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Cameroon to Camp in Kenya

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Zambia’s 2010 Africa Cup Group D opponents Cameroon will set-up camp in Kenya ahead of the tournament in Angola next month.
Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) announced that the venue was selected by Indomitable Lions coach Paul Le Guen.

Fecafoot said Cameroon will camp in Nairobi that was Le Guen’s preferred choice of pitching his team’s training camp.

Cameroon are expected to be in Nairobi for a week at a date to be announced.
Zambia and Cameroon will play each other on match day 2 in Group D on January 17.

Zambia Under-20 Win Cosafa Youth Cup

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Zambia Under-20 ended a six-year wait for Cosaafa Youth Championship glory on Tuesday after winning this year’s title.
Honor Janza’s side beat defending champions South Africa 1-0 to lift their first Cosafa Youth Championship crown since 2003.

Young Arrows striker Chukwa Lungu’s goal in the 40th minute sealed Zambia’s win over nemesis South Africa.

South Africa has previously beaten Zambia three times-twice in the finals and 2-0 in their last meeting last year in during the preliminary stage of the same competition held in Kimberley.

Chief angry over an investor who has banned fishing

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A Sinazongwe fisherman with his children on Lake Kariba
A Sinazongwe fisherman with his children on Lake Kariba

Chief Kaindu of Mumbwa’s Kaonde people has lashed out against a named investor whom he has blamed for allegedly depriving residents of their right to catch fish from the Kafue River.

Chief Kaindu told ZANIS that he was unhappy with reports coming from his subjects in the north west part of the Chiefdom, who had complained that an investor identified as Dale Watts had been banning people from fishing in the Kafue river.

The Chief said that although he was aware that the investor bought some land for use as Game Ranch, there was no justification for stopping people from fishing in the river.

He said that he was saddened by the alleged conduct of the investor, saying that the welfare of residents from villages near Kupyamanse, depended much on fishing activities, stressing that the investor had no autonomy over the Kafue river.

Efforts to obtain comment from Mr. Watts were futile at press time.

He reaffirmed his solidarity with his subjects, explaining that he would no longer tolerate investors or other commercial ventures that did not bring any benefit to the people in his domain.

ZANIS

MMD has a lot to learn from CPC – RB

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President Rupiah Banda
President Rupiah Banda

President Rupiah Banda says the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has a lot to learn from the Communist Party of China (CPC) in its bid to accelerate development in the country.

President Banda notes that people entrust a strong, vibrant and good political party with power if tangible development is positively yielded.

Mr. Banda says the MMD and government as a whole has greatly benefited from the CPC which he says is now the world’s strongest political party.[quote]
President Banda observes that China has managed to pull through the global economic crunch because of sound economic policies set by the CPC.

President Banda said this in Lusaka today when a China delegation from the Communist Party of China paid a courtesy call on him at State House.

Mr. Banda said the MMD was determined to strengthening the ties between with the CPC in an effort to strengthen the economic policies of the country.
The President noted that this was important because good policies by the party in government always help to alleviate the sufferings of the people in the nation.

He pointed out that Zambia has further benefited from China through the Zambia- Tanzania railway line through job creation opportunities for the benefits of the peoples in Zambia and Tanzania.

The President further disclosed that a Zambia delegation would soon be travelling to China to explore best was of transferring some of the good policies initiated by the CPC through the Chinese government, to Zambia.

Vice President George Kunda, MMD National Chairman Michael Mabenga, MMD Chairman for Legal Affairs, Bwalya Chiti, and party Treasurer Sureshi Desai were some of the MMD top leaders who attended the meeting at State House.

And speaking earlier, Head of delegation and Central Community of the CPC Gao Guangbn said Zambia has recorded impressive success in her efforts to develop economically.
Mr. Guangbn, who spoke through an interpreter, commended President Banda for his wise and good leadership.

Mr. Guangbn, who is accompanied by senior CPC members, invited Zambia to participate at the Chinese Agriculture Co-operative Forum to be held next year.

