United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema says his team will not  drop the emotive Presidential  Petition case as legal recourse is a citizens’ democratic right.

And Mr. Hichilema says his call for National Dialogue must not be mistaken for cowardice on account of being incarceration for 127 days (four months and seven days).

In his second Press Conference after spending 127 in a deplorable incarceration, Hichilema said the UPND petition should be heard before the party starts talking about the 2021 election.

The UPND leader said  his die-hard team would want the petition to be heard to set a right  precedence and deter future electoral malpractices.

“Yesterday, when I posted the announcement of this Press Conference, I received a comment from one citizen who said ‘don’t talk about the 2016 elections. We have to move on! Was he serious? How can we ignore the petition that is still before the courts of law. Our petition was not heard. You know what it means if  our  petition is not heard? It means the some thing will happen in 2050 because the PF will then have set a bad precedence. So, we need to change that.  We can not talk about 2021 without sorting out electoral malpractices that occurred in the election,” he said amid jubilation from his supporters who gathered at his New Kasama mansion in Lusaka.

Hichilema went for the three constitutional judges that included Justice Mulenga Justice Mungeni, Justice Palan Mulondwe and Justice Anne Mwewa saying they vehemently refused to hear the evidence brought before the court in exchange for a pieces of silver.

“When you see Palan Mulondwe tell him that you are corrupt, when you see Anne Mwewa, tell her that madam you are corrupt and tell Mulenga Mungeni that you are corrupt. You Journalists know what happened that midnight,” Hichilema said, ” Those judges are corrupt. So, our Electoral Petition should be heard but not under the Constitutional Court. That court must benothing disbanded.”

And Hichilema said the UPND does not want Chulu to oversee the next elections.

” Priscilla Isaacs ran away. Now we want Chulu to leave the Electoral Commission of Zambia(ECZ)

And Hichilema said his incarceration has nothing to do with a call for dialogue.

” There are number of things we have to look at. We have to make reforms in the electoral process, dealing with the breakdown of rule of law, media harassments, poor economic performance among other things. Some  people are saying that HH alelanda pali dialogue pantu balifwanta(but some people are saying’ HH is talking about dialogue because he was thrown in Mukobeko Prison,” the UPND leader retorted.

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The father to the Chengelo victim that was bullied and beaten by his dormitory mates has pleaded that the perpetrators be for forgiven unconditionally and the matter attain closure for his son.

He also stated that he wishes that the family doesn’t wish to pursue criminal matters against the perpetrators.

Many will remember a video of a whiteman speaking fluent Bemba with Kasama District Commissioner, Kashiwa that went viral.

His name is Luke Powell of Lusanto Farms of Mungwi, near Kasama in Northern Province.

Luke is the father to the Chengelo victim, Gawen Powell.

Luke Powell’s Bemba accent is perfect and original of Bemba speakers.

Below is his letter to the school!

Message sent to Chengelo Principle and Chief Inspector ZP HQ Lsk.
From: Luke Powell [mailto:lukebupepowell@gmail.com]
Sent: 10 October 2017 10:41
Subject: RE: Update from Chengelo School

Dear Mr Cowling,

The underlying ethos I have taken away from all the Chengelo school presentations that I have attended, is how well rounded students become by attending Chengelo ; where they live in a caring family environment based on God’s fundamental principles.

I commend the school for acknowledging students who exhibited personal sacrifice and are always ready to help others. ALL the boys in the dorm during Gawen’s assault are just KIDS who ONLY have a FEW more years left where they can be guided and shown that God’s LOVE defeats all evil, no matter how IMPOSSIBLE the situation may seem.

This is THE opportunity for Chengelo to show Zambia (social media) that God’s LOVE triumphs over evil, by showing these boys love and not rejection. We need to be extremely careful and aware of the possibility of KIDS feeling ‘overwhelmed’ and committing suicide.

The board’s decision to expel the two students assaulting Gawen does not come as a surprise considering the many pressures that are demanding this action to be taken.

I do NOT believe this is the correct (long term) solution for ALL concerned as clearly, expulsion did not help the children in the past since expulsion does not demand having to face the consequences nor be accountable for their actions. We implore the board to reverse its decision to expel the boys so that the all can be accountable, be given care, counseling and God’s love.

This is the time to show FAITH that God will protect the school against ALL obstacles and not bow down to earthly pressures based on a punishment that does not show LOVE and compassion.

Gawen needs closure with Jabu and Mwila which may not be possible should their expulsion from school go ahead – with this in mind, I have invited Jabulani and Mwila to come with their respective fathers to spend a few days with Gawen and his father (myself), to be alone away from external influences to spend time being human in each other’s company to appreciate each other in God eyes.

My paramount desire is for the all the boys concerned to come away having learnt the POWER of LOVE. I feel this can only be shown by Chengelo school reversing its decision to exclude Mwila and Jabulani, by taking the FIRST step along a VERY hard and contentious road – let us have FAITH in GOD and ALL will learn the POWER of God’s LOVE.

Yours humbly, Luke Powell(Gawen’s father)

Cc CIO Mulenga Police HQ Lsk From: Chengelo School [mailto:chengelo@chengelo.sch.zm]

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By Irvine Mbanga.

