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‘GOLD MINING NEEDS FOREIGN INVESTORS’

Mr Sikanyika said in as much the artisan gold mining had been reserved for Zambians, there was need to open up the sector to foreign investment.

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COMMERCIAL GOLD MINING WE completely oppose the evolving Government policy of limiting gold mining to artisanal miners.

This will take us nowhere.

It is true that gold belongs to Zambians, but it is not true that we should exploit the resource in a manner that does not bring the best results.

Indeed, posterity will judge the government very harshly if this opportunity of abundance is squandered for political correctness and in fear of public criticism.

Government must do the right thing to mainstream gold production by engaging the abundant indigenous technical expertise to explore and identify the main deposits against which external capital can be recruited at our terms.

The local universities have expertise in metallurgy and mining techniques which include open pit and underground mining which should be employed to identify the most appropriate means of extracting the gold at an economical and environmentally sound method.

Our colleagues in Ghana, Africa’s largest gold mining country, have realised just as much. As a result they have allowed a mixture of artisanal and large scale mining to co-exist.

The result is that artisanal miners contribute 35 percent of the total gold output with the rest comes from largescale foreign mining companies.

In Tanzania President John Magufuli has maintained running battle with largescale mining companies from which he has extracted a 16 percent holding after long spells of protracted standoffs.

South Africa is different. Gold mining continues t reserved for largescale mining with local people scavenging in disused pits as “Zamazama.”

The “Zamazama” of South Africa like their colleagues in Zambia, Tanzania and indeed Ghana have one thing in common. They do hard back breaking work for a little return and most of them are illegal, using dangerous chemicals including mercury to refine their gold.

Their output therefore is limited and unless properly chaperoned or supervised will have very little impact on the economy as it ends up on the illegal market.

The experience of Ghana is particularly instructive where the discovery of gold invited all manner of illegal miners and especially Chinese, Armenians, Russians, and other neighbouring countries.

This foreign involvement was a cause of considerable controversy and discontent, until the Ghanaian government was subsequently forced to pass several pieces of legislation acknowledging artisanal miners who were allowed to acquire mining rights to a specific area to work.

Under the Mining and Mineral Act of 2006, they were allowed concessions of up to 25 acres maximum in designated areas, controlled by a Mineral Commission.

The same could be done in Zambia. Areas with proven alluvial or easy to mine deposits could be set aside for Zambians, while the more difficult and therefore more productive areas could be assigned for commercial mining.

The task of identifying effective mining areas should fall upon an immediate task force that should be set to work before the onset of the rain season.

This will facilitate the recruitment of requisite capital and if need be airfreighting appropriate mining equipment to ensure that before the year ends, Zambians enjoy the benefit of their gold.

This is true of all other mineral resources including manganese, cobalt and copper.

We need a “Marshall Plan.”

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CAROL KAMBWILI FAILS TO EXPLAIN ‘UNDER AGE’ SON INVOLVEMENT

By OLIVER SAMBOKO

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AROL, the wife to NDC leader Chishimba Kambwli was yesterday at pains to explain to the court how her son became a director in Mwamona Engineering when he was only eight years old at the time of its incorporating the company in 2001.

Ms Kambwili was testifying for a second day as defence witness in an ongoing matter where Chishimba Kambwili is appearing before the Lusaka Magistrate court facing three counts of forgery, uttering a false document and giving false information to a public officer.

Earlier, Kambwili gave an unsworn evidence which meant that the prosecutors could not cross examine him.

Mrs Kambwili who lost her temper during cross examination and accused the prosecution of bullying her during

cross examination, told the court that she was not in a position to answer for PACRA and a Mr James Nyasulu who she had sent to register the company as to why there is an NRC number on Mwamba’s column on the PACRA incorporation certificate for Mwamona Engineering.

When showed the certificate of incorporation which bears an NRC number under Mwamba’s column, Ms Kambwili explained that at the time of incorporation her son had no NRC and she doesn’t know the owner of the NRC number which appears on the certificate.

And when asked why as a director of the company she has never questioned about it, Ms Kambwili claimed she was not aware and only came to know about it recently during the case in court.

She explained that Mwamona Engineering has its own management structure which is responsible for

the day to day operations. She testified that she didn't expect that Mwamba’s name to have an NRC number on the certificate of incorporation because her son was still a minor when the company was registered.

“Your honour, the only person who can explain about the NRC, is Mr Nyasulu because he is the one who went to register the company and so I can't answer for PACRA and him,” she said.

And testifying earlier, led by defence lawyer Keith Mweemba, Ms Kambwili told Magistrate David Simusamba that initially the company had three directors comprising herself, Mwamba Kambwili and her sister in-law Sampa Kambwili but that after Ms Kambwili did not show interest and she was removed from the list of directors.

“Your honour, we removed Sampa Kambwili as director because she did not want to be involved in the company and when we were advised

PF welcomes OCIDA cautiously

By KALOBWE BWALYA and TROY MUKUPA

IF the Third Force is part of a larger plan to sow seeds of discontent and to ferment discord by placing a particular opposition personality’s interests above order and national interests, then they will equally reap the negative that they sow, Patriotic Front Secretary-General Davies Mwila has warned.

Mr Mwila said, if the Third Force sows impartiality, good order and national interest, then they shall reap a positive harvest.

He challenged the newly formed 3rd-Force calling itself Our Civic –Duty

Association (OCIDA) to prove that they were not a glorified political chaperone for one opposition party and its leader. Mr Mwila said in a statement that PF received news of the formation of OCIDA with a mixture of gratification and cautiousness. He said the formation of OCIDA was a resounding testimony of the country’s laudable democratic credentials and that Zambia is still a free country where citizens routinely exercise their right to associate and express themselves. Mr Mwila however said given the history of partisan interests, political bias and intimacy that most of the founder members and committee members of

OCIDA had shared with one particular opposition party and its leader, it remained to be seen how neutral or non-partisan they really were.

Mr Mwila

Covid-19 knocks revenue by K20.8bn.

By SIMON MUNTEMBA REVENUES will be lower

by K20.8 billion arising from the general reduction in economic activity, loss of expected revenue and tax relief measures administered as a result of Covid-19, says President Edgar Lungu.

President Lungu also said all the international airports which were closed in Zambia following the outbreak of Covid-19 in March have been reopened while bars and

night clubs remain closed until the cold weather is over.

Addressing the nation on the Covid-19 pandemic at State House in Lusaka yesterday, President Edgar Lungu said it was time to get back to work as he announced the reopening of all international airports.

Mr Lungu said his government had continued to implement cutting edge and science-based interventions at all levels of the response to ensure no more life is lost to Covid-19.

He said to reignite a

positive growth trajectory, President Lungu said Government has put in place the K10bn medium term refinancing facility meant to restructure, refinance or extend credit to businesses and households impacted by Covid-19.

President Lungu noted that the disease had impacted negatively on the day-today lives of the people while some have lost employment, income, and in some cases, complete closure of business operations.

that actually a company can be registered with only two directors we removed her from being a director in Mwamona Engineering,” she told the court.

She also testified due to her husband’s involvement in politics, she decided to remove the name ‘‘Kambwili’’ from the certificate of incorporation and instead used middle names to protect the business from political interference.

Meanwhile, Magistrate Simusamba yesterday warned Kambwili against conducting himself in unhonorable manner during court session.

Kambwili who interjected during court session as state prosecutor was cross examining his wife, was quickly told to sit down or be cited for contempt of Court.

The matter has since been adjourned to 30th June, 3rd and 8th July, 2020 for continued defence.

Zambia records trade surplus

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU ZAMBIA has posted a trade surplus of over K3 billion in May 2020 which comprised of domestically produced goods, says Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA) interim statistician, Mulenga Musepa.

Mr Musepa said the country recorded a trade surplus valued at K3.8bn in May from K2.2bn recorded in April 2020.

He said yesterday in Lusaka at a media briefing that this indicated a 72.2 percent increase.

Mr Musepa explained that the trade surplus meant that the country exported more than it imported in nominal terms.

“Exports which mainly comprised of domestically produced goods increased by 17.9 percent from K8.9bn in April 2020 to K10.5bn in May 2020.

“This increase was mainly on account of a 12.0 percent and 96.0 percent increase in export earnings from Intermediate goods and Raw Materials, respectively,” Mr Musepa said.

Mr Musepa said imports however decreased by 0.3 percent from K6, 697.9bn in April 2020 to K6, 681.1bn in May 2020.

2020 to May 2020 increased by 5.5 percent to K79, 792.2 b from K75.657.3bn in the same period of 2019.

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‘GOLD MINING NEEDS FOREIGN INVESTORS’

By PETER SICHALI

GOVERNMENT should encourage foreign investment in the gold mining sector to create more jobs and contribute adequately to the economic growth, former State House Deputy Minister, Blackson Sikanyika has suggested.

Mr Sikanyika said in as much the artisan gold mining had been reserved for Zambians, there was need

to open up the sector to foreign investment.

He said foreign investment in the gold sector would widen the scope and level of income for the country in terms of job creation and resources from taxes.

The former Deputy Minister in the Frederick Chiluba MMD-administration said the gold sub-sector was a multimillion dollar industry that could help the country offset debt and turn around the country's eco-

nomic fortunes.

Mr Sikanyika said Government should put in place strict measures to ensure that the country benefitted from the gold resources, as the mineral was fetching an attractive price on the international market.

"We appreciate Government’s decision to allow more Zambians to benefit from gold mining, but it is important to allow foreign investment in the sector," Mr Sikanyika said.

He said allowing investment in the sector would have a huge impact on the country's economy as opposed to restricting it to artisanal miners.

Mr Sikanyika said the country was experiencing economy shock due to Covid-19 and the gold sector could help improve the situation.

"Zambia's economy like many other economies in the world has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic therefore Zambia should use every little available avenue to generate the much needed revenue," he said.

Mr Sikanyika said Government should however put in place strict measures to ensure that the country fully benefitted from the sector.

Extend probe to Saturnia, ACC told

By PETER SICHALI

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) should extend investigations to Saturnia and other pension and insurance companies, the Zambian Youths Association in the Fight against Corruption (ZAFYAC) as

said.

ZAFYAC Executive Director, Maurice Malambo, said the ACC should not only concentrate on investigating Government officials such as ministers but extend to other institutions such as Saturnia that had caused misery among retirees.

He said senior members of the Pensions Insurance Authority (PIA) were arrested, meaning other institutions should equally be probed.

Mr Malambo said pensions and insurance sub-sectors were critical components of the business

environment, hence the need for ACC to investigate irregularities.

ACC on Wednesday, arrested Health Minister, Chitalu Chilufya for alleged possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime.

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FOR POOR QUALITY OF SERVICE – YOUR VOICE MATTERS The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has been committed to improve the Quality of Service across the country as provided for in the Information and Communication Technologies Act No. 15 of 2009.

In an effort to improve the Quality of Experience ICT consumer in line with the revised ICT Quality of Service Guidelines, the Authority is hereby requesting consumers who are experiencing poor quality of service to report to ZICTA by calling the toll free line number – 7070 across all networks.

The following are some of the key parameters for quality • • Poor clarity of voice calls • Delayed call set up time beyond 10 seconds • Any dropped calls • Delayed SMS delivery time beyond 10 Seconds • Network intermittence or outage • Satisfactory handling of complaint by service

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As you lodge your complaint, please remember to give us the following information so that we can help the Authority to easily follow-up on your concerns:

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DROPPED DCS FAILED TO PERFORM?

By NATION REPORTER

INFORMATION has emerged that most District Commissioners (DCs) are being fired because their performance appraisals indicated that they are underperforming while a few have been working against the aspirations of the ruling party.

According to inside sources, contracts for DCs were being terminated following a recent performance appraisal which indicated that most were not delivering in line with the Patriotic Front manifesto. It has been discovered that most DCs were too comfortable to an extent of failing to engage fully in Government-led projects implemented in their districts which as a result had stalled.

The sources said most of the DCs failed to give targetable information on ongoing developmental projects in their areas when

queried on the progress made.

“It is a mass cleansing going on because authorities have observed that DCs were too comfortable in their seats and enjoying Government perks.

“There was a performance appraisal which was recently done and it exposed them. Some DCs were failing to give progress reports of projects which are in their areas,” the source said.

More than 10 DCs have so far been replaced.

And PF Lusaka Province media coordinator, Edwin Lifwekelo, said the President had the right to fire and hire as he deemed fit.

Mr Lifwekelo advised newly appointed DCs to work hard and ensure they serve the Zambian people with dignity.

He said in an interview that an appointment was an opportunity which should be cherished through hard work and uplifting lives of Zambian people.

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WOMAN EXPOSES EX-LOVER’S SECRET USE OF ACCOUNT

BY RABECCA BANDA

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LUSAKA woman has told the magistrates court that her ex-lover was using her bank account where an amount of K200,000 was discovered.

This was in the matter before magistrate Felix Kaoma where Rashid Kyagulanyi, 27, an electrical engineer of Matero is accused of having unauthorized access to data that is essential for the provision of an essential service, contrary to sections 99(1) and 99(8) of the electronic communication and transaction Act number 21 of 2009 of the laws of Zambia.

Particulars of the offence were that Kyagulanyi on dates unknown but between December 31, 2019, and January 5, 2020, jointly and whilst acting together with persons unknown did intentionally access Atlas Mara Bank Limited database, a database that is essential for the provision of an essential service without

lawful authority.

In the second count, Kyagulanyi is charged with an offence of Theft contrary to sections 272 of the penal code Act, chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia.

In count three Kyagulanyi is charged with the offence money laundering contrary to section 7 of the prohibition and prevention of money laundry act number 14 of 2001 of the laws of Zambia as amended by Act number 44 of 2010 of the laws of Zambia.

Naomi Makasa, 33, a mentor at YWCA of Matero said she met Kyagulanyi in 2016 at Matero market and he introduced himself as Rashid Musa and they later started dating.

She said Kyagulanyi told her that he was in the business of selling spare car parts but in September 2019, started talking about Atlas Mara bank and the benefits of having an account with them.

She said she went to Atlas Mara bank Kamwala opened an account.

She said the same day Kya-

gulanyi asked to use her Atlas Mara account.

She identified her boyfriend from the CCTV footage Makasa said she gave him her Atlas Mara bank account number and ATM card in December 2019 and the pin code.

She said later that day, she received a phone call from the manager at Atlas Mara Bank that they needed her at Atlas Mara Kamwala branch and she went there on Monday.

She said in March 2020, she received a phone call from the Drug Enforcement Commission DEC call her inquiring about the money in her bank account and officers asked who was using her account so that he can explain where he got the money.

She said the officers advised her not to alert him but continue communicating with him so they can apprehend him.

She said she cooperated with the officers, gave them his car plate number until he was apprehended at Muchinga police in Matero.

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UPND Bill 10 duplicity shocks Parley

By NOEL IYOMBWA

THE duplicity and double dealing by the UPND over Bill 10 has shocked parliament.

Parliamentary chief whip, Brian Mundubile said leader of opposition in Parliament, Jack Mwiimbu was part of the meeting that extended the life of Bill 10.

And Justice Minister, Given Lubinda said the UPND had been part of all the processes leading up to Bill 10 but had be pretending to have been left out.

Mr Lubinda said in a ministerial statement in Parliament yesterday that the UPND had employed several maneuvers to try and stop Bill 10.

He said when he announced that people should submit their views on the constitution to his ministry and gave them one full year to do so, some people who did not submit later claimed that they were not given a chance to so.

Mr Lubinda said when parliament passed the NDF Act which stipulated the participants at The National Dialogue Forum, some of those named participants who

Mr Lubinda chose not to participate, later claimed that they were not consulted.

“When the parliament select committee made recommendations on amendments to bill 10, the same skeptics said they supported the amendments and called upon the government to incorporate the committees recommendations; Mr Lubinda said in MARCH when he presented the bill

for second reading and in an unprecedented manner and indicated that government would move amendments to give effect to the committee’s recommendations, the UPND said government was simply hoodwinking parliament and the people.

He said when government gazetted the intended amendments to illustrate its sincerity, they turned around and said it was unprocedural.

