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Siavonga man shot by Zimbabwean security personnel remains stable

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ZANIS - Authorities at Siavonga district hospital have removed the bullet from the leg of the 32-year old man of Siavonga Township who was recently shot and wounded by plain clothed Zimbabwean security personnel.

The victim was shot while fishing on Lake Kariba on Sunday.

And Siavonga-based senior security officers on Wednesday called for an urgent meeting with their Zimbabwean counterparts where the Zambian authorities expressed their displeasure at the shooting incidence.

Armed Zimbabwean security personnel on Sunday shot and wounded Peter Mumba a resident of Kanyelele compound in the left calf when they found him fishing on the lake.

The Zimbabwean security personnel on Sunday opened fire at Mumba on allegations that he was conducting his fishing business on their side of the lake.

Siavonga Hospital Medical Superintendent Joseph Kabungo confirmed to ZANIS in Siavonga today that a bullet that remained in Mumba’s leg following the shooting incidence that occurred on Sunday night was finally dislodged from his leg.

Dr. Kabungo said the 32 year old man was taken to the theatre yesterday were medical personnel at the hospital managed to conduct a successful operation that led to the removal of the bullet.

Dr. Kabungo said although Mumba has continued to lie in pain, his condition remains stable.

And senior security officers in the border town disclosed that they were forced to call for a meeting with their counterparts from Kariba in Zimbabwe because they felt the shooting of Mumba was unnecessary and unfair.

Reliable sources told ZANIS that the Zimbabweans conceded that it was wrong for them to use live bullets in such circumstances and apologized to Zambian officials for the injury caused.

The meeting involving various security wings from Zambia and Zimbabwe was held in the office of Siavonga police station officer-in-charge Charles Saimba.

Earlier Mumba told ZANIS from his hospital bed that he was shot in the left leg by plain clothed Zimbabwean security personnel that confronted them while fishing on the Lake.

Mumba, who insisted that he and his colleague were conducting their fishing business on the Zambian side of Lake Kariba, said the incidence happened on Sunday night around 20: 30 hours.

He said while fishing, a boat approached them and started firing gun shots at their small engine boat shooting him in the process.

Mumba said his colleague upon realizing danger dived in the water and disappeared.

Mumba said he was picked from his boat by six plain clothed armed Zimbabweans who after noticing the wound decided to take him to neighboring Kariba Hospital where he spent his night on Sunday.

He said while in the Zimbabwean hospital, the health personnel their tried to remove the bullet but failed and later decided to drive him back to the Zambian boarder where they handed him to the Zambian officials at Kariba Boarder post.

Mumba further disclosed that he saw his boat sink into the water after the engine and the body was damaged by the shots that were fired at it.

Get circumcised, reduce HIV/AIDS men told

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An HIV/AIDS Activist has called on men to desist from being shy and be circumcised for them to be a remedy to reduce the pandemic.

Mr. Robert Manengu, who is also the Vice Chairperson for Mize Cultural Association in Choma, told ZANIS in Maamba that men should be circumcised to save them from perishing.
Mr. Manengu said it was a well known fact world over that circumcision could reduce the HIV/AIDS pandemic to about 60 percent.
He said as long as people from other cultures fail to practice circumcision the pandemic would continue to cause suffering among Zambians.
“The problem is that men are ignorant about circumcision but in North Western province where circumcision is practiced the HIV/AIDS infections are lower as compared to other provinces in the country,” Mr Manengu said.

He noted that circumcision was no longer a cultural issue but a broad based remedy that could reduce the HIV/ADS infection.

Zambezi Escarpment Development Forum (ZEDFORM) Executive Director Nalukui Sitali said if people fail to treat HIV/AIDS seriously the pandemic would continue to affect them.
Mr. Sitali said they would be no meaningful development in the country if the pandemic was not addressed at the grassroots level.

Mr. said at the HIV/AIDS education campaign in Maamba were his organization partnered with Mize Cultural Association using the ‘Makishi’ dancing troops to entice people to come for HIV/AIDS messages.
He said his organization despite having no donor funding it has managed to continue disseminating HIV/AIDS to the local people in Sinazongwe and Choma district.