Views held by a lot of people labeling Zambia’s first republican president as a worthy and emulatory icon are baseless and maybe misguided, it’s inarguably that he led our country as the first president after independence, and prior to that was incarcerated for leading groups that were fighting for political liberation from the British colonial masters. Apart from that there is nothing worth talking about him or his rule save for his dictatorial tenets that have possessed all the presidents after him.

It will be imperative to highlight his one man one party rule for 20years since 1972, all in the guise of stability and cost cutting measures incurred by holding elections.

It is Kaunda that started imprisonments and suppression of political opposers. He didn’t just end there but had many of them tortured, others to death during the spells.

In case some would dispute that then the let them take time to read on Kaunda’s political confrontations with Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe. Let them ask Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda,who is still alive to tell them his experience. Let them ask old folks about the secret police and let them read about the massacre of the Lenshina followers in Chinsali, the suspected members of Lumpa Church of Zion, the burning of their houses and the massive arrests. That only is more than there has been by succeeding presidents combined.

Why he didn’t appear at The Hague still baffles me.

It is him that allowed the colonial public order act to live on, and now every sitting president sees its need when in power. It is him who wanted to stay in power forever, famously coining “Kaunda wamuyayaya” meaning Kaunda forever. It is Kaunda that displayed a character of insatiable appetite for political power when he wanted to contest the 1996 elections even when he had been president before for 27years.

It is him that is the reason for tribal separation, in as much as he spoke the ‘one zambia one nation’ language, his Cabinet was still full of people from the upper regions he hails from.

It is him that promoted politics of deceit by signing the Barotse Agreement, that he wouldn’t honor later and is reason for the Lozi discontentment till now. It is him that was the first to frame a self benefit constitution all to keep hold on to power. I would go on and on to list his evils but for what? The above are enough to show his unworthiness as an icon and a hero, his bad overweigh the good he did for the country.

Every president who has taken rule has walked exactly in Kaunda’s steps, some of them to his blessing as has been seen with Fourth and sixth Republican President’s, Rupiah Banda and Edgar Lungu respectively, guess because they hail from Eastern Province as him.

A good start with Kaunda and the succeeding Zambian presidents would have had a worth ex president to emulate and learn from, sadly it hasn’t been the case, they all have been possessed with his dictatorial demon and have acted similarly apart from Levy Mwanawasa who acted slightly different, but also jailed his main opposer Micheal Sata a few times, and also suspended Captain Austin on suspicion that he wanted to challenge him at the convention.

We are yet to have a real democrat as president, one tolerating the divergent views of opposition leaders and the people, one who doesn’t use the police and military to suppress the people, one bold enough to scrap off the Public Order Act and settle matters concerning the Barotse Agreement of 1964. One who won’t abuse the courts to fix political opponents.
I pray and hope the next president after Edgar Lungu will be different and worth the talk when he leaves office.

Thanks

Irvine Mbanga.
Tonkawa-Oklahoma.
United States of America.

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NEVERS Mumba has warned President Edgar Lungu to act now and stop corruption in his government before it kills him. And Mumba says in the eyes of Zambians, until he proves them wrong, President Lungu seems to be in the driving seat of corruption.

In an interview in Lusaka following corruption allegations in the award of huge government contracts, Mumba, the MMD president, advised President Lungu to quickly kill the rising corruption momentum in the country.

He warned that if the President does not kill the corruption under his administration, it would kill him, the Patriotic Front and the future aspirations of his family members long after leaving the presidency.

“So it is in his interest to speedily do something about the mounting allegations of corruption that surround he himself and his government,” Mumba said, warning him that it would be a fatal position not to respond to Chishimba Kambwili and others who are accusing him and his government of involvement in corruption.

“I know how troubling it is for people you consider as your opponents to be sounding like mosquitoes in your ears and you think by slapping the mosquitoes and killing them, you are actually curing your problem. I think that is not averting it,” Mumba said.

“When I was serving under president Levy Mwanawasa as his deputy, we had a similar problem coming from Michael Sata in the opposition. Everyday he would raise allegations against Mr Mwanawasa. I remember one day President Mwanawasa sat with me and that day he called me Pastor Mumba, he said ‘Pastor Mumba, what do you think about these reckless statements by Mr Sata, they are really annoying me?’ So I said the best thing is to ignore him. Then he said ‘Pastor Mumba, I cannot ignore these allegations because ignoring them does not help me and does not help the future of my family long after I am gone. Zambians are listening to them, they are recording and once I leave this office, these things will be alive. If I don’t answer him, it will be an admission of guilt’; so he went on air and answered.”

He said Mwanawasa also instructed the Anti-Corruption Commission and other investigative wings to proceed with investigations and also asked Sata to feel free to go to court, the ACC and all the other bodies in order for his name to be cleared.

“I think this is lacking in President Lungu. It is an extremely worrying trend in this administration. The reason why the President needs to hurry over this matter is that unfortunately for him, he has a very unfortunate cabinet. Most of them have very humble backgrounds and very difficult upbringing that they have never seen wealth on the table in the manner they are seeing it today,” Mumba said.

