 The opposition Patriotic Front (PF) in Mufulira districton the Copperbelt Province have scooped both the position of Mayor and Deputy Mayor in civic polls held yesterday.
PF Kamuchanga ward Councillor Stanley Kaluba was re-elected as Mayor after polling
18 votes against his MMD rival Mwamba Mulenga from David Lunda ward who polled 10
votes.
This now means that Councillor Kaluba will continue as mayor for the second term
running having served the Municipal Council as mayor for the civic year 2006/07.
And the position of Deputy Mayor was scooped by PF Mulungushi ward Councillor Tomson Ngulube who won the seat with 16 votes against Joseph Mueya of the MMD who managed to capture 10 votes.
Returning Officer fo rthe elections who is also Mufulira Town Clerk Charles
Mwandila declared the polls free and fair and confered the two Councillors in their
respective positions.
Mr. Mwandila told the Councillors that they shall be installed in due course after
his office received instructions from the ministry of local government and housing.
And speaking when he addressed Councillors on his latest victory, Mayor
Kaluba thanked them for their support and called them to work even much harder as
the council begins the 2007/08 civic year which started on September 1.
Deputy Mayor- Elect Tomson Ngulube in his address noted that development
will only come to Mufulira if both the ruling and opposition Councillors worked
together.
Its a week of victories,just over the weakend we beat South Africa and now we have beaten MMD.VIVA PF!!!!
SAGE,
Can you see how our tribalism is kwempa-ling political parties while making MMD strong? And can you see the audacity of these MMD chaps on Sata? Read the statement below from Teta. Should PF lose the Chingola seat I will call blogging quits because we are wasting our time blogging against MMD mafias in power.
But MMD spokesperson Benny Tetamashimba said “it was more likely that MMD would adopt former Patriotic Front (PF) Nchanga member of parliament Charles Chimumbwa.“Chimumbwa is most likely to be adopted because of what we’ve been doing in the past. We can’t just stop on him.â€
SENIOR UPND OFFICIAL IN MAZABUKA RESIGN
By Henry Chibulu in Mazabuka: Tuesday September 11, 2007
The opposition United Party for National Develop-ment (UPND) in Mazabuka has suffered yet another setback following the resignation of senior party officials.
The officials who have resigned include provincial treasurer, Mohammed Ahmed Dawoodjee and former Mazabuka central member of parliament, Griffiths Nang’omba.
Others who have resigned include, district treasurer, Tapson Chimbofwa, his vice Monitor Mweene and district youth chairman, Ben Manyanga.
Former Mazabuka Central member of parliament, Griffiths Nang’omba said in Mazabuka yesterday, that the resignation of senior members in the district, which is the birth place for UPND, meant that the party was dead.
He said more senior party officials were expected to resign from the party.
Nang’omba said the defectors were still consulting their members on whether to join the ruling MMD or opposition United Liberal Party (ULP).
Dawoodjee said the regional politics being practiced in the party compelled him to resign.
He said his religion forbade the glorification of leaders and the wearing of T-shirts bearing portraits of people other than Allah.
But UPND provincial vice chairman, John Chidyaka described the resignation of the officials as good riddance.
Chidyaka said the officials who resigned were ‘a bunch of job seekers’ who had been promised positions by the MMD government.
He said all the defectors were bitter with the party national leadership because they were not adopted as candidates during the previous general elections.
We are aware that the officials have been promised jobs and we just wish them the best in their political careers, said Chidyaka.
Chingola woman dies in ex-hubby’s rape ordeal
By BUPE CHISHIMBA and ALEX NJOVU
A 35-YEAR-OLD woman in Chingola’s Kalilo settlement area
has died in the process of being allegedly raped by her former husband.
Police have since apprehended the former husband to help with investigations.
Chingola/Chililabombwe Police commanding officer, Felix Mulenga, confirmed this yesterday.
Mr Mulenga said police suspected that the man allegedly continued making love to the deceased even after she had already died.
“They were in a group of four, two men and two women, drinking beer.
After sometime, the deceased decided to go back to her house to collect maize but on her way home, she was followed by her former husband.
“The man started pushing her to a nearby bush.
In the process, she fell down and hit her head on a stone and died on the spot,†Mr Mulenga said.
He said the man allegedly did not realise that the woman had died and started making love to the deceased.
Mr Mulenga said the suspect only realised that the woman had died after the act.
“Police have since arrested the former husband and two others to help with investigations,†he said.
In another incident, an 18-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly throwing her nine-month-old baby in Kalilo stream in Chingola.
Mr Mulenga, who confirmed this said the suspect claimed that she allegedly threw the baby in the stream because its father was not rendering support.
The suspect has been charged with infanticide and would appear in court after a post-mortem is conducted.
Ba Easy this another friend of Veteran in#3, these guys are wicked beyond repair.
FACT/VETERAN POSTED #2 & #3.Fellow bloggers,VETERAN is so desperate to keep his job at TIMES of ZAMBIA and he`s got a family to feed after being warned by Mulongoti.POOR VETERAN how can you sink so low to the extent of impersonations?Shame on you!!!!
I am going to run for a third term.WHAAAAAT DOOO BLOOOGERSSS THINK?
Chapi,
That is how you have exposed your cluelessness.Why don’t you just ask for help. Those IPs are from Canada and the USA. Veteran’s IP has never posted anything here for a very long time. Maybe i should expose your locations all of you by pasting a comprehensive listing to help you.And does he work at Times of Z when he is your neighbor in the county where you are. If only you had access to IPs you could have realised how embarrassing you have been to yourself.
Phillipine’s Estrada verdict finally in, I hope Chiluba’s concludes soon too. We have a chance to show our resolve to the world….
Is it true Ian Porterfield is dead?
#7 SERVICEMAN.You seem to be contradicting yourself about Veterans location in a deperate attempt to defend him.Check your comments on #8 & #9 under the topic Zesco Owes Valley Tongas people – Sikota.Be carefull when you`re dealing with me because I am going to expose your blind loyalty and any practise of DEMAGOGY.