Maamba people in Sinazongwe district were treated to rare menu of entertainment in which the Makishi from Mize cultural association charmed the residents with their Luvale songs and dances.
The group camped in Maamba from Monday to Friday to intertain people and to educate them on the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
[ZANIS]

Defiler jailed for 15 years

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Lusaka High Court judge Florence Lengalenga has sentenced a 26 year-old man to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a six year-old minor last year.

Judge Lengalenga sent Mutondo Masumba of Lusaka's Bauleni township to jail after the state proved that he defiled the minor between June 4th and 8th last year.

On the fateful day, after the mother of the minor had bathed her and released her to play, Mutondo asked her to escort him in the presence of her friends.

It was after the child followed him that he handed her sweets and defiled her.

The mother said she was informed by her daughter's friends that she had escorted an unknown man after noticing her daughter's absence from the premises where she was playing.

After her search proved futile she was informed by neighbours that her daughter had been taken to University Teaching Hospital (UTH) because she had been defiled.

The neighbours had noticed that the girl had blood coming out from her private parts and had bruises on her face and when they checked her they discovered that she had been defiled.

Judge Lengalenga is satisfied that the state had sufficiently discharged their burden of proving beyond reasonable doubt that he had defiled the minor and sentenced him to the minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years.

And Judge Lengalenga has sentenced three men aged 22, 28 and 36 to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour after convicting them of aggravated robbery case.

The trio, Chifundu Sakala 22, of Lusaka's George township, James Banda 28 of Kabanana township and David Jere of Lilanda township were facing one count of aggravated robbery contrary to the laws of Zambia.

Particulars of the offence are that the trio on May 16 this year while jointly and acting together with other persons unknown and whilst armed with iron bars and machetes, stole household goods from Harrison Sikasote worth over K7 million.

[ZNBC]

Girls dropping out due to pregnancies, marriages rise

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Mumbwa District of Central Province is experiencing an unprecedented rise in school dropouts due to early pregnancies and marriages.

Between 2005 and 2007, 461 girls dropped out of school due to early marriages, 433 girls drawn from 28 schools left school due to early pregnancy while 206 drooped out of school due to economic reasons.

Government has since expressed concern at the high rate of school dropouts in the district.

Education Minister Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa says the obtaining scenario is unacceptable and should be reversed.

Professor Lungwangwa said government will however continue to partner with other stakeholders in order increase access to education through the development of infrastructure.

Prof Lungwangwa said this in a speech read on his behalf by Mumbwa District Commissioner Dowell Chilimboyi during the official hand over of the newly rehabilitated Butinti Basic School by Christian Children’s Fund (CCF) in Mumbwa yesterday.

He said government will continue to build and rehabilitate school infrastructure in the country because education plays a critical role in poverty reduction.

Prof Lungwangwa said government will not only aim at attaining education for all as a Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in 2015, but will also strive to improve its quality.

He said this will be done by reducing the teacher to pupil ratio, building and rehabilitation of school infrastructure and provision of learning materials to pupils at all levels.

Prof Lungwangwa has since urged parents in the district to concentrate on encouraging girls to focus on education and not rushing them into early marriages.

And speaking earlier CCF National Director Victor Koyi disclosed that his organization has extended its presence in Mumbwa District for another three years.

He said CCF intends to build ten pre-schools and rehabilitate 12 more basic schools during the three years in its efforts to supplement government’s efforts to increase access to education and providing quality education.

Meanwhile Butinti Basic School Head Teacher John Muleka said the rehabilitated school infrastructure has motivated pupils who were once demoralized to have classes in the old dilapidated school building.

Butinti Basic School which was built in 1959 was rehabilitated at a cost of over K250 million.

ZANIS/CM/AM/ENDS

Mobile Phone Plant starts in August

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By Sanday Chongo Kabange

Starting from August, handsets for Malaysian cell phone manufacturer, M.Mobile will be produced in Zambia. An official told Network World that M.Mobile would be investing more than $3 million in the plant, which will assemble units for local and regional markets.

The first targeted market is the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).