“It reminds me of a story of a young man who comes from the village where food and eating are a problem, who comes to town and finds loaves of bread on the table; eggs, bacon in huge quantities. He begins to eat and refuses to stop eating. The stomach bursts and dies. And that is what I see with this administration. The ministers he has assembled have got very humble backgrounds where they have never seen, before they became ministers, they have never seen a million kwacha or even a K500,000, which was called theirs. Now they have access to hundreds of millions of kwacha and they are eating like that boy from the village until their stomachs burst, until the stomach of PF bursts.”

He said what was happening in the PF administration was not just corruption but theft that someone had to account for.

“…In Bemba, we say they are behaving like ba Pompwe, who steal kukupompolola meaning they steal to dry up the coffers of this country. Tell me, how many houses can you live in at one time? Just one house for your children. We have a situation where President Lungu and members of his cabinet, some of them came when they had one house, which they built in 25 years. In the last three years, they have acquired and built more than ten houses. Even if you want to rent out those properties, how much money will you need to live an honourable life and leave an inheritance for your children? How many cars can you drive at one moment, when I [see] Kaizer Zulu buying three Range Rovers at once? That is not eating to satisfy hunger, that is to eat for waste, for greed and I think that is what Zambians have a problem with,” Mumba said.

He said the current PF administration did not have self-control and President Lungu had aggravated the problem by being quiet in expressing anger, frustration, and a strong arm in challenging those implicated for corruption.

“In the eyes of us Zambians who are watching on the outside, we think that he [President Lungu] seems to be in the driving seat until he proves us wrong,” said Mumba.

“Not only are we struggling with salaries, the government has also refused to raise the floor price of maize, which in the deep villages, one bag of maize is going at K35 because the ones who are buying it have to sell it at K60, so it’s a destruction of a sector before our eyes.”

He said Zambians hate corruption and that no president that has been called corrupt survived.

Mumba said Rupiah Banda had lost the presidency within three years because of the corruption tag on him.

He said the corruption under President Lungu’s administration was way beyond that which prevailed under Kenneth Kaunda, Frederick Chiluba and Banda administrations combined.

“This is like daylight robbery. We don’t mind if the President is engaged in trying to fight it, we can give him the benefit of the doubt but he seems to be the driver of that process. Why do I say he seems to be the driver? First, the President has surprised me. Zambians are asking him to account for his wealth and it is impossible for him to account for his wealth,” said Mumba. “When he first stood for President in 2015, his net worth was K2.3 million. Today he is above K23 million. What business is he doing?”

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You probably remember George Orwell’s novel called Animal Farm published in 1945 in which the author ably reflected the events leading to the Russian Revolution of 1917.

In this magnificent allegorical nouvelle, Orwell describes the unfair balances of social classes in society, where the rich and powerful use their infleunce and privileges to serve their interests and in turn, castigating their perceived enemies.

Well, these crude happenings were not only perculiar to the times of George Orwell. Such evil and selfish tendencies have descended down with the procession of human history from time in memorial.

Nothing can so quickly demonize a person than does power and wealth. This has been proved time and time again. Power and wealth, this clamorous combination, has an irresistible, corroding capacity to corrupt and confuse even the best of the people we hold in high esteem.

Wealth and power, if not well managed, have the potantial to benumb one’s moral sensibilities, turning beautiful souls into ruthless monsters, protectors into predators, parents into pelicans and turning leaders into unbelievable leaking wolves, ready to devour anyone percieved opposed.

Yet the question goes begging, what really is it about wealth and power that so strangely transforms people?

First and foremost, wealth and power are not entirely evil in themselves. The Holy Writ tells us that it’s God who gives us strength to accumulate wealth and that also power (rulership) is a gift from God.

But the problem is that, both wealth and power need moral fiber or divine reverence in order to be properly managed. It becomes even worse when it comes to drastic, inherited wealth or undeserved power.

The possessor then becomes overwhelmed and mesmerized with his suddenly- attained status quo so much that there’s a strong urge to spend and live without consulting conscience.

You probably remember what happened to the prodigal son. Right? Yes. Now see why the Scriptures say it’s “hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of heaven.” Influence and affluence can be a death trap to anyone without a God- fearing heart of wisdom.

Like the ancient King Nebuchadnezzar, a person of material authority absolutely fears nothing nor anyone, except what threatens his welfare or appears to temper with his prospects.

To protect their interests, sons of men are willing to do almost anything doable and that’s exactly where lies the hotbed of vice. A moral person at least must possess restraining principles either out of his allegiance to God or out of he’s inert human conscience.

A blessed man of wealth and power must constantly guard against the deception of thinking that money can buy anything. Money cannot buy everything. Money cannot buy love nor happiness, nor can it command loyalty or respect for anyone.

“The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.” —Proverbs 10:15.

PASTOR MUYAMBANGO MUYAMBANGO

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CHISHIMBA Kambwili says he will expose President Edgar Lungu’s special assistant for press and public relations Amos Chanda for alleged corrupt practices this Saturday.

Kambwili, the Roan PF member of parliament and former information minister, has stated on his Facebook page that he will ‘teach’ Chanda a lesson for what he has termed as ‘stealing as though Zambia was his personal country’.

His posting contained a picture of incomplete double story flats in Lusaka’s Nyumba Yanga area allegedly belonging to Chanda.

