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The Citizens Forum has accused government of harassing Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata following his summoning for questioning in Lusaka.
Last week the Drug Enforcement Commission summoned Sata over the $100,000 he is alleged to have given Change Life Zambia executive director Father Frank Bwalya.
Citizens Forum executive secretary, Simon Kabanda said allegations by the former PF general secretary, Edward Mumbi against Mr Sata that he gave the money to Fr Bwalya to de-campaign the MMD government amount to cheap propaganda and harassment against the PF leader.
Mr. Kabanda added that government’s quick reaction to Mr. Mumbi allegations against Mr. Sata only goes to show government’s injustices in applying the rule of law.
He said that the same government has dragged its feet in investigating how former republican president, Dr. Fredrick Chiluba obtained $8 million.
Mr. Kabanda explained that government has been quick to push the$ 100, 000 case against Mr. Sata but failed to pursue $8 million case of former president Chiluba with all the evidence available.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kabanda has charged that the Drug Enforcement Commission is responsible for the violence that took place at their offices last week involving PF cadres.
He said blaming the cadres for the tear-gas is wrong and irresponsible because the DEC are the ones who alarmed the situation.
[ QFM ]
The State has closed the case where Inktech Managing Director Mathew Mohan and two others are charged with the murder of Lusaka businessman Sajid Itowala.
And Lusaka Supreme Court Judge Gregory Phiri, sitting as High Court Judge, has set February 14, 2011 as date for handing in of written submissions ahead of the Judgement.
Judge Phiri said the date for Judgement in the matter will also be set on February 14.
State Advocate Benson Mpalo had earlier informed the court that the state had closed its evidence in rebuttal.
This was after African Gases Limited Executive Director Phillip Pumbwe concluded his testimony in the case.
And Mr. Pumbwe testified that African Gases Limited had no business dealings with Mathew Mohan and no payments were made to him.
Mr. Pumbwe, however, told the court that his company had business dealings with Mohan’s father, a Mr. J.C Mathew.
He denied ever signing a forest contract where Mohan was also made to sign as a witness.
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Some pupils wade in water during the start of the rainy season in Lusaka
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Some flooded houses and yards during the start of the rainy season in Lusaka
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The Lusaka district hospital nears completion along the Great East road
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The Lusaka district hospital nearing completion along the great east road
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Former First Lady and Tourism and Environment Deputy Minister Vera Tembo (r) with United Nations resident coordinator Kanni Wignaraja (c) and Food and Agriculture Organization representative Noureddine in Lusaka
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Cardinal Medardo Mazombwe when he arrived from Italy where he had gone for an installation ceremony by Pope Benedict
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Princess Nakatindi Wina (l) and her husband Sikota Wina before a press briefing at their residence in Lusaka
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Princess Nakatindi Wina (l) talks to her husband Sikota Wina during a press briefing at their residence in Lusaka
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Workers working on the Kulima Tower bus station shelter. The station has been closed to pave way for the works.
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Part of the traffic congestion along Freedom way because the Kulima Tower bus station has been closed for rehabilitation works. The traffic jam gets worse during prime time
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President Rupiah Banda with farmers during the launch of the planting season in Mumbwa
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President Rupiah Banda on a tractor during the launch of the planting season in Mumbwa
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President Banda receives a present from Non Ferous Mining African Chief Executive Officer Wang Chunlai in Chambishi during the weekend
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Patriotic front leader Michael Sata and his cadres arrive for questioning at the Drug Enforcement Commission office in Lusaka
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Police in riot gear cordon off the Drug Enforcement Commission offices where Patriotic Front president Sata was being interrogated
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Opposition Patriotic Front cadres chanting party slogans outside the Drug Enforcement Commission offices where president Sata was being interrogated
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Patriotic front cadres bolt for dear life after police fire tear gas at the unruly crowd outside the Drug Enforcement Commission offices in Lusaka
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A Patriotic Front cadre bolts for dear life after police fire tear gas at the unruly crowd outside the Drug Enforcement Commission offices in Lusaka
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A cloud of tear gas engulfs the entrance to the Drug Enforcement Commission where Patriotic Front cadres were throwing stones because their leader Michael Sata was being investigated
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Lusaka District Commissioner Christa Kalulu receives cement donated to the Disaster Management and Mitigation United by Chinese Huchang Investment
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Huachang Infrastructure Engineering Limited managing director Juan Chunlong talks to Lusaka District Commissioner Christa Kalulu after his firm donated 100 bags of cement
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Gender Minister Sarah Sayifwanda talks to United Nations Development Programme Country Director Viola Morgan during the launch of 16 days of activism against gender based violence in Lusaka
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A woman carries a placard during launch of the 16 days of activism against gender based violence in Lusaka
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A woman carries a placard during the launch of the 16 days of activism against gender based violence in Lusaka.
