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‘GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER’ Vol. 6. Issue 2622

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Ms. Kristalina Georgieva IMF Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board

“It is not about who is going to look like a hero to the IMF, it is about Zambia and how we can make Zambia win.

Let the BoZ and the Ministry of Finance speak with one voice.”

Dr Bwalya Ng’andu Minister of Finance

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- Dr Kalumba

Mr. Fredson Yamba Secretary to the Treasury

Dr Denny H Kalyalya Governor of the Bank of Zambia

Dr Katele Kalumba Former Finance Minister

Dr. Lubinda Haabazoka President of the Economic Association of Zambia

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IT is well and good that Zambia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are still on speaking terms, what with all the negativity spewing from doomsayers.

They have created an impression that Zambia has become a pariah state that no financial institution wants to engage with.

We are therefore elated that Zambia and the IMF are due to hold a consultative and informational exchange mission from June 22, to July 1, 2020.

This was announced in Lusaka yesterday by the Minister of Finance, Dr Bwalya Ng’andu.

We do realise that such meetings are not as easy as a “walk in the park.” They call for open and frank discussions so that at the end of the day, there is a win-win situation for all.

In this vein, we call on Team Zambia to put its act together and speak with one accord.

Both the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Zambia, as well as other key stakeholders must agree on a common approach, particularly on the country’s crippling debt of US$11.2 billion as at last December.

Zambia’s borrowing, which the IMF sees exceeding 100 percent of gross domestic product this year, is blocking her from accessing emergency financing from the Washington-based lender.

Both Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu and BoZ Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya must ensure that the technocrats from the two institutions realise what is at stake.

As Economics Association of Zambia president Lubinda Haabazoka has said, all government departments, particularly the economic wings such as the central bank and Finance Ministry should engage in a serious meeting to ensure that they speak the same language as they prepare for the upcoming virtual consultative and information exchange with the IMF. It is imperative that the two major economic wings engage in a serious meeting before the virtual meeting with the IMF, says Dr Haabazoka.

Dr Haabazoka explained that one department was tasked with monetary policy while the other was dealing with fiscal policy.

“So there is need to do everything under the umbrella of the ministry but all stakeholders should pull in one direction,” he said.

We know for a fact that it is normal for the central bank and Finance Ministry to differ on fiscal and monetary policy. But when dealing with the IMF, these differences are supposed to take a secondary role.

Zambia has been pursuing a US$1.3 billion financial bailout from the IMF for over three years. During its last visit in November 2019, the IMF urged Zambia to cut spending as a way of reducing the mounting debt.

But at the end of the staff visit to Zambia, the IMF stressed the need for a large, front-loaded and sustained fiscal adjustment that would help set debt on a downward path and reduce domestic arrears.

In a statement, the IMF said Zambia’s spending commitments should also be prioritised to meet key development priorities including supporting vulnerable populations.

It would be interesting to know how Zambia has performed since then, although we know Government has tightened fiscal controls.

But the IMF must also realise that conditions have changed drastically with the outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic that has turned the world’s economy topsy-turvy.

However, what should tilt in Zambia’s favour is Government’s decision to appoint Lazard Freres of France as financial adviser to help it restructure its external debt.

Lazard’s deal is worth US$5 million and will last three years.

The Paris-based company advised neighbouring Mozambique on its restructuring of a $727 million Eurobond. That process started in 2016 and concluded late last year. Lebanon and Argentina, also seeking debt restructuring, appointed Lazard as advisers too. The move should convince the IMF that Zambia is on track to achieving debt sustainability, thus, unlocking much-needed emergency funding.

The country had about $11.2bn of external debt at the end of December, after years of excessive borrowing pushed up interest costs and drained its foreign reserves.

Against this backdrop, Team Zambia leaders – Dr Ng’andu and Dr Kalyalya – must present a positive stance that the country is serious about turning its economy around with a push from the Bretton Woods institutions and qualify for a bailout.

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I SIGNED PAPERS FOR MY SON, ADMITS KAMBWILI

By CHARLES MUSONDA

CHISHIMBA Kambwili yesterday admitted that it was his signature that was on documents purported to have been signed by his son, but claimed that he had been given power of attorney to do so.

He admitted that the disputed signature on the document was his and that there was no way he could forge his own signature.

He denied that he forged a “no change return (company’s form 71)” because he allegedly got power of attorney from his son Mwamba who was at a university in the United Kingdom.

Kambwili said his wife Carol was equally in the United Kingdom but that the company had to continue running, hence his son’s instructions to him to sign documents on his behalf.

Kambwili was found with a case to answer for chairing the meeting that fraudulently decided to change particulars of his company long after the forgery case had started.

Evidence presented to the court established that the national registration card (NRC) number 239643/68/1, which was used for registration of the company in 2001, had been replaced by NRC number 306414/68/1.

His son, Mwamba had also been removed as company secretary for Mwamona

Engineering Technical Services Limited and replaced by Carol Chansa Chipande (Kambwili’s wife).

Testifying in the contempt case before Magistrate Nsunge Chanda on Tuesday, investigations and arresting officer, Stanley Mumbula said in the documents lodged at the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) after a court sitting in the main matter before Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba, the name Mwamba Chishimba had been removed and replaced by Mwamba Kambwili.

In the main case, Kambwili has been accused of using his sister’s NRC to show that it belonged to his son Mwamba who was a minor in 2001.

“These were the notable changes and therefore being investigations and arresting officer in another case, I noticed that the information changed,” Mr. Mumbula said.

Mr Mumbula also said resolutions to change the particulars for directors and shareholders were passed on March 5, 2018 and the meeting was attended by Kambwili, his wife Carol Chansa Chipande, and his son Mwamba.

He said Kambwili chaired the meeting which included his wife and Mwamba and there being no any other business it was closed at 07:30 hours.

“As investigations officer those changes affected facts that were before Honourable Simusamba. If somebody goes to PACRA

Govt urged to clear air over medicine ‘scandal’

By SILUMESI MALUMO GOVERNMENT must clear the air concerning the alleged medicine procurement scandal, the Zambia Republican Party has said.

Party president Wright Musoma said the alleged scandal reported in the media could dent the image of Government if it was not cleared.

But when contacted Ministry of Health spokesperson Dr Abel Kabalo said the ministry would soon issue a comprehensive statement on the matter.

It has been alleged that the Ministry of Health had awarded a contract amounting to US$17 million to a ghost

company to supply medicine.

Mr Musoma said Government should come out clearly and urgently on the matter so that people could have confidence in the system.

The opposition leader noted that the reported scandal surrounding the procurement of medicine could even scare aware would-be donors because they would think that funds would be misappropriated.

“This allegation is very worrying because it can dent the image of the Government from both the people of Zambia and the donors.

“Donors are waiting to see whether Government will do something or not. So it is prudent that issues are cleared,” Mr Musoma said.

wanting to find out directors and particulars of shareholders they will find something different.

“For me who had investigated the matter before, we will appear like we presented false facts. When this matter was brought to my attention I got interested and brought these documents to the prosecution team,” Mr Mumbula said.

Yesterday, irate cadres yesterday almost lynched Economic Equity Party (EEP) president Chilufya Tayali who had turned up to attend the forgery case of Kambwili.

Kambwili’s supporters were incensed over a Facebook post attributed to Mr. Tayali in which the latter allegedly said the NDC leader yesterday presented to court his son’s alleged forged birth certificate.

This was after Kambwili opened his defence before High Court Deputy Registrar David Simusamba who sits as Principal Resident Magistrate in the matter.

As Kambwili was giving his defence, one of his lawyers Christopher Mundia informed Mr. Simusamba that Mr. Tayali had uploaded on his Facebook an allegation that the NDC leader had presented the alleged forged birth certificate for his son Mwamba as part of his evidence.

Mr. Mundia and other defence lawyers Keith Mweemba, Gilbert Phiri, and Musa Mwenye, asked the court to deal with Mr. Tayali summarily for alleged contempt in the court’s face.

3 run-away Covid-19 positive residents traced

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA THREE out of the nine people who disappeared after testing Covid-19 positive at Chisokone market in Kitwe have been traced.

However, it has been discovered that the nine were not traders at the market as none of them appeared in the market registers.

The nine were alleged to have disappeared and switched off their mobile phones as the Ministry of Health made efforts to trace them.

Association of Vendors and Marketeers (AVEMA) president Abel Chikwa told the Daily Nation that three out of the nine were successfully traced as the search continued for the other Six. “One was discovered to have gone to Mbala after being contacted while the other two are within Kitwe. I can confirm that these people are not traders but were people that just passed through the market at the time of mass screening,” Mr Chikwa said.

He said that AVEMA working together with the District Health Office, would continue with contact tracing until the six are traced. Mr Chikwa advised all traders in the market to continue adhering to the health guidelines such as social distancing, wearing of masks and maintaining personal hygiene all the time.

PF wants to join petition in deregistration case

By CHINTU MALAMBO

PF Secretary General Davis Mwila

THE Patriotic Front wants to be joined as an interested party to a petition in the Constitution Court, where an advocate wants the Registrar of Societies to deregister all political parties that have not been practicing democratic tenets.

Livingstone Magistrate Benjamin Mwelwa has petitioned the Constitutional Court to deregister political parties that had not held party elections since 2016, as required by the amended constitution.

Mr Mwelwa is seeking a declaration that any political

party which was registered and in existence as of January 5, 2016 and which has not practised democracy through regular, free and fair elections, within its political party, has breached article 60(2)(d) of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act no. 2 of 2016.

