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Kitwe receives K3 billion CDF

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Some Kitwe residents in the centre of town
THE Ministry of Local Government and Housing has released K3 billion from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to Kitwe City Council (KCC) for the five constituencies in the district.

And the MMD in Kitwe has urged KCC to use CDF money to implement viable projects that will improve the lives of the people.

Kitwe Mayor Elias Kamanga said in an interview in Kitwe on January 20 the council received the money in December last year.

“We have received K3 billion as CDF for the five constituencies in the district. We received the funds towards the end of December last year,” Mr Kamanga said.

He said each constituency will receive K660 million to complete projects which had stalled because of lack of money.

“It is important that we use these funds to complete the projects which stalled due to lack of funds.

There are a number of projects which are not complete in various constituencies,” he said.

Mr Kamanga also appealed to the Ministry of Local Government and Housing to expedite the release of CDF for 2011.

He said more projects will be undertaken if CDF is released in time.

Mr Kamanga also said KCC is still using the same CDF committee to ensure that the money is used in a transparent manner.

“We have not yet established a new committee, but we are working with the old one to disburse the funds,” he said.

Mr Kamanga also said KCC has developed a new mechanism to expedite the disbursement of the CDF.

He said the council has put in place measures to ensure the money is used for its intended purpose.

And MMD Kitwe district information and publicity secretary William Nyirenda said CDF is a public basket, which should benefit all Zambians.

He said in a statement issued in Kitwe on January 20 that it is important that the money is used to improve the lives of people in the communities.

[Zambia Daily Mail]

FAZ finally delivers Simataa letter

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THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) yesterday delivered the suspension letter from its disciplinary committee to soccer administrator Simataa Simataa – almost 10 days after the sitting.

Simataa, who is general secretary of the Andrew Kamanga-led FAZ faction, said the FAZ secretariat only delivered the letter on January 20.

“This is clearly an after-thought, I am just wondering why a letter should take 10 days,” Simataa said, referring to the letter which is dated January 10.

Simataa said the letter conveniently ignored his appeal of October 10, 2010 to the Appeals Committee of the FAZ Council to quash the disciplinary committee’s decision, as it did not hold any merit.

“The whole intention of delaying this letter is to frustrate my ability to appeal,” he said.

The FAZ disciplinary committee suspended Simataa for three months, an act perceived as an attempt to block the outspoken administrator from attending the annual general meeting in March.

Last October, Simataa raised preliminary objections over the presence of four disciplinary committee members to hear his case due to conflict of interest.

[Zambia Daily mail]

Zambia records gains in new equity investment inflows

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Bank of Zambia Zambia Governor Caleb Fundanga

Zambia has registered a 419 million U.S dollar increase in new equity investment inflows.

The 2009 equity investment inflow is higher than 131 million U.S dollars registered in 2007.

This is according to phase three of the Foreign Private Capital survey for 2010.

Bank of Zambia Governor Caleb Fundanga says the substantial increase in investment inflows is largely due to the favourable investment climate that Zambia has put in place.

Dr. Fundanga however says the overall foreign direct investment inflows declined in 2009, due to low profits recorded by enterprises.

The Governor was speaking at the dissemination workshop on Foreign Private Investment and investor perception survey in Lusaka today, Thursday.

At the same function, Macro-economic and Financial Management Institute of Southern Africa Ellias Ngalande said his firm will continue conducting foreign private capital surveys.

Dr. Ngalande says surveys will assist in assessing the level of investment inflows coming to Zambia.

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Kambwili risks arrest – Liato

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PF Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili (L)

Roan Patriotic Front (PF) Member of Parliament (MP) Chishimba Kambwili faces arrest for an offence of causing anarchy and inciting miners in Luanshya district on the Copperbelt Province to ignore what they have been offered in accordance with the collective agreement.

Labour and Social Security Minister Austin Liato says the opposition MP will be held accountable for any industrial unrest that will occur at Luanshya Copper Mine (LCM).

The Minister said Mr. Kambwili was not qualified and he was not the right person to speak on behalf of the miners because he is not a Union representative.

ZANIS reports that Mr. Liato sounded the warning in Lusaka this afternoon.

