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SATURDAY FOOTBALL PREVIEW

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Leaders Zesco United could extend their lead at the summit of the Faz Premier League table this Saturday when they travel to Chingola to play 8th placed Nchanga Rangers in a week 10 Faz Premier League fixture.

The match will be an emotional one for both sides head coaches who have past links with the club they will be playing against this weekend.

Zesco coach Wedson Nyirenda left Rangers a disillusioned man in 2001 after almost three years as a peripheral figure on the bench and as head of the youth team before joining City of Lusaka that same year.

On Saturday, after stints as number 2 at City and Zanaco, he returns home as at the helm of a side riding high on the log and already touted as probably the Copperbelts’ only hope of winning the top-flight or finishing 2nd this season.

On the Rangers bench, Dick Ngwenya too will be out to embarrass his ex-club after he was sacked in July 2005 after some uninspiring performances on their way to finishing 2nd under Wesley Mondo.

Mondo himself was subsequently fired last year after a poor run during Zesco’ debut outing in Africa in the Caf Confederations Cup and in the last stretch of the 2006 season before the club made last minute relegation escape.

A win for Zesco will push them to 22 points that will see them maintain their status on the table while also a draw too would still be enough to leave them in command at the end of week 10.

Rangers meanwhile will be looking to maintain the momentum after crushing Young 2-0 away last weekend that helped them recover from that 3-0 thumping at the hands of Zanaco the weekend before then.

A wounded Zanaco meanwhile stays home for a second successive week where they entertain across town rivals City of Lusaka in their Capital derby.

A draw or second defeat at home for Zanaco should set into motion the pressure to bare down on head coach Fighton Simukonda.

In the weekends other league matches, Konkola Blades travel to Ndola to play bottom of the table Zamtel FC, while sister clubs Young and Red Arrows face-off at Nkoloma.

Kabwe Warriors are at National Assembly, Lusaka Dynamos host Nakambala Leopards while Green Buffaloes are away in Ndola to play Forest Rangers.

And at Arthur Davies, Power Dynamos are home and they host Roan United.

Anti-Corruption poor show irks Levy

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President Mwanawasa says he is disappointed with the poor performance of the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).

“I am not satisfied with the Anti Corruption Commission’s operations.You will need to find ways of improving its operations.You should sit down with senior managers and discuss why its performance has been so poor,” Mr Mwanawasa said yesterday at State House.

Mr Mwanawasa said this when he swore-in ACC chairperson, Valentine Chileshe and commissioner Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika.

The President said he would be reluctant to lobby funds for the ACC if it did not improve its performance.

Mr Mwanawasa said the ACC had performed below his expectation compared to the Drug Enforcement Commission.

“A lot of cases taken to court by ACC take too long to be disposed of and this has greatly contributed to congestion in prisons.

When I was a practising lawyer, I never saw cases that dragged on in court for more than five years like it is currently,” he said.

Mr Mwanawasa was also disappointed that there were many adjournments of court cases, which were delaying justice.

The President asked the Chief Justice, Ernest Sakala, to find time and sit with senior judiciary staff to find ways of addressing the problem of cases, which were always being adjourned.

“Sometimes judges allow adjournments on flimsy grounds, resulting in congestion of prisons.

Very soon, I shall be signing a statutory instrument through which I have committed the death penalty to life imprisonment,” Mr Mwanawasa said.

The President said once the statutory instrument was signed, some of the inmates serving death sentences would face life imprisonment while others would be released.

Mr Mwanawasa said crucial witnesses would have died if cases were always delayed before coming up in court.

He also said witnesses’ memories would have been blurred and all it required to get an acquittal was a clever lawyer.

“They will be asked very nasty questions and witnesses will be scratching their heads or sometimes you (witnesses) will say it is a slip of the tongue.

The tongue is safely anchored there in the mouth,” Mr Mwanawasa said.

He said if the cases took too long to be disposed of, witnesses would find it unfashionable to give evidence against suspects who would be heroes by then.

Mr Mwanawasa also said the crowding of inmates in the country’s prisons was inhuman and needed urgent attention to address the situation.