He further assured President Banda of continued Chinese investment in various sectors of the economy.
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Councils urged to establish more recreation centers

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Children from various schools being taken through their paces during a Physical Education session in Kabwe
Children from various schools being taken through their paces during a Physical Education session in Kabwe

A Child Rights Activist has appealed to the Ministry of Local Government and Housing (MLGH) to ensure that councils facilitate the establishment of recreation centers for children across the country.

Godfrey Simukonde said facilitating land and areas for play parks would enable more stakeholders to take interest in establishing more recreation centers across the country.

Mr. Simukonde told ZANIS in a walk in interview in Lusaka today that it is very unfortunate that there are few recreation centers across the country.

Mr. Simukonde who is also African Child Initiative (ACI) Chairperson said recreation centers are cardinal because children are taught how to grow into responsible citizens.

He said there is need for the country to have as many recreation centers as possible to help children not to involve themselves in illicit activities.

Mr. Simukonde noted that with enough recreation centers children will be kept busy with different activities rather than indulging in destructive behavior.

He added that many children get involved in illicit activities because they do not have things to make them busy.

Mr. Simukonde said having more recreation centers established across the country is a matter that should be embraced by every stakeholder.

He also observed that having more recreation centers established would see a better and developed Zambia.

RB holds private talks with Mkapa at State House

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President Banda speaking to reporters as Vice President George Kunda listens
President Banda speaking to reporters as Vice President George Kunda listens

President Banda and former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa today held closed-door talks at state house.

During the closed door talks the two presidents discussed the political and security situation in the great lakes Region.

This is according to a statement made available to ZANIS by Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Dickson Jere.

Mr. Mkapa who is one of the mediators in the Great Lakes Region is in the country to brief President Banda on the Political and Security situation in the region ahead of the African Union Heads of State and Government summit to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia next month .

President Banda who is the current Chairman of the International Conference on Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) thanked Mr. Mkapa for the detailed brief presented to him.
President Banda said the brief was useful in handling the conflicts in the region.

Mr. Mkapa said the political and security situation in the great lakes region has normalized in some of the countries adding that there are still many challenges which need to be addressed in order to have peace and stability in the entire region.

Mr. Benjamin Mkapa and Former Nigerian President General Olusegun Obasanjo are the two mediators appointed to spearhead the peace process in the region.
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Villagers displaced by investor face potential Cholera epidemic in Chirundu

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A demolished house
A demolished house

One Cholera case has been recorded at Mtendere Mission Hospital in Chirundu Township of Siavonga District in Southern Province.
Four more patients with serious diarrhoea have also been recorded from the site were the more than 100 villagers who were displaced last week have settled.

Siavonga District Director of Health, Joseph Kabungo, confirmed the outbreak of the epidemic in an interview with Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Siavonga this morning.[quote]

Dr Kabungo disclosed that the cholera patient, who is said to have travelled from Mazabuka to Chirundu township, is admitted to the mission hospital were she is undergoing treatment in isolation. She had travelled to visit her relatives who were displaced in Chirundu last week by a named investor.

More than 100 families have been left homeless in Nabakuyu village after an investor swung into action last week and demolished houses following a Lusaka High Court order that was passed in the investor’s favour.

However, the Office of the Vice President quickly came to the aid of the affected villagers and supplied them with tents and food stuffs.

But Dr Kabungo described the area where the villagers have since settled as a potential site for a huge epidemic.

Dr Kabungo observed that more cholera cases are expected because the area lacks basic needs such as toilets and safe drinking water to cater for the villagers.

“When you look at this area you cannot be so sure because it is a potential site for a huge epidemic as last season we had a disaster and if nothing is done we are going to have a huge disaster,” he noted.

He described the area where the villagers have settled as a refugee camp and not fit for human habitation, adding that it is totally unacceptable for people to use the bush as toilets.

