He Provoked the Cadres Who Attacked

No 54 www.diggers.news Monday October 30, 2017 Police raid on UPND reigniting political tension - SACCORD KAMBWILI IS Mirriam Chabala SACCORD executive director Boniface Cheembe (r) says there is no difference between the Zambia Police Service and colonialists. On Friday, heavily armed police raided the UPND secretariat in search of offensive weapons. The hour-long search, however, did not yield any results. GOING INSANE But in an interview, Cheembe said police were creating an impression as if they were in a war with the opposition. ...he provoked the cadres who “We are concerned with what was effected by police on appears to be the continued the secretariat belonging to harassment of opposition the opposition United Party political parties in Zambia for National Development,” Cheembe said. attacked him - Mumbi Phiri owing to a recent raid that To page 6 By Zondiwe Mbewe chairman Kennedy cadres who poured PF deputy Secretary General Kamba colluded with Chibuku Shake- Mumbi Phiri has charged that Lands Minister Jean Shake on him at Sata’s Chishimba Kambwili is going Kapata to organise PF mausoleum. To page 5 insane and she does not want to be part of those who are responding to his political 5 injured in bus accident By Linda Jere rantings. Southern Province Police Commissioner Bonney Kapeso And Mumbi says PF cadres says five people were injured in an accident today involv- harassed Kambwili because ing five vehicles, among them a Mazhandu Family Bus. he was making running “No one has died, five people are injured and out of the commentaries in church when five only two people are seriously injured and are re- President Edgar Lungu was ferred to Mazabuka District Hospital. The five vehicles paying tribute to late Michael were descending Munali hills at Dala when the last truck Sata. which was Vekon lost breaks and hit the car which was in On Saturday, Kambwili held a front impacting a chain reaction into the other vehicles press briefing alleging that Phiri which hit into each other until the Mazhandu bus. The and Lusaka Province youth accident occurred around 11:30 hours,” said Kapeso. Zambia’s borrowings exhausted in corruption - Tilyenji Kaunda Mirriam Chabala says United National But Kaunda says there Much of Zambia’s Independence Party should be no limit to borrowing ends up in the (UNIP) president Tilyenji borrowing as long as financing of corrupt deals, Kaunda. the money borrowed is used prudently and used to finance reasonable Muvi TV programme projects that could help the country to pay back ends in bitter quarrel its debts. Speaking in an interview today, Kaunda said as guests crush on air President Edgar Lungu By Mukosha Funga the opposite faction’s na- was not serious and There was chaos at Muvi tional secretary Raphael firm in the fight against TV studios yesterday Nakacinda. corruption because when MMD faction Mumba has accused the all of the people that leader Nevers Mumba television station of try- surrounded him got enraged after he was ing to humiliate him on a including investors were challenged to debate with live programme. corrupt. To page 3 To page 3 Police arrest Chinese for making fake Bata shoes By Patricia Mbewe Mengulai Company Limited which is The Zambia Police Intellectual Property owned by Tang Weihua who is aged 42. Unit has seized counterfeit Bata Shoes “This was after Police received a from a company owned by a Chinese complaint from Zambia Bata Shoes national in Kamwala. Company Limited who are the rightful According to a statement issued by police holder of the Bata Brand which is legally spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo registered. The Unit seized 2,768 pairs Dr Kenneth Kaunda leaves after attending a private luncheon at former first Lady Dr Christine Kaseba’s today, 2,768 pairs of counterfeit Bata of suspected counterfeit shoes valued at residence, escorted by Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo. During the luncheon, KK apologised for shoes were seized from a company called K68, 800,” Katongo stated. To page 3 missing Sata’s memorial church service which was earlier held at the Cathedral of the Child Jesus. 