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FIFA has said it is not the mandate of the National Sports Council of Zambia sub-committee set up to decide the constitutionality of the current Faz executive following the resignation last week of four exeutive committee members who include association vice president Emmanuel Munaile.
FIFA director of member associations and development Thierry Regenasss said in a statement to Faz president Kalusha Bwalya dated October 7 that it did not object to them appearing before the NSCZ sub-committee.
“Generally speaking FIFA favors good relationships between member associations and the authorizes and we advise you to attend the meeting requested by the national sports council of Zambia in order to brief it about the different measures you have taken following the said resignations,” Regenasss said.
“However, it is important to inform the authorities that it is not up to them to determine the validity of your decisions since FIFA is very strict in terms if non-interference by any third party un the internal matters of its member associations.”
However, Regenesss added that if any Faz councilors feel they are not happy with the constitutionality of Faz after the resignations, then they could turn to the Faz statutes.
“We consider that you the members of the FAZ executive committee have been duly elected for a term of four years,” Regeness said.
“If any of your members are unhappy with the current situation, they have to act according to the current FAZ statutes. In particular they have the possibility to express their opinion during the next annual general meeting or at the next FAZ election to take place in 2012.”
400 meters female runner Rachel Nachula has crashed out of the Commonwealth Games on a day that saw only the Zambian bowlers dominate in India.
Nachula finished 5th in heat 1 of the 400 meters semifinals today in New Delhi with a time of 53:44 seconds, over three seconds slower than winner in heat one Amantle Montsho who qualified for Fridays final with a time of 50:80 seconds.
There was more heartbreak this time in the boxing ring after a bright start on Wednesday when today flyweight Christopher Katango lost 6-3 against Jason Lavigilante of Mauritius.
Also bowing out was welterweight Brian Mwabu who also lost 6-3 this time to Mohd Subrie of Malaysia.
The two boxers departure leaves two boxers still in medal contention.
Lightweight Martin Chibela still in the hunt and he faces Omalito Moala of Tonga in a pre-quarterfinal fight on friday.
Godfrey Mumba is the other one of two boxers remaining at the commonwealth games and he will face Dilbag Singh of India in a pre-quarterfinal welterweight bout.
In the bowling, the Zambia ladies team beat New Zealand in a tie break after finishing 1-1.
Zambia lead section A on 10 points level with second placed South Africa with five wins and two defeats from seven matches played hoping to make next Wednesday quarterfinals.
National Revolution Party (NRP) President Cosmo Mumba
By A. Sinyama
National Revolution Party (NRP) leader Cosmo Mumba has said Patriotic Front(PF) leader Micheal Sata’s conduct is more premature than that of the ‘under-five politicians’ he mentioned in a story carried by The Post yesterday. Mumba also said his party does not consider old people like Sata to be Zambians but Northern Rhodesians and therefore does not entertain them.
“Our Party is made up of people who were born after 1964 because those are the Zambians unlike those who where born before…those are Northern
Rhodesians,”he said.
He said Zambia would be lead by young people who are Zambians after Rupiah Banda.
Mumba argued that Sata’s sentiments that an under-five cannot lead this nation is not true and is a dangerous statement.
He said the PF leader risks losing membership from young people who are the majority in his party if he continues to make statements that are offensive to young politicians.
Mumba said the PF leader’s remarks are unfounded.
“I would like to differ with PF leader Mr.Micheal Chilufya Sata over his remarks that an under-five can not lead this nation because if anything I think his conduct is worse than that of an under-five,”he said.
But a PF cadre who sought anonymity wondered why Cosmo Mumba could comment on Sata.
He said Cosmo was an insignificant figure who could not say anything about the Sata.
“You guys have time to waste talking about Cosmo,who is he? Mr 15million? Come on that chap can’t talk about Sata, atleast people like
Miyanda,”he said.
He was speaking in an exclusive interview this morning in Livingstone.
Meanwhile the NRP President said the PF-UPND Pact cannot work because of the Inferiority-Superiority complex existing between the two
Parties.
He said members from either side look at themselves as being superior to the other.
He said in 1964 a similar Pact failed to succeed because of tribalism.
PF leader Micheal Sata was quoted in the Press saying an under-five cannot lead Zambia.