The Zambian M.Mobile plant will be capable of producing 50,000 and 70,000 mobile phones per month.The announcement is huge news for Zambia as it will mean the country’s first mobile phone manufacturing plant.

Aside from that, M.Mobile was also the first plant in Malaysia and the world’s first Muslim-owned mobile phone R&D and marketing company. The company’s website lists its missions as wanting to “launch the world’s first and only company providing Islamic Mobile Phone Solutions, develop and market a full range of innovative, attractive, reliable and quality Islamic mobile communication products and to be the platform through which Islamic mobile phone technology is transferred into Muslim countries”.

M.Mobile currently operates under it’s parent company Kosmo Technology which acquired a 30 percent stake in the company two years ago.

Talk of Levy’s Successor ill-timed

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Movement for Multi-Party Democrac (MMD) Chairperson for Mining and Mineral Development, Kaunda Lembalemba says calls for the party to start considering party leadership succession are ill-timed.

Mr. Lembalemba who is also former Mines Minister said the call is regrettable as it comes at a time when the President is hospitalised in Paris – France.

He has asked MMD Spokesperson, Ben Tetamashimba to apologise and withdraw the story attributed to him in a daily tabloid newspaper.

Mr. Lembalemba told ZNBC news that all MMD members should ignore Mr. Tetamashimba’s suggestion and instead concentrate on prayers for the President.

Mr. Tetamashimba was quoted saying it will be important for the party to begin to consider President Mwanawasa’s successor when he comes back.
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UNZA faces massive exodus of tutors

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Lusaka, 10th July, 2008, ZANIS- University of Zambia (UNZA) chancellor, Jacob Mwanza has bemoaned the continued brain drain of the lecturing staff at the high institution of learning.

Professor Mwanza said the academic staff have continued to leave the University for Greener Pastures owing t o unattractive conditions of service prevailing at UNZA..

He added that most universities in the country are having difficulties vying for the best research talent because salaries for similar jobs in the industry are higher than those at the higher institutions of learning.

Professor Mwanza said this in Lusaka today during the 38th graduation ceremony of the University of Zambia.

He added that recurring student and staff unrest, inadequate student hostels and funding by government to the institution has continued to impact negatively on the reputation of the university’s operations.

Professor Mwanza explained that there was need to empower the academic staff in order motivate them to fully participate in the affairs of the university.

He added that the lecturers must be rewarded and recognized for their efforts in accordance with their potentialities.

He observed that stability and continuity of the academic calendar is vital if the teaching and research are to be carried un-interrupted at the institution.

“We should work towards replacing strikes, demonstrations and go-slows with dialogue,” Professor Mwanza said.

Speaking earlier, UNZA Vice chancellor, Stephen Simukanga said UNZA management is considering submitting a proposal to government for the increment tuition fees.

Professor Simukanga noted that tuition fees is the major source of income for the institution adding that the current fees were low to sustain the operations of the university.

He also observed that increased student enrolment has lead to over crowding in hostels due to limited accommodation.

Professor Simukanga was however hopeful that the problem of accommodation at the institution would cease once the hostels under construction at the institution are completed.

He urged the graduating students to use the knowledge they have acquired to contribute to the development of the nation.

“Use your qualifications towards improving the Zambian society,” Professor Simukanga said.

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Namwala quartet nabbed for suspected murder

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Namwala, July 10, 2008, -ZANIS-Police in Namwala have arrested four people in connection
with the alleged poisoning of a teacher three month ago.

The four have been arrested to help with investigations into what caused the death of
Hastings Munene aged 37 who was a teacher at Lubanaga Basic school and died on March 11, this year.

Before his death he was last seen in the company of the four drinking beer together at a named local bar.

District commissioner Ms Eunice Nawa confirmed the arrest of the quartet to ZANIS in Namwala today.

Ms. Nawa named some of the suspects as Lillian Mwango, a teacher at Lubanga Shabongwe
basic school and Epson Choongo, a bar owner.

The others are a security guard at the Lubanga School and another named man.

The arrests follows a postmortem conducted in Lusaka on the deceased whose results indicated that
the deceased was poisoned on the fateful day.

