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Electoral Commission of Zambia(ECZ) Director Dan Kalale has observed that some sections of the media in Zambia have breached the Electoral Code of Conduct (ECC) during election campaigns with impunity through irresponsible reporting.
Mr Kalale said this in Livingstone today when he presented a paper on challenges in the management and enforcement of the electoral code of conduct at the ongoing four days workshop at Fairmount Hotel.
The workshop organized by ECZ and sponsored by the United Nations Development Programmes has been convened to review the Electoral Code of Conduct.
The participants include political parties, the media, civil society, the police and other interest groups.
“The irresponsible reporting by some sections of the media has resulted in the instigation of violence during elections, Mr Kalale said.
He said while the code directs all media to provide fair and balanced reporting for all candidates during campaigns, the situation has not been so.
On political parties, Mr Kalale said while the code holds them and their candidates to strict adherence though attestation of declaration of compliance when filing nominations, political cadres on the other hand seemed to be remote to the code.
He said this is evident in election violence orchestrated mainly by cadres, popularly known as foot soldiers.
The ECZ director said violence is rarely perpetrated by candidates but by their supporters and this situation is responsible for the escalation of violence in the recent by elections.
Mr Kalale said it is the hope of the commission that when the new constitution is put in place, the powers of ECZ will be expanded in enforcing the code.
And University of Zambia School of mass communication lecturer Eustace Nkandu called for the privatization of the public media to create a level playing field in the coverage of election candidate.
Presenting a paper on challenges faced by the media in adhering to the electoral code of conduct, Mr Nkandu observed that ownership of the media was critical in providing a level playing field.
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Zambia Police Service’s Senior assistant commissioner Auxensio Daka, says the ferrying of cadres from outside town during election campaigns is responsible for the escalation of violence witnessed in some by elections.
Mr Daka, says political parties should stop taking cadres from other towns to foment trouble in areas where elections campaigns are taking place.
He said the police should not be blamed for the violence as this issue needs to be addressed by political parties themselves.
Mr Daka said this in Livingstone today when he presented a paper on experiences and lessons by the Zambia police service in the enforcement of the electoral code of conduct at the ongoing four days workshop at Fairmount Hotel.
The workshop organized by Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and sponsored by the United Nations Development Programmes has been convened to review the Electoral Code of Conduct.
The participants include political parties, the media, civil society, the police, and other interest groups.
Mr Daka admitted that the police service has limited expertise among police officers in election related investigations and prosecution.
He said there is also limited understanding among police officers of their role in elections, a thing he said was being addressed by the police together with the ECZ through sensitization programmes.
Ref:Removal of the Offence of “Abuse of Authority”
As a political organization that understands and appreciates the responsibility owed to our citizens, we will be remiss not to oppose this travesty of a bill, whose considerations do not put the interest of our people first. It is with this background that we are appealing to you as a current representative of the interests of your constituents, to individually consider the future ramifications of allowing the referenced bill/clause to be translated into law. This bill originated by the MMD, as a “corrective measure” against corruption is an ill-conceived diagnosis and solution to the extremely poignant problem of corruption that our potentially great nation is not only facing, but is enduring its ugly consequences on a daily basis.
Do not be mistaken, the citizens to whom you each supposedly owe allegiance to, know and understand that “Abuse of Authority” is a very clear-cut and specific action. There is absolutely no combination of words; however intelligent, that can nullify the action of “Abuse of Authority” and thus exclude this offence from our laws. It is baffling to note one named Cabinet Minister lamentably attempt to defend this bill by saying, “It [offence of abuse of authority] is harmful to the management process…people are now afraid to make decisions for fear of being criminalized on account of the same clause”. This justification made by the said senior member of the MMD Government’s Executive, simultaneously demonstrates a shallow and yet deliberate misunderstanding of the importance of accountability to our citizenry. If this is the argument coming from the proposers of this bill, and it successfully goes through, we will be correct in assuming that your allegiance as MP(s) do not lie with your constituents and country. Further, the language of the bill itself is carelessly ambiguous and any person(s) who indeed abuses his or her authority, stands to get away with a serious crime on a mere technicality of law.