He has submitted that such a political party ceased to exist as a political party in Zambia on January 4, 2017.

He cited Attorney General, Likando Kalaluka and the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) as the respondents in the matter.

Earlier, the Constitutional Court joined UPND Secretary General, Steven Katuka, as an interested

party, stating that the party had sufficient interest for joinder.

Mr Katuka had applied to join the case as an interested party, saying the petition targets all political parties in Zambia, of which UPND was the main opposition party.

And now Mr Mwila also applied to join the case as an interested party.

According to the application for joinder, Mr Mwila said that the PF will be affected by any order or declaration that may emanate from the petition.

“The Patriotic Front as a political party has sufficient interest to be joined to these proceedings,” read the document.

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Get your act together

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

ALL Government departments, particularly the economic wings such as the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) and the Ministry of Finance should avoid issuing contradictory statements which will jeopardise the upcoming virtual consultative and information exchange meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), says former Finance Minister, Katele Kalumba It is the inconsistencies in information that creates nervousness within the IMF ranks and undermine the capacity to access the IMF programme, Dr Kalumba said.

Dr Kalumba said Zambia still had a chance to access the US$1.3 billion IMF programme if in- formation exchange between the BoZ and the Ministry of Finance was constituent and not contradictory.

“If virtual consultations go well, that is if all stakeholders speak with one voice and focused on a collective submission to the IMF, which is consistent and not contradictory, the chances are there that we can get back on the programme.

In a separate interview, Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) president, Lubinda Haabazoka, advised that all Government departments, particularly the

economic wings such as BoZ and the Ministry of Finance should engage in a serious meeting to ensure that they speak the same language as they prepare for the upcoming meeting.

Dr Haabazoka said it was imperative that the two major economic wings engage in a serious meeting before the virtual meeting with the IMF. “It also advised that various Government departments also sing the same song so that as the meeting begins, people engaging with the IMF on common grounds because when for the example the BoZ speaks one thing the Ministry of Finance speaks another thing, it brings confusion,” Dr Haabazoka said in an interview..

The IMF, he said, was also the overseer of the international monetary system adding: “so under Covid-19, the importance of this meeting cannot be over emphasised.”

Yesterday, Finance Minister, Bwalya Ng’andu, announced that the IMF would conduct a virtual consultative and information exchange mission for Zambia from 22nd June 2020 to 1st July, 2020.

Dr Ng’andu directed officials in the Ministry to deeply reflect on the forthcoming assignment and prepare a well-structured engagement strategy.

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By SILUMESI MALUMO

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AKAINDE Hichilema is advocating for armageddon by inciting Zambians to rise against a legitimately elected Government, Cheembe Member of Parliament Sebastian Kopulande has

said.

Mr Kopulande said it was a recipe for anarchy to incite people to rise against Government.

He said in an interview that calls for uprising could jeopardise peace and set the country on fire.

Mr Kopulande said rising against government was unnecessary because people could use the right channels to dialogue over.

He said the corruption which was being alleged by the opposition can be reported to relevant authorities.

Mr Kopulande said all along people

use relevant authorities to report such matter, stating that why should the opposition start encouraging people to engage in illegal activities.

He said such activities can even risk the lives of many people in resulting in deaths.

"Those talking about corruption if they really know people who are corrupt why can't they report them so that action be taken.

Why should someone start encouraging someone's child to engage in protests which can endanger their lives.

"The opposition must reasonable enough and ensure that they do something which can better the country than encouraging violence," Mr Kopulande said.

He advised especially youths not to listen to people who want them to risk their lives and engage in issues that can change their wellbeing.

Mr Kopulande

Lungu assures scribes of State support

By NATION REPORTER PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has assured the media fraternity of his government support by providing the profession with free and friendly environment to operate in.

And President Lungu says law breakers trespassing and attacking journalists should be dealt with, without attaching any political tag on them.

He said the police should look at perpetrators of violence on the media as law breakers and political supporters.

President Lungu said this when MISA Zambia team met him at State House yesterday to engage him on the media landscape of the country.

The MISA Zambia team which met him comprised board chairperson Hellen Mwale, her deputy Hyde Haguta, Board Member Martin Akende, National Director Austin Kayanda and programme manager Jane Chirwa.

And Ms Hellen Mwale said the institution requested to meet the Head of State to engage him on factors affecting the media industry.

Ms. Mwale raised concerns over the recent attacks on some radio stations in Muchinga Province.

She also updated the president over the progress made in the process of coming up with self-regulation mechanisms.

She said MISA Zambia was

IMF team heads to Zambia for meetings FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu has announced that the International Monetary Fund will conduct a VIRTUAL consultative and information exchange mission for Zambia from June 22 to July 1, 2020.

Dr Ng’andu has since directed officials in the Ministry of Finance to deeply reflect on the forthcoming assignment and prepare a well-structured engagement strategy.

The minister was speaking at his office in Lusaka during the weekly top-management visioning-andmilestone-setting meeting on economic policy, fiscal affairs, tax policy financial management, and internal controls.

He has asked his management team to closely monitor the cleaning-up of all the required data requirements and ICT facilities in preparation for smooth engagement

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with the IMF. During the staff mission, the IMF team will conduct virtual consultative and information exchange sessions with Government, Bank of Zambia, Zambia Revenue Authority, and other stakeholders.

Dr Ng’andu has appealed to the relevant public sector agencies to adopt mindsets that are positive, symbiotic, and systemic.

He also emphasised the need to identify competent staff for the assignment in order for the country to obtain the best possible conclusive outcome on future cooperation with the IMF. The Minister was speaking at his office in Lusaka during the weekly top-management visioning-andmilestone-setting meeting on economic policy, fiscal affairs, tax policy financial management, and internal

Dr Ng’andu controls.

Dr Ng’andu encouraged his management team to ensure that innovation, professionalism, integrity, and diligence take root in

the work culture of the ministry “especially during this difficult period.”

To emphasise his expectation for improved service delivery, Dr Ng’andu asked for expeditious implementation of the government policy on performance management for all divisions, directorates, and agencies under the ministry.

He called for development of an effective domestic revenue collection monitoring system to optimise revenue mobilisation efforts and help to reduce the financing gap created by the impact of Covid-19 on the economy.

Among the minister’s other points of emphasis was the need for accuracy in the production of debt related data, firmness in the implementation of liability management measures, and a sound domestic arrears dismantling programme. – ZANIS.

also concerned on the delay in the implementation of the Access to Information law, adding that this was the only way citizens will have guarantee of access to information.

And President Lungu assured the scribes that he considered journalists as best government allies and the executive at large.

He described attacks on radio stations in Muchinga Province as unfortunate adding that law breakers should be treated as such and not with a political tag.

Mr Lungu also said it was still government’s desire to give the Zambians access to information law.

He said the security wings

where still re-examining the piece of legislation before being implemented.

"The desire is still alive to enact the access to information law, it is government's desire to this law enacted but needs an input of the security wings," assured the President.

Mr lungu said he was happy with the progress made with self-regulation by journalists.

The meeting was also attended by Information and Broadcasting Minister Dora Siliya, permanent secretary Amos Malupenga, State House press aids for public relations and political affairs Isaac Chipampe and Chris Zimba respectively.

‘Don’t pardon us when we’re too old’

By KETRA KALUNGA WE are ready to be ambassadors of change and should not be pardoned when we are too old to contribute to the economic development, incarcerated lawyer, Keith Mukata has said.

Mr Mukata who is former UPND Chilanga Member of Parliament (MP) appealed to President Edgar Lungu to consider pardoning inmates with major offences too and not only those with minor ones as has always been the case.

The former MP who is serving a death sentence observed that only those with minor offences are pardoned as he commended the government for pardoning over 3 000 inmates country wide.

Mr Mukata made the appeal during the launch of the Mukobeko Agriculture Poultry Project initiated by inmates at the facility at a cost of K1.7 million officiated

by Minister of Religious Affairs and National Guidance, Godfridah Sumaili, on behalf of the Vice president.

And incarcerated Lusaka businessman, Matthew Mohan said the project was aimed at creating relationships within society.

And Ms Sumaili commended the inmates for the project.

Ms Sumaili said the project was not only important to the Correctional Service but would help in supplement government efforts in providing skills training to inmates.

Speaking earlier, commissioner General, Dr Chisela Chileshe said the project by the inmates had given the service command hope that the programmes implemented in the facility were helping them to reform.

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ZDA, ZRA enhance investment compliance checks

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

A VALIDATION exercise to ensure investment compliance and optimisation of revenue collection by all businesses countrywide registered with the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has started.

This will be done by ZDA in partnership with the Ministry of Finance and the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA).

ZDA Board Chairman, Fisho Mwale, said the Agency had intensified monitoring of various enterprises registered under its mandate to ensure compliance, optimisation of revenue collection and protection of citizens in the country.

Mr Mwale said ZDA had therefore initiated a validation exercise countrywide meant to follow-up on all businesses registered with the agency in a multi-faceted approach to ensure compliance essentially for those enterprises receiving incentives from Government.

He said in a statement yesterday that this exercise was being done in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and the

ZRA. “This on-going exercise will also involve a team from the Zambia Revenue Authority in an effort to promote the One- Stop Shop model.

“The team work with the Zambia Revenue authority follows the recently signed Service Level Agreement between the two institutions to enhance smooth collaboration in service delivery,” Mr Mwale said. Mr Mwale said a combined team of experts from ZDA and Ministry of Finance had commenced monitoring of enterprises countrywide.