Mr. Liato has since challenged Mr. Kambwili to resign and join the Union as he wants to be part of the bargaining team for the miners.

“Mr. Kambwili will be arrested should there be any industrial un-rest in Luanshya at the LCM. Mr. Kambwili is not a miner neither is he a representatives of the miners and if he interested in matters of bargaining over salary negotiations in the Union, he should first resign,” the Minister stated.

Mr. Liato regretted that the opposition MP politicised the matter even when he knew that it bordered on social protection.

“This is not a political matter but it borders on social protection of the miners,” he said.

He further refuted media reports that Government was not concerned about the welfare of miners in the country.

Mr. Kambwili was yesterday quoted by Radio Phoenix in one of its news bulletins inciting Luanshya miners to reject the 10 percent offered to them by their employer urging them to reject anything less than 100 percent salary increment.

A few days ago, LCM management awarded its employees a 10 percent salary pay-rise.

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Is Pragmatic Problem Solving a Skill or a matter of Strategy? The case of the Barotseland in Zambia

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File:Police officers in riot gear aboard a van going to quell riots in Mongu.

By Dr. Chiyaba Njovu

It is very saddening to see recent developments in our Country over an on-going Barotseland issue that dates back to the colonial era. Ever since I became a student of basic history in my student days, I learnt about this agreement which for all intentions and purposes was a history lesson for us to learn how mining rights were acquired in Zambia by the British South African (BSA) Company. Little did I know that this seemingly outdated piece of contract would be a subject of upheavals in our Country. I am neither a Lawyer nor a Historian so forgive me if my thoughts are misplaced. To the best of my knowledge, I had always assumed that the Barotse Agreement was amicably resolved when Dr. K. D. Kaunda agreed to incorporate Barotseland as our Western Province in Zambia at the time of Independence. If my knowledge serves me well, this issue was dead and buried until after the re-introduction of multi-party politics in 1991. If we are to be sincere, I am sure most of the youths of Barotseland who are being used to spearhead the restoration of this agreement neither know its contents nor have they ever read it. To them, it is a story they hear about when they gather around the fire places with their grandparents or great grandparents for those who may be lucky enough to have lived to see their fourth generations in the family.

I am neither going to apportion blame on the Lozis nor am going to say that they may not be entitled to discuss this subject. There may be merits and demerits on either side of the story but as pragmatic leaders, what are we supposed to do under the circumstances? We need to solve the problem. Legal arguments or moral arguments do not solve social problems in most cases. It is constructive engagement with the people concerned that solves such problems. We all know that use of force does not solve a problem but suppresses dissenting views at that particular time. This is undesirable and therefore pragmatism demands that we clearly define the problem and put it in context once more. The Barotse agreement had its purpose at the time and possibly served its purpose at the time. With changing times, would that agreement still serve the purpose for which it was designed? This was an agreement signed long before Zambia came into existence in 1964. One would imagine that any discussion of this issue should take into consideration the changes that have taken place since 1964. Failing to recognise this fact would be missing the point and the problem will not be resolved.

As a democracy, it is our responsibility to ensure that every citizen’s views are heard and respected. We all have our rights and responsibilities but failing to honour your responsibilities would robe others of their rights. That must be made clear. The people advocating for anarchy are robbing other well meaning citizens of their right to enjoy freedom. As a start, I would suggest that the government constructively engages the clandestine Barotse Patriotic Front and/or the Barotse Restoration Movement together and listen to them. The idea is to let them educate the nation of their true intentions and what they hope to achieve. They might have some valid points which are distorted by third party reporting. These reports may be misleading the nation. There is no need to threaten them with arrest as they are entitled to air their grievances on matters that affect their well being.

It is after these aggrieved people have stated their case that the government could respond to their issues in the context of Zambia today and see if their grievances truly emanate from the abrogation of the Barotse Agreement by the Zambian government. The Barotse Agreement may be used as a decoy for other motives. There may be some ulterior motives by some power hungry people who may be hiding behind the Barotse Agreement and that would easily come out if these people were openly given a forum to present their case to the nation. That is what the nation needs to know. What is the real problem?

