No361 K10 www.diggers.news Thursday January 31, 2019 ZULU SUSPENDED FROM PF - MWILA ...and I have no apologies to Prime TV By Thomas Mulenga supporting Democratic Party leader Harry Kalaba’s final PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says Luangeni PF presidential bid, are cowards. Mwila, who is former Home Affairs Minister, told News member of parliament Charles Zulu’s suspension stands Meanwhile, Mwila says he will not apologise to Prime TV Diggers! in an interview, Wednesday, that the ruling Patriotic even though it was executed by the grassroots. for chasing away two of its journalists who went to cover his Front appreciated media houses which cover its activities, And Mwila says all PF members of parliament who are press briefing last Saturday, insisting that his decision was even if they were doing so negatively. To page 5 ACC nabs Corruption L/stone MP, perception Jere, for index will corruption see donors By Sipilisiwe Ncube The Anti-Corruption re-think aid Commission (ACC) has arrested Livingstone UPND to Zambia member of parliament Mathews Jere for abuse of authority of office. - Kambwili ACC spokesperson Timothy By Mirriam Chabala Moono revealed in a NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili says donors will have statement that Jere, between to rethink their aid to Zambia, 1st August, 2013 and 31st given the country’s poor October, 2014, whilst serving ranking in the Transparency as a councilor, illegally International’s Corruption allocated plots to himself and THANK YOU CALL AGAIN: A National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) officer leaves his booth to aid a stranded driver push Perceptions Index (CPI) 2018 his friends. To page 7 away his truck, which failed to start after he paid toll fees at Kafulafuta Toll Plaza - Picture by Mukosha Funga Report. To page 5 Witness turns against Police fight If anyone looted during running privatisation of mines, State in Chabi’s case battles in By Zindiwe Mbewe told the Mansa Magistrates’ Court that he doesn’t it’s MMD not HH - Belemu By Mirriam Chabala The key state witness in the case in which Chipili want anything to do with the matter, adding Zambezi Mbabala UPND member of parliament Ephraim Belemu says if anyone Independent member of parliament Jewis Chabi that the case should have been closed after he looted during the privatization process, it was those who were in the is charged with malicious damage to property has reconciled with the accused. To page 7 after death Movement for Multiparty Democracy, and not Hakainde Hichilema. Recently, Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo charged that there of suspect were looters in the opposition who were waiting to get into government Public has no confidence in ACC - To pageWK 4 Story page 6 to steal the way they did during privatization. To page 2 2. Local News www.diggers.news Thursday January 31, 2019 Konkola Copper Mines won’t cut jobs, assures Acting CEO

By Stuart Lisulo increase in mineral royalty on a sustained basis.” Konkola Copper Mines rates by 1.5 percentage points And Giridhar emphasised (KCM) has announced that at all levels of the sliding scale. that KCM was renewing its the 2019 mining fiscal regime It also introduced import focus on Konkola Deep Mine will not lead to any job losses duties of five per cent on in Chililabombwe and would at any of its operations. copper and cobalt, while ensure further investment in In a statement jointly-issued also hiking export duty the short to medium-term, by Ministry of Finance on precious stones and according to the statement. spokesperson Chileshe gemstones to a rate of 15 “…Our actions are designed Kandeta and KCM’s general per cent, a situation that to sustain and create jobs, manager for corporate affairs had prompted mining grow the economy, and Eugene Chungu, Tuesday, companies to threaten job contribute more to the KCM announced no job cuts cuts, while compelling KCM country’s treasury while would happen following the to downsize its Nchanga effectively implementing 2019 mining fiscal regime. Smelter operations due to low our asset and liability PF Secretary General Davies Mwila with Cuban Ambassador to Zambia Francisco The 2019 mining fiscal availability of concentrates. management programme,” Javier Viamontes Correa at the Cuban embassy yesterday when the ruling party CEO regime, which took effect But KCM acting chief read the statement. paid a courtesy call on him January 1, 2019, has seen an executive officer Venkatesan Meanwhile, Finance Minister Giridhar informed a high- Margaret Mwanakatwe level government delegation hailed KCM for choosing during a consultative meeting the path of dialogue and in Lusaka, which included for the proactive approach Goverment has only paid K23m out of Ministry of Finance, Mines in reviewing mine and Labour officials, that operations and sustaining the Vedanta-owned mining job creation, among others. K101m debt to lecturers – UNZALARU firm will not be effecting She also insisted that the any job cuts at any of its impending Sales Tax will soon By Thomas Mulenga only K23 million has been released. the 2019 budget, there is only K69 operations on the Copperbelt. come into effect as planned. University of Zambia Lecturers and And they have not explained where the million, so we don’t understand how “I wish to confirm, therefore, “Let us walk the journey Researchers Union (UNZALARU) rest of the money which they budgeted government is going to liquidate that THERE WILL BE NO together so that by April secretary general Dr Kelvin Mambwe for has gone. That has caused serious the debt owed to our members.” LOSS OF JOBS AT OUR 1, 2019, we can implement says government only paid K23 anxieties amongst our members and He said this would continue being SITES as a result of the new tax the Goods and Services Tax million out of the K101 million has potential for continued industrial a recipe for strikes by lecturers. regime,” Giridhar announced, (GST),” stated Mwanakatwe, that was budgeted for in the 2018 disputes, we will, however, go ahead “In fact, I would say that there is when he presented a paper on adding that the GST national budget to settle pension with work as schools open. We are no commitment on the part of the impact of the 2019 mining will be a hybrid of Value and gratuities debt owed to lecturers supposed to meet the Permanent government. Because if on one hand fiscal regime on KCM mining Added Tax and Sales Tax, and researchers at the institution. Secretary this coming month in order they say they are going to give K500 operations and its future with all the attendant In an interview, Dr Mambwe to understand why government only million, but what comes in the budget undertakings at the Ministry incentives and exemptions said government was not released K23 million out of the K101 is less than that, then where is the of Finance in Lusaka. for manufacturers, committed to liquidating the million that was budgeted for in last commitment? In fact, that in itself is “As KCM, we undertake to exporters, and other eligible debt that it owed to lecturers. year’s budget,” Dr Mambwe said. a recipe for continued strikes at the constructively engage key sectors of the economy. “There is no big problem with salaries “Also if you look at this year’s (2019) University of Zambia. So, you will still stakeholders, such as the Other pressing matters at the moment, the main issue is budget, we were told that Cabinet see some serious challenges as the year government, trade unions, covered in the consultative concerning pensions and gratuities. had approved a financing strategy begins, such as work stoppages and the media, local communities, and information exchange Last year, government had budgeted that required that this year’s budget the like, not until government comes and our shareholders, in a meeting were KCM smelter about K101 million for the University reflects about K500 million, but to terms with their commitment,” respectful manner to ensure business strategy, the deficit of Zambia, but out of that amount, if you look at the actual figures in cautioned Dr Mambwe. that we contribute to the of concentrates in the growth of the economy country, among others.