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Finance and Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane (c), Health Minister Kapembwa Simbao (r) and United States Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella shake hands after signing the HIV Partnership Framework plan
File:A youth in business cashing in on Tujilijili (brandy or gin packed in small sachets)
A 40 year old man of Buyantashi Village in Milenge District has died after consuming excess locally brewed beer known as katubi and some sachets of spirits popularly known as Utujilijili.
Buyatanshi Village headman Justine Chimese named the deceased as Jonas Mumba of Bayantashi Village.
In an interview with ZANIS at the graveyard during the burial in Buyantashi village yesterday, headman Chimese said Mumba died on Saturday morning in Shitambuli village after drinking a lot of locally brewed beer, katubi, and some sachets of utujilijili.
Headman Chimese, who is also the brother in law to the deceased narrated that Mumba went to Shitambuli to do his work as a blacksmith.
He explained that on Friday, the deceased, accompanied by his friends, went to a beer house to drink the locally brewed beer, katubi.
The headman said his brother in law, however, opted to take some sachets of utujilijili in addition to the katubi he took after which he was taken to one of his relatives’ house when he got too drunk to spend the night.
Headman Chimese narrated that the following morning on Saturday, one of the relatives to Mumba realized that, the now late, had overslept and went to wake him up but discovered that he had become too weak to move.
He said the relatives then fed Mumba with some porridge of which he only took a bit and he was left to rest, but they later found him unconscious and he died.
The body was moved to Buyatanshi village for the funeral and the burial.
File:President Banda greets MMD cadres at Ndola airport, Zambia
Sitting tenants of Ndola Itawa National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA) flats have submitted a petition to President Rupiah Banda requesting him to intervene in the pricing of the flats which have been pegged between K120million and K195 million.
The tenants who submitted the appeal letter to one of President Banda’s private secretaries at Ndola’s International Airport yesterday before his departure for North-Western Province, said they were making a passionate appeal to the president because the current price was unaffordable.
A one bed roomed flat had been pegged at K120 million while a four bed roomed flat was going at K195 million.
Spokesperson for Itawa NAPSA Tenants Association Baldwin Chatupa said the flats were not worth the price because they were in a deplorable state and had not been rehabilitated in a long time.
Mr Chatupa said the decision by NAPSA to price the 82 flats highly was against the MMD Government’s policy of home ownership empowerment.
“We are, therefore, making a passionate appeal to you your Excellency Sir to intervene in this matter like you have ably and decisively intervened in the sale of the flats of our neighbours at the Itawa council flats and Chinese complex,” he said.
He said the sale of the Itawa council flats and the Chinese complex housing units had benefited the people with the majority being widows and the unemployed.
“We the residents of NAPSA flats have unanimously resolved to rally behind your leadership and support you in the 2011 elections,” he said.
He commended President Banda for his leadership capabilities and integrity because of his ability to deliver and this could be attested by the re-opening of the mines, construction of the roads, schools, clinics and hospitals taking place in different parts of Zambia.
Education Minister Dora Siliya
Education Minister Dora Siliya has challenged parents to take a keen interest in knowing the kinds of books their children are reading for the country to produce a cadre of educated citizens that appreciates and feels proud of their nation’s culture and heritage.
Ms. Siliya said it is imperative that parents play a role in the education of their children for the country to produce disciplined, responsible and hard working citizens that can contribute positively to national development.
