Information and Broadcasting Services minister Ronnie Shikapwasha says the cost serving measures which government has introduced made Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) senior photographer Emma Nakapizye to return from New York.
He said the situation has caused cabinet to reduce the number of journalists covering international presidential assignments to three or less.
This is contained in a press statement made available to ZANIS in Lusaka today by information and broadcasting minister Lt Gen Ronnie Shikapwasha.
Lt. General Shikapwasha said media reports that Ms Nakapizye was barred from covering the president at the United Nations (UN) Assembly in New York by State House Special Assistant to the President and Public Relations Dickson Jere were false.
The minister said as far as his ministry is concerned, Ms Nakapizye had completed her assignment in New York adding that there was no provision for her to proceed to Cuba, hence her return.
Meanwhile the minister has called on ZANIS management not to consider transferring Ms Nakapizye to any province or district as she is the head of the photographic unit at the institution adding that her position does not exist in any other part of the nation.
Ms Nakapizye is believed to have been barred from covering president Rupiah Banda in New York by Mr. Dickson Jere.
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Real Democracy. When is it going to come to Zed. I am so sick of politicians and their lies. Govt should cut back on delegation expenses by leaving those ministers at home to do the work on the ground.
Let her bring us those images so we can see what you are upto on these trips. We do not need CNN to tell us that you dont know how an escalator, when we have our own media personnel.
shikapwasha,ugly man.you annoy.let nakapizye face your wrath today.when you will be out of goverment and so unporpular without coverage from any media in future and under preasure gasping for air with that big nose you will need her.she is a proffessional whilst you are a political appointee.remember?
Let her bring us those images so we can see what you are upto on these trips. We do not need CNN to tell us that you dont know how an escalator OPERATES, when we have our own media personnel.
Why didn’t thos Journalists going to Cuba the UN General assembly as well. You are a pathological liar, at times learn to think before you talk. We can see through your lies and wait we shall teach a lesson in 2011. We are watching carefully and listening to every lie coming out of your dirty mouth – You and Mulongoti especially wait and se. Tetamalilo is gone and did you hear what people were saying? They may soon be saying th same about you and mulongoti – watch you mouth and stop telling us lies. Let the young lady cover the President without intereference from those who do not know how to use escalators.
I have never seen a man of God who lies so much , Rev shiks. The Rev is suggesting that they transfer Emma somewhere else indirectly. He is trying to use reverse psychology. Let the woman do her job. Chimoneni chi kolwe. tumba tufi. Kabwa nsenga.
Politics of poverty, hatred, no common sense. Shame on you old man that you can lie. I hope we can have politician who are principled and now boot lickers.
Does this man ever stop lying? Shame on you-an old man like yourself and expect others to respect you like its your birth right-when you dont even respect yourself!
Trying to cover up truth, if the government knew that there would be more money needed for more people to go why did they allow her to go. And why is it that its only her who was asked to return. And since she is head of photography at ZANIS why are junior fellows than her allowed to stay there. Come guys how can you be lying to us in broad day light. Just accept that dickson Jere hates her….and that most of you government officials are abusing power and the LAW.
Where is SHIKAPWASHA in that photo is that his office it looks so disorganised I just cannot just see any thing there
LT am wondering your motivation about all this i havent even insulted yet you have put my comment on moderation, forgive me if its a new sysyetm for your site or may be its media regulation that you are doing.
Iwe chi$3%la Shikapwasha, you have no morality at all. Costing saving…my foot. Why did you inckude her in the entourage in the first place. You realised you had to cost save someone is already abroad. No wonder this country will always lag behind
#6 mimi I have seen a one that lies more. Nevers Mumba.
wankers always lie.
stop lying u pig
Another nonsense from MMD-thieves. Shikapwasha takes Zambians for kids. He has continued insultng our intelligency day in and day out. What is wrong with these MMD – minions?? Why should they rule our great nation by lies? Lies in the morning, lies at lunch, liea at dinner, lies lies lies lies lies …nonsense you fake pastor. No wonder chimona chakulila kwati likufi lyeshilu.