By this letter, we urge all up-standing MPs worthy of the title “Honourable” to not only shoot down this proposal by Parliamentary vote, but begin legislating and refining proper policy and procedure for government functionaries that will further increase accountability. It is only by applying different and wholesome methods that we will see a positive direction in the governance of our nation- a privilege and service afforded to you by our citizens. We encourage and push each and everyone of you, to think beyond party lines, and be very conscious of the current plight of the majority of our people, who depend on the decisions you make in that House for a better and hopeful future. This bill should not pass.
Standard Chartered Bank Zambia has given the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) a US$140 million loan for the purchase of maize.
Standard Chartered Bank Zambia Head of Corporate Affairs Luke Njovu said in a statement released today that the first payment of US$25 million has since been paid to the FRA, with subsequent disbursements to be made over the course of the next few weeks.
Mr Njovu said the syndicated financing structure would enable the FRA to purchase in excess of 470,000 tons of maize, benefiting over 300,000 of Zambia’s small-scale farmers by empowering them to receive a fair market-related price for their crop.
He said the facility also contributes to the country’s staple food supply, as well as GDP revenue through the exportation of surplus stock.
Mr Njovu revealed that the Zambian Government is guaranteeing 30% of the value of the loan as equity contribution.
He added that being the largest ever agricultural deal of its kind in Zambia, the loan will enable the Food Reserve Agency to deliver on its mandate to administer national strategic food reserves, manage grain storage facilities and provide a market to local small-scale farmers, especially those based in disadvantaged remote areas.
And Standard Chartered Bank Zambia Chief Executive Officer Mizinga Melu expressed the Bank’s pride in playing a leading role in the expansion of Zambia’s agricultural sector.
Mrs Melu said her bank is proud to partner with the FRA to deliver sustainable economic value and benefits to Zambia and her neighbours in facilitating intra-African trade in soft commodities.
And FRA Executive Director Dr Anthony Mwanaumo described the deal as pioneering in its scale and as such, is valuable in enabling the FRA to extend its reach and delivery within its mandate to support farmers and the local agricultural sector.
He disclosed that already the FRA has been approached by Namibia, DRC and Zimbabwe who are interested in purchasing the excess stock.
Dr Mwanaumo added that the FRA appreciates the involvement of Standard Chartered Bank Zambia, Investrust Bank and Audit Control and Expertise Global (ACE) for ensuring that they access the facility.
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The Zambia national team left the country today for Libya leaving behind a storm still roaring at Football House.
Zambia face Libya a 2012 Africa Cup Group C qualifier on October 10 in the midst of constitutional uncertainty in FAZ following the resignation of four executive committee member who include vice president Emmanuel Munaile.
The players who traveled today for Libya via Rome include three South African-based players namely goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene plus defenders Noah Chivuta and Kampamba Chintu.
Also in the team were Rainford Kalaba who has just signed with TP Mazembe in DR Congo and his future team mates at the club Emmanuel Mbola, Hichani Himoonde and Stophilla Sunzu.
Clubless goalkeeper Kalililo Kakonje is also in the travelling party.
The team also consisted of four home-based players that include the Zesco United trio of defenders Billy Mwanza and Nyambe Mulenga and goalkeeper Jacob Banda.
Jimmy Chisenga from Red Arrows completes the list of home-based players in the team.
The team is being led by newly appointed Faz vice president Bonny Mwamelo who replaced Munaile who quit on Friday.
Zambia are expected to spend two days in Rome starting Tuesday where they will be joined by coach Dario Bonetti and the European based call-ups before heading to Tripoli.
Zambia lead Group C on three points after beating bottom placed Comoros Islands 4-0 on September 5 in Lusaka while Libya are second on one point after a scoreless draw away to Mozambique on the same day.