The Education Minister said this in Lusaka last evening when she graced the launch of a book entitled Icisalwa Maasaka by Dr Pardon Mwansa that has been approved by the Ministry of Education for use as a literature book for secondary schools in the country.
Ms. Siliya said it is important that parent’s obligation to their children’s education does not just end at paying school fees but ensure that such education also imparts values that are acceptable to society.
She said government will in the next three years be able to produce education space for about 1.3 million children to afford every child an education.
Ms.Siliya also stated that government was concerned about the reading culture in the country and will continue to fight for an improvement in that area.
She said government has over the years continued to increase allocation of funds to the Ministry of Education towards the purchase of reading materials to fight illiteracy.
Ms. Siliya said government desires to produce competent graduates, adding that books are at the centre of the realization of that dream.
She stated that Zambians must write their own stories and commended Dr Mwansa for writing his book in local language.
She urged him to translate the book into other Zambian languages to afford an opportunity to other Zambians from other tribes to read and enjoy the book.
Ms. Siliya also commended the publisher of the book, Maiden Publishing House for going an extra mile in resuscitating the industry and affording Zambians are opportunity to write books.
Speaking earlier, Author of the book Dr Pardon Mwansa said he decided to write his book in a local language for Zambians to appreciate and be proud of their heritage and culture.
Dr. Mwansa said it was important that Africans and Zambians in particular write their stories in their mother tongue if there were to uphold the tradition and culture.
He described his book as an emotional, interesting and a must read saying it depicts social challenges that every individual goes through.
And Maiden Publishing House Managing Director Christine Kasonde disclosed that her publishing house will publish at least one book in a local language every year.
Ms. Kasonde said this is because her organization realizes that local languages play an important role in curbing illiteracy among citizens in the country.
Patriotic front cadres bolt for dear life after police fire tear gas at the unruly crowd outside the Drug Enforcement Commission offices in Lusaka
Patriotic Front (PF) members of Parliament have condemned their president Michael Sata for ferrying cadres to the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) offices where they fought running battles with the police.
And UNIP secretary general Jemima Banda has said Mr Sata is a failed politician who has outlived his usefulness and now wants to use the Barotse Agreement to get votes from the people of Western Province.
Speaking in separate interviews in Lusaka yesterday, Mwense (MP) Jacob Chongo, his Luapula and Kawambwa counterparts Peter Machungwa and Elizabeth Chitika respectively, said that it was wrong for Mr Sata to ferry cadres when he was appearing for a personal issue.
Mr Chongo said when an investigative wing calls a political leader, such a leader should realise they were called in their individual capacity and not as a political entity.
“Whenever a political leader is called by the investigative wing in his individual capacity, he should avoid ferrying cadres. Nobody is stating that Mr Sata has done anything wrong, they want a clarification. Why carry the cadres when it’s a personal matter?” Mr Chongo said.
He said there was no need for cadres to accompany or be ferried to DEC offices, as the issue of the US$100,000 was not a PF matter but a personal issue involving Mr Sata.
Mr Chongo said he feared what kind of state Mr Sata would run if elected president considering that he was exhibiting violent traits.
“He is not in power but what more if he has instruments of power, we need to see more of these so that the Zambians know the kind of leader that the PF president is,” Mr Chongo said.
Ms Chitika said it was wrong for a political leader to involve a political party in personal matters, noting that the issue of the US$100,000 was Mr Sata’s personal issue and, therefore, should not involve the PF.
“The point is that what is happening now is not a party issue. It is something personal and what is important is for Mr Sata to go there in his individual capacity and not to involve the party,” Ms Chitika said.
She said if lives had been lost, Mr Sata would have been to blame. Ms Chitika said that opposition leaders seeking political office should desist from engaging themselves in acts that could cause turmoil in the country.
Her Luapula counterpart, Dr Machungwa said leaders aspiring to lead the nation such as Mr Sata should not undermine law enforcement agencies as doing so would compel them to respond with firmness like what happened on Thursday.
Dr Machungwa said DEC and other security wings are meant to protect every citizen and as such when politicians dare them, Zambia would lose law and order.
