No 44 www.diggers.news Friday October 6, 2017 Muvi TV unveils ex-sex workers in new R4M series Linda Jere Zambia National Women’s Lobby chairperson Beauty Katebe has urged government to broaden its women MUKULA SCAM empowerment programmes to capture commercial sex ...goes bad, partners turn on each other workers. Story page 4 And Muvi TV’s Ready for Marriage (R4M) Extraordinary Beyond host Master Chimbala says the programme will help transform lives. R4M is a Muvi TV reality show which features men and women competing for a wedding sponsorship package. To page 5 NAPSA gets Intermarket Bank shares Mirriam Chabala Finance minister Felix Mutati today told Parliament that the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA), has acquired a significant stake in Intermarket Bank, which is expected to resume operations under the name “Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank Limited” Mutati said the Authority decided to convert its K50 million credit in Intermarket Bank after the institution failed to pay the Authority its deposits. Earlier, Mutati rendered a ministerial statement to the House without specifying the shareholding structure of the bank. To page 4 Mumbi Phiri warns unruly PF members To page 5 A truck loaded with Mukula logs parked at Lusaka’s Garden Compound Police this morning - Picture by Mukosha Funga Zambia will manufacture own ARVs - Minister Martha Chilosha And Dr Chilufya has directed Responding to a question ensure that local manufacturing Minister of Health Dr Chitalu health facilities across the country from Luena UPND member of of drugs including ARVs was Chilufya says Zambia will start to stop allocating specific days to parliament David Kundoti who enhanced. So what will happen is manufacturing ARVs locally ART related services in a bid to fight wanted to know when government that in conjunction with relevant starting next year. stigma. was planning to start manufacturing ministries, we are going to look ARVs locally, Dr Chilufya said at measures that will help reduce government had already identified taxes on raw material that are companies that would produce used in the production of ARVs ARVs and other drugs locally. and other drugs so that the cost Fire Bowman, “Madam Speaker, the President had of production is lowered. Already put it in his address to Parliament, there are companies that have built directing the Ministry of Health infrastructure and are ready to start together with the Ministry of manufacturing these drugs by next Kapata - TIZ Commence Trade and Industry to year.” Dr Chilufya said. Story P4 By Mukosha Funga TIZ says President Edgar Lungu must fire Copperbelt minister Bowman Lusambo and his lands counterpart Jean Kapata because ACC must stop sleeping, maintaining them will erode the public’s confidence in his Cabinet. And TIZ has challenged Chishimba Kambwili to report all cases of Lusaka man shoots girlfriend dead corruption to relevant authorities if he is genuinely concerned about Tutwa Ngulube tells new DG Page 3 the fight against the vice. To page 7 Page 2 2. Local News Friday October 6, 2017 Zambia didn’t benefit from Lungu’s trip to Swaziland where he went to watch naked girls, says Kabimba By Patricia Mbewe people that are rich are not Rainbow Party leader doing it. So all these are Wynter Kabimba says there questions and the answer is no economic benefit in is simple we have the President Edgar Lungu’s wrong crop of fellows in decision to go and walk leadership that is why we around naked and watch are so wasteful,” he said. naked girls in Swaziland. And Kabimba said people And Kabimba says he like Kambwili could never cannot take expelled Roan be his heroes. member of parliament “If I had not worked with Chishimba Kambwili’s Chishimba Kambwili, he crusade against corruption would be my hero. I worked seriously because even he with the man. I wrote himself is corrupt. him a letter in 2013 to Speaking when he featured say stop collecting money on Radio Phoenix’s Let the from the mines under the People Talk today, Kabimba guise of sponsoring youth said it did not make day celebrations. This is any economic sense for what MMD was doing we President Lungu to go and opposed we thought this watch King Mswati marry was corruption and you his 15th wife. are trying to do the same “This is about leadership, if and I copied and I wrote to you have a leadership that all the mining companies is nationalistic and that is don’t give the man the patriotic and realises that President Edgar Lungu with national planning minister Lucky Mulusa in Swaziland money and I have got those this country is poor they but the question is what is asked, “What tourism? To economic reason of that