2. Local News Monday October 30, 2017 Speak out on violence in PF, Miti tells pastors close to Lungu Zondiwe Mbewe Alliance for Community Action executive director Laura Miti says if clergymen who are close to President Edgar Lungu want to win back some relevance, they must condemn violence in PF. In an interview with News Diggers! today, Miti said the attacks on Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili during Michael Sata’s memorial was one such issue they could talk about. “If they are going to be relevant, if the gospel section of the church especially that is so close to the President would like to be relevant, would like to be useful to the country, they need to raise a voice when incidents happen that are a danger to this country. In this case, over the weekend we had an incidence of the violence that happened at the late President Sata’s memorial. The clergy that are close to President Lungu, the violence at Sata’s memorial is the kind of issue that you need to speak out if you are to win back some kind of relevance and respect in the country,” Miti said. “It is in situations like that, that we expect the church to speak. Not only about the incidence [at the memorial], but the to hear them, otherwise we will to correct the presidency and are close to the President. And sometimes we have heard against the oppositions but general sense of violence we begin to ask questions of what the ruling party when it goes Everybody knows. Theythem speak up when they feel they tend to be very quiet when have in this country and in the relevancy they are or what that wrong,” said Miti. specially declare that the that someone has disrespected something has gone wrong ruling party were you will find relationship is like that fails “There are clergymen that President is chosen by God. the President. They speak up within the establishment.” so much violence. We saw the Copperbelt minister Bowman Lusambo purporting violence, insulting Roan MP Chishimba Kwacha depreciation will strain 2018 budget - CUTS Kambwili that went viral. So Mirriam Chabala Chenai Mukumba explained to of weeks by over K10 against our currency but if we don’t buy the Kwacha today given there is a lot of violence within The Consumer Unity and Trust News Diggers in an interview the United States Dollar is a import then that means it the current circumstances,” PF and yet there is absolute Society says the depreciation today that the devaluation in very sad development and is going to be difficult for Mukumba said. silence from the clergy that are of Zambia’s currency to K10 the local currency was likely it’s now more expensive for Zambia as a country because Mukumba said the devaluation close to the President.” against the major convertible to put a burden on the 2018 us to purchase goods from this is only going to benefit of the Kwacha would place a She said their silence would make people question their currency will make it more national budget because the outside the country than those who want to buy things burden on the 2018 national relationship with the Head of expensive for the country to country would be financing before. Importing is very good from Zambia and it will be budget because the country State if they couldn’t counsel service debts accumulated in more than it borrowed. for foreign exchange because cheaper for them to import, would then be financing more him. dollars. “The depreciation of our we need to import and it will be too much cheaper than what it borrowed. “So our concern is that we need CUTS Center coordinator currency in the last couple export goods to strengthen for the external market to “What this means also is that all of the debt that we accumulated especially in Dollars will become much more expensive for us to service because the Dollar has become extremely expensive and this is going to be a burden on our 2018 budget because then we will be spending money in excess on things that were not budgeted for,” she said. And Mukumba said she expected the general economic outlook to be difficult for Zambia under the current performance of the Kwacha. “I think there is a number of very difficult things that are going to happen to the economy given the current state of the Kwacha. One of the things that are going to happen is that the economy is going to face a lot of difficulties, there will be less importation of goods and high exports which is going to benefit the foreign market highly and this will affect the local market and in the process trickle down to the consumers who will suffer the worst by purchasing goods at Zambia Army officers during the Trooping and Consencration of Colours parade at Lusaka’s Arakan Barracks on October 27, 2017 extremely high prices being - Picture by Tenson Mkhala the end users,” said Mukumba. Monday October 30, 2017 Local News. 3 From front page “Most people get mistaken, But Muvi TV general when they are invited to manager Angel Phiri says the the TV, sometimes they are station has a mandate to give coming to rebut what has viewers a balanced position been said or alternatively, of its programmes. Muvi TV programme give an opinion to something Meanwhile, Mumba’s new. In that incidence if national secretary Elizabeth the producers felt that the Chitika has written a formal questions that were raised complaint letter to Muvi TV needed to have answers, saying it was unprofessional because we have got an for the station to invite ends in bitter quarrel obligation to the people, so that’s how they get their the control room but what programme,” said Mumba.

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