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“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous”
(Romans 5:19, NKJ)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
Proverbs 28:1 tells us that “the righteous are as bold as a lion.” But the only way you’re going to have that kind of boldness is to know that you have been made righteous through Jesus. When you know who you are in Christ, when you know that God is smiling upon on you and that your sins are forgiven, then you’re going to hold your shoulders back and have the boldness and confidence that God really wants you to have.
Being righteous doesn’t mean that you’re perfect. It doesn’t mean that you don’t make mistakes. Righteousness is being in right standing with God. If you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior and have a desire to please Him, then you have been made righteous. You have been born into God’s very own family. You did not do anything to earn this righteousness, it’s simply a gift. Because of Jesus’ obedience to pay the price for our sin, we are made righteous through Him! Receive His gift of righteousness today so you can move forward in the boldness and victory He has for you!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your Son to pay the penalty for my sin. As a believer in Jesus, I receive Your righteousness by faith today so that I can live in boldness and confidence all the days of my life. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”
Government has challenged Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata to prove his allegation that Vice President George Kunda has sold about 1.2 million hectares of land to Chinese investors in Serenje.
Chief Government Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Ronnie Shikapwasha asked the PF leader to provide evidence of his claims.
Rev Shikapwasha said he has consulted with the Vice President who has assured him that he had never discussed, let alone offered any land in Serenje to anyone.
He said it is morally wrong to tell lies about the Vice President or the Chinese .
“I challenge Mr. Sata to give evidence to prove which land in Serenje had been sold by the Vice President and which Chinese paid for it,” he said.
Rev. Shikapwasha was reacting to an article published in the Post Newspaper of Friday 24th in which the Mr. Sata is quoted to have stated that the Vice President had sold all the land in Serenje to the Chinese.
Rev. Shikapwasha who is also Information and Broadcasting Minister described Mr. Sata as a pathological liar who does so in the hope of getting public sympathy or gaining political mileage.
He told ZANIS in a press statement that Zambians are too well aware of the tactics of Mr. Sata and will not be hoodwinked into turning against the government through lies and innuendos.
“Mr. Sata would like the public to believe that he is a better and morally upright leader should refrain from campaigns of lies and innuendos,” he added.
He said government is aware that the PF is facing serious difficulties wining votes in Chitambo constituency in Serenje District where the party is contesting the parliamentary seat.
On the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) , Rev. Shikapwasha has advised to consult with its officials in order to establish whether or not the NCC Act has a provision for extension of its life and determine whether it can complete its work within this year.
Mr. Sata has also alleged that Vice President had no reason to suggest the extension of the current sitting of the NCC, a legally constituted body that is meeting to adopt a new constitution for Zambia.
Zambia's High Commission to South Africa, Leslie Mbula
says that a few individuals in the public service are the ones tarnishing the image of the county in the eyes of the international community.
Mr. Mbula only 2 per cent of the public service workers are corrupt.
He said about 98 percent of Zambia’s civil servants are decent, clean, honest and devoted to their duties.
“It is the remaining 2 per cent who are tarnishing Zambia’s reputation abroad by getting involved in criminal activities such as corruption and embezzlement of public resources,” he said.
Mr. Mbula made the remarks when a 15 member delegation of senior and middle management of Zambian civil servants in accountancy and human resources paid a courtesy call on him at the Zambia Chancery in Pretoria, South Africa yesterday.
The High Commissioner said recent reports on public servants getting involved in corruption and embezzlement cases of public funds did not augur well for the country’s reputation abroad.
He stated that despite Zambia having had five free and democratic elections since 1991,which was a good record by standards, the perception by the outside world that Zambians are corrupt are the ones receiving the wide publicity in international media.
Mr. Mbula has since advised the Zambian civil servants to be vigilant so that frauds are detected on time.
He further urged civil servant to make it their business to report any suspicious activities to the respective authorities like the police and the Anti Corruption Commission.
“We should not wait for external auditors to detect thefts in our ministries ,that is why we have internal auditors in each ministry ,if we hear anything lets us not hesitate to report such activities the police or Anti Corruption Commission, lets not allow the few self and corrupt people to tarnish our country’s image,” appealed Mr. Mbula.
He further appealed to the civil servants to perform their duties with honesty and integrity to preserve the good name of the country in the eyes of the international community.