The team, he said, would be engaging selected companies in all the 10 provinces with the view to ascertain the levels of investments and challenges affecting the investors.

Mr Mwale said this would assist the team to establish a support mechanism required to further push the industrialisation and job creation agenda.

He said the ZDA Board was optimistic that this collaboration would be ongoing and would result in the creation of a ZRA desk at the ZDA to augment.

CHIEF MBOROMA WARNS ILLEGAL MINERS PETER MALASHA

LLEGAL mining will not be tolerated in Luano valley in order to protect the country’s natural resources, senior chief Mboroma of Mkushi and Luano districts has said.

Chief Mboroma warned that those

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who would be found wanting would be apprehended and handed over to police for prosecution.

In an interview, the traditional leader said Government was losing colossal amounts of money in uncollected taxes that could be used to improve the economy.

The area has gold, malachite and quartz.

He said all those who wanted to do mining in the area should follow laid down procedure instead of mining illegally.

Chief Mboroma encouraged youths to form cooperatives and obtain mining licenses and clearance from Zambia Environment Management Agency (ZEMA) so that they could engage in legal mining.

Youth unemployment rises in COMESA

By KALOBWE BWALYA

Ms Kapwepwe

YOUTH unemployment has increased because of coronavirus which is also limiting movements for those involved in business activities, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe has said.

Ms Kapwepwe said it was unfortunate that the pandemic had disrupted economic and trade activities by the youth who also contributed to the growth of national economies.

She said this during a virtual meeting hosted by then African Union Office of the Youth Envoy on Youth Consultations on

COVID -19 yesterday.

Ms Kapwepwe said COMESA would hold virtual workshops for youths and support innovations that could enhance digital solutions in the COVID-19 era.

She has since called on COMESA member states to invest in building strong institutions of governance that would enhance youth participation in development.

And speaking earlier, Former Malawian Vice President, Joyce Banda, urged countries not to neglect other pressing challenges such as maternal health and poverty as they seek to find solutions for COVID-19.

Meanwhile, international

activist, Gracia Machel, said the post COVID-19 Agenda must not be structured without the involvement of the youth.

She expressed concern the pandemic had a triple effect on youths who not only had lost jobs but whose education and training had been disrupted.

Former President for the Republic of Ireland Mary Robinson said countries must align their fight against COVID -19 to climate change.

And African Peer Review Mechanism-APRM-Chief Executive Officer Professor Eddy Maloka urged countries not to limit participation in governance by stakeholders due to the COVID Pandemic.

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4. To confirm, adopt and sign the minutes of the AGM held on 26th April 2019.

5. To receive and adopt the Funds’ Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2019 together with the reports of the Auditors and Trustees.

6. To consider the appointment of Auditors for the financial year ended 31st December 2020.

7. To transact any other business that may properly be transacted at the Annual General Meeting.

However, considering the ongoing public health concerns due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Circular No. 2 of 2020 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the AGM will still be held virtually via the following link: https://eagm.creg.co.zw/EAGM/Login.aspx Please log onto the said link and register with the credentials that shall be forwarded to you via email and phone. For any further details and assistance kindly call +260 950 968 435 or email info@corpservezambia.com.zm. To avoid being inconvenienced, members are advised to register on or before Friday, 3 July 2020 at 10:00hrs.

A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak, and on a poll vote in his/her stead. Proxy Forms are available from the Management Company. Proxies must be lodged at the registered office of the Company within 48 hours before the time fixed for the meeting.

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DEBATE BILL 10, ADVISES RB Y Mr Banda

OUNG and active politicians must debate Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019, former President Rupiah Banda has said.

Mr Banda however said he had retired from active politics and remains neutral on Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019.

He was speaking to the media in Chipata after attending the funeral of former Luangeni Member of Parlaiment, Hellen Jere who died on June 7

at the age of 68 and was buried yesterday.

“I can only call for open debate on Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019 by all young and active politicians,” said Mr Banda.

And nominated Member of Parliament Raphael Nakacinda said Bill 10 answers the demands of Zambians to amend the current constitution so that existing lacunas can be addressed.

Mr Nakacinda said some of the clauses in the current Constitution had a number of lacunas including article 165 that was not favourable to the appointing and installation of traditional rulers.

He noted that key critical stakeholders like traditional leaders had made clear demands on the said article, including Senior Chief Nzamane.

Mr Nakacinda said Senior Chief Nzamane and other traditional leaders want the amendment of Article 165 to bestow the authority that was taken from paramount chiefs and senior chiefs to appoint chiefs and sub-chiefs. - ZANIS

Form gold cooperatives, youths told

By AARON CHIYANZO YOUTHS should form cooperatives and take advantage of Government’s Gold mining empowerment programme, a Patriotic Front official Lemmy Bwalya has said.

Mr Bwalya also called on youths to take advantage of the US$29 million Aquaculture Seed Fund under the Zambia Aquaculture Enterprise Development Project (ZAEDP) and venture into fish farming.

He said in an interview that Government should appreciate the fact that, youths were ripe for leadership, the call

that had been championed by President Edgar Lungu since he took office.

Mr Bwalya said it was good that youths had realised their potential rather than being used as tools for political violence.

“I wish to remind my friends, the artists that, it's neither their fight no any individual personal fight, but it has been our fight generally as a nation. Many are times our ancestors has had condemned the use of youthful energy in unproductive things, such as violence among other things,” he said.

Mr Bwalya said Government had not neglected the

youth in the distribution of a national cake but that they were just not well informed of the empowerment programmes that had been set up for them.

He said the PF government had always been there for all citizens without exception including artists for sustainable and capacity building.

Mr Bwalya said Government was keen to promote the plight of youths through various opportunities as attested by the call for Zambians to create cooperatives to mine gold.

“Government has deliberately put up ventures to benefit the youths, but they don't

appreciate such, due to lack of information.

“Government through livestock and fisheries, citizens economic empowerment, youth empowerments under sports ministry community empowerments through social cash transfer, women empowerments etc, has set aside opportunities for my fellow youths but, many have not come across to access these funds,” he said.

Mr Bwalya also urged Government to improve on the dissemination of information regarding funds put aside for empowerment purposes.

‘Don’t protest, let’s dialogue’

By MICHAEL MIYOBA and FLAVIOR CHISHALA

GOVERNMENT has invited youths to a meeting over the many challenges affecting the the country.

Minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development Emmanuel Mulenga who accused the youth of not engaging him, said the meeting is set for today at Government complex will be used to identify the issues many youths are complaining about.

Mr. Mulenga said there is need to have a system through which young people can air their grievances as opposed to protesting.

Mr. Mulenga said it is unfair for youths to assume that they are not being considered when they haven’t reached out to him as Minister of youths to present their challenges.

Mr. Mulenga said at no time had he denied youths an opportunity to be heard noting that Government was always ready to hear youths concerning the challenges they are facing.

He said President Lungu was ready to hear the challenges affecting youths as he indicated when he officiated at the youth Indaba held three months ago at Mulungushi International Conference Centre.

He has cautioned youths not to be used by selfish politicians who have failed to win elections through the ballot.

Mr. Mulenga said it is pointless for youths to engage in protests after being given the chance to be heard.

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By SIMON MUNTEMBA POLICE officers are not allowed to violate fundamental human rights of the people when policing the public in the context of Covid-19, says Inspector General of Police (IG), Kakoma Kanganja.

And Mr Kanganja has directed all provincial commanders to ensure that officers under their charge strictly adhere to preventive health measures during their course of duty.

Mr Kanganja warned that any officer who would be found abrogating the health preventive measures would be reprimanded accordingly.

He said this when he graced the launch of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the Zambia police in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at Lilayi Police Training college in Lusaka yesterday.

“I wish to advise all officers that policing the public in the context of COVID-19 does not give excess powers for any officer to take away fundamental human rights of members of the public,” Mr Kanganja said.

He said all officers shold uphold human rights and respect gender in the course of their duties.

Mr Kanganja urged all police officers to execute their duties diligently and profes-

sionally under the prevailing Covid-19 environment.

He thanked Government for having devised strategies and interventions aimed at preventing the escalation of the spread of the pandemic.

The police service, he said, was moving in tandem with Government’s guidelines.

Mr Kanganja thanked cooperating partners such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and GIZ for supporting the initiative.

Meanwhile, United Nations resident coordinator, Coumba Mar Gadio said now was time for solidarity as the World was responding to COVID-19.

Dr Gadio said the intervention came as part of the collective UN response to Covid-19 in Zambia where all UN agencies had come together.

Dr Gadio said Covid-19 was real and noted with concern the laxity that some community members had adopted towards the pandemic.

She said it was absolutely critical to the world’s efforts to win the war against Covid-19.

And UNPD resident representative, Lionel Laurens, assured Zambia that the UNDP was ready to support important interventions that would contribute to Zambia’s governance environment.

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we have selfish politicians who like using youths who don’t even use their children.

If they protest, so what?

What are they going to gain when they protest? Its better they bring their issues to me so that I can take their issues to cabinet.

“What’s the points for protesting when you have been given a platform to be heard? Once they present their issues, as a ministry we will compile and take to cabinet,” Mr Mulenga said.

“President Lungu is ready to hear the youths. I should remind the youths that its only two months ago when the president graced their Indaba at Mulungushi that was in March which shows that the president is ready to give them a platform, he is ready to hear them he is ready to attend to their cries,” Mr. Mulenga said.