“As a department we are already constrained with the resources and, therefore, we cannot afford to set up a cholera camp which will really cater for a huge huge population if we have serious outbreak there,” he said.

He said the break out of the disease in the area would have been avoided had the investor applied human conditions.

Dr Kabungo, however, assured that as a department they have put in place cholera control measures such as distribution of chlorine and giving general health education on common diarrhea diseases relating to onset of rain season.

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Katele responding well to treatment in India

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Katele Kalumba
Katele Kalumba

Chienge Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Katele Kalumba is responding well to treatment.

Dr. Kalumba who was evacuated to India for specialist treatment of a heart condition has shown great signs of improvement.
This is according to a statement issued by First Secretary for Press at the Zambian High Commission in India Bwalya Nondo and made available to ZANIS.

Mr. Nondo disclosed that, yesterday, Acting Zambian Commissioner to India Brig. Gen. Allan Kalebuka visited Dr. Kalumba in Hyderabad Apollo hospital in New Delhi where he is admitted.

And Mr. Nondo has disclosed that Energy and Water Development Minister Kenneth Konga has returned home after a successful Ear, Nose and throat (ENT) operation in that country.

Meanwhile, Health Authorities in India have disclosed that, the country has recorded a total of 2,400 swine flu cases in the last two weeks with New Delhi, hitting a record high of 1,217 cases in the same period.

They have indicated that, the increase in swine flu cases has eventually accounted for about 20 percent cases among children with 670 deaths recorded as at December 10, this year.
This is out of a total of 21,929 reported cases across the Asian-Sub continent.
First Secretary for Press at the Zambian High Commission in India, Bwalya Nondo, told ZANIS in a statement today, that, health authorities in that country have warned of a further upswing in H1N1 flu owing to expected severe winter which aids rapid spreading of the contagious disease.

Meanwhile Acting High Commissioner to India Brig. Gen. Allan Kalebuka has since advised Zambians travelling to that country to ensure that they adhere to preventive measures and seek early treatment at the onset of flu-like symptoms.

Gen. Kalebuka has also urged Zambians to ensure that they wear nose and mouth masks while in overcrowded places.

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Check facts first, Shikapwasha challenges political leaders

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 Chief Government Spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha has challenged people to always check their facts before making any statements to the media.

 Lieutenant General Shikapwasha says the growing tendency by some opposition political party leaders of making careless statements without correct information are likely to cause confusion in the country.

He told journalists in Lusaka that it is important for people aspiring to lead the country to always put their facts rights before issuing any statements to the public.

 He said it was important to give correct information to the people because it is vital in building public confidence especially in those aspiring for leadership.

Gen. Shikapwasha challenged those aspiring to govern the country to always aim at saying the truth if they are to win the confidence of the majority Zambians.

Gen Shikapwasha cited the recent remarks by opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema that President Banda spent about K1 billion on his trip to Western Province and that the Ministry of information uses K60 million each month as some of the statements that needed to be verified.

He said Mr. Hichilema’s statement was unfounded because they could not be substantiated.

He explained that President Rupiah Banda as a Republican President has the right to visit any part of the country saying the money used in Western Province was far much less than a billion.

Lt Gen Shikapwasha who is also Information and Broadcasting Minister said it was wrong for Mr. Hichilema to continue feeding members of the public with wrong information. Mr. Hichilema is quoted in the media as having said President Banda spent over K1 billion on his recent trip to Western Province to solicit for support.

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Kachimba warns foreign investors

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Labour and Social Security Deputy Minister Simon Kachimba
Labour and Social Security Deputy Minister Simon Kachimba
Labour Deputy Minister Simon Kachimba has warned foreign companies to respect the Zambian labour laws.

Mr. Kachimba says government will not allow foreign investors to continue abrogating and taking the Zambian labour laws for granted.

He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that foreign investors should desist from using the global economic recession as reason for failing to award decent conditions of service to the workers.

He says Zambian workers abroad fully respect the laws of other countries and that both Investors and workers should do the same.

