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“I have seen that everything [human] has its limits and end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity]”
(Psalm 119:96, AMP)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
Did you know you can limit your life by dwelling on the wrong things? So often, wrong thinking keeps people stuck right where they are. If you think you’ll never accomplish your dreams, those thoughts will hold you back. If you think you don’t have the talent, the connections or the funds, then you are limiting yourself. You are blocking what God can do in your life.
It’s time to take the limits off and trust God. He isn’t limited to this earthly realm; His ways are higher than our ways. We serve a supernatural God. Just because you don’t see a way doesn’t mean that God doesn’t have a way. God can bring one opportunity across your path that will thrust you to a whole new level. He has explosive blessings in store that can blast you out of where you are and into a place of abundance. If you’ll shift your focus from this earthly realm and start looking with your eyes of faith, you’ll see His unlimited possibilities for your future. Take the limits off by setting your thoughts on what God Almighty can do in your life!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father in heaven, today I lift my eyes to You. You alone are the source of my strength, peace and provision. I choose to delight myself in You knowing that You will give me the desires of my heart. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Zain Zambia limited has announced its new ground breaking flat tariff rate which will see a cross network tariff drop by more than fifty percent.
Zain Zambia Managing Director, Fayaz King says the new tariff dubbed one time will effectively replace all current tariff lines.
Mr King says the new tariff becomes the most affordable way of communication in Zambia as it will allow clients access other networks at no extra charge.
On its new tariff Zain customers will enjoy a tariff deduction of up to 8 kwacha per second on a friends and family tariff.
This is according to a statement issued to MUVI TV news today.
Some Women in Lusaka today staged a protest over the delay in accessing empowerment funds from Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) through the Bishops Council of Zambia.
Impact Women Group Chairlady, Mwelwa Chibuye says the Women are tired of paying various fees towards the acquisition of the empowerment funds which have not been forthcoming.
She alleges that the fees have only gone to empower the initiators of the project instead of the target people.
Mrs Chibuye further alleges that the procedure has not been transparent.
The CEEC funds have been a source of concern from many Zambians through out the country that few people have benefited from it as a result too many procedures to be followed.
[ MUVTV ]
The electorate in Chilanga constituency are bracing themselves for a by election following the expulsion of their Member of Parliament, Ng’andu Magande by the ruling MMD.
Some Voters talked to have vowed to vote for a parliamentary representative who is more conversant with the area.
They alleged that the area has seen little development as seen in poor state of roads, critical water shortages and insanitary conditions.
On Saturday September 4th 2010 the ruling MMD National Executive Committee (NEC) expelled Chilanga Member of Parliament, Ng’andu Magande and his seat has since been declared vacant.
Mr Magande together with his Kafulafuta counterpart George Mpombo were expelled from the MMD for allegedly brining the party in to ridicule and disrepute.
Mr Mpombo is challenging his expulsion in the courts of law.
[ MUV TV ]
The Patriotic Front has described President Rupiah Banda’s speech to the National Assembly on Friday as empty.
Patriotic Front Youth Committee Secretary, Eric Chanda, told QFM that the president’s speech did not give any hope to the Zambian youth.
He said the President’s speech failed to outline how the MMD government is going to create jobs for the youth in the country from 2011 and beyond.
Mr Chanda said the President’s Speech means that the MMD government has no agenda for the youth in the country, adding that Zambian youths should now realize that the MMD government has run out of ideas on how to improve the well being of the youth.
He called on the youth movement countrywide not to make a mistake of voting for the ruling party because doing so would be suicidal.
Mr Chanda added that the PF has a policy to develop youth industrial zones in to create employment for Zambian youths, and to decongest the major cities in the country.
And Party Spokesperson, Given Lubinda, said there is nothing new in President Banda’s commitment to allocating 30 percent of land to women.
Mr Lubinda said the President should have talked about whether his government has achieved the 30 percent allocation of land to women as opposed to talking about how his government is committed to land allocation to women by 30 percent.
He said the 30 percent land allocation to women is outdated because even late President, Levy Mwanawasa, talked about the same thing in 2004.
Mr Lubinda noted that the 30 percent land allocation to women is no longer a new policy because Zambians now are expecting to see this policy which was initiated by Dr Mwanawasa implemented.