And Mr. Mulenga has refuted claims that only Patriotic Front youths are benefiting from the empowerments from government.

He said government had been empowering youths across the country because it represents all Zambians regardless of tribe and political affiliation.

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PEOPLE’S Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) has praised the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) for cooperation and comradeship between the two political parties.

A message from the ruling MPLA leadership, addressed to the PF was delivered at the PF headquarters in Lusaka, on Wednesday, by the Angolan Ambassador to Zambia, Azevedo Xavier Francisco.

The letter signed by the MPLA General Secretary, Paulo Pombolo, was a response to a previous communication to the ruling party in Angola, in which the PF expressed its intention to strengthen bonds between the two political parties.

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PF Secretary General, Davies Mwila stated during the courtesy call, that the warm ties between the two countries must manifest even at the level of the governing political parties.

Mr Mwila said this was the basis on which the two political parties established greater cooperation as the case was with South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) and the Patriotic Front.

He said Zambia's ruling party was developing a similar action with political parties in power within SADC in order to strengthen the comradeship and diplomatic exchanges.

And August 2020 has been proposed for the holding of a summit between MPLA and PF with the aim of establishing base for political party cooperation.

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By BUUMBA CHIMBULU BUSINESSES can use insurance to ensure sustainability in difficult times as it mitigates risk management, says Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) Head of Policy and Analysis, Namakau Ntini.

Ms Ntini said insurance was not just about risk management but also a way for businesses to ensure sustainability in difficult times.

She stressed that it was therefore important to find a policy that not only protected the businesses against biggest risks but also assisted to save money.

“The key is to understand what you are buying and how the policy is meeting your needs to avoid buying policies that do nothing for you,” Ms Ntini said recently during a recent Stanbic Anakazi Online Conversations webinar.

She emphasised that there was no such thing as “one size fits all” when it came to insurance cover because

By FRANCIS ZIBA The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause market volatility and economic distress that may last for years if not decades to come.

The warning signs are now stacking up the wall with increasing credit risk in the wake of the current pandemic.

Many organisations fear about their capital positions, their earnings and loan portfolios, while some have already resorted to trimming their workforce or subjecting them to flexible contracts in order to savage their falling top lines with rising employee benefits.

In the financial services sector, the reality can’t be more real with Bank of Zambia and insurance regulator, the Pensions and Insurance Authority now more concerned about the strategic issues that have influenced financial institutions towards a more forward-looking approach to risk assessment. Some reputable non-bank financial institutions face major capital issues as a result, with some publicly calling for Government bailout from the central bank.

While there remains no broad mandate for smaller non-bank financial institutions, its incumbent upon regulators to encourage and provide guidance on using stress testing to identify and quantify

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each business needed to engage their insurer and find a policy that covered their specific risks.

Ms Ntini warned that the absence of cover left business growth especially vulnerable to external shocks in that the loss of a critical asset may cause an interruption to cashflow.

This, she explained, subverted any gains the enterprise may have made towards achieving its goals.

“Worse off, such losses have the potential to turn a business’ trajectory from expansion-driven to a fight for survival.

“Stable Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) typically have a set of goals that they work towards over the course of time. As they grow, so do the magnitude of these targets which in turn require more resources to maintain the expansion,” Ms Ntini said.

Ms Nyirenda Stanbic Insurance Brokers Zambia Chief Executive Officer, Chilufya Nyirenda, observed that the local SME sector had taken a massive hit from reduced trade, with countless businesses facing the prospect of going under as their

cash reserves dwindle.

Ms Nyirenda explained that part of the reason for such strain on the local SME sector was that most small business owners viewed insurance as a luxury reserved for the elite and big corporates.

She said some of the business owners did not know how to put in place measures to mitigate the impact of unforeseen risks.

“However, hedging against risks is a responsibility we must all take.

A lot of problems some SMEs are facing due to the partial lockdown would have been avoided or mitigated with insurance.

“It is time entrepreneurs started viewing protection against unforeseen risks as a critical part of running a business because it helps protect their investment – and by extension their dreams and aspirations,” Ms Nyirenda said.

THERE is need to strengthen internet connectivity and WiFi platforms to make them more robust following an increase of innovations used in some sectors of the economy.

Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) Chairperson, Herman Kasekende, observed that the country had, during the Covid-19 period, seen an increase in innovation and growth in some sectors of the economy.

Mr Kasekende, who is also Standard Chartered Bank Zambia Chief Executive Officer, said the use of digital and online banking had risen exponentially.

This, he said, naturally suggested that there was more to be done to strengthen the internet connectivity and Wi-Fi platforms to make them more accessible and robust.

He was speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation.

“Take banking for example, social distancing – a vital Covid-19 preventative measure – has literally forced all of us to make greater use of technology and innovation through online and digital banking platforms.

“With these innovations, one can literally bank anywhere, anytime without the need to physically visit a bank branch, which in turn minimises the risk of spreading Covid-19,” Mr Kasekende said.

Mr Kasekende said the banking industry had made rapid adjustments to how to operate and continue offering services to its customers during the pandemic. As an essential service, he explained, these adjustments had ensured that the industry continued to operate and offer the full banking services to support its clients across all segments.

Mr Kasekende further observed that there had seen the rise of on-line shopping and home delivery services, which had positively impacted companies in these sectors.

“The Impact of Covid-19 on all of us the world over has been severe. It has impacted our economies and we have had to shift our resources, human efforts and strategies.

Stress testing the financial services sector in the Coronavirus era risk in their loan portfolios as part of efforts to establish effective strategic and capital planning processes.

Stress testing is a risk management technique used to review and evaluate the potential effects of the external environment on an institution’s financial condition of a specific event or movement in a set of financial variables. Commonly seen as a technique that informs best practice, stress testing helps identify latent losses and exposures to previously unidentified risks such as the current pandemic of Covid-19.

Risk managers need to start if not already running Covid-19 stress testing on their loan portfolios and insurance programmes to assess their capital adequacies and how insurance coverage may be triggered for losses caused by the pandemic. Key lines that may have been triggered by the impact of the virus in the financial services sector include general liability, capital adequacy, business

Stress testing is a risk management technique used to review and evaluate the potential effects of the external environment on an institution’s financial condition of a specific event or movement in a set of financial variables. interruption, employee benefits and business travel. In the insurance sector, policies will need to be carefully checked because pandemics are usually excluded, particularly from business interruption policies.

Dialogue should be triggered with key carriers as the situation remains fluid, so that a collaborative engagement can help in securing their financial support when needed.

With the economy in distress along rising insolvencies and supply chain disruptions, sound risk management practices are needed to understand and mitigate the key vulnerabilities

of all sorts of companies with trade credit insurance from retailers, hospitality firms to financial institutions.

Stress testing is one of these management risk best practices that can proactively help organisations respond to a crisis by testing for resilience to shocks under various circumstances.

While the concept is not new on the Zambian market, for years we have seen underwriters incorporate a potential change in interest rates into the cashflow analysis of individual borrowers having a variable interest rate or

short-term maturities. Other “what-if” scenarios we see tested on transactional basis are changes in the value of collateral, decreased profitability and tightening liquidity.

Stress testing of interest rates on both loan and deposit products and matching of maturities has been applied more broadly to assist with asset and liability management.

This type of testing when incorporated into strategic and capital planning has demonstrated positive results in minimizing the negative effects of market development. Stress tests are used to establish and support reasonable risk appetites, set limits and adjusts strategies to ensure the ability to maintain adequate liquidity and capital levels.

With Government beginning to ease some of the restrictions placed on certain sectors of the economy, the crisis is now a poignant reminder to the business community to make stress testing as part of their holistic approach of

managing in times of a crisis.

Furthermore, stress testing should not just be seen as a domain of large businesses, SMEs need to start undertaking this practice for them to build business resilience – the ability to adapt to changes in varying circumstances.

The Institute of Risk Management Zambia (IRMZA) moved quickly from the onset of the pandemic to help support its members and the public at large in providing the much needed and useful up-to-date information. We have continued to help our members dig into the details of the pandemic when needed.

The Institute is currently looking at tentative plans of launching webinars and other digital platforms that will present experts who will share best practices and challenges of conducting stress testing. At IRMZA, our immediate focus in the Covid-19 era has always been and should always be the safety and wellbeing of our employees and members. It’s important to remember your statutory obligations during these times.

For comments and feedback contact: fziba@irmza.org

RBZ restores 30-day forex liquidation period

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…Fake goods cost Kenya ‘US$40m’ yearly, says KAM

Some counterfeit goods and exports diverted to the local market confiscated by KRA. all stakeholders in the business industry are passed by parliament. “We can contain the entry of counterfeit goods and substandard goods into the country if we implement the right

Cigarette ban is both legal and supported by science, state argues in court JOHANNESBURG - The government has maintained in court that Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, acted legally and rationally in banning the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products under the nationwide lockdown, saying the Disaster Management Act affords the minister broad powers to safeguard the health of SA citizens.

The case, brought by the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association, was argued before three judges in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday morning.

FITA, whose members include cigarette makers Carnilinx and Gold Leaf Tobacco, is challenging the cigarette ban for a number of

laws and encourage relevant departments to act,” said Smith.

He spoke in Kisumu on Tuesday during the KAM Nyanza chapter annual general meeting.

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reasons, saying the minister overstepped her authority in declaring the ban, and that it in any case been unsuccessful in significantly reducing the sales of cigarettes or in getting smokers to quit. The tobacco’s group lawyer, Advocate Arnold Subel SC, put it to the court that current medical evidence does not support the state’s assertion that smoking likely leads to more severe cases of Covid-19, saying peer reviewed medical studies on this were still lacking.