This was in reaction to Chanda’ s statement to News Diggers! that people should stop clapping for Kambwili’s nonsensical talk because the former PF member of the central committee was “a down right thief” whose criminality was well documented.

“People have been poisoned by a poisonous elite, people who are accustomed to lies like Kambwili, a scrap metal dealer, a downright straight thief. He can question about me and say ‘a simple journalist’ [has acquired wealth] let’s assume I am a simple journalist but I am qualified, more qualified than he is, but he goes and says a simple journalist. A scrap metal dealer, and you have a population clapping in the context like that one. Kambwili is talking nonsense and the population is clapping for him, he goes to malign an innocent person and the population is cheering on. He is a metal thief, well documented. He is not even a scrap metal dealer, he is a thief,” charged Chanda.

But Kambwili alleged that Chanda had been exposed by his friends at State House owing to his arrogance.

“Amos Chanda, on Saturday I will tell the nation about your dirty corruption. I will teach you a lesson that you will never forget because you have lost fear and you are now stealing as though this is your personal to holder country,” Kambwili stated.

“Your friends at State House sold you out because of your arrogance. You will hear from me soon.”

He further challenged Chanda to explain his source of the money which he was using to allegedly build all over Lusaka.

“He must explain to the nation where he who is just a civil servant with no business acumen has gotten the money to build all over Lusaka,” stated Kambwili.

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THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal where ex-convict and former State House press aid Richard Sakala had appealed against his conviction for corruption.

A panel of three Supreme Court judges – Gregory Phiri, Jones Chinyama and Rhodah Kaoma -dismissed the appeal after Sakala decided to abandon the appeal.

In this case, Sakala, who is Daily Nation newspaper proprietor, claimed that his conviction which he served over a decade ago was illegal.

He was convicted of abuse of authority where he paid bills of his friends using public funds.

The court also convicted him of theft of motor vehicles.

One of his lawyers, Dickson Jere, said Sakala still felt strongly on how the matter was handled in the lower court, especially that he was not represented.

“Some of the issues were not raised because he was appearing in person,”

said Jere.

At this point, judge Kaoma said the concerns raised were baseless because the appeal was abandoned.

Judge Phiri then dismissed the appeal on the ground that the appeal had been abandoned.

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Government has been advised not to treat cholera like annual ceremony, but prepare to deal with it effectively.

UPND Lusaka province youth spokesperson Otis Bwalya says it is shocking that 53 years after independence, people within a radius of 10km from Lusaka’s Central Business District (CBD), drink water from shallow wells and use pit latrines or drainages for their convenience.

He wonders why people in some parts of the city are subjected to poor sanitation and made to drink unsafe drinking water all year round.

Mr Bwalya says government should consider upgrading townships and redesign cities and districts in an effort to address perennial diarrheal diseases.

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Ex-Chipolopolo captain and defence Kingpin Elijah Tana says Zambia still needs the services of experienced TP Mazembe midfielder Rainford Kalaba.

Kalaba has been sidelined from the Zambia set up by coach Wedson Nyirenda on alleged disciplinary grounds.

Nyirenda overlooked Kalaba ahead of Zambia’s last three 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Nigeria and Algeria played in a space of seven weeks.

In an interview from his base in Chingola, Tana said he feels Kalaba, midfielder Nathan Sinkala and striker Collins Mbesuma should be recalled.

“Experience matters in football. We need Rainford Kalaba, Nathan Sinkala and Collins Mbesuma. Let’s fuse in these players I have mentioned,” he said.

“We need to maintain those Under-20 players but we need to fuse in experienced players.

Nyirenda promised to ring changes to the Chipolopolo squad when he was hired just over a year ago.

And Tana noted that Zambia played well against Nigeria last Saturday despite losing the World Cup qualifier by 1-0 in Uyo.

“It is unfortunate we lost but we played well. We can’t even complain. We just need to move forward,” he said.

Losing to Nigeria ended Zambia’s hopes of going to Russia.

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Nearly 2,000 Zambian villagers have won the right to sue Vedanta Resources in the English courts in a ruling that could lead to other multinationals being pursued in London for their activities overseas.

London’s Court of Appeal on Friday threw out miner Vedanta’s attempt to block the Zambians’ legal action over alleged pollution of their villages.

Vedanta said in a statement it would seek the right to appeal to the Supreme Court, the highest in the English legal system, adding the decision was on jurisdiction only and “was not a ruling or a determination on the merits of the claims”.

Three senior High Court judges dismissed an appeal by Vedanta and its Zambian subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM)against a ruling in May last year when a High Court judge decided the claim could proceed in the English courts on behalf of 1,826 Zambian villagers.

The villagers allege that their land and livelihood have been destroyed by water pollution caused by the Nchanga Copper Mine, which is owned by Vedanta through its subsidiary KCM.

London law firm Leigh Day argued the English courts were the only route for the villagers, whom they are representing on a “no-win, no-fee” basis, to achieve justice, while Vedanta said Zambia was the appropriate jurisdiction.

On behalf of the Zambian claimants, Raphael Karima, Community Secretary of Hippo Pool, a village near the Nchanga mine, said his community looked forward to “a just process”.