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THE AMAZEMENT CENTER CONTINUES PA ZED. YOU PAY FOR SOME TO COVER THE PRESIDO BECAUSE IS A SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER OF ITS KIND IN ZAMBIA. YOU PREVENT SOMEONE TO COVER THE PRESIDO AS SHE IS ONLY DOING A JOB SHE WAS SENT TO DO. THE NEXT DAY YOU SENT HER PACKING SAYING THE BILL DID NOT COVER FOR CUBA TRIP BUT YOU ALLOW JUNIORS TO GO TO CUBA INSTEAD OF A SENIOR WHO KNOWS THE JOB WELL, THEN YOU TELL THE NATION THROUGH REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY THAT ZANIS SHUD NOT TRANSFER HER TO OTHER PARTS OF THE NATION BECOZ HER JOB IS NOT AVAILABLE THERE. IF U KNEW THAT WHY THEN SEND HER BACK AND GIVE THE JOB IN CUBA TO JUNIORS? IF ZANIS FIRE HIGHER ,REV SHIKIPOLOMIA WILL SAY ZANIS IS INDEPENDENT HE PLEADED WITH THE LADY. I HOPE SOMETIMES HE RECORDS HIS SPEECH TO HEAR CONTRADICTIONS AND FALLACIES OF SLIPPERY SLOPE.
Cost cutting my foot! This woman was already there. Don’t you guys know about budgets? Are you saying that you just realised that there wasn’t enough money afterwards? And why didn’t you cut on the delegation size? No wonder you are tripping on elevators! Too many lies from this man. You are an embarrassment to the clergy.
Zambia, everything is politics. What wrong was in the photos? By the way what happened to Maestro? Did they take away his computer or he went back to Zed and has no access to internet? Maestro, where are you?
this bull shit why are these people still in power…. i’m starting a group following on facebook. zambia for change… we have to leave old politics behind.
#16 what is the website ,went to the Zambian economist site and did not see anything.
imwe ba figili ba MMD you have tempered with the judiciary now you are tempering with zanis. U see that is why we are so retogressive because the govt encourages boot licking over proffesionalism.
ninshi muletina bane lekeni umwaice akope amafotos ya fyo mucilisha mumpiye shesu bakwindi
What cost saving measures on one journalist? I the cabinet of Zambia was copmposed of people with brains, you would have thought about cutting it’s size and removing the NCC nonses**nse. How much have you saved by humiliating Nakipizye? This is a lie from this man who claims to be a Reverend! Anyway, even the Devil has Reverends, it’s no surprise at all!!
Kalos2020. Am happy that maestro n senior citizen r idle 4 the time being hope 4ever. U knw wat senior citizen works at the embassy in the usa. He is busy wth the zed delegation 2 even blog. Halelula. Ok emma was sent bak simply bcoz of D”kson not what ronie is saying. She knws ha work. We have few photographers in zambia 2 do wat she does wth those old manual cameras wen pipo have gone digital. Edi mwanaleza supply pix of the fela who was dancing kalela on the escalator
it is true that some reverends are devils or verse visa as it can be seen by our so called Shika who always want to defend the bad acts of MMD Govt. no wonder former first lady refused to greet him
Okey okey!!! I quit being a Zambian. But NO, I love this country too much to let it be misruled by trollops like Shikamphuno. Remember my comments earlier about how it is wrong to have a whole former Commander of ZAF playing the role of ‘Squealer’ in Animal Farm!!!!!Telling the other animals that “We said no animal shall sleep in a bed with bed sheets!!! No animal shall drink milk…………Some animals are more equal than others!!Just watch this GENERAL mess himself up like a common twag/pimp/hule/solola/ ba General please you commanded officers and men OR DID YOU????Epo mpelele.
Zambia my country!!!!
Is this man really a Pastor?’ Cost serving ‘ what a lie. Some positions in Government should be filled by pagans like Mulongoti and his late friend Teta not a Pastor.
Hey there you go again
You belong to your father the devil, when he speaks a lay his speaks his native languege. He is been a liar and he does not abide in the trueth. He is a father of all liar (john8:44). This man is specialising in lying. When did they realise that they needed to serve costs. Before or after trip. Stop feeding us with clap.
Off topic bane. “The developments in Chiluba’s case have sent very confused messages to the donor community. We [Britain] give Zambia about US $60 million each year in direct budgetary support, and we have to be accountable to the British taxpayers because they are the owners of this money,” High Commissioner Carter said. “We need to ensure that the money that we give to Zambia is being spent correctly.”
High Commissioner Carter said Zambia’s corruption fight should not just be in words and declarations, but be matched with action.
Eeeeerrrr Tom I am not British but thats my money gone as well!
#8 SHARP. Those lips in the picture distract me for a good 15 seconds each time Im reading your blog. This is a compliment not a complaint. Any possibility of availing yourself for a full physical examination? I can forward my contact details…….
