Chief Government Spokesperson, Mike Mulongoti, is happy that First Republican President, Kenneth Kaunda, has not reacted sharply to the story published in one of the daily tabloids that alleged that President Levy Mwanawasa issued disparaging remarks against him.
Mr Mulongoti said Dr Kaunda’s decision to remain mute over the issue despite the
running public comments on the matter clearly demonstrates that he is true
statesmanship.
He said this in Kitwe yesterday when he addressed journalists after touring the
Zambia News and Information Services Offices (ZANIS).
He said Government was grateful that the Dr Kaunda had not responded to the story as
a true Statesman.
The minister said there was need for some members of the opposition Political
Parties and other stakeholders to allow the former President to concentrate on his
HIV AIDS crusade and not cheap politics.
Mr Mulongoti also regretted that some people that where celebrating at the time Dr
Kaunda was incarcerated in Kabwe some years back were now talking of respecting him
and shedding crocodile tears over his problems.
He added that it was also disappointing to note that people, who were supposed to
accord President Mwanawasa a benefit of doubt when such matters arise, where in the
fore front to create tension between him and the former Head of State.
He challenged all those people that were condemning President Mwanawasa over the
issue to gather courage and withdraw their statements against him now that the truth
had come out.
President Mwanawasa has since expressed dismay with the reports in the media where
he is quoted as having attacked first Republican President saying the Article was
based on hear say.
He indicated that the report by the post was also unethical as the meeting quoted
was a closed door party executive meeting and the Post Journalist wrote the article
based on hear-say because no journalists attended the meeting.
Abanabo baba Easy na Ba Joze, his honarable Mike Mulongoti
Ba KK bakalamba sana, nabamusulafye chuchu pantu, KK knows that he can’t argue with imbulamano. If he argues with a fool, people will not know the difference. Twatasha ba KK pantu you have kept your deserved respect to yourself instead of arguing with a person who is sick in mind. Mulongoti, don’t take advantage of KK’s silence, just shut your stinking blood mouth. KK is the statesman, give him the much needed respect he deserves together with your boss.
In 2003 Mandela criticised the foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration in a number of speeches. Criticising the lack of UN involvement in the decision to begin the War in Iraq, he said, “It is a tragedy, what is happening, what Bush is doing. But Bush is now undermining the United Nations”. Mandela stated he would support action against Iraq only if it is ordered by the UN.[40] Mandela also insinuated that Bush may have been motivated by racism in not following the UN and its secretary-general Kofi Annan on the issue of the war. “Is it because the secretary-general of the United Nations is now a black man? They never did that when secretary-generals were white”, Mandela said.[41]
He urged the people of the US to join massive protests against Bush and called on world leaders, especially those with vetoes in the UN Security Council, to oppose him. “What I am condemning is that one power, with a president who has no foresight, who cannot think properly,
ctd is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust.” He attacked the United States for its record on human rights and for dropping atomic bombs on Japan during World War II. “If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care.”[40] The comments caused a rare moment of controversy and some criticism of Mandela, even among some supporters.
Mulongoti knows that Chuchu is totally sick in the head and he speaks things that are not meant to speak about.Does Chuchu have mature and responsible advisors in PR? Chuchu you are a disgrace to the nation when it comes to PR. KK deserve total respect like the way Nyerere was respected as Mwarimu(teacher).Forgive him he was picked at Buka farm whilst sleeping that come and takeover.What do you expect?
Lusakatimes are doing a very commendable job.So far you have managed to put yourself on the front as a media of pipo expressing themselves.Out of this blog somebody can sample the minds of progreessive zambians.This also gives us an opportunity to emotionally differ and embrass one onother as one.I don’t know who is running this blog but there is always room for emprovement and I would like to suggest that you bring us topics that takes the power from the powers that be.Lets discuss for restance who is the potential candidate for 2011 in each political part,who is going provid a challenge to MMD and what is that challenge.I am pretty sure some pipo will bring interesting ideas that can influece the choice of the next candidates.What policies are failing and which ones are succeeding,how can we change these policies and who are the agents of change.
KELLIES IS TO BIG TO BE SMALL. CHEAP TALK IS FOR MWANAWASA AND SATA
Iwe ka Mulongoti wewaba patwinso nga kashishi, leka ukubikako bashiku ba KK mufyebula amano. Ninshi teti webele Chuchu aleke ukubwantaula ukubwantaula.
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) will not be derailed from performing its national duties diligently even in the light of unsubstantiated accusations bent on tarnishing its spirited campaign against drugs and money-laundering lords.
DEC public relations and Press liaison officer, Rosten Chulu, said in a statement yesterday that the only offence the commission had committed was its resolve to maintain high standards of discipline in its rank and file.
Mr Chulu said the DEC had since January this year scored close to 100 per cent in terms of prosecutions, which was also within their mandate as a security wing of Government.
