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Changing people’s mindset big challenge for ACC

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The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) in Zambia has said that the biggest challenge that the Commission has is changing the mindset of people in the country on corruption.

ZANIS Ndola reports that ACC Community Education Officer Masauso Lungu said this when he addressed District heads of government departments at the District Commissioners office today.

“The biggest challenge that the ACC has in Zambia is to change the mindset of everyone towards corruption,” he said.

Mr Lungu said it was regrettable that society had at one point slowly accepted corruption through bribes as a way of life.

He said the offence of corruption was very serious as it dented images of those involved adding that in the long run, the vice frustrated government policies there by retarding development.

Mr Lungu who further bemoaned the increase of corruption among public officers in government offices said it was wrong for public officers to feel as though they were indispensable.

He said that some public officers had turned down promotional transfers to other places just because of the corrupt practices that they were involved in.

He called on the public to join in the fight against the vice so that concerted efforts could restore sanity to the country.

Govt commends stakeholders for helping mitigate effects of floods

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Government has expressed profound gratitude at the response from cooperating partners, banks, parastatal bodies and individuals towards the mitigation of the effects of floods.

Vice President Rupiah Banda said today that government was grateful at the assistance rendered by such institutions towards addressing the problem of floods.

Mr. Banda was speaking in Mazabuka when he received a cheque of K60 million from the Zambia Sugar PLC, which also donated 200 by 25 kilograms of mealie meal and one metric ton of sugar.

The Islamic Association of Zambia in Mazabuka also donated 800 by 12.5 kilograms of mealie meal.

He said the money donated by the Zambia Sugar PLC would be used to procure relief supplies for distribution to needy districts in the country while food items would be distributed immediately.

“I thank and commend Zambia Sugar Company for this timely and generous donation. Zambia Sugar Company is a household name in Zambia and therefore, your actions have impact on Zambian society,” he said.

Mr. Banda further said government was fully in support of the expansion programme by the Zambia Sugar company, saying this was an addition to the growing economy of the country.

He said the expanded productivity would surely add to the Gross Domestic Product of the country.

“As government, we take it that increased economic activity by the private sector is a reflection of good government economic policies. We are therefore proud to be associated with activities such as the Zambia Sugar Company expansion programme,” he said.

And speaking on arrival at Nakambala Leopards stadium earlier, Mr. Banda said Zambia Sugar PLC was an important company in the country’s social economic development.

He has since asked the people of Southern Province defend their interests through the same company.

This year, an estimated 250,000 have been affected or may be affected by floods in the near future in Zambia alone as a result too much rainfall experienced in the country as the southern African region.

New mining tax regime not negotiable, says Levy

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President Mwanawasa has reiterated that the new 47 percent minining tax regime is non negiotiable.

The President stressed that his recent statement inviting submisions from the mining investors was not to negiotiate the 47 percent mineral tax but rather to ask the investors to identify the errors of taxation, which they alleged was pegged at 76 and 95 percent.

Dr Mwanawasa said the 47 percent tax is now neither the highest nor the lowest in the world adding that it is non negiotiable.

He said this in statement made available to ZANIS by State House chief analyst for press and public relations, David Kombe.

Dr Mwanawasa said Government is merely giving the people of Zambia a fair share from the value of their mineral resources, adding that at 47 percent tax, it still leaves a substantial return on the mining investments.

He observed that the spokesperson of the mining investors had alleged that the rate of taxation was pegged at 76 percent or 95 percent adding that this would scare away potential investors to Zambia.

Dr Mwanawasa pointed that government would only listen to their complaint on the alleged error adding that this is why he requested them to send in advance submissions in which they should identify the error.

He noted that if the investors can not identify the error, they will be wasting their time requesting to have a meeting with government.

Dr Mwanawasa wondered why the investors representatives, when they appeared before a parliamentary commitee recently did not show any error for governments assessment of the rate of minining taxation.

Tuesday Zambian Football Round-up

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The 2008 football season is less than 30 days away and the newcomers have not been left out in the search for talent for the coming campaign.