And Mr Mundubile said the decision to extend the life of Bill 10 was made by the standing Order Committee which was the highest decision making body of Parliament where UPND MPs were represented.

He said it was shocking that the UPND had decided to run to the media to allege that Bill 10 had collapsed, few hours after taking part in a vote that extended the life of the Bill.

“The decision was made by the standing Order Committee where UPND MPs are represented,” said Mr Mundubile.

Parliament yesterday heard that the second reading stage of bill 10 shall commence soon.

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Zamriver Fisheries Investment Limited (ZFIL) proposes to develop, manage and operate a fish farm in Chanyanya area of Kafue district. The project is located on an adjoined plot subdivision L and M of farm plot 329a in Chanyanya area in Kafue district, Lusaka province.

The project site is approximately 25 kilometers from the Central Business District of Kafue Town and its spatial extent is 70 hectares.

ZFIL was incorporated in September 2019 and has the financial capacity and expertise to develop, manage and operate a fish farm. The proposed fish farm will have a production capacity of 400 tonnes per year for the first three years and plans to increase to 2, 000 tonnes of fish per year by the fifth year of operation. The project aims to establish a hatchery and earthen fish ponds for purpose of production and sale of fingerlings and whole fresh Tilapia fish in Zambia.

As part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and in compliance with section 29 of the Environmental Management Act (No. 12 of 2011) and appropriate international best practices, the developer, following through with the EIA process, will prepare and submit an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the said project to the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) for consideration and approval.

Further to the public scoping meetings held on 7th of February, 2020 at St. Anna Community school in Chanyanya and in compliance with the Environmental Management Act No. 12 of 2011 of the Laws of Zambia, read together with the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, Statutory Instrument No. 28 of 1997, Zamriver Fisheries Investment Limited is now inviting Government Agencies, Local Authorities, Non-governmental Organisations and Community-Based Organisations, Interested and Affected Parties and members of the public to submit their concerns/input on the draft report for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) on the proposed Fish Farm Project.

For more details and submissions, kindly contact the person underlisted by the 29th of June 2020. Kindly note that we will continue to receive comments even after the deadline as part of our commitment to continuous improvement and environmental management.

Contact person Chrispin Chomba (EIA Expert) Contact number: +260 977 407669 Email: mpkdassociateltd@gmail.com/chrispinchombaj@gmail.com

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NITED Party for National Development and National Democratic Congress will decide who will be the candidate for the 2021 elections when the right time comes, NDC president Chishimba Kabwili has said.

In an interview, Dr Kambwili said that the two party’s are already in a pact but the only thing which is remaining is whether the two parties should go into an electoral pact.

The NDC leader described the relationship with the UPND as excellent.

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UPND, NDC PONDER SINGLE 2021 CANDIDATE have not agreed is whether we can form an electoral pact, whether we can go into it or not, “he said.

When asked when the two parties will agree on the electoral pact, Dr Kambwili said that, “we will cross the bridge when we get there”.

Last year UPND and NDC electoral pact fell out, with leaders of the two political parties exchanging bitter

words through the media.

The NDC and UPND had agreed to support each other in the Lubwa ward and Katuba constituency by-elections.

For Lubwa, the NDC was to field a candidate while the UPND took Katuba, with both pledging support to the other.

However, the UPND decided to field a candidate for Lubwa as well, a de-

Artists in K30 million bonanza

By SIMON MUNTEMBA

velopment the rattled Mr. Kambwili who complained then that UPND president Hakainde Hichilema could not be trusted.

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has approved a K30 million youth empowerment scheme targeting artistes across the country.

And President Lungu has implored the Zambian youth to take keen interest in participating and profiting from different empowerment initiatives his administration was

Section I: Invitation for Bids NAS/PC/52/2020:TENDER FOR THE DESIGN,SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF THE AIR CONDITIONING PLANT FOR THE MAIN CHAMBER AT PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS. 1.0

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The soft copy of the bidding document can also be accessed from the National Assembly website (www.parliament.gov.zm)

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7.0 The bids must be submitted clearly marked “TENDER FOR THE DESIGN, SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF THE AIR CONDITIONING PLANT FOR THE MAIN CHAMBER AT PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS” and addressed to the Secretary, the National Assembly Procurement Committee, and sent not later than Friday, 10th July 2020 at 10:30 hour’s local time. A Pre-Bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, 1st July, 2020 at 10:00 hours in the Amphitheater at Parliament Buildings.

5.0 Interested bidders may inspect the bidding document and obtain further information from the National Assembly Offices, Rooms M4 and M7, Plot no. 5030, Olympia, Parliament Road, P.O. Box 31299, Lusaka, Zambia. The telephone numbers are 260-211-292425-36 and the telefax number is 260-211-292252/295563. HOWEVER, TELEGRAPHIC AND/OR ELECTRONIC OFFERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 6.0

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putting in place, instead of protesting in the bush.

Addressing the nation at State House in Lusaka yesterday, President Lungu announced that a K30 million youth empowerment scheme will be launched in Lusaka soon.

"We have work to do. As a way of starting this work that must all be engaged into, I have since approved a K30 million youth empowerment scheme targeting artistes countrywide to be launched in Lusaka soon,” President Lungu said.

Mr Lungu said the National Arts Council under the ministry of Tourism will implement the programme.

He urged the youths in Zambia to take advantage of the opportunities available and those that his government had facilitated.

The President also said he expected the ministry of Youth and Sport to provide leadership in a multisectoral manner as it guided the youth to become a positive demographic dividend in the economy amidst COVID-19.

The President has also directed the ministry of Youth and Sport, ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, and the Citizen Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) to facilitate linkage for the youth to benefit from the development of industrial yards through the skills development and entrepreneurship project supported by the African Development Bank (ADB).

Rufunsa power boost will attract growth -Zesco MD

By BENNIE MUNDANDO in Rufunsa

THE connection of Rufunsa district to the national grid will promote investment and increase socio-economic activities, Zesco Managing director, Victor Mundende, has said.

In April this year, Zesco connected Rufunsa and Luangwa districts to the national grid through the US $81 million project which involved investment in transmission lines and substations, covering a distance of 150 kilometres from Lusaka.

Mr Mundende said the completion of the project had replaced the generation of power using diesel generators which were expensive to run and maintain.

The system was also harmful to the environment.

He was speaking during the customer engagement meeting at St Luke's Nursing and Midwifery School yesterday.

Mr Mundende said the addition of Rufunsa to the national grid was a great achievement to Zesco and the nation at large as electricity was the engine of development.

He also announced that Zesco has partnered with the World Bank to subsidise connection fees for the first 107 customers in order to encourage more customers.

He said through the subsidy, connection fees had been slashed from K1,700 to K250 for domestic customers while commercial customers would now pay K769 instead of K2, 400.

Inflation drops 6

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

ZAMBIA has for the first time this year recorded a reduction in the annual inflation rate to 15.9 percent for June from 16.6 last month.

The rate started this year with a 12.5 percent in January, but moved further up in February to 13.9 percent and 14.0 percent in March.

It then went up to 15.7 percent in April before getting to 16.6 percent in May. Zambia Statistics Agency (ZSA) Interim Statistician, Mulenga Musepa, announced yesterday in Lusaka at a media briefing that this month’s annual inflation rate had slowed down due to reduction in prices of food items.

Mr Musepa explained that food inflation decreased to 16.3 percent from 17.5 percent.

“The decrease in the annual food inflation was mainly attributed to decrease in prices of food items such as cereals and fish.

“The June 2020 monthly overall inflation rate decreased to 0.2 percent from

1.6 percent the previous month. This was due to a slowdown in monthly food and non-food inflation,” he said.

He said monthly food inflation in June decreased to -0.6 percent from 1.5 percent in May 2020.

He attributed the decrease in the monthly food inflation to price decrease of food items such as breakfast mealie meal, roller mealie meal and maize grain.

Mr Musepa indicated that monthly non-food inflation decreased to 1.1 percent from 1.7 percent in May 2020.

“The decrease in the monthly food inflation rate was mainly attributed to price decreases of pots, mugs, bar soap, washing powder, hair dressing in salons, hammer milling charges,” he said.

He also said non-food inflation for June 2020 remained unchanged at 15.5 percent.

Mr Musepa said food and non-alcoholic beverages accounted for 8.7 percentage points, while non-food items accounted for 7.2 percentage points.

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ATLAS MARA OFFERS K1BN RELIEF PACKAGE

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

ATLASMARA Bank Zambia has extended K1 billion to customers as a relief package to assist them keep their businesses afloat during the TCovid-19 period.

A number of corporate and Small and Medium Enterprises customers have sought relief plans with the bank of up to K1 billion worth of loans, says Atlas Mara Bank Zambia Managing Director, James Koni.

Mr Koni said the loans included interest rate reductions, facility reductions and capital and interest repayment holidays (moratoriums).

"As a bank, we have put measures in place to ensure that the relief packages are

supporting our customers whose businesses have been adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Our goal is to ensure that the relief reaches our customers who need the relief packages the most in the priority sectors identified in the 7th National Development Plan, notably agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, and energy," he said in a statement yesterday.

Mr Koni said Atlas Mara was pleased to provide businesses with appropriate financial solutions and debt distress support programmes to qualifying businesses.

This relief packages will be given on existing credit facilities to support businesses facing financial distress caused

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HE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) is in the process of developing regulations which will facilitate testing of specific innovations in a controlled environment prior to the deployment of products on the market.

BoZ Governor, Denny Kalyalya, said the Central Bank was in the process of developing Sandbox regulations.

A regulatory sandbox is a framework set up by a regulator that allows Financial Technology (FinTech) start-ups and other innovators to conduct live experiments in a controlled environment under a regulator's supervision.

The regulations, Dr Kalyalya explained, would facilitate testing of specific innovations in a controlled environment prior to the deployment of such products in the market.

The Governor was speaking in Lusaka during the launch of the Zambia Digital Economy Diagnostic Report developed by the World Bank.

“The Bank has recorded an increase in the number of innovative products presented for licensing.

“In accordance with the State of the Digital Financial Services Market in Zambia survey conducted by the United Nations Capital Development Fund, in conjunction with the Bank of Zambia, there were more than 25 FinTechs operating in Zambia as at end-2018,” he said. Dr Kalyalya said there had been a

growth in Quick Reference (QR) code based payments.

He said the deployment of QR codes would help reduce the cost of digital payment acceptance, especially for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs) and micro merchants.

This, Dr Kalyalya explained, would further spur the spread of digital financial services to individuals and businesses at various levels and transition them into the formal segment of the financial sector.

“To realise the full potential of digital financial services and increased financial inclusion, it is imperative for stakeholders to continue working together to overcome emerging challenges, notably, cybersecurity risk, identity theft, and the financial and technology literacy gap.

“We therefore need to institute stringent measures to safeguard the digital space, protect customer identity, and implement fully the National Strategy on Financial Education 2019-2025,” Dr Kalyalya said.

Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Permanent Secretary, Mushuma Mulenga, observed the need to leverage on technology particularly during the Covid-19 period to ensure smooth trade Mr Mulenga said the effects of not leveraging on technology had been exposed during this period.

He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Ministry’s Director-Domestic, Sangwa Ngwira.

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Zambia’s aviation in $2.4m loss

BoZ develops innovation testing regulations

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Mr Koni

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

Bank of Zambia Governor DENNY KALYALYA

ZAMBIA’S aviation industry has lost revenue worth US$2.4 million in the wake of the Covid-19 which has restricted the movement of air and other forms of transport.

The industry’s revenue streams have declined by almost 95 percent due to the grounding of flights, says Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General, Gabriel Lesa.

Mr Lesa said Covid-19 had brought the aviation industry close to its knees as flights across the global had been grounded.

“There has been massive loss. Imagine the aviation industry derive its revenue mostly from its passengers that travel. As CAA, we have lost about US$2.4 million which is revenue that we could have gotten within the Covid-19 period but we have not.

“We get our revenue directly in dollars as well as in Kwacha. Our revenue loss is about US$2.4 million and about K81 million as a result of Covid-19.

and the subsequent lockdown measures at local and international level.

Mr Koni also announced that the organisation had accessed part of the K10 billion stimulus package from the Bank of Zambia (BoZ).

He however did not indicate how much had been accessed.

Mr Koni commended Government and the BoZ for the initiative aimed at providing relief particularly to the most affected sectors of the economy.

He said his bank was further providing free financial and business advisory services for its customers to help their businesses manage their financial plans during this period of the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond as well.

This got to show you that the aviation industry has really been hit especially passenger traffic,” he said in an interview.

Mr Lesa explained that passenger traffic had plummeted to almost zero during the Covid-19 period.

He said revenue losses for organisations such as the Zambia Airports Corporation Limited, Proflight and Mahogany Air should be much more as they had been heavily hit.

Meanwhile, Mr Lesa said domestic airlines were preparing to restart their operations.

He said the restart would be gradual- starting with domestic, regional and international flights while following the health protocols and guidelines provided for by the Ministry of Health.

Mr Lesa explained that the demand from the airlines wanting to start operations was growing as aviation was the catalyst for social and economic growth.

He indicated that measures to guarantee the safety of passengers and others by masking up, encouraging social distancing as well as washing of hands and checking of symptoms was going to make easier to restart the flights.

“Most certainly we should be able to restart the flights towards the end of next month hopefully in the mid of next month’s we can start seeing some flights once we agree with the Ministry of Transport and Communications on the adoption of the “Africa Wide Implantation Plan,” he said.

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LONDON - China’s pledge to relieve the debt burden owed to it by some emerging market governments could ease near-term liquidity pressures in nations struggling with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.

Kenya, the Maldives, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Pakistan, Angola, Laos, Mozambique, Congo and Zambia are among countries with a significant share of their debt owed to China and eligible for debt relief, Fitch said.

The Chinese government has committed to participation in the group of 20 major nations’ (G20) debt service suspension initiative (DSSI), which temporarily suspends debt repayments for 77 developing nations falling due between May and December.

Chinese financial institutions should consult

with African countries to work out arrangements for loans with sovereign guarantees, President Xi Jinping said in a speech last week. Fitch said it viewed such loans as bilateral debt.

“China’s involvement in the G20 initiative marks the first time it is participating in coordinated, multilateral global debt relief efforts,” Fitch said in a note on Wednesday.

“Relief from debt service obligations owed to China could play a role in easing liquidity strains faced by a small subset of the countries eligible for the DSSI.” China accounted for more than a quarter of the total external debt of DSSI-eligible countries, the International Institute of Finance (IIF) has estimated, making it the single largest bilateral creditor to those countries.

Some, including Kenya, have said they will not seek debt relief, fearing it could harm their ability to tap capital markets, while others, such as Angola, may agree more extensive relief than is envisaged under the initiative, Fitch said.

In the same speech last week, President Xi also said China will exempt some African countries from repaying zero-interest rate loans due by the end of 2020.

Interest-free loans form only a small part of total bilateral debt owed to China for most countries, Fitch said. – REUTERS.

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OHANNESBURG - SA will miss its original tax revenue target by over R300 billion this year, said Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.

During the tabling of the special adjustment budget on Wednesday, the minister explained that the country is already behind its 2020/21 tax revenue target by R35.3 billion. As a result, government has revised down the tax revenue target from R1.43 trillion to R1.12 trillion.

National Treasury recorded a R63.3 billion revenue shortfall in the 2019/20 tax year.

"We expect to miss our tax target for this year by over R300 billion," Mboweni said.

While Mboweni did not announce any tax hikes to make up the shortfall, he said that tax measures of R40 billion would be needed over the next four years. Tax proposals will be announced in the 2021 budget.

Furthermore Treasury will work to find spending adjustments of R230 billion over the next two years.

He also touted the idea of zero-based budgeting. "This means that we will try to reduce all expenditure that we thought we can no longer afford. After all, we are not as rich as we were ten years ago,"

Africa trade deal to push ahead even if another Covid-19 wave hits ADDIS ABABA - The Africawide free-trade agreement is unlikely to face any further delays even if a second wave of coronavirus infections hits the region, according to the deal’s top official.