This development, he observed, had earned the commission a high degree of unpopularity among law-breakers and was further aggravated by open and public commendations for its exemplary work by authorities.
He said, however, that any allegations levelled against the commission were welcome as long as they were made in a professional manner and without prej
The response of Mr Chulu lacks truth if anything. Why is failing to respond to specfic allegations of financial mismanagement but try to hide under official secrecy act. That is nonsense, let respond for instance why Mr Chitoba withdraw 25 million and never travelled to Austria.
Chitoba and Bulaya are in the same situation except Mr Bulaya is from Northern Province.
Chuchu if you think commenting to every word is your type of leadership, demote Mulongoti pantu in case you do not know he has just tell the nation that you are not a true statesman! I aways advise you president waku Shang’ombo to be like FTJ and KK. It is good that your ministers balikusula ati wakwata umutima wakasabi!
INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE- CHILESHE
The executive director of the Sports in Action has called on both government and the private sector to start investing in sports infrastructure in readiness for the 2011 All Africa Games which Zambia will host.Clement Chileshe said unless the country starts investing in both skills development and infrastructure, Zambia will fail to mint medals despite hosting the event.Chileshe said this in the Zambian capital Lusaka during a basketball skills clinic for several district community youth teams.He said the private sector can help build basketball courts in communities where they will be accessible for children.And Wallace Group official, Conall Mallory who is conducting the skills clinics said although the country has a lot of talent, the poor sports infrastructure limits sports development.Kerry Macphee, also from Wallace Group was disappointed that girls do not show interest in playing basketball.All the kids who attended the skills clinic at Fountain of Hope in Lusaka are boys.
ISOKA/MUYOMBE ROAD FUNDED
The government has allocated about K7.7 billion towards the tarring of the Isoka/Muyombe Road.And government has increased the Constituency Development Fund allocation to Isoka East constituency from K90 million to K200 this year.Isoka East Member of Parliament, Catherine Namugala, disclosed the development when she addressed residents of Isoka east constituency, Friday.Ms. Namugala said government is determined to address concerns raised by local people regarding the poor state of the road.She also advised women organisations in the area to take advantage of the available funds to submit project proposals to enable them access the funds.Earlier, Ms. Namugala called on the Food Reserve Agency to buy maize from local farmers quickly to enable them mobilise funds for their preparations for the 2007/2008 farming season.
LUAPULA IN K15 BILLION BOOST
Government will this year spend over K15 billion on development in Luapula Province which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo.The amount is besides the K46 billion government has injected in the construction of Chembe bridge in the province.Vice President Rupiah Banda said this in Mwansabombwe, Kawambwa Saturday, at this year’s Mutomboko ceremony of the Luba Lunda people. Mr. Banda said once the projects take off, they will contribute to alleviating poverty in the area. Among major projects being undertaken by government include the development of the Luena farming block outgrower scheme in Kawambwa were K3.8 billion has been allocated. Others are the palm oil outgrower scheme and the rubber plantation projects which have each received K800 million and K300 million.The Vice President said K4.5 billion will be spent on the continued rehabilitation of the Kashikishi-Luchinda road.He said K5.6 billion will be spent on the rehabilitation and construction of health centres in the province.Earlier senior Chief Mwata Kazembe, who spoke through his representative Criticles Mwansa, said the Luba-Lunda kingdom has enjoyed a good relationship with successive governments including the government of the day.The Chief has since advised people who are bent on souring relations between the Luba-Lunda kingdom and government to refrain from such acts.
Not al l is lost for Chiluba – Vera
By Inonge Noyoo
Monday July 30, 2007
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Vera Tembo
NOT al l is lost for Chiluba, his former wife Vera Tembo (right) has said.
And Vera has said that she does not consider Chiluba an enemy despite the fact they are now divorced.
In an interview yesterday, Vera expressed sympathy at former president Frederick Chiluba’s state of he al th.
“Well, I don’t want to say much re al ly but I can only say, not al l is lost for him. He should seek solace in God, put al l his trust in Him,†she said.
Vera said she prayed for Chiluba every day.
She wished him a quick recovery and advised that with God al l things were possible.
“I sympathise with Chiluba very much over his illness and everything else and I pray for him every day. I pray that he gets better and hopefully get he al ed. He has to look to God and God first because God is the one Who he al s,†she said.
Vera said she was impressed with Chiluba’s statement made at Lusaka Internation al Airport before his departure for South Africa that he had left everything to God.
She expressed optimism that Chiluba would get better with time.
And Vera dismissed rumours that the two were not on t al king terms and had a bitter relationship after their divorce.
“Chiluba is not my enemy. We are not enemies. Maybe…. I don’t know about him but as far as I am concerned we are not enemies. Just because we don’t meet and maybe we don’t t al k very much does not mean we are enemies. I don’t have enemies because I am a Christian now,†she said.