He said it was important for foreign companies to realize that profit is earned from the input of the Zambian workers whom they ‘ill treat’.

“It is high time our foreign bosses gave a higher pay to our workers. As government we shall not accept the global recession as a reason why our workers should not be properly remunerated because their profits were made with the input of the Zambian workers,” he stressed.

Mr. Kachimba was commenting on the alleged current standoff between the Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) and the workers.

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RB did not authorise compensation to Dr Chongwe

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rb-press-conf21State House has dismissed allegations by some sections of the media that President Rupiah Banda has instructed the Ministry of Finance and National Planning to pay US$5.9million as compensation to Dr. Rodger Chongwe for the 1997 shooting incident in Kabwe.

Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Dickson Jere said in a statement made available to ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday that President Banda did meet Dr. Chongwe in the company of Solicitor General where Dr. Chongwe informed the President of the pending compensation following his successful complaint before the United Human Rights Committee (UNHRC).

Mr. Jere however maintained that President Banda instructed the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General to meet with Dr. Chongwe and agree on a reasonable compensation.

He stressed that at no time did President Banda instruct the Ministry of Finance and National Planning or the Attorney General’s office to pay Dr. Chongwe the reported sum of US$5.9million as claimed by the media.

Meanwhile, President Banda has reiterated his stance not to answer to the constant malicious and unfounded attacks by the media and his political enemies at the expense of providing leadership to the nation.

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Luangwa to have new Council houses

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Government has allocated K500 million from the land Development fund through the Ministry of Local Government and Housing for the construction of 100 council houses in Luangwa district.

Lusaka Provincial Minister Charles Shawa disclosed in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka that the council has already secured land for the houses which would range from low to high cost.

 The Provincial Minister who is also Luangwa Member of Parliament (MP) said the lack of accommodation for officers has been a challenge in the district hence the need to build the houses.
Mr Shawa stressed that government is committed to ensure that the lives of civil servants in the district are made better with proper accommodation.

He further disclosed that  government would in  the 2010  National  Budget allocate K2billion for  building  of new National Registration  and Pass Port  offices  in his district.

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Graveyard refurbished into a residential area

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Mandevu Constituency Chairperson Jeffrey Nkhata has called on the area Member of Parliament Jean Kapata to take punitive measures against  the area councilor involved in the allocation of plots at the Old Ngoma Cemetery in Chazanga.

Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka Mr. Nkhata said it is shocking to learn that the councilor in Chazanga is involved in the allocation of plots at the old cemetery which was closed two years ago.[quote]

Mr. Nkhata said the idea of turning the old cemetery into a residential area is an insult to the people who have buried their loved ones saying it could have been spared as it is a memorial site for many people.

He said the named councilor told him that the land was reserved for the construction of a market by the council and later changed that they would build nursery schools which never happened until cadres started paying K2 million each for a plot.

He revealed that what is most shocking is that the plots were only given to the opposition political party cadres saying the community and the MMD cadres have not benefited from the plots.

The chairperson disclosed that he wrote to the area MP to complain over the matter but up to date the MP has not responded which he said is a sign of irresponsibility by the MP.

He observed that no political party cadre including the ruling MMD has the power to start allocating or selling plots in the country adding that this task is for the  government through the Ministry of Lands and the council.

Mr. Nkhata has also bemoaned poor road net work in the area saying the area MP has not worked on any of the roads using the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).

He added that people in the area are living in the dark on how the CDF has been utilized to develop the area as there has been no development in the area.

But when contacted for a comment, area MP Jean Kapata revealed that the land in question is in the hands of Chieftainess Mungule,  the headman,and not the PF cadres.

She said efforts to fight for the land to be spared from being sold by Mungule proved futile as local leader claims that the cemetery is in her area.

Mrs. Kapata ,however, denied involvement of the PF cadres and the councilor in the allocation of plot in question.

She warned that she would not relent to discipline anyone involved in the land saga should evidence point at them.