Martyn Day, senior partner at Leigh Day, said the ruling was “a very important step forward in our clients’ fight for justice”.

Separately, Leigh Day is representing residents from the Niger Delta in a case against Royal Dutch Shell and has appealed against a High Court ruling earlier this year that the company could not be sued in London over oil spills in Nigeria.

That case will be next heard in November.

Reuters

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By George Chella
My friend Chanda Mfula likes saying that “No matter how much loyalty and respect you have for another human being, be careful not to create a cult of personality in them because this subordinates the truth and values on which true loyalty and respect must be based”.

Indeed, if you can’t offer deserving criticism and advice to a friend, boss or leader then you are nothing but disloyal and disrespectful to the very person you seek to impress. Over the years, I have learnt that very few people especially leaders realize that bootlicking, praise and prostrating in reverence or submission is nothing but a gimmick and choreographed act of sheer hypocrisy. Many ‘Yes Bwanas’ hero-worship and praise while hating deep down. Therefore, its incumbent upon a leader to discern that at times, praise is a warning sign of deep hatred and cruelty.

Anyway, the truth and short of it all is that those you hate and whose fall you would relish you don’t criticize, advise or warn. There are many models of what happens when the motive or real reason behind some ‘loyalties, respects and praises’ is unmasked. For instance, Frederick Chiluba [MHSRIP] was shell-shocked when he noticed his longtime comrade and number one champion and defender of the ‘third-term’ debate, and legacy, Newstead Zimba launch scathing attacks from the Mwanawasa [MHSRIP] battlefront bunker.

But one man who actually could see through the deceptions that was shelled in some praises was Michael Sata. He had this great ability to see through people’s motives for praising him. I witnessed countless times when he got irritated and chased such praising individuals from his office. His common phrase was “Who are you trying to impress, you think I’m stupid?”.

On that note, I humbly advise that we all evaluate our friendships, connections and relationships, and if we are sincere with ourselves we shall see the many wolves we fraternize with and confide in. Be warned!

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A Lusaka man named Don Chawinga who works for HLB and stays in Libala South behind Water Works has ditched support for his daughter he got after impregnating a business executive lady.

Tumfweko understands that Chawinga allegedly lobbied for sex a night before his wedding with Wakunyambo Kafumukache from his baby mama but unfortunately the lobby was turned down.

“On the night before his wedding, Chawinga called me to meet him at a named lodge, apparently, he allegedly wanted to give me the money for the child, I was really suspicious, and never went. He kept calling me and texting saying he was waiting for me but I ignored and even blocked him after I sent him a text to deposit the money in my account. Surprisingly, Chawinga didn’t deposit the money and much later he told me that he wanted to have a “lovely night ” with me before he eventually gets married to his new partner,” narrated his baby mama.

“In the the past he had apologized for not been there for the child, saying that he would change but this was to no avail,” another source familiar with the tale told Tumfweko.

At the time of publishing this article, Chawinga was spending huge on his honeymoon with his new wife Wakunyambo Kafumukache whilst his daughter was struggling to be looked after.

“Sadly, Chawinga doesn’t even know the school fees for his daughter. Support for the child dried up the moment Chawinga decided to get married – I am not sure if the pressure comes from his partner but I contend he has to be there for the child as well,” disclosed someone familiar with the chronicle.

Tumfweko understands the child is turning 3 years this Month and that he was charged damage but didn’t pay up to now much to the dismay of his baby mama’s parents ignoring him.

However, Tumfweko has however been briefed on Don Chawinga’s criminality which as at now have decided to keep low.

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UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says while prayer is paramount in people’s lives, it is mere “camouflage” for some politicians to gather to pray while superintending over a cruel government.

And Hichilema has observed that the sustained prevalence of nolle prosequis stems from the unprofessional conduct of the police in arresting innocent citizens.

Meanwhile, party vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says the UPND will go ahead and start mobilising the party’s structures around the country.

Commenting on the day of prayer that falls tomorrow, October 18, Hichilema said he had a long-held sacrosanct view about Christianity and prayer but was quick to indicate that the Word of God needed no abuse, especially by politicians.

“The issue for us, to start with, is that we are Christians and not Christians of yesterday, not Christians for convenience. We believe in prayer but prayer must be genuine, prayer must be backed by action, by deed [because] word without deed is deception. But what we have seen in our country is abuse of our beloved Christianity. It is common knowledge that politicians are in the forefront of this abuse of Christianity. We believe [that] what is going on is camouflage. Prayer must be based on the truth and it must be meaningful. Let’s be serious and let’s not abuse the Word of God!” Hichilema said in an interview in Lusaka.

“You cannot say that you are a Christian nation on one hand and on another you continue to brutalise citizens – you continue to use the police to brutalise citizens, you continue to deny citizens of Zambia their fundamental human rights, amongst the many fundamental human rights and freedoms is freedom of conscious, freedom of assembly so that people like us can mobilise our members. Only PF are allowed to have meetings. You cannot then continue to say you are Christian nation because you are being deceptive.”

He reiterated that the UPND would not sit by and let the freedoms and rights of its members abused by those in the government.