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China gives Zambia $39 million loan for floods disaster

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President Levy Mwanawasa announced Thursday that Zambia had secured a loan of 39 million dollars from China to be used for repairing infrastructure that has been destroyed by floods.

Mwanawasa said the money from Beijing will be used to procure earth-moving equipments that will be used in the construction of roads and bridges, which were destroyed by heavy rains.

“We have secured a 39 million dollar loan from China to be used for the procurement of earth moving equipment,” Mwanawasa said during a swearing-in ceremony for the new Chinese ambassador to Zambia, Li Qiangmin.

He said the machinery will be in Zambia by June this year.

Heavy rains earlier this year displaced hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed roads, bridges and schools in mainly rural areas.

Maamba Hospital employees work as casual workers

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By Tovin Ngombe:-

Most workers at Maamba hospital have worked for 22 years, 10, six, five, three, and one year without being confirmed under the Ministry of Health.

ZANIS investigation and interviews with most health workers revealed that workers have been filling in the annual confidential forms and confirmation forms but they were stuck in the Hospital Administration Manager’s office.

The forms were not being submitted at the province for consideration of confirmation for employees that needed to be confirmed.

Mildred Chinene an enrolled midwife disclosed that she had been working at Maamba Hospital for 22 years without being confirmed.

Most nurses who refused to give their names complained that they were not motivated with the working environment prevailing at the hospital because their Hospital Administration Manager had no time to look into their plight.

They said that at times Mr Cosmas Michelo would tell them to fill in their forms for confirmation but he fails to deliver them.

“We are sick and tired of this working culture at Maamba Hospital we have been trying to air our views but we have no channel to deliver them being in the rural area and all we receive are intimidations” the nurses said.
Not only are the nurses and other health personnel affected but also the security officers, secretaries and other supporting staff have worked for many years without being confirmed.

Sinazongwe District Commissioner Laiven Apuleni said the delegation from the public Service Commission would be in the province and urged management to submit their forms for the employees that were due for confirmation.

Mr Apuleni said the issue of confirmation was now straight forward as an employee is supposed to be confirmed after working for six months.

Maamba hospital is going through difficult times as all the workers have passed a vote of no confidence in their Hospital Administration Manager Mr. Michelo.
Sinazongwe district Director Dr Kebby Musokotwane said he would not work with Mr, Michelo.
Dr Musokwatane told the meeting on Monday that Mr. Michelo called him on phone after he wrote a warning letter to him for failing to report for work for four days without any proper explanation that he was hurt and disappointed with the letter.

“Dr Musokwatane, I am hurt with your warning letter, now it’s either your life or my life at stake here,” Mr. Michelo warned the doctor.

The doctor said in another incident Mr. Michelo warned him that he was not surprised because Tokaleyas are known to fight Tongas.

“I have a problem with the office of the Hospital Administration manager since I joined the hospital he has never allowed me to do my work and my colleague who is an environmental officer,” one Health Inspector told the meeting.

ZABF picks controversial boxers for Pan African games

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Southern Province Amateur Boxing Association (SPABA) has called on Zambia Amateur Boxing Federation (ZABF) to reselect boxers scheduled to travel to Algeria because the team was biased and unfairly picked.

SPABA Secretary Blackie Mantele told ZANIS that only boxers from Midland and Copperbelt which represents two provinces only were chosen.

He said his executive was dismayed at the manner used in selecting the boxer as they failed to choose any one from the Southern province.

Mantele said Maamba Boxing Amateur Association and Nakambala managed to complete the season and they were committed to intense preparations they had and wondered why the mother body chose to ignore their contributions.

“SPABA has expressed concern at the selection of boxers to travel to Algerai on July 15th and only Midland and Copperbelt has been chosen while Southern province has been left out,” Mr. Mantele said
He said SPABA would not affiliate it self this season if the anomalies for biased selection of boxers by ZABF leads by the Interim Chairman Steve Simpemba would fail to rooted out the mess.

Mantele disclosed that his boxers have been doing fine in most tournaments that they has participated and questioned criteria used to choose people that were even battered by his boxers.