#7 SERVICEMAN.You seem to be contradicting yourself about Veterans location in a desperate attempt to defend him.Check your comments on #8 & #9 under the topic Zesco Owes Valley Tongas people – Sikota.Be carefull when you`re dealing with me because I am going to expose your blind loyalty and any practise of DEMAGOGY.
#6 We think u are MAAAAAADDDDDD Chuchu Muwelewele.
Chapi,
Atishani bolapashi.Fi blogging tafilepasa then what is our role in this NCC?
Constitutional Race Hots Up As Levy Launches Awareness Campaign
The Times of Zambia (Ndola)
NEWS
12 September 2007
Posted to the web 12 September 2007
Ndola
President Mwanawasa has launched the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) Constitution Awareness Campaign programme with a call for all stakeholders to help explain the process to people for them to exercise their sovereign right to determine their destiny.
Speaking on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) television last night, Mr Mwanawasa said the process of formulating a new Constitution had brought Zambia into a phase that required collective effort, sober and open mindedness and unity of purpose. He said that as Republican President, he was undertaking the duty with humility and with full knowledge of the diversity of the interests of the Zambian people, and was aware that democracy must grow in Zambia for the greater good of the country and the people.
“I participate with commitment from a conviction that, since the establishment of our nation, time has arrived to put the interests of Zambia and its people above everything else,” he said. He advised that now that the issue of the process had been resolved, it was not in the country’s interest to continue with the academic discourse of who was right and who was wrong, explaining that his Government was committed to working with all stakeholders in order to give Zambia a Constitution that would stand the test of time.
He said the people, in whom the sovereign authority lay, should be given full information to enable them exercise that power with the complete knowledge. If left in the dark, they would not be able to exercise their authority wisely. He said this was the reason civic education was of utmost importance.
“In this regard, I wish to thank the Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) whose timely intervention has seen us move this far. I wish to urge them, and through them, other stakeholders, to take this message down to the people, to explain to the people what is happening in order for them to exercise their sovereign right to determine their own destiny,” the President said.
As a major stakeholder, Mr Mwanawasa said Government would continue to play a pivotal role by providing support services and general leadership.
He charged those with the responsibility of representing the Zambian people in the Constitution Conference to realise they had the responsibility of fulfilling the aspirations of the Zambians. “We should not disappoint the Zambian people by abusing the trust and confidence entrusted in us,” he said.
“Zambians are all bound by a collective interest to make our country a better place. Diversity must be a strength to enrich the Constitution-making process. It is by sharing with each other, our individual and sectoral experiences that our prejudices and mistrust for each other can be surmounted,” Mr Mwanawasa said.
He said the tension experienced in the process should be replaced with dialogue and that people in the NCC should be open-minded and debate to come up with a collective decision.
Mr Mwanawasa said it was only through an open-minded attitude that the Constitution could be able to embrace and protect the interests of the country and bring forth a Constitution by the people and for the people.
Since independence, the country had made several attempts to come up with the Constitution that would reflect the views of the Zambian people.
Chapi… Serviceman,FACT, Veteran is one and the same Ngugi. Dont waste your time on him we can tell the difference in the approach. There is a uniqueness in how one presents themselves. He can use your ID but he can not steal your mind and heart. I just read the first sentence and i could tell its not the Real Chapi. I have reverted back to “SAGE” because i realise people can tell the difference just by reading the what i post and my style. So let Ngugi keep dreaming on.
Should I fire MUUUUUUUUUUULONGOTIIIIIIIII?
#14 SAGE.Point taken.
You impersonator stop using my ID.
Zambia eyes AU top job
VICE-PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has appealed to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the rest of Africa to support Zambia’s candidate for the position of Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Inonge Mbikusita Lewanika.
Mr Banda made the appeal in Lusaka last evening when he launched the Zambia campaign for Dr Mbikusita-Lewanika, who is currently the country’s Ambassador to the United States.
“I wish to make an appeal for support to all our true friends in the SADC region as well as in Central, Eastern, Northern and West Africa,†Mr Banda said.
“Zambia strongly believes that together we can shape the future of our continental organisation so that it may better protect African interests and facilitate economic growth and overall development for the benefit of all the African peoples.â€
He said the AU faced many challenges that called for the reinvigoration of the continental organisation to enable it rise to the occasion.
The AU needed to take a new direction in the manner it conducted business in the changed circumstances.
“I am convinced that our candidate will bring to the organisation the required dynamism needed to revitalise our continental organisation,†he said.
Mr Banda called on citizens to rally behind Government as it spearheads the campaign.
“You are all urged to take advantage of every single opportunity of interaction on every single forum to, whether regional, continental or international, to drive the campaign that is about to begin,†he said.
He said Southern Africa has never produced a candidate for the continental top job.
It was against that background that Zambia seized the opportunity to vie for the post.
And Dr Mbikusita-Lewanika thanked President Mwanawasa for finding her worthy to be Zambia’s candidate for the position.
“I pledge not to let you down.
I am eager and ready to accept the nomination,†she said.
Earlier Chief Government spokesperson Mike Mulongoti announced in a statement that government had nominated Dr Mbikusita-Lewanika, as candidate for the AU top job in view of the elections that takes place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January 2008.
“I urge all Zambian friends and well-wishers on the continent and in the international arena to support and actively participate in the campaign for the candidature of Ambassador Mbikusita-Lewanika,†he said.
Mr Mulongoti, who is also Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, invited all Zambian supporters to seize every opportunity that might arise within the country or outside to campaign for Dr Mbikusita-Lewanika.
“A special appeal is addressed to the womenfolk in Africa to lend their solid support to our Zambian candidate.
Let us all support Dr Mbikusita-Lewanika and ensure that she carries the Zambian flag in the AU Commission,†he said.
The minister said Dr Mbikusita-Lewanika had been associated with the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) which was the forerunner of the AU.
She has also participated in the drafting of the Charter of the African Child and chaired several OAU workshops on gender mainstreaming.
Mr Mulongoti said Dr Mbikusita-Lewanika also competently served as a member of the African Women Committee on Peace and Development.
Dr Mbikusita-Lewanika served as member of Parliament from 1991 to 2001 during which time she served on the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs.
She was once appointed as President Mwanawasa’s special envoy to the OAU when the President was chairperson from 2001 to 2002.
