No284 K10 www.diggers.news Friday October 12, 2018 There’s a scramble for running mate By Sipilisiwe Ncube LUAPULA MPSPF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says it is true that members of parliament from Luapula Province are very united than any other group of MPs in the party, but says she does not believe that they are scheming to oust President Edgar Lungu. And Mumbi says she is aware that some MPs and minister are jostling to replace Vice-President Inonge Wina as 2021 running mate, a move TOO UNITED she says is a waste of time. To page 6 ...but not threat to Lungu - Mumbi UPND unmoved by arrest threats on HH By Sipilisiwe Ncube at the University of Zambia Great East UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka Road Campus. says the opposition party is not moved by threats Unconfirmed reports from within of arrest targeted at its leader Hakainde Hichilema government suggest that the State is whom government is blaming for the meal allowance likely to make some arrest surrounding protests that led to the death of a fourth year student the UNZA fracas, putting Hichilema at the centre of the probe. When asked if Police were moving to Govt postpones Zambia arrest Hichilema in connection with the UNZA riots, spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo could neither deny nor Airways launch to 2019 To page 5 Story page 5 confirm. President Edgar Lungu and FAZ president Andrew Kamanga (r) celebrate after Zambia scored Vespers’ funeral Church against Guinea Bissau in an Africa Cup of National qualifier game in Lusaka on Wednesday sermon was disturbing, Fitch downgrades Prof Luo tells Parliament Story page 7 Zambia’s rating to B- Story page 6 2. Local News www.diggers.news Friday October 12, 2018 By Mirriam Chabala MP, it’s not just fitting. UPND deputy secretary Us, we are not physical, general Gertrude Imenda but it all depends on says she is not surprised where you come from. If that Lands Minister UPND condemns you come from a party Jean Kapata portrayed that believes in physical thuggish behaviour violence, then that’s what in Parliament that is you will exhibit. But still, against the decorum of it doesn’t surprise me the House, because she because that’s what they belongs to a party that stand for themselves thrives on violence. Kapata’s thuggery and she is just one of On Tuesday, UPND them,” Imenda, a former members of parliament Parliamentary Public walked out of the House Accounts Committee after Higher Education (PAC) chairperson, Minister Professor explained. Nkandu Luo charged behaviour in parley She added that the UPND members tukaiponone country. We shouldn’t be intelligent with them? behaviour and attitude, that the opposition party one by one, tukamone physical in our dealings No! Because they don’t that’s why they are called would sit and discuss caused the riots at UNZA uwakosa ninani (one day with each other. Let us even understand what ‘Honourable’. They are what action they would which subsequently led we should engage in a put forward intelligent, an intelligent discussion supposed to show a like to see taken against to the death of fourth physical fight as members analytical issues and is. So, even her [Jean decorum fitting where Kapata in Parliament. year student Vespers of parliament so that we let us just debate and Kapata], if she is saying they are in that House. “Since those are issues in Shimuzhila. see who is stronger). Ala discuss issues without that then it means she So, for someone to make the House, I think that Then some PF members imwe baice! Fi satanist resorting to violence. has nothing intelligent comments like ‘satanist’ has to be sorted out by of parliament, led by (you little kids, [you are When you resort to to put forward for and all that, whether a the PF in Parliament. So, Lands Minister Jean just] satanists),” said violence, it means you discussion. She didn’t man or a woman, it is I will have a discussion Kapata, hurled insults Kapata as her colleagues have got nothing to put have something to debate not befitting the stature with our whip and the on their colleagues who on the right agreed with to the debate. You don’t and defend and so on. an honourable member leader of government took a protest walk out, her whilst others added have the capacity and the So, she just wants to say, of parliament. And the business and the legal branding them Satanists their own unprintables to intelligence to deal with ‘let’s just fight’, but how issue of the physical person, so that we see the and suggesting a physical the fracas. an issue. So, because you does that help Zambians fighting, surely, that does way forward. Then we fight between the two Commenting on Kapata’s don’t have, you resort