“Those aspiring to be national leaders should leave the security wings to operate smoothly because if they intimidate them, they will react with firmness. Political leaders should, therefore, educate their cadres to respect law enforcement agencies and their work,” Dr Machungwa who is the spokesperson of the PF rebel MPs said.
He said Zambians should ensure that they defended the peace they had continued enjoying since independence. The MP said it would not help for people to take the law into their own hands.
Meanwhile, UNIP secretary general Jemima Banda has said Mr Sata is a failed politician who has outlived his usefulness and now wants to use the Barotse Agreement to get votes from the people of Western Province.
Mrs Banda said Mr Sata was becoming so desperate for power that he was trying to use anything to get to State House and that his recent talk on the Barotse Agreement was just one of his populist statements that Zambians should ignore with the contempt it deserved.
Mrs Banda said in an interview yesterday that it was sad that the PF leader was always trying to use divisive ways of getting into leadership, instead of proving to the Zambians that he was a quality leader who was ripe to rule the country by articulating issues of national unity and development.
Mrs Banda said she could not continue to support the wrong things that some opposition colleagues were doing because he was patriotic, mature and objective politician.
She said UNIP would continue to be objective and mature by giving credit where it was due, instead of being perpetual critics of the Government.
“When the Government does something good, we should give credit where it is due, but if it does something wrong, we should provide solutions to where the Government has gone wrong, instead of insulting it in the media. As UNIP, we shall maintain our objectivity and we will not support anything rubbish just because we are from the opposition,” she said.
“I strongly believe the MMD is the only party at present which could deliver to the people of Zambia, hence I am cautioning Zambians not to be excited with calls for change of Government.
[ Times of Zambia ]
MMD chairperson for elections Mike Mulongoti has warned party members seeking to contest various positions not to use tribes to advance their political ambitions.
Reacting to remarks attributed to MMD Western Province chairperson Simasiku Namakando that tribal politics in the ruling party would divide it, Mr Mulongoti said members should campaign across tribes.
“We are in a time where intra-party democracy must be seen to be working. The habit of running for positions on the basis of tribal groupings is unfair and unnecessary. People should campaign across tribes,” Mr Mulongoti who is Works and Supply Minister said.
He said it was wrong for any party member to use tribe to boost their campaigns for positions.
[pullquote]“We are in a time where intra-party democracy must be seen to be working. The habit of running for positions on the basis of tribal groupings is unfair and unnecessary. People should campaign across tribes,” Mr Mulongoti who is Works and Supply Minister said.[/pullquote]
“Those who are competing for elective office must never look for excuses for not focusing on their campaigns. I refuse to be used as such,” Mr Mulongoti said.
The minister noted that as chairperson for elections, it was his duty to give guidelines to allow for fair play, party constitution legality as well as equity.
Mr Mulongoti said he had to ensure that deadlines as far as time was concerned were observed and beyond that there was nothing else.
And Mr Mulongoti has said the party would go ahead with provincial conferences once it had harmonised its programmes with President Banda’s schedule.
Mr Mulongoti said the party was trying to work out a schedule that would enable President Banda as party president officially open all the nine provincial conferences.
Meanwhile, the MMD Lusaka District choir has expressed its sadness at some party members who are working against provincial chairperson William Banda.
Choir chairperson Nelia Sakala said in a statement that Mr Banda had managed to transform the ruling party in Lusaka.
“With the coming of Mr Banda, our party has been reconstructed and we have taken control of Lusaka District in all political terms as we continue to establish a firm ground,” Ms Sakala said.
She appealed to President Banda to institute investigations about the parallel structures formed against Mr Banda.
[ Times of Zambia ]
The majority of the time when you come across a baboon he is resting, feeding, socializing or traveling. This is especially true of adults
Social behavior in baboons is complex and individuals communicate in many different ways. As I have mentioned in earlier articles grooming is a very important social activity that creates and maintains social bonds between individuals. Another form of social behavior seen most often among young baboons is play.
In our Kinda baboon group in Kasanka National Park the small ones are very precocious. Tumbling, climbing, jumping, chasing, wrestling and mock biting. I never grow tired of watching them. It is exciting to watch the new infants start to gain independence from their mothers and play with one another. We have four small infants that are very similar in age, Nona, Oliver, Robin, and Kamikazi. In July they were clinging to their mothers. Now they are climbing trees, hanging from branches and interacting with older infants and juveniles. From the pictures and this video clip you can see how much fun they have.