He said Southern Province has good, talented and up coming boxers such as Mombela Mukuni, Casias Chiyanika, Alex Ng’andu, Douglas Mbewe who were all of national material and have been participating in international games.

The Secrtary beamoned that his sponsors were committed to sponsoring them but the disappointment and the biased selection in the ZABF would make them fail to continue sponsoring the sport.
“Mombela mukuni one our boxer has beaten Gideon Kabaso on two occasions but he has been left out while Kabaso has been picked.

He alleged that most of the boxers chosen were from Green Baffalos because the national coach boxer comes from the same club.

“ This is disappointing some of these boxers are too old, they can not bring medals, they have participated in a lot of national tournaments but they have come home with nothing, there is a lot of corruption if this fails to end we are not going to have any medals.

Mantele said in the next month’s elections for ZABF, Southern Province would only vote for people who have the interest of the sport at heart and those would also consider Southern Province.

MIDWEEK WRAP-UP

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It was midweek of shocks that saw the Faz Premier League leadership change hands for the fifth time this season as two giants tumbled and two David’s triumphed.

Wedson Nyirenda’s Zesco United are the new leaders after they handed Green Buffaloes their first league defeat of the season on Wednesday crushing their hosts 3-0 at Independence stadium in Lusaka.

Zesco join Konkola Blades, Nchanga Rangers, Young Arrows and Zanaco who have all enjoyed a brief spell at the top of the log in the two-month old league campaign.

Zambia international midfielder Rainford Kalaba struck twice in a period of twelve minutes for Zesco before the opening half-hour mark with goals in the 11th and 23 minutes.

Kalaba’s brace means he joins Kabwe Warriors striker Emmanuel Mayuka on 7 goals at the summit of the scorers chart.

Ex-Ndola United striker Enoch Sakala scored his 5th of the season for his new club with Zesco’s third a minute after Kalaba’s second goal to beat Buffaloes.

Zesco are on 19 points, pulling away from former leaders and now second placed Zanaco on 16 who suffered their second defeat of the season and first at home since November 26 last year.

Zanaco lost 2-1 at home to 7th placed Lusaka Dynamos as question marks are beginning to arise as to whether the defending league champions luster for a third-successive top flight title actually exists.

However, it was Zanaco who took the lead in the 56th minute in this modest Lusaka derby through midfielder Jack Chileshe.

But Dynamos rallied with goals from defender Hichani Himoonde and Under 20 playmaker Tom Bakala in the 64th and 75th minutes respectively to hand Zanaco their first home defeat since Forest Rangers beat The Bankers by the same margin at Sunset last November.

Meanwhile at Dola Hill, Forest stayed unbeaten at home this season but had to comeback from 1-0 down against Power Dynamos to finish 1-1 in a very boring encounter played at Dola Hill in Ndola.

Simon Bwalya put Power ahead in the 24th minute poking home the ball after a clanger from Forest goalkeeper Harrison Phiri’s.

Forest’s underperforming striker Bizwell Phiri Jr scored his first competitive top-flight goal for the Ndola clubs since they were promoted last season with the equalizer in the 74th minute after turning in a cross from the left delivered by Field Chipungu.

Forest swap places with Roan United to shift from 15th to 14th on the table while Power stay put in 11th place.

TABLE.

  

