Bonse Tukabila Ukulya Bwino All Endeavour to Become and President Lungu Has Plunged Into Chaos

No393 K10 www.diggers.news Monday March 18, 2019 BEING RICH NOT ABy Mukosha FungaCRIME - LUNGU It is not satanism to be wealthy, it is not being corrupt to be wealthy, bonse tukabila ukulya bwino (we ...bonse tukabila ukulya bwino all endeavour to become And President Lungu has plunged into chaos. State said it wasn’t a sin to President Lungu began empowering the youth, rich), President Edgar denounced violence, saying Speaking when he o cially be rich, but called for decent by warning moribund saying he would reshu e Lungu told Kabwe residents, he has everything to lose opened the Central Province and lawful wealth creation government institutions and retire some people if Saturday. should the country be PF conference, the Head of opportunities. which were charged with they didn’t wake up. To page 7 Milupi censures Sean Tembo for insulting Sunday Chanda By Zondiwe Mbewe says he will counsel alliance language may frustrate the Opposition Alliance spokesperson Sean Tembo e orts of the alliance to salvage chairperson Charles Milupi to remind him that insulting Zambia from its destructive path. Tembo was expelled from the We need to actualize our Dynamic Analysis Zambia WhatsApp group, ursday, a er he smeared insults on Christianity - Rev Sumaili PF media director Sunday Story page 3 Chanda. To page 7 Musukwa dangles black mountain to youths as Roan campaigns heat up Story page 7 President Lungu (c) during his routine morning physical exercise with Police IG Kakoma Kanganja and Prison Service Commissioner Dr. Chileshe Chisela - Picture by Salim Henry PF has made people realize MMD was better - Nakacinda By omas Mulenga performed better in many areas. e Felix Mutati led MMD faction’s national And Nakacinda says his party will not secretary Raphael Nakacinda says since the campaign for the PF during by-elections PF came into o ce in 2011, people are able to because the ruling party hasn’t invited them compare and see that the former ruling party to do so. To page 2 Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya (c) poses with the newly appointed Board of Directors for the National Health Insurance Management Board tasked with the responsibility to PF are dunderheads – Mucheleka oversee the governance of the National Health Insurance Management Authority. Story page 5 2. Local News www.diggers.news Monday March 18, 2019 PF’s actions contrary to Lungu’s address on national values - Livune By Mirriam Chabala a matter before them, they are they must match what they say Katombola UPND member of sent on leave so that they can and do. In any case, President parliament Derick Livune says attend to their issues and once Lungu as an individual, he can President Edgar Lungu’s address they are cleared, they can be stop the violence because the to Parliament on national reinstated. That way there will instruments of power support values is in contrast with how be some public confidence. him to do so. If today he made the Patriotic Front behaves. Even people investigating a pronouncement that ‘nobody In an interview, Livune them will have the power to will be spared, whoever is going observed PF officials did not investigate someone. How to be involved in these violent exude the values and principles do you investigate a minister activities, the law is going to visit which President Lungu who is coming to court with such a person’, there is no one asked Zambians to adopt. a flag flying on his vehicle? who is going to go ahead and do “In his address, he does It’s not right,” Livune argued. recognize the importance of the “So on the morals and the violent activities when there is a Church but the Patriotic Front country’s values, we must be Presidential decree. So we need government does not want to go calling also for the judiciary to a lot of action oriented activism to dialogue where the Church be speeding up some of these in what we are saying, starting Gender Minister, Honourable Elizabeth Phiri (second from left) poses for a picture with delegates must take the lead. So that is the cases, for example if a minister with the President himself and to the 63rd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) side event dubbed: contrast. He’s talking about the is appearing before the courts, his cabinet, government officials “Accelerating the elimination of harmful practices to reap the demographic dividend in Africa.” values in the country, but as I there must be some speedy kind and everyone,” said Livune. Picture by WALLEN SIMWAKA/ZAMBIA MISSION. speak to you now, many farmers of attention to ensure that the have not yet been paid their public confidence is not diluted. dues and these are people who When there is a problem of get paid once in a year. After so a public officer discharging much labour, they don’t get their functions as well as attending money for one year. Meanwhile, to allegation, public service PF has made people realize MMD himself (President Lungu) delivery is compromise. Even and everybody else who are in the strength of a minister who employment are getting salaries is facing corruption charges every month. So where are our allegations to address people… performed well - Nakacinda morals as leaders if we can fail sometimes it may be issues to do to pay people who get paid with corruption in the ministries By Thomas Mulenga give the MMD an opportunity formidable force in any election. alliance, because the ruling party once in a year?” Livune asked. where they work from. Where The Felix Mutati led MMD to serve them in government. “President Mutati and all of had not requested them for help. Livune wondered how does he get the strength to faction’s national secretary Sometimes a gift is highly us in the MMD were given a “Our independent position as President Lungu could talk talk about corruption which Raphael Nakacinda says since appreciated when it is taken mandate of up to 5 years from MMD is that at the moment about corruption when some he’s accused of? So it’s fair that the PF came into office in 2011, away, and actually in many 2016 to 2021. So when we go we are focused on rebuilding corruption-accused officialsthose who have got allegations people are able to compare and times that is the case. When we to the convention, it will be the party and we made a policy were still serving in government. are asked to be on leave then see that the former ruling party were in government for 20 years, an elective one which means decision not to participate in “Where are the morals if issues others can act in those offices.” performed better in many areas. there was a new generation of that all positions will be up for by-elections, and that position of corruption cannot be given Livune also called on the And Nakacinda says his voters who had not experienced people to offer themselves. So has not been reviewed. We have the seriousness they deserve? President to stop paying lip party will not campaign for anything in contrast with the even when it comes to issues not worked together in any by-election with the Patriotic He spoke about not interfering service to political violence. the PF during by-elections MMD, so they thought that of candidature and something Front only because obviously with the investigating wings, “So this issue of the address, yes because the ruling party maybe there was something like that, all those matters but there is a contrast here, he has fulfilled the constitutional we have not been requested hasn’t invited them to do so. better outside the MMD but I will be addressed at the next we have got people who are mandate but the action within to help. But obviously our In an interview, Nakachinda, think now that we have had our convention. The only thing I facing corruption charges but his cabinet, his colleagues leaves members know that we are in who is a nominated member colleagues in government since can say is that so far so good, they are still operating in the much to be desired. His party 2011, there is a definitely a point we have not engaged ourselves an alliance, they have always government. Now where do is associated with violence. Not of parliament, said he was found a way of assisting the confident that people would of reference and comparison. in activities that drain resources you draw the line? A pubic too long ago in Sesheke there And I am sure the things they and time at the expense of PF in the campaigns. But vote for the MMD back you have not seen officially officer who is being investigated were violent activities and there felt we had not done well, they rebuilding the party. The MMD against corruption but is still are some pictures that have into government because senior MMD leaders going have discovered that we were at the grassroots, the machinery discharging public functions… shown some of the government of their good record. on the podium because order actually doing very well. The is getting effectively lubricated it’s only fair that those who are officials with the people that are “Of course it is possible for requires that there is a request MMD is the talk of the Zambian and we are very confident that alleged to be corrupt and there’s said to be agents of violence. So people of Zambia to yet again or invitation, and then we people in so far as our time in the day we are going to make participate in a more orderly government is concerned and a decision to participate in manner,” said Nakacinda.

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