Dr Mbikusita-Lewanika holds a PhD in Early Childhood and Education-Teacher Educator and a Masters Degree in Education and Psychology.
Mugabe critic quits as archbishop
A prominent critic of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has resigned as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, after an adultery scandal.
Zimbabwe’s state media in July published photographs of what it said was Pius Ncube in bed with a married woman who worked for his parish.
His lawyers called the allegations an orchestrated attempt to discredit him.
Bishop Ncube, 60, has this year called for mass street protests and foreign intervention to remove Mr Mugabe.
A brief statement from the Vatican said Pope Benedict XVI had accepted Bishop Ncube’s resignation under the article of church law that says a bishop should retire if he is ill or if “some other grave reason” had made him unsuitable for office.
The secretary general of one faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change told the BBC News website it was a “sad” day for Zimbabwe.
“He fought the regime and the regime fought back,” said Tendai Biti.
‘Wicked regime’
Bishop Ncube says he offered to resign within days of the publication of the photographs, since when he has been keeping a low profile.
The woman’s husband has sued him for 20bn Zimbabwe dollars (about $160,000, or £80,000, on the black market exchange rate) over the affair.
Bishop Ncube said he would remain a Catholic bishop in Zimbabwe, and would continue to speak out.
He said he would work with ordinary people and would not be “silenced by the crude machinations of a wicked regime”.
Last month, Zimbabwe’s Roman Catholic Bishops backed Bishop Ncube, praising him for “exposing the evils”.
They said the attacks on him by the government and state media were “outrageous and utterly deplorable and constitute an assault on the Catholic Church”.
In March, Bishop Ncube said he was prepared to stand in front of “blazing guns” at the front of street protests to bring down the government and urged other Zimbabweans to do the same.
Four months later, he said foreign powers should intervene to remove Mr Mugabe, saying this would be “the lesser of two evils”.
The photos of him allegedly in bed with a married woman were published in state-owned media two weeks later.
‘Dangerous path’
Former BBC Zimbabwe correspondent Grant Ferrett says Mr Ncube’s hostility to Mr Mugabe’s government stems from the massacres of his Ndebele people in the early 1980s.
An estimated 20,000 people were killed, mostly civilians, by a North Korean-trained brigade of the army.
President Robert Mugabe has reacted to criticism from the country’s bishops by warning they were on a “dangerous path” if they became too political.
Zimbabwe has the world’s highest rate of inflation – currently about 7,500% – and just one in five adults are in work.
The opposition says government critics are beaten up and even killed by state agents and supporters of Mr Mugabe.
The government denies such claims, saying there is a western plot to remove him from power.
Ka Shortie used Zaaaaaaamtropical and why can`t I use prosecutions to make a little bit of stepends.What`s wrong with you Zaaaaaaaaambiaaaaaaanssss?Chitoba tell these chaps.
12 Zambian women in detention abroad
TWELVE Zambian women are being held in different countries in connection with criminal activities and Government has warned citizens travelling abroad to be cautious and avoid being used as couriers for narcotic drugs.
Home Affairs Minister, Ronnie Shikapwasha said in Lusaka yesterday that the Government was concerned about the incidents of Zambians, especially women, being arrested outside the country.
Lieutenant-General Shikapwasha said that currently 12 Zambian women were being held in three different countries and some of them had been in confinement for about five years.
Gen Shikapwasha said during a Press briefing that the information available to the Government showed that the Zambian nationals were arrested after their parcels were discovered containing some psychotropic substances.
He said that while nationals claimed that they were carrying parcels for other people and claimed that they did not know the contents of the parcels:
‘‘The fact remains that they will be brought before the courts of law and severe sentences will be slapped on them such as death sentences, life imprisonment and long-term sentences in prisons or indeed huge fines.’’
Gen Shikapwasha named the 12 women as Maureen Mukunta being held in Mauritius, Guinea Daka in Singapore, Naomi Banda, Pamela Mwangilwa and Lilian Banda in India.
Others being held in India are Josephine Funsani, Phoebe Kamambo, Maureen Banda, Stella Mwila and Sepiso Lubinda.
He said some of the women fell prey to their villains who posed as boyfriends or mere acquaintances but used them to traffic in drugs sometimes without even themselves realising it.
Others were used by people who purported to be fellow Christians and, therefore, there was need to be careful and not to trust anyone too much when travelling abroad.
He gave an example of Guinea Daka whom, he said was befriended by other women of a Church in South Africa who had invited her to their home.
While she waited to buy goods to bring to Zambia, they lured her on a trip to Singapore and her bag was packed by the same ‘good Samaritans’ who allegedly put some drugs in her bag.
Gen Shikapwasha said some foreign criminals went up to the extent of using Zambian forged passports and whenever they were arrested they tarnished the Zambian image.
Gen Shikapwasha said the law against drug trafficking was in other countries very stiff and perpetrators faced such penalties as life imprisonment or death sentences.
‘‘The Government of the Republic of Zambia is greatly concerned about our nationals who have of late involved themselves in criminal conduct while travelling abroad.
‘‘It has been brought to our attention that quite a number of our people, especially women, have been arrested, detained, tried in courts of Law in foreign countries and often end up in prisons,’’ he said.
Russian ex-spies flex their muscles
This week Russian communists laid flowers at the tomb of Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky, on the 130th anniversary of his birth.
The BBC’s James Rodgers in Moscow examines the enduring influence of the secret police in the era of President Vladimir Putin – himself a former KGB officer.
Communist-era secret police became hate figures across much of the Soviet bloc during the Cold War.
When those regimes unravelled in the late 1980s and early 1990s, people celebrated their demise. Archives were opened, informers were exposed, former dissidents became presidents.
But in Russia, things turned out differently.
After a decade of unpredictable change – in which jobs, savings, and many of the certainties which had come with communism simply disappeared – Russians looked for another solution.
In March 2000, they turned not to a dissident writer or activist. They elected a former KGB officer to lead the country.
As he prepares to leave office next spring, Vladimir Putin enjoys popularity ratings his predecessors could never have dreamed of.
His KGB past has proved no obstacle to widespread support among the population.