Simon Bwalya (Power Dynamos): 5
Stanley Banda (Red Arrows): 5
John Musukwa (Green Buffaloes): 5
William Chinse (Nkana): 5
Jackson Mwanza (Zesco United):5
Enock Sakala (Zesco United): 5
Douglas Chiwaya (Nkana):5
Lineker Mwikisa (Green Buffaloes): 5
Mundia Makoka (National Assembly): 4
Brian Chilando (Green Buffaloes): 4
Lyson Sikaonga (Nchanga Rangers): 4
Patrick Kasunga (Konkola Blades): 4
Joseph Sitali (Power Dynamos): 4
Felix Sunzu (Konkola Blades): 4
Moses Mulambi (Nchanga Rangers):4
Kameta Mutambo (Forest Rangers): 4
Makundika Sakala (Zanaco): 4
Division One
Week 31
02-03/10/2010
North
Mansa Health Stars 0-Kalewa 0
Mufulira Wanderers 2 Mining Rangers 0
Chambishi 2-Indeni 1
Lime Hotspurs 0 Chingola Leopards 1
Kitwe United 3 Mufuliora Blackpool 1
Chindwin Sentries 0 Kalulushi Modern Stars 0
Konkola Mine Police 1 Prisons Leopards 0
Medical Stars 2 Zamtel 1
Ndola United 3 Muchindu 0
South
Mazabuka United 1 Livingstone Pirates 0
Communite 0 Nakambala Leopards 0
Profund Warroors 0 Luena 1
Kafue Celtic 1 Kummawa 0
Nampundwe 1 Riflemen 1
Zesco Shockers 0 Lusaka Tigers 0
TP Rangers 0 Lusaka City Council 1
Paramilitary 0 Kalomo Jetters 0
Eagles v Young Green Eagles (not played
Week 25
29/09/2010
Konkola Blades 0-Green Buffaloes 3( Edward Musebo 4″ 41″, Brian Chilando 76″)
Nkwazi 0-City of Lusaka 2(Lawrence Lubinda 33″, Tendai Nyumasi 65″)
The 2010 Census enumerators undergoing training at Kitwe’s Vocational Training College today boycotted their training demanding that they be paid the promised one point five million Kwacha allowances.
The Enumerators who were found standing outside the college are demanding that they also be refunded their transport allowances.
The enumerators have accused government of planning to under pay them after the whole census exercise.
The two hundred and twenty seven enumerators have vowed to go back to Lufwanyama were they came from if government does not honor what it promised.
Government had set ten days in which to train the 2010 census enumerators.
Resident Doctors Association of Zambia Acting president Amon Ngongola told journalists that the decision follows several pleas from patients and the general public.
Dr Ngongola said the Resident Doctors are still convinced that with the help of President Rupiah Banda the problems they are facing will be a thing of the past.
The Resident Doctors who have been on strike for a week now, however said they would continue to press for better conditions of service through other means.
Dr Ngongola has appealed to all Resident Doctors to resume work and await a comprehensive feedback from their representatives.
The Resident Doctors last week went on strike demanding better conditions of service.Ends
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Standard Chartered Bank has given a US$ 140 million loan to the Food Reserve Agency for maize purchase.
The Bank has already paid the first payment of US$ 25 million to the FRA while the remaining would be paid in batches over the next few weeks.
Standard Chartered Bank Head of Corporate Affairs Southern Africa Luke Njovu said the syndicated finance structure would enable FRA purchase over 470,000 tonnes of maize from over 300,000 small scale farmers.
Mr. Njovu said in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today that Government is guaranteeing 30 percent of the value of the loan as equity contribution.
He said the facility would also contribute to the country’s stable food supply and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through the exportation of surplus stock.
Mr. Njovu said the loan was the largest ever agricultural deal in Zambia.