Mr. Munene’s body was later found near Namwala farmers training centre on the same day at around
13:00 hours and the body was then taken to Lusaka by Forensic officers for a postmortem.
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Man nabbed for being in possession of human body remains

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Police in Senanga have arrested a man who was caught with partially decomposed human body remains.

Fry Ndala of Kaungaluti in Senanga district was allegedly found with a skeleton of a named young man who passed away last year.

It was suspected that the body was exhumed by the accused who is also a traditional healer.

The skeleton from the heap born to the toes and the ribs were confiscated and buried by the police as the angry mob of villagers demanded justice.

The mob claimed to have found the items behind the accused man’s house.

And Ndala in an interview with ZANIS pleaded ignorance of the skeleton.

Ndala dismissed the accusations as malicious and hateful.

Police in the area have since instituted investigations into the matter.

Early this year another man of Lui Wanyau in Senanga District woke up to a rude shock when he found an exhumed body of a baby at the door step of his house.

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Malone Zaza Apologises over Levy’s Death

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Malone Zaza, a Zambian based in South Africa has apologized unreservedly to President Levy Mwanawasa for alarming the nation that Dr. Mwanawasa who is currently admitted in Percy Military Hospital in Paris France had died.

Zaza , a 26 year third years information system student at the University of South Africa (UNISA) has also apologized to the president’s family, relatives , to the Zambian people and the international community for the pain and anguish he caused them over his statement.

Foreign Affairs Minister Kabinga Pande told ZANIS in a press statement this evening that ZAZA has appealed to the president and all Zambians to forgive him, saying he did not mean to cause any harm.

“ I wish to apologise unreservedly to the President , his family , the people of Zambia and the international community at large for the pain and anguish caused to them by my irresponsible statement.

I have learnt a bitter lesson from this experience. Please forgive me. I am sorry,’ he added.

Zaza who admitted having told Radio 702 said he was a law abiding citizen who loved president Mwanawasa and has since wished him a quick recovery.

He blamed the radio station for spreading the news without first verifying it .

He stated that if the radio station has called the high commission to verify , it would have realised that the tip he had given them was just a rumour.

He said his information to the radio station was intended to be a tip which he expected the station to follow up and verify before putting the news on air.

ZAZA made the disclosure yesterday evening during an interview with the Zambian high commission held at the new Café in Randburg, Johannesburg.

Mr. Pande said ZAZA has denied having introduced himself to Talk Radio 702 as head of protocol at the Zambia High Commissioner in Pretoria.

“I couldn’t have done such a thing. I was merely giving them a tip as a Zambian citizen who had received information that our president is died,” he said.

He said because of the previous day’s rumors he has heard that President Mwanawasa had died , Zaza upon receiving an SMS from a Zambian decided to phone the radio station to inform them about the message.

“ I introduced myself as Malone ZAZA , a Zambian citizen. At no point did I introduce myself as head of protocol at the Zambia High Commission in Pretoria. I don’t know where they got that from, he added.

Having being in a meeting the whole day of Thursday, Zaza disclosed that he later on received a call from his parents in Zambia telling him that there was an item on the international news wire quoting him of having said President Mwasawasa had died.

He explained that it was after that call that he realized that SMS he had earlier received about the president’s death was not true.

Last week, the Zambian Student is reported to have told the radio station that President Mwanawasa had died, the news which was later broadcasted by the BBC, Sky news and other International Media organisations

ZANIS/MK/ENDS

LWSCO Can’t Pay Terminal Benefits

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Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSCO) says it has no capacity to pay terminal benefits to workers who are retiring now following the merger of the company with Kafue, Chongwe and Luangwa district councils early this year.

LWSCO Managing Director, George Ndongwe said the LWSCO management is still holding meetings with the Ministry of Local Government and Housing on how the issue of employees will be dealt with.

Mr. Ndongwe said that the company has since submitted a list of proposed board members to the Minister for approval so that the company starts operating effectively.

He said the water utility company has spent over K2.Billion in its rehabilitation programme.

He however said the company is happy with the its performance in the provision of services to the town since taking over the running of water services from the local authority.