By Mirriam Chabala Mbabala UPND member of parliament Ephraim Privatisation looting wrongly pinned on Belemu says if anyone looted during the privatization process, it was those who were in the Movement for HH, ask those who were in MMD - Belemu Multiparty Democracy. Recently, Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo up looting, its them actually work, to go on radio just charged that there were looters who should be accountable. to malign a private citizen in the opposition who were And most of the people who and say something, which waiting to get into government were in MMD are not dead, is not factual,” Belemu said. to steal the way they did during so it’s them to tell us exactly “In a civilized government, the privatization process. what transpired,” Belemu said. when a minister speaks, it’s But in an interview, He said Lusambo was being policy and it’s also informed Belemu said if anyone mischievous and untruthful, by a research and facts. Just stole during privatisation, arguing that government misinforming, lying or not it was MMD members would have already taken telling the truth calls for because they were in power. legal action against the resignation of a minister or “Mr Bowman Lusambo, not UPND leader if he really indeed that government. So, too long ago, he was in MMD stole anything in the 1990s. they cannot continue to use where he was a ‘die hard’ and “Those are just last kicks of a false statements as government. that privatization programme dying horse! I am sure you will They have all the institutions was an MMD programme recall that not so long ago, Mr of government that can help where Mr Lusambo was ‘die Lusambo was crying that the them, including ZCCM, hard.’ So, if there are people PF elections on the Copperbelt the police and all the other that looted, it must have been were a sham! So, it tells you investigative wings so that them in MMD. Records will exactly who they are as PF and when they are talking, it must show that our president, Mr this is something that we as come out of facts, as opposed to Hakainde Hichilema, was UPND do not want to waste just yapping and talking in the not anywhere near Cabinet time on. We have a programme manner that they are doing.” positions or parliamentary and our programme is to Belemu challenged the PF to liberate this country from take the privatization issue to positions at the time. He was childish arguments. They have to make an informed decision table instead of running the malaise that the PF has the dialogue table so that it not in any political office, he also known who our president of who is who in our political away and they want to run to led us into. So, those are could be resolved rather than was a private citizen who was is and we continue to tell the level. Instead of going to a radio stations…real men, real just time wasting statements making “baseless” statements running a private life with his Zambian people the truth radio station to talk, why didn’t leaders had a platform to go and also very strange that on radio programmes. own private engagements in about who PF is because we they go to the meeting that and talk those issues. Is those a government minister can “As a party, by now I am sure business. So, as a government have experienced, some of us was organised by the Church? are the issues that affect them waste his time to go on radio they know who we are and then, MMD, where Mr who are in Parliament with If their contention is about as PF, they had a platform to to go and spend his precious we have demonstrated time Lusambo came from, if them. We also have experience HH having participated in go and talk about them if they time when he’s supposed and again that we are above they had a programme of of being in the UPND and I am privatization, why didn’t they didn’t want to go to court or to be doing government such kind of shallowness and privitization and people ended sure Zambians by now are able go to the national dialogue police,” said Belemu. Thursday January 31, 2019 www.diggers.news Local News. 3

By Mukosha Funga Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja says police are still studying the Human Rights Commission report which found that the service is responsible We’re still studying HRC for Vespers Shimunzhila’s death. Kanganja told journalists, Wednesday, that the police command would only comment on the HRC report after consultation with appropriate authorities. report on Vespersof tear- gas canistersIG in students’ Management as well as the were gutted by fire. The HRC level of the building and suffered officers caused Shimunzila’s “We are still studying the Zambia Police Service, they heard that as the fire in October multiple fractures, including a death and recommended that rooms extremely unprofessional, report and will respond at concluded that police officers Hostel 2 Room 21 was being broken lower spine. Another they be given criminal charges. an act of excessive use of force an opportune time after acted in a brutal manner and quenched by some students, student, Trudie Kalimbwe, who “It is therefore beyond any which resulted into a grave consultation with appropriate caused Shimunzhila’s death. some police officers repeatedly was the last to leave room 25 reasonable doubt that Vespers violation of the right to life, authorities. As you are aware “The Police were seen driving tear gassed the students who alive, suffered burns on her hands Shimuzhila did not die from destruction and loss of property matter is yet to be subjected into UNZA Premises around were quenching the fire and and hair before escaping through a natural cause. Further, from and undermining the right to to an inquest,” said Kanganja. midnight on 4th October 2018 also rescuing their colleagues the door. Regrettably, Vespers all the evidence submitted education of the affected students On Tuesday, HRC released an and officers were seen jumping that were trapped in the rooms, Shimuzhila, could not escape by a wide range of witnesses whose education materials and eight-paged summary statement off a Green Nissan Police Vehicle causing October Hostel 2 Room and was found unconscious by during investigations, it can be equipment were either lost or on their findings on the students’ and two other Land Cruisers, 3, to also catch fire,” HRC stated. fellow students who braved the concluded that the invasion of damaged during the police night protest and the Zambia Police one of them labelled, “Simon “October Hostel 2, Room 25, reported continued tear gassing. the UNZA Campus Premises operation,” read the statement. Service operation at the Mwansa Kapwepwe Police which was occupied by eight She was rushed to UNZA Clinic and subsequent throwing of “It is clear from the totality of University of Zambia (UNZA) Station”. According to witnesses, (8) female students, was heavily where she was pronounced as suspected hand grenades and the evidence obtained that the Great East Road Campus which gunshots were heard in UNZA affected by flames and fumes brought in dead and her body was firing of tear gas canisters into police acted in an extremely took place on 4th and 5th October Campus and police officers from Room 21 which was on transferred to Levy Mwanawasa students rooms by the Zambia brutal manner depicting a 2018, HRC revealed that after were seen throwing suspected fire. Some of the eight (8) female Hospital before being Police Service, caused the death combative warfare situation interviewing UNZA Security, hand held-grenades and firing students escaped by climbing transferred to UTH Mortuary.” of Vespers, the injury of other against unarmed students who UNZA Management, UNZA tear gas canisters into students’ down through the window HRC revealed that tear gas students as well as the loss at that time no longer posed Lecturers and Researchers rooms through windows. A total while the 23-year-old Everntyn cannisters were found in all of, and damage to University any real danger or violence to Union (UNZALARU), UNZA of six (6) students’ rooms where Choongo, jumped from the the rooms that caught fire. and Students’ Property. The the police officers or to any Clinic Management, University tear gas canisters were fired into room, which is on the third HRC concluded that police Commission considers the firing other member of the public Teaching Hospital (UTH) or property…Therefore, appropriate criminal charges should be preferred against all By Mukosha Funga the police officers (including the The Drug Enforcement DEC nabs Ministry of General Education senior police officers who were Commission in Lusaka has in-charge of the operation) for arrested three Ministry of the ensuing loss of life, body General Education officials officials for theft of over K2.7million injuries to several students and damage to property.” for money laundering unknown but between 1 cheques in favour of public servant and money released on police bond activities involving HRC also advised Shimunzhila’s st January, 2014 and 31 st Lawrence Bwalya Phiri on laundering, contrary to and are expected to appear family to sue the state and secure over K2.7 million. December, 2016, jointly different dates and later the laws of Zambia. The before the Lusaka appropriate compensation for In a statement, DEC public and whilst acting together encashed them over the suspects have since been Magistrate Court soon.” loss of life. relations officer Theresa with other persons counter at a named bank Katongo revealed that the unknown, the trio being in Lusaka,” stated Katongo. three stole K2, 717, 471.50 employees of the Ministry “The trio has been slapped from the ministry account of General Education with five (5) charges namely by raising differentstole K2,717,471.50 from forgery, uttering false cheques in Lawrence Phiri the Ministry’s account by documents, fraudulent Bwalya’s name, which raising nine (9) fraudulent false accounting, theft by were later cashed over the counter at a named bank. “The three suspects are identified as Lawrence Bwalya Phiri, 46, an accountant of Civic Centre area in Lusaka, Eliya Mwale 41, of house number 238, Chamba Valley and Vengi Sinda, 58, a standards officer residing in Olympia Teachers’ Compound. On dates 4. Local News www.diggers.news Thursday January 31, 2019 Low number of cases being reported shows loss of confidence in ACC - Wynter Kabimba By Mirriam Chabala of the TIZ 2018 Corruption in the past, people from You have heard many times corruption as reflectedthe people involved in Rainbow Party general Perceptions Index (CPI) on government, from public Zambians complaining that in the Auditor General’s corruption were the very secretary Wynter Kabimba Tuesday, Kabimba told News institutions being charged ACC is dealing with cases of Report?’ And yet we have ones within government says the confession by Diggers! in an interview that with corruption and it’s either corruption of the ‘small fish,’ heard nothing in terms of who were pretending the Anti-Corruption he was glad that the ACC those cases are discontinued not the big fish! So, that is the proactive action from ACC to champion the fight Commission (ACC) that it had finally confessed the under a nolle or people get only answer,” Kabimba said. in that area. So, if they are against the scourge. is does not understand why loss of confidence in the acquitted because of lack “I am glad that that failing to investigate glaring “ACC is a cornerstone of Zambians have stopped institution by Zambians. of competence in terms observation is coming from reported cases because national development, it’s reporting cases before it calls He said Khuzwayo’s of ACC prosecuting those ACC itself and if I were the cases that are reported supposed to protect public for introspection within confession was a great cases. So, if that confession them, I would seriously sit by the Auditor General’s financial resources. But the Commission itself. indictment on the ACC has come from ACC, it is a down and interrogate that office, all that they need as unfortunately, it is not doing And Kabimba has as an institution, and that great indictment on them as perception by the public evidence is for them to go to that. So, we want to see a challenged the ACC to the Commission must find an institution and they must of an institution, which the Auditor General’s office competent Anti-Corruption come out in the open and out why Zambians had find out why Zambians have is supposed to win the to go and get the evidence Commission, we want say if the people involved stopped reporting cases stopped going to them to confidence of the Zambian and then they can get to the to see an effective Anti- in corruption are those of corruption before it. report cases of corruption. people. Zambian people culprits. But they have failed Corruption Commission, working within government “Firstly, most of the One obvious answer is that no longer believe that it is to do that! So, all those are especially on matters that whom they think are too corruption that Zambian the Zambian people have worth it to go and report things that have made the are reported by the Auditor big and cannot be probed. people complain about is lost confidence in the Anti- cases of corruption. How Zambian people lose faith General’s office. If you’ve Commenting on the corruption, which is taking Corruption Commission. many times have we heard and trust in the ACC.” been following the cases revelation by Acting ACC place in public institutions They don’t see ACC as an President (Edgar) Lungu say Kabimba, a former Justice that have been going before Director-General Rosemary and in government. organisation that can help to them: ‘can you investigate Minister, challenged the the parliamentary Public Khuzwayo during the launch Secondly, they have seen the country fight corruption. the reported cases of ACC to tell Zambians if Accounts Committee (PAC), you still find glaring cases there; of misappropriation of funds and corruption. But nothing happens. it’s two years now, President ZCCM-IH hopes 2019 fiscal Lungu has been saying to ACC: ‘can you follow up these matters’, even about three days ago, I remember him saying that. But if they regime won’t hurt profitability are not doing their job well because the same politicians By Stuart Lisulo stones and gemstones to a of Lubambe (Copper Mine). we hope to go up to about period, triggered by 34.9 per cent, hopefully,” high copper prices. that are saying ‘investigate ZCCM-IH says the rate of 15 per cent, a situation The funding to develop these matters’ are behind uncertainty in the 2019 mining that had prompted mining that mine has become a bit disclosed Dr Kasolo. On the other hand, total the cases telling them: ‘don’t fiscal regime may affect its companies to threaten job difficult because the banks ZCCM-IH posted an dividends paid out last year investigate’, ACC must let us profitability and dividends cuts, while compelling KCM have become quite tight increased profit after tax amounted to K98 million payable to government. to downsize its Nchanga with their money because of K975 million during its down from K135 million know. If not, then the buck And ZCCM-IH has increased Smelter operations due to low they are not sure about financial year ending March during its financial year stops at them, they are the its shareholding in Copperbelt availability of concentrates. the tax regime in Zambia, 31, 2018, from K729 million ending March 31, 2017, ones who are not doing their Energy Corporation (CEC) to When asked to what extent when it’s going to change. in the previous corresponding according to company data. job,” said Kabimba. 24 per cent from 20 per cent. the 2019 mining fiscal regime So, Lubambe is finding it Speaking during ZCCM-IH’s had affected ZCCM-IH’s difficult to raise capital,” Dr. annual report presentation profit projections in view Kasolo told journalists at for the year ending March of some mining companies’ Southern Sun Hotel, Monday. 31, 2018, in Lusaka, ZCCM- move to downsize operations “So, in hindsight, what will IH chief executive officer on account of the higher happen is that if this are Dr Pious Kasolo expressed taxes, Dr Kasolo said not mitigated, then ZCCM- concern on the uncertainty accurate projections were IH is going to be affected created by the 2019 mining not known at this stage, because we get our dividends fiscal regime, which had but expressed concern on from these companies. So, unsettled mining firms on ZCCM-IH’s long-term I hope the tax debacle is long-term growth prospects. profitability and dividends going to be resolved without The 2019 mining fiscal payable to government. affecting production in regime, which took effect “At the moment, we can’t development of these mines.” January 1, 2019, has seen an say how it’s going to affect And Dr Kasolo announced increase in mineral royalty ZCCM-IH because most of that ZCCM-IH increased its rates by 1.5 percentage points these taxes haven’t come to shareholding in Copperbelt at all levels of the sliding scale. fruition. But by projecting Energy Corporation (CEC) to It also introduced import some of our investee 24 per cent from 20 per cent. duties of five per cent on companies, what we’ve “…With CEC, we’ve increased copper and cobalt, while also looked at and discussed with our shareholding from 20 hiking export duty on precious them…I can give an example per cent to 24 per cent and I stole bicycle to buy school shoes, youth tells court By Zondiwe Mbewe born in the family of five, pleaded guilty. A 14-year-old boy of Lusaka’s Chawama Asked why he stole, the 14-year-old said he Compound has admitted stealing wanted to sell the bike so that so that he could a mountain bike worth K1,600 in buy shoes for school after passing to grade 10. the Magistrates’ Court, saying he Asked if he had told his mother about wanted to buy school shoes for his plans of stealing, the juvenile said no. himself after passing to Grade 10. He, however, said after he had told his This is the matter in which the 14-year- mother, who was in the business of selling old juvenile is facing one count of theft. tomatoes that he wanted shoes, she asked Particulars of the offence allege that the him to wait so that she could look for money. juvenile on January 7, 2019, in Lusaka, stole “She said ‘wait, let me look for money.’ one mountain bicycle valued at K1,600. I waited. But I stayed for a long time in And when the matter came up for plea the compound,” the juvenile narrated. before Magistrate Nsunge Chanda, The matter comes up on February 5 for Tuesday, the juvenile, who is the first facts, sentencing and social welfare report. Thursday January 31, 2019 www.diggers.news Local News .5

By Mirriam Chabala continues, then funders will NDC leader Chishimba pull out. Investors will stop Kambwili says revelations by TI’s corruption perception index will coming to Zambia. Those are Transparency International’s the indicators in a country Corruption Perceptions where leaders do not want to Index (CPI) 2018 report make donors re-think aiding Zambia - CK fight corruption because they that Zambia’s international Edgar Lungu cannot take any News Diggers, Kambwili Because of the so much especially the pockets of see nothing wrong with it.” ranking has reduced by action against Chiefs and said revelations in the corruption in administering those in government and And Kambwili said President nine points to 105 from the ministers, State House Lungu could not fire Traditional Affairs Minister corruption perception the debts that we are getting the 96th position in 2017, officials and the President Sichalwe because circulating will stir skepticism in the Lawrence Sichalwe for index were worrying. for projects, where when himself. Such in itself is porn was normal to him. minds of funders and circulating a pornographic “Corruption is a cancer and you get the funding for the making the issue of doing “For this government, their investors over government’s video on social media because it has destroyed nations. projects, they are overpriced business in Zambia difficult game is corruption and for capacity to fight corruption. that action is normal to him. Corruption has destroyed and the money is ending up and it is also taking away them, corruption is very And Kambwili says President In an interview, with individuals and families. into pockets of individuals, valuable funds that can be normal. They will go and used for the development arrest an official from the of this country and that’s Ministry of Education who making people suffer. Then has stolen K2 million and also because we have over they will leave a minister borrowed to the extent that who has been mentioned in we are not even seeing where the Financial Intelligence the money has been spent, Centre (FIC) report that has we are meant to repay those money in his account and he debts at very exorbitant externalized money which interests, taking into account has unexplained sources. the conditions of the loans Where is the fairness? This is plus the exchange rate a government where a teacher coupled with the inflation who forges a certificate is levels,” Kambwili said. fired but a PS who forges a “I have always said that this is certificate is kept. This is a the only government where government were an ordinary a minister can go into a citizen on the street who is constituency and donate over found with pornography is K600,000 when his annual sent to court and jailed but salary is K250,000. This is the when a minister circulates only country where a minister pornography, he’s not arrested can build churches and and he’s not questioned. donate in the constituency, So everybody around the fully furnished, and the world looks at you as being President is watching. This is abnormal. But for President the situation we have in this Edgar Lungu, all those things country and some people are very normal with him take it so lightly when we talk as long as it’s committed by about corruption but the end people who are close to him, result is that donors will lose people he does things with, I think caption should read: Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja (c) poses for a picture with some officers confidence and stop funding he will not take any action,” in Juba, South Sudan, where he is attending medals parade for Zambian individual police officers our projects...If the status quo said Kabwili.