Soviet iron fist
The secret police under one name or another were a hugely influential force in Russia throughout the Soviet period.
Working in intelligence you need to be informed about a lot of things and you need to be able to work with people and respect your partners
President Vladimir Putin
They began as the “Cheka” – from the Russian letters standing for “Extraordinary Commission”. In that incarnation, they gave the Russian language the word “Chekist”.
The ties of loyalty which agents develop are supposed to last for life. As the saying goes, “there’s no such thing as a former Chekist”.
KGB veterans may add: “there are only traitors”.
Many of Mr Putin’s former fellow officers have prospered during his tenure.
They are known in Russian today as the siloviki. The name comes from the Russian word sila, meaning “strength” or “power”.
Privileged elite
In Soviet times, those who joined the KGB’s ranks were in a position of privilege. They were considered reliable enough to see and hear things which the Soviet regime kept from the majority of the population.
Foreign travel was a rare opportunity. It gave those lucky enough to get it an experience denied to their follow citizens. They gained an understanding of the world as it really was, not just as it appeared in the Soviet media.
They served under the guise of diplomats, journalists and members of trade delegations. Top-quality language tuition had equipped them for intelligence-gathering.
Their varied experience and extensive contacts gave them the qualities they needed to find their way through the chaos and uncertainty of Russia in its immediate post-Soviet years.
Not only have they survived, they have succeeded. KGB agents, and those from the KGB’s main successor agency, the FSB (Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti, or State Security Service), are among those making millions from Russia’s economic boom.
“Former KGB officers and current FSB officers are increasing their influence in the oil and gas industries,” says Mikhail Krutikhin, of Rusenergia.
Mr Krutikhin’s years as a foreign correspondent for the Tass news agency brought him into frequent contact with Soviet intelligence officers. He sees the hand of their successors in Russia’s richest industries, which he now follows as an analyst.
“Russian companies have ‘curators’ assigned to them,” he explains. “They make requests and demands for information on foreign clients.”
Shadowy careers
Mr Putin himself has spoken proudly of his past in the KGB, suggesting that the experience has helped him as head of state.
Many of those now occupying positions of power in the Kremlin, and in the top levels of Russian business – the two often overlap – are believed to have been KGB agents. Their official biographies rarely spell it out, but gaps in individual CVs, or foreign postings during Soviet times, strongly suggest it.
Olga Kryshtanovskaya, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has studied the country’s centres of power since the late 1980s. This is what she sees today.
“A quarter of the political elite are siloviki,” she says.
Her definition includes not only the KGB, but also the military and other security forces.
That’s only the ones who publicly admit to it. It is not in the nature of many secret policemen to disclose their identity.
Ms Kryshtanovskaya estimates that when those she describes as “affiliated” – that is, not publicly declared – are taken into account, the figure could be as high as three-quarters.
One of those who makes no secret of his KGB past is Sergei Ivanov. “I am proud of it,” he told the BBC’s Hardtalk programme last year.
Mr Ivanov is currently one of Russia’s first deputy prime ministers. He is frequently spoken of as a likely successor to Mr Putin.
The siloviki look set to stay strong.
Putin names next prime minister
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the resignation of PM Mikhail Fradkov and nominated a financial crime investigator to replace him.
Victor Zubkov, head of the federal financial monitoring service, is a relative unknown in Russian politics.
Mr Fradkov offered to resign, citing “approaching significant political events”, said Tass news agency.
The lower house of the Russian parliament, the Duma, is set to vote on Mr Zubkov’s nomination on Friday.
Mr Putin asked Mr Fradkov to stay on as acting prime minister until his replacement is confirmed.
“We all have to think together how to build a structure of power so that it better corresponds to the pre-election period and prepares the country for the period after the presidential election in March,” Mr Putin said in accepting Mr Fradkov’s resignation.
Strong platform
Elections to the Duma are to be held in December.
VIKTOR ZUBKOV
Born: 1941, Sverdlovsk region
Education: Economist, specialising in agriculture
Worked with Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg city administration in early 1990s
From 1993 to 2000, he worked for the federal tax service and tax ministry
From 2001: Head of financial monitoring service
Mr Putin is barred by Russia’s constitution from running for a third term as president in elections in March.
Whoever becomes the new prime minister gains a strong platform from which to campaign to replace Mr Putin, correspondents say.
Russian media had been speculating that First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov – long considered a frontrunner for the presidency – could have been about to be made prime minister.
Mr Ivanov worked under Mr Putin in the FSB, the internal intelligence agency, in the 1990s and the two men are believed to be close.
Power struggle?
Mr Zubkov is also reported to have close ties to Mr Putin, both men having worked for the St Petersburg city administration.
But few in Russia believe that Mr Zubkov is now in the running for the presidency, says the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Moscow.
Instead, says our correspondent, many analysts believe he has been appointed to ensure a smooth transition between Mr Putin and his successor, whoever that might be.
None of Russia’s political heavyweights has yet declared his candidacy and Mr Putin has not yet publicly endorsed anyone.
Dmitry Medved, the other first deputy prime minister, has also been seen as a possible presidential candidate.
The choice of a Mr Zubkov suggests a behind-the-scenes power struggle between “clans” within the Kremlin that are differentiated mainly by their degree of hostility toward the West, says the BBC’s Russia analyst Steven Eke.
White House National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the choice of leaders was a matter for the people of Russia to decide and that the US “looks forward to continuing its good relations with the Russian government”.
#12.What makes you think that Iam maaaaaaaaaaddddddddd?
#7 Serviceman you are an ***** te? Why are you only concerned about ci Veteran? Plz leka ukupepa dobo iyifuma kwa Jumbe.
#13,17,18 and 20: You’re an imposter with last serial number code _13ZA which is totally differnt from #14. I strongly urge you to use your own ID…plz. I guess you’re not an ***** to easily refrain from you useless habit.
Ba Sage ba kamba, mulishani? Ine nomba ndecita operate pa Kolimaz, pa interz yalisanda bakamba. link up someother time bakulu.
There`s an economic boom in Zambia with unemployment at just arround 80%.Zambians please be thankfull!!!!!!
Is the current topic that boring for bloggers to insult each other and copy and paste irrelevant news????