And Mr Lubinda said the party did not want to hear President Banda talk about how decentralization policy is in Zambia.
He sid what was expected of the President is when the dissolution of power would take place in the country.
Mr Lubinda was speaking in an interview.
Yesterday, President Rupiah Banda addressed the Fifth Session of the Tenth National Assembly where he highlighted a number of programmes which his government intends to do in the coming year.
He also said in an unexpected circumstance campaigned as his speech was about to end, sending the opposition Members of Parliament in the house to uncontrollable uproar.
Nkana left it until late to record a critical 2-1 home win over Choma Eagles to move within two points of securing their top flight survival an important 2-1 home win over Choma Eagles in a Faz Super Division Week 24 game at Wusakile Stadium in Kitwe today.
Linos Makwaza’s side is unbeaten in four successive league games and are in 5th place on 34 points needing only two points to stay in the top flight for another session after they were promoted this year.
Meanwhile, in their game against Choma, Nkana took the lead in the 35th minute through an unlikely hero.
A rare first half outing for former midfield protégé Cement Mulenga yielded results when he set the tone for Nkana following his first goal in six years for the record 11-time league champions in the 35th minute.
It is never easy to beat any team coached by Keagan Mumba whose Choma side equalized in the 86th minute but he met his match in Makwaza whose side secured their vital win in the dying minutes of the game through Evans Kangwa.
Wedson Nyirenda has accused referees of conspiring against Zanaco in the Caf Confederation Cup.
On Friday, Zanaco had their second sent off in successive games when striker Winston Kalengo was shown a red card for an innocuous challenge just a week after coach Nyirenda was sent to the stands for questioning the referees decisions that was followed by a flurry of four cautions for his players.
10-man Zanaco on Friday lost 2-1 away to CS Sfaxien of Tunisia in their fourth Group B match played in Sfax.
“All the time Zanaco is playing whether at home or away, it is like we are always pitted against referees,” Nyirenda said
But Nyirenda said Zanaco will bounce back on October 2 when they host FUS Rabat of Morocco at Nkoloma stadium in Lusaka.
Zanaco are 3rd in Group B while Sfaxien top on 7 points for at least 24 hours ahead of the FUS-Haras El Hodoud game.
FUS who led Group B on six points before Friday’s game are away in Egypt to face Haras in Alexandria on Sunday evening.
If you have spent any time in the presence of baboons you will have noticed that they often pick through one another’s fur. This is called grooming. One’s first thought is that this serves a hygienic purpose by helping another get fleas and dirt out; similar to a cat licking their fur. Actually, on my last game drive (not is Kasanka) this was the explanation our guide gave us when we came across grooming baboons. I held my tongue J. Grooming does serve a hygienic purpose and often you will also see baboons grooming themselves, however, for baboons grooming is much more than cleanliness.
Grooming can be called the “glue” that holds the social group together.
Grooming creates and maintains bonds between individual baboons.
Apart from eating, sleeping and traveling to feed and sleep, baboons spend their time resting and grooming one another.
The same adult female reciprocates by grooming the adult male
Of course it must feel good to BE groomed, but recent research has actually found that grooming another individual also feels good.
Grooming and being groomed has been shown to decrease stress levels in baboons (e.g. cortisol). In baboon society females remain in their birth group, while males transfer when they are mature adults. Because of this, females are closely bonded and grooming is most commonly seen between females and females and females and their offspring. Other grooming relationships do exist including juveniles grooming males, and males and females grooming one another.
Grooming relationships between males and females are a strong indicator of opposite-sex friendship in baboons.
Data I collected last summer shows that grooming interactions are very different in Kinda baboons compared to chacma, yellow and olive baboons.
Supporters for Kasama central PF Member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba chanting party slogans outside the Woodlands police Station.
by Gerald Nkisu Katayi
Is wife battering a criminal act in Zambia? This one question can be answered by different opinions across the nation. The diverseness in answering this question can be justified by different sources that inform Zambians. As it has been said, “who educates you controls you”.
One of our own law makers is allegedly to have battered his wife. He is not the first nor is he going to be the last man to lay his hands on his spouse. Zambian women are battered in marriages and even during courtship by their boy friends. But who says these acts are criminal?