Instead of decreasing smoking, he said the ban – which he at one stage described as a “sledgehammer to beat people into submission” – would only increase mistrust between citizens and the state.

The state, represented by Marumo Moerane SC, told the court that the cigarette ban was both legal and rational, and denied that Minister Dlamini-Zuma had acted against the wishes of President Cyril Ramaphosa or the National Coronavirus Command Council.

Moerane said that emerging medical evidence supported the state’s case that smoking leads to more severe cases of Covid-19.– FIN24.

SA business confidence drops to lowest in 45 JOHANNESBURG - In the second quarter of this year, business confidence in South Africa fell to its lowest level ever recorded on the RMB/ BER Business Confidence Index, which started in 1975.

The previous lows were registered during the third quarter of 1985 and the fourth quarter of 1977 due to political developments in South Africa.

About 1, 800 executives surveyed across the building, manufacturing and the domestic trade sectors - including retail, wholesale and the motor trade - are very pessimistic about business conditions ahead as

the South African continues to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The SA economy was still in lockdown 4 during most of this period (April and May), with many businesses prohibited from operating or only able to operate on a limited scale due to only “essential” goods and services being allowed. On June 1, the country moved to the less restrictive lockdown level 3.

Business confidence declined in all five sectors covered by the index, namely retail, new motor sales, building activity, manufacturing and wholesale.

Of all the sectors, retail trade is the only sector where confidence did not fall below 10, mainly due to sales of essential goods, such as food and pharmaceuticals, and later winter clothing being allowed.

Simultaneously, most semidurable (clothing) and durable goods (furniture and electronics) retailers are doubtful that sales volumes will benefit from pentup demand being unleashed any time soon.

In contrast, sales of durables, such as furniture, appliances and electronics, came to a standstill.

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NAIROBI - Counterfeits and substandard goods could be costing Kenya over US$40 million loss in revenue per year, the Kenya Association of Manufacturers has said.

Association chairman Steven Smith said that such products have also exposed the local business people to unfair competition, adding that some were a health risk to citizens.

“Apart from unfair business competition, these counterfeits and substandard goods also affect the tax base of the country,” said Smith who is also the Eveready East Africa chief executive officer.

He said that his association will push for the enactment of the Counterfeit Bill 2008 to protect local consumers and business community.

“Enactment of the Bill will help us improve our capacity in business and protect the industry even in days to come,” said Smith.

He said that KAM is working closely with the private sector to find ways of facilitating dialogue with legislatures to try and ensure that appropriate Bills that enjoy support from

HARARE - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will restore the statutory 30-day foreign currency liquidation period from July, a move that is expected to help boost the operations of the interbank market.

This comes as the central bank has also indicated that the interbank market - which is currently pegged at 1:25 to the United States dollar - will again be left to operate according to market dynamics.

The 30-day foreign currency period was introduced by the central bank in February last year, through the Monetary Policy, after which the funds are offloaded or sold to importers on the interbank market at the prevailing exchange rate with sellers getting their dues in local currency.

However, the retention threshold had been suspended due to the emergence of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

In a statement on Tuesday, central bank governor Dr John Mangudya, said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had decided to reinstate the 30-day foreign currency liquidation requirement.

“The committee also resolved to reinstate, with effect from July 1, 2020, the 30-day limit of liquidating surplus foreign exchange receipts from exports to ensure that more foreign exchange was released onto the market,” said Dr Mangudya.

When the 30-day foreign currency liquidation period was introduced, the RBZ said it would allow exporters to keep part of their export proceeds before compulsory conversion to local currency for periods longer than the prescribed 30 days in exceptional circumstances where such need arises to avoid choking companies’ operations.

Manufactures could retain 80 percent of their export proceeds; gold producers (55 percent); other minerals (50 percent); tobacco and cotton merchants, for input schemes (80 percent); tobacco growers; 50 percent, cotton growers; 30 percent while horticulture, transport, and tourism would retain (80 percent).

The balance, which could not be retained at all, would be immediately converted to RTGS dollars at the prevailing exchange rate upon receipt to improve liquidity. Industry at the time, however, said it would be more ideal to have a window of 90 days to 180 days. The RBZ also moved to reduce the statutory reserve ratio from 4.5 percent to 2.5 percent to assist economic recovery.

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(Dr Lubinda Haabazoka) Copper prices have risen sharply to their highest after the Covid pandemic.

We hope they pass the US$6, 000 mark for us to see positive effect on the exchange rate.

Oil is also bullish trading at US$4 per barrel. Cobalt however is still low at $29 ,000 per tonne.

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UPND LOSING GRIP IN WESTERN PROVINCE

Comments: Mr-Ntazana Kanchule: Good signs of recovery, my worry is our production levels. We keep hoping for the best.

Lubinda Haabazoka: Mr-Ntazana Kanchule hence the need to Zambianise.

Mr-Ntazana Kanchule: Lubinda Haabazoka way to go, that should never be debatable anymore Doc.

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Mr-Ntazana Kanchule: Einstein Johnson, I hear you. Zambia being a smaller economy, we will need to take advantage of every little ray of light to our advantage and make a kill. I know this recession will take a while but in between the trough and the crest there is going to be those flashes which if taken advantage of could keep us going. For instance, these current copper prices, I’m not sure how long they will maintain this. We produce and supply more, then for a few months ahead at least we would have a stable exchange rate, a few opportunities can distress our economy I think depending on how we react and position ourselves.

Fredrick Chewe: Lubinda Haabazoka, That is the way to go Doc .

Randall Mokola: It breaks no bone to me and my farmer uncle in Mpongwe because pump fuel is still selling high and the cost of doing business still high... If only we ran the mines ourselves and sold the minerals ourselves perhaps we might feel the difference.

Phillip C Nsiku: I love the positive news you post Doc. Keep it up....we need to be positive as a country.

Lameck Chalo Chibwana: I am just shocked that nickel is trading at that price meanwhile we have Munali Nickel, which claims to have been making losses.

Stephen Kasonde: As we complain about foreign investors let us also reflect on the performance of our government-owned institutions such as Zamtel. How are they doing in terms of profitability?

Moses Chansa: Even if those prices go up or come down....what hwas been the benefit over the last 40 years Plus? We need to mine that product ourselves.....Look at how wealthy mine owners are....they talk billions....Yet they are in our country Lish Charles Glass: As long as London determines the pricing and all we are busted for life...The African Union should wake up and have its own minerals exchange... when will the world ever bow down to our terms...

Javan Phiri: This is a positive trajectory but again I’m afraid we may not benefi if KCM issues are not resolved in due time.

Enock Silungwe: Copper not that bad heading towards US$6, 000 Overt Actions: Unfortunately, our economy may remain the same because we don’t own the mines.

Clarence Mumbi: Good news for copper mining hope Mopani will stop flexing the muscle.

Joseph Makinka Chibbabbuka: The bazungus will never give us a good price in London so we need to sell it ourselves.

The ugly face of child abuse Dear Editor,

CHILD abuse can be defined as unfair, cruel or harmful treatment of a child at any given time.

In a nutshell, child abuse is criminalised in Zambia meaning that it is an illegal act of law.

Child abuse falls into the following categories: emotional, neglect, physical and sexual among others. Emotional abuse is one that is attributed to the perpetrator making nasty comments or abusive language to the child.

Neglect is a form of child abuse which arises as a result of not providing the basic needs of life such as clothes, food and shelter.

This can also be termed as lack of parental care.

Physical abuse implies physically beating the child for no apparent reasons or on flimsy grounds. Inflicting any physical harm on the child also amounts to physical abuse. Even though there is a valid reason, physical abuse should not be used as a way of disciplining the child.

Sexual abuse entails having carnal knowledge with the child under the age of 16 years. This form of abuse takes various forms as defilement, sodomy to mention but a few. Cases of child abuse have taken a toll and are common to both boys and girls.

An old woman may entice a little boy to have sex with her for instance. Other than that, fondling the breasts or private parts of the child is tantamount to sexual abuse too.

A lot of cases involving child sexual abuse go unreported or escape the dragnet. This happens for the sole reason of fearing embarrassment in the family from

the community members.

This is absolutely so in that the perpetrators of these offences could be the relatives of the victims. The family members may include among others; the following: aunties, brothers, fathers, grandfathers, grandmothers, mothers, sisters and uncles, The perpetrators of child abuse does not exclude non relatives.

Non family members have been involved in rampant cases of child abuse. However, the safety of children is uncertain because the perpetrators of the crime of child abuse have no empathy.

From the psychological aspect, the mind of the abused child is damaged either intellectually or otherwise. Worse still, the child is affected psycho-spiritually.

There is a growing mirth among some men that having carnal knowledge (sex) with a virgin or small girl, one would be cured of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including HIV and AIDS. The war against child abuse cannot be won single handedly. It requires concerted efforts in that

individuals and the civil society organisations should come on board to fight the vice.

The civil society organisations should scale up their programmes in fighting child abuse which has become rampant.

On the other hand, there is also need for political will. Politicians should formulate policies aimed at stiffening punishment against perpetrators of child abuse.

Zambia is a signatory to the United Nations Charter of the rights of the children. As such, there is need to ensure that children are protected from any form of abuse so that they can grow up well and become responsible citizens.

It is high time people broke the walls of silence of child abuse by reporting all forms of abuse inflicted on children to the appropriate agencies such as the Victim Support Unit (VSU) at police stations for punitive measures to be meted out.

