The story of a man of Senanga, who was believed to have died last year and ‘resurrected’ this year, has taken a new twist, with a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test showing a mismatch.
Mufalali Mufalali, 42, shocked Senanga residents in February this year after he was spotted by his family, months after he had been buried.

Western Province Police chief Charles Lungu said the DNA analysis from the biological parents and that of Mr Mufalali did not match, but the DNA from the remains of the body that was exhumed matched that of his parents.

Mr Mufalali died on October 29, 2015 and was put to rest on November 1, 2015, but early this year on February 7, he resurfaced and was positively identified by his wife and his 14-year-old daughter.

Police exhumed the body that was buried and was positively identified by hospital staff to be the one that was attended to at the hospital, where he was treated before his demise.

Mr Mufalali claimed to have been working at his father’s farm during the time of his alleged disappearance and had lost his way home.

After the body was exhumed, police suspected foul play as the body was found in an extremely dry state, despite being buried for only three months.

A DNA test was then undertaken on both Mr Mufalali and the corpse.

“I can confirm that the DNA paternal analysis test samples that were taken from the man who claimed to be Mufalali Mufalali and his parents had come out negative or did not match, but the samples from the exhumed body did,” Mr Lungu said.

Mr Lungu said the DNA from the remains of the man that was buried and the man that resurfaced also did not match, which medically proved that they were not the same person.

“Mufalali’s wife clearly identified the scars on his body as the ones that were as a result of his suffering from herpes zoster that he suffered before he died and the other that he sustained after she hit him with a big stone that left him unconscious after a marital disagreement earlier in their marriage,” Mr Lungu said.

Mr Lungu said police took samples from Mufalali’s biological father Kabalube Mufalali and mother Nosiba Mwiya, both aged 75, for DNA paternity tests to determine whether the man who had resurfaced was truly their son.

Mr Lungu said police were now interviewing Mr Mufalali to try and establish his true identity and why he was identical to the deceased, but he had thus far given the same statement.

UPND women on the Copperbelt say they are shocked that PF leaders have continued issuing remarks bordering on hate speech just a few days after political parties agreed to engage in civil discourse.

Reacting to PF Deputy General Secretary Mumbi Phiri’s remarks on Monday that mentioning some names makes her loses appetite in reference to Hakainde Hichilema, Faith Mushongo the UPND Copperbelt Women’s Chairperson said remarks by Ms Phiri showed the PF’s lack of tolerance and hatred that they harbour against fellow citizens with different political views.

Ms Mushongo said Ms Phiri should realize that the opposition leader is not only the head of political party but that he is also a family man with a wife and children.

“PF Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri’s remarks yesterday on Joy FM that she loses her appetite whenever she hears the name Hakainde Hichilema show the level of intolerance, and even hatred, that the entire PF leadership harbours against fellow citizens who hold different political views.

“It is shocking that the PF leadership are back with hate speech barely a week after the political parties Indaba that called for civil public discourse as a way of reducing and ending political violence,” she said.

She said the PF have no campaign message hence the continued attacks on the opposition leader.

“They have now resorted to name calling and much worse in their quest for political survival, as opposed to articulating ideas and plans about how they hope to improve people’s lives. This is misguided and dangerous behaviour.

“Hateful and derogatory remarks, libellous innuendos, and demeaning accusations against fellow citizens are being given air at the expense of discussion of priority areas such as healthcare provision and education, agriculture, job creation for youths, energy deficit, and the ever increasing high cost of living and other issues,” she said.

She also said President was Lungu making the situation worse as with failure to discipline leader who are perpetrating hate speech and political violence.

The Patriotic Front -PF- has described as disrespectful a statement attributed to UPND Deputy spokesperson Cornelius Mwitwa suggesting that President Edgar Lungu is stressing first president Kenneth Kaunda.

PF National Youth Chairperson Stephen Kampyongo says Mr Mweetwa’s comments carried in today’s Post Newspaper are mischievous.

Mr. Kampyongo who is also Local Government Minister says President Lungu did not take Dr Kaunda for any government project.

He has explained that Dr Kaunda was in Chinsali to merely officiate at a school named after him and to attend a special church service at Lubwa mission.

Mr. Mwitwa has been quoted in today’s edition of the Post Newspaper as accusing President Lungu of stressing Dr Kaunda.

“THE State appeal against the High Court judgment which allowed me to go back to Parliament as Patriotic Front Member of Parliament despite being opposition UPND vice president lacks merit and should not cause the overturning of the judgment in my favour,’’ Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba has argued.

This is a matter in which the Kasama Member of Parliament has requested the Lusaka High Court to revoke the order to bar him from attending the National Assembly, insisting that he was still representing the PF and Kasama Central in Parliament.

This is according to an affidavit filed before High Court Justice Florence Lengalenga.
Mr Mwamba, who is popularly known as GBM, said the order obtained ex-parte to stop him from attending the session of Parliament before it was dissolved should be set aside to allow him be heard over the matter.

“That the first and 2nd respondents not being satisfied with the judgment of this honourable court filed into the Supreme Court registry on the 31st March, 2016, a notice of appeal and subsequently made an ex-parte application for stay of execution of judgment pending the determination of the appeal and on 1st April, 2016, this honourable court granted the ex-parte order for stay of execution of judgment.