#9
Zambia has joined in the mourning of Ian Porterfield, who coached the team to the 1994 African Cup of Nations finals.
Porterfield, who died in England on Tuesday after a battle with cancer, was appointed Chipolopolo coach after the 1993 Gabon air crash that killed Zambia’s national team.
He was awarded the Freedom of Zambia after he guided the team to within a goal of the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
“He was a gallant man whose achievement in the history of our football cannot be erased,” mourned Football Association of Zambia president Teddy Mulonga.
“We join the rest of the football fraternity and his family in mourning the death this great man.”
Former player Emmanuel Munaile described the Porterfield as a ‘great motivator.’
“He was such a social and friendly man, he mingled with the rest of the players so well and he motivated us to play for him,” said Munaile, who is now a member of Zambia’s parliament.
Veteran Zambian commentator Denni
#26.What`s your problem?Why are you scared of developing your own nation?Be patriotic by coming back to Zambia and contribute to the economic resucitation.The gov educated you for free and yet you`re using those skills in a foreign land.Shame on you!!!!
#26 Yes its boring… Its not news for a PF councillor to be elected Mayor on the copperbelt, Lusapula,Northern or Lusaka. they hold a clear majority in these provinces. It could have been news if an independent or MMD won the mayeral race.
#24 Ma Jose .. Good to hear from you. We need to talk sometime. You have my email drop me a line.
Zambia assessing issuance of broadcast license to private TV channel
Zambian is still assessing the report submitted by GTV for a broadcast license, Daily Mail reported on Wednesday.
The newspaper citing Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Mike Mulongoti said the Zambian government was not against GTV operating in Zambia but that procedures had to be followed before a licence was issued.
Mulongoti said GTV rushed into launching its services in Zambia without following relevant regulations. “There are regulatory steps that need to be followed before a television licence can be issued,” he said.
GTV, a private pay TV station under the London-based Gateways Telecoms, launched its first pay TV channel in Lusaka in August without a license. The company is expected to provide more than 15 channels including sports and movies in Zambia.
The Public Should be Involved in Constitution Making Process
11 September 2007
THERE is now steady progress and irreversible momentum towards the National Constitution Conference that are undeniable.
In accordance with requirements and provisions of the law, the Government has just enacted the NCC Act, and, yesterday, Justice Minister George Kunda announced the signing of a Statutory Instrument regarding the same.
These two steps are some of the most concrete that could have been expected from the Government as regards its commitment to seeing a Constitution resulting from a people-driven constitution-making process.
All the acrimony that ensued over the years that civil society doubted the Government’s resolve on this matter, are now only a faint memory.
During this process, President Levy Mwanawasa has shown consistency on a number of fronts.
Having become privy to the just how paltry Zambia’s resources were, and the depth of the needs to be met by those resources, he insisted from the beginning that he would not be comfortable with spending an inordinate amount on the Constitution while millions of Zambians were facing dire poverty.
Even when he faced an election, he refused to take the populist path of political expediency and stuck to the timetable that his Government believed would be contained within the resources available.
Today, many of those who felt President Mwanawasa was merely paying lip service to this national aspiration for a new Constitution have seen Government commitment in action.
Once political parties and civil society through the Zambia Centre for Inter Party Dialogue, agreed to go the way of the NCC, the Government accelerated the process by working on the legal instruments to action this part of the process.
Now the ministry of Justice is taking another step to help ensure that the public is carried along during this constitution making process: the act will be published in the media.
This will also eliminate the skewered interpretations of clauses around which certain quarters have contrived to base an increasingly irrelevant campaign to malign the process simply because the Government appears to have taken the initiative.
This is actually as it should be. The Government is elected to lead. Stakeholders in the policy environment have a part to play by channeling their input through prescribed agencies or gatherings, such as the one the Government convened through the ZCID.
Poll: Thompson catches Giuliani in GOP race
* Story Highlights
* Giuliani leads Thompson 28 percent to 27 percent, within the margin of error
* Thompson has lead among evangelical Republicans, fellow southerners
* Democrats Sens. Clinton, Obama would beat Thompson in head-to-head race
* Clinton would also beat Giuliani in general election contest, poll suggests
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Days after he officially jumped into the Republican race for the White House, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson finds himself in a statistical dead heat with Rudy Giuliani, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Tuesday.
The former New York mayor garners 28 percent nationally among registered Republicans, while Thompson is one point behind at 27 percent — well within the poll’s 5 percentage point margin of error.
In a similar poll taken in August, Giuliani registered 29 percent, while Thompson, then not an official candidate, was at 22 percent.
CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider said, “Thompson has the edge among evangelical Republicans and especially among his fellow southerners; that’s where Thompson has made the biggest gains.”
Specifically, Thompson leads among men, southerners, voters age 50 and older and ideological conservatives. Conversely, Giuliani leads among women, voters in the Northeast and Midwest, voters under 50 and self-described GOP moderates.
While the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. Poll shows a statistical dead heat, other recent national polls indicate Giuliani continues to hold a lead over Thompson. A CBS/New York Times poll released Monday showed Giuliani with a 5 point lead over Thompson, 27 percent to 22 percent. Meanwhile, a USAToday/Gallup poll out Monday had Giuliani with a 12 point lead, 34 percent to 22 percent.
Arizona Sen. John McCain comes in third at 15 percent, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney close behind at 11 percent. McCain was at 16 percent in the August poll, while Romney registered 12 percent. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is at 5 percent, while no other Republican candidate pulls more than 2 percent.
The poll surveyed 318 registered Republicans from September 7-9.
Despite Thompson’s entry into the race Wednesday night, 25 percent of registered Republicans polled said they are not satisfied with the GOP candidates — virtually the same percentage (26 percent) who were not satisfied in May.
The poll also suggests Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton would beat Thompson in a general election by 13 percentage points, 55 percent to 42 percent.
When CNN and the Opinion Research Corp. asked the same question in June, the New York senator edged out Thompson by 4 percentage points, 50 percent to 46 percent.
When paired with Giuliani, Clinton comes out on top by four percentage points, 50 percent to 46 percent. Clinton was ahead by 1 percent in the same matchup in June, 49 percent to 48 percent.