Last Friday, Chiluba’s spokesperson Emmanuel Mwamba reve al ed that the former Republican president was not responding well to treatment.
Mwamba said Chiluba suffered a relapse after he collapsed on May 24.
Mwamba said Chiluba’s doctors had expressed concern when he collapsed and was admitted for five days at the University Teaching Hospit al .
He said the doctors disclosed that Chiluba had suffered a relapse and recommended for him to go for medic al review.
Chiluba left for South Africa on Friday afternoon.
Chiluba is facing corruption charges and has a pending matter in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court where he is charged with theft of about US $500,000. Chiluba and former Access Finance Services directors Faustin Kabwe and Aaron Chungu are charged on six counts of theft by public servant.
The trio is al leged to have stolen the money between 1998 and 1999.
Chiluba has another matter before the Lusaka High Court in a case where he and others are ch al lenging the registration of the London High Court judgment that found him liable of defrauding Zambia of about US $58 million.
They have since filed affidavits in support of summons to set aside the said London judgment.
The matter comes up for ruling on August 10.
Mwanawasa’s successor
By Dr Daniel Maswahu Cambridge, UK
Monday July 30, 2007 Print Article Email Article
I was horrified to read a letter in The Post of Friday July 20, 2007 in which someone named Brian made comments on Mwanawasa’s successor. It was clear to me, reading between the lines that Brian, like many other Zambians is taking certain things for granted, accepting the abnormal as normal.
It was Lenin who declared that a lie told enough times becomes accepted as the truth. My version of the same is “Given enough time and exposure, the mask becomes the face”.
The very alarming assumption that Brian makes is that the Zambian presidency is Mwanawasa’s to give to whosoever it pleases him to.
I would like the record to show that this is not the case.
As much as I appreciate the juvenile status of Zambian democracy, a tree must be named by the fruit it bears.
For Chiluba, Mwanawasa or any other Jelita or Mulenga to nominate the next Zambian presidency of their own choice is galactically far from fundamental democratic procedure and amounts to insulting the collective knowledge of the Zambian people and denying them a say in their very own future.
This nonsense of someone waking up at 3am and making telephone calls must stop immediately and I call upon those mandated to protect the interests of the Zambian people (and not just a few individuals) to rise to the offices we are renumerating them for. (specifically the Attorney General).
For someone to declare that there is a fight against corruption and still practice “3a.m. democracy” is shameful, meaningless and amounts to swallowing the one’s own vomit. Even children know which animal practices this disgusting act.
If we are not a democracy, let us be honest enough to say so and then when we are ranked 11th most corrupt nation in the world, it will come as no surprise.
#16, that is our only man ‘Mudala wakatenzi’,Kayata you remember him?
By JABU MABUZA
Without any visible and demonstrable increase in land ownership by the
so-called
Black middle class, how can this group possibly be a noteworthy force
in determining the rate of economic growth in SA?
The media hype generated by the UCT/Unilever Institute
Black Diamond 2007 survey points to one thing: that the
black diamonds are nothing more than a glorified consumer
group.
This group is characterised by its lack of ownership and
control of the factors of production and its inability to
generate its own income independent of Caucasians and their
businesses. The black diamond is conspicuous by [ his]
lavish consumption of luxury goods acquired through debt.
There is nothing wrong, of course, with basic personal and
home comforts as a reward after hard work – but not if
these come at the expense and discomfort of clinging on to
our expensive chesterfields in our highly mortgaged homes
every time the Reserve Bank announces an interest rate
hike.
The closest the black diamond can get to owning real estate
is when purchasing a tiny property for a home on a piece of
land a few met res larger than the house itself in a
security estate in the formerly white suburbs.
The second “investment” to the mortgages is highly geared
equities, mostly acquired through discounted BEE share
schemes engineered by Caucasian business for compliance
with government’s BEE requirements.
The black diamonds remain trapped in the rat race through
these fanciful empowerment schemes, and use the paper money
acquired and the strength of the share price in the
companies they invested in to create further debt. This
debt is then arrogantly, wittingly, and falsely utilised –
by white advertising and marketing agencies and research
bodies and their counterparts in economic research and
analysis – as the driver behind SA’s economic growth. All
this is a fallacy of “economic hit men” and their handlers.
Economic growth in SA has always been driven by, not the
newly graduated black diamonds, but the masses of
downtrodden and economically marginalised poor black
working class from the rural areas and under-serviced
townships. This is by rendering cheap labour to sectors
such as construction and mining. Financial institutions in
the first economy, as defined by President Thabo Mbeki, are
sustained by the investments in pension funds of the masses
of poor black people. This is the same economic class
falsely referred to as “the unbanked”.