P

W

L

D

F

A

GD

PTS

1

ZESCO UTD

9

6

2

1

15

4

11

19

2

ZANACO

8

5

2

1

14

5

9

16

3

KONKOLA BLADES

9

5

2

1

10

7

3

16

4

YOUNG ARROWS

9

5

3

1

12

11

1

16

5

KABWE WARRIORS

9

4

2

3

13

9

4

15

6

CITY OF LUSAKA

9

4

2

3

10

8

2

15

7

LUSAKA DYNAMOS

9

4

2

3

5

11

-6

15

8

NCHANGA

8

4

2

2

10

8

2

14

9

BUFFALOES

4

3

1

0

9

4

5

9

10

NAKAMBALA

7

3

4

0

7

12

-5

9

11

POWER DYNAMOS

7

2

3

2

6

8

-2

8

12

NAT ASSEMBLY

9

1

4

4

5

9

-4

7

13

RED ARROWS

8

2

5

1

6

11

-5

7

14

FOREST RANGERS

9

0

3

6

4

8

-4

6

15

ROAN UTD

9

1

5

3

6

13

-7

6

16

ZAMTEL

8

0

5

3

2

8

-6

3

Government ready to partner with private sector on development

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Government has reiterated its commitment to work with the private sector and it’s cooperating partners on initiatives that aim to exploit the development potential of Luapula Province.

Provincial Minister, John Chinyanta also said the continued cooperation between
government and partners would result in the province meaningfully contribute to
Zambia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Mr. Chinyanta said Luapula had immense potential in farming, fish and agro processing.

He was speaking in mansa today when he officiated at the Luapula Province Trade and
Economic Sensitization Workshop dubbed “Value addition key to international trade
competitiveness”, organized by the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA).

He said the province had opportunities for investment in tourism, mining, fish  and Agro-processing to improve the livelihood of people in the area.

And Luapula Province Permanent Secretary Alfred Kalumba said there was need to add
value to products and services from the province as currently a lot went to waste due to lack of packaging and processing.

He said the province exports about K8 billion worth of produce through the pedicle road only to the Copperbelt and that Luapula could generate a higher turnover from its resources with improved quality of the export.

At the same function Canadian High Commissioner to Zambia John Deyell said the Donor
Community appreciates Zambia’s commitment towards the formulation and implementation of various bilateral and trade agenda’s on both regional and global scales.

Mr. Deyell said Zambia had demonstrated it’s sense of leadership and ownership
towards the realization of the intended goals through partnerships such as NEPAD and
the Southern African Development Community (SADC), among others.

He called on the local business community to embrace global market changes through
the utilization of modern information and technology tools such as e-commerce in order to access the world market and profit from their products.

He said the Zambian Government had shown commitment by prescribing platforms for local business to penetrate the global market and that the donor community would
continue to be partners in development.

And Acting Director General of Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) Glyne Michelo said
the workshop was aimed at sensitization of Zambia’s economic environment and export
Business opportunities related to the products and services generated in Luapula Province.

Mr. Michelo said the outcome of the deliberations with the various local business stakeholders would create networks and strategic alliances that would play a pivotal
role towards the development of trade in Zambia.

ZANIS

FIFA urges member associations to introduce beach soccer

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The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has with immediate effect instructed all member National Associations to introduce Futsal and Beach Soccer in their countries.

This was stressed at a seminor which was organized by FIFA in Maputo, Mozambique on
Futsal and Beach Soccer in Africa.

Briefing Journalists in Lusaka today, Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) Head of Competition and Administration Julio Chiluba said that the seminor was meant to
explain to member national Associations what Fusal and Beach soccer were and their
position on the FIFA development programmes.

Chiluba explained that both sports will be given equal opportunities of development
along side conversional Eleven-a-side Football for both men and women.

He pointed out that the two sports activities have since been recommended for National Team players as they help sharpen their skills due to the small size of the field.

He also noted that Fusal and Beach Soccer have become the fastest growing sports as
they have the largest number of clubs playing in the world.

Chiluba has also disclosed that FIFA and UEFA have promised to donate Fusal and Beach soccer balls and other basic equipment to each Member National Associations which will participate to speed up the introduction of the two sports activities.

He added that the two international football bodies have also pleged to send instructors to conduct courses for coaches and referees.

Chiluba said the appointment of the members of the  Futsal and Beach soccer committee is underway.

ZANIS

New Start Center urged to provide mobile VCT services

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The Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) of Chipata in Eastern province has requested the New Start Centre to provide mobile VCT services in Mambwe district following an outcry by residents.

ADRA district coordinator Boniface Kalaswa disclosed that ADRA had already approached New Start Centre to respond to the needs of the people of Mambwe toaccess the mobile VCT services.