The body of a 24 year old trainee enumerator Alex Mukuta Junior who drowned in Kifubwa river in Solwezi last
Sunday has been retrieved.
The body was found at about 08:40 hours this morning by a team of six divers from commando unit in Ndola who were called in to the search.
The body which was in a decomposed state was found about 100 meters away from the spot where he drowned from.
On hand to witness the retrieval of the body was Solwezi District Commissioner (DC) Frobisher Fulayi, Northwestern Regional Statistician Martin Tolosi, family members and scores of Solwezi residents.
The deceased who was undergoing a 10 day training at Solwezi college of education is believed to have stood on a slippery stone where he slipped into the water and was swept away by heavy current.
The late Mr Mukuta had gone swimming at Kifubwa national monument in the company of five other trainee enumerators when he met his fate.
This is the third life to be claimed at Kifubwa national monument intwo years.
The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) has said the agriculture sector should be competitive for it to effectively contribute to the national economy.
Speaking in an interview ahead of the 105th annual congress, ZNFU head for outreach member services and administration Coillard Hamusimbi said the only way that agriculture could be competitive was by farmers striving to produce high quality products.
The annual congress starts today and President Rupiah Banda is scheduled to officially open the meeting whose theme is “Productivity, competiveness and market development,” which Mr Hamusimbi said was meant to highlight the importance of competitiveness in the sector.
“We have noted that production efficiency is still low particularly among the small-scale farmers as they are only able to produce 2.5 tonnes per hectare but using conservation farming, they can produce five tonnes per hectare and if we make agriculture competitive, we can export at reasonable cost,” Mr Hamusimbi said.
The problem that has led to Zambia fail to export was the cost of production and transport which were on a higher side than others in the region.
[pullquote]“We have noted that production efficiency is still low particularly among the small-scale farmers as they are only able to produce 2.5 tonnes per hectare but using conservation farming, they can produce five tonnes per hectare and if we make agriculture competitive, we can export at reasonable cost,” Mr Hamusimbi said.[/pullquote]
The livestock sector was cardinal and Government needed to control livestock diseases which were a perennial problem for many farmers.
During the congress, Mr Hamusimbi anticipated that the problem of livestock diseases would be tackled as the union had invited experts from 10 regional countries.
The experts from other countries would be able to highlight how their respective nations had overcome the problem of livestock diseases.
The congress is expected to bring together about 400 delegates from 65 districts and others from neighboring countries.
[ Times of Zambia ]
Chief Government Spokesperson Lieutenant General Ronnie Shikapwasha
Government has said attacks by Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata will not derail its programmes to deliver development to the people of Zambia.
Chief Government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha said in a statement yesterday that it was cheap politicking for Mr Sata to constantly attack President Banda that his trips abroad were for personal gain.
He said President Banda’s trips abroad were on behalf and for the benefit of the people of Zambia.
Lieutenant General Shikapwasha said Mr Sata should concentrate on the problems in the pact instead of raising accusations that he could not prove.
He said the achievements scored by the Government under the leadership of President Banda were causing Mr Sata sleepless nights.
The minister said Mr Sata was a desperate and frustrated person, and that was the reason he had resorted to baseless attacks on the president and his Government in his fruitless pursuit for power.
Zambia was now one of the prime investment destinations in the world because of the prudent economic policies the Government of President Banda had put in place.
Gen Shikapwasha said the country had been posting a trade surplus since January, and that inflation was at single digit, international foreign reserves had swelled to an all-time high of US$2 billion, while the economy was projected to grow to more than six per cent this year.
He said foreign direct investment had continued to flow into the economy, resulting in the resurgence of the mining, tourism, construction, agriculture and other key social and economic sectors.
[ Times of Zambia ]
The United Party for National Development(UPND) and the Patriotic Front (PF) have been told to avoid taking Zambians for granted.
Former Church of God overseer Bishop John Mambo said if it is true that the pact was founded in response to calls by Zambians for a united opposition, then recent statements by Pact partners prove otherwise.
Bishop Mambo said it is important that the UPND/PF pact partners stand by what was agreed when it was formed last year.
He noted that the bickering that has rocked the pact should not persist as it threatens its existence.
Bishop Mambo disclosed that the PF/UPND pact has a lot to learn from the previous political alliances the that country had in the past.
He said for the pact to work, there is need to desist from putting the issue of the pact presidency top of the agenda.
