kabimba’s statement that PF would field in any constituency and ward, including the strongholds of UPND, in areas like Livingstone, Mazabuka and Choma.

[pullquote]He said the PF was right to field in Kaoma because according to the 208 presidential results, it got more votes than the UPND.[/pullquote]

Mr Hichilema should not cry foul now because he asked for what was now happening, and that the Electoral Commission of Zambia had no hand in the problems that had beset the PF/UPND Pact.

He said the PF was right to field in Kaoma because according to the 208 presidential results, it got more votes than the UPND.

Maj Chizhyuka said Mr Hichilema entered into the pact for his personal interest.

In a separate interview yesterday, Mr Chibwe parried the allegations by the Namwala MP, saying the party had consulted widely before entering into the pact with the PF. He said the party had made a decision to continue in the pact.

[Times of Zambia]

Namibia Refuse to Face “Weak” Zambia In Friendly

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A prosposed friendly match between Zambia and Namibia in Windhoek set for August 11 has fallen through.

This is after the Namibian’s declined to play a junior Zambia team in the form of the Under-23 under Lucky Msiska after Faz decided not to send the senior team to face The Brave Warriors.

“Zambia has backed off the friendly, they now want to send an Under-23 team and Namibia has said no,” a reliable source said on Wednesday evening.

Namibia declined because they felt they deserved to face a stronger and seasoned Zambian team to measure their team as they prepare for the Africa Cup qualifier against away to Gambia in Banjul this coming September.

Zambia in its case face Comoros in their opening Africa Cup qualifiers in Group C match whom they are scheduled to host on September 4.

August 11 is an official Fifa August date for international friendly matches.

Last year during the same August friendly window date, Zambia played Ghana in a controversial friendly game hosted in London that the former lost 4-1 at Brisbane Road in the East End.

Msiska Expect To Be Assistant To Bonneti

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Lucky Msiska is expected to be local assistant to favorite for the Zambia job Italian Dario Bonneti who is expected to be officially unveiled any day soon.

Msiska is current Zambia Under-23 coach and will maintain his position with the All-Africa and Olympic Games qualifiers team.

According to reliable sources, long-serving team manager Solly Pandor could be on his way out and replaced by Lusekelo Kamwambi who recently served in the same capacity with the CHAN team and was from 2001 to 2008 at the under-23.

Pandor has been team manager since 2004 after taking over from Patrick Nkhata of Nchanga Rangers.

And Bonneti is expected to bring with him a backroom staff from Italy to complement Msiska and Kamwambi.

Meanwhile, in a related development Faz today said they had made rapid progress in recruiting the next Zambian coach without mentioning the Italian by name following an executive meeting today at Football House.

Texas woman tells court she rejected Nathaniel Tumbwe who hid HIV before he attacked her

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A man who calls himself "Dr. Rev. Prince" Nathaniel Tumbwe is accused of having unprotected sex with women in Dallas County without telling them he was HIV positive.

By JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News
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Carolyn Hudson barely knew Nathaniel Tumbwe so she repeatedly spurned his advances and marriage proposals that seemed to her more like a plea for sex than real commitment.  But Tumbwe, 47, stopped taking no for an answer in October 2008, Hudson testified Tuesday. She said he raped her on the black futon in the TV room of her Cedar Hill home.

It wasn’t until weeks later that Hudson, who had already reported the assault to police, learned that Tumbwe had advanced AIDS and had exposed her to the virus because he did not wear a condom.

Hudson said that when police told her about Tumbwe’s AIDS status and medical condition, including that he had herpes and genital warts, she began to worry about other women he could have exposed to the deadly disease.

“I couldn’t do anything about it,” Hudson said about her own exposure, clutching a tissue as she testified during Tumbwe’s trial. “I had to put my faith in God.”

Tumbwe is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors allege the deadly weapon was his penis and bodily fluids that contained the HIV virus. He faces up to 20 years in prison, if convicted.

Prosecutors Josh Healy and Kate Pfeifle say there is no doubt about the guilt of Tumbwe, whose body visibly shook throughout Tuesday’s testimony. But his defense attorneys, Michael Levine and Omar Nawaz, contend that prosecutors “concocted” the charge against their client because Hudson now regrets having a relationship with him.