I would urge government to accord them such a forum as a matter of urgency to avoid further losses of innocent lives. This is an election year and this issue could be potentially explosive if not properly handled. It is always nice to talk and openly dissect issues in a transparent and honest manner. If these people fail to come out in the open then government would be perfectly in order to halt any further discussions as they would have been proved not to be interested in serving the interests of their Country. Once their grievances are heard and put into context, the nation should be allowed to air their views and see whether consensus would be reached and the matter settled once and for all. I am sure most Zambians may also have a say once matters are transparently discussed with a view to solving the problem. And I am sure consensus would be reached as we all know the benefits of a United Zambia that enjoys peace and tranquility. Our Children deserve development and not the resurrection of historical graves. And time spent discussing matters that would leave Barotseland a better place than it was would be most welcome by most well meaning Zambians.

To sum up, I would really be happy to see a Zambia where people lived above tribal considerations. For those of us that went to truly national Schools, tribal issues were never heard of but only in jokes amongst tribal cousins. Why should Zambia be divided according to tribal regions in this day and era? We always pride ourselves as an example of a Country where unity truly works in a nation but the readings over the past few weeks are really saddening. One-Zambia and One-Nation motto still stands for me and means well. I am sure that most Lozis would not want to see that happen and would rather see development projects evenly distributed in all provinces according to what their land resources can support. These are the kind of progressive issues we need to be discussing in this day and era. For example, a deliberate scheme to encourage massive production of rice in Western Province would help create employment and get most youths out of poverty. Fully exploiting the water resources to allow for commercial fishing would be another idea to help alleviate poverty. In my view, anyone talking development and/or decentralised management of development resources would have my support as local knowledge is always useful in solving local problems. There is real value in using local knowledge in development planning. But to talk about restoring agreements that may not mean much to the common man is in my view stretching it too far. Let us move with changing times and live for a better tomorrow. One Zambia and One Nation!!!

I did not help the opposition win- Former Livingstone Mayor

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Former mayor and suspended MMD councillor, Joram Mwiinda has said he will appeal against his suspension.Mr.Mwiinda,who was former mayor during the period from May 2010 spent most of his tenure suspended when the Ministry of Local Government suspended the Livingstone City Council for gross misconduct.

We have decided to suspend Mr.Mwiinda from the Party on grounds of gross indiscipline said a press statement signed by Livingstone MMD constituency chairman,Friday Nkonde.

Shortly after the Council’s suspension was lifted fresh elections were called and a new mayor,Aggrey Njekwa was voted into office amid dramatic elections which left the former mayor-Mwiinda suspended from the MMD on charges of indiscipline.

However,sources within the council have revealed that Mr.Mwiinda’s suspension comes in a wake of events during the mayoral elections in which he is alleged to have conspired with another MMD councillor to aid a councillor from the opposition UPND,Njekwa to win the election after defeating an MMD candidate David Musesa.

It is believed that the MMD leadership in the district was upset and wondered how the MMD which has the majority representation in the council lost the elections.

In the Livingstone Council the MMD:Opposition representation ratio is 10:7 however the MMD candidate Musesa lost to Njekwa by 3 votes,which are believed to come from the members of the ruling party.

However Mr.Mwiinda has refuted involvement in the vote issue and has declined to comment further.

Speaking in an interview with LT,Mr Mwiinda has since declared that he will appeal his suspension and has described it as unfair and
baseless.

‘I am still meeting them because i think it is unfair and baseless for them to suspend me in that manner,it is actually shameful,’he said.

He has however said only God knows why he is being penalised.

Newly elected Livngstone Mayor,Aggrey Njekwa has pledged to improve the outlook of Livingstone town which is a pride of Zambia’s heritage as a tourist capitol.

The new Mayor nevertheless has said his duty is not engage in political wrangles with anyone but to develop the city of Livingstone.

He has since appealed to the people of Livingstone put aside their tribe,colour,political beliefs and grievances so that they focus on working.

PF/UPND President to be named after pertinent issues are resolved

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Perhaps Paul the Octopus can help?

The United Party for National Development (UPND) says the PF/UPND pact will not proceed to announce the pact presidential candidate without agreeing on various issues.