“I have been advised by my advocates and verily believe that I can request from the honourable court for an inter-parte hearing for the stay of execution of the order. Further, I have been advised by my advocates that ex-parte order of stay dated 1st April 2016 can be set aside for the reason, amongst others, that the appeal has no merit or prospects of success,” he said.

Mr Mwamba explained that the ex-parte order for the stay of execution granted to the State did not contain the provisions for endorsement of an inter-parte hearing which was against the general practice regarding ex-parte applications and orders.

He charged that it was the duty of the party that obtained the order to include a date for proposed inter-parte hearings which entitled the other party to apply for an inter-parte hearing.

Mr Mwamba said even the grounds of appeal advanced for the stay did not present desirable or necessary reasons to deny him enjoyment of the judgment, citing insufficient grounds to warrant a stay of execution of judgment pending the Supreme Court appeal.

“That with respect to the above, I crave this honourable court to set a date for inter-parte to hear the appellant’s affidavit in opposition to the respondents’ affidavit in support of the ex-parte order granted in default of the general practice regarding ex-parte applications and ex-parte orders and I seek the indulgence of the court to set it aside and allow the hearing of the 1st and 2nd respondents’ application inter-parte,” he said.

Mr Mwamba sued Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini together with the Attorney General of Zambia and the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) over the declaration of his seat vacant after he evidently crossed the floor and accepted to be opposition UPND vice president for administration.

Justice Lengalenga in delivering her judgment overturned Dr Matibini’s decision to declare Kasama Central vacant, saying the Speaker acted in excess of his powers instead of letting the court decide.

The judgment also ruled that Mr Mwamba was to be paid all emoluments he could have missed during his absence from Parliament.

But Solicitor General Abram Mwansa filed an appeal against the judgment explaining that Mr Mwamba was a known defector from the ruling PF to the UPND where he also accepted the opposition’s deputy presidency.

Mr Mwamba has also filed in opposition an appeal that bars him from going to Parliament and enjoy the benefits of the National Assembly after the High Court judgment that ruled that he was still PF Kasama MP while he was opposition UPND party vice president.

Statistics from the previous Southern Province Grade 7 and 9 results show that there is very little teaching and learning taking place in the region, Minister of General Education John Phiri has observed.

And Dr. Phiri has warned teachers in Southern Province against engaging in partisan politics as the country goes to the polls in August this year.

Speaking during the Southern Province Provincial General Education Indaba on the Grade seven, nine and 12 examination results held in Livingstone yesterday, Dr. Phiri said drastic measures needed to be taken by the provincial and district leaders in education in order to improve the performance this year.

“From the 2015 examination results, the statistics clearly show that there is very little teaching and learning at Grades 8 and 9, and that drastic measures needed to be taken by the provincial and district leaders in education,” he said.

Dr Phiri said this was so because of the poor performance which the province had continued to record since 2014 adding that there was need to candidly review the performance of some schools.

“It is obvious that there is a lot of work to be done in Southern Province. We demand from the provincial, district and school levels much more effort if we are going to see changes. The onus is on you to deliver.

“I am here to plead with you and remind you that you should change your minds and should not be business as usual. God has positioned you where you are for a purpose. The purpose is to care and guide children still in school. The purpose is not to molest or abuse them.

The purpose is not to receive salaries under false pretences,” Dr. Phiri said

He said for teachers to sufficiently and effectively contribute to the education process, teachers must be professionally well grounded and that they needed to grow professionally.

And Dr. Phiri warned teachers to leave politics to politicians adding that partisan politics would ruin their live.

“Concentrate on you core business which is teaching or aiding those who teach. If you are receiving messages from God that you must be a politician, kindly resign. Do not create unnecessary problems for yourselves and the system. Stay away from active politics,” he said.

Freelance Photo Journalist was attacked at a Kagem Mining Dinner event attended by Minister of Mines and Water Development Christopher Yaluma, Deputy Minister of Youth Development and Sport Ronald Chitotela and some Zambia National Olympic Committee Executive Committee members on Saturday evening at Pamodzi Hotel.

According to eyewitness, the events started when Kagem Chief Executive Officer Ian Harebottle rushed to the stage to remove a guest of Asian Origin who had taken to the stage and started using a microphone. The Kagem CEO, grabbed the microphone from the man and led him out of the Mopani room.

It was at this stage that , Jean Mandela, who was covering the event, followed the two men outside where a tussle between the two continued since scores of guests of asian origins were walking out the same room. Kagem CEO, Ian, upon realising that the Photo Journalist was outside where the tussle was taking place, jumped on the journalists and tried to grab the camera, but only managed to remove the lens off it.

When the Kagem CEO failed grab the camera off the Photo Journalist, he shouted instructions to the door bouncers to grab the camera from Mr Jean Mandela. The more than 4 door bouncers descended on Jean Mandela, managed to get the camera that was hooked on his right arm. At this point many guests started coming out of the Mopani room to see what was happening outside and surrounded the Kagem CEO and his Asian Guest.

Later, Jean Mandela was seen trying to make a call, but a certain man in a grey suit wearing spectacles arrived, grabbed him, twisted his arm , they tussled for some minutes and he managed to get his phone; and, when Mr Mandela tried to follow him to ask for his phone back, the man smashed Mr Mandela’s phone against the tarmac just outside Mopani room entrance facing the car park, damaging the it in the process. The man was later identified as Nyirenda (the son of William Nyirenda, the Kagem board chairperson)”.

Later on,a land cruise with some police officers drove in and one police officer came out but it was not clear what they came to do on the scene.