The Dallas Morning News does not typically identify possible victims of sex crimes but Hudson, a 60-year-old receptionist, wanted her name to appear.

So far, Hudson has not tested positive for HIV, but she must be tested once a year for 10 years. According to testimony, there is up to a 10 percent chance of passing HIV during unprotected vaginal sex between a man and woman.

Two women who did contract the virus after having sex with Tumbwe would likely testify against him during the punishment phase of the trial, if he is convicted.

Tumbwe was diagnosed with HIV in 1996 in Dallas. According to testimony, he did not take his medication and frequently missed doctor’s appointments.

Hudson met Tumbwe because both were elders at the Potter’s House, the megachurch in southwestern Dallas. Hudson is still an elder there, and she and Tumbwe would sometimes get together to discuss and debate religion at a bookstore.

Tumbwe, who calls himself a reverend, prince and a doctor, is from Zambia. Hudson said he told her he was going to run for “king or president” of the country and wanted her to return there with him.

She said she twice invited him to her home for discussions about religion and a ministry Tumbwe said he wanted to begin. Hudson testified that Tumbwe raped her on the second visit.

Hudson testified that on that same night Tumbwe tried to use the Bible to justify premarital sex. Hudson said she had been celibate in the 12 years since her divorce and repeatedly refused his requests to sleep with him.

Hudson said that although Tumbwe repeatedly told her: “give it to me, give it to me,” she said she told him no as many as 40 times.

Hudson said that Tumbwe told her that, “We both sinned in our hearts.” But she responded, ” ‘You sinned; I did not.’ ”

Hudson said that when he began to force her to have intercourse, she did not fight him. She was worried about her health because she has had multiple strokes and has a congenital heart defect that required open heart surgery when she was 12.

“He basically ripped me open,” Hudson said. “I just wanted it over.”

The trial is scheduled to resume this morning with Hudson on the witness stand.

[The Dallas Morning News]

IFC,Zanaco sign $25 million agriculture partnership

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The International Finance Corporation IFC has signed a Memorandum of Understating MOU with ZANACO worth 25 million United States dollars aimed at increase access to finance for smaller entrepreneurs and agricultural business companies in Zambia.

According to the MoU signed today, Zanaco will use the 25 million United States dollars senior loan from IFC, a member of the Word Bank, to increase products and services that target small and medium enterprises, especially in the agriculture sector.

It will also expand its lending in less developed and rural regions of Zambia were many entrepreneurs and businesses face difficulties in accessing finance, and raise its environmental and social standards.

Speaking during the signing ceremony, Zanaco, Managing Director Mark Wiessing says the loan facility will assist the bank in supporting the SME sector in Zambia.

And IFC vice president for Business Advisory Services Rachel Kyte said her organization is committed to helping build an inclusive financial sector in Zambia by increasing access to finance for smaller businesses including the agribusiness sector.

She says the International Finance Corporation hopes to build on the strong relationship with Zanaco to increase financing to other important sectors of the Zambian economy.

[QFM]

Zambia to benefit from global liquidity

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Standard Chartered Bank’s Global Focus for July 2010, a monthly analysis of economic and financial market developments has predicted that Zambia will benefit from flush global liquidity in the second half of 2010.

It says in Africa, disinflation and accommodative monetary policy have benefited local bonds markets, and that in this space, Ghana, South Africa and Zambia should benefit from flush liquidity.

It reveals that most African local bond markets have enjoyed robust so far in 2010, underpinned by accommodative monetary policy, subdued inflation in markets such as Ghana and Zambia, flush global liquidity, which has spurred a hunt for yield pick-up.

The Global Focus monthly publication however, says that while these market structural prospects remain extremely bright, the cyclical outlook is turning more mixed.

It maintains a positive view on markets such as Ghana and Keneya, where there is a scope for monetary policy to remain accommodative for some time and bond prices appear attractive.

It further reveals that prospects for South Africa and Zambia are more finely balanced, and also depend significantly on global risk appetite.

It also states that with short-end yields still low and most yield curves remaining steep notably in Zambia, general curve flattening is likely in the second half of 2010.

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Can Zambia learn from South Africa Hosting FIFA world Cup?