“If the pandemic continues into 2021, we will develop the necessary public-health protocols to continue and to push on with the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area,” Wamkele Mene said in an interview at the Bloomberg Invest Global virtual conference on Tuesday.

The secretariat will take advice from health officials as it works to implement the deal and revive economic growth on the continent.

While the agreement entered into force legally last

year, commerce due to have started on July 1 has been delayed as the pandemic set back negotiations to lay the foundation for trade in goods, including tariff concessions.

When fully operational by 2030, it could be the world’s biggest free-trade zone by area, with a potential market of 1.2 billion people and a combined

gross domestic product of $2.5 trillion.

Mene said that the continent’s rapid and coordinated approach to tackling the virus and introducing lockdown measures, partly due to experience in curbing infectious diseases, stands it in good stead to develop public health measures. – FIN24.

Mboweni said.

Analysts had expected the budget to reveal a significant shortfall as a result of the lockdown which restricted economic activity and by extension tax revenue collections.

To cushion the blows of the lockdown on consumers and businesses, government implemented a R500 billion stimulus package, which included R70 billion in tax relief measures.

These entailed deferrals on

some tax payments such as excise duties, carbon tax and employee taxes.

Government also opted to postpone tax proposals for corporate tax hikes and SARS was directed to fast track VAT refunds. Donations to the Solidarity Fund, set up to support the vulnerable in society, were also declared tax deductible. – FIN24.

CALL FOR CONSULTANCY TO CONDUCT AN END OF PROJECT EVALUATION Christian Blind Mission & Beit Cure Zambia Partnership The Beit Cure Hospital Zambia (BCH) is a faith-based organization that operates charitable hospitals around the world. We are a recognized paediatric teaching hospital specialised in the treatment and care of children with disabilities.

Project description The Beit CURE Hospital through the generosity of the Christian Blind Mission (CBM) support set out to develop an Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) department at the hospital in Zambia. The ENT clinic at Beit Cure Hospital was at the time the only functional clinic for ear and hearing disorders in the country where comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of ear diseases including state of the art hearing assessment, surgery and hearing aid fitting was possible. The program’s objective is to promote prevention and to provide treatment of ear conditions and hearing disabilities, while reducing the disabling social effects of deafness and profound poverty that goes with it.

Rationale of this study This is an end of project evaluation of the ENT project at Beit Cure Hospital to be completed in December 2020.

The evaluation shall provide all partners with a better understanding of how the project has progressed and whether it yielded its intended results. Targets were set out from the outset based on assumptions available at the time and partners invested time, energy and resources for the establishment of this project. A report should be prepared at the end of this evaluation that should outline the methodology for evaluation, what base line materials were used, who was interviewed and how the consultant went about the evaluation process. The consultant will give an independent opinion of the successes/failures, lessons learnt of the project and make recommendations on the way forward.

Guidance on request for ToR’s.

If interested, please send an email to chota.musonda@cureinternational.org and detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) shall be shared upon request. For guidance on any technical related issues that may need clarification please feel free to call +260 963597112/978148465. Please note that the deadline for submission of proposals is on the 7th of July, 2020 before close of business (17:00 hrs or 5PM CAT).

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Rebellious social media dissidents were not Covid sensitive Dear Editor,

A CONSORTIUM of ECL serial haters hiding under the guise of musicians, motivational speakers, or activists maybe hero-worshipped for their rebellious acts.

They may appear to be heroes for making unfounded corruption allegations and accusations for what they assume to be the shrinking democratic space.

The self-proclaimed freedom fighters could not come to the aid of Ms Stella Sata when keyboard critics took turns to insult her late parents. They knew it would not add credence to their rebellious political project.

However a careful scrutiny of their photos reveals their negligent conduct in the prevention of the spread of the deadly Coronavirus. We expect the fallen celebrities to use their fame to sensitise the public on precautionary and preventive measures that would save lives.

We expect them to use their fame in mobilising international support and supplement government efforts.

They have set a very bad example especially that B-Flow They have has previously positioned set a very himself as a fighter in the fight bad example against Covid-19. To start with, the rebellious faction of especially “youths” did not get the health that B-Flow clearance and the venue was not also subjected to the scru- has previously tiny. positioned himself The video footage making as a fighter in rounds on social media clearly show the unmasked rebels in- the fight against citing an uprising. The rebels Covid-19. To were standing neck to neck, start with, the an act which is ostensibly a flagrant disregard of the social rebellious faction of “youths” did distancing requirements.

We expect the police to not get the health consider holding the rebels clearance and the accountable for the violations of anti-Covid-19 rules. Failing venue was not to hold the rebels accountable also subjected to will set a very bad precedent as the scrutiny. far as obeying the Presidential order is concerned.

The rebels had the remote support from UPND life president who no sooner than they were arrested offered to pay a lawyer to defend them like he did to one known incarcerated rebel.

They are anarchists and their preoccupation to be political opponents is no longer a secret.

MARVIN CHANDA MBERI, Youth Rights Activist Lusaka

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LEAVE GENEROUS LUSAMBO ALONE Dear Editor,

IF your Member of Parliament has penguin hands that’s your problem let Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo give to the poor. In fact, it’s actually the Lusaka Province administration office abusing him and not the other way.

Leaders, mainly ministers should stop fighting one another using investigative wings because this is clearly weakening the PF ahead of the 2021 General Elections.

There is a rich African Proverb that says and I quote: “When brothers and sisters from the same kingdom are busy fighting and killing each other it’s the stranger that inherits the kingdom and all its wealth.”

Lately, I have noticed with great concern a growing trend among our leaders of paying youths to write bad things about those they consider to be their competitors or threats in political lines.

Some resort to use investigative wings to fight one another a situation that is clearly destroying the image of the party and President Edgar Lungu by bringing the duo in direct line of public ridicule making our party weak on the ground.

The common mistake that leaders make is to try to make youths believe that their enemies should be inherited by youths that benefit from them directly or indirectly.

Those leaders interested in the running mate position should manage their aspirations well before they destroy the PF because clearly there is no vacancy in the party.

Is it just a coincidence that a few weeks ago it was Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, a very

hard-working, determined, dedicated and loyal member of the party and President Lungu who was linked to ACC and now it’s Mr “Bulldozer” Lusambo another hard working, dedicated, determined and loyal member of the PF and President Edgar Chagwa Lungu.

What is so funny is the fact that any leader who seems to be hardworking, dedicated, determined and closer to the President becomes an instant target of bad propaganda and subsequently a client for ACC facing cases of corruption or abuse of office.

In Bembsa there is a saying that goes like and I quote “ ifyakutintana tintana fila putuka nakapuba kashala katola. .

Mr Lusambo is just hardworking and extremely loyal to the PF and President Lungu in that it’s actually his office abusing him and not the other way, because he actually uses his own salary to perform government duties.

M r Lusambo lives a normal life besides being a Minister and the man is just a natural born giver than receiver a situation that is making those with penguin hands feel jealous hence going under the carpet using investigative wings

to bring him down.

What people don’t know is that Mr Lusambo has actually made more friends than enemies both within and outside Zambia making it extremely easy to be assisted by the business sector whenever he embarks on the huge donations in his constituency.

People much learn to appreciate hard work and give credit where it’s due not propagate malice and slander driven by jealous and hatred.

MAXWELL CHONGU, PF DIE HARD.

UPND MPs must stop getting paid Dear Editor,

WE note with dismay the continued exodus of UPND Members of Parliament whenever motions are presented in the National Assembly for debate and demand that they should stop getting salaries and allowances from Parliament which is paid for by taxpayers.

Members of Parliament are elected and paid for to represent their electorates, debate Motions and Bills in Parliament, that is their integral responsibility and not at their political party’s secretariat through a press briefing or conference.

Following a clear failure by UPND MPs to deliver both at Parliament and in their constituencies in Southern Province, they have no moral or loca standi to get allowances for serving personal interests of Mr Hakainde Hichilema.

All they do is walk in and register that they have reported for work and then they walk out and come back to collect the allowances. That’s tantamount to corruption and theft.

They are truant MPs and that’s why have even failed in their constituencies and councils which are only being developed because the government of President Edgar Lungu embraces the One Zambia, One Nation slogan in distributing the national cake.

UPND Members of Parliament and Mr Hichilema have no agenda that’s why on Kwenje Fm in Chama he condemned the President for taking development to Southern Province.

FRANCIS ROBERT KAPYANGA, PF Provincial Youth IPS Muchinga Province.

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‘GOVT HAS SUPPORT FROM YOUTHS COUNTRYWIDE’

By BENNIE MUNDANDO THE Patriotic Front (PF) Government thrives on the massive support from young people countrywide as youths are a critical pillar of its development agenda, Lusaka Province PF Secretary Kennedy Kamba has said.

Speaking to the Daily Nation yesterday, Mr Kamba said the support from the young generation would keep the PF growing from strength to strength.

He said this was also coupled with empower programmes for the young people and creation of an enabling environment for interaction and exchange of ideas for human development.

Mr Kamba said it was for this reason President Edgar Lungu had since directed all Cabinet Ministers to ensure that they come up with practical ideas of youth empowerment and to deal critically with the plight of youths within their line ministries.“It is therefore irrational for a group of selected few young individuals who have been sponsored by the opposition to begin to claim that President Lungu does not attach importance to matters affecting young people.“We want to encourage progressive young people that those small protests and campaigns they saw on social media are indeed sponsored ‘social media stunts’ carefully staged to make it look like it’s the genuine voices of the youths,” Mr. Kamba said.

Mr Kamba said the genuine youths who meant well never shunned the meeting organised by the Ministry of Sport Youth and Child Development.

“As long as protests are not genuine and only meant to cause political confusion, they will continue being a flop like we saw. Our advice to young people, even those few who are being used is that avoid drama that will land you in problems. You cannot be pushing an open door.

“This is a call for reflection for those youths who have taken a wrong turn in life and are being used by the opposition to create confusion, to refrain from acts that may endanger their lives by being in conflict with the law. Adopt civil means of engagement whenever aggrieved,” he said.

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By NATION REPORTER ABOUT 75 percent of contracts under the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) has been set aside for youths with a passion to do business.

Speaking after receiving an assorted donation of food and non-food items towards the Covid-19 fight from the Somali Business Community and ECG church, DMMU national coordinator, Chanda Kabwe said the office of the Vice President had a lot of opportunities in which youths could tap in and make a living out.

Mr Kabwe said a lot of youths have expressed their interest in participating in supplying various products to government through DMMU, a trend that should be adopted by all well-meaning youths.

He said the Office of the Vice President was currently running programs to do with climate change and has been calling on youths to bring up projects that will offer solutions to the prevailing climate change situation.

Mr Kabwe said such projects will be funded and fully supported by the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit.

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PF cadre arrested for criminal libel

By KALOBWE BWALYA POLICE in Lusaka have arrested and charged Mwewa Evans Mpandashalo for the offence of criminal libel contrary to section 191 and 192 of the penal code.

Mpandashalo aged 48 of Kamwala South in Lusaka is alleged to have produced and published a false or fabricated and malicious article on social media platform with intent to defame and injure the reputation by exposing to hatred, contempt or ridicule and damage of the position of Minister of Home Affairs, Stephen Kampyongo.

Police acting spokesperson Danny Mwale confirmed to the Daily Nation yesterday that Mpandashalo has been arrested and detained in police custody awaiting court appearance.

Two weeks ago, Mpandashalo allegedly published a series of articles on Zambia Reports and Eagle One accusing Mr Kampyongo of corruption.

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Traditional ceremony in Lunga cancelled

By SIMON MUNTEMBA THE Musubila Mpemba traditional ceremony of Unga people of Lunga District in Luapula Province has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to organising committee chairperson, Chanda Katotobwe, the traditional ceremony which was supposed to be held this Saturday would not take place and subjects and other spectators had been advised to stay away.

“In light of the surge in the highly infectious Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) andthe restrictive measures implemented by government to help contain the spreadof the COVID-19 throughout the country, this year’s Musubilwa Mpemba Traditional Ceremony of the Unga speaking people of the Bangweulu Swamps inLunga District of Luapula Province has been cancelled,” Mr Katotobwe said.

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Mr Katotobwe “We apologise to the promoters of tourism, we are aware of the ceremony’s key importance as being an integral part of our national heritage and our economy,” He said consensus was reached among Senior Chief Kalima-Nkonde, Chief Bwalya-Mponda and Chief Nsamba, as well as the promoters of the ceremony to avoid risking the lives of our people.

In addition, Mr Katotobwe said, the cancellation was necessitated by the death of Chief Kasoma-Lunga who passed on in April, this year.

He said the overwhelming floods that adversely affected the whole district were also another reason for the cancellation.

“We apologise to the promoters of tourism, we are aware of the ceremony’s key importance as being an integral part of our national heritage and our economy,” Mr Katotobwe said.

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Study Bill 10 thoroughly, critics advised

By NOEL IYOMBWA SOME people and opposition politicians who are criticizing Bill 10 are doing so without reading and understanding the content of the document, Patriotic Front Chief Media administrator for social

Mr Musonda “MPs should be debating the Bill objectively instead of criticising it because their leaders are against it. They should not be doing it because of their leaders but because it is for the benefit of the nation and the future generation,” media Erasmus Musonda has said.

Mr Musonda observed that some sections of society had been rejecting Bill 10 on social media and other platforms without studying the Bill.

He said in an interview that people should take time to read the Bill before they could start criticizing it so that they give reasons for their stance.

“One thing I have come to observe is that some sections of society are rejecting the Bill without understanding the content.

They are just joining the people especially oppositions who are rejecting the Bill.

“MPs should be debating the Bill objectively instead of criticising it because their leaders are against it.

They should not be doing it because of their leaders but because it is for the benefit of the nation and the future generation,” he said.

And Mr Musonda has implored opposition leaders to criticize government were necessary and constructively rather than opposing Government in all aspects including positive developments.

The Chief media administrator said that the opposition should offer proper checks and balances and not oppose even the development meant to uplift the standards of living for the majority Zambians.

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ficer of Lundazi District has been arrested for operating a pharmacy without a Certificate of Registration.

This is contrary to section 14(1) of the Medicines and Allied Substances Act number three of 2013.

Rodwell Banda, aged 34 years, a resident of Chimutulu Compound in Lundazi district has since been detained at Lundazi Police pending court appearance.

Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) Senior Public Relations Officer, Christabel Iliamupu, said the arrest followed an inspection conducted in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) at Lundazi Main Market.

Ms IIiamupu urged all those wishing to operate pharmacies, health shops and agro-veterinary shops to ensure that certificates of registration or health shop permits were obtained.

She opted that this was important in safeguarding public and animal health.

This is according to a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday by Ms Iliamupu. - ZANIS

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Makululu Mini-Hospital project advances

By KETRA KALUNGA THE construction of the Makululu mini hospital in Kabwe has progressed with more than 60 percent of works done, Central province minister, Sydney Mushanga has said.

Mr Mushanga said yesterday in an interview that the Government health infrastructure project was expected to be completed in November this year.

The Minister said once completed, the 40-bed capacity hospital would mitigate the challenges of the long distance covered by the local people when accessing health services at Kabwe Central Hospital and the Mother’s new born and children’s hospital.

“The Makululu Hospital project is at more than 60 per cent completion. Once completed it will provide nearly all health services to the locals,” Mr Mushanga said. Mr Mushanga, who is Bwacha Member of Parliament (MP), said the construction of the hospital was a milestone in the history of Kabwe.

The mini hospital would have services x-ray, theatre, maternity wing and staff houses among other facilities.

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Take Tobacco Control Bill to Parley, Govt urged

By OLIVER SAMBOKO GOVERNMENT should expedite the process of taking the Tobacco products control Bill to Parliament for enactment, the Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) has demanded.

ZACA Executive Secretary, Juba Sakala, said his association was disappointed at the slow pace Government was processing the Tobacco Products Control legislation aimed at protecting the public from harmful effects of tobacco.

He noted that the Bill which was drafted in 2018, had not been passed in Parliament despite the wide public support it received during the consultation process.

“As civil society and an association of consumers, we demand action from the Ministry of Health. We want the Bill to go to Parliament as soon as possible as sitting on the Bill would undermine the very public health objectives that it seeks to achieve,” he said.