UPND Vice president for Political Affairs Richard Kapita told a media briefing in Lusaka today that it will be pointless for the pact to go ahead and choose the pact presidential candidate in isolation or abstract without settling various pending agreements upon which the pact was founded.

Mr. Kapita said the UPND is fully aware and understands the anxiety among their followers on when a pact presidential candidate will be chosen but appealed to them to remain patient as the two groups harmonise some issues.

“We believe that a number of many important issues should be agreed upon. For example, there is need to commit to generally acceptable good governance tenets in particular reference to separation of powers with an independent judiciary,” Mr. Kapita said.

He said while it is true that the choice of the pact Presidential candidate is important, the joint economic, social and good governance is even more important as it is the basis upon which the hopes of a better future for Zambian lies.

“We appeal to all Zambians to remain calm and patient on the selection of the pact candidate as their concerns are being addressed by responsible joint working groups of the pact,” he said.

Mr. Kapita has, however, pointed out that the UPND does not mind on who is chosen as pact president as long as he commits himself to the agreed economic, social and good governance programme of the pact.

He said the UPND believes that a good economic and social action programme in various areas was key to improving the lives of people.

The Pact which was formed on 4th June 2009 with a view of unsettling the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) in this year’s general election has experienced various challenges especially on the selection of the pact presidential candidate.
[ ZANIS ]

Woman, 63 raped

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A 63-year-old woman of Matiliyo compound in Kapiri Mposhi district in Central Province has been raped by two armed unidentified men.

Central Province Police Divisional Commander, Stella Libongani who identified the woman as Rose Musonda confirmed the incident to ZANIS today.

ZANIS reports that Ms. Libongani said Musonda was allegedly raped by two unidentified men who broke into her house around 21 hours on Tuesday.

She said the men also made away with an assortment of household goods and clothes worth K290,000 from her house.

The two unidentified men who were armed with knives broke into Mulenga’s house before one of them raped her.

Mulenga stays alone and her call for help when the two assailants broke into her house could not be heard by neighbours.

Ms. Libongani said Police were still investigating the matter to apprehend the culprits who were still at large.

She said Musonda obtained a police medical report which proved that she was raped.

Mulenga experienced body pains from the ordeal.

[ ZANIS ]

Malaria hits Kaputa district

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-Kaputa district in the Northern Province has been hit with a serious malaria epidemic, raising concern among medical staff in the district.

The district has so far recorded 1, 927 cases of malaria with 62 deaths recorded between October 2010 and December the same year.

This is according to statistics submitted to the District Health Office by four of the 12 health centers in the district.

Kaputa District Director of Health Michael Musonda described the situation as serious saying urgent action needs to be taken to ensure that the situation is put under control.

Dr. Musonda disclosed that the Malaria Control Centre in Lusaka has since donated over 66, 000 mosquito nets to be distributed to members of the community in Kaputa district in an effort to curb the situation.

He told ZANIS in Kaputa district that the District Health Management Team has since embarked on a sensitisation campaign to educate members of the community on how they can protect themselves from getting malaria.

Dr. Musonda also appealed to Government to ensure efficient delivery of drugs to Kaputa district, saying the supply by Medical Stores has over the past few months been inconsistent.

He said this situation has prompted the district health office to procure drugs such as quinine and other malaria drugs from other districts to treat malaria patients.

And the District Director of Health has prodded Government to ensure it retains health personnel that are leaving Kaputa district owing to lack of proper incentives.

He said the district is currently facing a human resource crisis and therefore needed adequate health staff to be posted and retained in the district for quality health service delivery.

Dr. Musonda further urged Government to deploy more midwives to Kaputa district to help reduce the high maternal mortality which currently stands at 500 per 1000 live births.

He further implored Government to procure enough equipment for Kaputa district hospitalto carry out operations, saying at the moment the medical team at the hospital has to improvise to carryout out surgical operations.

But Ministry of Health Spokesperson Kamoto Mbewe disclosed that Government was in the process of procuring more clinical equipment for all hospitals and health posts in the country to enable health facilities to operate smoothly.

Dr Mbewe assured Kaputa District Health Team that their concerns are being looked into and will be addressed in no time.