Zambia is a country of ethnic diversity; this means Zambians can have the same question, yet give different answers and none of the answers will be wrong. Tradition, Religion and English Law are the main sources of information where decisions are derived from. Both of these institutions are alive and well; they are both entertained by the society and politicians yet in some cases they antagonize each other.[pullquote]Zambian women are battered in marriages and even during courtship by their boy friends[/pullquote]
In some Zambian traditions wife battering is part of showing love, in fact some women complain when violence is absent in their marriage; meaning they don’t feel loved. English Law (State) will interpret the same scenario as criminal and punishable offence, while the Church will say love is not easily provoked, thinks no evil, love has patience, love is kind, (1 Corinthians 13:5-7), avoiding any form of violent.
In one society we give recognition to traditional and civil marriages, we have traditional healers and medical doctors; we have local courts to deal with cultural matters, chiefs to rule over their tribes, culture to interpret the norms of a tribe. On the other hand we have the police to enforce the Law, criminal courts to determine the State Law and politicians to rule. In case of wife battering, when tradition says yes, the State will say no! In this case who is right and who is wrong?
Tradition sees hunting as a way of survival, the State calls it poaching and is a punishable offence, tradition in some places supports early marriages, the State brings in girl child education, witch battering is acceptable in some chiefdoms, the State says that is an assault, tradition has it that a woman should endure pain, even when ill she should cook for her husband, the state has women’s rights.
Polygamous marriages are allowed by some traditions, the Church and the State say no. Should the State then arrest the traditional follower who is polygamous? If a chief who is a follower and the keeper of tradition and culture beats up his wife, are the society and the Law going to demonize him? Or is it that some animals are more equal than others?
If a man is empowered by his tradition to batter his wife as away of showing love or solving family disputes, why should the Law come in? Is this then a divided society?
It is tantamount to persecution to try a Christian by sharia law which is Islamic. Why is it in order to try an ardent traditional follower in the courts of law for wife battering? Can this be seen as persecuting the traditionalist?
Both the Church, tradition and the State are institution that influences people’s decisions. Are these three institutions on the same standing? If not; when does tradition becomes inferior to the Law in the case of wife battering? These institutions must be harmonized like in Kenya where chiefdoms are abolished in order to create a more “united conscience society”. If the Law and traditions are allowed to operate without clear distinction, how is the society that is so diverse going to know if wife battering is an offence or not?
Members of the diplomatic corp have described President Rupiah Banda speech during the official opening of the fifth session of the tenth National Assembly as brilliant and inspiring.
President Banda today opened the fifth session of parliament and addressed a numbers of issues ranging from the country’s internal matters to regional and international relations.
Russian Ambassador to Zambia Boris Malakhov told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today, that the President’s speech has given cooperating partners confidence that Zambia is ready to improve its international relations with other countries.
Mr Malakhov disclosed that in areas of peace and security Zambia has scored a number of successes that are good for international relations.
He said President Banda’s speech has further demonstrated that the Zambian government is ready to continue building on the peace and security that it has already achieved.
He cited the assuming of the Chairmanship of the Southern African Development Communities (SADC) on Peace and Security by President Banda as one of the indications that Zambia has a significant role to play in the promotion of peace in the South African region and the African continent as a whole.
And Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Li Qianmin has described the speech by President Banda as brilliant.
Ambassador Li noted the speech by the President brings hope not only to Zambians but even other cooperating partners.
He said the speech by the President will also go a long way in enhancing its social and economic development for the betterment of the citizens.
Meanwhile, Opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader Charles Milupi in a separate interview has expressed happiness with the Presidents announcement on the need to have uniform fuel prices.
Mr. Milupi noted that he was happy that government has responded positively on the urgent need to have a uniform pricing system on all petroleum products throughout the country just like the way it is with electricity.
He explained that the move will make the rural community compete favorably with their urban counterparts when it comes to investing in the energy sector.
During the opening of the fifth session of tenth National Assembly today, President Banda announced that government has worked out a uniform pricing mechanism to ensure fuel prices across the country are some.
The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has stated that it is working on addressing concerns regarding the operations of the Chirundu One Stop Border Post.
ZRA Commissioner General Criticles Mwansa said the institution has since put up a team to walk through the border post which is the first one of its kind in Africa to access the challenges.
He said the team which would be accompanied by stakeholders and sponsors will then recommend solutions which are supposed to be addressed.