Aggrey Chiyangi’s Chambishi have made one of the most interesting purchases for a top-flight team with the acquisition of midfielder Richard Mooka from Kitwe United.

The giant utility midfielder is shortly expected to complete permanent move to Chambishi who have just been promoted back to the Faz Super League after a year in Division 1 north.

Mooka has been an influential player at United since he joined the team in July 2005 from Chilanga Heroes and stayed with the Garden Park since they were demoted despite overtures from other top flight clubs for his services.

Another promoted team Green Eagles are said to be interested in taking on forgotten Zambia and Zesco United winger Justin Mwilima who has been in the wilderness for the last three years.

Eagles already have ex- Zambia Under-20, Zanaco, Lusaka Dynamos and Afrisports defender Kelvin Kalila on their books.

Elsewhere, Nkana look set to be without striker Patrick Kabamba who has failed to report for pre-season training from his Congo DR base.

Club officials insist that Kabamba whose 15 goals helped inspire Nkana back to the top-flight after three years in Division 1 north will return to the 11-time league champions despite speculations linking him with a move to an unnamed North African team.

Kabamba joined Nkana last season from Kitwe United after the latter team was relegated in 2006.

Meanwhile, the season opening Charity Shield kicks off this weekend with semifinal matches taking place in Chingola and Lusaka.

Defending league champions and Coca Cola Cup winners Zesco United play Bp Top 8 champions Kabwe Warriors at Nchanga Stadium in Chingola.

Mosi Cup winners Red Arrows take on league runners-up Green Buffaloes at Nkoloma Stadium also this Saturday.

The final will be played on March 9 with Nkoloma the finals tentative venue.

Musharraf foes triumph at polls

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The main party backing President Pervez Musharraf has admitted defeat in Pakistan's elections.
The two main opposition parties, the PPP of late PM Benazir Bhutto and the PML-N, led by another former PM, Nawaz Sharif, have a clear majority.

If they form a coalition with a two-thirds majority in parliament they could impeach Mr Musharraf.

The BBC's Chris Morris in Islamabad says Mr Musharraf has never looked weaker than he does today.

The full scale of the defeat inflicted on the pro-Musharraf PML-Q will become clearer during Tuesday as more results come in.

NATIONAL RESULTS SO FAR
PPP (Bhutto's party) : 86
PML-N (Nawaz Sharif): 64
PML-Q: (pro-Musharraf) 37
MQM (Sindh-based): 19
ANP (Secular Pashtuns): 10
Others: 29
Source: Geo TV

Whether the PPP and the PML-N decide to work together in a coalition remains to be seen. Our correspondent says there is a great deal of political bargaining to come.

Unofficial and provisional results show big gains for Mr Sharif and Ms Bhutto's parties.

According to the website of the Geo private TV station, the PPP leads the tally with 86 seats, with the PML-N following with 64 seats.

This gives the two opposition parties a combined total of 150 seats in the parliament with some seats still to be declared.

PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that he hoped to work with other opposition parties to rid Pakistan of what he described as a dictatorship.

Whosoever wins we should accept it - that includes myself

President Musharraf

The pro-Musharraf PML-Q was a distant third, with 33 seats.

The chairman of the pro-Musharraf PML-Q party, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, told Associated Press Television News his party accepted the results "with an open heart" and was prepared to "sit on opposition benches".

Several notable ministers in the government had lost their seats, while dramatic gains were made by some smaller parties.

In the North West Frontier Province, the Awami National Party, which campaigns for Pashtun nationalism, has defeated the Islamist incumbents.

Most official counts will not be declared until later on Tuesday.

Nawaz Sharif's supporters are also delighted by the result.

Speaking earlier, Mr Musharraf had said: "The result will be the voice of the nation and whosoever wins we should accept it - that includes myself," said Mr Musharraf.

Though he did not stand in the parliamentary election himself, correspondents say the clear defeat of his supporters has made his position more precarious.

President Musharraf has been a major US ally in the "war on terror" but his popularity has waned at home amid accusations of authoritarianism and incompetence.

