No No37 337 K10 www.diggers.news Thursday December 27, 2018 PF CAMPAIGNS SPLIT OFFICIALSBy Daniel Chansa in Ndola and Sipilisiwe Ncube in Lusaka Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo has advised party members on the Copperbelt to vote for someone who is not Lusambo rejects Mayor serving as mayor or member of parliament to the position of party chairman saying they will have divided attention. Lusambo has since thrown his weight behind Mike Manda. Chanda for C/belt chair To page 4 An inmate (above) watches as Inspector General of Police Kankanja Kakoma (l) dances with a female inmate when the Service Chiefs paid a Christmas visit to Lusaka Central Correctional Facility on December 25, 2018 - Picture by Tenson Mkhala Ndola indecent assault Skin me alive before you abolish meal victim goes ‘missing’ By Daniel Chansa allowance, Kambwili tells Nkandu Luo Chief Justice Irene Mambilima is also a foreigner who is aiding and abetting an identity thief, which By Mirriam Chabala abolishes meal allowances, makes her a criminal, New Labour Party president Fresher Siwale charged yesterday. Nkandu Luo should come and skin me alive first before she NDC leader Chishimba To page 3 Kambwili has dared. And Kambwili charged that EAZ becoming a PF President Edgar Lungu was There’s nothing wrong with smoking allowing such alien decisions surrogate - Musenge under the influence of alcohol. marijuana, Lusaka man tells court Story pageStory 6 page 3 ToTo page page 4 Story page 2 2.Local News www.diggers.news Thursday December 27, 2018 By Zondiwe Mbewe The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a There’s nothing wrong with smoking 28-year-old man of Chipata Overspill to six months’ simple imprisonment for trafficking and unlawful use of marijuana. marijuana, Lusaka man tells court This was after the accused, namely, 1.1 grammes that on December 8, voluntary reply admitting you send me to a region six months imprisonment. John Frazer Mwamba, of marijuana, a herbal DEC officers receivedthe charge and was formally where I’m allowed to smoke, “You have not shown informed the court that he product of cannabis sativa information that there charged and arrested for a country like Jamaica. any remorse for your didn’t see anything wrong without lawful authority. was an accused person the subject offence. When I smoke, I manage to actions. Whatever type of in smoking marijuana In the second count, it was in custody at North Gate Asked by the court find my way home. If I don’t medication you use, you as it was for medicinal alleged that on the same Police Post who was found whether the facts where smoke, I have stomach need a prescription from purposes, adding that if he day, Mwamba did use 0.9 dealing in suspected drugs. correct, Mwamba replied pains,” Mwamba said. the doctors. The drugs you can’t be handled in Zambia, grammes of marijuana DEC officers thenin the affirmative. In her ruling, Magistrate used as medication are not it was best to send him to a without lawful authority. proceeded to the said He, however, added that Sakwanda noted that allowed in Zambia. Just country like Jamaica where Mwamba was allegedly place where Mwamba much as he had pleaded she gave Mwamba an to show that what you did he can be allowed to smoke. taken to the police by his was handed over with guilty, he did not see opportunity to mitigate, was wrong and to deter In this matter, Mwamba mother after he became the said exhibits and he anything wrong in smoking but he had nothing to say. you from committing the was facing two counts of unruly, threatening his admitted ownership. the drugs because he was She added that although she same offence; I sentence trafficking and unlawful members of the family The suspected drugs were using them as medicine. had put into consideration you to six months simple use of marijuana. that he will beat them. taken to UTH Food and When the court interjected, the fact that the accused imprisonment in count It was alleged in the first And when the matter Drug control Laboratory asking him whether he was was the first offender, what one and four weeks simple count that on December came up for plea before where the Public Analyst aware that it was an offence he did was wrong and he imprisonment in count 8, this year in Lusaka, Magistrate K Sakwanda, identified and confirmed to smoke marijuana, was not remorseful. two. The sentences are to Mwamba did traffic in he admitted the charges. the drugs to be marijuana. Mwamba said, “If you can’t Magistrate Sakwanda, run concurrently,” ruled psychotropic substances Facts of the matter are The accused gave a free and handle me here, it’s better therefore, sentenced him to Magistrate Sakwanda. UPND won’t tolerate foreigners owning land in Zambia - Bauleni By Zondiwe Mbewe Bauleni stated that in relation to the central Bauleni stated