[ ZANIS ]

Kapijimpanga is desperate, says Siliya

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MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya has said former national executive committee member Judith Kapijimpanga decided to defect to the Patriotic Front (PF) in desperation to be adopted for a parliamentary seat.

Ms Siliya, who wished the former Lands minister well in her political endeavours, said it was not right for Ms Kapijimpanga to denounce the MMD, a party whose manifesto was well-tailored to advance national democracy unlike that of the PF, which was dictatorial.

“Ms Kapijimpanga is moving in reverse and I do not know whether she has read the PF manifesto because it is dictatorial,” Ms Siliya said.

She said well-meaning Zambians should be able to see that Ms Kapijimpanga was only concerned about becoming a member of Parliament and not that she understood and believed in the ideals of the PF.

Ms Siliya said the MMD respected Ms Kapijimpanga’s decision as her democratic right.
[ Times of Zambia ]

Sudan Land on Thursday

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By LT Sports

Sudan are expected to arrive in the country on Thursday for a week-long training camp.

The team will be in Zambia to prepare for the Caf African Nations Championship that will be hosting from February 4 to 25.

Sudan, who are expected to fly in on a Kenya Airways flight, will face Zesco United on Saturday and the Under-23 team on Tuesday.

Both games will be played at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka.

Goalkeepers: Bahaedin Mohamed Abdallah (Al-Niel) Mohammed Kamal (Al-Merriekh) Haviz Ahmed (Al-Mahidia)

Defenders:Mohammed ‘Safari’ Ali, Musab Omar and Balla Jabir(Al-Mirriekh) Sayf al-Din Ali and  Khalifa Ahmed (Al-Hilal)

Midfielders: Haitham Mustafa (Captain) Alaa- El Din Youssef, Omar Bakhiet, Muhammad “Bisha” Ahmad and Mohannad Al-Tahir (Al -Hilal)  Badr al-Din Aldwod, Raji Abdel-Ati and Nasreddin Al-Shigel (Al-Merriekh) Magdi Aompada (Alamil)

Attackers: Mudesir ‘Careca’ Tayeb andBakri  Abdel-Qader  (Al-hilal) Haitham Tampal (Al-Merriekh) Aladin Babiker (Al-Niel)

technical staff
Manager: Mohamed’Mazda’ Abdallah
Assistantscoaches:
Mubarak Sulaiman and Ismail Atta al-Mannan

Msiska Drops Six

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By LT Sports

Lucky Msiska has made six changes to his Under-23 team that leaves for Harare tomorrow ahead of Sunday’s crucial All-Africa Games preliminary round, return leg qualifier against Zimbabwe at Rufaro Stadium.

Zambia trail Zimbabwe 3-2 from the first leg and must beat their hosts 2-0 this weekend to advance to the first round qualifying stage.

Msiska has dropped Power Dynamos defender Govenda Simwala who flopped in the first leg and was subsequently substituted in the first leg.

He has also dropped the Nchanga Rangers duo of goalkeeper Fred Silwamba and striker Lewis Macha including Lusaka Dynamos midfielder Stanley Nshimbi.

Zacks United striker Nemon Nyirenda and Zesco United midfielder Innocent Mwaba have also been dropped.

Msiska has brought into the team Kabwe Warriors striker Alex Ngonga, Konkola Blades defender Christopher Munthali and Stohilla Sunzu of TP Mazambe in DR Congo.

Defenders Moses Mulambi and Gift Sakuwaha have been left out due to injury.

Team

Goalkeepers: Allan Chibwe (Konkola Blades), Joshua Titima (Zanaco)

Defenders: Cosmas Kabaza (Choma Eagles),Derrick Mwansa (Nkwazi), Emmanuel Mbola (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Christopher Munthali (Konkola Blades),Stephen Kabamba, Lawrence Chungu (Both Kabwe Warriors)

Midfielders: Evans Kangwa (Nkana), Richard Kasonde (Kabwe Warriors), Chileshe Kangwa, (Zesco United), Henry Banda (Zanaco), Nathan Sinkala (Green Buffaloes), Stophilla Sunzu (TP Mazembe, DR Congo)

Striker: Rodrick Kabwe (Red Arrows), Chakwa Lungu (Zesco United), Alex Ngonga (Kabwe Warriors), Felix Nyaende (Power Dynamos)

Lusaka Dynamos To Play in Div 1 North

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By LT Sports

Lusaka Dynamos are still hoping to relocate back to the Midlands after a draw today saw them set to play in Division 1 North this season.