Mr. Kalaswa disclosed this in an interview with ZANIS today, at Katopola farmers training institute in Chipata where ADRA was holding a workshop for neighbourhood health committees.

”We have already approached new start centre for a mobile VCT to be conducted in
communities in the district and they have also shown interest and willingness to provide the services as long as it was less than 50 kilometers while beyond that ADRA will have to foot the bill,” he said.

Mr. Kalaswa said ADRA would soon come up with a budget on the matter because it was
happy that the message had reached the people and that the organisation will respect
the will of the people by providing them with free VCT services closer to where they lived.

He said his organization incorporated HIV/AIDS in all the programmes because it realized how crucial it was to tackle the problem from all angles because it retards development in the country.

Mr. Kalaswa said behaviour change in the fight against the disease was cardinal hence the need for a continuous sensitization programme to educate the residents on the need to change their behaviour.

Mr. Kalaswa said ADRA was aware that HIV/AIDS impacted negatively on members of
society hence the need to tackle the root cause of the scourge.

”We realise that the scourge does not spare any body and that it impacts negatively
on individuals, households, communities and the public sector such that when a family member fell sick most of the time it is the family members who take care of the patient,” he said.

Mr. Kalaswa said if a lot of people got sick in the country, development suffers as most public institutions would lose human resource.

He has since urged residents to go for voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), which he described as a positive step towards the eradication of HIV/AIDS.

Mr. Kalaswa has since praised the traditional in the area and ministry of health for working closely with ADRA as it educate.

ZNUT urges government to continue paying teachers Rural Hardship

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The Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) in Mporokoso district Northern Province has appealed to government not scrap-off the payment of Rural Hardship Allowances to teachers in the area.

ZNUT district secretary, Chansa Mulenga, made the appeal in a statement released to
Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Kasama today.

Mr. Mulenga said it was unfortunate that the Ministry of Education has decided to
remove the Rural Hardship Allowance from teachers’ salaries on account that Mporokoso was a peri-urban area.

He noted that the government’s decision was contrary to the existing collective agreement, which stipulates that all workers in the district were entitled to Rural Hardship Allowance at the rate of 20 percent of their salaries.

Mr. Mulenga explained that once the move is effected it would demotivated teachers,
thereby affecting the quality of education in the district.

The union official has since called on the government to rescind its decision on the matter and maintain the status quo.

Recently, the Provincial Education Office directed all District Education Board Secretaries in Northern Province, except for Chilubi and Kaputa, to immediately stop paying Rural Hardship Allowance to teachers.

Meanwhile, ZNUT in Kasama has urged landlords to refrain from hiking house rentals
in new of the 16 percent salary increment awarded to public service workers by government recently.

Union District Chairperson, Brighton Muyabala, said it was unfortunate that some landlords have started adjusting their rentals and were now threatening teachers with eviction if they failed to honour the payments.

He advised the landlords to be patient with the teachers as government has already
indicated that April salaries would be delayed.

Mr. Muyabala also urged teachers to remain calm as their union national leadership was still negotiating with government on the new housing allowance payments effective this year.

MMD in Eastern province plead for elections at grassroot level

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The Movement for Multiparty and Democracy(MMD) in Eastern Province has called on their party’s National Chairman for Elections to allow them hold elections at grassroot level.

Zephaniah Kaleya who is MMD Youth Secretary for Mambwe district said that Mr. Mike
Mulongoti should ensure the party holds elections at district, provincial and constituency levels.

Mr. Kaleya said that after last year’s tripatite elections most of the positions at grassroot level have fallen vacant because of deaths, resignations and expulsions.

He noted that Mambwe and Malambo districts were the most affected ones as most of
the positions were being acted.

The Youth Secretary said that Mr. Mulongoti, who is also Information and Broadcasting Minister, should take the matter seriously as  failure to do so might create some loopholes and weaken the party.

Mr. Kaleya however said that Eastern Province has become a stronghold for the party as more people have continued to defect from  the opposition to the ruling party.

He further said that the MMD in his province are certain of retaining the Kapoche seat with no difficulties as the party is enjoying popularity in his province.