His forces have been trying to contain a Taleban-influenced Islamist insurgency along the country's rugged frontier with Afghanistan.

The election has been preceded by months of violence, including the suicide attack that killed PPP leader, Ms Bhutto, in December.

The poll was initially scheduled for early January but was delayed after her assassination.

Democratic mandate

Supporters of the PPP and PML-N were celebrating in the streets on Tuesday.

Leaders of both opposition parties had earlier warned the polls would be rigged in favour of the government.

HAVE YOUR SAY
I hope that this election is a positive step towards democracy, peace and economical growth
Atif Majid, Kuwait
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The next government will have to decide how it chooses to work with a president who has never had much time for politicians with broad popular support, our correspondent says.

Pakistani newspapers spoke of a "rout" of Mr Musharraf's allies, with The News proclaiming: "Democracy takes revenge."

Mr Musharraf seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999.

International pressure forced him to step down as army chief last year and the parliamentary election has been viewed as a key milestone along Pakistan's path from military to civilian rule.

Fear of violence

Celebrations broke out on the streets of cities including Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi as news of the results trickled out.

At least 20 people are reported to have died in election-day violence, with the PPP reporting 15 of its members killed.

There were also reports of missing ballot boxes.

But there was also widespread relief that there were none of the major bomb attacks which had marred the run-up to the election.

Fears of violence had dissuaded many of the country's 80 million eligible voters from leaving their homes, and voter turnout was estimated to be less than 40%.

Close to half a million security personnel, including about 80,000 soldiers, had been deployed to quell any outbreak of violence.

[BBC]

Sperm damage ‘passed to children’

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Sperm defects caused by exposure to environmental toxins can be passed down the generations, research suggests.
Scientists say fathers who smoke and drink should be aware they are potentially not just damaging themselves, but also their heirs.

Tests on rats showed sperm damage caused by exposure to garden chemicals remained up to four generations later.

The US study was presented to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

If I was a young man I would not drink very heavily and not smoke two packets of cigarettes a day while I was trying to conceive a child

Professor Cynthia Daniels
Rutgers University

It suggests that a father’s health plays a greater role in the health of future generations than has been thought.

A team from the University of Idaho in Moscow tested the effects of a hormone-disrupting fungicide chemical called vinclozolin on embryonic rats.

The chemical altered genes in the sperm, including a number associated with human prostate cancer.

Rats exposed to it show signs of damage and overgrowth of the prostate, infertility and kidney problems.

The defects were also present in animals four generations on.

The scientists admitted that the rats were exposed to very high levels of vinclozolin.

Proof of principle

But they argued that their work shows that once toxins cause defects in sperm they can be passed down the generations.

Professor Cynthia Daniels, from Rutgers University in New Jersey, has written books on male and female reproduction.

She said men who drank a lot of alcohol had been shown to have increased rates of sperm defects; and nicotine from tobacco found its way into seminal fluid as well as blood.

Professor Daniels said: “We need to open up our eyes and look at the evidence.

“My advice to young couples would be moderation. Substances that have an impact on reproduction are often also carcinogenic.

“If I was a young man I would not drink very heavily and not smoke two packets of cigarettes a day while I was trying to conceive a child.”

Professor Neil McClure, a fertility expert at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, said the DNA in sperm cells was more tightly packed than in other cells, and so, to some extent, was protected from damage.

However, once sperm cell DNA was damaged, it had no mechanism by which to effect repairs.

He said: “There is no doubt that if you smoke like a chimney or drink vast amounts of alcohol it will result in sperm damage, and probably damage in the DNA of the sperm.

“My advice to any man trying for a baby would be to lead as healthy a lifestyle as possible.”

[BBC]

Ng’uni’s death was an accident

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An Inquest into the death of former Lusaka Police Commanding Officer, Wazakaza Nguni, has concluded that there was no foul play in the car accident that led to his death.

The Inquest has concluded that Mr. Ng'uni was over speeding and died in circumstances that only he was able to control.

This is according to a verdict delivered Tuesday in Lusaka by Principle Resident Magistrate, Charles Kafunda.