Meanwhile delegation leader, Frank Musunga, Chief Human Resources Development in the Ministry of Educate, assured Mr. Mbula that his delegation will endevour to apply the knowledge gained from the course for the betterment of the country
The 15 were part of the 29 Zambians civil servants drawn from the various ministries and departments attending at two-week senior and middle management course in Pretoria which ends on July 31,2009.
This is contained in a press statement by second secretary of press,Philip Chirwa .
ZANIS
Lusaka City Council has refuted claims by Lusaka Water and Sewerage(LWSC) that the council is partly to blame for the recent illegal construction of houses.
LCC Public Relations Manager, Chanda Makanta, said that the recent developments of people building on the water utility service lines is being promoted by some selfish people at the council, who are allegedly allocating plots without the council’s approval.
She was reacting to the recent development in Lusaka, Chawama compound,where LWSC service line burst inside a house because it was built on top a service line.
In an interview in Lusaka today, LCC public Relations Manager revealed that her office has received saddening reports about some council personnel were allocating plots in LWSC water works area.
She has since appealed to all developers and the council officer to desist from such activities saying the law will soon visit them.
Meanwhile LCC Public Relations Manager, says the council will not achieve its target of providing street lights in the city if they do not get maximum cooperation from the public.
She said the council has in the past tried to intensify it’s street lighting projects but vandalism has also taken its tall, thus frustrating the efforts.
And the Ms Makanta has announced that the council will soon repossess all incomplete buildings in town .
She stated that it is the councils mandate to ensure that the streets of Lusaka are kept free from untidiness caused by incomplete buildings.
Ms Makanta cited one of the building along Katondo street in Lusaka’s centre that has contributed to the untidiness of the street , whose developers have abandoned it.
LCC public Relations Manager has since appealed to the Ministry of Lands to quickly intervene in this so that the owners are known.
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has announced that government has resolved to sell 75 cent shares of the Zambia Telecommunications Corporation (Zamtel) to a private equity partner and retain 25 per cent shares to enable the company operate profitably.
Speaking in Ndola today when he addressed Zamtel management and employees at Zamtel College, President Banda said the partial privatization of the company was the only way to resolve the financial problems the company is facing and enhance the viability of the company.
President Banda said Zamtel needs about US200m to recapitalize it and if that is to be done, it would mean cutting funds from social services such as health and education which is not a better option than privatizing the institution.
He said government will hold the 25 percent and possibly later sell them to the public through the Lusaka Stock Exchange.
He said government will follow the regulations of the Zambia Development Agency in privatizing the institution.
However, the president said the equity partner has not yet been identified but government will ensure that it gets a strong and credible partner who will revitalize the company so that it can efficiently contribute to the economic development of the country.
He added that government will also ensure that the workers who will be retrenched as a result of the privatization are given reasonable packages that will help them sustain their lives while those who will remain should be given better conditions of service than what they are given currently.
He said a successful privatization of the company will lead to improvement of the ICT sector in Zambia and will also serve the interest of all stakeholders.
President Banda urged Zamtel employees to remain calm and committed to work while government works on the company privatization process.
And President Banda said Government will not give an operating license to any new mobile service provider until Zamtel under a new partner is established so as to protect the company.[quote]
The president noted that even though privatizing Zamtel will entail the liberalization of the International Gateway, the company will still have the optic fibre network under installation as its competitive advantage over its competitors.
And Finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said government has decided to sell the larger potion of the shares to attract more commitment from the investor.
Reacting to some Zamtel employees who felt the 25 per cent that government will hold is too little, Dr Musokotwane said even if the shares appear small, government will benefit more through tax remission which is about 30 per cent on all the investor’ profits.
Speaking earlier Communications and Transport Minister Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa said Zamtel is a sleeping economic giant that can bring significant development if its problems are resolved.
And Zamtel Managing Director Mukela Muyunda said Zamtel was capable of contributing to the economic development of the country if the financial problems the company is facing are sorted out.
Mr. Muyunda said the company management was willing to work with government in finding a lasting solution to the problems surrounding the operations of the company to ensure that it once again operates positively.
He however acknowledged government efforts in finding a solution to the financial problems of Zamtel.
He urged workers to remain committed to duty while government works on the privatization process.