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Jo’burg Soccer Fever

By Augustine Chisembele – Professional member of Project Management South Africa (PMSA)

The 2010 FIFA world cup has ended with Spain crowned as the world champions after beating the Dutch in the final game. After so much criticism especially from the foreign media, South Africa has hosted this edition of world cup with resounding success. South Africa has spent in excess of R33 billion to put together this global show piece. According to President Zuma the 2010 FIFA world cup has brought ‘priceless’ benefits to South Africa.

South Africa now boasts of improved infrastructure in transportation, communication and sport facilities among others. The country has ten (10) world class stadia spread across the country. On a social from, this rainbow nation has seen all races unite behind the world cup. This has triggered enhanced sense of patriotism, pride and achievement by South Africans. The economical benefits are just immense. VISA reported nearly $566 million spent on its debt and credits cards among a million visitors to RSA in June. South Africa has also positioned and marketed herself as a desirable destination to potential investors. It is often said success breeds success. RSA has now talking of hosting Olympics in 2020 even before the FIFA world cup dust settles.

Without a doubt the preparation for 2010 FIFA world cup was a huge undertaking by South Africa. And RSA was up to the challenge and successfully delivered.

Green Point Stadium Cape Town

Now the question one would pose is; can Zambia learn from South African hosting the 2001 FIFA world cup? Allow me to pose a few more questions just to spice-up the debate; What position does Zambia desire to occupy on the global scen? Where does Zambia see herself in 2020 or 2050; Is Zambia a country which enjoys tackling huge challenges? The clue to the answers of these questions may lie in the past. 46 years after independence, we seem to align ourselves with largely World bank, IMF, UN, AU, Nepad, declarations. While these global entities assist us with the universal obligations, we need home-grown vision to stand-out as a nation. South Africa had myriad reasons to host FIFA world cup cardinal of which was to enhance her global image. Zambia too needs a dream around which everything must be anchored. If we need to create a Zambia our future generations are going to be proud of like the South Africans are doing, it can never be business as usual for GRZ the key primary stakeholder.

Mandela Bay Stadium – Port Elizabeth

Don’t me get wrong, one cannot honestly expect Zambia to contest the right to host the next installment of world cup after Brazil in 2014. What is anticipated is that Zambia must start punching within or even above her weight. Like host the Africa Football Cup or All Africa games. But again we have failed to host these events. Just a while ago Zambia threw in a towel to host All Africa Games.

The bottom-line is that Zambia requires a strategy that must direct our policy formulation, inform our desired position on the world map, and track our progress in decades to come. Hosting of a global event is by no means the sole yardstick to measuring Zambia standing on the international scale. It is however a litmus test regarding our country infrastructure readiness and availability. Because it this infrastructure that benefit the Zambian citizenry. To answer the question. Yes, Zambia can learn from RSA hosting of the 2010 FIFA world cup.

Cross border trade poses threat of Polio outbreak in kapompo

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The Cross border trade between Angola and Zambia is posing an eminent threat of the outbreak of polio in Kabompo district.

Kabompo District Medical Officer, Stephen Shajanika made the observation during a district planning meeting held in the districtcouncil chamber yesterday.

Dr Shajanika said the cross border trade between people along theZambia-Angola border in chief Chiyengele and senior chief Sikufele areas posed a challenge and a threat at the same time because children across the border in Angola were not immunized.

He said there was need to set up a community radio station for information dissemination because most people who settled in the district were scattered making outreach activities difficulty.

Dr Shajanika said the district was planning to zone communities and set up immunization registers in villages in order to monitor children coming from the neigbouring country so that they could be vaccinated too.

The meeting was attended by senior chief Sikufele, chief Chiyengele and acting chief Kalunga, district heads of government departments and health personnel.
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Eligible voter may not vote in forthcoming election in Gwembe

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Eligible voters in Hamatuba and Kkutwa areas in Gwembe District are likely not to participate in the forthcoming general elections because officers who conducted the national registration exercise did not reach the area.

This came to light when the District Voter Education Committee (DVEC) members carried out the voter education monitoring programme in the area.

Many eligible voters complained to the committee that they were unable to register as voters because they did not have national registration cards.