Bishop Mambo has since called for a united and strong opposition stressing that this will give the ruling MMD stiff competition.
[ QFM ]
Zambian boxers made bright starts at the Commonwealth Games in India today with win in lightweight and welterweight bouts.
Martin Chibela beat Felix Mwamaso of Malawi 4-3 with a scorecard of 2-0, 2-1 and 0-2 in the three-round lightweight bout.
Welterweight Godfrey Mumba beat Reece Shagourie of Jamaica 3-1 in a fight that came alive in the final round.
Boxing is usually Zambia’s biggest medal prospect event at the Commonwealth Games.
On Thursday, light flyweight Christopher Katanga and flyweight Brian Mwabu begin their campaigns when they face Jacob Lavigilante of Mauritius and Mohd Kamis of Malaysia respectively.
And on the track, Rachel Nachula qualified to 400 meters semifinals after finishing third in first round heat 2 to stay in the medal hunt.
Meanwhile, the bowling team is now at two wins, two draws and as many defeats.
Libyan based player Felix Katongo will join the Zambia team in Tripoli ahead of Sundays 2012 Africa Cup Group C qualifier against Libya.
The midfielder plays in Libya for Al Ittihad is in the country for a family commitment and is expected to link-up with the team in Tripoli on Friday.
Zambia take on Libya in Tripoli on Sunday in both sides second Group C match.
Also joining the team in Tripoli on Friday will be 17-year-ol defender Emmanuel Mbola of TPO Mazembe in DR Congo who was denied a visa to join the team in Roma where they have gathered for a brief camp.
The Italian Embassy in Lusaka denied Mbola a visa because he was a minor and could not file in an application without his parents’ consent nor travel without a legal guardian.
Also joining the team in Tripoli will be Felix’s brother Christopher of Xanthi in Greece.
Kickoff for Sunday’s game will be at 20:00 Zambian time.
Zesco United this afternoon dealt a serious psychological blow to Zanaco’s title ambitions when they beat the defending league champions 3-1 at the Trade Fair Grounds in Ndola.
The wins sees Zesco go three points clear of the chasing pack following their victory in this rescheduled Faz Super Division Week 16 game to 50 points from 25 games played.
Zanaco are stuck in 12th place on 27 points from 18 games played with eight games in hand.
The two sides went into the break 1-1 t after Yona Mwango had put Zesco ahead in the 3rd minute before Venacious Mapande leveled scores nine minute later
John Chingandu restored Zesco’s lead in the 57th before Maybin Mwaba cemented the three points in the 90th minute with the third and final goal of the game.
Lusaka District Commissioner Christah Kalulu has called on Zambians to co-orperate with enumerators tasked to conduct the 2010 census, so that all information can be collected for planning purposes.
Ms Kalulu said this when she launched the 2010 Census Sensitization walk in Lusaka’s Chipata Township Wednesday
She said that Zambians must not shun the exercise as the data to be collected will be used for national development and other related plans.
And Mandevu Constituency Member of Parliament Jean Kapata called on residents to avail all the necessary information to the census enumerators..
And Some residents told ZNBC News that they are ready to give all the necessary information to the enumerators carrying out the census.
The 2010 national census commences next week and the exercise is expected to run for four weeks.
[ ZNBC ]
The United Nations says Zambia will achieve the Millennium Development Goal on universal primary education by the year 2015.
The UN Resident Representative in Zambia ,Kanni Wignaraja says the challenge, however, will be to invest in secondary school education and reducing the drop out rate for girls.
She said this in Lusaka Wednesday at a ceremony where Standard Chartered Bank donated 200 million Kwacha to World Vision.
The 200 million Kwacha is the first installment that will total about 660 million kwacha over the next three years.
The money would be spent on fixing classrooms, providing solar power and buying desks for Simwaba school in Magoye.
Standard Chartered Bank Managing Director, Mizinga Melu said the 200 million Kwacha is for rehabilitating Simwaba Basic School in Magoye, Southern Province.
Mrs Melu also said the Bank would be contributing 35 million Kwacha each year for the next five years toward a scholarship program.
And World Vision Zambia National Director, Michael Veitenhams said the organisation plans to recruit up to 600 children to benefit from its scholarships.