He said it would also help the FRA deliver on its parliamentary mandate to administer national strategic food reserves, manage grain storage facilities and provide a market to small scale farmers
And Standard Charted Bank Chief Executive Officer Mizinga Melu expressed pride in the role her bank was playing in the expansion of Zambia’s agricultural sector.
The loan would enable the agency pay its farmers and buy more maize from mainly small scale farmers who produce 80 percent of the staple crop.
The country recorded a record bumper harvest of 2.7 million metric tonnes of maize in the 2009/2010 farming season.
And a statement issued to ZANIS over the weekend revealed that FRA had so far paid out 306 billion kwacha to farmers countrywide with the latest release of 80 billion kwacha for the maize sold to the Agency.
The Alliance for Democracy and Development party (ADD) has charged that the ruling MMD has lived beyond its usefulness and time has come for people to change government.
ADD party President Charles Milupi lamented that many Zambians are suffering under the MMD because of mismanagement of the country’s resources and called on the people to take advantage of the forthcoming 2011 elections to change regime.
Mr Milupi, however, regretted that the forming of a political pact aimed at unseating the ruling party will not bring about the change that Zambians deserve.
He urged the opposition parties to prioritize articulation of their manifestos to the electorates so that people could make informed decisions.
The party advised Zambians who have not registered as voters to take advantage of the extension of the on-going voter registration exercise by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to change regime in next year’s polls.
Second Republican President Frederick Chiluba shopping at Pick N Pay supermarket in Lusaka
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Second Republican President Frederick Chiluba shopping at Pick N Pay supermarket in Lusaka2
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KK on a Zambezi airlines advert
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Police officers cordoned the main entrance to Football House, which houses the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). The officers blocked journalists from entering the premises where FAZ President Kalusha Bwalya was scheduled to hold a press briefing on the petitions to have his executive committee impeached.
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Police officers cordon the main entrance to Football House, which houses the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ). The officers blocked journalists from entering the premises where FAZ President Kalusha Bwalya was scheduled to hold a press briefing on the petitions to have his executive committee impeached.
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President Rupiah Banda among other invited guests leaving the main arena of Eagle Square after attending the 50th independence anniversary celebrations of Nigeria in Abuja
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President Rupiah Banda addressing delegates during the 50th independence anniversary colloquium on Nigeria's leadership role in the world at Hilton hotel in Abuja
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President Rupiah Banda among other invited guests leaving the main arena of Eagle square after attending the 50th independence anniversary celebrations of Nigeria in Abuja
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Students seeking solitude at the Goma lakes have to compete with the grazing cows for a nice spot
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Cows grazing by the Goma lakes at UNZA
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President Rupiah Banda watering the tree he planted at the Zambian High Commission in Nigeria after a conducted tour of the commission.Looking on is the High Commissioner Alexis Luhila
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British High Commissioner to Zambia Carolyn Davidson (l) and Border Agency Regional Manager Ed Bossley address journalists on the shifting of visa issuance to South Africa
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Former Lands Minister Gladys Nyirongo with her lawyer after her judgment was postponed at the Lusaka High Court
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Vice president George Kunda and the Congolese Mwata Yamvwa (l) in Solwezi
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Consul General at the Zambian Embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo Helen Tembo (centre) laying wreaths on the grave of her late husband Andrew Tembo at Kapata grave yard in Chipata
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Nchanga Rangers' Bornwell Mwape in a tussle with Kabwe Warriors captain Bronson Chama during a week 26 league game played at Nchanga stadium in Chingola. Rangers won 1-0.Picture by S.Daka
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Nchanga Rangers Aubrey Funga beats Kabwe Warriors' Maybin Sichimate at Nchanga stadium during a week 26 league game. Rangers won 1-0.Picture by S.Daka
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ZANACO's Makundika Sakala in an aerial defence against FUS Rabats’ Ousasama El Ghrib during the 2010 Orange CAF Confederation Cup match played at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka . The teams drew 1-1
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Trinity Chalanshi falls down after failing to beat the FUS Rabat defence during the 2010 Orange CAF Confederation Cup match played at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka
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FUS Rabats’ Ousasama El Ghrib trips after a tackle from ZANACO’s George Chilufya during the 2010 Orange CAF Confederation Cup match played at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka
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FUS Rabat players celebrating after drawing 1-1 against ZANACO at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka
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Malasha- still one of Zambias largest sources of energy
By Patrick Hatontola
Zambia has dawned a new political dispensation; an era in which one is judged by their own works. Days are past when one could ride on a party’s good name or indeed another person. Politicians now stand to thrive on what they have done and risk for what they fail to, on the mandate received and/or seek to.