Meanwhile, Sen. Barack Obama also beats Thompson head to head, 53 percent to 41 percent. In June, the Illinois Democrat led Thompson by the same margin, 52 percent to 40 percent.
When Obama faces Giuliani head to head, Giuliani wins by 4 percentage points, 49 to 45. In June, Giuliani topped Obama by 2 points, 48 percent to 46 percent.
According to Schneider, “The main reason Giuliani does better than Thompson [in head-to-head matchups] is that he’s better known. Forty-seven percent of the public say they have never heard of Fred Thompson or have an opinion of him. Only 14 percent have no opinion of Rudy Giuliani.”
For the questions on hypothetical matchups 1,017 adults were surveyed on September 7-9. Those questions carry a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
There’s a hurry particularly to replace the soccer channels that Multichoice are now unable to broadcast-for next 3 years at least. If all goes well this doesnt look good for our friends at Multichoice Zambia. A typical subscriber is motivated by soccer and good movie channels, neither of which they are offering to satisfaction. And most of us are not fans of regulation in businesses where there’s no direct risk to life. So i hope they get the licence quickly.
Since technically the 2001 elections where rigged,LPM was only duly elected in the 2006 polls.Without a doubt LPM has performed beyond expectations and for continuity sake,shouldn`t he run in 2011.Any arguments for or against are welcome.
Number 34# come on people… it took us 27 years to remove kaunda and now we have individuals like yourself advocating for for LPM to continue? anyway from your blog name, i can tell that you are indeed old school and still believe in “wamuyayaya?” LPM has had his chance, let another person enjoy too! I believe…it is now time for the Tonga bulls to step as sata is too old, and thanks to viagra?
#34 I have read your 2 sentence posting advocating for LPMs 3rd term. But you havent given any reason to justify that. Could you be alittle bit more elaborate on why you feel LPM deserves a 3rd term or why you think there are no better leaders out there to continue where LPM will leave off.
Sage
Can you give us a name of any person in the political circle who has leadership qualities better than HE Levy P.Mwanawasa SC?
Decisions born out of desperation and unbridled ignorance are very costly in both the short and long run. I sympathize with the founders of Oasis Forum which has been hijacked by clueless vultures driven on impulse. Good luck!
OASIS INVITES CHILUBA TO ATTEND CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE
THE Oasis Forum has invited former president Frederick Chiluba to attend their consultative conference ..
OASIS FORUM’S NEW CONSULTANTS
It is very important to be careful in the choice of the company we keep. …
Endorsed
OASIS FORUM’S NEW CONSULTANTS
From the Post Editorial
It is very important to be careful in the choice of the company we keep.
We feel it is poor judgement on the part of the Oasis Forum to invite former president Frederick Chiluba to attend their consultative conference.
Chiluba’s record on the constitution is scandalous. We shouldn’t forget that the many differences we have today with Levy Mwanawasa and his government over the constitution review process are nothing compared to what we had in 1996 with Chiluba.
The constitution we are trying to review or replace today is a product of Chiluba. When he was president of the Republic of Zambia, Chiluba appointed a constitution review commission headed by John Mwanakatwe.
The Mwanakatwe Commission produced a report containing very good recommendations on the constitution review, but Chiluba threw out most of the recommendations and came up with his own positions which he turned into the supreme law of this country. What we have today in this country is a Chiluba constitution. Chiluba didn’t want to listen to anyone, including Nelson Mandela, on this constitution.
And Chiluba went beyond the constitution and enacted many other bad laws which took away or affected in a very negative way the liberties of our people. Some of these laws are today hounding Chiluba and his friends.
Surely, any sensible person, any independent-minded person will realise that Chiluba is not fit to be part of the Oasis Forum decision-making processes. Yes, Chiluba may have good things to say about our current constitution review process and he should be allowed to say them.
But an Oasis Forum platform is not the best place for him to say what he may want to say. There are many other avenues he can use to be heard on this score. The Oasis Forum is simply undermining itself, it is reducing its standing and independence in the eyes of our people. There is no doubt the battle lines on the constitution review process are almost drawn.
On the one side is Levy and his minions, including some opposition politicians he has manipulated, on the other it is the Oasis Forum and its partners and supporters. This, however, does not necessarily mean that whoever is opposed to Levy should automatically be part or be an ally of the Oasis Forum. Chiluba has problems with Levy. But their differences are certainly not over the constitution. They are over his prosecution for corruption.
And the Oasis Forum should not be seen to be simply an anti-Mwanawasa coalition. We shouldn’t forget that it was Chiluba’s bad behaviour, arrogance, lack of humility, selfishness and short-sightedness that gave rise to the need for our people to congregate and form the Oasis Forum. And because Chiluba’s anointed successor, Levy, in some respects has maintained some of the attitudes and practices of his initial sponsor, the Oasis Forum has continued to be relevant to this very day.
By saying this, we are not preaching hatred against Chiluba. What we are merely saying is that each person has his friends, has the right to choose who he wants to associate with. And people are often judged by the company they keep, by the type of people who support them. The Oasis Forum is not short of men and women of good record to consult.
Chiluba certainly knows something about constitution making because he made one, he is the father of our current constitution – he sired this constitution that we today want to do away with, to replace. By saying all this, we are not trying to run away from the responsibilities of the present and blame everything on the past. We can’t do that because we know that blaming things on the past does not make them better.
But when we know the past we can ensure that it is not repeated. And we know what Chiluba did with the 1996 constitution review: he behaved in the most treacherous way, in the most undemocratic way, in the most crooked and selfish way to give the nation a constitution that served nothing other than his own personal interests.
Moreover, it is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations of the people and not people whose main discernible preoccupation had been to dribble, cheat and rob the people not only of their rights but also of their resources. The purpose of our going back into this short history is not to deride human action, nor weep over it or to hate it, but to understand it – and then to learn from it as we contemplate our future.
Chiluba has his own problems with Levy but that should not be part of the agenda of the Oasis Forum. The Oasis Forum is not a platform for crooks; it is a platform for the legitimate causes of our people and should remain that way. It should not be turned into a motley assortment of contradictory characters whose only visible similarity is their opposition to Levy.