How much do black diamonds invest in the economy then?
The falsehood of the results of these black diamond
“surveys” – often supported by doctored statistical data –
is u sed as a weapon in psychological warfare waged by
industrial psychologists to instil a false sense of
aggrandisement and achievement in the black diamond market
segment.
Big business, which by SA definition is largely white, is
fed the same results to target the selected market for more
credit sales. The credit is often extended at no
application. Thanks to government for the enactment of the
National Credit Act.
Frankly, the idea of the existence of black diamonds is a
conceptual construct rather than an objective reality, as
succinctly argued by ANC businessman Saki Macozoma ( Cover
Story July 6 ). Chika Onyeani calls the black diamonds
capitalist nigg*rs, and describes the embarrassing economic
naivete that defines this socioeconomic class.
Though one can hardly dismiss out of hand the emergence of
the black middle class as an economic stratum, it is
difficult to ignore the reality that black diamonds as a
social force is hype and a false creation of the
advertising and marketing fraternity. These “diamonds” are
worth zero carats.
Mabuza, a member of the Black Management Forum, writes in
his personal capacity
#15 Ba Kuku, ala chabulanda nanganshi kuli FTJ, pls lets us hold hands in prayer for his quick recovery. Chuchu pls have heart/mercy on the sick man. Ulefyafye okoke umulopa onse kuli ba FTJ elyo ukapeme.
kambilombilo the only problem we have in these so called political parties is that they dont have the will of the people in thier hearts, all that they are interested in is getting to state house and once there game over.the two major oposition parties for example pf and upnd are strictly on tribal lines.the pf is even worse as it has some serious simptoms of dictatorship and one wonders whether they really mean what they say.upnd has some serious house cleaning more especially that it has now become clear that the uda is at leopards hill cemetry. the mmd unfortuntelay may still carry the day.what do you think?
Choma’s Namuswa Basic School in water blues
A critical water shortage has hit Namuswa basic school in the hilly area of chief Singani’s area of Choma in Southern Province resulting in some girls prematurely dropping out of school due to the unfriendly environment. Head teacher Edward Sitatanga says pupils have to cover not less than 5 kilometres down hill on foot to fetch water from a nearby stream. Mr Sitatanga told a ZANIS reporter yesterday who visited the school located about 70 kilometres from Choma town that some school girls were opting for early marriages because the environment was not conducive for them. He said fetching of water by pupils being done on daily basis had adversely affected learning as a lot of time was spent on fetching the commodity which was not supposed to have been the case. Mr Sitatanga also disclosed that daily absenteeism by pupils was also on the upswing, attributing the situation to the unfavourable environment. He explained that all the boreholes at
ctd. the school were non-functional and that the water problem had been brought to the attention of authorities in the district but that there had been no solution. The head teacher also bemoaned poor infrastructure which had made it difficult to attract new teachers to the institution to ease staff shortage. He said the school only has three trained teachers including the head teacher as other teachers were shunning it. Mr Sitatanga however thanked the area member of Parliament George Chazangwe for donating 40 roofing sheets and 15 pockets of cement using the Constituency Development Fund (CDF)
Ya all mine masala and kulima tower kids addicted to sniffing dagga and cannabis in utuntembas you run there, Your days are numbered too.
GUINA DAKA FACES DEATH
The Ministry of Home Affairs is working with the Ministry of Justice to ensure that a 21 year old Zambian female arrested for drug trafficking in Singapore, gets a fair trial.Guina Daka was arrested earlier in the year in Singapore, for carrying prohibited substances.Home Affairs Permanent Secretary, Peter Mumba however said his office is still waiting to be given the latest information from the ministry of Foreign Affairs.The penalty for drug trafficking in Singapore is death.
KK has every right to have a say in the affairs of this country. Like any citizen he is entitled to his oppinion and to expect that he will always applaud everything that govt does is to expect too much from him.
The problem with our leaders is that they look at anyone who does not agree with some of the things they are doing as their enemy.
In any democratic dispensation divergent views regarding the governance of any country is not uncommon. It is therefore very deficult for me to understand what kind of “democrats” these croonies are!! Leaders who cannot stand critism are not worthy to run the affairs of any people.
Shame on you LPM. Shame on you Mulongoti!!! Long live KK.
#23 iwe chi Monk – dont play Monkey dirty tricks with abama ofeshi yabanobe. There is no dagga sniffing in our ututembas at mine masala or kulima tower, we are just doing geniune business like u at Lusaka central executive offices and we also pay taxes and contribute towards the growth of the economy of zed. We know u Monks like playing dirty tricks with everyone – sorry we are not ur type.
#23 iwe chi Monk – dont play Monkey dirty tricks with abama ofeshi yabanobe. There is no dagga sniffing in our ututembas at mine masala or kulima tower, we are just doing geniune business like u at Lusaka central executive offices and we also pay taxes and contribute towards the growth of the economy of zed. We know u Monks like playing dirty tricks with everyone – sorry we are not ur type or interest in ur dirty tricks.