Mr Sakala said from the public awareness campaigns that were conducted, it was clear that a large proportion of the population was in support of the enactment of the Bill.

He said most Zambians detest smoking and support policy measures aimed at reducing its use.

Mr Sakala wondered why the Ministry of Health was dragging its feet over the Bill meant at controlling the flourishing illicit trade in tobacco products among other things.

He said Government should raise excise duty on tobacco products, introduce rotating pictorial health warnings on tobacco products packaging and ban advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products among other measures.

He said Government should also ensure that smoking in public was completely eliminated.

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By MUYANI SHINJABALE

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OVERNMENT will mobilise resources to compensate the displaced farmers at the New Copperbelt International Airport in Ndola.

Deputy Secretary to Cabinet in Charge of Administration, Patrick Kangwa, said Government would make sure

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‘DISPLACED FARMERS WILL BE COMPENSATED’ resources were made available to pay farmers who were displaced from the land where the airport was being constructed.

He was responding to the call by Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe to address the challenge of compensating the displaced locals

who were owed about K15 million.

Mr Kangwa indicated that compensation would receive the urgent attention it required.

He was speaking in Ndola when he paid a courtesy call on the Copperbelt Permanent

Secretary.

Mr Kangwa also stated that he was with the State Function Committee comprising Permanent Secretaries from various ministries to appreciate the works being done at the New Copperbelt International Airport.

He said the team would inspect the works to ensure that the facility was of high standard and avoid the discovery of shortcomings at the last minute.

And Mr Nundwe said the New Copperbelt International Airport was at 78 percent

complete with the runway being at 99 percent complete.

He indicated that over 1,000 jobs would be created for Zambians once the project was completed.

Mr Nundwe that the project was scheduled to be handed over to Government this year but due to Covid-19, the process had delayed.

Don’t blame state for poverty - Trader

By ROGERS KALERO ZAMBIANS should not entirely blame Government for the poverty levels in the country, but work to eliminate hunger at household levels, Cross border traders have said.

Copperbelt Cross Border and Integrated Business Association (CCBIBA) publicity secretary Poster Jumbe said Zambians must understand that if they did not improve their work culture, poverty levels would continue to worsen, even if they decided to change Governments several times.

In an interview in Kitwe yesterday, Mr Jumbe observed that some foreigners in Zambia, with the culture of hard work, would continue to reap a fortune in a country where its citizens were not doing much.

Mr Jumbe, who is also Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) Copperbelt provincial coordinator, said some ordinary citizens were to blame for the poor work culture. He said he had no apology to make to any one for stating that some Zambians had chosen to be drunkards instead of concentrating on hard work because they had been ‘crying’ to have bars and drinking places opened.

“When you give them a piece of land, they sell to foreigners and they use the money to buy beer. This is why I am saying we cannot entirely blame Government for the poverty, but ourselves because our work culture is bad and we have embraced beer drinking so much,’’ Mr Jumbe said Mr Jumbe said very few Zambians were properly utilizing the revolving fund given to them by their respective Members of Parliament (MP).

“So this is why I am saying poverty alleviation is a two way thing.

Government will facilitate and it is up to people to utilise opportunities given to them, but if they fail, you cannot blame Government,’’ he said

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CALLING ON ALL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS TO MAKE SUBMISSIONS TO THE NGO REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT PROCESS The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) was formed in 1974 as an Umbrella of Zambian Civil Society Organisations. Our main goal of the organisation is promoting a vibrant, independent and well-coordinated civil society organisation in Zambia.

In 2009 government enacted the Non-Governmental Act No. 16 of 2009 to regulate and register Non-Governmental Organisations. The enactment of the Law was not well received by a large section of Civil Society in the country who felt that the law infringed on fundamental freedoms and the constitution of Zambia.

Against this background, civil society including Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD), started pursuing the Repeal and Replacement of the NGO Act. In 2019, government, through the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) contracted the Zambia Law Development Commission (ZLDC) to draft the NGO Bill.

Working through a Technical Working Group (TWG) comprising of civil society, government ministries and partners, consultative meetings were held in provinces to get submissions to the NGO Bill. With the outbreak of the corona virus, these countrywide consultative meetings were put on hold. Instead, the ZLDC issued an online submission plan to enable NGOs contribute to the NGO Draft Bill.

In an effort to ensure that NGO Bill promotes the flourishing of the civil society, Zambia Council for Social Development is now calling on all its members and other well-meaning Zambian Organisations and Individuals alike to make submissions to the process of repealing and replacing of the NGO Act of 2009. All submissions should be made to the Zambia Law Development Commission (ZLDC) at Plot No. 26F Cheetah Road Kabulonga, Lusaka or the Registrar of NGOs at the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services. Soft copies should be sent to Mr Mwiba Mwenda at mwibamwenda@ yahoo.com and Ms Lina Jere at lina.jere@gmail.com and ZCSD to admin@zcsdev.org. zm Our Goal is to see a vibrant, well-coordinated and Independent Civil Society Sector in Zambia

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By JACKSON MAPAPAYI TRADERS and other Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) in Kasempa have received a boost from the Presidential Empowerment Initiative Fund (PEITF).

Among the beneficiaries were marketers, barbers and tax drivers.

PEITF National Coordinator, Clement Tembo, said his organisation would continue to work with the vulnerable but viable groups and individuals in all 10 the provinces of the country.

He explained that since inception, PEITF had been working to uplift the living standards and restoring dignity of the beneficiaries across the country.

Mr Tembo “President Edgar Lungu wants to uplift the living standards and restore dignity to the beneficiaries across the country, this is why am here to deliver the empowerment packages,”

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“President Edgar Lungu wants to uplift the living standards and restore dignity to the beneficiaries across the country, this is why am here to deliver the empowerment packages,” Mr Tembo said.

He said that the funds have been given for vegetable and dry foods marketeers as well fuel fund for taxi drivers in Kasempa district.

Mr Tembo said that industrial barbing machines had been distributed to youths, who were engaged in the business, but were not well equipped.

Mr Tembo revealed that local welders and metal fabricators had been given grants while revolving fund was given to salons and beauty stores for the women.

The programme was facilitated by Kasempa District Commissioner Goodson Sansakuwa who was accompanied by market managers.

And Mr Sansakuwa thanked the Republican President for empowering the people of Kasempa.

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(AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019

THE CONSTITUTION OF ZAMBIA (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019 WITH PROPOSED PARLIAMENTARY AMENDMENTS MEMORANDUM The object of this Bill is to amend the Constitution of Zambia so as to(a) revise the Preamble in order to reaffirm the Christian character of Zambia; (b) revise the principles and values of the Constitution; (c) revise the electoral system for elections to the National Assembly; (d) revise the period for dissolution of the National Assembly; (e) revise the period of hearing and determination of a presidential election petition; (f) revise the manner of election of mayor and council chairperson; (g) revise the composition of the Cabinet; (h) revise the provisions relating to the establishment of commissions; (i) revise the provisions relating to the payment of pension benefits and retention on the payroll; (j) provide for the membership of Members of Parliament in councils; (k) establish the Drug Enforcement Commission as the AntiDrugs, Economic and Financial Crimes Agency and redefine its function as a national security service; (l) revise the functions of the Public Protector; (m) revise the functions of the Bank of Zambia; (n) revise the functions of the Auditor-General; and (o) provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.

Amendment of preamble

Amendment of Article 1

(5) Subject to Article 28, a matter relating to this Constitution shall be heard and determined by the Constitutional Court.

4. Article 4 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of Clause (3) and the substitution therefor of the following: (3) The Republic is a Christian, unitary, indivisible, multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multicultural and multi-party democratic State.; Amendment of Article 8

Amendment of Article 10

LIKANDO KALALUKA, S.C., Attorney-General

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ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia

1. This Act may be cited as the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act, 2019, and shall be read as one with the Constitution of Zambia, in this Act referred to as the Constitution.

5. Article 8 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of paragraph (a) and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph: (a) Christian morality and ethics;.

5. 6. Article 10 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of Clause (4) and the substitution therefor of the following: (4) Subject to Article 16, the Government shall not compulsorily acquire an investment.;

Amendment of Article 38

6. 7. Article 38 of the Constitution is amended by the insertion of the words “as prescribed” immediately after the word “adoption”.

Amendment of Article 46

7. 8. Article 46 of the Constitution is amended by the insertion of the words “as prescribed” immediately after the word “ballot”.

8. 9. Article 47 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of clause (2) and the substitution therefor of the following: (2) Elections to the National Assembly shall be conducted under a mixed member electoral system, as prescribed.

An Act to amend the Constitution of Zambia.

Enactment

2. The Preamble is amended by the deletion of the words “multi-religious” and the substitution therefor of the word “Christian”.

3. Article 1 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of clause (5) and the substitution therefor of the following:

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Repeal and replacement of Article 51

Amendment of Article 52 Repeal and replacement of Article 60

9. 10. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 51 and the substitution therefor of the following: 51. A person is eligible for election as an independent candidate for a National Assembly seat if the person meets the qualifications specified in Article 70 for election as a Member of Parliament.

Amendment of Article 72

(b) the renumbering of paragraph (i) as paragraph (k).

60. (1) A political party shall be established as prescribed.

The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Articles 69, 70, 71 and 72.

Amendment of Article 73

16. 17. Article 73 of the Constitution is amended in clause (2), by the insertion of the words “and determined” between the words “heard” and “within”.

Amendment of Article 75

17. 18. Article 74 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of clause (1), and the substitution therefor of the following: (1) The Vice-President shall be the Leader of Government Business in the National Assembly.

(3) A political party shall not a. be founded on a religious, linguistic, racial, ethnic, tribal, gender, sectoral or provincial basis or engage in propaganda based on any of these factors; b. engage in or encourage violence or intimidate its members, supporters, opponents or other persons; c. engage in corrupt practices; and d. except as prescribed, use public resources to promote its interest or that of its members.

Amendment of Article 63

18. 19. Article 75 of the Constitution is amended(a) in clause (1), by the deletion of the word “sitting” and the substitution therefor of the word “meeting”; (b) in clause (2), by the deletion of the word “sittings” and the substitution therefor of the word “meetings”; (c) by the deletion of clause (3) and the substitution therefor of the following:

12. 13. Article 63(2)(e) of the Constitution is amended by the insertion of a comma and the words “as prescribed” immediately after the word “ratified”.

(3) Notwithstanding clause (2), the President, or two-thirds of the Members of Parliament, may, in writing, request the Speaker to summon a meeting of the National Assembly.; and (d) in the marginal note, by the deletion of the word “sittings” and the substitution therefor of the word “meetings”.

Article 63 (2) of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of paragraphs (d) and (e).

Amendment of Article 67

13. 14. Article 67 of the Constitution is amended(a) in clause (3), by the deletion of the words “within fourteen days of the publication of the statutory instrument in the Gazette”; and (b) by the deletion of clauses (4), (5) and (6).

Repeal and replacement of Article 68

14. 15. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 68 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Election, nomination, qualification and vacation of office of a Member of Parliament

68. Subject to Article 47, the election, nomination, qualification and vacation of office of a Member of Parliament shall be as prescribed.

15. 16. Article 72(2) of the Constitution is amended by – (a) the insertion of the following paragraphs immediately after paragraph (h): i. is convicted of an offence and sentenced by a court to death, or imprisonment for a term exceeding six months, by whatever name called; ii. in the case of an elected member, if the member becomes a member of a political party other than the party which sponsored that member as a candidate for election to the National Assembly;

10. 11. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 52.

11. 12. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 60 and the substitution therefor of the following:

(2) A political party shall a. promote the values and principles specified in this Constitution; b. have a national character; c. promote and uphold national unity; d. promote and practice democracy through regular, free and fair elections within the party; and e. subscribe to and observe the code of conduct for political parties, as prescribed.

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Amendment of Article 78

19. 20. Article 78 of the Constitution is amended(a) in clause (2), by the deletion of paragraph (b) and the substitution therefor of the following: (b) in the case of a tie, another vote shall be taken. (b) by the insertion of the following new clause immediately after clause (2): (3) If at the conclusion of a second vote, there is a tie, a third vote shall be taken, and in the

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event of a tie, the question shall be lost.

Amendment of Article 80

20. 21. Article 80 (2) of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of the word “sitting” and the substitution therefor of the word “meeting”.

Repeal and replacement of Article 81

21. 22. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 81 and the substitution therefor of the following:

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Amendment of Article 83

(b) been legally disqualified from performing the functions of the Office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker; (b) clause (5), by the deletion of paragraph (a) and the substitution therefor of the following:

81.

(1) The term of Parliament shall be five years commencing from the date that the Members of Parliament are sworn into office after a general election and ending on the date of the next general election.

(2) The National Assembly may, when the Republic is at war, by resolution supported by a simple majority vote of the Members of Parliament, extend the term of Parliament for not more than twelve months at a time.

(3) Subject to clauses (4), (5) and (6), the President may prorogued dissolve Parliament if the Executive cannot effectively govern the Republic due to the failure of the National Assembly to objectively and reasonably carry out its legislative function.

(4) Where the President intends to prorogued dissolve Parliament in accordance with clause (3), the President shall inform the public and refer the matter, within seven days, to the Constitutional Court.

(5) The Constitutional Court shall hear and determine the matter, referred to it in accordance with clause (4), within seven days of receipt of the matter.

(6) The Constitutional Court shall, where it decides that the situation in clause (3) exists, inform the President and the President shall prorogued dissolve Parliament.

(a) are not substantiated, the National Assembly shall, reinstate the Speaker or Deputy Speaker; or; and (c) in the marginal note, by the insertion of the words “or Deputy Speaker” after the word “Speaker.”

Repeal and replacement of Article 84

22. 24. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 84 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Clerk of National Assembly

94. (1) There shall be a Clerk of the National Assembly who shall be appointed as prescribed.

Amendment of Article 88

(9) The President may, due to a state of war, state of public emergency or threatened state of public emergency, after the prorogation dissolution of Parliament and before the holding of general elections, recall the National Assembly that was prorogued dissolve.

(10) The President may, in consultation with the Speaker, prorogue Parliament by proclamation.

23. 25. Article 88 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of clause (1) and the substitution therefor of the following: (1) A citizen may petition the National Assembly to (a) initiate the enactment, amendment or repeal of legislation; or (b) consider any other matter that falls within the jurisdiction of the National Assembly.

Amendment of Article 92

24. 26. Article 92(2) of the Constitution is amended (a) in paragraphs (a) and (b), by the deletion of the word “consuls,” and the substitution therefor of the words “consuls general”; and (b) by the deletion of paragraph (c) and the substitution therefor of the following: (c) negotiate and sign international agreements and treaties and, subject to the approval of the National Assembly, ratify or accede to, or withdraw from, international agreements and treaties;

Repeal and replacement of Article 94

25. 27. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 94 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Approval of appointment and measures

by National Assembly

94.

(1) Where in this Constitution, an appointment to an office or the taking of a measure by the President is subject to approval by the National Assembly, the National Assembly shall, in the sitting next after receipt of the request for approval, give its approval within thirty days of the commencement of the sitting.

(2) Where the National Assembly does not give its approval within the period specified in clause (1), the President shall propose another measure or appoint another person to that office,

(7) Where Parliament is prorogued dissolve under clause (3), the President shall, until the President-elect assumes office, continue to perform the executive functions, in accordance with Article 104.

(8) Where Parliament is prorogued dissolve under clause (3), general elections shall be held within ninety days of the prorogation dissolution.

23. Article 83 of the Constitution is amended (a) in clause (1), by the deletion of paragraph (b) and the substitution therefor of the following:

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(a) the highest and second highest number of valid votes cast in the initial ballot; or

and submit that measure or appointment for approval by the National Assembly.

(3) Where the National Assembly refuses or delays the approval for the second time, the President shall propose another measure or appoint another person to that office and shall submit that measure or appointment for approval by the National Assembly.

(4) Where the National Assembly refuses or delays the approval of the measure or appointment for the third time, that measure or appointment shall take effect.

Amendment of Article 95

26. 28. Article 95(1) of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of the words “twentyone” and the substitution therefor of the word “thirty”.