[ ZNBC ]
A traditional dance troupe performing inside one of the carriages on the maiden train journey from Malawi to Chipata during the launch of the Chipata-Muchinji railway line.
By Henry Kyambalesa
In an article entitled “Give Us Time to Finish Projects,” which appeared in the Times of Zambia of 4th October 2010, President Rupiah Banda is quoted as having asked Zambians to give the MMD and his government another term of office to enable them complete the ongoing development programs in the country.
Firstly, this suggests that Comrade Kenneth D. Kaunda should have been given more time to complete the Chipata-Mchinji railway project, for example, which was initiated in 1982 as a joint venture between Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, and which was completed this year.
Secondly, the people expect that any new Republican president would be obliged to adopt and implement projects and programs initiated by previous administrations which are designed to benefit communities nationwide. And this is the way the government has been administered in Zambia thus far, and it is the only way in which all democratic countries worldwide are administered as a matter of fact!
Thirdly, the President needs to acknowledge the fact that most of the ongoing development programs were started before he was elected to the presidency, and are partly or wholly financed by multilateral institutions, and/or bilateral cooperating partners like Canada (CIDA), China, Denmark (DANIDA), France, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan (JICA), The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden (SIDA), the United Kingdom (DFID), and the USA (USAID).
Sooner or later, we are going to be continually bombarded by other rehearsed, stale and meaningless campaign tools coined by MMD cadres, sympathizers and sycophants, such as the following:
(a) That we should not experiment with leadership. Well, many of the current crop of government leaders are deadwood and, therefore, do not hold the key to Zambia’s future.
(b) That voters should not vote for presidential candidates from political parties which do not have a majority in parliament because they will not be able to pass new laws. Well, any new Republican president should be able to run the country with existing laws, even enact some essential pieces of legislation.
(c) That voters should not vote for presidential candidates from political parties which do not have a majority in parliament because such candidates will have problems in the appointment of government Ministers, since the 1996 Republican constitution requires that such Ministers be appointed from Members of Parliament. Well, a president-elect who wishes to trim the current bloated government to at most 12 Cabinet portfolios, abolish the position of Deputy Minister, and provide for the administration of provinces by elected governors rather than by Provincial Ministers would not be encumbered by this; he or she would nominate 8 technocrats to Parliament and appoint them as government Ministers, and then figure out how to fill the remaining 4 Cabinet portfolios—possibly by poaching a few MPs from other political parties.
(d) That voters should vote for parliamentary candidates fielded by the ruling political party because such candidates will have ready access to funding. Well, all MPs have access to Constituency Development Funds regardless of the political parties they belong to, and any additional funds allocated exclusively to ruling party MPs are not likely to be lawful.
(e) That voters should not expect development to take place in their areas if they vote for candidates from opposition political parties. Really? We need leaders who recognize citizens’ right to vote for candidates of their choice without being threatened that their communities will be excluded from the development process if they do not vote for candidates fielded by the ruling political party.
(f) That one can never become president unless he or she is meant to be. No, in a democratic country like Zambia, an individual can become president through genuine and competitive elections. Only in pseudo democracies and totalitarian states would a citizen become president if he or she is meant to be – that is, through coronation! And
(g) That Vision 2030 will bring salvation to Zambia. I doubt it. Such a Vision is going to be a mere dream and an empty MMD campaign tool if President Banda and his administration cannot immediately and seriously start to address such issues as education and training, public health and sanitation, sustained food security, public infrastructure, corruption and other forms of criminal activity, and so forth.
Parliamentary Chief Whip Vernon Mwaanga says government will soon outline the way forward on the constitution making process.
Mr Mwaanga said it is irresponsible and mischievous for some Members of Parliament to suggest that government has abandoned the constitution making process.
He said this in parliament Tuesday evening in his contribution to debate on President Rupiah Banda’s speech to Parliament.
Mr Mwaanga also paid glowing tribute to some UPND, UNIP, FDD and PF Members of Parliament for their contribution towards the constitution making process.
And Deputy Minister of Community Development and Social Services Adons Mufalali said four thousand women have benefited from the Women Economic Empowerment Programme in the country.
Government had set aside five billion kwacha for the Women Economic Empowerment Programme.
And Minister of Home Affairs Mkhondo Lungu said the successful implementation of government programmes is as a result of the peace Zambia is enjoying.
[ ZNBC ]
