Expresses Shock to Hear That Parliament Lifted Her Suspension
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No 25 www.diggers.news Wednesday August 23, 2017 By Sipilisiwe Ncube Court acquits Namwala UPND Member of Parliament Moono Lubezhi man accused has expressed shock to hear that Parliament lifted her 30 of calling days suspension. Lungu chi**la On June 22, Speaker of National Assembly Dr NAMWALA MP By Mukosha Funga Patrick Matibini reviewed The Lusaka Magistrates’ Lubezhi’s suspension and lifted it after realising Court has acquitted that she did not boycott a 49-year-old man of President Lungu’s state Lusaka’s Chawama of the nation address on township who was purpose like the others did. accused of defaming Speaker Matibini said the President Edgar Lungu lawmaker was erroneously after referring to him included on the list of 48 RESURFACES absentee MPs. as Ch*kala. “Honourable members, Peter Habasimbi, I would love to confirm ...expresses shock to hear that a police reserve from the onset that the officer who was Honourable member for being represented by Namwala was expressly Keith Mweemba and granted authority to be Shadreck Mbewe, is absent from the House on Parliament lifted her suspension 16th and 17th March, 2017 the 48 UPND suspended it is in view of this fact Namwala Constituency are amended accordingly alleged to have defamed by the Honorable Chief Members of Parliament that I here by amend my was absent with permission and remedial measures the President whilst on Whip to enable her attend was both inadvertent and ruling of 13th June 2017 on 17th March 2017. I taken immediately,” said Dr a minibus from Snow a Court session. Therefore regrettable. The rulingto reflect the fact that the further direct the Clerk Matibini. White to Chawama. her inclusion on the list of should be corrected and Honourable Member for to ensure that the records Continues on page 3 Continues on page 6 PF losing numbers since 2011, while UPND is gaining - Max By Joseph Mwenda trying to appease the Maxwell Chongu, a Head of State instead of renowned PF cadre, has mobilising the party. observed that the ruling Continues on page 2 party has continued to lose members from its support base, while MUZ rejects the opposition UPND has been on an upward retrenchments trajectory since 2011. And Chongu says facts proposed by on the ground show that “things are not good for PF on the Copperbelt” Mopani mines adding that those who By Sipilisiwe Ncube have been downplaying Mineworkers Union of the situation were Zambia (MUZ) president misleading President Chishimba Nkole says threats Edgar Lungu. by the Mopani Copper mines Meanwhile the PF youth to lay off 4700 employees who once featured in a following restriction of power reality TV series “Big supply by the Copperbelt Lungu on holiday after Rwanda, S/Africa trips Energy Corporation is Brother Africa” has taken intended to intimidate By Diggers Reporter South Africa. President Lungu Mulusa among others, whom President’s holiday was planned a swipe at PF leaders who and blackmail the affected President Edgar Lungu has gone travelled to Kigali, Rwanda to he gave a lift on the Presidential two weeks ago and had nothing spend time throwing stakeholders. on vacation in Mfuwe after attend the inauguration of Paul challenger. to do with him wanting to make statements on Facebook Continues on page 5 a round trip to Rwanda and Kagame, then attended the Upon arriving in Mfuwe, changes to government. SADC summit in South Africa however, President Lungu “As far as I am concerned the before proceed on holiday asked the Cabinet ministers to working holiday was planned immediately after returning. proceed to Lusaka while he took about two weeks ago. I am not Don’t sell your maize to FRA, govt The Head of State returned from some time to rest. This sparked aware that he wants to make South Africa in the company of speculation that President reshuffles. He has powers to do Home Affairs Minister Stephen Lungu wanted time alone in that at any time because he is is swindling farmers, ZNFU warns Kampyongo, Health Minister order to make reshuffles. the President, but that is not the Chitalu Chilufya and National But a State House official reason why he is on this working By Mirriam Chabala In a statement today, Zimba advised Development minister Lucky Told News Diggers! that the holiday,” said the official. Zambia National Farmers Union farmers to store their maize safely and (ZNFU) president Jervis Zimba says the not sell it to government until a better Food Reserve Agency (FRA) is swindling price was agreed upon adding that those Alcohol drinking competition farmers by insisting on buying maize at who had already sold theirs, did so at k60 because the price is below the cost of their own risk. production. Continues