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65 year old man defiles his two year old daughter

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A 65 year old man in Sinazongwe has defiled his two year old baby.

Maamba Police confirmed the incident to ZANIS in Sinazongwe today and said the
alleged defiler has since been arrested and would be committed to Choma police to
appear before the court once investigations are concluded.

The police said they were not sure of what caused the 65 year old man to allegedly
have sex with his two year old baby.

A check at Maamba Hospital by ZANIS revealed that the baby was admitted to the
hospital for observation for two days.

Doctor Kabongo Mulumba who attended to the girl confirmed that there was forced
penetration on the surface of the baby’s private part.

Dr Mulumba said he had signed the report that would be taken to Maamba police for
further scrutiny of the matter.

Defilement and rape cases were on the increase in Sinazongwe district in March with
a man in Senior Chief Mweemba raping his 13 year old daughter.

Magande calls on opposition parties to work together with government

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Chilanga Constituency Member of Parliament,  Ngandu Mangande has called on the opposistion to work together with government to foster development in the country.

Mr. Magande says the opposition and ruling party, should bury their political differences to accelearte development.

Mr. Magande said this in Lusaka today when he handed over three sewing machines and K200,000 cash to the May Flower Women’s Club in Chilanga.

He further challenged Councilors in his constituency to be pro active and explain
government programes to people in rural areas.

Mr. Magande who is also Finance and National Planning Minister restated governments
committed to empowering women with income generating ventures so that they could
sustain themselves.

The donation was necessitated by Ms. Joyce Muwo, a renowned Lusaka business woman.

Last year, Mr. Magande donated seed to the May Flower Womens Club which they planted during the last farming season.

And receiving the donation, May Flower Womenæs Club Chairperson Nora Banda commended both Mr. Magande and Ms. Muwo for the gesture.

Ms. Banda disclosed that her organisation is expected to harvest 40 x 50 kilogram
bags of maize.

Maureen implores investors in Kasama to embrace corporate social responsibility

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First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa has implored both local and foreign investors in Kasama to embrace Corporate Social Responsibility so as to foster economic development in the district.

Mrs. Mwanawasa said corporate social responsibility is a vehicle through which
communities can benefit from  companies operating in their respective areas.

Mrs. Mwanawasa said government is encouraging Private Public Partnership (PPP) in
promoting economic development in all sectors of the economy.

The First Lady was speaking in Kasama last night during the Maureen Mwanawasa
Community Initiative (MMCI) Fundraising Dinner Dance organized by the MMCI  Northern Province committee.

The event was aimed at raising money for the Early Child Care and Development (ECCD) Centre to be established in the district.

Mrs. Mwanawasa who is the chairperson for the initiative said her organization has
managed to offer various support in its intervention programmes through partnership
with various stakeholders.

She cited the Outreach Programme for Families being undertaken in Lusaka , HIV/AIDS programmes and Scholarship programmes as some of the programmes  benefiting the less privileged in society.

The MMCI has seven intervention programmes in Education through ECCD and
scholarship, health, HIV/AIDS, water and sanitation, environment, social response to
emergencies and women empowerment.

She said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has since embarked on a
research on the Kapiri Mposhi ECCD programme in order to assess the performance of
children in schools that go through ECCD.

And Northern Province Minister Lameck Chibombamililo commended MMCI  for
supplementing government efforts through assistance to various communities in all
parts of the country.

He has however bemoaned the high levels of HIV/AIDS which he said was claiming lives
in the productive sectors of the economy.

He said the pandemic is a worrying problem in the province as has  effects both the
government and  communities.

Meanwhile Mr. Chibombamililo is optimistic that the province despite being the third
poorest in the country will become prosperous due to the agriculture sector that is
performing better.

He disclosed that the province is currently the largest producer of coffee and has
also started producing sugar.

Magande bemoans poor standards of sport in his area

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Chilanga Constituency Member of Parliament, MP Peter Mangande has bemoaned the poor standards of football in his area.

Mr. Magande says there is a lot of  potential in rural areas which needs to be tapped.

Speaking when he handed over balls to the May Flower Football Club, Mr. Magande
assured Chilanga residents that he will revive football in the area.

He said  the donation would make the young people busy so that they do not engage
themselves in bad vices such as prostitution, drug trafficking and crime.

Mr. Magande who is also Finance and National Planning Minister restated governments
committement to empowering youths.

And receiving the donation, May Flower Football Club Captain Davison Mbuzi  complained that youths in rural areas are neglected.

He has since appealed to the Footaball Association of Zambia, FAZ to consider
spreading its wings to identfying the untapped talent in peri-urban areas.