By Thomas Mulenga PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says he will not apologise to Prime TV for chasing away two of its No apologies to Prime TV, my journalists who went to cover his press briefing last Saturday. And Mwila says Luangeni PF member of parliament Charles Zulu’s suspension decision is final, says Mwila stands even though it was (News Diggers), you have been responded to the letter from party and boasted that there that’s what we have said. He are the defending champions, so executed by the grassroots. writing bad things about us, the constituency,” Mwila said. were a lot of PF members of should have resigned before we are ever ready,” Mwila said. Meanwhile, Mwila says if but we appreciate because you Meanwhile, the PF chief parliament who are supporting that, a long time ago. We also “If there are MPs who are there are any PF members cover us, whether bad or good, executive said all PF members his State House ambitions. expelled the Councillor who encouraging Kalaba, they are of parliament supporting you cover us. That’s why I am of parliament who have been “We have welcomed his said she resigned the same cowards! Why can’t they come Democratic Party leader even able to respond to you, we secretly supporting Kalaba’s (Kalaba’s) decision and day. The central committee out [of the party]? Kalaba Harry Kalaba’s presidential appreciate, because whatever presidential bid are cowards. what we have said is that he made a decision based on the has said I am going, he is bid, they are cowards. we say, whether you twist it, but On Tuesday, Kalaba announced cannot resign because he is recommendation that came courageous enough to say I am Mwila, who is former Home you have covered us, you get that he would not challenge no longer our member so his from the provincial committee. going, why can’t they also go if Affairs Minister, told News my point? And that’s the more his expulsion from the ruling resignation cannot hold water, We have always been ready, we they are there?” Diggers! in an interview, reason we appreciate you.” Wednesday, that the ruling He said he had called Prime Patriotic Front appreciated TV more than 16 times media houses which covers to cover his briefings but Court sends juvenile to rehab for stealing 65” TV its activities, even if they they had never covered. were doing so negatively. “But imagine a situation By Zondiwe Mbewe Once in the house, they discovered that their and had grown up very responsible. “Prime Television, I have said I whereby you call them The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has ordered 65-inch Samsung plasma TV was missing. In her ruling, Magistrate Chanda noted will not apologies!” Mwila said. (Prime TV), I have called a 17-year-old boy of Lusaka’s Chilenje The complainant further discovered that the offence that the juvenile had “That’s not an issue. A them more than 16 times for South to undergo counselling and that the box for the TV, which was committed was serious, adding that media institution cannot my press briefing, they have rehabilitation for six months after stealing in the bedroom, was also missing. if he was able to steal that big TV, it impose themselves on never covered. Ask them if a 65-inch Samsung Plasma TV worth The matter was then reportedmeant that he was used to stealing. me, it’s not possible.” Hakainde Hichilema pays K21,000 from his neighbour’s house. at Chilenje Police Station. She warned the juvenile When reminded that Chief for the programs, he doesn’t In this matter, the juvenile was facing Asked whether he understood the facts, the to stop his criminal ways. Government Spokesperson pay but they ask us to pay. one count of house-breaking and theft. juvenile offender replied in the affirmative. “The circumstances of the crime, where Dora Siliya issued a statement So we are saying that they It was alleged that on January 15, In mitigation, the 17-year-old asked you are able to go and take a big TV like to the effect that he was eager are biased and I don’t need 2019, the juvenile broke and entered for forgiveness from the complainant, this one, this shows me that you have to meet Prime TV to iron them anyway,” Mwila said. into a dwelling house of Alexander his family and the court, saying he been stealing! Because if this was the out the ‘misunderstanding’, And Mwila said Zulu’s Mwale and stole a Plasma TV valued would never engage in such acts again. first time, you can’t steal a big TV like Mwila asked, “Meet who?” suspension had the blessings at K21,000, property of Mwale. The juvenile also asked for maximum this one, meaning you are used. So, can He said if the station wanted of the party’s central He had pleaded guilty, adding leniency, saying he just got his Grade you change,” Magistrate Chanda said. to meet him, they should committee, even though it was that after he stole the TV, he took 12 results and wanted to read law. “Your father is saying that you have been request to do so the way executed by the grassroots. it to town and sold it at K5,000. He said when he was in raised as a good child, it takes some the Media Institute for “The Party starts from the The matter came up beforecustody, he went through a lot. courage for someone to enter someone’s Southern Africa (MISA) did. grassroots and the decision of Magistrate Nsunge Chanda, “God spoke to me and was trying to house and steal a TV and then later, “If they want, not me, me I will the grassroots stands. He was Tuesday, for facts and sentencing. tell me that if I don’t change my ways, book a taxi. It can’t be for the first time. not request, but if they want suspended and given time for Facts of the matter are that on the that’s the type of life that I would That criminal mind should stop! If he to meet me, they can. MISA him to exculpate himself. So material day, the complainant, Mwale, live, in prison,” the juvenile said. comes back, he has to go and serve.” requested and they met me.” he must respond to the Party left the house in the care of his son. His father also asked the Court to Magistrate Chanda ordered that he goes Asked if those saying the PF was in the Constituency, so that’s Upon heading back home, they were exercise maximum leniency, saying for counselling and rehabilitation at being hard on the media were the explanation I have. He surprised to see from afar, that the even though he committed that Prison Care and Counselling Association right, Mwila said, “No, where? has been asked to exculpate grill door to their home was open. offence, he was a good boy at home (PRISCCA) for six months. We have not been hard to you himself, of which he has not 6. Article/ Local News www.diggers.news Thursday January 31, 2019

TRANSPORT SECTOR As NDC we believe that economic growth can be  Proceed from tall gates will remain in their by limiting tonnage that moves on road to safe guard or enhanced through transport reforms that ensure respective districts for maintenance and building of roads and improve business for rail transport enhancement of commuters transport network in all new roads.  We will upgrade all existing rail infrastructure towns and cities, Creation of an environment where  Toll gate fees will vary in reduction phase and restore them to high standards. there is availability of transport both on main and when public roads are being consumed. township roads and a Reduction in Transport costs for  We will disband the national road fund AIR TRANSPORT commuters notwithstanding rising crude oil prices. agency(NRFA) and road development agency (RDA) This includes all forms of transport; road, rail, air and their works will revert back to the ministry of  In order to have thriving airline, we will make and water transports. As such we will undertake the works and supply under the public works department viable partnerships with other airlines to promote our following reforms; (PWD) and local government authorities own air line  All town ship roads will be maintained by  Link tourism sector, and export sector to our ROAD NETWORK; local government authorities while national airline  Ensure that all feeder roads in townships,  Ensure that all provincial capitals, airports are  Mandate local government authorities to rural districts are maintained constantly to support built that can land local planes engage in public transport business between intercity agricultural and value addition.  Build air strips in all districts and maintain and within their districts. RAIL NETWORK; existing ones to good standards. These air strips will be  We will give tax rebates on import duties for run and maintained by local government authorities. all local government authorities for the first one year  Ensure that all provinces are linked via rail when importing min buses with more than 28 seating network WATER TRANSPORT capacity.  Introduce commuter trains within cities  Encourage water transport to be undertaken  Improve road network by creating special that will be run by local government authorities and by local government authorities and private sectors lanes for bigger busses in towns and developing intercity trains connecting all provincial capitals.  Ensure that all harbours are maintained and districts  Ensure that heavy cargo is restricted on roads run by the ministry of works and supply ‘Saving Wakanda from Police fight running battles in Zambezi Creeping Dictatorship’ after death of suspect By Sipilisiwe Ncube By Linda Kasonde as the “bulldozer” for his apparent assailants shot at his vehicle 38 times Police in Zambezi District of North-Western Province on Wakanda is a fictional East African efficiency in dealing with corruption, is hitting his body 16 times. At the time Tuesday fought running battles with residents who ran paradise made famous by the 2018 fast becoming a dictatorship where fear of the attack, Lissu was facing several amok destroying properties and setting ablaze a police blockbuster film ‘Black Panther’. It is reigns. It is becoming an inhospitable criminal charges which he says are vehicle after news broke out that a suspect had died in a well-developed, high-tech, highly environment for those who wish to politically motivated. The office of police custody. functional country inhabited by speak truth to power. the lawyers defending him was also And Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of warriors who possess mystical powers A recent example of the changing mysteriously bombed. Lissu is alive but Administration Eugene Sibote has confirmed that the through a special substance only found character of Tanzania’s democracy has had to endure several corrective protests arose after the death of the suspect, who had been in Wakanda called vibranium. Wakanda is the victimisation of the Tanzanian surgeries. in custody for allegedly being in possession of an illegal is a powerful and well-governed organisation ‘Twaweza’ whose name Zambia