on page 4 leaves winner dead in Kalambo Story on page 2 Continues on P2 2. Local News Wednesday August 23, 2017 PF losing numbers since 2011, while UPND is gaining – Max From front page Mr. Davies Mwila, above give room for the party to will lose their positions, to to empower our grassroots, Facebook. In a statement to News all our distinguished properly reorganize itself. try by all means to defect most of these leaders only “It’s disheartening to see Diggers! Chongu who is humble leader President I know some will disagree with a reasonable number talk the walk and never that some of our leaders also a businessman said Edgar Chagwa Lungu, with me on this subject of their supporters,” walk the talk, something have decided to spend there was need for true are sometimes fed with since the election date Chongu said. that has really angered the much of their efforts on reconsiliation among PF doctored information in was already set for next He said the PF grassroots grassroots countrywide Facebook or PF blogs, members in order to stop terms of what is happening year 2018. However with were angry with the ruling and this is a political ticking politicking, trying hard to the on-going exodus. on the ground. This has what has been happening party. time bomb,” Chongu said. appease President Lungu, “The following are results made most PF members politically in our party and “Lately, despite President Meanwhile, Chongu said forgetting the people that obtained by the patriotic feel neglected, causing a the pretence, we anticipate Lungu relentlessly it was sad that some PF voted; thereby decreasing front party since 2011 up silent resentment towards betrayers, mostly those that preaching to party leaders leaders were governing via the numbers in our party. to date, my main area of the PF and President interest is to educate people Lungu,” he said. on why our numbers keep “I can confirm that on the reducing and why we need Copperbbelt, we visited political remedies to avoid several areas in terms of a defeat come,” Chongu grassroots and I must said. admit that in most cases 2011 election our leaders are never given MCS: 1,170, 966 the true picture of what’s on RB: 986, 866 the ground. This is strongly HH: 506, 763 destroying our party. 2015 elections Recently agains, we were ECL 807,925 on a fact finding mission in HH 780, 168 Northern Province. I must EDITH 15, 321 admit that our findings 2016 elections are mind baffling; surely ECL 1,860,877 I can confirm that the HH 1,760,347 picture being portrayed to EDITH 24, 149 our leaders showing that “Now you ought to things are okay on the understand that to go Copperbbelt is fake, for through the 50+1 per cent what we have gathered is threshold, we only made shocking.” it by minus/plus 13,000 He said it was vital for party votes. When you politically mobilisers to relay accurate analyse the results you will information to decision agree with me that their makers. is urgent need to start “Taking lies to our leaders mobilizing our party from will not help our party or the grassroots because president Lungu to make PF cadre Maxwell Chongu (r) that’s were we seem to be well informed decisions. having a big challenge. Let’s It will certainly destroy appreciate ones strength the party. We are ignoring Mopani’s threats to prune 4,700 miners is an and use it for the benefit the truth for temporally of the Patriotic Front party happiness,” Chongu and not look at it as a observed. insult to government, Zambians – Sinkamba threat,” he said. He also proposed that the Chongu said it was PF must go to intra party By Diggers Reporter Zambian people and the retrenchments or sale of a that would need to be repaid. unfortunate that those elections this year in order Green Party president Peter government. major asset or subsidiary or “Where will the Zambian in PF tasked to gauge to leave room for managing Sinkamba says Mopani In a statement, Sinkamba of the company as a whole. people get this money to the political atmosphere the obvious fallout that Copper Mines (MCM)’s stated that his party found “As we the Greens have always repay this loan if MCM were misleading the party would ensue from the threat to retrench close to the announced plan to stated, protectionism in the is going to get subsidised leadership. losing candidates. 5,000 miners if Copperbelt prune 4,700 workers, a mining sector, entrenched power? Where is the “We understand that our “Party elections should Energy Corporation (CEC) perfect example of corporate through development justification for subsidised hardworking Patriotic have been strategically sticks to cost-reflectiveimpunity bred from agreements (Das), and other power to this mining Front Secretary General made to happen this year to tariffs is an insult to the protectionist policies.