#25 AM muleke uyu mwana mala yambi, efyo acili ni monko, alanunka ichibe cakapelamakufi.Kashite body mist ulenunkako ngo muntu,nabanakashi balakubutuka mulandu waka fungo,ifimenso ubukulu inga ma traffic lights,walapa kumwanu ku petauke
And pls consetrate on the topic at hand and stop provoking others – if you hv nothing to contribute just keep quite pls.
Kanshi imwe bantu baku mawa mulibwanji –
First: ELINA UleGATE,
Second: HARRIET LepuGATE
and now
Thirdly: GUINA DAKA FyambiGATE
Ba D/Ku bakamba tamuposa sana ifunde kulifi fikoma matwi fyaku mawa. Fyebeni filetaka akasanga muliso.
Bola panshi mbuye!!!
Iwe ci Citizen kodi uli namau – no no no MBUYE ur just mauless and ashamed.
CITIZEN, where are u? Things are happening ku sports page.
Ewe mumbimunda ka AM,
Nkundu Luo has a public sex chamber for years now talk about your mama Mildred Mpundu here.
A JOURNALIST’S EXPERIENCE WITH HIV
I REGRET the kind of life style I led, says 42 year old veteran Zambian journalist Mildred Mpundu. Mpundu, who was early this year diagnosed with HIV says if she had to re-live her life, she would listen to what her parents used to say about men.She discourages journalists from going out with their ‘sources’ and advises them to pray to God to give them men.”Put your trust in God and pray so that he gives you a man. Don’t mess up your life over a married man. These married men have families and children,” she says.Most people will remember the name Mildred Mpundu from the Times of Zambia features pages. Mpundu was assistant features editor who wrote a lot of articles on HIV/AIDS.She attended conferences on AIDS within and outside Zambia but even though she did that, it never crossed her mind to ever go for an HIV test.She now lives in Chalala area near Libala in an unfinished house with no electricity; not because she wants to but because she is in a financial crisis, all her savings have gone to her medication. Mpundu is currently being looked after by some relatives who remind her to take her medication every day.She started taking antiretroviral drugs this year.Mpundu cannot walk unaided at the moment and has to lean on a stick for support. She says she has improved tremendously because when she started taking the medicine, her feet were numb and couldn’t walk.”I am better and the next time you come to see me, I will be walking and I believe I will get better,” she says.Mpundu says she blames herself for being irresponsible and not listening to her parents.”My parents used to tell me to stay away from men and they would tell me that men are bad,” she says.She says she would get sick in the past but never suspected that she was living with the virus.”I regret going for a test late because if I had done it earlier I would not be where I am now,” she says.
She says she was born in Moonze and is the first born in a family of 15, now 11.Mpundu says she went to Kalomo Primary School where she did her first part of primary school. She later went to a Convent School in Kabwe and later completed her primary education at St Mary Secondary School in Lusaka.Mpundu says after passing her grade seven examinations, she went to St Joseph Chivuna in Moonze where she stayed for five years.
She says after completing her secondary school, she went to do a diploma in journalism at Evelyn Hone College.”I started working for Times of Zambia in 1990 and it was during this period I was working that I met my man friend. I was doing an investigative story at that time and we became friends and a relationship eventually developed. He hadn’t been very honest with me when I met him, he was married but told me that he was having problems at home and so that’s how the relationship started, his wife knew about me because I went out with him for 10 years, it was like we were what do you call it ‘co-habiting,'” she recalls.Mpundu says in 1995, she had her first child with him, a boy who later died.”I had another baby in 2000 and she died at Monica Chiumya now Saint Johns and I was told she died of pneumonia. I had another one in 1997 and she is with me at the moment but she is also HIV positive, I have three children and single, two before I met my man friend, I was in a relationship with the other man for quite some time. In our African setup, you can say we were married,” she says.She says even after losing two children, it did not click in her mind that some thing might be wrong.”My oldest daughter is with my parents and the second one is in boarding school and last one I am with but she has stopped going to school because I can’t afford fees at the moment but she will start when I get better. My daughter had always been sick from the time she was young and I never suspected that she could be living with the virus. We spent a lot of money on her medication and even after my other children died, I didn’t think there was anything wrong,” she says.Mpundu says she decided to go on early retirement and in 2004 left full time employment but still corresponded. Mpundu says in the past she would get sick but it was the usual stomach pains and she was able to work and find a bit of money and it was not serious sickness.She says she started feeling seriously sick last year when she was in Hong Kong attending a World Health Organisation (WHO) conference.”I had diarrhea. I was even given some tablets by a colleague there but when I came back I had fever. I wasn’t coping so my sister decided to take me to the hospital at Pearl of Health. The doctor there suggested that I do all the tests including HIV but I refused and said let me think about it because I didn’t want to. I wasn’t ready,” she says.She says after some time, a cousin of hers, a nurse at Centre for Infectious Diseases and Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) encouraged her to go for a test but by then she had already made up her mind to get tested.”So I went with my youngest daughter and got tested and we were both found positive. When I told my daughter that there was something I wanted to tell her, she said she already knew what I wanted to tell her and said I know I am positive. I was not surprised when I got my results after testing because I expected anything and I was prepared. Before that I was put on tuberculosis treatment. I had taken my sputum to the hospital but they didn’t find any TB but they still put me on treatment which I will complete in the next two weeks. My CD4 count when I first got tested this was around 70, I can’t remember exactly how much. My memory is not very good I think because of the treatment I did another one two days ago so I will get my results soon,” she says.