Mbuzi commended Mr. Magande for the gesture.

ZAMTEL Kwacha up Grabs competion extended to August 31.

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Zambia Telecommunications Limited (ZAMTEL) has extended its current ‘Kwacha up for Grabs competition’ cell Z promotion from 6th August to 31st August, 2007.

Speaking at the on-going Agriculture and Commercial Show, Zamtel Public Relations
Manager,  Charles Kachikoti, said his company is currently receiving approximately
ten thousand (10,000) entries per week.

He revealed that Cell Z currently has over 250, 000 subscribers on its mobile
cellular network and will soon be expanding its capacity in order to accommodate
over one million subscribers.

Mr. Kachikoti has also revealed that Zamtel is also in the process of improving its
billing system for its fax, internet and land phone facilities.

He said the new system, which is called Computerized Customer Care billing system,
will enable customers to access their bills after five minutes of using any of these
facilities.

Mr. Kachikoti further explained that customers using all three services will have a
single bill, unlike the current system were the bills are separate.

He added that bills can also be accessed online, thereby serving the customer from
going to Zamtel physically.

He said his company is committed to providing quality services to its customers in
line with this year’s Agricultural and Commercial show theme ‘Economic Empowerment’.

Mr. Kachikoti added that through the provision of communication, his company is
facilitating exchange of information which is key to development.

Meanwhile Mr. Kachikoti has further revealed that Zamtel is planning to reduce the
prices of its services further after the installation of the optic fiber network by
the year 2009, adding that the project is estimated to cost 100 thousand US dollars.

He said once in place, the optic fiber network will improve the network clarity and
stability as it is highly efficient.

Mr. Chikoti has since assured Zambians that although his company has continued to
make various transitions, it will continue revising technological innovations aimed
at satisfying customer needs.

Malaysian Prime Minister urges leaders attending Langkawi Dialogue to be practical

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Leaders attending the 2007 Langkawi International Dialogue, LID2007, have been urged to become more practical in implementing policies to facilitate infrastructure development as an effective mechanism for poverty reduction.

About 16 African and Asian leaders, attending the Eighth Dialogue, have been urged to become more innovative in devising new sources of value required for the creation of wealth.

Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, said leaders in developing countries should shift from concentrating on economic rhetoric to becoming innovative by putting in force policies that would create a strong foundation for infrastructure development as a prerequisite for economic growth and poverty reduction.

Mr. Badawi was speaking during a State Dinner hosted in honour of the Heads of State and Government attending the LID 2007 taking place at Berjaya Beach and Spa Resort on the Island city of Langkawi in Malaysia.

The Malaysian leader pointed out that human resource was another significant element in the development process and implored governments and the private sector in developing countries to place priority to the development of skilled human capital.

“Given the central role of people in the development process, it is crucial for developing countries to give priority to the development of skilled human capital,” Mr. Badawi said.

President Mwanawasa is among the 16 African and Asian leaders attending the LID 2007 which is being held in the resort town of Langkawi, Malaysia.

This year’s Dialogue is being held under the theme ‘Poverty eradication through human capital development and capacity building’.

“But for those of us who are decision-makers and public servants, we have a specific role to play; we must create the necessary infrastructure and a police environment which is necessary not only for social and economic development but also conducive for achieving the ultimate objective, that is the eradication of poverty in our community,” He added.

The Malaysian Prime minister was of the view that the development of the small and medium scale industries could effectively generate economic activity and help reduce unemployment levels
among the people.

He challenged participating leaders at LID2007 to put in place deliberate policy measures that would facilitate the channeling of Foreign Direct Investment towards activities that focus on poverty reduction in the respective nations.

LID 2007 is focusing on identifying practical measures that could help reduce the devastating impact of poverty among the people in African and Asian countries.

The Dialogue initiated in 1995, creates a platform for governments, private business sector and civil society to discuss and find solutions to issues affecting the economic developments of the people.

Mr. Badawi said Malaysia has significantly reduced poverty levels through a programme that brought on board the business sector in the provision of healthcare, education, housing and skills training for the people.

Earlier, Lesotho President, Pakalitha Mosisili,said the Smart Partnership principles that promote south-to-south cooperation should be promoted to address the problem of poverty and disease in African countries.

Professor Mosisili was confident that wealth creation should be encouraged as a sustainable measure of supporting efforts of combating the HIV/ AIDS pandemic and poverty that have ravaged people in Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries of the world.

He acknowledged the enhanced networking among countries towards the goal of promoting investment for economic growth and improving the living standards for the people.

About 500 delegates are attending the Three-day Dialogue that officially opened today.