Twenty four people are admitted to Lundazi District Hospital after the truck they were traveling in overturned some 30 kilometers north of Lundazi. The accident happened around 19:00 hours on the Lundazi-Chama road yesterday.
Eastern Province Commanding Officer Mary Chikwanda confirmed the accident to ZANIS in Lundazi this morning.
She said the driver of the truck registration number ABA 8319, Andrew Nkhoma 40, was carrying approximately 19 tonnes of tobacco for Alliance One, with 24 passengers sitting on top of the merchandise.
She said there were a total of 27 passengers when the accident happened. Of these, 16 men and one woman are admitted to the hospital. One man is in a critical condition.
Ms. Chikwanda said the accident occurred when the driver of the truck failed to negotiate a curve, which caused the truck to overturn.
She further said the truck was overloaded and that the driver has since been charged with careless driving.
Lundazi District Commissioner Masauso Banda told ZANIS that he was saddened by the accident.
Mr. Banda wondered why tobacco companies have to endanger the lives of people by allowing them to sit on top of the load.
He said this when he went to Lundazi General Hospital to check on the accident victims.
When contacted for a comment, owner of the truck Kalidi Dalala denied being the owner and when pressed further, said he was busy attending to other matters.
Two days ago, a Mitsubishi Pajero overturned on the Lundazi-Chipata road injuring three people in the process.
ZANIS
President Rupiah Banda has called on MMD members on the Copperbelt Province to re-organise themselves and turn a blind eye to the insults that he receives from opposition political party leaders.
President Banda said his political opponents thought he would fail to rule the country because he came in at a time when the whole world was going through an economic crisis.
“Don’t pay attention to the insults they shower me with everyday, I am used to the insults, they started from the time it was known that I was the MMD candidate. I have defeated them before and I will still defeat them again” he said.
The president further reminded his political opponents that he was the only candidate that was voted for by people from all tribes, districts and provinces.
“All people, tribes, districts and provinces voted for me, other candidates have failed for three times, he did not even pass grade nine and twelve how can he compete with a graduate with two degrees? He was born a failure,” he said.
The President said the government of the day had a duty to make the country a stable place to live in.
He was speaking this morning when he arrived at the Ndola International Airport at 10:40 hours aboard the presidential jet from Lusaka on his way to Zambia Telecommunications (Zamtel) training college where he was scheduled to address workers.
The President who explained that his visit to Ndola was to talk to Zamtel employees, stressed that his government would solve the problems the company is facing.
And speaking earlier MMD Copperbelt Provincial Chairman Joseph Chilambwe said the cadres in the province get disturbed when they hear insults being directed at the President.
Mr Chilambwe said the MMD still wondered why some media were being used as conduits of insults.
“Mr President we wonder why some media are being used as conduits of insults, in fact they do not even have money to run away if something happened in the country,” he charged.
And Copperbelt Provincial Minister Mwansa Mbulakulima in his welcoming remarks said the President had brought the world closer to Zambia.
“You have brought the world closer to Zambia; we have observed visitations by neighbouring heads of state because you are showing us that Zambia is not an island but that it needs to network with other countries,” he said.
He said the Province was happy that the current leadership was stabilizing the country and added that the Copperbelt stood ready to partner with the President.
After addressing Zamtel workers, the President was to proceed to Luapula Province where he is expected to grace this year’s Umutomboko ceremony of the Lunda people of Mwata Kazembe.
The President’s entourage includes Finance and National Planning Minister Musokotwane Situmbeko, Communications and Transport Minister Geoffrey Lungwangwa and Ambassador Bob Samakai.
The Faz Premier Division resumes on Saturday with defending champions Zesco United seeking to maintain their unbeaten league run.
Zesco are the only side yet to lose this season from 15 league games played despite being second on the table.
They host struggling Zamtel looking for a morale-boosting win to take into their second Caf African Champions League Group A away match against Al Hilal of Sudan this coming Friday in Khartoum.
In the first leg of this fixture, Zesco and Zamtel played out to a 0-0 draw in the first leg on April 7 in Ndola.
Attacking midfielder Jonas Sakuwaha and striker Enock Sakala are available for Zesco and will be key in their quest for the 3 points.
Meanwhile, leaders Zanaco who have one point separating them and Zesco on 34 and 33 points respectively hosts Power Dynamos at Sunset Stadium in Lusaka.