She says she broke up with her man friend who was a ‘source’ (people journalists get information from for their stories).”He left me in 2005 when things started going bad, he told me it was over and that I had to stand on my feet. I depended on him very much but we are still very good friends. He knows about my status I have told him everything and he encourages me to eat. He leaves money for the child’s medication once in a while. We still have something in common and that’s our child. He supports us once in a while. I am like this because the drugs have weakened me but I am better now because I never used to walk unaided and my mother would have to carry me and bath me,” she says.Mpundu says she would like to advise journalists to go for a test whether they are sick or not.”It is very helpful. I now appreciate, if I hadn’t known my status I would have died. Many journalists don’t know or may not know that they are sick. If your children are sick take them for a test. You shouldn’t just write but do as you write so that readers can follow your example. I wrote a lot on AIDS because I had lost a lot of relatives I was motivated because I thought what is this disease that doesn’t have a cure but I never thought of testing myself but I regret that because if I had done that earlier, things would have been different,” she says.She says 10 years ago, she wasn’t a Christian and now she would not have done what she did then. Mpundu advises journalists who are still single and looking for men to marry them to put their trust in God.”Pray to God and let God give you a man. Don’t mess up your lives because these men have families and if I had known then I would now have lived the life I lived,” she says.She says it has been very difficult for her to cope financially.”I am financially crippled apart from the bits of pieces from my parents. My fathers business is not doing too well, he is a farmer and whatever he has, he sends us to buy food, sometimes we just eat vegetables. Most of the money I saved went to me and my daughter’s medication,” she says.Mpundu says she decided to open up and disclose her status because it was no use hiding anymore.”I think it is time we opened up because there is no use hiding. I decided to open up so that my friends can know what is happening. I would encourage people to test and come out in the open and I would like to help other journalists because we as journalists tend to hide. And I think that’s what I was scared of- stigma and discrimination. As a journalist people think you are promiscuous because they say journalists are promiscuous but it’s not like that, there are many ways a person can get HIV. I just regret I didn’t do it earlier because I have friends who started earlier and they have no side effects but I was scared I had fear of testing and I wad scared of stigma,” she says.She says she is working with orphans in Mazabuka and would like to do something for journalists so they can have a platform.
Ewe mumbimunda ka AM,
Nkandu Luo has long been a public sex chamber. Now talk about your mama Mildred Mpundu here.
Ethiopia’s high speed hospitals | Print | E-mail
In a consulting room at the Black Lion teaching hospital in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, a pregnant woman lies on a couch, while an ultrasound image is taken of her baby.
Nearby, a doctor watches, as the image appears on a computer screen in front of him.
It’s a scene that can be found in hospitals worldwide.
But what is special about this consulting room is that as the image appears here, it appears simultaneously on a similar computer screen at the Care Hospital, a specialist hospital in Hyderabad in southern India.
And in two windows to the right of the screen the doctors at each end can see each other, and confer about their patient.
Indian aid
Using a light pen they can point out features on the scan to each other.
Doctor at Addis Ababa’s Black Lion Hospital consults via live tele-conference with a doctor in Hyderabad, India
And they can show each other X-rays, cardiograms showing the patient’s heartbeat, the results of her laboratory tests – whatever they need to share.
This is just the pilot for a scheme which will eventually be rolled out all over Africa, set up by Indian technicians and paid for by Indian aid.
At the moment three hospitals are linked by fast internet connection – the Care Hospital, Black Lion, and a provincial Ethiopian hospital in Nekemte, 300 km (188 miles) to the west of Addis Ababa.
The project was officially inaugurated by the Indian Foreign Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, on his visit to Ethiopia earlier this month, but even before the official inauguration some 40 patients had benefited from the new facilities.
Sharing expertise
The next stage is to link a total of 20 hospitals round Ethiopia into the network, so health workers in rural centres can have access to the best possible advice for their patients.