Magistrate Kafunda said according to evidence before the court no one can be charged for the death of Mr. Ng'uni.

He said evidence from the eight witnesses that testified indicate that Mr. Ng'uni was over speeding and his vehicle overturned four times.

The inquest was started at the request of Mr. Ng'uni's widow Hilda and son Keli who suspected foul play.

Mr. Ng'uni died at aged 65, on July 5 last year.

Commenting on the Court's finding, Mrs. Ng'uni and her son, Keli said they have accepted the verdict.

However, they still believed there was foul play in the death of Mr. Ng'uni.

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Lions invade Sinazongwe

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Lions invade Sinazongwe
Sinazongwe District Council Vice Chairperson has disclosed that Five Lions have invaded Sinazongwe district in Chiyabi area killing seven cattle.

Mr. Fisher Zimana told ZANIS that people in the area feared for their lives.

He has appealed to Zambia Wild Life Authority (ZAWA) to come and shoot the lions before life was lost.
Mr. Zimana said pupils were afraid to go to School because they fear to be attacked on the way.
He said if ZAWA failed to respond to people’s request to shoot the animals or chase them the community would be severely affected and the Chiyabi Basic School would be closed.

In another development Gamela Village Community Development Health Worker Ackson Siankandi in Senior Chief Mweemba area said people were sharing drinking water with the pigs.
Mr.Siankandi said the pigs have become too many and the owners were failing to enclose them.

He said the situation has become a health hazard because they were living their faeces anywhere.

The Community Development Health Worker narrated that pigs were even grabbing food from children if they dared to feed from outside.

“All efforts to have meetings to ensure that the owners enclose have failed and we fear that cholera my strike the Gamela people, the mess they are living is so unbearable,” Mr Siankanda said.
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Fidel Castro announces retirement

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Cuba's ailing leader Fidel Castro has said he will not accept another term as president, ending 49 years in power.
"I neither will aspire to, nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief," he told the newspaper, Granma.

The 81-year-old handed over power temporarily to his brother, Raul, in July 2006 when he underwent surgery.

US President George W Bush said the news should mark the beginning of a transition towards democracy for Cuba.

"The international community should work with the Cuban people to begin to build institutions that are necessary for a democracy, and eventually this transition ought to lead to free and fair elections," he told reporters in Rwanda.

"And we're going to help. The United States will help the people of Cuba realise the blessings of liberty."

This should be a period of democratic transition for the people of Cuba

US President George W Bush

The European Union meanwhile said it was ready to seek ways to relaunch ties with Cuba that have been almost completely frozen under Mr Castro.

Mr Castro has ruled Cuba since leading a communist revolution in 1959.

In December, Mr Castro indicated that he might possibly step down in favour of younger leaders, saying "my primary duty is not to cling to any position".

Soon afterwards, Raul Castro appeared to suggest that his older brother still had an important political role to play, saying the president still had full use of his mental faculties and was being consulted on all important policy issues.

'Not saying farewell'

In the letter, published on Granma's website during the middle of the night in Cuba, Mr Castro said he would not accept another five-year term as president when the National Assembly meets on Sunday, because of the health problems.

"It would betray my conscience to take up a responsibility that requires mobility and total devotion, that I am not in a physical condition to offer," he wrote.

I just want to carry on fighting like a soldier of ideas

Fidel Castro
Letter published in Granma

Mr Castro said he had declined to step down after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in 2006 to avoid dealing a blow to his government before "the people" were ready for change "in the middle of the battle" with the US.

"To prepare the people for my absence, psychologically and politically, was my first obligation after so many years of struggle," he added.

Despite the announcement of his impending retirement, the Cuban leader insisted he was "not saying farewell".

"I just want to carry on fighting like a soldier of ideas," he added. "I will continue writing under the title, Reflections of Comrade Fidel."

"I will be one more weapon in the arsenal that you can count on. Perhaps my voice will be heard. I will be careful."

The National Assembly is widely expected to elect 76-year-old Raul Castro as his successor, although analysts say there is speculation about a possible generational jump with Vice-President Carlos Lage Davila, 56, a leading contender.