Mr Mwansa has further added that ZRA has set a deadline of October to address the concerns which some cross border traders have complained that are defeating its purpose.
He further noted that the one stop border post was meant to lessen congestion at border points hence making international trade effective.
Mr Mwansa was speaking in an Interview with Muvi TV Business News in Lusaka.
The Zambian Government is also working on establishing one stop border posts in many of its borders with neighboring countries with the current one being the Kasumbalesa border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
[ MUVI TV ]
Expelled Kafulafuta Member of parliament George Mpombo
Expelled Movement for Multiparty Democracy Kafulafuta Member of Parliament George Mpombo has described president Rupiah Banda’s address to parliament yesterday as flat.
Mr Mpombo said he found the president’s speech to parliament yesterday more of a political campaign than issue based.
He said it is the first time in Zambia’s history that the president has chosen to use his official opening speech to parliament to campaign.
He says such is a departure from the true tradition of addressing the people of Zambia through parliament.
Meanwhile Mr Mpombo said much as the uniform pricing of fuel announced by the president in his speech is commendabl but he failed to outline how the government is going to do it.
Mr Mpombo noted that the president has not announced whether the fuel stabilization fund will be set up.
He said president Banda was supposed to explain how the government was going to address costs encountered in the transportation of fuel.
[ QFM ]
President Rupiah Banda
President Rupiah Banda says he has hired a physical trainer and intends to be fighting fit for the campaigns next year.
Speaking when he officially opened the fifth session of the tenth national assembly today President Banda said the 2011 election campaigns would not be for people who are faint hearted.
President Banda has since promised to fight for the 2011 presidential elections.
He has urged Zambians to look at what his government has achieved since coming to power in 2008 as they decide who to vote for in the 2011 elections.
Mr Banda said the Zambians should judge the politicians as they go to cast their votes next year based on their deeds and not words.
He added that his government is proud of the achievements it has scored since coming to power in 2008.
President Banda said his government has set the foundation and that it is the time to build a stronger country, hence he would fight to win the 2011 elections.
And President Rupiah Banda said he has not confided in anyone not even Patriotic Front (PFleader Michael Sata on the 2011 elections date.
He says the 2011 elections date has not yet been decided.
And president Banda says Zambia cannot fashion laws to fight corruption to suite foreign powers, but will use Zambian laws to hunt down corrupt individuals.
He says corrupt elements will be dealt with severely if caught and if convicted they should expect no leniency.
Mr Banda says the fight against corruption is his government’s top priority.
Sinazongwe district women have expressed happiness that civic education have removed them from ‘slavery’ that they encountered at the hands of men for they were using them as labourers and denied them the chance to belong to any association.
Sinazongwe district Women for Change Association Chairperson Jeresi Siamakoli said at the training for trainers in human rights and democracy in Malima that men in the district have started involving them in budgeting and planning.
She said the gender lesson have educated men to start treating them as equal partners in development.
Ms Siamakoli said the woman have started accessing land a thing that was a taboo among the valley tonga men.
She said men have also stopped the habit of using women as labourers and only resurface when it was time for selling the harvest.
“The men used to make women work the whole day at the end of the harvest they pocket all the money realized from the sale of the harvest and we were not allowed to complain because it was a taboo,” Ms Siamakoli said.
Sinazongwe District Women for Change Association former Chairperson Rebecca Siamapibi said the endangered girls have now been saved from the early marriages that they were being subjected to go through.
[pullquote]“The men used to make women work the whole day at the end of the harvest they pocket all the money realized from the sale of the harvest and we were not allowed to complain because it was a taboo,” Ms Siamakoli said. [/pullquote]
Ms Siamapibi noted that girls that were being treated as the source of wealth to be given out into marriage were now being encouraged to go back to School.
She noted that once a girl gets pregnant they were sent directly given out into marriage instead of taking them back to School.
Ms Siampibi also noted that villagers would no longer be cheated in electing their leaders because they have been enlightened on the basic need of democracy and elections.
Women for Change Trainer Patricia Chambisha said she was overwhelmed that people were appreciating the information that they were being taught.
Ms Chambisha disclosed that woman for change that has a centre in Malima area have been conducting lesson on gender, democracy and civic education.
She said it was encouraging to note that most women and men have accepted that they were supposed to live as partners in addressing their developmental activities unlike the situation where men were in control of all things.