It is becoming increasingly clear to us that the Oasis Forum is becoming an omnibus for all who are not happy with Levy for one reason or another. And plunderers of all hues, having lost their political platforms, are turning more and more to the Oasis Forum. Yes, the Oasis Forum needs the support of as many people as possible. But certainly not these crooks of the Chiluba type.
Members of the Oasis Forum shouldn’t forget so quickly the battles they had with Chiluba in 2001 when he single-handedly wanted to amend his constitution and give himself additional years in office. Today, such a man should be part of our people’s efforts to give themselves a constitution driven by no one other than themselves! We have supported the Oasis Forum literally on everything but we will not do so on this one.
Their failure to recognise the evils of this little devil sadden us. There is no meaningful, credible and dignified consultation the Oasis Forum can have with this devil of devils, especially over the constitution. Maybe we have misunderstood what the Oasis Forum wants; maybe they want to consult Chiluba on how effectively the people can be betrayed!
Their failure to recognise the evils of this little devil sadden us. There is no meaningful, credible and dignified consultation the Oasis Forum can have with this devil of devils, especially over the constitution. Maybe we have misunderstood what the Oasis Forum wants; maybe they want to consult Chiluba on how effectively the people can be betrayed!
Their failure to recognise the evils of this little devil sadden us. There is no meaningful, credible and dignified consultation the Oasis Forum can have with this devil of devils, especially over the constitution. Maybe we have misunderstood what the Oasis Forum wants; maybe they want to consult Chiluba on how effectively the people can be betrayed!
Enemies of the People have their own shared nest of evil and that evil is bound to swallow them in a matter of time.
FACT #38-#41.Get a life Mwaiche or else you`ll go mad.Are you now blogging by yourself.Good night.
#23 Chuchu chaasssiii Muuulllooonnngggotttiii becoz he getting mmmmmaaaaddddd like uuuuuuuuu. #40 FACT u lie day in and day out and u call ur self Fact, u shameless liar.
We chilubi namba fote weshakata ishina, don’t you have an idea of your responsible father to even adopt his tarven name during chibuku? I can give you one instead of being a Ghost.
#28 Chuchu it not a crime to work in a foreign country. Why should I be shameful if I am better off in a foreign country than I would be in Zed. Open your eyes my brother otherwise you will die a perpetual beggar.
#45 Iwe wilaeba ba Chuchu ba presdo pa zed ifyo. Tawishibe ati balwele ba cipumputu, ala ngachabuka tawabatemwe eyoo. Kwatako imucinshi mwaice beggar, who is perpetually begging in other pipo’s country SA – you shameless beggar.
We chilubi namba 43 & 46 weshakata ishina, don’t you have an idea of your responsible father to even adopt his tarven name during chibuku? I can give you one instead of being a Ghost.
#47 finshi ulelanda iwe chishetani mushibila insala wakatu. You drink Chibuku alone and u want to vomit it here at pipo’s blog, Foooseekiii, kantankamanine uko.
Fellow Zambians,stop insulting each other on the blog or else I`ll instruct Muuuulongoti to shut this blog.
#45 RN PRETORIA,have some respect for the elderly.
#46.Who told you that I have ICHIPUUUUMPUUUTUUUU?
#49 It is a well known fact by all zedians pipo that u Chuchu Muwelewele is sufferring from ICHIPUMPUTU (Gunyu). Advice: Chuchu contact Chabwele ku manda at Soweto market for ur healing.
#37 There is a lot of capable Zambians. most of we may not even know. IF LPM can be president trust me anyone can be. byt i will give you a few names
The right Honourable MC Sata
Winter Kabimba
Katele Kalumba
Chilala
HH
EASY
Chapi
Sage
Ba Jose
and the lsit is endless
Oasis forum shud jst register as a political party not this ranting they r on about.Who in their ryt minds can even attempt to consider FTJ 4 consultation over the constitution…Baitaya banyama aba
#51, a 28 year old for president? Not under the current constytyoooshooon!!!!
53. im just playing with this guy who thinks Zambia has run out of people to be president.
#54. i thought so. Good day.
The issue of advocating Chuchu’s third term is non starter.lets concentrate on developmental ones.Before 2001,no one was thinking of Chuchu getting to plot one.so now why should we be so tidy up with getting the succesors.There are plenty people that are capable of doing good, even better.KK overstayed in power and thats why now we are failing to pick the right presidential material.Most of the people we think of now are hypocrites.they are only lucky because their names are written in newspapers on daily bases.
If you guys are really interested in fighting corruption and bringing sanity to Zambian politics and particulary GRZ. You vote for Brig Gen Miyanda, he is the only Zambian out there that can be trusted with public funds. He is the only guy amongest the people we know who is a just man. If we want to build on a solid foundation of faireness and non selective of the fight against corruption, He is our man. So if you want some one who can be trusted “VOTE FOR MIYANDA” Stop alucinating on LPMs 3rd term it aint gonna happen.
#57.I am not sure whether Brig Miyanda is sellable but you`re right that he`s the only political leader who has ever retired imprest.The rest are just pretenders or hypocrites.Miyanda is such an honest and straight forward politician that I have ever met.If you talk about fight against corruption,he`s got the moral capacity to do it unlike the current corrupt leadership.Imagine,DEC run by Chitoba a corrupt individual to the core,Task force with such incompetent prosecutors are just busy syphoning public funds.A corrupt person can never fight corruption and I can rest assure you that Miyanda can put an end to this nonsense.
Then LPM should appoint Brig Miyanda as DEC head.
#51 SAGE you missed me!!! I crossed 35 years so Iam rigible of standing for president but I dont rush unless I was to challenge SATA. I can win him in his own village in Mpika. If I was to be in power I duty could be fight unemployement first from 75% to about may 25%. I brilliant ideas which I cannot sell out on this blog. Those who are advocating or LPM for presido 2011 you wont go away because PLM want to enjoy his old age after 2011. I know he just adoring KK look the old man get hardly sick and he looks strong than most young Zambians. SAGE I know you missed me I have been busy my friend sometimes I had to use my month not the technology. Alas more time for the family.