is surrounded by eight firearm. country. It is a proud nation which has means ‘we can make it happen’ in neighbours including Congo DRC, In a statement, Sibote explained that the residents started its own official African language. As Swahili. Twaweza did the unthinkable Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, protesting after they were made to believe that the suspect a result, it has garnered the respect of by publishing the results of a local poll Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana and died in police custody as a result of torture. countries far outside of its borders. on 5th July 2018 showing that President Tanzania. It is fair to say that Zambia, “The situation in Zambezi arose from the death of an Back on the real African continent, one Magufuli’s popularity was falling. experiencing an apparent wave of individual who was detained at a correctional facility as struggles to find a country that matches Twaweza’s Executive Director, Aidan populism, corruption and impunity, fits police were following information regarding suspected the description of Wakanda in all Eyakuze, has subsequently had his into its neighbourhood quite nicely - possession of an illegal firearm. Arising from the death, respects. If anything, there is a growing nationality questioned and his passport albeit as the smiley, friendly, neighbour. instability around the continent that is confiscated. Twaweza recently joined Looking around this neighbourhood, members of the public suspected that he could have been unsettling. What we see is the spread a coalition of civil society groups to there are no credible champions of subjected to torture leading to his death. The people, of populism and authoritarianism campaign against the enactment of a democracy, constitutionalism and the thereafter, ran amok and consequently damaged several and what appears to be contempt for Political Parties Bill which will have the rule of law. So, when the citizens of properties, which include the burning of the Zambezi democracy, human rights and the rule effect of giving the Registrar of Political any of the countries are under siege by Police Station Toyota Land Cruiser, among other things,” of law. Unfortunately, the East African Parties sweeping discretionary powers their governments, there is nowhere to Sibote narrated. nation of Tanzania, a country which like to control political parties’ activities and turn. Regional bodies made up of the He stated that police reinforcements had been sent to Wakanda has a proud political, cultural statements with little or no recourse. Continent’s political leaders appear to be Zambezi to calm the situation. and linguistic heritage, typifies this. Such legislation might lead the country toothless and are plagued by cronyism. “So far, reinforcement has been sent to Zambezi to ensure Like Zambia, neighbouring Tanzania once more down the path of a one We citizens have no choice but to save there is peace in the district and the situation is currently has long been seen to be a peaceful and party “democracy”. There is trouble in ourselves. That is what makes the work reported calm. The traditional authority in Zambezi has stable nation. It has a proud history of “Wakanda”. of Twaweza so admirable; it is made up also been engaged over the matter and we have been having liberated many other nations Even more worrying are reports by of citizens standing up for their country. assured of cooperation pending investigations. A team of on the African continent under the opposition leader and former Law We must all do our part to make sure police officers and a pathologist will be sent to conduct a great “Mwalimu”, Julius Nyerere. Just Society of Tanganyika President, Tundu that our countries are places that we postmortem and an inquiry. We, therefore, appeal to the as in Zambia, this narrative is under Lissu, of enforced disappearances and want to live in: peaceful, democratic, people of Zambezi to remain calm whilst the matter is threat. The current government of unexplained killings. Lissu himself prosperous and liberating. “Twaweza”, being addressed,” stated Sibote. President John Magufuli, once hailed survived an attack in which unknown we can make it happen. Thursday January 31, 2019 www.diggers.news Local News. 7

By Zondiwe Mbewe yourselves what happened “Look at the number of e main complainant in court. I just want to police o cers whom they and key state witness in Witness turns against State thank you for showing me brought here, these police the case in which Chipili this support and resilience. o cers were supposed to be Independent member of Your support gives me a doing other important jobs, parliament Jewis Chabi is in Jewis Chabi’s case lot con dence, because but they have brought them charged with malicious these people think Chabi is here. Anyway, please return December, the lawmaker examine his own witness. but some of his supporters damage to property has told alone, but we many. And the to your homes in peace. We pleaded not guilty, e matter was then stood whom he addressed a er the Mansa Magistrates’ Court Bembas say the size of a sweet will see you on March 28, thereby setting the State down for an hour, and a er the court appearance, that he doesn’t want anything potato lies in the ground, when we will hear what else in motion to commence it was resumed Kapepa waited outside the precincts to do with the matter, not it’s leaves,” said Chabi they will bring up because the prosecution this week. asked for an adjournment of the judiciary building. adding that the case should in Bemba as his supporters complainant has already said e matter however took an in order for him to consult “I think you heard for have been closed a er he awkward turn a er Kombe the Director of Public ululated in approval. I don’t want to be involved. reconciled with the accused. was called as a witness, but Prosecutions on how to Appearing before Magistrate told the court that he did not proceed, but Mwenye Mulenga, Tuesday, Kennedy want anything to do with the objected to the application. Kombe, an employee of the case as he had forgiven Chabi. “Under 201 of the CPC, if a ACC nabs Livingstone MP National Road fund agency “I do not know why the case complainant withdraws the who is former PF branch which was supposed to be complaint, the DPP has no chairperson for Mansa said closed is being pursued,” role to play and it remains for illegally allocating plots he did not understand why Kombe said, putting the upto this Honourable court the case “which should have prosecutor, a Mr Kapepa to either accept or reject the By Sipilisiwe Ncube 21 (l)(a) of the Anti-Corruption Act No. been closed was still being in a precarious position. withdrawal,” argued Mwenye. e Anti-Corruption Commission 3 of the Laws of Zambia. Particulars of (ACC) has arrested Livingstone UPND the o ence are that on dates unknown but pursued” even a er he had Kapepa tried to press In his ruling Magistrate member of parliament Mathews between 1st August, 2013 and 31st October, forgiven the alleged o ender. on with examining the Mulenga agreed that the Jere for abuse of authority of o ce. 2014, Mathews Jere, whilst he was serving It is alleged in this matter witness, but State Counsel complainant had withdrawn ACC spokesperson Timothy Moono as a Councilor for Mwalibona Ward in that, on December 17, 2017 Musa Mwenye who is the complaint and that the revealed in a statement that Jere, between the Livingstone City Council,jointly and around 16:00 hours, Chabi representing Chabi, objected DPP had no role to play. 1st August, 2013 and 31st October, whilst acting together with other persons damaged property namely; to the line of questions e court, however, ruled that 2014, whilst serving as a councilor, unknown, did abuse authority of his o ce a PF chitenge material and which he said amounted in the interest of justice, the jointly and whilst acting together by allocating plots of land to themselves a plunk valued at K250 to the prosecutor cross matter would be adjourned to with other persons unknown, illegally on property number LIV/4051 a matter at Mansa Town Centre examining his own witness. March 28, 2019 for the State allocated plots to himself and his friends. or transaction concerning the Livingstone “Honourable Mathews Jere aged 45, of City Council, a public body,” stated Moono. without any legal authority. Magistrate Mulenga upheld to decide how to proceed. house number 231 Highlands, Livingstone, And Moono stated that Jere had since been e matter died soon a er the defence’s objection Mansa town was  ooded has been charged with one count of Abuse released on bond and would appear in court Chabi’s arrest that year, but on the ground that the with anti riot police as Chabi of Authority of O ce contrary to Section on March 25, 2019. when it was resurrected last prosecutor could not cross went to appear in court, Former vice presidents subjected to poverty after retirement, laments Nevers By omas Mulenga are subjected to poverty a er Mumba observed that the heartbreaking and it raised morality of this status quo.” number two comes from the MMD faction president leaving o ce as there is no life that late former vice a moral debate as to why Mumba bitterly complained UNIP days. Vice presidents Nevers Mumba says former retirement package for them. president Lupando Mwape government should honour that other public o ce Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe, Republican vice presidents In a statement, Tuesday, was subjected to was former vice presidents holders and service chiefs Secretary General of UNIP, with State funerals a er had their retirement Grey Zulu, prime ministers neglecting them when packages, but that the Malimba Masheke, Kebby they were still alive. vice president had none, Musokotwane, Nalumino “Without disturbing the relegating them to destitution Mundia, Mainza Chona. I spirit of mourning, I wish to a er leaving o ce.. believe, as MMD, we failed to raise a pivotal issue, which “Former President, the Chief secure these freedom  ghters relates to the plight of former Justice, the Speaker of the  nancially to give them a vice presidents in Zambia. National Assembly, Service digni ed life. Some have Although vice presidents Chiefs and civil servants have gone to the grave in great actually act as President packages once they retire, poverty. I am reminded of and play a signi cant role but a former vice president the immeasurable hardships in the management of the has none. I, however, need the late former vice president nation, the occupants of that to place a disclaimer that I General Christon Tembo o ce have zero sustainable do not raise this matter to went through in trying to pay bene ts once they leave bene t myself-having held for medical bills until we lost o ce. e only sure this o ce, but to highlight a him. He was, however, given