Abash child abuse.

ELEMIYA PHIRI, Lusaka.

WE wish to congratulate the ruling Patriotic Front for making strides and emerge victorious in the just ended by-elections. This indeed is a collective fight which had the involvement of all party functionaries and supporters.

Like we have already intimated, the UPND is at the verge of losing Western Province owing to the fact that it is a politically neutral province. Every political party, PF inclusive has a very fair chance because the province is apparently the group of “undecided” voters who are yet to decide the political direction to take come 2021.

We also note that the just ended by-elections were held in areas which were previously held by the UPND. It is therefore a great feat for the PF that it managed to wrestle all the seats.

This vindicates our previous public comments which are informed by the apparent shadow boxing by outgoing UPND president Hakainde Sammy Hichilema and Mazabuka UPND Member of Parliament Garry Nkombo, who is the apparent heir to the UPND presidency.

The UPND should take responsibility of the defeat which is attributed to factors such as failure to hold transparent and democratic intra party elections.

The complacency and recklessness of the opposition cost them elections. We have given them free advice that social media is insignificant to the grassroots’s choice of the political party.

Indeed “Bally” was not destined to rule.

On the side of PF, this is self evident to attest the fact that the people of Western Province have appreciated the socioeconomic programmess which have been implemented by the government under President Edgar Lungu.

The PF should now carry on with the socioeconomic programmes and continue with vigour and determination to make the party the national team of mass movement.

The PF should therefore take this victory as a stepping stone to consolidate its victory in 2021.

We too have taken the lead to use our available medium to preach the message of PF under President Lungu.

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI, Youth Rights Activist, Lusaka.

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UCZ repairs hospital theatre

By SANFROSSA MANYINDA THE United Church of Zambia, Copperbelt Presbytery, has handed over the main operation theatre at Kitwe Teaching Hospital (KTH) after renovating it at a total cost of K 112, 000.

The church fixed the double wall protectors, doors, window frames, painted walls and repaired equipment in all the three theatre rooms.

Copperbelt Presbytery Bishop Chipasha Musaba said shortly after handing over that the church was committed to supplementing Government effort in making the lives of the people better in many sectors across the country.

Bishop Musaba said that the church noted the urgent need for the theatre to be repaired as it was one a critical component of the hospital. “I also want to mention that through our Women Christian Fellowship (WCF) ministry, we have provided linen in two wards of the hospital at a total cost of K 45, 000 bringing the total contribution of the Church to K 157, 000,” he said.

And Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe, commended, the church for its continued support towards Government especially in the Health and Education sectors across the country. Mr Nundwe said that Government alone would not manage to do everything and that having the church getting on board was a blessing not only to the communities but to the country at large.

Meanwhile, KTH Senior Medical Superintendent, Abidan Chansa, said that the renovation of the facility meant a lot for the hospital.

CB STREET KIDS FLEEING ORPHANAGES FOR ‘JENKEM’

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STREET kids who were removed from the streets are fleeing from orphanages because they want ‘freedom’ to get back on jenkem, a highly intoxicating inhalant from fermented faecal matter.

The street kids were also not allowed to have sexual relations in orphanages, which they did freely in the night on streets and shop corridors.

Minister of Sport Youth and Child Development, Emmanuel Mulenga, said that street kids who had been taken to orphanages on the Copperbelt and other districts were fleeing

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the facilities in search for drugs and other bad vices.

In an interview, the minister said he had received a report that the children were leaving the orphanages to look for drugs such as Jenkem, which they were addicted to.

He also said the case was the same in Lusaka where the the children were leaving the orphanage because they were not allowed to have sexual relations.

Mr Mulenga noted that children who were in the streets for genuine reasons had not fled the orphanages, but only the Kids with other motives who were leaving the

Kitwe PF placed on alert

By ROGERS KALERO

THE Patriotic Front (PF) in Kitwe has urged structures at various levels to be alert and dispel lies and propaganda being spread by the opposition members and their allies especially on social media.

PF Kitwe district secretary, Lungo Kawaya, said the party structures should be alert because the opposition and its agents had reached a dangerous level of desperation, inciting people to rise against Government.

Ms Kawaya was reacting to social media reports suggesting that Government had bought 1 000 bicycles for the police at US700, 000, when in actual fact the bicycles were a donation from the Government of Japan.

He said it was clear that opposition members were increasingly getting desperate for power and could use anything to get into Government including inciting citizens and sponsoring illegal

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premises.

Mr Mulenga stated that he had already written to the Ministry of Home Affairs in order to remove the children from the streets as they were not only a danger to the citizens but also to themselves.

“We need to protect the citizenry as these children have the potential of becoming hard-core criminals,” the Minister stated.

In April this year, over 50 street kids were removed from the streets by the Ministry of Sport, Youth and Child Development working in collaboration with the local authorities.

protests.

“They are shamelessly telling lies and spreading propaganda with intent to incite the people against the government. You don’t form government by going to the streets, but you form government through the ballot,’’ Mr Kawaya said Mr Kawaya said opposition leaders were very much aware of the consequences of engaging in illegal He said the behaviour of some opposition leaders was a clear indication that they did not love the youths, but merely wanted to use them to fight political battles for them.

Mr Kawaya said those who want to form government should not incite youths to engage in illegal protests, but should seek dialogue on various issues and campaign on real issues instead of engaging in personal attacks, malice and propaganda He said there was no need to engage in protests when Government ha always embraced dialogue on various issues affecting the country.

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58-YEAR-old man in Mushindamo has been killed by his three children on suspicion of witchcraft.

The three descended on their father, whom they accused of practising witchcraft as other villagers joined in the lynching.

North-Western Province Commissioner of Police, Elias Chushi, said the incident happened on Wednes-

day around 15:00 hours at Lubafu village in Bwimbile area in Chief Chikola's chiefdom.

He identified the victim as Mr Benny Shimoni.

Mr Chushi explained that Mr Shimoni was accused of practicing witchcraft by his

Plot 7419, Manda Road Light Ind. Area, Lusaka P.O. Box 34054 Tel: 286 097/106/113 Fax: 286 096 E-mail: fra@fra.org.zm

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2017 at 14.00

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children, whose identity he withheld.

He said in the process, the trio were joined by other villagers in lynching the victim who later died.

"The victim sustained broken right ribs and multiple head injuries and was later buried in a shallow grave," he explained.

He said sticks were used in the act which led to the death of Mr Shimoni.

Northwest motorists in online boost

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI

MOTORISTS in North-Western Province will now be using online platform to register their vehicles with the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA).

RTSA in collaboration with Smart Zambia introduced the online registration and licencing of cars in the province.

A team of officers from Smart Zambia, RTSA and Ministry of Finance paid a courtesy call on North-western provincial Permanent Secretary Mr Willies Mangimela.

The team was led by Smart Zambia Assistant Director, Beaton Sibulowa.

Mr. Sibulowa told Mr Mangimela that the online registration and licencing would lessen long queues people go through to access services.

"The online system will also reduce on corrupt practices and enhance transparency and accountability in the registration and licencing of cars," he said.

Mr Sibulowa said the online system would further help in generating national revenue through various agencies which includes PACRA, ZRA, RTSA and immigration.

RTSA head of ICT Brian Sikute said the system would give the people time to work from anywhere at their convenience.

Meanwhile, Mr Mangimela has commended the two institutions for working in collaboration in introducing the online registration system that would grow the national economy through enhanced revenue collection.

Mr Mangimela said the region had seen an influx of vehicles due to economic boom which was as a result of increased mining activities taking place.

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By ANDREW MUKOMA SELF Help Africa (SHA) has donated an assortment of items in Monze as part of its contribution to the fight against coronavirus that has so far claimed 10 lives in the country.

The donated items included 1, 200 face masks, 63 hand washing buckets, and 50 cases of washing soap and hand sanitisers.

The items would be distributed to schools and

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local communities including Government offices in Monze, Namwala, and Mazabuka.

SHA was implementing the Protecting, Restoring the Environment, and supporting the Emergence of a Resilient and Vibrant Economy in the Kafue sub-basin (PRESERVE project) in the three districts.

PRESERVE Kafue Project Manager, Aggie Chama, said

that the organisation had been compelled to support Government to fight the spread of the pandemic in the three districts. Ms Chama noted that the organisation would continue to fight against the Convid-19 adding that most donations would go to schools and local communities to scale up the preventive measures.

She said that most of its

climate change adaptation programmes in the three districts had stalled due to the pandemic.

The PRESERVE project implemented by SHA is funded by the Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) running from March 2019 to March 2022.

Its main focus is to help build climate resilience, enhance food security, improve income and nutrition of 3, 000 households

in the three districts. This is being done through promoting community based weather and environmental data capturing system, to foster climate information services to the communities.

And receiving the items on behalf of the beneficiaries, Monze District Commissioner, Cyprian Hamanyanga, praised SHA for complementing

Government efforts in the fights against the pandemic.

Mr Hamanyanga said such support was highly commendable at a time when the cases of the pandemic were on the up surge.

The District Commissioner called on other organisations to emulate SHA and join hands with government to fight the pandemic.

Plot 7419, Manda Road Light Ind. Area, Lusaka P.O. Box 34054 Tel: 286 097/106/113 Fax: 286 096 E-mail: fra@fra.org.zm FILE PHOTO : The district is food secure due to the successful implementation of the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) which resulted in a bumper harvest.