"There is also the intermediate generation which learned together with us the basics of the complex and almost unattainable art of organising and leading a revolution," Mr Castro wrote in Tuesday's letter.

If elected, Raul Castro has indicated that major economic reforms and "structural changes" could be on the way.

FIDEL CASTRO

Born in 1926 to a wealthy, landowning family
Took up arms in 1953, six years before coming to power
Brother Raul (pictured) was deputy and Che Guevara third in command
Has outlasted nine American presidents
Target of many CIA assassination plots
Daughter is a dissident exile in Miami

Fidel Castro did not say whether he would continue to be involved in government affairs as a member of the Council of State or retain his post of secretary of the ruling Communist Party.

The Cuban ambassador to the Netherlands, Oscar de los Reyes, told the BBC that Mr Castro "embodies to a very large extent what Cuba is today" and would always remain Cuba's "elder statesman".

"Fidel will always preside over our revolution... In our minds and hearts he will always be the leader," he said.

There was very little reaction to Mr Castro's decision in Havana on Tuesday morning, and it was not until 0500 (1000 GMT) that official radio reported the news.

The BBC's Michael Voss in the capital says nobody knows whether Mr Castro's decision not to seek another five-year term has been prompted by a further decline in his health - it has been an official secret since the moment he was taken ill.

The president has not been seen in public for 19 months, although the government occasionally releases photographs and pre-edited video of him meeting visiting leaders from around the world.

Last month, Mr Castro was shown talking to his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who described him as being lucid and in good health.

Mixed legacy

In power since he led a communist revolution which ousted the regime of President Fulgencio Batista in 1959, Mr Castro has been a dominant force in Latin American politics and a thorn in the side of the United States.

Under his leadership, Cuba underwent an economic and social transformation.

Most foreign and local businesses were nationalised, land reform was introduced, and education and health care for the poor improved. At the same time, Mr Castro was criticised for not restoring democracy and ruling with absolute power.

Mr Castro created the western hemisphere's first communist state

His government saw off an early threat from Cuban exiles, backed by the US, who launched an abortive invasion at the Bay of Pigs in 1961.

The following year saw the Cuban missile crisis, when the US and the Soviet Union came to the brink of war over the presence of Soviet nuclear warheads in Cuba.

Mr Castro also backed a string of left-wing leaders in South America and Africa and, in 1975, sent thousands of troops to fight in Angola.

It is said that Mr Castro has been the target of many CIA-sponsored assassination plots as a result of such policies - in 1999 a Cuban interior ministry official put the figure at 637.

Washington has also imposed an economic embargo on Cuba for more than four decades, which helped cripple the Cuban economy in the 1980s after the Soviet Union withdrew financial aid and subsequently broke up.

A tourism boom along with a rapprochement with oil-rich Venezuela, run by Mr Castro's great friend, Hugo Chavez, has allowed the economy recover slowly in recent years.

Our correspondent says the news of his retirement will take some digesting by Cubans, 70% of whom have known no other leader.

Mr Castro will leave a mixed legacy, he adds, with both friend and foe recognising him as an iconic leader and major figure in the post-war era.

[BBC]

Campaigns for Moomba ward by-election heat up

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CAMPAIGNS in the local govwrnment by-election in Moomba Ward in Kabwe district have heated up.

The seat fell vacant after councillor Charles Manda died last year.

The ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), who are fielding Given Sikazwe as their candidate, has expressed confidence in retaining the seat.

District Youth Chairperson Richard Bango and his vice Webster Chulu said they were confident because Moomba ward has been held by MMD candidates since its inception.

“The campaigns are going on well and we are very sure that we are retaining the seat, even our candidate is the best we have,” Mr Bango said.

He said MMD National Chairman Micheal Mabenga is in the area to boost support for the candidate.

And opposition Patriotic Front (PF) in the district has also expressed confidence of scooping the Moomba Ward seat.

PF District Chairperson Kasongo Chabwe said they had put everything in place to make sure they win the election.