They said the mobile national registration card exercise did not reach their area hence their predicament.

The mobile national registration card exercise only reached Siampande and people from Hamatuba and Kutwa were expected to cover a long distance to Siampande to be issued with green National Registration Cards.

Kota-Kota Ward Councilor, Kenneth Siavundu told ZANIS that many people could not walk to Siampande to be issued with an NRC because of the long distance involved.

Siavundu feared that many eligible voters will be disfranchised and appealed to individuals to ensure that they obtain green national registration cards before the voter registration exercise came to an end.

And the police in Gwembe have run out of police reports issued to people seeking to replace their lost voters cards.

Gwembe police officer-in-charge Tundwe Chisanga disclosed to ZANIS yesterday that the police was overwhelmed with the number of people seeking to obtain police reports to replace their lost voters cards during the on-going registration exercise.

He said his office was working towards having more police reports reproduced to ensure the continuation of the exercise.

By press time yesterday, Hauma registration centre at Hauma Community School had only 15 police reports remaining.

Meanwhile, faulty generator sets are threatening the success of the voter registration exercise in Gwembe District.

Gwembe District Electoral Officer, Fred Mooya told ZANIS recently that his office had continued to receive reports of faulty generator sets at some registration centres.

He said Malilasuntwe registration centre had captured less new voters due to faulty generator sets used in the production of voters cards.

He explained that about 3 faulty generator sets had been withdrawn for repair and feared that the pace of the exercise could be slowed down if the situation persists.

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DVEC APPEALS TO ECZ FOR MORE ALLOWANCES

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The Gwembe District Voter Education Committee (DVEC) has threatened to abandon the voter education monitoring exercise if the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) does not increase allowance allocation to the committee.

The committee unanimously agreed to go on a go-slow if allowances for fuel and officers are not adjusted upwards.

The committee said that the allowances for fuel and committee members were not enough to successfully monitor the voter education exercise.

This came up yesterday during a field performance evaluation meeting at Munyumbwe

Civic Centre.

DVEC Chairman Paul Chikandula said Gwembe terrain was different from other districts in the country adding that 400 litres of fuel allocated for the exercise was not enough to monitor the exercise for 90 days.

Mr. Chikandula said monitoring voter education facilitators only twice in 90 days would make facilitators reluctant to work.

He said DVEC activities also included taking drama groups in the 14 wards around the constituency to mobilize and sensitize communities about the voter registration exercise.

Mr. Chikandula has advised ECZ to consider increasing allowances to the committee to enable it carry-out monitoring programme regularly in order to make the voter registration exercise successful.

He warned that DVEC members in the district would abandon the monitoring exercise in two weeks time if ECZ would not respond to the appeals.

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Mining sector performance cheers MMD

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File picture for Finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane

THE MMD has said it is satisfied with the results of the decision taken to open up the mining industry to foreign investment as it has led to a dramatic turn-around in the performance of the sector.

Finance and National Planning Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane told management at Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) that as a result of that decision, an industry that had all but collapsed 10 years ago was booming once again, with annual production of copper set to return to the peaks of the 1970s when Zambia ranked among the top five producers of the red metal.

“This year, for the first time since the 1970s, we will be producing nearly 700,000 tonnes of copper.

“Things have improved dramatically from the day when the Government took the almost inconspicuous decision to open up the industry to foreign investment,” he said.

Dr Musokotwane said just 10 years ago, the Zambian economy was in deep crisis with the mining industry in a collapsed state and production down to just 220,000 tonnes per annum from more than 700,000 tonnes in the 1970s.

“We had lost two-thirds of our production capacity…a huge segment of our economy was lost, while at the same time population had risen from under four million in the ‘70s to between 10-12 million; more people to take care of with less resources to do so,” he said.

He said the ‘contradiction’ was responsible for the deterioration in the economic and social sectors.

Dr Musokotwane said Government was “very satisfied” with the overall results so far of the decision to open up the mining industry and with the contributions of investors like Vedanta Resources which has spent more than $2 billion on new investments in KCM to revive an ailing operation into a major player in the Zambian economy.

He said now that the industry was performing well, the Zambian people were expecting increased contributions from the mining houses to the national treasury so that the Government could mend the roads, build more hospitals and schools.