“We cannot be denied our basic rights and freedoms. There is no sleeping, there is no dormancy at all [but] what is there is for the police to conduct themselves professionally. Nobody should take away our rights and certainly, if somebody tries to take away our rights, we’ll then fight for our rights. We’ll continue reaching out to our members,” he vowed.

And Hichilema observed that most of his cases in court are politically-motivated.

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I DID not know what I was doing when I declared October 18 the day of national prayer and fasting, says President Edgar Lungu.

Speaking on arrival at the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola this afternoon, President Lungu, who will officiate at the national prayer day in Kitwe tomorrow, claimed October 18 was not a political day.

“Tomorrow is a very important day on our calendar and take it seriously and understand the cause why tomorrow is a holiday. Seek the face of God and forgiveness. Yes, the day was declared by a politician but we dedicated it to God. If it was a mistake for me to declare October 18 [the national day of prayer and fasting], then forgive me. I was just used by God, I did not know what I was doing,” President Lungu said.

“Don’t worry about what I did when I declared the day. I am saying this because tomorrow is not a political day but to seek the face of God. Am saying this because I have a heavy heart. Some people are saying let us not politicize the day, but politicians should take advantage of the day and go and pray to change their lives. If you are UPND, FDD, UNIP, PF, you are NDC, whatever political party, you are welcome.”

He said those who would attend the prayer day were not going to seek help from him but the face of God.

“You are not coming to Edgar Lungu but to God. Let me make it clear, you are not joining Edgar Lungu but the body of God. When we pray, God will bring wonders in our lives, because it is the will of God,” said President Lungu.

“God is powerful because some of us, if it was not for God, we could not have been here. So I ask everyone, you PF friends, come and you will see what God will do. Don’t worry about those that are doubting God.”

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THE day of national prayer in its current form stands more, to some of us, as a curse to Zambia than a blessing, says Nevers Mumba.

In an interview in Lusaka, Mumba, the Victory Ministries International founder and MMD president, said the PF government had desecrated the day and pushed aside the church from taking leadership of the event.

“As Nevers Mumba, who has been called into the work of the Ministry for the past 35 years, I am one of the few Zambians that has a life theme, and my life theme is not a secret, it’s that Zambia shall be saved…meaning by God’s grace, this country shall become a lighthouse on the continent as a symbol and as an example of what a godly nation can become and can achieve. It’s been my vision since I was eighteen years old and I live by that dream. So my commitment to prayer and peaching the gospel of Christ across this country cannot be doubted by any honest Zambia,”

Mumba said.

“That’s what I have lived for. I am in politics still championing the call of Christ, that politics is empty outside the presence and power of God guiding us on how to guide God’s people in the political realm. I have said that to help my colleagues who may think this statement is too strong, when I say that this prayer meeting in its current form and what the Bible teaches, could be more of a curse to us as a people than it is supposed to. What do I mean?”

He explained that things of God were handled in a specific manner and that the declaration of the day of prayer and fasting and reconciliation was a great decision and a godly thought.

“Unfortunately, its execution is not godly; it’s all being done in the power of man and I think we have a problem here,” Mumba said.

He said Zambia did not belong to President Edgar Lungu or the Patriotic Front nor did it belong to the opposition.

“Zambia really belongs to God. For you journalists, that’s where you should start from. Today Mr Lungu is here, tomorrow he will not be there, so your allegiance must not be to Mr Lungu, not even to Nevers Mumba, but to this country which shall outlive anyone of us,” Mumba said.

“We had President Chiluba, a fine gentleman, we revered him as president but he is not with us anymore, but Zambia is still here; my celebrated president, Levy Mwanawasa, I deputised him, he reformed our economy, we revered him when he was here, but he is no more but Zambia is here. We can move on to Mr Michael Sata, he came with a bang, with pro-poor crusade and he is not here but Zambia still continues. Mr Lungu is here, tomorrow he will not be there but Zambia will continue. So the journalists, whether they are ZNBC, Daily Mail or Times of Zambia must look beyond Mr Lungu and look to the country.”

He said Zambia was one of the countries over which God was very jealousy.

“Therefore, in all our activities, we must place God first as the reason for what we are doing, as the motivation for going to pray on the 18th. The problem we have today is that every time this comes, you notice that opposition leaders, civil society organisations release statements that they are not coming. I think PF must stop and listen and ask questions why everybody was having problems attending such events in a Christian nation,” Mumba said.

He advised the PF to calm down and realise there was something fundamentally wrong with the manner the event was executed as it was discouraging many from taking part.

“In 1 Samuel 13: 8 -14, King Soul was facing the Philestines and they were approaching him and he did not have as many people to fight and people started to run away from Soul because they were afraid that they were going to be overrun. Soul called on Samuel, the man of God to come and give a sacrifice for God to fight for them but Samuel took ten days to come, he was late and people run away. Soul was under pressure, he didn’t know what to do and so he decided, he himself as King, to sacrifice to God. As a king, he started to take the role of a prophet and he took the role of the man of God and he made a sacrifice before God. Samuel came and asked him where he got the authority to sacrifice and told him ‘Because of what you have done, the Kingdom has been taken away from you and given to another’. That’s how Soul began his downward trend because he put his hand to something over which he had no anointing for,” Mumba explained.