In a country where transportation is often slow and difficult it should mean that very sick patients can be treated by the best doctors in the country without having to be moved from where they are.
Although a hospital in India is part of the initial hook-up, Ratan Singh, the enthusiastic project manager stresses that this is not about providing Indian medical expertise to Africa.
What he is doing, he says, is to provide a technical platform, a means of sharing expertise, which African health services can use however they think best.
India will set up the project and run it free of charge for the first five years.
A sister project will link university students and teachers across the continent.
Twenty-three African countries have already signed up to the project, which was originally agreed between India and the African Union.
Eventually it will have its own dedicated satellite and five regional super-specialist hospitals in different parts of Africa will provide the best available medical expertise.
Source: BBC New
#32&33 Iwe ci observer, such cases like Mildred’s are now very common these days, pipo leaving with the disease are many and are everywhere in the all world, but we are hereby talking about the unsual GATES SCANDALS from our easterner power. Imwe mwefibantu mwapela Ba Nkandu Luo icinto sana – she is trying very hard the rendere support to the kumawas nomba nimwe FYUMBU MUSHOLOLWA.
Iwe Kakuku, why are you messing up the blog by copy and paste? Stop it mwaiche. If you have run out of ideas pack your bags and go to main masala.
#35 leave the Bakuku alone he is very knowledgeable and wants to share with u – is that a problem? Tawishibe ati niba future presdo of zed.
#35 Weshilu we, kapenene uko, walimonako kateka uwabula ama ideas, these stories am posting contain data that is very relevant not these hopeless LusakaTimes stories, are you not tired discussing Mulongoti?Am in the research dept of LT ask easy and ba Borniface Kabaso about my new roles.
#34 AM mona ici iciciwelewele cabula ishina? ni cimunyina cakwa Gina Daka(fyambagate), so apa nacidobola namenso nayakashika inga ngoshe.Uleke dobo nalikpele data pali dobo, so pasopo, we mpofu we
#35 kabiye ku VCT, already you are on rampage, see #34 by AM namubika Prof Luo on the stretch
#31 Its a very sad story, but people like Ci Citizen all these have no impact on his behaviour,including his senior chief,we surely need such awareness campaigns,Elina came out but we must do alot to prvent than to treat.More money must be spent on prevention not treatment.
Bane ati shani result for Magande case’s?
#38 Kuku what Iam missing the story ati Prof. Luo?
Corruption ‘mars Iraq rebuilding’
Reports of widespread fraud and waste of funds in Iraq Bowen interview
The US agency overseeing reconstruction in Iraq has told the BBC that economic mismanagement and corruption there is equivalent to “a second insurgency”.
The chief auditor assigned by Congress, Stuart Bowen, said the Iraqi government was failing to take responsibility for projects worth billions of dollars. Mr Bowen also said his agency was investigating more than 50 fraud cases. Meanwhile, nearly a third of Iraq’s population is in need of emergency aid, a report by Oxfam and Iraqi NGOs says.
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Ishafumu (39),
The case has been thrown out with costs with Magande declared dully elected. The bill for UPND’s Captain Mono and PF is now prohibitive. Kindly coordinate your friends and send the currency to help liquidate it if you are true patriots and supporters of Democracy.Could you answer to the question of what can i do for my country instead of what my country can do for me.PF and UPND are in desperate financial needs. Channel the money on Sata and HH’s personal accounts per their donations procedures.
Eastern Province sells highest maize tonnage
By Christopher Miti in Chipata
Sunday July 29, 2007 [03:00] Print Article Email Article
EASTERN Province permanent secretary Kelvin Kamuwanga has said the province has sold the highest number of maize tonnage in the country.
Briefing members of the press at his office on Friday, Kamuwanga said the province had sold 35,000 of the 54,000 tonnes that Food Reserve Agency (FRA) had so far purchased in the country.
“The general observation is that the maize purchasing is going on smoothly in the province. Out of the 54,000 tonnes purchased in the country so far, 35,000 tones representing 65 per cent of the total purchase of the provincial target which is 103 thousand tonnes is from Eastern Province,†Kamuwanga said.
He said the K6 billion that had been disbursed to the province was significantly short of the amount required.
Kamuwanga said all the 89 maize buying depots were operational in the province.
He said the incidences of ghost farmers and vendors were very minimal.
“The reduction in ghost farmers and vendors is as a result of an increase in satellite depots in the province,†Kamuwanga said.
He said there was need to strengthen monitoring of crop buying to minimise incidences of poor quality maize.
Kamuwanga said timely release of funds was cardinal to contain farmers’ patience.
According to the FRA’s crop purchases status as at July 19, Chipata had sold the highest number of maize bags at 257,503 followed by Petauke 203,549 Chadza 128, 641 Lundazi 113,547, Sinda 100,224, Katete 88,027 and Nyimba 83,250.