“As PF we are very concerned with the well-being of people and will continue to fight for our people,” he said.

He said that their candidate Cephas Mutale was a resident of Makululu and as such knew what the people were going through and would articulate issues.

The By-election takes place on Thursday, February 21, 2008.

Govt releases K2 billion for rehabilitation works at Kabwe Trades

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MINISTRY of Science, Trade and Vocational Training Permanent Secretary Dr Buleti Nsemukila has said that government has set aside more than K2 billion for construction and rehabilitation of hostels at Kabwe Trades Training Institute (KTTI).

Mr. Nsemukila disclosed this in Kabwe today after a tour of the institute.

He however expressed worry at the failure by the contractor to finish the works in time.

“These hostels have been left for a long time without rehabilitation and as government we are concerned about the situation and making very effort to build more hostels for the students,” he said.

Dr Nsemukila said he was particularly happy that female participation in vocational courses at the institution had increased and also encouraged more women to enroll at the institute.
He challenged KTTI board to come up with a strategy to open up a shop in town where they would be able to market their products to the people as well as small-scale farmers such as hammer mills, which the institute was making.

Dr Nsemukila further encouraged the management to develop entrepreneurship skills to help students to come up with their own companies, which will contribute, to the growth of the economy.
He also challenged KTTI not to be dependent on government but to utilise skills of the students and lecturers to make money for the institute.

And KTTI Principal Mr Sayila also said he was not happy with the pace the contractor, Sokontwe Construction Company, was taking in completing the rehabilitation works of hostels at the institution.

He said this has forced management to look for alternative accommodation for the students.

Mr Sayila said the contract that is running from October 2007 to May 2008 to construct ten, two story hostels, may not be completed in the stipulated time frame.

He said the situation has forced the management board to come up with makeshift arrangements for the students.

Clergyman confident NCC will produce good constitition

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A clergyman in Samfya
has expressed confidence that the National Constitution Conference (NCC)
will produce a constitution that is desired by the majority of
Zambians.

Samfya consistory United Church of Zambia (UCZ) Rev.
Friday Longa said over-the-weekend that he has no doubt
the NCC will come up with a constitution that will stand the taste of time.

Rev Longa made the observation during a public
discussion forum organised by Anti-Voter Apathy to
discuss the way forward of the NCC and constitution
making process way forward.

He said the mistrust some people had expressed
individually and collectively over the NCC were not
founded.

He said his conviction is based on the reason that
government has entrusted the refining of the
constitution in a body that has wide representation
and protected by an Act of parliament.

He said another reason is the fact
that in the past, sitting presidents manipulated the
constitution to stifle their political opponents and
protect their interests while in office.

However, Rev Longa said he does not see President Levy
Mwanawasa seeking to use the constitution to stifle
the opposition or serve personal interests because his
term of office expires in 2011.

Meanwhile, a Catholic priest Fr Frank Chibale said the
Catholic Church cannot reconsider its position not to
sit on the NCC.

Fr Chibale said, though he was speaking at the public
forum in his personal capacity, the position of the
Catholic Church will remain unchanged because concerns
raised by the Episcopal over the NCC Act and its
composition have not been addressed.

He appealed to people to respect the position of the
Catholic Church instead of attacking and accusing it
of engaging in politics of antagonism with government.

Farmers protest over non payment of their money

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Scores of Kalomo farmers today matched in protest to the District Commissioner’s office over the non payment of their money for the maize they sold to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) last year.

Speaking on behalf of other cooperative societies, Festus Siboli said it was humiliating that the agency had failed to pay peasant farmers for the produce they sold in August last year.

The farmers claimed that they were unable to provide basics for their school going children because of lack of money.

The farmers from Mabombo, Chilala, Katambo, Kasukwe, Bulyambeba and Katanda satellite depots accused the FRA buying agent, the Kalomo District Cooperative and Marketing Union (KDCMU) of favouring some farmers.

But KDCMU general manager, Mwananyambe Mwananyambe told ZANIS in an interview that his organisation was in the process of paying off the remaining farmers .

He added that the cooperative union would deposit K1.5 billion in a local Finance bank this week.