“The other story that is in scripture is when David was taking the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem and they put the Ark on an ox-cart. The Ark of the Covenant represented the very presence of God, so David knew very well that he was bringing God back into Jerusalem and at some point on a hill, the ox-cart shook and it appeared as though the Ark of the Covenant was going to fall, one of the tenders, by the name of Uzer, decided to touch the Ark so that it doesn’t fall. The Bible says God killed him right there. Why? Because Uzer was not a priest, only priests could touch the Ark of the Covenant and David got distraught and he realised what had happened, that it was a breach…and so he had to abandon the project, got back to Jerusalem, recruited the priests who are called by God to perform that function. He came back with the priests and that’s how they took the Ark of the Covenant and God’s presence was celebrated.”

He said if the prayer meeting was truly a national event, the government and the PF must get out of its arrangement.

“Let them give it to the church, not just the Pentecostals or Charismatic who we keep seeing there. It should be a cross section of churches and all those who are willing to create a committee that can oversee the process; it belongs to the church not a single president or political party,” Mumba said.

“I think this is where we are failing. When we receive invitations, they should come from that church committee, which is putting these prayers together so that opposition and ruling party can go there freely knowing that there is neutrality and non-partisanship in the manner the [prayer meetings are arranged.”

He said the first national prayers he attended in the Showgrounds had nothing to do with reconciliation, forgiveness and all good things that the Bible talked about.

Mumba the event was more a PF function to celebrate President Lungu, Dr Kenneth Kaunda, and former president Rupiah Banda and his cabinet.

“The preachers could hardly pronounce our names because they were afraid they were going to injure the owners of the event and we say that right there it crashes and disqualifies this programme from being a national prayer programme,” he said.

“I agree with my colleagues in political parties, civil society who are distancing themselves from this event purely on these ground,” said Mumba who quoted John 4:23, which states that “A time is coming and now is when true worshippers will worship the father in spirit and in truth for the father seeketh such to worship him.”

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SOME bar owners in Livingstone today defied the government’s directive that they open their business premises at 18:00 hours in observance of the National Day of Prayer, Fasting and Reconciliation.

The bars, especially in Dambwa Site and Service and Maramba’s Malota compound, instead opened as early as 08:00 hours where youths were found drinking and smoking.

In Malota, which is commonly referred to as Livingstone’s Chibolya Township due to its open trading and smoking of marijuana on the streets, youths were freely
drinking Chibuku.

A youth interviewed said the government had not provided any incentives such as jobs for the youths to be proud of the national prayer day.

“What do you want me to do from 08:00 hours to 18:00 hours? When they are living in posh houses and eating three meals per day. The best I can do is drink and smoke so that I have a free mind or I will turn to bad vices such as theft or looking for girls,” said James Njamba.

And in Dambwa, most bars opted to turn their premises into takeaway taverns where people were allowed to buy beer and drink it elsewhere.

Another youth was happy to show off social media gossip over the national prayer day which was trending trends.

“Just look at this message! It reads ‘If a pastor says Fire, we should respond by saying tenders and when he says I declare, we should respond by shouting fuel price increase!’” the youth who declined to be identified read out.

Local government minister Vincent Mwale issued a press statement which was published in all state owned but government controlled media, ordering that all bars only open at 18:00 hours and not 10:00hours as prescribed by law.

“This intervention is intended to enable the general public commemorate this important day of prayer and fasting in a solemn and sober manner as intended,” stated Mwale.

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PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says he is “a political animal” but a Christian.

And Vice-President Inonge Wina says Zambians must walk with their heads high “as we celebrate the presence of our Lord in our midst.”

Addressing Christians from different denominations and a horde of PF cadres who attended the National Day of Prayer, Fasting and Reconciliation in Kitwe at Nkana Stadium today, President Lungu said he had liaised with his aides in Lusaka that he was not going to speak at the prayer day for fear that some people would accuse him of politicizing the event.

“But I am speaking and I think I was convicted by the power of the Almighty to make a statement here. I am a political animal but despite me being one, I am a Christian. If I am controlled by the fact that being a politician, I should be a Christian and if the word of God is assisting me in politics, then I should seek God. I am not ashamed of this fact; that’s why yesterday I told all the politicians to come and pray with us because in prayer, we find peace and in reconciliation, we find joy,”

President Lungu said at the event which was attended by Copperbelt minister Bowman Lusambo, former Democratic Front leader Miles Sampa, NDF leader Mwenya Musenge, PF leaders, bishops inclined to State House and several government officials.

He said Zambians should recognise God’s supremacy in the nation’s affairs.

“Our souls may be weary and the spirit of oneness that holds our nation together may weaken from time to time but God is faithful to those that seek him. This day reminds us that we should recognise God’s supremacy in the affairs of our nation and our special gratitude should be given to him through prayer,” President Lungu said. “Repentance is cardinal as it requires the complete change of the direction of a bitter heart. As a nation, our faith is deep-rooted and our national anthem is a prayer and I am glad that Zambians can sing [it]…and we need a life of prayer…”

And speaking in Lusaka when she officiated at the national day of prayer at the Showgrounds, Vice-President Wina stressed that Zambia continued to publicly acknowledge the supremacy of God over its affairs.