Amendment of Article 100

27. 29. Article 100(2) of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of paragraph (f) and the substitution therefor of the following: (f) is legally disqualified from performing the executive functions.

Amendment of Article 103

28. 30. Article 103 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of clause (2) and the substitution therefor of the following: (2) The Constitutional court shall hear and determine an election petition filed in accordance with clause (1) within fourteen days of the filing of the petition.

Repeal and replacement of Articles 101, 102, 103 and 104

30. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Articles 101, 102, 103 and 104 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Election of President

101. (1) A President shall be elected by registered voters in accordance with Article 47(1) and this Article.

(2) The Returning Officer shall declare the presidential candidate who receives more than fifty percent of the valid votes cast during the election as President-elect.

(3) If at the initial ballot, a presidential candidate does not receive more than fifty percent of the valid votes cast, the candidate with the highest number of vote cast shall, within fourteen days of the declaration by the Returning Officer of the presidential election results negotiate and form a coalition government with a presidential candidate that participated in the initial ballot, except that the combined votes of that presidential candidate and the preferred presidential candidate forming the coalition government meet the threshold of more than fifty percent of the valid votes cast.

(4) Where the candidate with the highest number of votes fails to form a coalition government within the period specified in clause (3), a second ballot shall be held within thirty-seven days of the initial ballot, where the only candidates shall be the presidential candidates who obtained-

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(b) an equal number of the valid votes cast in the initial ballot, being the highest votes amongst the presidential candidates that stood for election to the office of President.

(5) The Returning Officer shall declare as President-elect (a) the presidential candidate who obtains more than fifty percent of the valid votes cast; (b) in the event of the formation of a coalition, the presidential candidate who obtains the highest number of valid votes cast; and (c) in the case of a second ballot, the presidential candidate who obtained the majority of the valid votes cast in the second ballot.

(6) A losing candidate may petition a presidential election in accordance with Article 103.

Disqualification for run-off

102.

(1) A presidential candidate shall not take part in the second ballot, if that presidential candidate (a) resigns for a reason other than illhealth; (b) becomes disqualified as specified in Article 100; (c) is disqualified by a decision of the Constitutional Court in accordance with Article 103; (2) Where a presidential candidate does not take part in a second ballot because of a reason specified in clause (1), a candidate who scored the third highest number of valid votes cast in the initial ballot, shall be a presidential candidate in the second ballot, together with the remaining presidential candidate that had initially qualified for the second ballot.

(3) If a presidential candidate(a) dies; or b) resigns due to ill health; before the taking of a second ballot, the running mate to that presidential candidate in the initial ballot shall assume the place of that presidential candidate.

(4) The presidential candidate who assumes the place of the previous presidential candidate in accordance with clause (2) shall

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appoint a running mate.

(5) Where both presidential candidates(a) resign; (b) become disqualified under Article 100; (c) become disqualified by a decision of the Constitutional Court under Article 103; or (d) die; before the taking of the second ballot, fresh nominations shall be filed with the Electoral Commission, as prescribed.

accordance with Article 105.

(2) Subject to clauses (3) and (4), where the Returning Officer declares a presidential candidate as President-elect, the incumbent shall continue to perform the executive functions until the President-elect assumes office, except the power to-

103.

(1) A losing candidate may, within seven days of the declaration made under Article 101(2) and (5), petition the Constitutional Court to nullify the election of a presidential candidate who took part in the initial ballot on the ground that-

(3) Subject to Article 105, and except where the incumbent is the President-elect, the incumbent President shall, on the assumption of office by the President-elect, begin and complete the procedural and administrative handing over of the executive functions, to the President-elect, within fourteen days from the day the President-elect assumes office.

(a) the person was not validly elected; or (b) a provision of this Constitution or other written law relating to presidential elections was not complied with.

(2) The Constitutional Court shall hear and determine an election petition filed in accordance with clause (1) within thirty days of the filing of the petition.

(3) The Constitutional Court may, after hearing an election petition-

(a) make an appointment; or (b) dissolve the National Assembly.

Amendment of Article 107

29. 31. Article 107 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of the words “physical or mental” wherever the words appear.

Amendment of Article 108

30. 32. Article 108 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of (a) clause (8)(a) and the substitution therefor of the following: (a) is not substantiated, the National Assembly shall not take further proceedings in respect of the allegation; or; and (b) by the deletion of clause (9) and the substitution therefor of the following:

(a) declare the election of the Presidentelect valid; (b) nullify the election of the Presidentelect; (c) disqualify the President-elect from being a candidate in the second ballot; or (d) grant any other relief the court considers just.

(4) A decision of the Constitutional Court made in accordance with clause (3) is final.

(5) A losing candidate may, within seven days of the declaration of President-elect, by the Returning Officer following the second ballot, petition the Constitutional Court to nullify the election of the President-elect on the ground that(a) the person was not validly elected; or (b) a provision of this Constitution or other written law relating to presidential elections was not complied with.

(6) The Constitutional Court shall hear and determine an election petition relating to the President-elect within thirty days of the filing of the petition.

(7) Where the election of the Presidentelect and Vice-President is nullified by the Constitutional Court, a presidential election shall be held within sixty days from the date of the nullification.

Transition period before assuming officer

104.

(1) The President-elect shall be sworn into office and assume office in

(9) The President shall, on the passing of the resolution in accordance with(a) clause (8)(a), resume to perform the executive functions; or (b) clause (8)(b), cease to hold office and be amenable to prosecution without the need to lift the immunity under Article 98.

Amendment of Article 111

31. 33. Article 111 of the Constitution is amended(a) by the deletion of clauses (3) and (6); and (b) by the renumbering of clauses (4) and (5) as clauses (3) and (4), respectively.

Repeal and replacement subheading

32. 34. The Constitution is amended by the deletion of the sub-heading immediately after Article 112 and the substitution therefor of the following: “Cabinet, Minister, Provincial Minister and Deputy Minister”.

Amendment of Article 113

33. 35. Article 113 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of paragraph (d) and the substitution therefor of the following: (d) Provincial Ministers; and (e) the Attorney-General and the Chief Whip, as ex-officio members.

Amendment of Article 114

34. 36. Article 114 (1) of the Constitution

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is amended by the deletion of paragraph (d) paragraphs (d) and (e) and the substitution therefor of the following:

Amendment of Article 116

(d) recommend the accession to and ratification of, or withdrawal from international agreements and treaties to the National Assembly. (d) accede or ratify or withdraw from international agreements and treaties; and (e) approve (i) loans to be contracted by the state; and (ii) guarantees on loans contracted by State institutions;.

Amendment of Article 116

Amendment of Article 116

35. 37. Article 116 of the Constitution is amended – (a) in clause (3), by the deletion of paragraphs (e) and (f) and the substitution therefor of the following: (e) the Minister is legally disqualified from performing the functions of that office.; and (b) by the insertion of the following new clause immediately after clause (3): (4) subject to this Constitution, a Minister shall continue to hold office until the next general election.

37. Article 116 (3) of the Constitution is amended(a) by the deletion of paragraph (f) and the substitution therefor of the following: (f) the Minister is legally disqualified from performing the functions of that office; and (b) by the insertion of the following new clause immediately after clause (3): (4) Subject to this Constitution, a Minister shall continue to hold office until the next general election.

Insertion of Article 117A

38. The Constitution is amended by the insertion of the following new Article immediately after Article 117: Deputy Minister 117A. The President may appoint a prescribed number of Deputy Ministers as the President may consider necessary to assist Ministers in the performance of the Ministers functions and to exercise or to perform on behalf of Ministers functions of the Ministers that the President may authorise in that behalf.

Amendment of Article 119

Amendment of Article 120

36. 39.

Article 119 (2) of the Constitution is amended by the insertion of the words “and determine” immediately after the word “hear” wherever it appears.

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amended – (a) in clause (3) by the deletion of (i) paragraph (b) and the substitution therefor of the following: (b) jurisdiction, powers and sittings of the courts and other prescribed courts;; and (ii) paragraph (e) and the substitution therefor of the following: (e) jurisdiction, powers and sittings of the courts and other prescribed courts;; and (b) by the deletion of clause (5).

Amendment of Article 122

38. 41. Article 122 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of clause (1) and the substitution therefor of the following: (1) In the exercise of the judicial authority, the Judiciary shall be autonomous and shall be subject only to this Constitution and the law and not be subject to the control or direction of a person or an authority.

Amendment of Article 124

39. 42. Article 124 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of paragraph (c) and the substitution therefor of the following: (c) an uneven number of judges, as prescribed.

Repeal and replacement of Article 127

40. 43. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 127 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Establishment and composition of Constitutional Court

127. There is established the Constitutional Court which consists of (a) the Chief Justice; (b) the President of the Constitutional Court; and (c) an uneven number of judges, as prescribed.

Repeal and replacement of Article 129

41. 44. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 129 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Sittings of Constitutional Court

129. The sittings of the Constitutional Court shall be as prescribed.

Repeal of Articles 138 and 139

42. 45. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Articles 138 and 139.

Amendment of Article 140

43. 46. Article 140 of the Constitution is amended by the (a) deletion of paragraph (d); and (b) the renumbering of paragraph (e) as paragraph (d).

Amendment of Article 142

44.

Article 142 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of clause (3) and the substitution therefor of the following: (3) The Chief Justice and the President of the Constitutional Court shall hold office for not more than ten year.

Amendment of Article 143

47. Article 142 (3) of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of the words “and President of the Constitutional Court”.

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45. 48. Article 143 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of paragraph (a) and the substitution therefor of the following: (a) is legally disqualified from performing judicial functions.

Repeal and replacement of Article 144

46. 49. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 144 and the substitution therefor of the following:

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(10) Where the medical board recommends to the Tribunal that the judge is(a) capable of performing the judicial functions, the Tribunal shall recommend to the President the revocation of the judge’s suspension and the President shall immediately revoke the suspension; or (b) incapable of performing the judicial functions, the Tribunal shall recommend to the President the removal of the judge from office and the President shall immediately remove the judge from office.

(11) A judge who refuses to submit to an examination, in accordance with clause (9), shall immediately be removed from office by the President.

144. (1) The removal of a judge may be initiated by the Judicial Service Commission or by a complaint made to the Judicial Service Commission, based on the grounds specified in Article 143.

(2) The Judicial Service Commission shall, where it decides that a prima facie case has been established against a judge, submit a report to the President.

(3) The President shall, within seven days from the date of receiving the report, submitted in accordance with clause (2), suspend the judge from office and appoint a Tribunal.

(4) The Tribunal shall consist of a Chairperson and at least two members, who all hold or have held the office of judge.

(5) The Tribunal shall, within thirty days of the judge being suspended from office, under clause (3)(a) hear and determine the matter against the judge on the grounds specified in Article 143 (b), (c) or (d); or (b) constitute a medical board, in consultation with the body responsible for regulating health practitioners, to inquire into an allegation based on the ground specified in Article 143(a).

(6) Where the Tribunal decides that an allegation based on a ground specified in Article 143(b), (c) or (d) is (a) not substantiated, the Tribunal shall recommend, to the President, the revocation of the judge’s suspension and the President shall immediately revoke the suspension; or (b) substantiated, the Tribunal shall recommend, to the President, the removal of the judge from office and the President shall immediately remove the judge from office.

(7) The proceedings under clause (5) (a) shall be held in camera and the judge is entitled to appear, be heard and represented by a legal practitioner or other person chosen by the judge.

(8) The medical board, constituted in accordance with clause (5)(b), shall consist of not less than three registered health practitioners.

(9) The medical board shall, within thirty days of being constituted, examine the judge and report to the Tribunal on the judge’s capacity to perform the judicial functions.

Amendment of Article 147

47. 50. Article 147 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of clause (2) and the substitution therefor of the following: (2) The concurrent and exclusive functions of the national, provincial and local government levels shall be as prescribed.

Repeal and replacement of Article 149

48. 51. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 149 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Provinces and districts

149. (1) The President may create or divide a province or merge two or more provinces, as prescribed.

(2) A province shall consist of such number of districts, as prescribed.

Amendment of Article 152

49. Article 152 of the Constitution is amended by the – (a) deletion of clause (2); and (b) the renumbering of clauses (3) And (4) as clauses (2) and (3).

Repeal and replacement of Article 153 Election of councillors, composition of councils and tenure

50. 52. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 153 and the substitution therefor of the following: 153. (1) A councilor shall be elected in accordance with Article 47(3) by registered voters’ resident within the ward.

(2) A council shall consist of the following councillors: (a) persons elected in accordance with clause (1); (b) a mayor or council chairperson; (c) not more than three chiefs or three chief’s representatives in the district, elected by the chiefs in the district, except that where a district has three or fewer number of chiefs, each chief may nominate a representative; and (d) a Member of Parliament elected in accordance with Articles 47(2); (3) The system of electing chiefs specified in clause (2)(c) shall be as prescribed.

(4) A person qualifies to be elected as a councillor, if that person (a) is eighteen years of age or above;

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(b) has obtained, as a minimum academic qualification, a grade twelve school certificate or its equivalent; (c) is a citizen resident in the district; (d) declares that person’s assets and liabilities, as prescribed; and (e) has paid that person’s taxes or made arrangements satisfactory to the appropriate tax authority for the payment of the taxes.

of the following: Institution of chieftaincy and traditional institutions

165. (1) Subject to clause (2), the institution of chieftaincy and traditional institutions are guaranteed and shall exist in accordance with the culture, customs and traditions of the people to whom they apply.

(2) The recognition or withdrawal of a person as a chief shall be as prescribed.

(3) Where there is a dispute in respect of an appointment or election of a chief and the dispute is not resolved in accordance with the culture, customs and tradition of the people to whom it applies the dispute shall be resolved by the House of Chiefs.

Amendment of Article 168

56. 58. Article 168 (2) of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of the words “except that of councillor”.

Repeal and replacement of Article 169

57. 59. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 169 and the substitution therefor of the following:

(5) A council may invite a person, whose presence is in the council’s opinion desirable, to attend and participate in the deliberations of the council but that person shall have no vote.

(6) The term of a council shall be five years commencing from the date the councillors are sworn into office after a general election and ending on the date of the next general election.

Repeal and replacement of Article 154

51. 53. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 154 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Mayor or council chairperson and deputy mayor or deputy council chairperson

154. (1) There shall be a mayor and a deputy mayor or council chairperson and a deputy council chairperson for every council, as prescribed.

(2) A mayor and deputy mayor or a council chairperson and deputy council chairperson shall be elected(a) by councilors prescribed; and

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(b) for a term of two and a half years and may be re-elected for one further term of two and a half years. (b) for a term of five years and may be re-elected for one further term of five years.

Repeal and replacement of Article 157A

52. 54. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 157 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Vacation of office or councillors and vacancy

157. (1) A councillor shall vacate office on dissolution of a council.

(2) The vacation of office of a councillor shall be as prescribed.

Repeal and replacement of Article 158

53. 55. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 158.

Repeal and replacement of Article 159

54. 56. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 159 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Local government elections tribunal Repeal and replacement of Article 165

159.

The Chief Justice shall establish a number of ad hoc local government election tribunals for election petitions of a councillor as prescribed.

55. 57. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 165 and the substitution therefor

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Amendment of Article 176

169. (1) There is established a House of Chiefs.

(2) The House of Chiefs shall consist of five chiefs from each province, elected by the chiefs in a Province, as prescribed.

(3) The members of the House of Chiefs shall elect a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the House of Chiefs, every five years from among themselves.

(4) The functions of the House of Chiefs are to — a. consider and discuss a Bill relating to custom or tradition referred to it by the President, before the Bill is introduced into the National Assembly; b. initiate, discuss and make recommendations to the National Assembly regarding socioeconomic development in the Province; c. initiate, discuss and decide on matters relating to customary law and practice; d. initiate, discuss and make recommendations to a local authority regarding the welfare of communities in a local authority; e. make proposals on areas in customary law that require codification; f. advise the Government on traditional and customary matters; g. resolve succession and any other disputes relating to chieftaincy as prescribed; and h. perform other functions as prescribed.