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ENDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF DOUBLE MPROVED VIP LATRINES & WATER BORNE TOILETS AT ARIOUS FOOD RESERVE AGENCY DEPOTS (ReTENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF TWELVE MILLION vertised)

(12,000,000) EMPTY GRAIN BAGS FOR MAIZE - FRA/ORD/03/20

gency (FRA) has budgeted for the construction of nineteen The Food Reserve Agency wishes to purchase empty grain bags for packaging of maize during the 2020 crop marketing programme. oved Pit (VIP) Latrines and two (2) water borne toilets at Agency now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders as follows: d at The improving health and sanitation at the depots.

Lot

Description divided in the following lots: No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total

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Description

Quantity

Delivery Period

2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 12,000,000

12 weeks 12 weeks 12 weeks 12 weeks 12 weeks 12 weeks

Date & Time of Site Visit

VIP Pit Latrine 15th August Note: Award of contract will be restricted to only one lot per bidder. hours

2017 at 10.00

Interested bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the Procurement & Supplies Unit offices, The telephone numbers are 260-211-

th August Kasama VIPPlotPit Latrine at Lusaka, 10.00 Food Reserve Agency, 7419, Manda Road, 16 Industrial Area, P.O.2017 Box 34054, Zambia.

286097/286106. hours

A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by eligible bidders from the Food Reserve Agency upon payment of a non-re16th August 2017 at 14.00

Kasama VIP Pit Latrine fundable fee of K750.00

hours

The bids should be appropriately bound, sealed and bold labeled “Tender for the supply and delivery of 12,000,000 empty grain bags for maize” and addressed to the Procurement Coordinator, Food Reserve Agency, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Mungwi VIP Pit Latrine 15th August 2017 at 14.00 Lusaka.

hours

The bids must be deposited in the Tender Box at the reception area, Plot 7419, Manda Road, Industrial Area, Lusaka, on or before

Friday 26th June VIP 2020 Pit at 10:00 hours and must accompanied by a bidat security of not less than 2% of the bid price and proof of Chilubi Latrine 17thbeAugust 2017 12.00 purchase of the bidding documents. hours

The closing date for the receipt of bids is Friday 26th June 2020 at 10:00 hours and any bid received after the time and date Serenje VIP Pitaccepted.

Latrine August 2017 atBoard 14.00 stipulated above will not be The bids 16 will th be opened thereafter in the Room, in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend. hours Procurement Coordinator

Serenje For and on behalf VIP of the Pit Latrine

15th August 2017 at 14.00 hours

Serenje

16th August 2017 at 10.00

Executive Director FOOD RESERVE AGENCY

VIP Pit Latrine

Timely inputs delivery a plus - PF

By ANDREW MUKOMA GOVERNMENT’S timely delivery of agriculture inputs to more than 28, 000 farmers in Monze has resulted in the bumper harvest, the Patriotic Front (PF) in the district has observed.

And the party has advised the opposition Members of Parliament to desist from denouncing government and campaigning during funerals.

PF Bweengwa Constituency chairman Mainza Kabwata noted that the district was food secure due to the successful implementation of the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) which resulted in a bumper harvest.

Mr Kabwata said timely delivery of farming inputs during the 2019/2020 farming season was testimony of Government’s unwavering commitment to support the agriculture sector.

He said this during an interview with the Daily Nation in Monze yesterday.

“I can tell you that small scale farmers are grateful to Government for timely and successful implementation of the FISP which has resulted in a bumper harvest and ultimately household food security in the entire district,” Mr Kabwata said.

He said most farmers were happy with the maize floor price of K110, adding that production costs were covered by Government through the FISP. And Mr Kabwata has taken a strong swipe at opposition lawmakers who were in the habit of campaigning and denting Government’s image during funerals.

He pointed out that it was disheartening to hear some opposition lawmakers in Monze talking ill of the PF Government.

The PF Bweengwa Chief explained that Government had delivered on most of its promise including massive infrastructure development, relief food distribution aimed at improving people’s lives.

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INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTERESTOF(EoI) ION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EoI) - APPOINTMENT SUGAR SALES AGENTS RESELLERS FOR KASAMA TOWN APPOINTMENT OF SUGAR SALES AGENTS OR SUGAR RESELLERS FOR KASAMA TOWN EoI No: 20061111785ZS

1.0 BACKGROUND

tender but merely a prequalifying process for the purpose of a forthcoming tender process.

3.2 Zambia Sugar will review and adjudicate the EoI submissions and the selected companies will be invited to tender.

20061111785ZS

1.1 Zambia Sugar Plc (ZS) is a fully integrated sugar company that cultivates sugar cane, processes it into sugar and by-products.

Zambia Sugar Plc. operates from Nakambala Estates which is about 135km south of Lusaka.

2.0 DESCRIPTION

BACKGROUND

1.1

2.1 ZS invites EoI from qualified and eligible companies to be appointment as a Sugar Sales Agents or Sugar Resellers for Kasama town.

2.2

3.2

4.1.2 Certificate of Incorporation, Valid Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Tax Clearance Certificate, Valid Trading License, Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) VAT certificate.

7.2 All submissions must be deposited in the tender box or received electronically by no later than Friday 19th June, 2020 at 15:00hrs, local time. Late submissions shall Not be accepted.

Note: Zambia Sugar will provide a warehouse in Kasama.

8.0 CONTACT 8.1 Further information may be obtained from Zambia Sugar through the Procurement office Attention: Procurement and Inventory Manager, P.O Box 670240, Mazabuka; 118A Lubombo Road, Nakambala, Mazabuka. Tel: +260 213 231 110; Email: CKupapaala@zamsugar.zm

6.0 GENERAL 6.1 Kindly Note that the EoI will be evaluated on the basis of all the above criteria.

Zambia Sugar Plc (ZS) is a fully integrated sugar company that cultivates sugar ca processes it into sugar and by-products. Zambia Sugar Plc. operates from Nakamb Estates which is about 135km south of Lusaka.

2.2 A detailed tender document and Scope of works will only be extended to companies that will have prequalified through this EoI. 3.0 OBJECTIVES

3.1 The purpose of this EoI is to invite reputable companies to submit Expressions of Interest to Zambia Sugar to be appointment as a Sugar Sales Agent or Sugar Resellers for Kasama town. This EoI is not a

4.1.3 Details of relevant experience in reselling sugar by the firm in the last two years

5.2 Interested parties must provide the following information as part of pre-qualification

5.2.1 Financial Capacity Ability to invest at least K2.5m in the sugar business. A successful bidder should be willing to provide security of K1 Million

6.2 This EoI and or any Tender/Enquiry resulting from this EoI shall be subject to Zambia Sugar’s Standard Trading Conditions.

7.0 SUBMISSION

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7.1 All submissions must be clearly sealed and marked ‘APPOINTMENT OF SUGAR SALES AGENT OR SUGAR RESELLERS FOR KASAMA TOWN’’, addressed to the Procurement & Inventory Manager and

PROCUREMENT AND INVENTORY MANAGER FOR/ MANAGING DIRECTOR ZAMBIA SUGAR PLC

ZS invites EoI from qualified and eligible companies to be appointment as a Sugar S Agents or Sugar Resellers for Kasama town.

10th June 2020

Electoral Commission of Zambia

PUBLIC NOTICE Electoral Commission of Zambia The dealership services are required for a period of 1 (one) year subject to renewal.

RESULTS FOR THREE (3) COUNCILLOR BY ELECTION(S) 10th June 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE

RESULTS FORarising THREE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the following were the results from(3) theCOUNCILLOR Local GovernmentBY

By ELECTION(S) Election(s) in THREE (3) Council Ward(s) which took place on Tuesday, 9th June 2020.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the following were the results arising from the Local Government By Election(s) in THREE (3) Council Ward(s) which took place on Councilor Elections Tuesday, 9th June 2020.

PROVINCE DISTRICT WARD NO.\NAME CANDIDATE NAMES PARTY VOTES REJECTED TOTAL VOTES REGISTERED TURN OUT

A detailed tender document and Scope of works will only be extended to companies will have prequalified through this EoI.

Councilor Elections PROVINCE

OBJECTIVES

3.1

4.1.1 Company experience in the provision of similar services.

The dealership services are required for a period of 1 (one) year subject to renewal.

DESCRIPTION

2.1

4.0 QUALIFICATION CRITERIA AND REQUSETED INFORMATION 4.1 Interested parties must provide a Company Profile detailing the following

must either be deposited into the tender box situated at Zambia Sugar offices along Malambo Road in Lusaka. Electronic submissions may be sent to LShimbama@ zamsugar.zm (in PDF format).

5.2.2 Delivery Services Possession of good range of delivery trucks including 5 tons, 10 tons, 15 tons and 30 ton trucks to facilitate for easy and efficient depot to customer deliveries.

5.2.3 Safety Bidders should Provide Proof of minimum safety standards they have implemented in their respective companies.

NORTHERN

NORTHERN

RECIEVED VOTES

DISTRICT

WARD NO.\NAME

CANDIDATE NAMES

PARTY

CHILUBI

01004 BULILO

KUNDA Wilson

PF

01004 BULILO

NGOSA Evans KUNDA John Wilson MWELA

UPND PF M4CE

446 854 189

NGOSA Evans

UPND

446

MWELA John

M4CE

189

CHILUBI

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REJECTED

CAST TOTAL VOTES CAST

VOTERS REGISTERED VOTERS

TURN OUT

25

1514

2959

51.17

25

1514

2959

51.17

4

871

1643

53.01

4

871

1643

53.01

The purpose of this EoI is to invite reputable companies to submit Expressions Interest to Zambia Sugar to be appointment as a Sugar Sales Agent or Sugar Rese for Kasama town. This EoI is not a tender but merely a prequalifying process for purpose of a forthcoming tender process.