if our MPs start fighting? not befit the stature of will also discuss with our camps. remarks, Imenda told to physical violence. If It doesn’t help Zambians an MP. It’s a pity, really, members of parliament “Bye bye polio… elo News Diggers! that the somebody doesn’t have at all. Let us just discuss but what I can say is that and see what next action beshile nabafwala nefya Mandevu MP did not something to put forward issues.” PF as a party we know we can take. But we are black (they even here befit the status of an in terms of intelligent Imenda regretted that from the beginning that advising our members came dressed in black), honourable member of debate, they will resort to Kapata, who is also they believe in violence to follow the procedure get out! Nabafwala nefya parliament. physical violence because Chairperson for Women and that such kind of a in the House if they want black kwati balewamya “I want to condemn that’s what they know Affairs in the Patriotic challenge to a fight is just disciplinary action to be (they are even dressed in such kind of behaviour best,” Imenda said. Front, was disrespecting their nature. PF believe taken against Honourable black like they are doing and utterances; it does “You tell me, those the name of ‘Honourable in violence, so violence Jean Kapata,” said the right thing) [How not befit her (JeanPF cadres controlling Member of Parliament’ even from the utterances Imenda, who once served can you be] politicking Kapata’s) stature as a markets and all these with her type of and then culminating as Luena MP under the when someone has member of parliament. places who resort to behaviour. into physical violence, for Alliance for Democracy lost a child? Ata bane But also, it is not good physical violence, can “MPs are supposed to me, I am not surprised. and Development (ADD) [more insults], one day for the politics of this you discuss anything exhibit a certain type of But really, being a female party. Brutality prank goes viral. Some police officers staged a prank at National Heroes Stadium on Wednesday, pretending to be kicking and beating their colleagues; and social media went awash Friday October 12, 2018 www.diggers.news Local News. 3 We’ll recover stolen donor aid from culprits benefits - Minister tells Parley By Sipilisiwe Ncube It may seem to be a small am seeing here, it’s mostly I can confirm thatbeen undertaken to make “Mr Speaker, in Acting General Education percentage, but however members of staff at the DfID [Department sure that nothing suffers accordance with the laid Minister Vincent Mwale small, it is true that there is headquarters. It’s those at for International as a result of having 70 down procedures, where says the ongoing clean up some impact on education the headquarters and one Development] actually people suspended and we have to recover, we of financial irregularities and government is taking of them got transferred withheld funding to the I think operations are have to recover, and in that led to the suspension corrective measures.” to Ndola to work at the Ministry to just make moving on smoothly at where people have to be of Permanent Secretary Mwale also revealed DC’s office, but was at sure that we did our the Ministry headquarters; punished by going to jail Henry Tukombe at the how much money the headquarters when work to clean up these everything is moving on and so on, where there is ministry has also seen was embezzled in the these things happened things and make sure that well, there are some staff no requirements for us to 80 other staff beingcontroversial case. [so] yes, headquarters, Mr those that were involved that have been seconded recover, everything is laid suspended, while donors “Mr Speaker, the forensic Speaker,” Mwale explained. in embezzlement and from other line ministries down in the procedures have still withheld audit that was done by And when asked if the misappropriation and to make sure that nothing and in the Public Finance funding to the sector. the Auditor General up embezzlement had so on were dealt with suffers,” Mwale disclosed. Act. Definitely, if we need And Mwale warned to 26th September, 2018, affected donor support accordingly, and that after And Mwale, who is to recover, we will have to that if there will be any established that a total to pull out like it was the all that was done, we could substantively Local recover from the benefits need for government to of K19.5 million was case with the Ministry of talk about how they could Government Minister, and anything that may recover the embezzled embezzled by the members Community Development, resume to give financial pledged that government be outstanding within funds, it will be recovered of staff at the Ministry.