The Youth Secretary however exppressed saddness over the continued shortage of police officers in his district.

Mr Kaleya said that his district receives a lot of tourists who needed to be protected from thefts.

He noted that the crime rate has risen because of few police officers to prevent lawlessnes.

He said that Mambwe district has a population of about 60 thousand people but has only 12 police officers, 10 of whom are stationed at Mfuwe Airport.

He added that his district needed more police officers as the number of people was
too much for only  two officers who were left to guard the residents. 

Mr. Kaleya said that if the government does no t send more officers to the area, the country may start losing foreign exchange as tourists will be avoiding to visit the
district for fear of being robbed of their money and belongings.

Recently Mambwa District Commissioner (DC) had appealed to the government to send
more police officers to his district as the number of police officers is too little too maintain law and order.

Sondashi shows interest in MMD presidency

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Fomer Works and Supply minister Ludwig Sondashi has said that the herbal remedy discovery work he is currently involved in will not keep him from seeking the MMD presidency in 2011.

Dr Sondashi dismissed suggestions he could be too busy with his HIV/AIDS work to make a run for the presidency of the MMD. He said this  during the ‘Hot Seat’ radio programme on Hot FM radio monitored in Lusaka.

“I can neither confirm nor deny my standing for the presidency in 2011. Of course I have an interest. Currently, I am still consulting because I have received encouragement from the area where I come from and other parts of the country,” he said.

Dr Sondashi who described himself as a mature politician with vast political experience said, he would not enter the campaign trail as of now. A Lusaka caller wanted to know if Dr Sondashi would support the candidature of Tourism Minister Kabinga Pande who was allegedly being groomed to take over from President Mwanawasa in 2011.

In response, Dr Sondashi said he had no intention of challenging the current president because the president was retiring after his second tenure ends in 2011.

He said the MMD presidency would be vacant then, hence his decision to show interest in standing as a presidential candidate because of his vast experience in the three governments since independence.

“President Mwanawasa’s MMD presidency ends after 2011, and he has made it clear he would not be the party president anymore contrary to what MMD spokesperson Benny Tetamashimba has said about letting the President continue after 2011, ” he said.

He said though he was old, Zambia needed mature leaders like him and he could not be barred from contesting the presidency when time came for him to do so.

Dr Sondashi was he was saddened by the ministry of Health and the National AIDS Council who were allegedly blocking the publication of the scientific and clinical proof of the effectiveness of his herbal HIV/AIDS remedies together with two others despite the medicines being non-toxic.

He maintained that his medicine, the Sondashi 2000 formula, had so far cured more than 65 patients who were positive but turned negative upon taking the medicine.

He said Dr Patrick Chikusu, principal investigator of the clinical trials of the three traditional herbal remedies confirmed the medicines were safe to use because they had shown evidence of reducing HIV viral loads and increasing the CD4 count among users.

He said his medicine could be used side-by-side with ARVs and warned he would take it to other countries because of the frustration he was going through in Zambia.

“My idea was to discover the cure after my first born son got AIDS, and leave it to the Government to take over because I am not a medical doctor.

I can not go to other countries, that would make Zambia lose revenue in foreign exchange,” he said.

He said he wrote a letter to President Mwanawasa who he said was supportive in sponsoring the clinical trials unlike the ministry of Health and the National Aids Council (NAC), which were frustrating his efforts even after clinical trials proved the medicine was harmless on human beings.

Maamba Hospital crisis deepens

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By Tovin Ngombe:-

Confusion at Maamba Hospital has continued deepen as the embattled Hospital Administration Manager has changed from threatening people to assaulting them.

Cosmas Michelo the acting Hospital Administration Manager who has since lost respect from the lowest personnel to the senior person at the Main hospital in the district has assaulted the security officer.

Michelo who was told to be home while his case was being considered at the provincial office tried to force his way into the hospital premise on Wednesday morning and when the security officer stopped him he hit him on the face with his cell phone.

Frayfold Mujala the assaulted guard has since reported the matter to Maamba Police where has been given a medical form to be attended at the Hospital before an arrest for Mr Michelo could be effected.