Three young infants born within weeks of one another play and climb together
Play behavior allows young baboons to practice adult behavior and form close bonds with other individuals in their age-classes. Bonds created by individuals at young ages grow stronger with time an remain through adulthood.
Anna Weyher Click here to access Kasanka Baboon Project Website
Coming next: meet our team and our baboons. We have managed to name a number of group members and their personalities are showing through.
Zambia attacking midfielder Chisamba Lungu is out of this year’s Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup due to injury.
Lungu has suffered a right foot injury that he sustained on Saturday during Zambia’s opening Cecafa Group A against Tanzania that Zambia won 1-0 at the National Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam.
The Russian-based player has his right foot encased in a Plaster of Paris and his healing process is expected to take at least six weeks.
Meanwhile, Zambia coach Dario Bonetti said he is satisfied with his teams win but they could have done better.
“When you play away from home it is difficult,” Bonetti told Tanzanian newspaper The Daily News in a post-match interview on Saturday.
“Tactically we were fine. The difference was the quality of the players. We can do better.”
Zambia face Burundi on Tuesday in their penultimate Group A match in Dar-es-Salaam.
President Rupiah Banda has expressed profound sorrow at the deaths of 17 passengers, including two babies in a road mishap along the Great North Road.
In his message of condolences to families of the accident victims, President Banda said government is deeply saddened by the tragedy which could have been avoided.
Mr. Banda urged motorists to drive with caution and consideration for other road users, to minimize deaths through road accidents.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Press and Public Relations Unit at State House.
The President has appealed to motorists to be patient on the roads during the rainy festive season, noting that traffic accidents tend to increase during this period of the year.
And the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) said human error was the cause of the accident which claimed 17 lives on the Kabwe-Kapiri road.
RTSA Deputy Director Martin Mbangu told ZNBC that there was human error on the part of the driver of the light truck which hit into the fuel tanker.
Mr. Mbangu said the agency records a higher number of accidents involving light trucks ferrying people and advised motorists to be cautious on the road.
He has also cautioned motorists not to be excited during the festive time, as a lot of accidents are recorded this period due to drunken driving.
On saturday 17 people died in a road accident involving a light truck and fuel tanker on the Kabwe Kapiri road.
According to the Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane, copper production is expected to exceed 720, 000 metric tonnes, a level of production that was last seen in 1973. This places the country within reach of the medium-term target of one million metric tonnes per annum. And as we all know, the prices of copper have re-bounded on the London Metal Exchange (LME). But most shockingly, the government refuses to re-introduce the mineral windfall tax. In the words of President Rupiah Banda, government will not re-introduce the windfall tax for mining companies because it has the potential to stifle the growth of the mining sector.
“The abolition of the windfall tax will remain intact and as government, we shall not listen to those calling for the bringing back of this tax, let them just watch and see what government is doing to attract investors to the mining sector,” he was quoted recently as having said in the media.
Listening to this kind of talk, one wonders whether we all live in the same country. What investors is the President talking about? What is the essence of attracting many investors to exploit our natural resources if our people can not get the benefits? Or maybe the benefits are the shootings, low wages, poor safety and the like?
It is common knowledge that when the mines were under the control of the government through the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM), Zambians, not just miners, were able to access the full benefits from the revenues. For a fact, Zambia is rich in mineral resources, which the multi-national companies have been exploiting. For the country though, it only enjoys a tiny fraction of the benefits.
A report by the Tax Justice Network for Africa (TJN-A), Action Aid, Southern Africa Resource Watch, Third World Network Africa and Christian Aid titled “Breaking the Curse: How Transparent Taxation and Fair Taxes can Turn Africa’s Mineral Wealth into Development” released in 2007, clearly shows this. The report says legislation that has set low royalty rates, combined with development agreements grants companies further tax concessions and holidays of up to 25 years, deprives countries of the much-needed revenues.