She emphasized that PF has no authority of allocating plots adding that she would deal firmly with the councilor if found wanting as the party does not condone lawlessness.

She has since called on the people claiming that the PF cadres and the councilor are involved in the saga to visit her office and show evidence so that the culprits could be prosecuted.

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Kawimbe urges church to ‘preach’ about fish ban in Luapula

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A Sinazongwe fisherman with his children on Lake Kariba

Luapula Province minister, Boniface Kawimbe has called on the church leadership in the province to join government in sensitizing people against disregarding the annual fish ban, which is in effect.

In a statement dated November 28, 2009 and titled ‘justification for religious enforcement of the Fish Ban’, Dr. Kawimbe said the fish ban is put in place in order to allow the fish to reproduce in the lakes and rivers in the province.

He said the recovery of fish stocks in the lakes and rivers will improve the income of fishermen, which will in turn improve various sectors of the economy.

Dr. Kawimbe observed that churches in the area stand to benefit from this multiplier effect of the fish economy because the church offerings always reflect the state of the economy of its worshippers.

“Our fishermen will catch more fish and earn more money than they are doing now. There will be more trucks coming to transport fish to markets and traders will provide business to lodges, restaurants, bars and more business to shops,” he said.

The fish ban came into effect on December 1st and is expected to be lifted on March 1st next year..

Dr. Kawimbe has also appealed to people in the province to desist from abetting illegal fishing activities by not buying fish during the fish ban.

He also warned transporters against abrogating the fish ban through allowing their vehicles to smuggle fish during the ban.

The minister said this year’s fish ban was different because it was being reinforced by all security wings and patriotic villagers who have since formed village fisheries committees.

Dr. Kawimbe also disclosed that the Zambian government and the Democratic Republic of Congo will conduct joint patrols on Lake Mweru and Luapula River, which the two countries share, to ensure strict observance of the annual fish ban.

He has further called on chiefs, local authorities and schools to continue sensitising people on the importance of the fish ban.

ZANIS

HIV/AIDS and Cancer remain a serious challenge- Thandiwe

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First Lady Thandiwe Banda shakes hands with Umoyo Day Center for Orphans Manager, Sister Edna O’Connor as Chainama Golf Club Captain, Colonel Collins Mwanamwali (center) looks on during the Our Lady’s Hospice fundraising golf tournament prize presentation in Lusaka.
First Lady Thandiwe Banda shakes hands with Umoyo Day Center for Orphans Manager, Sister Edna O’Connor as Chainama Golf Club Captain, Colonel Collins Mwanamwali (center) looks on .This was during the Our Lady’s Hospice fundraising golf tournament prize presentation in Lusaka.

First Lady Thandiwe Banda says the HIV/AIDS and Cancer debilitation have remained serious challenges to the country’s development.
Mrs. Banda says the situation demands the support and combined efforts of all stakeholders to be addressed.

She noted that these diseases which lead to prolonged illness, need special care which can only be made available through the participation of everyone.

The First Lady said this in Lusaka last night when she officiated at the prize-giving ceremony of a fundraising golf tournament organized by the Chainama Golf Club.Mrs. Banda commended the Chainama Golf Club for adopting the Kalingalinga hospice as one of the institutions they would support.

The First Lady said like other organizations, the sports fraternity must actively participate in efforts aimed at meeting some of the needs of the people in communities.

She said the Hospice was playing an important role by providing the necessary care and support to the terminally ill patients without any form of discrimination.

And Kalingalinga Hospice Administrator Sister Kay O’Neill commended the Chainama Golf Club for choosing to support the hospice.

Sr. O’Neill assured that the contributions to the institution would be used for their intended purposes.

Over K20 million was raised at the fund-raising golf tournament.

Recently, The First Lady in company of her South African counterpart Nompumelelo Nthuli Zuma, Vice President George Kunda’s wife, Ireen and Ministers’ spouses visited the Kalingalinga hospice.

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