retirement bene t has been matter that has embarrassed an elaborate State funeral. a State funeral at death. Hon. Zambia for years, both at As MMD, we approved Lupando’s death becomes home and abroad. In most former Presidents’ package, an opportunity to raise this nations, a vice president but le out those who matter in the hope that leaves o ce with sustainable laboured side by side with government can ensure that bene ts. In Zambia, they them. I hope the PF can see those who serve the nation leave o ce with debt arising the value of correcting this faithfully are taken care of from whatever loan they national anomaly,” he said. a er leaving o ce,” Mumba, could have contracted. Mumba, however, who is also a former Vice Everything is withdrawn: thanked government for President himself, observed. the security, sta , vehicles, having evacuated the late “ ose of us who knew and diplomatic passport and are vice president Mwape. walked with the late Lupando thrown onto the streets with “At the height of his public Mwape remain heartbroken no monthly stipend to help service, he remains as one by the life he was subjected in paying o the loan they of the few vice presidents to. His case must raise a could have contracted while who acted as President for moral debate as to why a in o ce,” Mumba stated. a prolonged period of time man who did not even have He said the sidelining of when the late President Levy a place to lay his head should former vice presidents from Mwanawasa was hospitlised be given an expensive State retirement packages was in London. It was, therefore, funeral. In life, he su ered historical, dating back to be tting for the government from lack, in death, he is the UNIP administration. to have evacuated him to treated as a king. is is not Mumba, however, hoped that South Africa for specialised to belittle the honour of the the PF government urgently treatment. We commend Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja paying a courtesy call on South Sudan’s State funeral, but to challenge corrected the situation. government for the gesture,” Minister of Interior Lt General Michael Geay in Juba Cabinet O ce as to the “ is problem of the nation’s said Mumba. 8. Opinion www.diggers.news Thursday January 31, 2019

The Anti-Corruption only one corruption Commission of deal involving a State Zambia says there House official or the has been a drop in Reporting corruption President himself! At the number of people Permanent Secretary reporting corruption level, Ministerial level, cases to the institution. State House level and Acting ACC Director- presidential level, General Rosemary corruption deals are Khuzwayo told a is a big risk in Zambia transacted in millions gathering at the launch of dollars – not the of the 2018 Corruption K50 that is denting the Perceptions Index image of the police. that she does not If those big guys understand why people at the top remain have stopped reporting untouched, then corruption cases members of the public nowadays. have no reason getting “There is a drop in involved in the fight the number of reports against corruption; that we are getting unless the ACC is from members of the waiting for a trader public. We do not at Chilenje market understand why there to report a section is a drop, but there is a chairman for receiving significant drop in the redundancy at the same official engaged inwe asked how the go ahead and provide a bribe to allocate number of corruption time. We don’t know corruption today, and institution deals with evidence of corruption, a market stand to cases that are being how the acting Director- take the evidence to corruption involving which will end up in the someone. If that is the reported. People are General could not the ACC office, who State House officials. trash bin? corruption that madam not really reporting see what her remarks will have the balls at The ACC spokesperson Madam Rosemary, Rosemary wants to on corruption,” implied, because the that institution to pick was frank enough to reporting corruption fight, then she might complained madam answer to her question the phone and call the tell us that regardless is not a hobby that as well shift her office Rosemary. was embedded right in accused person for of how much evidence someone is expected to a mobile money-like “Then evidenceher own statement. interrogations? Who, one can avail to the to do for their own also shows that in Why is the at ACC, can arrest a Commission, if the pleasure. It is a huge risk booth, because fighting Zambia, huge amounts Anti-Corruption sitting Cabinet minister corruption is connected to report corruption that type of corruption of monies are lost Commission boss for corruption? No one! to the sitting Head of that would never be doesn’t deserve the through kick-backs shocked with the So, what’s the point in State, an investigation prosecuted because budget, infrastructure compared to other drop in the number reporting corruption cannot be done. Those there is actually a magnitude and human corruption avenues of corruption cases if nothing would be with time can find the likelihood that the same resource that ACC has. such as abuse of office. reported to her done about it at the verbatim interview on investigators may report In fact, while madam Another area of major institution, but she is end of the day? Why this link: https://diggers. you to the accused. Rosemary was looking concern for the ACC not surprised with her should members of the news/?p=19146 The point is that, those at the amount of money includes procurement; institution’s failure to public risk their lives, What that simply people whom the ACC that government wastes the manner in prosecute those few reporting big criminals means is that any is afraid of prosecuting through corruption which contracts are cases that are reported? and only end up alone corruption done in the are the real culprits of in procurement, road awarded for roads and How can Madam facing the wrath of those name of the President, real corruption. Yes, the construction and buildings.” Rosemary and her in power, while the ACC even if the President police traffic department infrastructure building, We find this to be management at ACC is watching from a safe himself is not even may rank highest in we could not help but the most embarrassing fail to identify the link distance? aware that his name terms of corruption add the ACC to the list. statement to have between the political When News Diggers! is being used, cannot prevalence rates The Anti-Corruption ever come from the influence underlaunched its print be prosecuted. Again among government Commission wastes Anti-Corruption which they operate, edition on December we ask; why is the institutions, but the millions of taxpayers’ Commission. We say and the loss in public 17, 2017, the first lead ACC Director-General fact is that the total money investigating this because, to our ears, confidence? Isn’t that story we published was surprised that people amount of monies cases that end up this is a clear admission too obvious? from an interview with have stopped reporting involved from all traffic abandoned because of incompetence For example, if we the Anti-Corruption corruption cases lately? corruption cases per it’s their employers and declaration of reported a State House Commission, in which Why should people year can be equal to involved!

Crossword puzzle 283 “To live is to be musical, starting Solutions to puzzle 282 with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?” - Michael Jackson Thursday January 30, 2019 www.diggers.news Reader’s Feedback .9 Reader’s feedback ‘Pavyuma’s right! Mines must pack and go! Editor, power for the mines, while ordinary citizens pay the “I fully support you full amounts, thereafter, Hon. MP! This kind of they quickly infl ate fi gures excuses from mines are to claim the tax refunds, UNJUSTIFIABLE. I think while its people are not given all business minds play with back!” the people and governments. Reasonably, when they come “Yes, they should pack to invest, government gives and go! Copper is on high them tax holidays up to fi ve demand. Time for Zambia to years, while the employees reap. They can’t even leave pay their Pay As You Earn since they are making huge (PAYE) without holidays. profi ts!” – Matutu Matutu After the period given fi nishes, the same will claim “This is no time for that that power is expensive; we kind of talk, Hon. Pavyuma will reduce human labour Kalobo. If the mines pack and the government bears and go, then what? IMF the burden by subsidising ‘literally speaking’ packed and went and we all know where that has left us! We need to be level- ‘ECZ shouldn’t suspend Sesheke by- headed when dealing with sensitive matters like what is obtaining currently in view of the unpalatable tax election, violent PF must be expelled!’ regime.” – Grace Shankaya

Editor, is violence won’t stop until o its head! Cadres won’t stop good people stop being cowards harassing us until we teach “No need to suspend elections. and slay the dragon and cut them a lesson by going out in massive numbers without fear EDITOR’S NOTE: to vote for the right candidate.” – Victor Chansa Go to our News Diggers! Facebook page, select the story you like and jot down your comment. Dr. Sishuwa‛s analysis “ECZ should disqualify the PF as it is the party that is causing We will pick that as your feedback and get you on whether HH a this violence!” – Jack Ma published on this page. The shorter the comment “ e ECZ is mandated to disqualify a candidate whose the higher the chance of getting published. ‘lapdog of Zambia‛s supporters are abrogating the Electoral Code of Conduct. mining companies‛ e ECZ’s failure to punish Note that we block facebook users who use wrongdoers takes away their abusive language credibility and integrity, and Dear Editor, point being, you can’t have they have powers to supervise any functional government elections.” – Mike Phiri “ e tragedy of our times as a without taxation and other people is that our intellectuals monetary policies. e naivety, appear to have been schooled if not sheer malice of all “Whether the by-election is and have perfected the art of commentators on this issue, postponed or not, the violence Lusambo‛s claim on looters problem identi cation and including the very learned, in will continue for as long as negative criticism. HH as a attempting to ill-inform the police tactics don’t change. presidential aspirant can’t nation on the UPND position Let the election go ahead, being in opposition waiting bulldoze the policies of a future is simply sickening!” - Bonny especially that as a country, we government under, say, UPND. Nyambe Silubanje have a precedent that violence at responsibility shall fall during campaigns does not to steal when in govt on the shoulders of the new “HH is 1000% right, while warrant a nulli cation of