Dynamos will for the first time in their history play in Division 1 North following their demotion from the Super Division in 2010.

The luck of the draw will seen Dynamos playing in Division 1 North after four Midlands sides were demoted last season.

Dynamos secretary Madalisto Kamanga said they will engage Faz to try and get a switch back to playing in the southern zone.

“We will engage Faz over the same,” Kamanga said.”Meanwhile, we will be looking for a club that will be willing to swap from Division 1 south and if that fails we will wait until the Faz annual general meeting.”

Dynamos were demoted together with National Assembly and City of Lusaka who will both play in Division 1 South this year.

The fourth team, Choma Eagles were disbanded after their demotion.

Promoted to the Super Division are Kalewa and Lime Hotspurs from the northern zone who will both be making their top-flight debut while from the South, Nakambala Leopards make their Super Division return.

ZNS Green Eagles who incidentally will relocate from Kabwe to Choma to be reborn in place of their disbanded sister club Choma Eagles in Southern Province.

No flood evacuations this year, victims were warned – DMMU

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The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit says it has no intentions of evacuating people living in flood prone areas this year.

National Coordinator Dominiciano Mulenga says people living in areas that are experiencing floods were warned to relocate to safer areas last year, but have refused to move.

Mr Mulenga says the temporary camp that was set up last year at the Independence Stadium will not be opened this year.

He has told a media briefing in Lusaka today-Wednesday that even though government is putting in place measures to minimize the impact of floods in all the affected areas, there are limited resources to relocate people.

Mr. Mulenga has however assured members of the public that the DMMU stands ready to deal with any form of disaster that may arise from the anticipated abnormal rainfall pattern.

He has appealed to members of the public especially in Lusaka not to build houses in prohibited areas such as quarries.

And Mr Mulenga says the floods that are being experienced in Lusaka are as a result of the saturated water levels resulting from the last rainy season.

He has dismissed media reports suggesting that floods being experienced in the capital are as a result of the current rainy season.
He has urged the media to be factual in reporting and present facts to avoid misleading the public.

And Lusaka District Commissioner Christah Kalulu has advised affected people to move away from flood prone areas to safer locations.

Ms. Kalulu says people living in flood prone areas should act responsibly at individual level by making rational decisions and move away from such areas.

More than fifty families of Lusaka’s Kuku’s Compound have been displaced by floods in the last few days.

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New Fertiliser plant to open in Kapiri-Mposhi district next month.

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A 27 million US Dollar Organic Liquid Fertilizer plant is set for construction in Kapiri-Mposhi district next month.

The Agri-Bio Tech Fertilizer Plant is a joint venture between the Russian and Zambian private Sector.

Russian Ambassador to Zambia Boris Malakhov says the plant will produce organic fertilizer which will also be exported to neighbouring countries.

Ambassador Malakhov says the Russian Private Sector has pumped in 20 Million US Dollars into the project.

Mr Malakhov says the plant will also provide job opportunities for the local people.

Ambassador Malakhov was speaking in an interview in Lusaka today – Wednesday.

Meanwhile a senior officer in the Ministry of Agriculture says plans are underway for the Zambian Government to import improved Goat and Sheep breed from South Africa.

Principal Livestock Production Research Officer for Southern Province Dr Chibwe Kaoma has disclosed in an interview in Sinazongwe that about 400 improved goats and sheep will be imported.

This is part of efforts to restock the newly built goat breeding Centre in Sinazongwe District in Southern Province.

Dr. Kaoma says Sinazongwe district is ideal for livestock production because it experiences few livestock diseases.

He says the goat breeding centre, which is situated in Senior Chief Mweemba’s area, will be upgraded into a cattle breeding centre.

Dr. Kaoma has thanked Government for funding the goat breeding project.

About K300 million was used to build the first phase of the goat breeding centre.

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