go she went there much documents. Now today he will try to save resources. the economic advantage go and see the naked girls trip to Zambia? Thelater and yet Germany is is the biggest crusader of For example, we have of Edgar Lungu going to and to go and walk naked answer is nothing! Why the strongest economy in corruption I can’t believe heard this argument witness Mswati going to because you are trying it is that Angela Merkel Europe with the EU.” him, I just cannot believe from ministers in the PF marry his fifteenth wife to pretend that you have has just won an election He observed that African him,” he said. government that ‘don’t how does that benefit become a Tswana?” in Germany why isn’t leaders were wasteful. “What I have advised criticise the President the economy from that?” “What is the economic [Donald] Trump going to “So why is it that African Chishimba Kambwili is for travelling because his Kabimba asked. advantage to Zambia for witness her inauguration? leaders that are in charge that maybe what you are travels are important for When show host Luchi Edgar Lungu to go and When Trump was being of poor countries are saying sir is correct. Get the economic development suggested that he could witness the inauguration of inaugurated which foreign so inconsiderate about your evidence and your of the country’. Yes the have gone for tourism President [João] Lourenço leader, Germany didn’t wasting little monies in documents, take those to argument maybe correct purposes, Kambimba in Angola? What is the go, Angela Merkel didn’t their countries when the ACC I will be the first one to join his crusade that I can assure you. But I will not join his approach where ACC must stop sleeping, MPs tell new DG every day he is holding a By Zondiwe Mbewe tenders instead leaving it to people ACC that can give comfort to the job, they must put the interest media briefing and all that is Kabwe central member of who were not supposed to answer people of Zambia. We do not want of Zambians first rather than coming out are allegations, parliament Tutwa Ngulube says questions related to it. an Anti Corruption where you have the interest of their appointing there is not even a single ACC must stop sleeping and dozing “We have heard people alleging to wait for people to leave office. authority. This is the only time day when I have seen him or risk being labeled a political that there was corruption in the Mr Zachariah, wherever you are, I in the history of Zambia that wave a document during organ. procurement of fire tenders,know you are listening because this all institutions have come out his media briefing.” And Roan PF member of parliament awarding contracts for the Ndola- is of your interest. My brother, go compromised. An example is He recalled that Kambwili Chishimba Kambwili says the Lusaka dual carriage way. We want and clean up this corruption where how the police is operating, how was one of the reasons late ACC must clean up corruption in the ACC to come out and clear the people can declare 2.5 million in Constitutional Court is operating, president Michael Sata government and investigate how air. Because the people answering on 2015 at a portfolio, one year later, Office of the DPP and indeed fired him. someone made K21 million in one behalf of ACC are non ACC people. 2016 they declare 23 million. Ndiwe somebody said ‘even the National “I don’t believe in what year. So we leave it to ACC to answer magician? Is that magic? Go and Assembly of Zambia is no longer Bowman Lusambo said just Meanwhile, Kafue UPND member those issues. People are coming to clean up corruption more especially doing an effective oversight role as much as I don’t believe in of parliament Mirriam Chonya says say the ACC cleared this deal when in this current administration of that they are supposed to play’. what Chishimba Kambwili institutions which deal with law and the ACC is dozing and sleeping, government,” Kambwili said. This, Mr Speaker, is very regrettable says but the point that am order must put the interest of the they are not telling the nation what He said that ACC must not just be a because these institutions are making is that experience is people first rather than the interests their position is,” he said. ‘useless and toothless’ organization supposed to outlive our individual the best teacher and for me of their appointing authorities. Ngulube said Phiri must be but be professional in their conduct. interest as stakeholders. Tomorrow who was a victim in PF with Debating a motion to ratify impartial in the discharge of his “Let us be professional in the way when we leave office, we will need this type of propaganda Zachariah Phiri as ACC Director duties.