Nkhoma government and its cabinet. To you and your PF goons the result. If postponed, crucify the man and hang him are blindsided by Chinese the perpetrators will repeat Editor, “Looters are already in the government on the cross now would in my hegemony and criminalization. the violent acts if they are looting!” – Aaron Bwalya view be extremely unfair.” – Zambia makes enough money favoured. No postponement!” - “ ose who waiting to steal are de nitely Kanyata Mubita from the current mining Bob Kaima better than those that are already stealing, Ba “I think the big looters are in government and tax regime not to warrant Lusambo!” - Mwangilwa Bwalya ‘Vasco da Gama’ con rmed this when he said: “ e UPND and HH this golden-egg-killing tax “ is is not electoral violence, ‘ubomba mwibala alya mwibala’.” - Dennis in particular, are being proposals. e problem is not but police and PF violence. “I thought the man without a vision is already Tyson Phiri deliberately misconstrued for due to mining taxes especially, Instead of cancelling the in State House. For looting, I think you are also political expediency. Unlike but kleptocracy and lack of by-election, why not just doing the same; the only di erence is that you “No more fooling Zambians about things promising heaven on earth prudence management of our disqualify the candidate will go to jail!” - Moono Twambo you have failed to prove. Every Zambian in 90 days, what HH and resources by the PF regime!” – perpetuating the violence as understands how much your PF is madly the UPND are realistically Joseph Chisenga “If opposition wasn’t mentioned, one would stipulated in the Electoral stealing from the country’s resources, even advocating for is prudence think he is mentioning what the PF is all about.” Code of Conduct? is is also donated money has not been spared! Now you in resource management and “I like this article Dr. Sishuwa; – Zak Zim are even planning to trade Zambian teachers good for the police so they can policy direction to avoid the well-balanced even though to Madagascar so that you can be eating do some community work of nation being a less desired some people expected him to “How can someone not yet in govt start looting? commission from their earnings. Shame on picking debris from the road.” - investment destination. e be biased.” – Charles Banda ese are words of fear gripping ba Minister of you!” - Oliver Mpundu Teddy Kapobe what will happen a er 2021…” - Wise Chaisi 10. International/Lifestye www.diggers.news Thursday January 31, 2019

African Union will continue to Former deputy prime minister accommodate these perverted of Zimbabwe, Professor Arthur and delusional ambitions of our Mutambara, whose country is Former Zimbabwe deputy prime African leaders. in an economic meltdown, has “Under an ever closer AU, African told a British audience that the leaders and governments pay lip mooted “ever closer African minister calls for United States of Africa service to continental economic Union” was “despicable” and one legislature and one Judiciary case with the United States of suicide and legislate themselves States of Africa. President Paul integration and African unity. instead suggested that a “United system. China, India and the America.” out of existence. Each one of them Kagame is not prepared to be a Mutambara concluded by saying: States of Africa” would be more US are doing just fine with one The robotics professor said even wants to be a President or Prime State Governor or a Minister of “We must unshackle ourselves beneficial to Africans. national leader (President or more appealing and effective was Minister even it means presiding Home Affairs for the continent. from paralysis by analysis. No Speaking at the Oxford Union PM),” surmised Mutambara. the possibility of transforming over starving and disempowered Neither does President Yoweri guts, no glory. As Africans, Debate Society, University of “We surely do not need 55 Heads the entire continent into a people,” argued Mutambara, who Museveni want to be reduced to we reject an ever closer AU Oxford in the UK, Mutambara of State in Africa. As a minimum, unitary state as is the case with was deputy prime minister of a State Governor or Minister of and embrace the United States said: “I stand before you in we should have a federation China and India. He said an ever Zimbabwe’s unity government Transport,” said the professor. of Africa. Such a framework unequivocal and vicious of all the African states with closer AU will deliver neither the from 2009 to 2013. “They all want to be presidents will enable us to advance our opposition to the proposition devolved authority but driven federated arrangement nor the “President Cyril Ramaphosa of sovereign nations at the socio-political and economic that says: ‘This House would by one strong and overarching unitary entity. is not prepared to be a State expense of the socio-political aspirations across the continent embrace an ever closer African central government where all “You cannot expect the 55 African Governor or Minister of and economic advancement of dramatically”. African News Union’. sovereignty is reposed, as is the leaders to commit political Agriculture of the United ordinary Africans. An ever closer Agency “For a start, we need the United States of Africa – a country – and not a union of sovereign states. We need to abolish national sovereignty and embrace Screen time ‘may harm toddlers’ continental sovereignty. “We must pull our individual Letting a toddler spend lots of TV programmes, films or national sovereignties into one time using screens may delay videos, gaming, and using a indivisible and all-inclusive Pan- their development of skills such computer, tablet, phone or any African sovereignty. In order as language and sociability, other screen-based device. to leverage Africa’s 1.2 billion according to a large Canadian At the age of two, the children people, massive natural resource study. were clocking up around 17 base and potential $2.3 trillion The research, which tracked hours of screen time per week. GDP we need to operate as nearly 2,500 two-year-olds, is This increased to around 25 one country and not a union of the latest piece of evidence in hours a week by the age of three sovereign states.” the debate about how much but dropped to around 11 hours Mutambara made his remarks screen time is safe for kids. a week at the age of five, when amid mounting international In Canada and the US, experts the children started primary criticism of Zimbabwe’s say children should not use school. government which used the amy screens before they are at least The findings, published in the to put down protests sparked by 18 months old. JAMA Paediatrics, suggest astronomical fuel hikes. But UK guidelines set no such increased viewing begins before At least 12 people were killed limit. any delay in development can in the violent and brutal The Royal College of Paediatrics be seen, rather than children clampdown that left many others and Child Health says there with poor developmental injured.Doctors in that country is not enough evidence, even performance then going on to young children spend running, screens. programming, and watch it said they treated 68 people for when you include this new have more screen time. climbing and practising other The new study does not make with their children to help gunshot wounds. study, for a “direct toxic effect”. But it is not clear whether screen physical skills - although they any recommendation about them understand what they are More than 1 000 people have Mums were surveyed time - including how much or may still eventually catch up how much is too much. Some of seeing been arrested in the the aftermath (between 2011 and 2016) what type - is directly to blame. Even without solid proof of the two-year-olds were getting For children ages two to five of the protests, as the Zimbabwe about screen use, and filled Screen use might just go hand- harm, Dr Sheri Madigan and more than four hours a day or years, limit screen use to one government moves to silence out questionnaires about their in-hand with other things colleagues say it still makes 28 hours a week of screen use, hour per day of high-quality critical voices. child’s skills and development linked to delayed development, sense to moderate children’s according to their mums. programmes. Again, parents “We need one government, one at ages two, three and five. such as upbringing and how a screen time and make sure it The American Association of should be watching it with their head of state and government, Screen time included watching child’s remaining leisure time doesn’t interfere with “face- Paediatrics’ (AAP) guidelines children. is spent. to-face interactions or family on screen time say: For children ages six and older, When young children are t i m e”. For children younger than 18 place consistent limits, making observing screens, they They also said that, with months, avoid use of screen sure screen time does not get RnB may be missing important hindsight, perhaps they should media other than video- in the way of sleep and physical opportunities to practise and have followed the children from chatting activity. master other important skills. an even younger age because Parents of children 18 to The Canadian Paediatric Society singer James In theory, it could get in the it is becoming increasingly 24 months of age who want goes further, saying screen time way of social interactions and common for 12-month-old to introduce digital media for children younger than two Ingram dies may limit how much time babies to be watching and using should choose high-quality is not recommended. BBC aged 66 Facebook paid teenagers to mine device data Facebook has been conducting “Key facts about this market people who chose to participate report explains Facebook had US RnB singer and songwriter James Ingram has died in Los research that gathers highly research program are being in this market research program previously conducted market Angeles at the age of 66. personal data from paid ignored,” a spokeswoman said were teens. All of them with research using an app called The Grammy winner and Oscar nominee had two number one volunteers, a report has revealed. via email. signed parental consent forms.” Onavo, which it acquired in hit songs, in 1983 and 1990. TechCrunch said participants “Despite early reports, there was When asked by the BBC how 2013. He also co-wrote Michael Jackson’s Pretty Young Things with - including those aged 13- nothing ‘secret’ about this; it exactly the parental consent was But in August last year, Facebook frequent collaborator Quincy Jones. 