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REBELS
C3765-30-31
...in another mukula scam
Kasama MP warns UPND chief Mr. Sampa
By GIBBY MUKELABAI
A REBELLION against the UPND leadership has erupted in Western Province with the provincial chairman rejecting a decision to dissolve his committee by the party secretariat. Deposed Provincial Chairman, Njamba Musangu has rejected the dissolution of the Western Province United Party for National Development (UPND) Committee following the tidal wave of defections by councilors and loss of subsequent by-elections to the ruling Patriotic Front, terming the action illegal and
Committee to review mine contractors’ reports formed
Mr. Mucheleka
irregular. Mr Musangu has accused UPND’s top hierarchy in Lusaka of panicking over the defections and using illegal means to sideline committed party officials in the region. The UPND strongman vowed that he will not step down and will not dissolve his committee because the action to remove his group was not taken by the full UPND national management committee “but a handful of people, some of whom do not hold any positions in the party”. TO PAGE 3
…apologise or else, Mucheleka told [Page 4]
By SILUMESI MALUMO A TECHNICAL committee has been set up by government to review reports of contractors who have been working with Mopani in Kitwe and Mufulira mines, the Mine Suppliers and Contractors Association of Zambia has said. Association president Austine Mubanga said once this process was concluded, operations would resume at the two mines. Mr Mubanga said all contractors were instructed to submit individual reports so they could be reviewed. TO PAGE 3
Congolese The two trucks the Scania from South Africa maize (right), Zimbabwean and the Freightliner registered where found laden with Mukula tree logs.buyers [Pictures Linda Tembo Soko] invade See story on Page 4 Mwansabombwe
By PETER MALASHA Congolese from Democratic Republic of Congo DRC are allegedly buying maize fields from small scale farmers before harvest, Mwansabombwe District Commissioner Victor Kasuba has said. (To page 2)
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Covid-19 update
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IMF talks HH Parley calls on again unwarranted
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Commonwealth sidelines ZCID on dialogue Neriapreps aids media fight against ConCourt must explain COVID19 Chilanga vacancy - YALI
All the 191 health personel working happily in the four Covid-19 isolation centres
Demolish structures • Mwanakatwe reveals contributing to -for economist floods - Lusambo talks set April P.4 See story on Page 3 45
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Kenyatta and Odinga pledge to heal divisions
By OLIVER SAMBOKO
CALLS by UPND president Hakainde Hichilema to have Parliament resume via virtual sittings to review the 2020 national budget are uncalled for because the budget has provision for contingent spending to take care of emergencies like Covid-19 outbreak, an economist, Noel Nkhoma has said. (To page 4)
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