President Mwanawasa, as an active member of the network involving governments, would on Tuesday August 7, be convener of a session under the theme ‘capacity building for poverty eradication.’

LID creates a forum for government and the private business sector to exchange views, experiences and lessons on issues affecting economic and social development of African countries.

The Dialogue which was initiated in 1995, has been an effective avenue for the promotion of foreign direct investment in developing countries.

Faz Premier League Week 21 wrap-up: Zesco win to stay ahead of the pack

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Zesco United this afternoon stayed on course for their first league title following an empathic 5-1 home win over bottom -place Nakambala Leopards at the Trade Fair Grounds in Ndola in Faz Premier League Week 21 fixture.

A brace each from Yonah Mwango and Zambia international striker Enoch Sakala plus one Nicholas Zulu goal sealed an important win for Zesco.

Ex-Roan United and Nkana attacking midfielder Kelvin Bweupe scored bottom placed Nakambala’s consolation goal of the game.

Zesco are now nine points clear of the chasing pack on 46 points ahead of second place Green Buffaloes on 37 who lost 3-1 at home against Power Dynamos at Independence stadium in Lusaka this afternoon.

An Elson Mukandawire Brace and one Francis Kombe goal secured Powers away win over Buffaloes who were one of the top four teams to lose today in their respective league fixtures.

3rd placed Kabwe Warriors lost 2-1 at Railway Grounds to visitors Roan United, while defending league champions Zanaco suffered a rare home loss when they went down 1-0 to Red Arrows who had Victor Luipya to thank for the 3 points.

Continental club cup dreamers Lusaka Dynamos also went down today, the lost 3-1 away to Konkola Blades in Chililabombwe.

Young Arrows and City of Lusaka joined Roan United in their their ambitions to stay up following promotion this season with 2-0 and 4-1 home wins over Nchanga Rangers and National Assembly respectively.

Second from bottom Zamtel drew for the 11th time this season and are without a win under Levy Chabala since he took over in May following a 1-1 result away to fellow relegation threatened town mates Forest Rangers in their derby match played at Dola Hill in Ndola today.

Galagata Steps back into the ring this october.

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Zambia’s number one heavy weight boxing contender, Francs ‘Glalagata’ Zulu will next
month step back into the ring to face the Tanzanian champion, Eddie Dyle, in the
Amagents Boxing Promotion (ABP) Tournament dubbed “Fist of Fury”

GALAGATA will take on Dyle where many boxing audience fans will see as a major the
test in Zulu’s preparation for a re-match against the national Reagent Champion,
Joseph Chingagu, who dethroned him in a cloud puller tournament last month.

And Kriongoni Limited Exeutive Director of operation, South Ben Saili and ABP
Director, Rico Catfish, announced yesterday that the “Fist of Fury ” Tournament is
scheduled to take place in Lusaka on the 27th October 2007.

In a statement released today, the heavyweight bout would go on ten rounds, saili
and Catfish uttered.

Meanwhile the main supporting encounter will be between number one middleweight
counter John the ”Hammer” Chibuta and Modecai Donga of Zimbabwe.

And Mathews Chifumpeni will engage the Zimbabwe’s Richard Hwata in an eight -round
non-title fight, whilst Mazabuka Gibbon Kamota will battle out with Mpundu Mutale
for the national Super Bantamweigth Tittle.

The event will also draw attention of Zambian eyes as they watch newly upcoming
Zambian female sensation Jorta Sumali who will prove her worth, when she takes on
the Zimbabwe’s Patience Matsara in a six round encounter.

FRA gets 7-day ultimatum

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GOVERNMENT has directed the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to pay farmers within seven days of the purchase of their maize.

And Government has vowed not to pay satellite depot supervisors who are allegedly conniving with ghost farmers to demand payment of undelivered maize.

Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Ben Kapita, told Parliament yesterday that farmers were only expected to wait for less than seven days before receiving payment for their maize.

He said the seven-day period was aimed at enabling FRA officials to ensure that stocks were verified before making the payment.

Mr Kapita also said FRA would purchase 270,000 metric tonnes of maize from the K205 billion allocated in this year’s budget.

However, he said FRA would have to find alternative sources of funding to purchase the rest of the 130,000 metric tonnes of maize.

The minister was responding to a supplementary question by Kalomo MP Request Muntanga (UPND) who wanted to know why farmers were not being paid their maize in good time.

This followed a question by Gwembe MP Brian Ntundu (UPND) who wanted to know the cash crops the FRA was buying and the measures Government had taken to ensure that all the crops grown in Zambia were purchased by the agency.