What is the latest on P Magande and the Chilanga 2006 Election results petition?
The answer is here:
The case has been thrown out with costs with Magande declared dully elected. The bill for UPND’s Captain Mono and PF is now prohibitive. Kindly coordinate your friends and send the currency to help liquidate it if you are true patriots and supporters of Democracy.Could you answer to the question of what can i do for my country instead of what my country can do for me.PF and UPND are in desperate financial needs. Channel the money on Sata and HH’s personal accounts per their donations procedures.
Really ARVs are wonder drugs, uyu ciwenukane Mulongoti, mambala alekola during FTJs reign.
Guys, do NOT stigmatize illnesses. If Mulongoti takes ARVs so what? just discuss his comments.I’ve also seen comments celebrating LPMs chipumputu on this blog, its sad to say the least. I hope you are NOT celebrating FTJs heart condition too , or is it HIV.
#47 Such pipo HEY the forget that one day it will be them being sick. Sickness doesnt spare anyone. Its a matter of time.
My post below will be strange but timely to some. From conviction I write;
HEARING FROM GOD
“For the revelation awaits an appointed time.” Habakkuk 2:3 NIV
When God speaks to you it’s not always wise to rush out and tell people yet to be soaked in his touch or have never walked the ways of victory. Actually, it can hurt you! When God gives you a word of direction it’s often followed by a season of preparation. Who wouldn’t want to talk about the amazing experience Paul had with God on the Damascus Road? And there would be a ‘right time’ for doing that – but not yet.
Don’t go till God gives you the green light. Why? (a) Because God may need time to prepare the hearts of those He is sending you to or blessing you with. (b) You need time, maturing and equipping, so that the word you’ve received can take root and be fulfilled in the way God wants. Paul writes, “Immediately after my calling – without consulting anyone around me and without going up to Jerusalem to confer with those who were apostles long before I was – I got away to Arabia…it was three years before I went up to Jerusalem to compare stories with Peter…Then I began my ministry” (Gal 1:16-21 TM). Paul had the wisdom to know that people would find his calling unbelievable. So he waited. He allowed God to go ahead of him and arrange the circumstances in his favor. And while he was waiting, he allowed the word he had received to grow in his heart and make changes in his life.
Then, and only then, did he start doing what he was called to do. Paul didn’t try to convince anybody, he let God do that. And the result? “Their response was to recognize and worship God because of me” (Gal 1:24 TM). So don’t be bothered or act on peer pressure of getting ahead or against God’s plan for your life through malicious behavior. Be sensitive to His timing! God has it all for you coming.
Life and death are in our tongues. What God has blessed no malicious tongue or heart will curse it. Let you answer be Yes or No always. Endeavor to align your motives right and avoid popularity ambitions at the expense of trapping yourself. Life has too many vigilant men to document your failures and susceptibilities before future roles. Unlike God teaching the 70*70 rule, before man’s files these can never be deleted unless compelling evidence of a radical change is validated in layers.
By his Grace
#49 Pragmatist, Have u ever come across the verse which says DO UNTO OTHERS AS U WOULD LIKE THEM TO DO UNTO TO U. The word of World is alive and written for us all, not just for some. Just a word of advice to u my friend, pls practise what u preach.
#50 sorry the second line should read the Word of God…..
#49 Pragmatist
Lekeni ifyakunya apa. Nishani tata? Neimwe mwalilwala chipumpu te? Iyoo kwena mulasata kwati lishulu mukupakala ifishikwete ubuyo. Just go and rest or drink tu whisk before you start writing ici arabic.
#49 Ala leka ukuisosha,wilacula no mutima, pa Zambia napa wama, bwelakofye uko Canada tata,wilatutuma impepo ishipwa,umuzulu fyani,elo ingolefwaya business talk to AM he is incharge pa InterCity, and Iam in charge pa Masala, icicipingo ulepunda mu #49 cilifye kwena atleast mu chalichi mwena walimwishiba ukucila uyu umuntu kufita HK, pa chalichi epo asha utukopo twa stella Artois napo ingani budweiser.Kumwangashi ciwa alatubikamo no mutwe that is why afililwa ukuba Shinganga winewine.
Pragmatist are you now turning to God? Weldone lets hope you will change for good.
Mbozi, ala mwandi, the angels in heaven are busy joicing for the repentance of one Pragmatist.
#56 Iwe ci Pragmatist u too. Watempako ubushilu baci Arabian. Ooh no my joicing in the morning with the angels was in vain, I was thinking we won one sinner kanshi ni pretendence te. Kanshi nimwe pa Pastor kaya kumulu.
I have chanded my ID
I will be using “Senior nshinya Citizen†ngafyangisamo I will be writing ici South Korean.
Amen
#57 What do u mean by writting “I have chanded my ID”