58. 60. Article 170(2) of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of paragraph (d) and the substitution therefor of the following: (d) is convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment for a period exceeding six months without the option of a fine.

59. 61. Article 176 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion (a) in clause (1), of the words “in consultation with the Civil Service Commission”; (b) of clause (3) and the substitution therefor of

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the following: (3) A person qualifies to be appointed as Secretary to the Cabinet if that person has served in a senior management position in the public service for at least ten years.

Repeal and replacement of Article 178

60. 62. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 178 and the substitution therefor of the following:

Tenure of Office of AttorneyGeneral and vacancy

178. (1) The term of office of the AttorneyGeneral shall be five years and shall run concurrently with the term of the President.

(2) The office of the Attorney-General becomes vacant if – a. the Attorney-General is removed from office by the President; b. another person assumes the office of President; c. the Attorney General dies; d. the Attorney-General resigns; or e. the Attorney-General is legally disqualified from performing the functions of that office.

Amendment of Article 179

61. 63. Article 179 of the Constitution is amended (a) by the deletion of the words “SolicitorGeneral” wherever the words appear and the substitution therefor of the words “Deputy Attorney-General”;

Amendment of Article 183

62. 64.

Article 183 of the Constitution is amended a. in clause (1), by the deletion of the words “in consultation with the Civil Service Commission”; b. in clause (3) (a) (ii), by the deletion of the words “province, local authority, State institution or other prescribed body” and the substitution thereof of the words “public body”;; and c. by the deletion of clause (3)(b) and the renumbering of paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) as paragraphs (b), (c) and (d).

Amendment of Article 184 Amendment of Article 184

63. Article 184(2)(d) is amended by the insertion of the words “as prescribed” immediately after the word “department.”

65. Article 184 (2) is amended by the deletion of paragraph (d).

Amendment of Article 186

64. 66. Article 186 is amended by the insertion of the following clause immediately after clause (2): (3) A public officer who seeks election under clause (1) shall resign at least two years before the date of election.

Repeal and replacement of Article 189

67. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 189 and the substitution therefor of the following:

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Payment of pension benefit 189.

Amendment of Article 192

Amendment of Article 193

Repeal and replacement of Article 199

189. A pension benefit shall be paid promptly and regularly.

65. 68. Article 192 (2) of the Constitution is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph immediately after paragraph (c): (d) perform other functions as may be prescribed.

66. 69. Article 193 (1) of the Constitution is amended by the a. insertion of the following paragraph immediately after paragraph (c): b. the Anti-Drugs, Economic and Financial Crimes Agency;; and c. renumbering of paragraph (d) as paragraph (e).

67. 70. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 199 and the substitution therefor of the following: Imposition of tax 199. A tax shall not be imposed, waived or varied, except as prescribed.

Amendment of Article 213

71.

Article 213 of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of clause (2) and the substitution therefor of the following: (2) The function of the Bank of Zambia is to formulate and implement monetary policy.

Amendment of Article 214

68. 72. Article 214(1) of the Constitution is amended by the deletion of paragraph (b) and the substitution therefor of the following: (b) a person who has specialised training and proven experience relevant to the functions of the central bank, as prescribed.

Amendment of Article 215

Repeal and replacement of Part XVIII

69. 73.

Article 215 (d) of the Constitution is amended by the insertion of the word “qualifications,” immediately before the word “tenure”.

70. 74. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Part XVIII and the substitution therefor of the following: PART XVIII

SERVICE, INVESTIGATIVE AND OTHER COMMISSIONS AND INDEPENDENT OFFICES Commissions

216. (1) A service, investigative or other commission may be established as prescribed.

(2) A commission shalla. be subject only to this Constitution and the law; b. be independent; c. act with dignity, professionalism, propriety and integrity; d. be non-partisan; and e. be impartial in the exercise of its authority.

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Financial and independence of Commission

217. (1) A commission shall be a selfaccounting institution which deals directly with the Ministry responsible for finance in matters relating to its finances.

by the President, subject to ratification by the National Assembly.

(2) A person qualifies for appointment as Public Protector if that person(a) is qualified to be appointed as a judge; and (b) does not hold a State office or Constitutional office.

(2) A commission shall be adequately funded in a financial year to enable it to effectively perform its functions.

Expenses of Commission

218. The expenses of a commission, including emoluments payable to, or in respect of, persons serving with that commission, shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund.

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Functions of Public Protector

219. (1) There is established the Electoral Commission of Zambia which shall be independent and have offices in Provinces and in districts, progressively.

(a) unfair, unreasonable or illegal; or (b) not compliant with the rules of natural justice.

(3) For purposes of clauses (1) and (2), the Public Protector may (a) bring an action before a court; (b) hear an appeal by a person relating to an action or decision taken or omitted to be taken in respect of that person; and (c) make a decision on an action to be taken against a public office or Constitutional office holder, which decision shall be implemented by an appropriate authority.

Human Rights Commission 220. (1) There is established the Human Rights Commission which shall have offices in the provinces and districts, progressively.

(4) The Public Protector shall not be subject to the direction or control of a person or an authority in the performance of the functions of office.

(2) The Human Rights Commission shall ensure that the Bill of Rights is upheld and protected.

(3) The Human Rights Commission shall-

(5) The Public Protector has the same powers as those of the High Court in -

a. investigate and report on the observance of rights and freedoms; b. take necessary steps to secure appropriate redress where rights and freedoms are violated; c. endeavour to resolve a dispute through negotiation, mediation or conciliation; d. carry out research on rights and freedoms and related matters; e. conduct civic education on rights and freedoms; and f. perform such other functions as prescribed.

(a) enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath; (b) examining witnesses outside Zambia; (c) compelling the production of documents; (d) enforcing decisions issued by the Public Protector; and (e) citing a person or an authority for contempt for failure to carry out a decision.

(6) A person summoned to give evidence or to produce a document before the Public Protector is entitled, in respect of that evidence or the production of the document, to the same privileges and protection as those that a person would be entitled to before a court.

Investigative Commissions Investigative Commission

Public Protector

221. (1) There is established the AntiCorruption Commission as an Investigative Commission.

(2) The functions of the Anti-Corruption Commission shall be as prescribed.

Other Independent Offices 222. (1) There is a Public Protector appointed

(3) The office of Public Protector shall progressively be decentralised to the Provinces and to districts, as prescribed.

223. (1) The Public Protector may investigate an action or decision taken or omitted to be taken by a State institution in the performance of an administrative function.

(2) For purposes of clause (1), an action or decision taken or omitted to be taken is an action or decision which is -

(2) The Electoral Commission shall a. implement the electoral process; b. conduct elections and referenda; c. register voters; d. settle minor electoral disputes, as prescribed; e. regulate the conduct of voters and candidates; f. accredit observers and election agents, as prescribed; g. delimit electoral boundaries; and h. perform such other functions, as prescribed.

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Limitation of powers of Public Protector

(7) An answer by a person to a question put by the Public Protector is not admissible in evidence against that person in civil or criminal proceedings, except for perjury.

224. The Public Protector shall not investigate

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a matter which a. is before a court, court martial or a quasijudicial body; b. relates to an officer in the Parliamentary Service or Judicial Service; c. involves the relations or dealings between the Government and foreign government or an international organisation; and d. relates to the exercise of the prerogative of mercy; or e. is criminal in nature.

Performance of functions of Public Protector during, absence illness or other cause

225. Where the Public Protector is absent from Zambia or is unable to perform the functions of office due to illness or other cause, the President shall appoint a person qualified to perform the functions of the Public Protector until that appointment is revoked or until the Public Protector returns to office.

Tenure of Office of Public Protector

226. (1) Subject to this Article, the Public Protector shall retire from office on attaining the age of sixty years.

(2) The Public Protector may retire, with full benefits, on attaining the age of fifty-five years .

(3) The Public Protector may be removed from office on the same grounds and procedure as apply to a judge, with the necessary modification.

Report to National Assembly AuditorGeneral

(4) The Public Protector may resign from office by three months’ notice, in writing, to the President.

227. The office of the Public Protector shall report to the National Assembly on matters concerning its affairs.

228. (1) There is an Auditor-General appointed by the President, subject to ratification by the National Assembly.

(c) conduct financial and value for money audits, including forensic audits and any other type of audit, in respect of a project that involves the use of public funds; (d) ascertain that money appropriated by Parliament or raised by the Government and disbursed(i) has been applied for the purpose for which it was appropriated or raised; (ii) was expended in conformity with the authority that governs it; and (iii) was expended economically, efficiently and effectively; and (e) recommend to the Director of Public Prosecutions or a law enforcement agency any matter within the competence of the AuditorGeneral, that may require to be prosecuted.

(2) The Auditor-General and any other officer authorised by the Auditor-General shall have access to all books, records, reports and other documents relating to any of the accounts referred to in clause (1).

(3) The Auditor-General shall not be subject to the direction or control of a person or an authority in the performance of the functions of that office.

Performance of functions of AuditorGeneral during absence, illness or other cause

Tenure of office of AuditorGeneral

(2) The office of Auditor-General shall be decentralised to the Provinces and to districts progressively, as prescribed.

(2) The Auditor-General may retire, with full benefits, on attaining the age of fifty-five years.

(3) The Auditor-General may be removed from office on the same grounds and procedure as apply to a judge, with the necessary modifications.

(3) The following shall be prescribed: a. the qualifications of the Auditor-General; b. the operations and management of the office of the Auditor-General; c. the recruitment, supervision, grading, promotion and discipline of the staff of the Auditor-General; and d. the finances of the office of the AuditorGeneral.

Functions of AuditorGeneral

229. (1) The Auditor-General shall(a) audit the accounts of(i) State organs, State institutions, provincial administration and local authorities; and (ii) institutions financed from public funds; (b) audit the accounts that relate to the stocks, shares and stores of the Government;

230. Where the Auditor-General is absent from Zambia or is unable to perform the functions of office due to illness or other cause, the President shall appoint a person qualified to perform the functions of the Auditor-General until that appointment is revoked or until the AuditorGeneral returns to office.

231. (1) Subject to this Article, the AuditorGeneral shall hold office for a term of seven years or retire from office on attaining the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier.

(4) The Auditor-General may resign from office by giving three months’ notice in writing, to the President.

Repeal of Article 264

71. 75. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of Article 264.

Amendment of Article 266

72. 76.

Article 266 of the Constitution is amended(a) by the deletion of the definitions of “adult”, “chief”, “child”, “commission”, “councillor”, “devolution”, “pension benefit”, “public office”, “public officer”, “public service”, “service commissions”, “State institution”, “sub-national”, “young person” and “youth” and the substitution therefor of the following:

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“adult” means a person who has attained, or is above, the age of eighteen years;

summoned and terminating when the National Assembly is adjourned sine die;

“chief” means a person bestowed as chief and who derives allegiance from birth or descent, in accordance with the customs, traditions, usage or consent of the people in a chiefdom or is recognised as prescribed;

“public body” means the Government, a Ministry or department of the Government, the National Assembly, the Judicature, a local authority, parastatal, Commission or other body appointed by the Government or established by or under, any law, except a private body and “public bodies” shall be construed accordingly;

“child” means a person below the age of eighteen years; “councillor” means a person elected to sit in the council in accordance with Article 47(3) during the local government elections;

“sitting” in relation to a calendar day means the period between the time when the Speaker calls the Assembly to Order and the time when the Assembly is adjourned; and

“Deputy Minister” means a person appointed as a Deputy Minister;

“Standing Orders” means the Standing Orders of the National Assembly made under Article 77.

“devolution” means a form of decentralisation where there is a transfer of rights, functions and powers of an office from the central government or State institution to a province or district authority and the word “devolved” shall be construed accordingly; “pension benefit” includes a pension, gratuity or compensation in respect of a person’s service; “province” means an administrative division of government at provincial or district level; “public office” means an office whose emoluments and expenses are a charge on the Consolidated Fund or other prescribed public fund; “public officer” means a person holding or acting in a public office and includes state officer;

Amendment of Article 272

Repeal of Annex

73. 77.

Article 272 of the Constitution is amended by the insertion of the words “within such period as it shall determine” between the words “may” and “enact”.

74. 78. The Constitution is amended by the repeal of the Annex.

General amendment

75. 79. The Constitution is amended by the deletion of(a) the words “the Emoluments Commission” wherever the words appear and the substitution therefor of the words “an appropriate authority”; (b) the words “Director of Public Prosecutions” wherever the words appear and the substitution therefor of the words “Prosecutor-General”; (c) the words “progressively to districts” and the substitution therefor of the words “to districts progressively”.

“public service” includes a commission, Judicial Service Commission, Public Service Commission and Teaching Service Commission; “young person” means a person who has attained the age of fifteen years, but is below the age of eighteen years; and “youth” means a person between the age of fifteen years and thirty-five years.; and (b) by the insertion, of the following new definitions in alphabetical order: “appropriate authority” means an authority responsible for determining the emoluments of public officers, chiefs and members of the House of Chiefs as provided in this Constitution or as prescribed;

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Solwezi Council revenue drops

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OLWEZI Municipal Council revenue collection has reduced by 14.67 percent, Mayor Nicholas Mukumbi has said.

The mayor said the drastic drop in revenue levels was due to Covid-19 which had resulted in non-remittance of funds by businesses houses.

Mr Mukumbi said during between January and March the council collected K 6, 739, 899.90 from local taxes, fees and charges, among other sources of revenue compared to K10, 632,967. 52 in the last quarter of 2019.

"Most business houses have closed up hence the local authority being adversely affected in terms of revenue collection," he added.

Mr Mukumbi also revealed that bars and night club owners had also been affected as their businesses had remained closed since March.

He however called on the bar high club owners to continue adhering to guidelines in order to control the spread of the pandemic.

“Most business houses have closed up hence the local authority being adversely affected in terms of revenue collection,�

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The mayor also said the council would embark on a street-naming exercise.

"Soon, the council will call for a meeting where stakeholders will be given an opportunity to make proposals of names of gallant men and women in the district after which streets and compounds can be named after," he said.

Mr Mukumbi also said the council had extended the period of the current Main Valuation Roll expiring from July 2020 to December this year, so that the flow of revenue was not disrupted.

Early this year, the council had commenced the process of updating the Main Valuation Roll but had stalled due to the partial lockdown amid Covid-19 and gassing.

An approval was also made for the issuance of 77 Occupancy Licenses processed from various applicants from unplanned settlements in an effort to provide security of tenure and efficient services by the Local Authority.

Meanwhile, the council has terminated the contract for Lembi Protective Limited that was engaged to collect waste in the urban South Zone.

The termination of the contract followed complaints from residents that the company was not frequently collecting waste.

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HE Government should invest heavily in the livestock sector for the country to navigate economic woes, a civic leader in Monze District has suggested.

UPND Chipembele ward councillor, Boniface Hangala, said Government should allocate more resources to the livestock sector in the 2021 National Budget to further boost production.

Mr Hangala observed that not much resources had previously been allocated livestock sector resulting in outbreak of animal diseases, poor animal husbandry, and poor revenue from the sector.

He said in an interview yesterday on the side-lines of a workshop for farmers, that the livestock sector had the potential to boost the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through exports of beef or live animals.

“I want to advise the Government to consider increasing funding to the livestock sector development in the next National budget because this is one sector which can help to resuscitate our economy.

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This time we should have been talking of exporting beef and other animal products all over the world but due to low investment and poor disease control we are unable to do that.

Nevertheless, hope is not lost as the government can still change this state of affairs by increasing funding to the sector.

"This time we should have been talking of exporting beef and other animal products all over the world but due to low investment and poor disease control we are unable to do that. Nevertheless, hope is not lost as the government can still change this state of affairs by increasing funding to the sector,” Mr Hangala said.

And another farmer, Godfrey Mutinta, noted that dip tanks in the district were in a deplorable state and needed to be worked on for farmers to adequately treat their animals and maintain good animal husbandry practices.

Mr Mutinta stressed that dip tanks were a prerequisite for animals’ health and urged the Government to address this problem affecting the livestock sector.