WESTERN

MONGU

07016 NAKATO

MUKUTI Mubiana

PF

584

WESTERN

MONGU

07016 NAKATO

SIMATAA Nosiku MUKUTI Mubiana

UPND PF

283 584

SIMATAA Nosiku

UPND

283

WESTERN

MONGU

07019 IMALYO

MUSOLE Kamocha

PF

615

WESTERN

MONGU

07019 IMALYO

SIMASIKU Poice MUSOLE Kamocha NAMASIKU Namasiku

UPND PF NAREP

494 615 111

SIMASIKU Poice

UPND

494

NAMASIKU Namasiku

NAREP

111

Zambia Sugar will review and adjudicate the EoI submissions and the selec companies will be invited to tender.

ISSUED BY : Chief Electoral Officer Electoral Commission of Zambia, ISSUED BY : Chief Electoral Officer Elections House, Electoral Commission of Zambia,

Haile Selassie Avenue,

10

1230

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50.22

10

1230

2449

50.22

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Mukwege quits local DR Congo virus team over problems KINSHASA - Nobel winner Denis Mukwege on Wednesday said he had resigned as head of a coronavirus taskforce in an eastern province of DR Congo, blaming organisational problems, outpaced strategy and slow testing.

Mukwege, a DR Congo gynaecologist who shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his work against sexual violence in war, was appointed on March 30 to lead a committee in South Kivu province.

Panzi Hospital, where Mukwege treats abused women, is also located in the province.

In a statement, he said there had been “weaknesses in organisation and clarity between the various teams in charge of the response to the pandemic in South Kivu.”

Denis Mukwege “We are at the start of an exponential... curve (in infections) and we can no longer apply a strategy that would be purely preventive,” Mukwege said.

“I have decided to resign... in order to devote myself entirely to my medical duties and to treat the influx of patients at Panzi hospital.”

He said he regretted that it took “more than two weeks” to get coronavirus test results from the national reference lab in Kinshasa -- “a major handicap for our strategy based on ‘testing, identifying, isolating and treating’.”

Mukwege also criticised developments that he said had “reduced the effectiveness” of the anti-virus campaign.

They included a relaxation in vigilance by the public, hurdles in enforcing distancing and the return of thousands of people from neighbouring countries without quarantine.

Mukwege had pleaded in mid-April for partial confinement of people over the age of 60 and compulsory mask-wearing for everyone to help break the chain of virus transmission.

On May 9, he called for “emergency supplies” of tests “before the exponential curve (of infections) gets underway.”

The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared 4, 390 infections, including 3, 980 in Kinshasa and 89 in South Kivu and 96 deaths. – AFP.

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Pandemic accelerating in Africa, test kits needed - WHO GENEVA - The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in Africa, spreading to the hinterland from capital cities where it arrived with travellers, the World Health Organisation said yesterday.

But the WHO said there was no indication that severe cases and deaths were being missed, nor has the virus caused significant infections in refugee camps across the continent.

Ten countries are driving Africa’s epidemic, accounting for 75 percent of the some 207, 600 cases on the continent, with 5, 000 deaths reported, according to Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Africa regional director.

South Africa, which last month began a phased easing of the lockdown, is the hardest-hit, accounting for a quarter of all cases, she said. – REUTERS.

Friday 12, June 2020 Zim dismisses coup reports

HARARE - Zimbabwe’s National Security Council has dismissed reports of an impending coup and said the country is stable. It accused allies of former President Robert Mugabe and some opposition leaders of peddling the rumours.

Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe accused several groups of anti-government activism including foreign diplomats. – BBC.

Parley extends Abiy’s stay in office beyond term

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia’s parliament has approved allowing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to stay in office beyond his mandate after elections planned for August were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The vote on Wednesday - 114 in favour, four against and one abstention - came two days after a leading opposition politician resigned as speaker in an apparent protest against the decision to delay the election. – ALJAZEERA.

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SA CONCOURT OKAYS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES JOHANNESBURG - The Constitutional Court has declared the Electoral Act unconstitutional.

Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga handed down the judgment yesterday.

This comes after the New Nation Movement’s (NNM) bid to allow an independent candidate to run for elections challenged the current Electoral Act 73 of 1998, arguing that it infringes on the right to exercise individual political choices.

The NNM wanted the Electoral Act to be amended to allow independent candidates to run in provincial and national elections. The apex court

also ordered that Parliament correct the Electoral Act. “I can conceive no reason that the limitation is justified. The Electoral Act is unconstitutional the appeal must succeed,” Madlanga said in his judgment.

The court also ruled that the deficiency in the Act that does not provide for adult citizens to be elected to the national and provincial legislatures as independent candidates is inconsistent with the Constitution. The judgment is suspended for 24 months for Parliament to amend the legislation. – NEWS24.

ABIDJAN - Twelve Ivorian soldiers were killed and seven wounded in an attack at a northern border post near Burkina Faso early yesterday, a senior officer at the army chief of staff’s office said.

Two other military gendarmes are reported missing, while one assailant was killed. The assailants were believed to have come from Burkina Faso, said the officer, speaking to Reuters by phone. – REUTERS.

Ex-Lesotho PM paid killers R400, 000 to murder estranged wife

MASERU - Lesotho’s former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his wife paid assassins a down payment of $24, 000 (about R400, 000) to kill his estranged wife Lipolelo three years ago, according to a police affidavit seen on Wednesday.

The details were the latest twist in a scandal that has rocked the country and prompted Thabane to resign last month under pressure over accusations he hampered the investigation.

– AFP.

INTERMARKET UNIT TRUST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that there will be an Annual General Meeting for the members of the Intermarket Unit Trust in respect of the affairs of the Unit Trust Funds. The meeting will be held on Friday 3rd July 2020 at 14:00PM for the following business purposes:

However, considering the ongoing public health concerns due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Circular No. 2 of 2020 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the AGM will still be held virtually via the following link: https://eagm.creg.co.zw/EAGM/Login.aspx Please log onto the said link and register with the credentials that shall be forwarded to you via email and phone. For any further details and assistance kindly call +260 950 968 435 or email info@corpservezambia.com.zm. To avoid being inconvenienced, members are advised to register on or before Friday, 3 July 2020 at 14:00hrs.

A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak, and on a poll vote in his/her stead. Proxy Forms are available from the Management Company. Proxies must be lodged at the registered office of the Company within 48 hours before the time fixed for the meeting.

African Life Financial Services (Z) Ltd (INTERIM FUND MANAGERS) For/On behalf of the Trustees

ZESCO Limited wishes to inform its esteemed customers and the public that there will be an interruption of power supply in some parts of the following areas: CHELSTON, AVONDALE, KABANANA, MEANWOOD, KAUNDA SQUARE, CHAMBA VALLEY, MTENDERE, PHI, LEVY MWANAWASA HOSPITAL, MUNALI, KKIA, SILVEREST, MIKANGO, CHALIMBANA, STATE LODGE AND SURROUNDING AREAS PURPOSE:

To Facilitate Upgrade Works To Accommodate New Avondale and KKIA Bays

DATE:

Sunday, 14th June, 2020

TIME:

From 06:00hrs to 18:00hrs

However, all supply lines must be treated as live as power may be restored before the stated time. We regret the inconvenience this may cause.

FIGHT CORONAVIRUS: Customers are encouraged to purchase electricity units through channels such as online banking and mobile money. Customers are further advised to report faults by contacting Zesco National Call Centre on 0211 363636 (all networks) or 322 (MTN & Airtel) or SMS supply status query and account/prepayment number to 3600.

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SHUTDOWN NOTICE

INTERIM FUND MANAGERS

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1. Call to order, tabling proxies and announcement regarding quorum.

2. To receive an update from the Trustees on the status of Intermarket Unit Trusts – AMG Global Trust Limited 3. To receive an update from the Interim Fund Manager on the status of Intermarket Unit Trusts - African Life Financial Services.

4. To confirm, adopt and sign the minutes of the AGM held on 26th April 2019.

5. To receive and adopt the Funds’ Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2019 together with the reports of the Auditors and Trustees.

6. To consider the appointment of Auditors for the financial year ended 31st December 2020.

7. To consider appointment of the Interim Fund Manager as Fund Manager of Intermarket Unit Trust Funds 8. To transact any other business that may properly be transacted at the Annual General Meeting.

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By MICHAEL MIYOBA

HE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) have partially paralysed operations at Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) following yesterday’s raid.

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According to the FAZ Communications Manager Sydney Mungala, DEC descended on the institution and carried away a laptop and CPU from the office of the General Secretary, Adrian Kashala and a desktop from his personal assistant.

Mungala said officers from the DEC presented a search warrant looking for drugs and narcotics and other

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related substances.

“FAZ wishes to inform the membership and stakeholders that its operations have been partially paralyzed following a raid by Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) officers.

“The FAZ officials fully cooperated with the DEC officers and have pledged full compliance with the law enforcement agencies,” Mungala

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said. He said the association is however disturbed by the nature of the operations conducted by DEC especially that FAZ has set the benchmark of conducting its business above board.

Mungala reaffirmed FAZ’s commitment to operate on an open door policy and remain available to whoever wishes to seek information Mungala within the law.

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