Zanaco remember the first leg very well after squandering a 1-0 first half lead to lose 2-1 away to Power in Kitwe.
Top striker Patrick Kabamba who has scored 12 league goals for Zanaco so far this season will be the man Mohamed Fathy’s side will have to watch out for if Power have serious ambitions of remaining unbeaten against the Bankers this season.
And in the rest of the weekends Week 16 fixtures, placed Roan United host Lusaka Dynamos, Choma Eagles are in Ndola to play Forest Rangers at Dola Hill .
City of Lusaka are also on the Copperbelt to visit Chambishi while Red Arrows and Young Arrows clash at Nkoloma in Lusaka and Kabwe Warriors travel to Mazabuka to play Nakambala Leopards.
And on Sunday, Green Buffaloes host Konkola Blades at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka.
National Revolution Party (NRP) President Cosmo MumbaThe Patriotic Front (PF) and United Party for National
Development (UPND) electoral pact has inspired other political parties to form an electoral pact.
National Revolution Party (NRP) Cosmo Mumba confirmed in Lusaka today that consultations are underway among political parties without representation in parliament for the possible formation of an electoral pact.
Mr. Mumba said the proposed pact is likely to be the biggest and strongest pact as it is targeting all registered political parties in the country without representation in parliament.
He said the pact would be all-inclusive as it would seek to encompass diverse views on how the country should be run and developed.
Mr. Mumba said the idea behind the formation of the pact is to ensure that there is political stability in the country ahead of the 2011 general elections.
He disclosed that so far 16 political parties have been approached of which four have responded in the affirmative.
Mr. Mumba, who did not disclose the names of the four political parties, said the four parties have since entered into an agreement that spells out how the pact would function.
He said the consultative process was a painstaking exercise as it looked at pertinent issues that include consulting various party members at the grassroots about the possible formation of the pact.
Mr. Mumba pointed out that the political parties without representation in parliament are cautiously proceeding in a bid to ensure to harmony in the pact.
He accused the Patriotic Front (PF) and United Party for National Development (UPND) pact of failing to fully represent the views of their members due to lack of consultation and planning.
Mr. Mumba said the current status of the PF/UPND pact was likely to bring about confusion among members of the two parties due to lack of consultation.
He said the consultation team for the possible formation of another electoral pact has since engaged the Zambia Centre for Inter Party Dialogue (ZCID) in all its discussions.
Mr. Mumba said the idea to engage ZCID is meant to encourage dialogue among the parties involved and avoid any forms of animosity.
ZANIS
This meal was not served at UTH!The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has dismissed fears
that patients admitted to the hospital will be deprived of beef following alleged failure by the hospital to meet the bill for the supply of beef to the institution.
UTH Public Relations Manager Pauline Mbangweta said in Lusaka today that the hospital was up-to-date in payments to all its suppliers.
Ms. Mbangweta said it is therefore not true that patients admitted to the hospital will be deprived of beef because the institution owes ZAMBEEF huge sums of moneys in unpaid bills for the supply of beef to the institution.
She clarified that patients admitted to the hospital have continued to be fed on meat, chicken, beans, vegetables and other meals.
“I’m not aware that our institution owes ZAMBEEF or any other supplier. We feed our patients on a proper balanced diet of energy, proteins and vegetables,” Ms. Mbangweta said.
ZAMBEEF Public Relations Manager Justo Kopulande, in a separate interview, said his organisation supplies products to clients on a cash-on-delivery basis to avoid its clients from falling into debt.
Mr. Kopulande said ZAMBEEF and UTH have continued to enjoy good business relations.
“ZAMBEEF sells its products on cash on delivery basis and we have never supplier on credit,” Mr. Kopulande said.
Meanwhile, ZAMBEEF says it is imperative that local companies satisfy the local market before seeking to export their products and services to other countries.
He pointed out that local companies are inclined to fold up if they ignored the local market in preference to international markets.
Mr. Kopulande has since disclosed that ZAMBEEF was performing well in West Africa adding that this has motivated the company to explore other markets on the African continent.