EASY… If a mad person is cuting himself, the solution is not treating wonds. The solution is fixing his messed up head so that he does not cut himself again then treat the wounds. Its the same problem with Z. The problem is with the head. If you have a president practicing nepotism openly, you have a problem. It doesnt matter how honest the DEC or ACC dir general may be, If he is answering to a corrupt president who cannot even follow court orders himself. How do you expect citizens to emulate him. in 2002 the court ordered MMD to return to GRZ the vehicles purchased using stollen money. He is still holding on to those cars and the same cars purchased using plundered money helped him get re elected. So the whole fight against corruption is a “joke” and should be called persecution. The point i’m labouring to make is that we need a president who is above reproach. Someone who can make people go to bed knowing their tax money is safe.
Bravo all fellow Zambians
ENTERING A NEW ERA
13 September 2007
STARTING yesterday, Zambia entered a new era in its quest to strengthen its governace system, through the process of enacting a new Constitution.
And President Levy Mwanawasa’s call for everyone to get on board and move in tandem in this process cannot be over-emphasised because after all it is supposed to be an all-embracing and completely home-grown Zambian initiative.
In his words, collective effort, sober and open-mindedness and unity of purpose is the summary of what the President requested the citizenry to bring to this process.
Participating in this process, in our view, is the birthright of every Zambian, and it is one process that will impact the lives of future generations. If bungled through selfish interests by any specific grouping, the outcome will form the basis of the judgement that posterity will pass on this generation.
It is again for the same reason that the President sees this responsibility as a sobering one that will not allow him to let irrelevancies and petty bickering of narrow partisan interests to derail the vision of delivering to the larger Zambian family on this particular aspiration. Doing so would be abdicating his responsibility and his oath of office.
And yet there are some of those, that we have cautioned time and again to embrace this process with humility and openness or risk being left on the wayside and ultimately going into oblivion as an irrelevant factor in this quest.
The posture taken by some civil society organisations appears to be that they have condemned the potential outcome of the National Constitution Conference simply because they failed to have their way regarding the choice of process of adoption.
This attitude also suggests that there is one section of Zambian society for whom nothing is in the interest of the country as long as it does not line up with their particular position.
Well, there is now a law in place and the duty of every individual or organisation that purports to work for the interest of Zambians is to do their utmost to remain engaged in the process, rather than work tirelessly to demean the process.
We think that there is still room for the Oasis Forum and those with similar views to get themselves into the process so that they could accomplish their most ardent objective of “safeguarding content”.
All stakeholders must be mindful that there are already sunk costs into this undertaking. The Government provided for this process in this year’s Budget, which money is already being spent. The same people who incessantly called for the Government to provide such funds should not be the ones working to portray the process as serving only the interest of politicians.
Thankfully, the Government has not closed its doors to bar such re-entry into the process so that both the debate of the NCC, and the final outcome can be enriched by their involvement in this very crucial national discourse.
SAGE,
I propose the candidacy of Ba Shi Tito or His Regina for Presido on the PF ticket in 2011 should ba Shi Chilufya’s chances be engineered to doom by these MMD chaps. What do you think? So far the Oasis Forum has made a right move.
OASIS INVITES CHILUBA TO ATTEND CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE
By Brighton Phiri: Wednesday September 12, 2007 [21:00]
THE Oasis Forum has invited former president Frederick Chiluba to attend their consultative conference where they are expected to announce their decision to pull out of the constitution-making process.
Chiluba’s special assistant for press Emmanuel Mwamba announced the invitation which was extended to Chiluba to attend today’s consultative conference at Lusaka’s Mulungushi International Conference Centre.
“We can confirm that Dr Chiluba has received an invitation to attend the Oasis Forum consultative conference. We feel honoured to receive this invitation because the Oasis Forum has been consistent in their demand for a people-driven constitution-making process,” Mwamba said. “We value the Oasis Forum’s demand that the will of the people must prevail over the constitution-making process.”
According to a statement released by the Oasis Forum yesterday, today’s civil society stakeholders’ conference on the constitution-making process, whose theme is “Will the NCC deliver a people-driven constitution?” is intended to be a multi-stakeholders’ engagement on the constitution.
According to the statement, the conference would focus on reviewing the developments in the constitution review process, including the recent enactment of the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) Act.
“Presentations will be made on different aspects of the constitutional review with the intention that a clear position on the participation of civil society in the national constitution making process will be made,†read the statement in part.
According to the statement, the conference’s objectives are among others; to assess the developments in the constitution review process in the country, to review to what extent the NCC responds to the people’s desires for popularly adopted constitution and to agree on a common approach in terms of future engagement in the constitution review process.
According to sources, the Oasis Forum has since adopted the Non-Governmental Organisations Co-ordinating Council’s (NGOCC) position to stay away from the NCC which is being spearheaded by the government.
Transparency International Zambia president Reuben Lifuka said the option of staying away from the constitution-making process was on the Oasis Forum’s table.
VETERAN/FACT.You`re just embarrassing yourself on the blog by impersonating me.I exposed your bootlicking plain and simple and now you`ve resorted to such childish moves.Mwaiche,grow up and learn to back up your points with facts.LPM will terminate your services(SHUSHUSHU) on the blog if you continue offering such shallow contributions.Anyway,that`s just some free advice,it`s take it or leave it.
#63 VETERAN/FACT.You`re just embarrassing yourself on the blog by impersonating me.I exposed your bootlicking plain and simple and now you`ve resorted to such childish moves.Mwaiche,grow up and learn to back up your points with facts.LPM will terminate your services(SHUSHUSHU) on the blog if you continue offering such shallow contributions.Anyway,that`s just some free advice,it`s take it or leave it.
#61.Sage….You`ve raised very good points.I applaud your depth and analysis of facts.How can the MMD gov fight corruption when they`re entangled in the same web?Gov of laws and not men.These chaps are holding on to stollen public property and blind fellowers are applauding them for being an honest party.Where are we heading to as a nation?
You chaps stop aligning urselves with hypocrisy politians. KUKU MUKWAI is the man for the presdo of Zed in 2011. Go Kuku Go Kuku, zedian are behind u.
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