And During her presentation, Acting District Livestock and Fisheries coordinator Ms Racheal Lunga said Monze recorded 2, 341 animal mortalities during the 2018/2019 period due to various diseases.

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AKAR - Senegal's President Macky Sall has quarantined himself after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.

The president himself tested negative but will self-isolate for two weeks as a precaution, his office said in a short televised statement.

Senegalese lawmaker Yeya Diallo announced earlier on Wednesday that she had tested positive for the virus.

She called on people to take essential personal measures such as maintaining hygiene and social distancing.

Senegal has so far confirmed 6, 129 cases including 93 deaths.

In South Africa, some teachers and parents in Western Cape province are demonstrating and demanding the closure of schools over the spread of coronavirus.

A few principals have written an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa urging him to rethink the decision to open schools.

They say that virus cases within the community are now affecting pupils and teachers.

According to the Western Cape Education Department, over 300 staff members and 61 pupils had tested positive for coronavirus.

Some teachers refused to report back to work after colleagues tested positive for the virus, Eye Witness News reports.

The Western Cape is the worst-hit province in the country, with almost 50 percent of South Africa's cases. – BBC.

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Be innovative, schools urged

By ANDREW MUKOMA ALL government schools should be innovative and embark on activities that can generate income, General Education Permanent Secretary Jobbicks Kalumba has said.

Dr Kalumba said fishfarming was one of the many activities that schools could exploit in raising revenue for themselves.

He was speaking when he toured the production unity section at Hillcrest National Technical School in Livingstone yesterday.

Dr Kalumba said schools had the potential to feed the nation from successful fish farming projects instead of importing fish from China.

Dr Kalumba “This is the picture that we want to see in all the schools in Zambia. Being involved in fish farming can generate income for the schools and feed the nation instead of importing fish from China.”

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He commended school authorities at Hillcrest for creativeness and urged all schools in the country take that route.

“This is the picture that we want to see in all the schools in Zambia. Being involved in fish farming can generate income for the schools and feed the nation instead of importing fish from China.

Earlier, Dr Kalumba paid a courtesy call on Livingstone District Commissioner, Harriet Kawina, before opening a training workshop for guidance and counselling teachers drawn from all the schools in Southern Province.

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Don’t allow Bill 10 to be hijacked, State warned

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By NATION REPORTER GOVERNMENT should not allow the process of cleaning lacunas in the constitution through Bill 10 to be elongated as enemies of the state can take advantages to mislead citizens, a Patriotic Front official has advised.

Former PF Mandevu secretary, Lemmy Bwalya said it was worrying to see some politicians driving the process in their favour at the expenses of the plight of Zambians.

Mr Bwalya said in an interview that opposition political parties were happy to have the constitution refinement process delayed as it would leave anxiety in people’s minds. “Their aim is to continue sponsoring youths to protest against Government, a situation which eventually can turn the country in turmoil.

Mr Bwalya “We know what’s happening and we’re saying it’s too late for opposition parties to remove PF and President Edgar Lungu from power through dubious means like protests,” “We know what’s happening and we’re saying it’s too late for opposition parties to remove PF and President Edgar Lungu from power through dubious means like protests,” he said.

Mr Bwalya said no amount of schemes could make Zambians shift their attention from massive developments under the PF administration to the empty promises of the opposition.

Bwalya. Mr Bwalya urged Zambians not throw away the trust they bestowed upon their own people they sent to Parliament as their representatives.

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By BENNIE MUNDANDO THERE is an anticipated knock-on effect on loss of incomes and livelihoods resulting in hunger and malnutrition brought by effects of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) on the agriculture sector, the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) has warned.

IAPRI) outreach director, Ballard Zulu, yesterday told the Daily Nation that restricted access to markets was likely going to negatively affect food access and that limited supply of food and commodities in chain stores.

As a result, he said, restricted supply of imported commodities was also anticipated because most of the food consumed in Zambia was locally produced.

“Rise in unemployment for daily casual workers in markets and bus stops is anticipated while restricted access to markets is likely to negatively affect food access.

Mr Zulu called for the creation of temporary smaller satellite wholesale markets with controlled entry and exit in high density residential areas as well as the expansion of social cash transfer programme to cover more poor and vulnerable people.

He said there was need to encourage the private sector to produce cheap high energy foods from local products to ease the pressure on maize and curb potential panic buying and monitor and discourage price gouging activities.

He however advised farmers to sieze the opportunities presented by the COVID-19 by taking advantage of restricted entry of foreign products into the country by producing more to meet local demand.

“Local farmers and food processors can rise to fill the gap that is being created on the local market by the lockdown in South Africa and other countries.

The President has given a directive in this respect.

Commodities required to control COVID-19 such as masks, soaps and sanitizers provide an opportunity for local producers and job creation,” he said.

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OHANNESBURG It is "unfair" and an "overreach" for the Constitutional Court to give Parliament 24 months to amend legislation to allow independent candidates to contest national and provincial elections, ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina said.

The National Assembly Programming Committee received a legal opinion on the judgment at its meeting yesterday.

FF Plus chief whip Corné Mulder described it as a "strange judgment."

He said that when the Constitutional Court certified the Constitution, after it was passed in 1996, it agreed that political parties would be the way the electorate's will should be expressed.

"It is a very strange judgment," Majodina agreed.

"But the ball is in the court of Parliament now."

She said that it was "unfair" for the court to give Parliament only 24 months for the "very cumbersome process" of amending the applicable legislation. "While we respect the judiciary, at times the judiciary overreaches."

She added: I'm not attacking the judiciary, but its judiciary overreach to an extent that we are lawmakers and we are supposed to follow each and every process.

But to give us 24 months that we must do this process!

She added that the judgment was very ambitious.

National Assembly programming whip, Chana PilaneMajake, accused the judiciary of encroaching on Parliament's work. She said she understands that in a constitutional democracy, Parliament's sovereignty is taken away to prevent it from passing unjust laws.

But "more and more" lately, the judiciary's decisions were "just instructing Parliament" while no unjust laws are made.

But Deputy Speaker Lechesa Tsenoli said any debate on the legislature's relationship with the judiciary was secondary.

They now had to focus on the work that had to be done in 24 months.

The legal opinion, by Parliament's chief legal advisor Zuraya Adhikarie, recommended that the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs invite the Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to address the committee on the steps that the department proposed to take to address the judgment and correct the defect as soon as possible. – NEWS24.

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INSHASA - A Malawian cabinet minister has stepped down two days after the presidential election re-run, which saw President Peter Mutharika up against strong opposition challenger Lazarus Chakwera.

Ben Phiri, who was Local Government Minister, bid farewell to staff early yesterday and extended best wishes to his successor.

His resignation is seen by some as a hint that Mutharika lost the vote, but the electoral commission has not announced any results.

Meanwhile, the opposition alliance claimed victory for its candidate Lazarus Chakwera yesterday in a re-run of the 2019 presidential election, annulled by courts because of fraud.

The vote on Tuesday came to be regarded as a test of the ability of African courts to fight ballot fraud since Malawi’s judiciary infuriated President Peter Mutharika in February by overturning the result of last year’s vote.

“With all votes ... tallied, it is now clear that Malawians have resoundingly given (the opposition)...alliance the mandate to govern this country for the next five years,” a statement from Chakwera’s Tonse Alliance said.

A spokesman for Mutharika’s alliance did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Malawi’s state and private media on Wednesday gave Chakwera a comfortable 55 percent lead, with nearly three-quarters of votes counted, against Mutharika’s 40 percent.

At a news conference yesterday, Electoral Commission chairman Chifundo Kachale urged Malawians to wait for the official result, which was taking time to collate because the ballots had to be transported back to head office from locations across the nation.

Electoral officials said voting day on Tuesday was largely peaceful, apart from some sporadic reports of violence in opposition strongholds, and Malawi has remained calm while awaiting the result.

The cancelled result forced a change in the electoral system, swapping a “first-pastthe-post” for a system in which the winner has to get more than 50 percent of the vote. – BBC/REUTERS.

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PROTESTS ROCK KINSHASA KINSHASA - Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital fired tear gas for a second straight day on Wednesday to break up violent protests outside parliament over proposed changes in the judiciary.

Angry demonstrators, some armed with petrol bombs, blocked traffic outside parliament, erecting barriers and burning tyres.

Police first fired warning shots and then used tear gas to disperse them, AFP journalists said.

The protesters were mainly motorcycle taxi drivers and supporters of President Felix Tshisekedi’s Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) party.

The UDPS is in an uneasy coalition with forces close to Tshisekedi’s long-serving predecessor Joseph Kabila. Only a third of the government ministers are from the UDPS. The contested legal changes include proposals to define the powers of judges, which critics say is a ploy to muzzle the judiciary.

The proposals come from the Common Front for Congo (FCC), a coalition close to Kabila, who remains a behind-thescenes force in national politics.

Former parliament speaker Aubin Minaku, one of the people behind the proposed amendments, said the “aim is to define the authority the justice ministry exercises over the judges.”

But Tshisekedi’s party on Monday lambasted it as a ploy to “undermine the independence of the judiciary and increase the power of the justice ministry.”

The opposition Lamuka coalition also said the proposals would “deal a death blow to the concept of separation of powers.” . – AFP.

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Daily Nation, Educating Zambia!

• This is a type of learning in which teachers instruct a child in an educational environment about what should be done, how it should be done and why it should be done. It takes place in a classroom.

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Social organizations • This is the way society organizes itself.

• It relates to how society defines relationships, social institutions such as marriage and status system such as the role of a woman and children. The extended family system is a common social institution in African societies for it provides mutual protection and social support on a daily basis.

Civic Education 6.

On today’s pupils forum, will look at a topic; Culture. This topic will focus on components of culture, importance of culture and types of culture. This topic is at grade ten level of senior Civic education of the Zambian syllabus.

CULTURAL STUDIES Culture Culture refers to the whole way of life of a given people which includes their food, language, taboos, festivals, values, beliefs and traditions.

Culture can also be defined as the sum total of behaviour which people have learned over a period of time and defines ways by which they do things.

Culture is not something that one is born with but it is learnt.

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Aesthetics • This is a society’s perception of what is considered beauty in art and in persons.

• It dictates what is considered good taste, might be considered bad taste in another culture, e g dressing in mini-skirts, tight trousers are acceptable in towns but condemned in villages in Zambia.

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Law and politics • These are the rules and structures that regulate the behaviour of individuals.

Components of culture • A component is a unit or a part of something. It is an element of the whole, for example, two legs are a component of a human being because they are part of the whole human being.

There are eight major components of culture and these are; 1. Language • Language defines a cultural group even though the same language can be used in different countries. It differentiates one culture from another.

• It reflects the nature and value of a culture.

• Language is not only spoken, it can also be unspoken. For example gestures are signs used to express different things such as showing a fist as a sign of strength or violence.

• Language unites one group of people.

2. Religion • Religious taboos, customs, ritual, dictate the behaviour of a given society.

Religion can also dictate the type of food/ drink people take. For example, Hindus do not eat beef because they believe that when a person dies some of them will1 ofbe9 born in an animal.

Page Devoted Catholics used not to eat meat on Good Friday, while devoted Muslims do not drink alcohol.

Values and attitudes • Values and attitudes constitute the value systems of any given society.

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A society value system guides people in what is considered right or wrong.

It is the basis of society’s way of life.

Most value systems are based on a society central religion.

Education • Education is an important part of culture. Since culture is learned behaviour.

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(b) Formal learning • This is a type of learning in which adults teach young family members on how to behave in certain situations. For example, Namwangas, Luvales, Lungus and other cultures teach a child to kneel down when he/she is greeting/giving elders something as a form of respect.

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• This is a type of learning in which teachers instruct a child in an educational environment about what should be done, how it should be done and why it should be done. It takes place in a classroom.

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Social organizations • This is the way society organizes itself.

• It relates to how society defines relationships, social institutions such as marriage and status system such as the role of a woman and children. The extended family system is a common social institution in African societies for it provides mutual protection and social support on a daily basis.

Technology and material culture • These refer to society’s ability to create, design and use things.

• Technology and material culture relates to the way society organizes its economic activities.

• Terms like this industrialized nations and developing nations like Zambia refer to different technologies and cultures.

• Thus, we speak of being in the Stone Age when society used stone tools, Iron Age when iron tools were used, but now we talk of

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Legal rules attract punishment broken.

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The political system of a society defines the structure of government and who occupies position in the structures.

It also defines the roles and responsibilities of the leaders and the people led.

Characteristics of culture

The following are the characteristics of culture or special features of culture: § Culture is dynamic: Culture changes with time; it is not constant. For example, the use of cell phones has been accepted as part Zambian way of life and yet these were not there a long time ago. However, there is a great debate on gender balance. § Culture is learnt: it is passed on from generation to generation. It is taught to an individual by society in which by the society in which an individual is born. The way to speak, what and how to eat, how to relate to others and what to believe in are taught. § Culture is cumulative: new things in new generations can be discovered and added to the existing culture. Owing to this cumulative effect, most high school learners are familiar with mathematical insights and solutions that ancient Greeks like Archimedes and Pythagoras struggled to discover in the world. § Culture is comprehensive: since culture is the sum total of society’s way of life, it is therefore comprehensive. § Culture is based on symbols: in order for culture to be transmitted successfully from one person to the next, the system of symbols is created that translates the ideals of culture to members this may be done through language, art, money and religion. § Culture is shared: members of society share a set of ideals, values and standard behaviour this set of ideals is what give meaning to their lives and what bonds them together as culture. § Culture is integrated: in order to keep culture functioning, all its aspects must be integrated. For example the language should be able

There are three types of learning that take place in a society:(a) Informal learning • This is a type of learning in which a child learns by imitating the behaviour of its family members/friends or by watching characters portrayed in the movies/films.

Technology and material culture • These refer to society’s ability to create, design and use things.

• Technology and material culture relates to the way society organizes its economic activities.

• Terms like this industrialized nations and developing nations like Zambia refer to different technologies and cultures.

• Thus, we speak of being in the Stone Age when society used stone tools, Iron Age when iron tools were used, but now we talk of computer age culture since computers are the means of story of organizing, calculating etc.

• Developed countries have reached Space Age culture by designing the most modern technology such as E-mail information.

to describe all the functions within the culture in order for ideals and ideas to be transmitted from Page one4generation to the next. of 9 People are not aware of their culture until they come into contact with other cultures. They only realise that their pattern of behaviour are universal when they come into contact with people from other culture.

People do not know all their culture: no one knows everything about their culture. It is not possible for one to know everything about their culture.

Culture gives a society a range of permissible behaviour patterns.

Cultures commonly allow a range of ways in which men and women can be who they are.

Cultures no longer exist in isolation: there is no society that can exist in isolation, thus languages and indigenous patterns are being replaced rapidly.

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There are ten types of culture and these include: 1. Mass culture • This culture is produced from machines and consumed on large scale, for example, record industry, television and video tapes or cassettes.

• It is also spread through electronic media and other types of high technology. Thus, many children learn new behaviour that their parents did not know through this culture.

2. Popular culture • This is a product of changing needs and innovation of people’s lives, hence it is short lived.

• This culture is seen among the youth who have new music, fashion among others in entertainment.

3. Folk culture • Also known as residual culture (remains of the past).

• The past is revived from elements of the forgotten past due to nostalgic tastes • Nostalgic tastes is a desire of what used to be done in the past • This culture is seen on the influences of technological changes on old traditions. For example, playing old music on the national television.

4. Synthetic culture •

The fact that culture is part of us, it is important to study it due to the following reasons:

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It reinforces ones’ identity and ability to critically reflect on that identity. This allows one to develop and interact with others, thus, bringing mutual understanding between societies and peoples.

It is important for the identity of the society. Since culture includes language, music, dances, festivals, rituals and traditional craftsmanship, cultural heritage brings identity of a society. In times of need songs, art works, and texts can bring hope and comfort which reinforces cultural and self -awareness.

Learning about culture brings about development. If culture is interpreted as a whole of beliefs, habits and customs of a society, then it is a foundation of development. Economic development without roots in culture can never result in sustainable development. Thus, the importance of culture. It is a goal, a part of the daily reality and a vital factor in development of the people.