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The lying pastor is at it again. Christianity Zambian style!
Sorry should be “I have just been invited”
if i was a recruiting officer at the time shikapwasha was joining zaf i would have rejected him.not worthy called an officer because officers are gentlemen.why tell lies to the world.please God help zambia
This man is ugly, he truly gives credence to the notion that man was descended from bakolwe. Give him a tail and a red butt, is this not a baboon we are talking about here?
No we refuse those prophets of doom reports of possible war in Zambia in Jesus’s name. We need to pray that God may deal with every selfish person who may be the cause of that. We declare peace in Zambia .God bless Zambia..
What a childish excuse. reduce on journalists and increase on Party Cadres ! Ba Banda naba filwa Zed ka
Dennis Wood has declared the Post did not behave contemptuously and has told the stupid magistrate presiding over Kabwera’s case to piss off and concentrate on the useless case as opposed to trying to pick up a fight with the Post and Prof. Ndulo. If only we had more judges like this on the bench, this would be ok. Maybe this Wood in the reincurnation of that gallant son of the soil Justice Claver Musumali MHSRIP.
Am just wondering as to whom she refused to drop her ‘Victoria’s secret’ to?
He doesn’t deserve to be called a reverand, he is just as good as any shameless liars around Zed!
icimona, we will see when youleave office
the cost of a return air ticket is +/- $1800 and say double that for expenses and accommodation. Why not just hire a photographer in the US to take the shots of Bwezani and save poor Zambia the cost. The Zambian embassy could arrange something like that, seeing they are sitting idle.
Am sure Nakapizye refused to indulge in the act. We have a govt of corrupt, ill-minded, randy, fornicators, led by chief molester himself. I mean twenty years back, someone in state house was just a baby, but cimudala was in govt. The same chaps who the poor girl are just copying from the maestro.
There is only one important thing at the moment and that is voting out the MMD because the amount deceit by MMD govt is stinking to the heavens. This Shikapwasha is a F.u.c.k.i.n.g s.h.i.t piece of a human being
Ba Shikapwasha, why transfer a head of department from HQ to the bush??? you might aswell bring bush men to town so that she trains them. coz even if you send her to the bush, she’ll be still be the only senior photographer in the nation.
nakapizye just refused to give in to someone, so the govt wants to flustrate in order to neutralise her
Big E, we are behind you. Di*ckson will eat sh*t one day.
I suspect that Senior Citizen is a journalist we used to call Sipolilo. He works at the Zambian Embassy in Washington.
if HERB can be intolerant with monkeys what more with reporters? HERB is turning out to be more ruthless than super ken, his mulamu.
Shikapwasha has always been a lier. Remember he said Teta was recovering in UTH. remember he told us that Levy was recovering in France. What a reverend!
You are such a pathological/habitual liar we ci fyashi iwe. Fuseki ifyabupuba lyonse change for the better or else hell awaits you anxiously.
What truth can come out of Rev. Gen. Shikapwasha who is always telling us lies in the morning, afternoon and night???
Interesting pictures of the visit in Swaziland if Lusaka Times will allow groups dot yahoo dot com/group/uszambians/attachments/folder/1906645345/item/763180425/view
If the Ministry of Information thinks it cant send away its own propaganda team. ZANIS is government’s information team so how do you send away your own personnel. Cost cutting? That should have been done before she flew to New York not afterwards. What costs are you cutting when she already has a plane ticket! Think imwe bantu think!
Those are pictures of President RB in Swazi Traditional attire, interesting
someone wanted a quicky and she refused,could be the big man himself.am told he is on heat.( THIS IS CLASSIFIED INFO)
I do not understand why someone should travel and send them back for cost saving measures. Why let her go in the first place.
That is totally acceptable and Jere’s behaviour must be checked by the appointing authority the young man is frustrating free media. Zanis is part of GRZ and Emma whatever the case is suppposed to be treated in a dignified manner. Jere should not forget that the position he is holding was held by others before him and still to be held by others in future. Even Gen. Ronnie Shikapwasha’s coming to rectify the situation is too late. May be th only good thing is that Emma wont be transferred outside Lusaka District and the public is following with keen interest steps being taken by GRZ. Dickson Jere is not doing goiod to his master and he needs to cautioned.
I cant really comment because I do not know ho is telling the truth. Is it the Post,s sources or Shikapwasha or are both spicing up the facts.
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