1.Picture taken by LT blogger along Lusaka-Chirundu road showing a truck that overturned last Sunday afternoon around 15hrs. The driver and his assistant were in the background receiving attention for minor injuries
2. A woman roasting maize for sale along the road in Mazabuka
3.Newly appointed Anti-Corruption Commission Director General Godfrey Kayukwa presents his oath papers to President Rupiah Banda after he was sworn in at State House
4.Children walking from school take some time to play on the rails that are hosting the broken locomotive engines in mazabuka
5.Some pupils walking home from school in Mazabuka
6.Alert.. An HIV AIDS awareness message at the entrance of Zambia Sugar PLC.
7.A labourer in the process of making sugar at Zambia Sugar PLC
8.Police officers keep vigil at Lusaka City Market in Lusaka where political party cadres locked the entrance gates on Wednesday
9.Salvation Army Kanyama corps protesting after bailiffs evicted them from the community center in Lusaka’s Kanyama township over a land dispute
10.Salvation Army Kanyama corps community center Parents Teachers Association Chairperson Jean Tobolo is rescued after she was attacked by protestors in Lusaka’s Kanyama over a land dispute on Thursday
11.Lukalanya boarding school in Nalikwanda area of Mongu is in need of decent beds
12.Meal time... Pupils at Kasima basic school having a meal under the school's feeding programme
13.The Kitchen at Lukalanya boarding school in Nalikwanda constituency, of Mongu
14.Street vendors selling their wares outside Shoprite Suppermarket
15.Some Mazabuka residents are stranded because there is no transport from the outskirts of the town
16.Some residents of Mazabuka are 'loaded' into a van because there are no buses to ferry them to town.
17.Trucks overtaking each other at the famous Munali Hills in Mazabuka
18.Women in business... Two women selling cooked and raw cassava along Kalambo road in Lusaka
19.A 'furniture shop' in Mazabuka
20.Mwami... A traffic policeman attending to a motorist at a roadblock near Chikankata in Mazabuka.
MMD members in Mpulungu have rejected a decision by some of their leaders at provincial level to impose a constituency chairman. The members claim the means are undemocratic and that they are capable of choosing their own leader.
MMD sources revealed that some provincial official had slotted a preferred name from the district level in the area, to take over as constituency chairman, a position that has remained vacant following the resignation of George Tembo earlier this year.
The source said members outrightly rejected the decision saying they felt that the MMD is a democratic party where leaders must be chosen through elections for transparency and accountability.
“We proposed to the top leadership at the province that if they want to go ahead with the plot, let them proceed but that such a person will not be accepted at the grass root’’, MMD insiders said.
The sources said it was resolved that elections for the position of party constituency chairman be held preferably next week, when district chairman Edward Chelleh who is out of town, returns to Mpulungu.
The members felt that there was also need to fill up other positions that fell vacant in the party structure through death, resignations and transfer of personnel, as the party gears itself for the 2011 general elections.
The former constituency chairman George Tembo resigned citing personal frustrations in the party. He has since been elected as Mpulungu district council chairman.
ZANIS
The University of Zambia (UNZA) has a debt of over K380 billion and the Government has asked the University Council to help resolve the numerous problems facing the institution.
Presenting a ministerial statement on the status of UNZA and the Copperbelt University (CBU), Education Minister, DORA SILIYA said as of April this year, UNZA had a debt of K380.7 billion, mainly related to personal emoluments.
“This situation requires immediate attention as it is not prudent to continue to defer the payment of these outstanding bills as most of them arise out of non-remittance of contributions to statutory bodies and non-payment of terminal benefits to retired and deceased employees,” Ms Siliya said.
She said much as it was appreciated that it was the responsibility of the Government to support universities, the mandate had now been given to the University Council.
Ms Siliya said the council which was recently put in place should find better ways of resolving the problems at the institution.
She said the 2009 Budget for UNZA was K447.2 billion out of which K113.7 was Government contribution and the remainder of K333.5 billion was from internal resources.
“Out of this total budgetary requirement, K266.7 billion is for personal emoluments, representing 60 per cent of the total budgetary requirements while K56 billion, representing 12.5 per cent was also budgeted to settle part of the outstanding bills,” Ms Siliya said.
As such, UNZA was left with K125.5 billion of the budget for recurrent departmental charges and capital expenditure.
In the 2009 estimates of revenue and expenditure, the Government provided K139.1 billion to cater for both personal emoluments and recurrent departmental charges.
Ms Siliya said the council could revise tuition fees if the move would help improve the operations at UNZA.