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Page 6 of 9 culture which has mainly destroyed This is also called artificial cultural identities of developing countries like Zambia who adopt Western cultures.

Indigenous culture has only been preserved as a tourist attraction to earn money as foreign exchange.

• This foreign culture is consumed mainly in form of films, television and radio. Above all, Western culture due to its high technological advances, it is admired and enjoyed by many.

• An important aspect of this culture is consumerism (popular consumption). Through adverts, people are made to buy and own products such as soap food and modern items like cell phones, televisions and radios.

• This leads to importing than to using local products.

Importance of culture

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Everywhere, the impact of culture on individuals and community development are being measured, studied and rediscovered. There is keen interest in the relationship between arts and culture, and the economic and social development of our communities.

According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), article 27, affirms every human being to freely participate in the cultural life of one’s country.

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Idea culture EXERCISE • Refers to some kind of aspiration of where people would love to be. For

1. Define culture example, every society views itself in a positive way and has the highest 2. State components of culture virtuesthree and standards it aspires to be.

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• Define; In this regard, people in many cultures would describe their culture in ideal (i) terms Formal and not education what is in reality. Ideals are not realised every day. For example, Zambia was described as a Christian nation but in reality its (ii) Informal education people doany not three live astypes Christians.

4. Discuss of culture 5. Identify three characteristics of culture Real culture 6.

Explain four importance of culture • •

It refers to the real behaviour of people in a society.

This is the actual culture practiced in a given society. For example, sleeping at a funeral until burial is Zambia’s real culture.

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HEN a crisis of the magnitude of Covid-19 strikes, it is our role as a responsible lender to put forward various immediate and medium-term solutions to proactively combat the downturn it brings. As an African business, we have sought to position ourselves so that we can offer not just tangible relief in this time of distress and global upheaval, but also true value in an ever-changing world.

For any indebted individual or business, servicing debt during such difficult times is a source of angst. Absa reacted swiftly to the pandemic by designing, offering and implementing smart solutions and offering significant financial respite during these times.

Relief measures have included repayment breaks, moratoriums on capital repayments and the waiver of fees on interbank transfers through internet banking and bank-to-wallet transactions, among others.

A payment holiday – which also defers the tenor of the repayment – is just one option available and is primarily designed to offer immediate relief and ensure a continued cashflow for a household or business facing financial hardship, while at the same time protecting credit worthiness.

The option to exercise a payment holiday is a conversation between the customer and the lender based on the profile and individual circumstances of the client.

All of this has been done in consultation with regulators and governments acknowledging that we need to navigate the Covid-19 crisis together.

These solutions have been carefully thought through to assist those most in distress during the initial wave of the Covid-19 economic slowdown.

Although we live in an era of social distancing, geographically segregated interaction, and government-enforced lockdowns, our technology and the array of digital products we offer have enabled us to continue to serve all our customers

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efficiently and effectively.

Leading digitally It is inevitable that a postCovid-19 world will see us emerge into a more digitally-driven space. Absa is actively driving the roll-out of digital infrastructure and offering our customers more innovative solutions. Customers can bank in a variety of ways: internet banking, apps, e- and mobile commerce, and contactless payment capabilities.

One of the key pillars of our growth is to build a scalable, digitally-led business. When we launched the new Absa brand across Africa, we spoke about “bringing possibilities to life”, and we are stretching digital boundaries to meet and, indeed, exceed the needs of our clients in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Our digital transformation towards a low-touch, low-contact future is accelerating at a fast pace. In driving this, we will make banking and ways of payment cheaper for all our customers. We are already seeing a massive surge in digital use and pick-up by customers in all our regions, which reinforces our conviction that we are on the right track.

It is increasingly evident that the bank of the future will be known not for the products it sells, but for the creativity, agility and openness to co-creating solutions with clients and partners. Everything we do speaks to our ability to find solutions to our customers’ needs – this

is even more relevant at a time when our very concept of ‘normal’ is being challenged and revised constantly.

Support for SMEs One of the things we are very conscious of is that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital to economic growth across Africa, and we need to support and nurture the entrepreneurial energy and innovation in that sphere. We further recognise that the informal economy needs to be as much protected as the formal economy, because this makes up a large portion of employment in Africa.

Therefore, we ensure that our SMEs and our business banking customers benefit from our relief programmes during these turbulent times as much as our individual customers. There is no doubt that when the time comes to rebuild our economies, SMEs will play a leading role in spurring such efforts.

According to the World Bank, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a major role in most economies, particularly in developing countries where SMEs account for the majority of businesses worldwide and are important contributors to job creation and global economic development. SMEs represent about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide, while formal SMEs contribute up to 40% of national income (GDP) in

SME’s One of the things we are very conscious of is that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital to economic growth across Africa, and we need to support and nurture the entrepreneurial energy and innovation in that sphere. We further recognise that the informal economy needs to be as much protected as the formal economy, because this makes up a large portion of employment in Africa. emerging economies. These numbers are significantly higher when informal SMEs are included. https://www. worldbank.org/en/topic/smefinance Acting responsibly We have been heartened as a banking institution by the responsible behaviour of many of our customers who have continued to service their debt as their situation allows, which is a very positive story in these uncertain times.

Our customers see us as a bank that is responsible and willing to assist; that offers help when they are truly in need. Yet they have adjusted their thinking and behaviour to the existing environment

and are responsibly only calling on us when they really need us. Absa has a balance sheet in excess of almost R1 trillion and is well-positioned to withstand financial storms, and as a significant bank on the continent, we play a big part in ensuring stability to financial systems, as well as being able to offer clients and customers a reassuring sense of stability and confidence.

But more than what we represent as a continental banking institution, Absa is also Africa, and the essence of caring for others underpins everything we do. Our commitment to helping save lives and contributing meaningfully to the fight against this coronavirus pandemic has seen us make substantial donations to national governments and various Covid-19 relief efforts.

We believe in getting things done, and in helping people find a way to get things done.

And in these extraordinary times, we also understand what it means to be African: that our common humanity and our compassion towards one another in the spirit of ubuntu, is what will ultimately carry us through and be the panacea in this fight against this pandemic.

Vimal is the Chief Executive of Retail and Business Banking; Digital and Customer Experience (RBB, Digital &CX) for Absa Regional Operations, at Absa Group Limited

overseeing RBB franchises across nine markets: Zambia, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Tanzania, Mauritius and the Seychelles.

Vimal joined the Group as Head of Lending in 2011 based in Dubai, providing strategic leadership achieving profitable growth in the Consumer Lending and Credit Card businesses.

Additionally, he was instrumental in the expansion into new segments and markets for the business Vimal has over 26 years of experience in Business Banking, Credit Cards, Consumer Loans, Retail Liabilities and Wealth Management and has worked with leading banks including Standard Chartered, ANZ Bank, ABN AMRO in Asia, Middle East and Africa.

He has served as an Advisor on the CEMEA board for VISA, the International Advisory Board of UnionPay International and member of the APMEA Chip Sub Committee of MasterCard International. He speaks on Consumer Banking and Payment for global organisations such as the Lafferty Group, Fleming Group and European Financial Management & Marketing (EFMA).

Friday 26, June 2020

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R O F E R HE World’s second largest Ebola outbreak over ADDIS ABABA - The 23-month long Ebola outbreak in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is now over.

The World Health Organisation’s regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said that the declaration was made possible with the collaboration of different arms of the government and the community.

“This is a sign of hope that with solidarity and science epidemics can be controlled,” Dr Moeti told journalists in a virtual press conference.

This was the second largest Ebola epidemic in history following the one in West Africa in 2014 and the first in active conflict zone.

There were more than 420 attacks on health facilities by armed groups, which greatly hampered efforts to contain the spread of the disease.

Security threats and misinformation were the main reasons why containing the outbreak in the north-east took so long.

However, there’s also a new Ebola outbreak unfolding in Mbandaka, in the north-west of the country. This is the 11th outbreak in the country.

So far, 24 people been infected with Ebola in that region and 13 people have died.

A genetic analysis done on the strain of the virus circulating there was found to be different from the eastern strain. – BBC.

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Fwayo denies fumbling at Matero

By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSA EX-INTERNATIONAL striker Fwayo Tembo has denied getting any allowances from Matero United and has threatened to take legal action against the club and Daily Nation for libel.

Fwayo yesterday described a statement by the Matero United team manager Venny Musonda that he only reported for training once despite receiving the signing fee and other allowances for his new coaching job as a lie.

The former Power Dynamos player was on May 18, unveiled as guest coach for the Third Division side on a one-month contract worth K5, 000.

However, Musonda said Fwayo had reported for training only once and kept giving excuses.

Fwayo said he would sue the club so that they provide evidence of the money he got.

“I have seen the story that I got allowances. Who said that?

Which money or allowances did I get. I want to tell you that right now I am at court and I am suing you the reporter together with the team manager,” he said.

Musonda said the club was ready to face the player in court as they have documents to prove that he got the signing fee and other incentives.

“Let me do so, we are ready if he decides to drag us to court,” he said.

On Wednesday, Musonda described the performance of the player-cum-coach as depressing.

“We will be reviewing his contract this weekend. But his performance has been pathetic because he has only attended training once despite having been paid money that he was promised together with the signing fee and other allowances such as transport,” Musonda said .

Australia and New Zealand named hosts for 2023 Women's World Cup AUSTRALIA and New Zealand were handed the right to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup soccer tournament after a vote by the FIFA Council yesterday.

Their joint bid beat the rival bid from Colombia to host the tournament which is being expanded to 32 teams.

Japan, who had also put forward a proposal to host the tournament, pulled out after they were ranked below the joint bid by world governing body FIFA’s evaluation report.

The report highlighted the infrastructure and organisational advantages of the Australia/New Zealand bid which FIFA believed would make for a commercially successful tournament.

There had been media reports that the vote could be tight with UEFA’s European representatives backing Colombia but in the end the margin of victory was comfortable with Australia and New Zealand gaining 22 votes to Colombia’s 13.

The 2019 World Cup in France was hailed as a watershed for global interest in the women’s game and FIFA President Gianni Infantino personally drove the campaign to increase the field to 32 teams from 24 for 2023.

Infantino had also expressed a preference for the successful joint bid during the FIFA Council meeting. – REUTERS.

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Zambia Professional Cricket Association chairman Kushal Jain (far left) presents a dummy cheque worth K10, 000 to Olympics-bound athletes and the Ministry of Sports Permanent Secretary Joe Kapembwa (fas right). Picture by MICHAEL MIYOBA.

TOKYO-BOUND ATHLETES GET BOOSTER

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OVERNMENT says Olympicbound athletes must continue working hard as they prepare for the outing even though the games have been postponed to next year.

Ministry of Sports, Youth and Child Development Permanent Secretary Joe Kapembwa said the athletes can only achieve great things by working hard.

Kapembwa was speaking during the donation of sports equipment, foodstuffs and personal protective clothing to Podium Performance Programme athletes.

Kapembwa hailed corporate entities such as African Milling, Sports in Action and the Zambia Professional Cricket Union for donating assorted items to MOHAMED Salah scored in Liverpool's 3-1 win over Manchester City when the sides last met in the Premier League in November Manchester City have been given permission to host their Premier League match with Liverpool on Thursday, July 2 at Etihad Stadium.

The game between the league's top two sides could have taken place at a neutral venue because of safety fears over fans gathering outside.

But a Manchester City Council safety advisory group (SAG) agreed it could be played at City's home ground.

"Following the most recent round of Premier League fixtures which have all taken place behind closed doors the SAG has signalled it has no objections to the above fixture taking place at Etihad Stadium as planned at 20:15 hours on Thursday, July 2," explained Councillor Luthfur Rahman, executive member for skills, culture and leisure for Manchester City Council.

"As with all other Premier League matches, this fixture

athletes.

He said the donations consisting of mealie meal, face masks and hand sanitisers will go a long way in sustaining the performance of the athletes and increasing their chances of winning medals at the rescheduled Olympic Games.

Kapembwa urged the corporate world to emulate institutions such as Africa Milling by supporting athletes who are set to represent the country at the Olympic Games. “As we approach the Olympic Games in 2021, I wish to appeal to sponsors to come on board and provide the needed support towards the participation of the Zambian athletes at the Olympic Games.

"The winning of medals at international competitions goes beyond the effort and hard work of athletes. It is as a result of the long-term planning and stakeholders’

Man City to host Liverpool at Etihad Stadium will take place behind closed doors, with no fans present."

Supporters have been barred from attending matches or gathering outside stadiums because of the coronavirus pandemic, despite the Premier League's return on June 17.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp had earlier opposed plans to hold the game at a neutral venue, saying he would "prefer to play in Manchester."

Other matches initially requested by police to be played at neutral venues included last Sunday's Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool,

but that was deemed safe to go ahead at Goodison Park following talks between the government, police and the Premier League.

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cooperation by all the relevant institutions that provide support service for improved performance,” Kapembwa said.

And Africa Milling Managing Director, Jomu Matululu who donated 30 bags of 25-kg bags of mealie meal encouraged the athletes to heed Government’s advice by working hard to achieve greatness.

Meanwhile, Zambia Professional Cricket Association chairman Kushal Jain who donated assorted products worth K10, 000 reaffirmed his association’s commitment to help athletes who are facing numerous challenges because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

And runner Chindamba Hazemba thanked the three organisation for their contributiton towards the growth of sports. Hazemba said the donations will inspire the athletes to work hard to win medals at the Olympic Games.

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‘BOLA’ BACK …Lungu approves return of football mid July

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RESIDENT Edgar Lungu has approved the resumption of the MTN/FAZ Super Division set to resume mid next month as planned by the local soccer governing body.

Mwepu strikes in 9-goal thriller

Speaking during yesterday’s Presidential address at State House, Lungu said football can resume next month with strict adherence to health guidelines.

Lungu said Government has developed guidelines which will guide the return of contact sports such as football, boxing and netball “Guidelines for all sports disciplines to follow as they consider resuming sports activities have been developed. They include the following, but not limited to: guiding principles stipulated by the statutory instruments 21 and 22 of 2020,

President Lungu “Guidelines for various sports disciplines which have been categorised as non-contact, semicontact and full contact sport and, safeguards as outlined in the health guidelines for football at premier and national division one leagues.”

“Guidelines for various sports disciplines which have been categorised as non-contact, semi-contact and full contact sport and, safeguards as outlined in the health guidelines for football at premier and national division one leagues. Hence these leagues will resume action in July, 2020, with strict observance of health guidelines,” said Lungu.

He said the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the Ministry of Sports, Youth and

Child Development and the Ministry of Local Government will inspect stadiums to ensure that they are safe for the resumption of football.

Lungu had earlier implemented a ban on all sports activities in the country to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic which has claimed the lives of 18 people in Zambia.

Meanwhile, Sports Minister Emmanuel Mulenga has hailed President Lungu for lifting the ban on contact sports.

Mulenga urged clubs to prepare their stadiums and training venues before commenci n g group trainings.

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CHIPOLOPOLO midfielder Enock “Computer” Mwepu has continued to impress in the Austrian Buneasliga after he scored a goal in Salzburg’s 7-2 thumping of Rapid Vienna.

Mwepu who was set up by his Chipolopolo team mate Patson Daka put Salzburg ahead with a left-footed strike on the half-hour mark.

The goal was Mwepu’s second in two games having contributed a goal in Salzburg’s 2-2 stalemate with Wolfsberger in a Bundesliga tie played at Red Bull Arena.

Earlier, Mwepu rattled the woodwork of the Rapid net with a fierce header, albeit from an offside position.

It was a promising start, but there was a cruel twist of fate as Kara pounced on a ball that looked to have been lost and converted the resulting chance clinically.

Salzburg responded three minutes later when Okafor put the ball into the back of the net after Mwepu hit his shot at goalkeeper Knoflach, before Patson Daka hit the crossbar in the 22nd minute.

Dominik Szoboszlai, Albert Vallci, Noah Okafor and Patrick Farkas scored the other goals in the 7-2 bashing of Rapid Vien.

The win propelled the defending champions, Salzburg to 41 points, eight points ahead of second-placed LASK who moved to second position with 33 points.

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