In response to the question, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Daniel Kalenga, said the FRA Act only allowed the agency to purchase maize, rice, soya beans, cassava and sorghum.

He said it was not possible for FRA to purchase all crops grown because it was not within its mandate.

And Mr Kapita said his ministry has received information that some satellite depot supervisors were conniving with ghost farmers to demand payment for undelivered maize.

He said some supervisors had failed to prove that the maize whose payment was being demanded was delivered.

Mr Kapita also told the house that Government had signed an agreement with a Chinese company to rehabilitate silos for storage of maize.

And Mr Kapita defended FRA as the most competent board.

This was after calls by Mr Ntundu for the minister to dissolve the board.

Mr Kapita said the chairman of FRA was the biggest farmer in the country and that there were other experts in the field of agriculture who sat on that board.

FRA gets 7-day ultimatum

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GOVERNMENT has directed the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) to pay farmers within seven days of the purchase of their maize.And Government has vowed not to pay satellite depot supervisors who are allegedly conniving with ghost farmers to demand payment of undelivered maize.Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Ben Kapita, told Parliament yesterday that farmers were only expected to wait for less than seven days before receiving payment for their maize.

He said the seven-day period was aimed at enabling FRA officials to ensure that stocks were verified before making the payment.

Mr Kapita also said FRA would purchase 270,000 metric tonnes of maize from the K205 billion allocated in this year’s budget.

However, he said FRA would have to find alternative sources of funding to purchase the rest of the 130,000 metric tonnes of maize.

The minister was responding to a supplementary question by Kalomo MP Request Muntanga (UPND) who wanted to know why farmers were not being paid their maize in good time.

This followed a question by Gwembe MP Brian Ntundu (UPND) who wanted to know the cash crops the FRA was buying and the measures Government had taken to ensure that all the crops grown in Zambia were purchased by the agency.

In response to the question, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Daniel Kalenga, said the FRA Act only allowed the agency to purchase maize, rice, soya beans, cassava and sorghum.

He said it was not possible for FRA to purchase all crops grown because it was not within its mandate.

And Mr Kapita said his ministry has received information that some satellite depot supervisors were conniving with ghost farmers to demand payment for undelivered maize.

He said some supervisors had failed to prove that the maize whose payment was being demanded was delivered.

Mr Kapita also told the house that Government had signed an agreement with a Chinese company to rehabilitate silos for storage of maize.

And Mr Kapita defended FRA as the most competent board.

This was after calls by Mr Ntundu for the minister to dissolve the board.

Mr Kapita said the chairman of FRA was the biggest farmer in the country and that there were other experts in the field of agriculture who sat on that board.

 
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Forum for Leadership Search welcomes NGO bill

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Forum for Leadership Search Zambia has welcomed the proposed NGO bill in parliament by government.

In a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today Forum for Leadership Search Zambia Executive Director, Edwin Lifwekelo, said the bill will bring sanity to the
operations of NGOs.

Mr. Lifwekelo also noted that the bill will instill levels of responsibilities and
accountability in the operations of NGOs in Zambia.

He accused some NGOs of  behaving like political parties, adding that although a lot
of money is donated to them, it is not used for the intended purpose.

Mr. Lifwekelo said his organisation suspects that the recent beating of  innocent
citizens by suspected criminals in some parts of Lusaka could be sponsored by people
who allegedly intend to cause political anarchy by justifying that it was wrong for
government to remove street vendors from the streets.

He warned that if laws to restrict movement of colossal sums of  money in the
country are not strengthened the security of the country risks being endangered.

He said that this  can be observed by how some groups of people want to disrupt the
SADC summit scheduled for this month.

Mr. Lifwekelo further noted that there is need to improve  public confidence in the
activities of  civil societies by ensuring that this integral part of  public policy
is not abused.

He however said that the introduction of a mechanism to review the operations of
NGOs will serve citizens interests if government does not abuse the piece of
legislation.

ECZ urges mine operaters to institute measures aimed at reducing Carbon emmissions

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The Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ)has urged mine operaters in the country to put in place measures aimed at reducing carbon emmissions into the atmosphere.

ECZ Public Relations Manager,  Justine Mukosa, says the development will play a
crucial role in mitigating the effects of global warming in the country.

He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that there is need for mine operaters
to act and supplement government’s efforts in mitigating the effects of global
warming.

Mr Mukosa said global warming was a major challenge facing the world and needed
serious interventions such as reducing carbon emmissions.

Meanwhile, Mr Mukosa has disclosed that ECZ has started working-out modalities aimed at revising the current Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Act (EPPCA)of 1997.

He says the move aims at strengthening the penalty for companies which do not comply
with the Act.