On Tuesday night Michelo forced his way into the Hospital premises and wanted to pick the files for Maamba Hospital employees but security personnel intercepted him.

When talked to the soft spoken, Mr. Michelo denied having assaulted the guard and displaying any strange conduct.

“My rights are being infringed on, how can they deny me from entering the hospital,” Michelo said.

On Monday Michelo was reported to Police for threatening to kill Sinazongwe District health Director Dr Kebby Musokwatwane.

Maamba Police recorded warned and cautioned him over his strange conduct.

At the meeting held on Monday it was decided that he remains at home because all the hospital employees have lost confidence in his leadership.

The Sinazongwe Health Director who took Michelo to Maamba police for threatening his life said he was not ready to work with him.

Dr Musokwatane told the meeting that Michelo called him on phone after he wrote a warning letter to him for failing to report for work for four days without any proper explanation that he was hurt and disappointed with the letter.

“Dr Musokwatane I am hurt with your warning letter, now it’s either your life or my life at stake here,” Michelo warned the doctor.

The doctor said in another incident Michelo warned him that he was not surprised because Tokaleyas are known to fight Tongas.

“I have a problem with the office of the Hospital Administration manager since I joined the hospital he has never allowed me to do my work and my colleague who is an environmental officer,” one Health Inspector told the meeting.

Another worker from the x-lay department said the hospital was divided because Michelo’s poor workmanship with other staff members.

Sinazongwe Cooncil shoots stray animals

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By Tovin Ngombe:-

Sinazongwe District Council has carried out an operation of shooting stray animals that have become a nuisance in Maamba Township together with the Maamba mine police and the Sinazongwe state police.

The security officers that swung into action in the morning on Wednesday killed six pigs and one goat.

Maamba ward Councilor Peter Siavuulwa said the council has done a recommendable job to restore the township to its acceptable condition.

He urged people keeping domestic animals in the compound to immediately remove them because the exercise was ongoing.
The Councilor said the exercise was not meant to deprive people of their animals but to enlighten them that it was against the law and the health of people to keep domestic animals in the township.
“We will continue to sensitise people on the need to have their animals taken far away from the residential area to instill decency in the community,” Siavuulwa said.

The Sinazongwe District Development Coordinating Committee (DDCC) set 31 March 2007 as day of shooting all stray animals that have become a nuisance in Maamba Township.
Sinazongwe Council Secretary Oliver Muuka told the meeting that the council has the mandate under the local government act to shoot any stray animal.

Mr. Muuka said he was disappointed that the issue of shooting stray animals in Maamba had taken long without any action being taken.

Maamba police refused to shoot the stray animals because the owners threatened to bewitch them even when Maamba Mine gave them ammunition to conduct the exercise.

Sinazongwe District Commissioner Laiven Apuleni said the issues of stray animals have been a source of concern to the district as it had kept on coming up in many forums even under the District Epidemic Preparedness Committee (DEPC).

Maamba Township has been crowded with domestic animals such as goats, pigs, cattle, and dogs that move anyhow within the township.

Most people have expressed fear that domestic animals have been the source of Cholera outbreaks that Sinazongwe district had been experienced.

High Court grants Mwangala stay of execution

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The Lusaka High Court has granted an application to stay judgment of the court which nullified election results for Nalolo constituency in Western Province.
The court last week nullified the election of Nalolo constituency member of Parliament, Mubita Mwangala of the MMD, because he was not duly elected in the September 28, 2006 elections.
This is in a case in which losing United Liberal Party (ULP) candidate, Inonge Wina, had petitioned the election of Mr Mwangala and the Electoral Commission of Zambia as first and second respondents respectively.
Ms Wina had stated in the petition that the elections were held in an atmosphere which was not free and fair due to widespread electoral malpractices – vote buying, unlawful tampering with ballot papers and voter intimidation.
High Court Judge, Naboth Mwanza, granted the order following Mr Mwangala’s application for a stay of execution pending his appeal to the Supreme Court.
In his notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, Mr Mwangala stated that he was appealing against the judgment because he was not satisfied.

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