She said this in response to a question by Luapula MP Peter Machungwa (PF), who argued that the tuition fees at UNZA were extremely low.
Ms Siliya told the House that she was happy that after the month-long strike, the situation at UNZA had normalised.
With regard to the CBU, she said the situation was normal with fewer disturbances.
[Times of Zambia]
THE 35 per cent increase in electricity tariffs is an important decision for attracting the necessary investment required to develop Zambia’s electricity potential, World Bank country manager for Zambia, Kapil Kapoor has said.
On Monday, the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) approved a 35 per cent average increment in electricity tariffs effective August 1, 2009 to 2010 against Zesco Limited’s proposed 66 percentage hike.
Dr Kapoor said the tariff ruling given by the ERB in relation to the application by Zesco was a necessary and important step in ensuring improved and expanded delivery of electricity services.
In a response to a Press query, Dr Kapoor said the multi-year tariff framework provided a balanced approach that would allow migration towards a cost-reflective tariff structure, while buffering the impact on the overall economy.
“The average increase of 35 per cent for 2009 to 2010 with subsequent incremental increases agreed for 2010 to 2011 is an important measure to attract the necessary investments required to develop Zambia’s potential.
“The estimated US$4 billion needed for new generation and rehabilitation projects, combined with over $1 billion needed for transmission is beyond the capacity of public sector financing and will require large scale private sector participation,” Dr Kapoor said.
He said important national projects such as the Kafue Gorge Lower and Itezhi-Tezhi required a stable and predictable tariff regime which allowed for cost recovery.
Dr Kapoor, however, admitted that a number of areas of concern still remained.
Performance indicators for 2007 clearly demonstrated that Zesco’s performance had been below expectation for a utility of its size and technical capabilities.
He said the ERB had disallowed roughly K700 billion in non-business related costs and that Zesco’s staff costs continued to be high in relation to its operating costs.
“Customers are still not being fully metered and the staff tariff for Zesco employees is still not equivalent to the residential tariffs.
“However, we are encouraged by the direction provided by the minister in his recent statements, along with those from the new board and management of Zesco that they are committed to improving efficiency and focussed on strengthening governance structures,” Dr Kapoor said.
He said the World Bank supported recent reports suggesting a performance agreement that would allow for an independent audit of performance and ensure that those responsible are held accountable for the sector’s performance.
He said Zesco faced a challenge to ensure that the increased revenues are applied to improved quality of service and the expansion of electricity to areas that are not served.
WORKERS at the Salvation Army Centre in Kanyama Township in Lusaka yesterday battered two members of the community who are allegedly claiming to be legitimate owners of the centre.
The centre, which the Salvation Army Church built, has been embroiled in an ownership wrangle between church workers and a group calling itself the parents community school committee.
The committee, headed by Victor Mungambata, had claimed ownership of the premises after alleged failure by the church to run it.
The community school committee dragged the Salvation Army to the High Court.
High Court Judge, Phillip Musonda in his judgment ordered the Lusaka City Council to sub-divide the land and issue a separate title deed in the name of the community school to avoid future litigations.
Mr Justice Musonda said the structures were built on church land pursuant to the belief and agreement of the Salvation Army to provide education to orphans and vulnerable children.
He said the parents community school committee had proved their case on the balance of probability, adding that the school would remain a community school run by the elected parents committee.
The judgment compelled Mr Mungambata to obtain an eviction notice from the High Court which saw the removal of the church workers from the community school.
Mr Mungambata and his committee members, Jean Tobolo were, however, beaten by the incensed workers yesterday after the two tried to enter the premises.
The two, in the presence of three police officers, went to check if the workers had been moved from the premises but this forced the employees to descend on them.
Workers representative, Slight Chilala, said his group did not see reasons why bailiffs should evict them when the High Court had ruled that the land be sub-divided.
“We were not expecting the bailiff but the Lusaka City Council to come and effect the sub-division of the land because what they have done is against the court’s judgment,” Mr Chilala said.
He said the church had lost about K7.7 million and most of the school and household goods had been damaged.
Another worker, Watson Mweemba, said Mr Mungambata had no legal right to claim ownership of the land because he was not part of the community and the church was offering the necessary education needed to the community.
Mr Mweemba said the council should quickly deal with matter before people lost their lives and properties.