He noted that the current Act was not effective to averting environmental pollution,
a situation he said has resulted in some companies discharging waste any how.

Mr Mukosa has since urged mine operaters and other companies in the country to
construct acid plants in a bid to minimise the effects of air and water pollution in
the country.

He further called on the mine operaters to report mine accidents within 24 hours in
order to avoid being cited for  non-compliance to the conditions and terms of the
licence.

FRA to start paying farmers in Gwembe next week

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Farmers in Gwembe who supplied maize to the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), are due to start receiving their payments next week.  

  Musisa Cooperative Chairman, Simeon Mungazi, told ZANIS that the list of farmers who have so far supplied maze to the agency was already sent to the bank, adding that he was hopeful that payments would be effected by next week.

    Mr. Mungazi disclosed that the agency had bought over 1,500 x 50Kg bags of maize, from almost 30 farmers.

“We have bought over 1,500 bags of maize from 30 farmers, and this is only week two since we began buying maize. It’s a pity that the maize we have in stock is only from Musisa Cooperative”, he said.   

“The maize we have purchased so far is only from one cooperative. It is unfortunate that our colleagues from the valley areas have let us down.

They have not yet come forth to bring their maize”, he added.    Mr. Mungazi attributed the poor response from farmers in the valley areas, to the lack of transport to ferry their maize to the only FRA satellite depot in the district.   

 He was however optimistic that Gwembe would beat the 4,000 x 50kg bags it has targeted to sell to the FRA in the 2006-2007 farming season.   

 Mr. Mungazi said the 2000 empty grain bags supplied by the FRA to Gwembe were nearly running out due to the overwhelming response from farmers, saying that there was need for the agency to consider supplying more bags to the district.

   “We fear that the empty grain bags may soon run out. This is because farmers are coming in large numbers. Rright now we only have 200 bags left, and I am sure by tomorrow they would have ran out”, he said.   

 Musisa Cooperative, which was picked as the buying agent for the FRA in Gwembe, has managed to beat its targeted number of 500 bags, by tripling the number to 1,500 bags so far.   

Last week, Gwembe opened its maize buying season with a target of selling 4,000 bags of maize to the FRA.   

It was only last year when the district managed to sell over 2,000 bags of maize to the FRA for the first time in the history of Gwembe

Education Ministry in Gwembe receives teachers’ applications

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The Ministry of Education in Gwembe has started receiving applications from trained teachers from all parts of the country.
  
District Education Board Secretary (DEBS) Joyce Musambila, confirmed the
development in an interview with ZANIS this morning.
  
  Ms. Musambila said the response from the public has been overwhelming, but was
however unable to state the number of teachers who would be recruited in Gwembe.
       
She however indicated that the selections would only be made after the Ministry
Head quarters, gives a green light, adding that a meeting would be convened soon
to determine the number of teachers to be recruited for each district.
  
“The response has been overwhelming, right now we are only receiving applications
as directed by the Ministry, we will continue receiving applications up to the end
of the week, before any selections for recruitment could be made”, she said.

Asked on how many vacancies were available in the district, that would only be
known after compiling  information on available vacancies.
   
Ms. Musambila however said that most of the newly recruited teachers would be sent
to schools in the rural parts of the district.
   
Meanwhile, a source from the Ministry indicated that close to three hundred
teachers would be recruited for Gwembe alone.
  

Last week, Cabinet Office gave the Ministry of Education a go-ahead to recruit over six thousand teachers countrywide to fill vacant positions, following the deaths and retirements of teachers.

Zimbabwean nationals queue at Vic falls awaiting clearance

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Long queues of Zimbabweans have been piling up at the Victoria Falls Border Post in Livingstone as they await to be cleared.

A check at the border yesterday found a long queue of Zimbabweans still waiting to be cleared so that they could enter into Livingstone with their merchandise.

By 15 hours, one of the affected Zimbabwean talked said she had been in the queue
from 10 hours and that they were still waiting to be cleared.

The Zimbabwean  national who could not disclose her name said she buys subsidised
goods from Zimbabwe and sells them to Zambia in order to earn a living.

She however complained that her country had banned them from buying goods at a
subsidised rate and
selling them off to Zambia.

A check revealed that only Zimbabweans who were using passports were being allowed
to enter the country while it was unclear whether those with border passes would be
allowed into the country.

One of the sources within the immigration department spoken to said those with
border passes were not being allowed to enter because the stipulated stay in the
country on the border passes was only one day.

”These are some of the people who enter and then what next because the border pass
only stipulates one day and time has already run out for them to go and do business
in Zambia and then come back,” he said.

ZANIS