that in the country. This is study what goes on in the UPND chairman for order to tackle land government and other the party shall further particularly common two offices. lands Adrian Bauleni regime dispensation agencies that would be review the Presidential on the issues involving “There is imperative says under a UPND in Zambia, the UPND directly and indirectly powers over land. investors,” he stated. need to critically government, the government would linked to customary “The UPND government Bauleni noted that analyse the Office of the current happenings ensure that land land administration. The shall review the executive with UPND in power, Commission of Lands where foreigners are ownership became mutual consultations powers of the President it shall endeavour to and to strengthen the grabbing land across exclusively for locals would be the order of the over land in Zambia. get to the root cause of operations of the Land the country will cease without exception. day between the central The clause that stipulates the failure to resolve Tribunal. The two offices because ownership He added that whatever government and the that all land is vested in the boundary disputes should be seen to operate will exclusively was obtaining currently traditional authority over the President on behalf among chiefdoms. independent of the be for Zambians. where foreigners, mainly the customary land.” of the people of Zambia He further pledged that external forces within the And Bauleni says the Chinese, had the Bauleni further stated that shall be reviewed a UPND administration government circles. In the UPND shall not upperhand in grabbing the UPND government critically. Unfortunately, shall not tolerate order, therefore, to ensure tolerate foreigners land across the country would not tolerate the the clause has been foreigners who came smooth work culture coming into the country would immediately cease. displacement of citizens abused by the sitting in the country to by the two offices, there to mine precious And Bauleni stated that from their ancestral land. presidents instead of mine precious stones will be need to appoint stones uncontrollably. UPND would stand “This has beenengaging the traditional uncontrollably. a special committee for In the UPND’s weekly by traditional rulers ongoing under the PF rulers and the affected Bauleni stated that to the purpose of studying newsletter to News as partners in land government to displace citizens in certain parts strengthen the Office of what goes on in those Diggers! Bauleni stated governance, adding that and evict the citizens of the country, the Land Commission and offices. There is suspicion that UPND was aware of the party’s overall land from their ancestral land, executive powers have the Lands Tribunal, the that there is corruption the importance of land policy was to support and usually in preference to been excessively used to UPND would appoint in the Ministry of Lands,” anywhere in the world, consolidate the authority the foreigners. This is secure land anywhere a special committee to stated Bauleni. adding that it would be of traditional leaders abominable, and will not preferable to remain in the management be tolerated any further poorer than have the land of customary land. by UPND, especially in Chipata court jails three for taken away by foreigners. “They are the custodians the circumstances of the “Land is the greatest of our land and abundance of land in natural asset to mankind. collaborator with the the country. As a UPND unlawful possession of ivory Therefore, without land, central government, government, we will it inevitably constitutes even during the colonial endeavour to end the By Geofrey Zulu to section 130 (2) (a) of the ZWA the dead-end for any days. Why should they trend in order to keep the The High Court, sitting in Chipata, No. 14 of 2015,” Kalembwe stated. nation and could easily be marginalized this overall citizenry at peace has jailed two men to seven years’ He further explained that, similarly, lead to extinction of any time around and yet and avert the story of imprisonment with hard labour the Court sentenced Gabriel Nkhoma human race. Therefore, they were respected by recurrent displacement for illegal possession of eight to seven years’ imprisonment with it would be preferable the colonialists? Theand evictions of our kilogrammes of ivory and leopard skin. hard labour for unlawful possession of to remain poorer rather UPND government, citizens,” he pledged. In a press release, Wednesday, Ministry prescribed trophy, namely one leopard than the land being taken therefore, pledges to Meanwhile, Bauleni of Tourism and Arts public relations skin, contrary to section 130 (2) (a) of away by the foreigners, stand by the traditional stated that the UPND officer Sakabilo Kalembwe stated that the ZWA No.