Many people are convinced that RB narrowly sneaked to presidency by riding on Levy’s Legacy. There is no doubt that his regime has willfully trashed this legacy they pledge to uphold. Consequently, there is a general uproar amongst Zambians following this betrayal. This has stiffened the political terrain for RB and his regime. To them, the journey is on a constant incline while it seems on a slanting side for Sata and the PF! RB is like a man working against the forces of gravity. Chances for retaining power are daily growing dim. But most intriguing is that against all odds, their insatiable appetite for power remains constant.[pullquote]On the one hand, Sata’s CV is enriched on a rock of success and not on a piece of paper prone to deletion. Despite numerous years of public service, the man has no record of theft. Rather, he has an impeccable track record of service delivery. His strong personality gave birth to a value system in which a revolution was started to free Zambia from a lazy working culture[/pullquote]
Cognizance of their impending fate; the regime has no choice but to hibernate and operate in a desperation mode. The apex of their desperation is seen when Political witch-hunts like Lameck Mangani and Ronnie Shikapwasha acting together with political pedestrians like Mike Mulongoti unleashed all sorts of arsenals on Sata to dent his political career. Political light weights in their amateur days like Dora Siliya jumped on the wagon to reinforce the scandalizing campaign against Micheal Sata. But in all this, it is like trying to extinguish a fire using paraffin!
Running out of time and steam, the regime is moving from the desperation to the destitution mode. In this transition, they have become alien to substance and logic in all their dealings. Consideration to others is remote and tertiary on their agenda while self-preservation is primary and paramount.
This has brought RB to a political mountain- too high to climb. There is no known political muscle to push him that high so that beyond this mountain he can see a re-election. He has a dented name, now synonymous with grievous evils to society such as: Abandoning the fight against corruption; failure to act on the auditor general’s revelations, Tribal appointments; Reducing Parliament into a playing field; lavish spending on international trips and Interference with the judiciary to mention but a few. No matter how much faith one has, it cannot convince them that RB is still in the electro race with Sata.
On the one hand, Sata’s CV is enriched on a rock of success and not on a piece of paper prone to deletion. Despite numerous years of public service, the man has no record of theft. Rather, he has an impeccable track record of service delivery. His strong personality gave birth to a value system in which a revolution was started to free Zambia from a lazy working culture. His message of putting more money in people’s pockets through affordable taxes has proved that he has ideals of the 21st century. Sata is a disciplined man who ensures that his colleagues live by the same and disciplines them when they fall short. Zambia needs a President who can be seen to discipline erring members rather than shielding them. In most ways, Sata identifies with the people and this is an ideal virtual that Zambians have found in him.
A Mansa woman on the business end of Mosi, one of the lagers on the Zambian market.
By Daimone Siulapwa & C.M
This time around, forget the politics for a moment and let us look at the social aspect of life…. Am sure my newly acquired blog friends like, Red Card-Free at Last, Senior Citizen , Mr. Capitalist – 3 E’s steering economic growth , msana wanzili , Observer , Zed Patriot , MB, realist, Maestro Hhehhehhehhe for 2011 would-b President of Zambia HH, Independent Observer, georgeWbush will enjoy this one and continue to guide us in our free of insult discussions.
WHAT would the world be without women?