17 - have been paid up to was literally called the Facebook obtained, Facebook said it was removed the app from the App Actress and friend Debbie Allen announced his death on her $20-a-month to open up their Research App. It wasn’t ‘spying’ handled by a third-party and did Store after Apple complained Twitter page, saying she was “blessed to have been so close” phone to deep analysis. as all of the people who signed not elaborate. about the data it was collecting to him. Facebook is said to have created up to participate went through Apple has not yet commented on users. Entertainment news site TMZ reports Ingram had been an app that the report said could a clear on-boarding process on whether it felt Facebook There is also an app on Google’s suffering from brain cancer. be in contradiction of Apple’s asking for their permission and had broken its rules, and mobile operating system, Born in Ohio in 1952, Ingram later moved to Los Angeles and policies. were paid to participate. what action it might take as a Android. Google is also yet to began his career with the band Revelation Funk. He also played TechCrunch reported Facebook “Finally, less than 5% of the result. TechCrunch’s detailed comment.BBC keyboards for Ray Charles before his own musical career took used social media ads to target off. teenagers for the scheme. He performed vocals on Quincy Jones’ 1981 album The Dude Facebook denies this. and won the Best Male RnB Vocal Performance Grammy for The social network said everyone the song One Hundred Ways the following year, when he was involved in the programme had also nominated for Best New Artist. consented, and that market Jones and he would later co-write Pretty Young Thing, the sixth research was standard practice. single from Michael Jackson’s album Thriller However, in the hours after Ingram won his second Grammy for the song Yah Mo B There TechCrunch’s report was which he sang with Michael McDonald. published, Facebook said it was His first number one hit was the duet Baby, Come To Me with now ending the programme on singer Patti Austin, and he would again top the charts with I Apple devices. Don’t Have The Heart. The research focused on users The singer-songwriter also worked on film soundtracks. aged 13-35, and those under He was nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar Academy 18 were asked to get parental Award in 1994 and 1995 for songs from Beethoven’s 2nd and consent, Facebook said. Junior, respectively. In a statement, the firm took More tributes from fans and friends have been posted on social issue with TechCrunch’s media. BBC characterisation of the programme. Thursday January 31, 2019 www.diggers.news Sports .11 'If he wants to go, he has to' - Sarri tells Hazard he can leave Chelsea Chelsea manager Maurizio best player in Europe at the Sarri branded Hazard "more a more consistent basis. the loan signing of Argentine progress to the League Cup Sarri believes Eden Hazard moment. an individual player than However, Hazard's form has striker Gonzalo Higuain. final on penalties. could leave the club to fulfil "Sometimes he's happy with a leader" last week and has also suffered due to Sarri's "I don't care. I just play my "It doesn't matter what the his potential with the Belgian something less. It's my job to routinely called for his star decision to play him in an football," Hazard said of Sarri's manager said. I just focus on attracting interest from Real improve him and put him in a forward to hit the heights he unfamiliar centre-forward criticism after a 2-1 win over my football and want to do my Madrid. position to do his best." showed early in the season on role in recent months prior to Tottenham on Thursday to best for this team." AFP Hazard's contract with the Premier League club expires in 2020 and he has so far refused to extend that deal despite Neymar out for 10 weeks, will miss Man Utd tie Chelsea's efforts. Neymar will miss both legs of Paris Saint-Germain's upcoming The Blues have stood firm Champions League last-16 tie against Manchester United after in rejecting bids for Callum the French club confirmed on Wednesday that the world's most Hudson-Odoi from German expensive player would be out for 10 weeks with a metatarsal giants Bayern Munich for the injury. 18-year-old. However, Neymar will not undergo an operation, with PSG Hudson-Odoi is also out of saying the 26-year-old Brazilian had instead agreed on "a contract in 2020, but Sarri conservative treatment" that could see him return in time for the intimated the club's stance Champions League quarter-finals in April should they qualify. may be different and they "After detailed analysis by specialists, a consensus was reached may cash in on Hazard in the of a conservative treatment of Neymar's injury to the fifth right summer should he express his metatarsal," the French champions said. desire to leave. "Informed of this recommendation, Paris Saint-Germain's "The situation of Eden is Brazilian international striker agreed with this protocol. As different. Eden is 28. If he wants a result, Neymar is expected to return to the field within 10 to go, I think he has to go," said weeks." Sarri ahead of Wednesday's Neymar suffered the injury in PSG's 2-0 French Cup win against trip to Bournemouth. Strasbourg last week, and his coach Thomas Tuchel had already "Of course, I hope the opposite. all but ruled the 222-million-euro forward out of the first leg I hope he wants to stay here. against United at Old Trafford on February 12. "He has the potential to be the The second leg of that tie is scheduled for March 6, and the timeline announced by the club means he could just make it back in time for a quarter-final first leg, due to be played on April 9 and 10. The second legs are set for the following week. Aggrey plots to power Eagles over Dynamos "Paris Saint-Germain sends its strongest support and By Alex Chilumbwe defence so that Power fails to as high following their 2-0 an everyday song for any encouragement to Neymar Jr. to overcome this injury, with the Green Eagles coach Aggrey penetrate. We need to collect win over Maestro United of coach. One just has to courage and determination that the player has always shown," Chiyengi hopes to fly the maximum points because I Zambia (MUZA). play their cards right and the club added. eagle above Power Dynamos know how hard it is to pick Kaindu also said that his in my case, I want to keep While Neymar will now sit out a crucial period in PSG's season, in week two of the FAZ/ up when it is almost too late. team would settle for collecting maximum points there has also been concern in Brazil, which will host the Copa MTN league after Nchanga Power Dynamos cannot be nothing but maximum and cause a bit of panic America in June and July. Rangers shot it down in 1-0 underrated and neither can points at Eagles' home in among the teams in our An operation would have put Neymar's participation in that victory in week one through we be," said Chiyengi. an attempt to cause panic stream. We have to send tournament at risk, as well as effectively ending his club season. Austin Muwowo's 88th Meanwhile, Dynamos' coach among teams in its stream. a message and win where Brazil coach Tite and national team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar have minute goal. Kelvin Kaindu described "We are going there for there's a chance to do so," been in Paris this week to visit Neymar, who suffered a fracture Chiyengi in an interview his boys' spirit and morale maximum points and that's said Kaindu. to the same right foot at the end of February last year. AFP with Goal Diggers! described the loss to the Chingola- based outfit as unfortunate, adding that he would tighten his fullbacks defence and Kasonde aims to impress Chambeshi frustrate Dynomos efforts By Alex Chilumbwe players that one's football expectations while in camp. limit talent. It can be scary rallied behind Kasonde and when they host them at Under-23 National Team category does not limit "There is a bit of pressure but if I impress the coach, I another Under-23 newbie Choma's Independence provisional squad member talent. for me because I'm one can find other opportunities Sydney Phiri from Gomes Stadium on Saturday. Theophilus Kasonde says he In an interview with of the three guys from a like making it to the final football club. He couraged "It is unfortunate that we feels the pressure of being Goal Diggers! Kasonde, Division One team but that squad or being bought by the duo to stay focused and lost our opening game of the one of the three call-ups 22, was cognizant of the gives me more reasons to a bigger team in the super not be intimidated by elite season and it was all because from a Division One side in golden opportunities that work harder. My friends league," said Kasonde. league players. of a little defence error by the squad but stressed that would come his way if he from lower divisions should And Nkana's Harrison "They are good players and my fullbacks. I won't dwell he would work extra hard performed up to coach learn through me that one's Chisala, endowed with one cannot even know that on the loss but tighten up my and prove to super league Bestone Chambeshi's football category does not elite league experience, they are from division one. Remember when Young Buffaloes reached Barclays finals in 2018. It is one thing they should keep in mind FAZ shuns PAC, says Kamanga will and not be intimidated by super league players," said Chisala. Theophilus Kasonde explain expenditure when he returns (Paramilitary), Sydney Phiri (Gomes) and Bwalya By Abraham Kalito committee to account for the that FAZ would still appear before taking place abroad today. So, the Chellah (Young Buffaloes) Football Association of Zambia financial year ended 2018, but failed the committee once Kamanga president travelled to attend that are the only Division (FAZ) Public Relations officer to do so. returns back to the country. draw and as a result we could not One players that were Desmond Katongo explained to Katongo however explained that “As you maybe aware we usually appear before the committee. When summoned by Chambeshi Goal Diggers! yesterday that the association president Andrew appear before the parliamentary he comes back, we might be called for the Under-23 association could not appear before Kamanga had travelled abroad on committee every year. And when to appear and when that happens provisional squad that the parliamentary committee as its official duty and that FAZ could not we do appear, the president is we will do so. We will be in touch entered residential camp president was away on office duty. appear before the committee in his always there to help in answering with the committee and when we on Tuesday ahead of an The association was scheduled to absence. the questions. But you maybe are called to present ourselves, we encounter against Malawi appear before the Parliamentary He told Goal Diggers in an interview aware that there is a CHAN draw will do so,” Katongo said. in March. FAZ shunsPage 11 Parliamentary

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