LWSCO Managing Director made the remarks yesterday at a Labour Day giving award ceremony held in Kafue at the House of Excellency.

Mr Ndongwe said he had doubted whether the company would perform according to the expectation of the people when LWSCO took over Kafue water services.

Mr. Ndongwe stated that the company is considering salary adjustments following its performance this year once resources are made available.

He said the company would want to give awards to every worker but unfortunately cannot do so due to limited resources.

He urged other workers to work hard next year so that they can be given awards also.

Speaking earlier, Zambia United Local Authorities Workers Union (ZULAWU) Kafue branch Chairman Oswald Ntimbo LWSCO to take up the responsibility of settling workers retirement benefits.

He said the company should not heap the burden on the Kafue District Council stating that the company took over the responsibility of human resource when it took over the water utility .

And Kafue Water Area General Manager David Ngenda has advised workers to promote the spirit of dialogue if the company is to improve its operations .

ZANIS/BS/MK

Govt Threaten to Withdraw Grants

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Government has warned of withdrawing grants to local authorities in Luapula Province that are failing to submit their receipts and payments to the Ministry of Local Government and Housing.

Luapula Province Local Government Officer Alfred Nyambose said that some councils risked having their grants withdrawn for not submitting receipts and payments and minutes of their meetings.

Mr. Nyambose said that under section 34 of the Local Government Act it was a serious offence for councils to withhold minutes of council committee meetings and receipts and payments.

The province local government officer said this during the Luapula Province Development Coordinating Committee Meeting over the weekend.

He said that councils needed to submit the minutes of the meetings within one month because the Ministry of Local Government and Housing had a mandate to scruitinize the resolutions from the Finance and General purposes and other council meetings in line with the Local Government Act.

“I’m afraid some councils risk punishment for flouting the Local Government Act for not submitting their receipts and payments and non availability minutes of the councils needed to the ministry,” Mr. Nyambose said.

It is a legal requirement for Local Authorities to submit the minutes to the Ministry for review and timely advice.

He said that submission of receipts and payments on time was critical to the approval of the councils budgets by the minister of local government and housing.

The province Local Government Officer said his office had written several reminders to the councils on the need for them to submit the minutes but to no avail.

Meanwhile only 13 out of 39 chiefs in Luapula Province have received their vehicles.

Luapula Province Local Government Officer Alfred Nyambose said that some chiefs had turned down Luxury four-wheel drive vehicles in preference to high trucks.

Mr. Nyam bose said that some chiefs have requested to be given high trucks other than the executive vehicles they were recently bought for by government.

Recently government bought 150 vehicles for chiefs across the country to enable their mobility and easy monitoring of development in their chiefdoms.
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Revive UNIP forum Welcomed

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Some prominent members of the opposition United National Independence Party (UNIP) in Northern Province have welcomed the formation of a revive UNIP forum.

Former UNIP Mungwi District Chairperson Thomas Mwananshiku said in a walk in interview with ZANIS in Kasama today that the majority of UNIP members fully supports the formation of the revive UNIP forum as it will save the party from extinction.

Mr. Mwananshiku said the move by the Malimba Masheke group was long over due as the party under the Tilyenji Kaunda leadership was heading no where.

He also charged that UNIP members were in total agreement that the Tilyenji leadership was running the party unconstitutionally as their mandate ended in 2005 when their term of office expired.

Mr. Mwananshiku who is also a freedom fighter further said his party needed to put in office a new leadership as the current one has failed lamentably to manage the affairs of the party.

Recently, three former faction of UNIP merged to come up with the revive UNIP forum which is being headed by former Prime Minister in the Kaunda Government General Malimba Masheke.

The forum’s main objective is to hold the national congress within a shortest possible time at which it intend to oust the Tilyenji Kaunda leadership.

UNIP is the oldest party in Zambia .

ZANIS/HM/MK/ENDS.

Mayuka Rejoins Under-20 Team

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Kabwe Warriors striker Emmanuel Mayuka has rejoined the Zambia Under-20 team at its Lusaka training camp ahead of the team’s departure for Mauritius tomorrow, Thursday.