They encompass everything that makes man able to face another day. They are child bearers, home-makers, multi-taskers, intelligent human beings and everything that a woman should be.
They are nurturers who have this inborn quality to face any trial and temptation and still come out the victor. Women face many battles and many a man has been impressed at the resilience of a woman.
But women nowadays are throwing all those powerful traits to the wind and adopting a vice so bad that mother Theresa would weep if she saw the state of things now.[pullquote]These women walk into kitchen parties and ask the first person they meet, ‘where’s the booze and thank you for inviting me to Mwaka’s kitchen party’. The person they ask usually looks bewildered and stammers, ‘uhm! The booze is to your left and it’s not Mwaka’s kitchen party, it’s actually Daniel’s funeral’.[/pullquote]
Sobriety has flown out of the window with that once virtuous nature of a woman. Show me a woman without an alcoholic bottle in her hand and I will show you 10 women with almost five in one hand. Zambian women have re-defined the term, ‘party hard or not at all’.
The question is has it always been there and we just did not notice or it is actually on an increase now. Women in this day and age do not need a man for anything. They are all work smart and strutting around in heels clocking endless hours at the office trying to make more and more money to fund a rather expensive lifestyle. They are becoming even more powerful than men and are able to hold their own, be it conversation or liquor. Women are a powerful species. They are able to see past the dirt and muck and bring out the best in their children, husbands, workmates or even friends. Women have been gifted with the undeniable ability to see through the sand and pick out the diamond. That was back in the day, lately Zambian women are so boozed out, and they wouldn’t even be able to distinguish the difference between a diamond and a rotten apple.
Zambian women have taking drinking to another level. What was once seen as unacceptable and almost taboo is now an everyday thing. The rare woman that doesn’t drink is seen as an outcast and a party pooper while the drunken nut boob falling out of her shirt is seen as the ‘in’ thing. It’s a sad day when women drink like they are fish trying to drink all the water in the Kafue River, but it’s a heartbreaking day when girls start emulating what they see. Kids see what adults do and they copy that. A young girl sees the so called joy a drunken woman goes through and they envy that. Instead of being the upstanding and brilliant pupil they were meant to be, you find them sitting next to sixty year olds in the bar. It’s a vicious circle and once ensnared by its sharp claws, very few manage to climb out sober and carrying bruises only.
Now drinking for recreation is understandable and social drinking is acceptable. No one wants Zambian women to become the Pope. It’s just that even social drinking now turns into ten tequila shots and fifteen castles all in one hour at the club. Zambian women are drinking like there’s no tomorrow. Some say they drink to forget the hardships of life. Others drink because they feel it will make them an equal to men who still greatly dominant the peaks of the business world. Some women drink for fun and lose all their inhibitions in the process. Some women drink as an escape from the entrapment of poverty whilst others drink out of peer pressure.
They are many reasons why women drink. Zambian women drink to relax and party with their friends. There’s nothing wrong with that. The only qualm that arises is when Zambian women start drinking more than they are able to stand straight. Drinking from sun up till sun down is almost a cry for help and drinking from sunrise till sunset is almost like driving from Kitwe to Lusaka and using a route through Malawi; taking the longer route to solve a problem that should never have existed.
Could it be that Zambian women are competing with men? Are they trying to set their mark and set the pace for this new 21st century? Now, I’m not categorizing every Zambian woman under a drunken stupor umbrella. There are four categories of Zambian women drinkers that I have come across. They could be more but I don’t have the brain space to sit in every bar in the country with a notebook writing it down. The first are the no nonsense ‘I will drink until I drop and you will only stop me if you shoot me first’ women. They are obese, loud and obviously proud though lo and behold, no one really knows why. They dream of the next kitchen party, bridal shower, wedding, heck even funeral, to have a good time. They move around in packs and when one is drunk, look no further, for the rest of the pack is equally inebriated. They do not even wake up with hangovers anymore. They are so used; they wake up with talk time so they can call their pack up and find out where the next kitchen party is. These women walk into kitchen parties and ask the first person they meet, ‘where’s the booze and thank you for inviting me to Mwaka’s kitchen party’. The person they ask usually looks bewildered and stammers, ‘uhm! The booze is to your left and it’s not Mwaka’s kitchen party, it’s actually Daniel’s funeral’.