“While most citizens are Christians, our leaders have taken this acknowledgement further by taking practical steps of recognising the supremacy of God at a national level. We should therefore walk with our heads high as we celebrate the presence of our Lord in our midst. This journey started with the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation on the 29th December, 1991. The declaration was further cemented by its inclusion in the preamble of the national Constitution and maintaining it in the amended national Constitution of 2016,” Vice-President Wina said.

She also said it was imperative that Zambians found peace and reconciliation within their hearts as individuals, within their families, within their neighbourhood, within their community and in the nation as a whole.

“We need to always seek the face of God and call upon His name in all what we do and go through. The peace that we have continued to enjoy as a country is as a result of God’s love and favour for this nation. All leaders at various levels have a responsibility to promote peace and reconciliation in order to strengthen national unity in diversity,”

said Vice-President Wina.

The national day of prayer, fasting, repentance and reconciliation, whose theme was repentance, promoting peace and reconciliation, consolidating national unity in diversity, was proclaimed by President Lungu in May, 2015.

Earlier, the clergy interceded on various points of societal needs.

Prayer for the youths was given by pastor Haggai Mweene while the rest of the prayers were given as indicated herein.

– Prayer against Gender-Based Violence and early marriages, stability in homes and marriages – pastor Margaret Harawa

– Prayer of thanksgiving for everything God has done so far in our nation – Bishop David Masupa

– Prayer for national repentance – Bishop Sydney Sichilima

– Prayer for continued national unity, prayer for clergy and sustained unity in the Church – Bishop Eddie Chansa

– Prayer for the economy and successful implementation of the Seventh National Development Plan, successful mobilisation of financial resources for the 2018 national budget – Professor Nickson Banda

– Prayer for public service personnel as well as all politicians, prayer for the judiciary, legislature and the executive – Dr Harrison Akombwa

– Prayer for the entire event, prayer for healing and reconciliation in the nation – Bishop Joston Chama

– Prayer to pull down strongholds over the land of Zambia, plead the blood of Jesus over Zambia, prayer for open heavens over Zambia – Apostle Sunday Sinyangwe

– Prayer for media, prayer for education system – Reverend Joyce Mwanza

– Prayer for growth of local investors and positive foreign investments, for mines – Reverend Lazarous Lilema

– Prayer for the First Family and the President, families of opposition leaders and all households – Apostle Elizabeth Albert, among the many intercessory points

Among the prominent people present at the event included first lady Esther Lungu, United Progressive People (UPP) president Saviour Chishimba, deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Namugala and deputy chief justice Marvin Mwanamwambwa.

Other are ministers Jean Kapata (lands minister), David Mabumba (energy), Vincent Mwale (local government), Emerine Kabanshi (community development), Sylvia Chalikosa (minister in the Office of the Vice-President) and Lloyd Kaziya, among several others.

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Business and Financial analyst Blessings Kafwanka says government should reconsider its plans to borrow about K11 billion from the domestic financial market in 2018, considering the country’s high debt position.

Mr. Kafwanka says the move will further crowd out the private sector especially the small and medium size enterprises.

He states that borrowing heavily from the domestic financial market will also limit the growth of SMEs who are the backbone of national development.

Mr. Kafwanka says SMEs help government in revenue generation through taxes, adding that suffocating them will affect the country’s economic growth.

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Vice President Inonge Wina says according to the ministerial code of conduct for the government and the Patriotic Front (PF), the statement made on fire tenders by National Planning Minister Lucky Mulusa shall be dealt with including other disciplinary measures.

And Vice President Wina regretted during question time in the National Assembly that she did not preview the statement attributed to Mr.Mulusa but was quick to mention of receieving a report.

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HAKAINDE Hichilema says President Edgar Lungu lives in a plane. And Hichilema says Zambians will be more destitute as the price of fuel, like presidential trips, has increased.

Featuring on Ndola’s Sun FM radio, the opposition leader said Zambia was struggling to develop because it had a president who was aimlessly travelling.

“President ekala mu ndeke (The President lives in the plane). Ba PF ngabali pa meeting elo baumfwa indeke ilelila mumulu, they start thinking that we should have been on that plane – that’s all they think about, travelling and travelling. This is why this country can’t develop. The price of maize, on the other hand, has gone down and yet there is a high price of fertiliser and farmers have been killed,” Hichilema said.

And on the fuel price increase announced on Tuesday, Hichilema said citizens’ incomes would be inundated by the numerous fees that they have to pay. On Tuesday, the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) announced the increment in retail fuel pump prices by over K1, which was effected midnight the same day. Petrol was hiked from K11.67 to K12.97 while diesel was adjusted from K9.87 to K11.09. Kerosene was increased from K6.50 to K7.82 while Low Sulphur adjusted from K12.16 to K13.38.

“Umutengo uwa fuel naunina (The price of fuel has increased), water tariffs have increased, toll gates are high [and] presidential trips have increased. Lives of ordinary Zambians will become more and more miserable now that the prices of fuel are up,” said Hichilema.

ERB vice-chairperson Ngande Mwanajiti said the Board of Directors would continue to monitor developments in the exchange rates and international oil prices and would only adjust fuel prices every 60 days when there were changes in the wholesale prices.

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