Government would do all it could to ensure that mining houses were producing at a cost that made them competitive on the international market.

“South America produces at 60 cents per pound. Our costs are way above that. We have to find a way that enables us to be more competitive so that we can survive,” he said.

KCM Chief Executive Officer Kishore Kumar said KCM looked forward to the Bill on Partnership Agreements coming up in Parliament.

He appealed to the Government to look into the factors that were responsible for the high cost of copper production in Zambia, like unstable and expensive power, saying KCM had suffered damage from frequent outages and unstable loads.

He said just as Government had divested from telephony, it should also consider divesting from power supply.

[Times of Zambia]

TIZ challenged on graft report

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Information minister Ronnie Shikapwasha

CHIEF Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha has challenged Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) to provide evidence that police officers are in the habit of getting bribes from the public.

Reacting to TIZ’s survey that ranked the Zambia Police Service as the most corrupt public institution in Zambia, Gen Shikapwasha said what the non-Governmental organisation was saying was a mere perception which should not be taken seriously by the people.

Gen Shikapwasha said that even late president Levy Mwanawasa told TIZ that they were in a habit of working on perceptions as opposed to providing evidence.
He reiterated Government’s resolve to rid the country of corruption.

Yesterday, TIZ released a report that ranked the Zambia Police Service as the most corrupt, topping the list of public institutions that receive bribes from members of the public.

[pullquote]“The top five public institutions whose officers were demanding the largest bribes are the Zambia Police, at 32.5 per cent, judiciary at 10.5 per cent, ZRA at 6.8 per cent, Ministry of Education at 6.7 per cent and Department of National Registration at 6.3 per cent,” Mr Lifuka said. [/pullquote]

The police service has for the last five years been ranked number one as the most corrupt public institution in the country.

Speaking during the launch of the 2009 Bribe Payers Index in Lusaka yesterday, TIZ president Reuben Lifuka said the top five public institutions whose officers were demanding bribes were the Zambia Police Service, judiciary, Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), Ministry of Education and the Department of National Registration.

“The top five public institutions whose officers were demanding the largest bribes are the Zambia Police, at 32.5 per cent, judiciary at 10.5 per cent, ZRA at 6.8 per cent, Ministry of Education at 6.7 per cent and Department of National Registration at 6.3 per cent,” Mr Lifuka said.

The bribe demands ranged from K101,000 to K500,000.

He said bribes were most prevalent among junior officers in the cited public institutions.

Mr Lifuka said in the 2009 bribe index, 16 Government institutions were analysed while 1,220 respondents were engaged in the survey.

With regard to the Government’s fight against corruption, he said the respondents were asked to state their perception of the current administration in comparison to second Republican president Frederick Chiluba’s and Dr Mwanawasa’s regimes.

Fouty-four per cent indicated that President Rupiah Banda was more serious, 25 per cent said he was less serious, and 31 per cent said that they were just the same.

“Compared to Levy Mwanawasa, 74 per cent of the respondents said Rupiah Banda was less serious while only 16 per cent said he was more serious,” Mr Lifuka said.

He said TIZ would support efforts to strengthen the Anti-Corruption Act to enhance the fight against corruption.

Unverified media reports on RB worry State House

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

STATE House has advised the media in Zambia to be extra cautious with stories they source from disgruntled politicians which are totally wrong and bent on tarnishing the name of President Rupiah Banda.

Special assistant to the president for Press and public relations, Dickson Jere said there was a growing pattern by the media to quote politicians on issues which they could easily and independently verify with relevant authorities before publishing them.

Mr Jere said he was shocked to hear of a story by Radio QFM, which was also published on the website, alleging that President Banda went to watch the FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa on his way to Turkey.

Mr Jere said it was easy for the media to check such basic facts instead of giving space to blatant lies often propagated by Mr Mpombo and others.

He said it was a known fact that Mr Banda left Lusaka on Sunday morning for Ankara, Turkey, on a Presidential Challenger plane and arrived at Esengoga International Airport in Turkey the same day in the evening.

“The presidential plane only made a brief stop-over to refuel in N’djamena, Chad. Zambian journalists from both the State-run and private media covering the president’s State visit in Turkey reported his arrival to their respective media houses,” he said.