The second category is the calm and normal Zambian woman. She works hard and gets by. She has plenty friends and is generally a nice person. One, two, six bottles later and she’s the vampire from the dark side. Once drunk, she will beat up anything in sight and will argue with anyone who questions her intelligent thought. She goes from the woman you could take to meet your parents to the woman your parents would have arrested if they met her. All normal thought evades her mind and she becomes loud and boisterous sharing all her so-called ingenious abilities. She could be a student, a mother, a working class woman but once drunk, she resembles a monkey fighting for a half eaten banana. These women are on the rampant and they are unstoppable. Lo and behold you get on their wrong side when they are drunk for they will whip you with a bottle of booze and hug the broken pieces hoping to catch the last sip of the alcohol you made them waste on your head.
The third category is the Zambian woman who has it all. She’s hot by any man’s measure and she knows it. The more she drinks the louder she gets and even the wedding ring on her finger will not remind her when she gets all cozy with the stranger in the bar that she actually is married. No one knows where she fits all that alcohol in because at the rate she drinks, you’d think the whisky would be pouring out her ears. She’s the kind of woman who doesn’t pay for her own alcohol. Men, entrapped by her beauty and skin revealing attire will be at her mercy and they will buy drink after drink hoping they will be rewarded by night end.
The fourth and final category by my standings is the generally all right Zambian woman. She does her own thing and struts her stuff proudly because she’s a woman on the go. She parties hard and still keeps on going. She’s one who knows her limits and even if she goes overboard, she has a plan that will see her ending up in her own bed at the end of the night and not in the dustbin at the back of the club. She drinks to have fun and she knows that at the end of the day, its only alcohol and if it comes for free, then right on, pass me that Redds and if it comes at a cost, ‘thank you but I’ll pass’. She wants to fit in and she does so well, be it a barbeque or a social drink-up with the big boys. She knows her worth and doesn’t let alcohol dictate the order of her day. She uses booze as a relaxation technique rather than a life or death weapon.
Now I know, some who will read this article will be baying for my blood and calling for my head. They’ll probably be the same boozers that feel I’ve unjustly discriminated against Zambian women who just want to have fun. All I say is go on and have fun. Drink and socialize and enjoy the day. Just don’t drink to the point of shameless agony. Don’t drink like the sun will never rise again. Some will argue that who am I to say the things I’ve said. Well, I’m a nobody but I’m a nobody that’s hoping that Zambian women will regain that dignity they once possessed and that gift that men once envied. I’m hoping Zambian women will sober up and dress up.
Centre for Election and Governance (CEG) has attributed cracks in the opposition Patriotic Front /United Party for National Development (PF/UPND) Pact to violent UPND youths who have continued to issue derogatory remarks against PF leader Michael Sata.
CEG Chairperson Gershom Musonda said the behaviour by the UPND youths was an expression of lack of discipline and respect towards their leaders in the pact which include PF president Sata.
Mr Musonda said actions perpetrated by youths in the UPND explained why there had always been violence during by-elections like the Mufumbwe by-election which left many people injured.
Mr Musonda said this in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today.
Recently, Opposition United Party for National Development UPND National Youth Chairperson Joe Kalusa charged that Mr Sata had reverted to what he termed as his old thuggery ways
Meanwhile, the CEG Chairperson has urged the two leaders in the pact to show maturity and respect towards each other rather than concentrating on name calling.
Mr Musonda said the pact was a national asset which required noble leadership from the two leaders to instill trust in the public if they were to form Government next year.