The team departs for Mauritius at 07:40 ahead of Saturdays 2009 Caf Africa Youth Championship 1st round, return leg match against Mauritius to be played in Curipipe on Saturday.
Mayuka had late last week been excused from training camp to attend a family bereavement.

The player arrived back in camp today to complete Oswald Mutapa’s final 18-man squad ahead of Saturday’s fixture.

Mayuka was the Under-20 teams top scorer at last Decembers Cosafa Youth Championship in South Africa with 4 goals from 3 group matches before the side bowed out early in the 1st round group stage.
He is also top scorer this season with 8 competitive goals since the start of the year in all competition.

The Warriors striker was one of 3 teenage players from the senior team recalled to bolster Under-20 coach Oswald Mutapa’s team ahead of the 2nd leg match against Mauritius this weekend.

The other two, striker Roger Kola and midfielder Stophira Sunzu, both of Zanaco, have since pulled out to attend to contractual and trial commitments in Russia and France respectively.

Kola is heading for Spartak Moscow while Sunzu is attending trials at French Ligue 2 side Chateauroux.

Meanwhile, Zambia enjoys a slender 1-0 lead over Mauritius from the 1st leg played on June 29 at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka with the winner there scored in the 18th minute of the 1st half by Nchanga Rangers midfielder Tom Bakala.

However, the Rangers midfielder will not be traveling with the team to Mauritius after being ruled out of the final return leg due to injury.

Team:

Goalkeepers: William Chibale (Lusaka Dynamos), Kelvin Musonda (Zanaco)

Defenders: Jimmy Chisenga (Red Arrows), Boyd Chipeta (Lusaka Dynamos), Michael Katongo (Kabwe Warriors), Morgan Kaoma (City of Lusaka), Moses Mulambi (Nchanga Rangers), Gift Sakuwaha (Chambishi)

Midfielders: Henry Banda, (Zanaco), John Ching’undu (Zesco United), Musonda Munaile (Young Zanaco), Derrick Mwansa (Nkwazi), Nathan Sinkala (Green Buffaloes), Mwape Kalunga (K-Stars)

Strikers: Yorum Mwila (Zanaco), Daniel Kasongo (Indeni), Emmanuel Mayuka (Kabwe Warriors), Alex Mwiche (Mufulira Blackpool)

Zambian Players Transfer Round-up

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We run down the movers and non-movers for Zambian players as the international players transfer window enters its penultimate month of business.

Starting in South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns deny having any interest in signing Zambia striker Collins Mbesuma after speculation that he would be joining the 8-time South African league champions.

Mbesuma is clubless after his 3-year deal with Turkish side Bursaspor was terminated in May due to poor form just a year gone into the deal.

And ex-Zambia and Chambishi FC striker Davies Mwape has confirmed he is staying at relegated South African side Jomo Cosmos.

Mwape had an uneventful first season with Cosmos on their way down to division 1 from the Premier League after joining from ambitious promotion playoff side FC AK.

He previously played for Orlando Pirates whom he joined from Chambishi in 2005.

And Zesco United and Zambia midfielder Rainford Kalaba today left for Portugal to begin 4-year deal with Sporting Braga.

Kalaba’s departure for Braga has been on hold for the last 3 weeks due to a delay in the issuing of his Portuguese work permit that came through this week.

And Zambia and Power Dynamos defensive midfielder Francis Kasonde set to join Doxa Katokopia of Cyprus on short-term deal.

Doxa finished 9th on the Cypriot top-flight table last season.

Kasonde is the fourth Zambia player and former Under-23 player heading for Cyprus in the last 7 days after the Young Arrows dup of defender Joseph Zimba and midfielder Timothy Mbewe including Forest Rangers striker Christopher Musonda.

Meanwhile, the biggest mover so far from the Zambian fold abroad has been that of Zamabia and Zanaco striker Roger Kola to Russian side Spartak Moscow on a 6-month deal.

It is likely to be extended to 2-years should he impress during the remainder of the Russian top-flight campaign that ends in December that will reportedly be worth US$ 200,000.00.

Spartak are currently 4th on the table after 12 matches played this season.

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