Mr Jere said it was never his intention to respond to Mr Mpombo’s constant lies about President Banda because most Zambians had by now realised that he was an untruthful person.

[pullquote]He said it was a known fact that Mr Banda left Lusaka on Sunday morning for Ankara, Turkey, on a Presidential Challenger plane and arrived at Esengoga International Airport in Turkey the same day in the evening. [/pullquote]

He said only a few weeks ago, a similar lie was told by Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata who indicated that Mr Banda had gone to Cape Town for his knee review when in fact the president never travelled to the South African city.

But when contacted for a comment, Mr Mpombo admitted telling a QFM reporter that President Banda had stopped over in South Africa to watch the World Cup final.

He said he assumed the president had stopped over for the World Cup final on Sunday because the reporter had put it to him that he had stopped over in South Africa on his way to Turkey.

Mr Mpombo said he made the statement to indicate that the president was always travelling.

[Times of Zambia]

Zambia Player Movement Watch

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Now that the World Cup is over, the player merry-go-round is slowing stirring to life with some good and bad news for Zambian players in the South African league.

At Mamelodi Sundowns, midfielder Felix Katongo is set to stay and was not on the list of seven players the Pretoria club has transfer-listed for the 2010/2011 season.

Also not moving is former star striker Collins Mbesuma at Moroka Swallows who gets a contract extension for another season at the club whom he joined from Sundowns last year.

However, Zambia 2nd choice goalkeeper Kalililo Kakonje should be on his way out of Amazulu who are currently in the hunt for a new number 1.

Kakonje has played six competitive matches in the 2009/2010 season for Amazulu.

Lusaka Province MMD Youth Chairperson found with a case to answer

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jubilant MMD Lusaka province youth chairman Chris Chalwe during youth day in Lusaka

MMD Lusaka Provincial Youth Chairperson has been found with a case to answer following his assault of two Zambian journalists.
Lusaka Senior Resident Magistrate, David Simusamba said Chalwe has been found with the case of causing occasional bodily harm.

Mr Simusamba said he was satisfied that a prima-facie case had been established and put the accused, Chalwe on his defence following submissions made by both the prosecution and Defence Counsel.

This is in a matter involving Lusaka Province MMD Youth Chairperson Chalwe accused of assaulting Post Journalist Chibaula Silwamba and Times of Zambia Senior Reporter Anthony Mulowa at the Lusaka International Airport .

And Lusaka Magistrates court has deferred to August 3, 2010 the matter in which a Patriotic Front (PF) member, Judge Ngoma is charged with one count of assault and abduction of fellow party members.

Lusaka Senior Resident Magistrate, David Simusamba adjourned the matter to August 3, today when it came up for judgement following the bereavement that the Defence Counsel has.

This is in a case in which Ngoma is charged with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, contrary to Section 248 of the Penal Code.
Particulars of the offence were that on June 5 last year, Ngoma, while acting together with other unknown people, allegedly assaulted Mubanga Chileshe and Sam Zulu at Courtyard Hotel during a Press briefing that the complainants were addressing.

In another court, former Ministry of Health (MoH) Permanent Secretary (PS) Dr. Simon Miti today told the Lusaka Magistrate Court in continued trial that he was not in office when the donors assisted Zambia with 50,000 extra mother-baby kits.

Dr Miti, 49 of plot number 401 Lilayi, appeared before Lusaka Magistrate Kenneth Mulife as a prosecution witness in a matter involving former Ministry of Health Human Resource Manager Henry Kapoko and 12 others charged with Theft by Public Servant involving K27 billion.

Dr. Miti, who served as PS under the same ministry for seven years told the court that though the Ministerial Tender Committee (MTC) sat and approved the tender on January 21,this year, on the purchase of the mother-baby kits, he was not aware that an addendum was requested prior to the closing date of supply of mother-baby kits.

An addendum requires that an application is made 14 days prior to the closing of the tender when funds are expiring.

During Cross examination, Dr Miti said based on the documents he saw at the Anti-Corruption Commission, the MTC approved purchase of mother-baby kits three days before the expiry of the tender. Kapoko and 12 others are facing a charge of Theft of public funds contrary to sections 272 and 277 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.

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