“The PF and UPND are the strongest opposition political parties in the country and they should lead by example to upcoming political parties if our political environment is to be conducive” he said
“Name calling and self motives among political players will not build their reputations or our country but it will just bring disunity and confusion in the country” Mr. Musonda has observed.
Mr Musonda has since urged the pact to come up with a candidate and form one movement if they were to remain strong.
[pullquote]“Name calling and self motives among political players will not build their reputations or our country but it will just bring disunity and confusion in the country” Mr. Musonda has observed.[/pullquote]
He further noted that divisions in the pact were as a result of lack of good leadership and direction from the two political parties who seemed to be running the pact as separate political parties.
“If they think it is a political tack they are playing not to reveal the pact candidate then it is a bad one because it is just discrediting at the expense of building them”.
“Their Electorate are now losing confidence in them because they seem not to have any direction in as far as the pact is being managed and if these issues are left an attended to, then the worst is about to come in the pact” Mr. Musonda said.
Bickering and name calling has marred the pact with the two leaders and youths throwing mud against each other rendering the alliance ineffective.
– Southern Province Education Officer Mr Festus Mungo has pleaded with teachers in Namwala District to return to work as government is frantically looking into their various grievances including rural hardship allowances and anomalies on their pay slips.
And Mr Mungo appealed to stakeholders in Namwala District to help the Ministry of Education to prevent any examination malpractices from occurring.
Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Namwala District Commissioner Wilson Siadunka, Friday, Mr Mungo said he was concerned about the sit-in protests by teachers in the District and called on them, to
return to work as all their problems would be sorted out as soon as possible.
ZANIS reports that some teachers at Namwala High School, Baabwe Basic School, Lubanga Shabongwe Basic School, and Kalundu Basic School went on a sit-in protest last week disrupting normal classes.
During a meeting on September 27, 2010, teachers at the affected school resolved to go on a sit-in protest after they accused the Ministry of being insensitive to their plight despite numerous follow
up meetings by their Union representatives over rural hardship, remote allowances, and anomalies on some teachers’ pay slips.
[pullquote]“I have come here to request teachers to return to work and assure them that the Ministry of Education was doing everything possible to address their problems as soon as possible,” said Mr Mungo.
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But Mr Mungo said the sit-in was not necessary as their matter was been looked into.
“I have come here to request teachers to return to work and assure them that the Ministry of Education was doing everything possible to address their problems as soon as possible,” said Mr Mungo.
Mr Mungo also appealed to stakeholders to assist the ministry to prevent any examination malpractices from happening in the District.
He observed that examination malpractices such as leakages did not only dent the image of the Ministry but also compromised pupils’ academic qualifications and ultimately retarded development in the nation.
“We are appealing to all stakeholders to help us in preventing examination malpractice so that at the end of the day we produce a cadre of qualified pupils to steer the country’s developmental agenda
forward,” Mr Mungo said.
Meanwhile, Mr Siadunka said teachers in the District should be patient and allow government to solve their problems instead of resorting to protests.
National Revolution Party (NRP) president Cosmo Mumba has described the situation at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) as pathetic.
This is as a result of the continued strike action by doctor’s country wide.
And Mr Mumba has challenged republican President, Rupiah Banda, to cancel all his other international trips until the problem between government and the striking workers is resolved.
Mr Mumba said that the president should not become a tourist at the expense of the people who are suffering as doctors enter another day of striking.
He has,therefore, called on the political leadership of this country to pay a little more attention to the calls being made by the doctors and address them as soon as possible.
He insists that the republican leader suspend all his programs and focus on cleaning up the health system before traveling out again.
Mr Mumba has also advised the UTH management to try and negotiate with the doctors to come back for work.
However, this is contrary to claims by the UTH public relations manager, Pauline mbangweta stating that the institution’s operations have not been affected by the strike.
Mrs Mbangweta said operations at the hospital are normal as Student doctors, senior doctors,and their foreign counterparts are currently attending to patients.
[ QFM ]