Mr. Mwananyambe said the remaining K5 million is expected to be cleared next week and urged the farmers to be patient and wait for bank transactions to end.

Wrangles erupt over fomer ZCCM houses in Kalulushi

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Sitting tenants in former Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) houses in Kalulushi have called on government to intervene in the wrangles involving them and those with title deeds.

Speaking on behalf of the sitting tenants, Peter Mwanza said government should help those that were being evicted to avoid displacement.

Mr Mwanza said that seating tenants that have been ordered out of the houses should be compensated for taking care of the houses before they can move out.

He said the houses were left in a deplorable state at the time ZCCM was privatised.

Mr Mwanza was speaking in an interview with ZANIS following the eviction of Mr Maco Mwansa of house number 8 Ipumbu Lane, Kalulushi by a named person possessing title deeds.

Mr Mwanza said the named man wants to sell the house following wrangles of ownership of the house.

He disclosed that Mr Mwansa was allegedly attacked by the man who was accompanied by eighteen other people armed with pangas in an Isuzu pick up, registration number AAT 3931.

Mr Mwanza added that Mr Mwansa was evicted but later returned to his house.

He said the sitting tenant, who has been living in the house for fifteen years, is now living in fear following last night’s incident.

Mr Mwanza, however, said that the matter was reported to police.

Meanwhile, Mr Mwanza has said that his organisation will defend the seating tenants from being evicted until the matter is determined by the court.

Pro’s Hit List & Weekend Scorecard

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FRANCE

Striker Jacob Mulenga and Felix Katongo both sat-out as Strasbourg and Rennes both lost 1-0 and 3-1 away on Saturday to Lorient and Lille respectively.

Rennes and Strasbourg are 17th and 11th respectively on the 20-team French Ligue One table.

GERMANY

Defender Moses Sichone played the full 90 minutes in his Two.Bundesliga teams Kickers Offenbach’s 1-1 home draw against his old club Alemannia Aachen on Sunday.

Offenbach are fifth from bottom following that home draw against ninth positioned Aachen.

2008 CAF AFRICA CHAMPions LEAGUE PRELIMINARY RND 1ST LEG

16/02/2008

Kampala

Uganda Revenue Authority FC 0-Zesco Utd 2(Elson Mkandawire 22″ Nicholas Zulu 54″)

CAF CONFEDERATIONS CUP PRELIMINARY RND 1ST LEG

16/02/2008

Pemba

Chipukizi 0- GBFC 5( Emmanuel Mayuka 13″, Reuben Tembo 21″, Sebastian Mwansa ?”, Newa Mwea 62″, Morgan Hanjeema “?)

17/02/2008

Ferroviario Nampula(Moz) 0- Highlanders (Zim) 3(Jacob Muzokomba 18″, Richard Choruma 75″, Eric Mudzingwa 90″)

2008 WORLD UNDER-17 WOMENS CUP PREMLIMINARY ROUND, 2ND LEG QUALIFIER

17/02/2008

Accra

Ghana U17 4(Elizabeth Addo 2″ 76″,Deborah Afriyie 21″, Mary Essiful 89″- Zambia U17 0

03/02/2008

Woodlands Stadium, Lusaka

Zambia 0- Ghana 2 (Elizabeth Addo 31″ 70″)

TOP SCORERS

After games Played 17/02/2008

LEAGUE & CUP:

Nicholas Zulu (Zesco United): 1

Elson Mkandawire (Zesco United): 1

Emmaneul Mayuka (Kabwe Warriors): 1

Reuben Tembo (Green Buffaloes):1

Morgan Hanjeema (Green Buffalkoes): 1

Newa Mwewa (Green Buffaloes): 1

Sebastian Mwansa (Green Buffaloes): 1

INTERNATIONALS

(30/01/2008):

Felix Katongo 3(Stade Rennes,France): 3

Christopher Katongo 2(Brondby, Denmark): 2

James Chamanga 1(Moroka Swallows, South Africa): 1

Jacob Mulenga (Racing Strasbourg, France): 1

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