On top of this, Africa loses vast sums each year to corruption and illegal tax evasion by multinational corporations (MNCs). The document draws on evidence from seven mineral-rich countries including Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone. It reveals questionable accounting practices by multinational companies that conceal the true value of their operations while a mixture of secrecy and flawed laws passed by parliaments across the continent further deprive African people of
revenue.
When presenting the 2011 national budget to Parliament last month, the minister of finance and national planning said he expected revenue from the mines to increase because of an increase in production. However, the minister in-charge of national planning could not tell how much he was expecting. How then can he plan? But for all we know, the mining sector’s contribution towards the treasury in Zambia is still very low. If anything, there is no voluntary compliance of tax payments by the mines. This is so despite the fact that taxes are not economical, political or moral issues but a constitutional matter, and a foundation of any state. Our objective therefore as a country is to maximize our revenue base,
and the mines present an opportunity to do so. After all, they are making huge profits, thanks to very high copper production levels and high prices on the London Metal Exchange.
According to estimates, Zambia is able to collect as much as US$400 million annually if it was to re-introduce the windfall mineral royalty tax. With this kind of money, why should we continue to borrow or ask donors for money to enable us finance our various projects including the building and maintenance of roads, schools, hospitals as well as the improvement of our water and sanitation situation? Indeed why should we struggle to provide basic social services to our people when we have that kind of money which we have voluntarily refused to collect? Is this not a way of embracing poverty? Certainly, our leaders can do better on the issue of windfall taxes.
Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has charged that there is need for government to identify the root cause of corruption in the country.
Ms. Nawakwi who is also former Finance Minister in second Republican President Fredrick Chiluba’s Government told QFM in an interview that corruption is retrogressive to the fight against poverty.
She said the current system in government is so porous for corrupt activities and that the removal of the abuse of office clause from the revised Anti Corruption commission Act will worsen the vice.
The FDD president said the recent misappropriation of funds at the Ministry of Health is worrying and has made Zambia’s attainment of health related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in a difficult position.
She has advised government to decentralize the budgeting process to district level so that funds are sent directly to the recipients in districts.
Ms. Nawakwi said it is high time government takes responsibility of the corrupt activities in the health sector adding that it should ensure that the much talked about quality health care delivery to Zambians becomes a reality rather than just offering lip service.
[ QFM ]
“I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades”
(Revelation 1:18, NIV)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
Have you ever been locked out of your car or house? It can be very frustrating and inconvenient. Not having your keys can keep you stuck and unproductive. It steals your time and can steal your peace and joy if you let it.
In the same way, we need spiritual keys to access what God has for us — eternal life, peace, freedom and blessing here on earth. But we don’t have to stand on the outside and be frustrated because Jesus holds the keys, and He has opened the way for us to walk through the door of eternal life. Eternal life begins the moment you make Him your Lord and Savior. You don’t have to live in defeat, mediocrity, sickness, sin or any kind of bondage any longer; you have access to the abundant life Jesus came to give!
Today, if you feel stuck, locked out or defeated, remember, Jesus is the one who holds the keys. All you have to do is call on His name and He will answer. He promises to hear you and will deliver you. He wants to be the hero of your story, so call on Him today and receive the victory He has prepared for you!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father God, I boldly come to You thanking You for giving me access to eternal life through Your Son, Jesus. I surrender every area of my heart to You and invite You to make me whole and complete. Set me free from every bondage so I can live free in You. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
The Private Sector Development Association (PSDA) has commended government for its decision to extend trading hours across the country.
PSDA Chairperson Yusuf Dodia said the extension of business hours was in line with what business firms have been yearning for, saying most business firms were already operating beyond the official closure of business hours.
Mr . Dodia said the enforcement of the new law was the formalization of what has already been happening in business firms across the country.
He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the move will undoubtedly stimulate economic development as there will be enhanced economic activities.
Mr. Dodia stated that productivity would double and more jobs will be created for the local people as businesses houses will have to employ more workers to cater for extended working hours.
He also said the move will stimulate other business houses like banks and the transport sector to also extend their business houses.
Local Government and Housing Minister Brian Chituwo recently announced the extension of trading hours by five hours across the country in order to afford workers in formal employment an opportunity to shop during the week.
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