UPND LEADERS, WHERE ARE THEY?

By Col. Hamwiinde Munamunungu(Rtd)

I have seen a lot of concern on the conduct of most UPND members especially their leaders who think that the 2021 General Elections are already open to be in favor of their Party. That is a fallacy and dangerous and must not be entertained at such a time.

Everyday it’s HH and nobody else, everyone else seems to be in hibernation at this critical hour when it’s most necessary to draw battle lines. Occasional token and distant voices come from leaders like, Mutale Nalumango, Percy Chanda, Garry Nkombo, Jack Mwiimbu, Conellius Mweetwa, Patrick Mucheleka and Gilbert Liswaniso. This is too little and may very soon come too late.

Where are the members of the equivalent of the Politburo, the National Management Committee? Why so quite and yet occupying important political offices which must be the engine that drives the Party? Is it because all were just appointed and not elected by popular vote? Isn’t this wake up call to the intraparty electorates who must take charge of the course of the ship?

I was surprised to hear that Gabriel Namulambe was a member of the National Management Committee and yet never heard of his voice except upon resignation. I suspect we have a lot of Namulambes who will only be heard upon resignation or retirement.

This is grossly unfair to both HH who appointed them and to the general membership of the Party that are crying for change of government. These are the individuals who have weakened the Party and are just waiting on the wings like vultures to claim victory at the eleventh hour. These are the people that will claim for governmental offices if the Party is blessed to win the Elections. That’s unacceptable but it reveals much of how the party is being led at the helm. Otherwise what the hell are they waiting for and who the hell do they think they are if not political movers?

These are the same people working underground peddling lies against those who have offered themselves to campaign and stand for the Party like the very committed Ms Lily Mutambo. Lily has the capacity and the drive to canvas for the Party and for herself. Already she has made inroads in Munali constituency in building the image of the Party and herself.

Unless these men and women give in to hard work for the Party, I fear that the UPND should forget about 2021. My appeal is that the sooner the Party Congress comes the better. Let us get committed young men and women to rebrand the image of the party as soon as possible. They are so many and waiting in the wings, let them be allowed in, there’s no time to waste.

By Castrol Kafweta

OF A BROODING AND CRESTFALLEN PILGRIM
My humble and well recognized and honored Pilgrim, I hold you in higher esteem as a leader, a father and as my former Vice president of the mighty UPND.

Sincerity and truth are what you require to heal from your distressed experience with the mighty UPND and president Hakainde Hichilema. Aiding the Patriotic Front PF to assassinate the character of president Hakainde Hichilema will not help Zambia in any way.
What Zambia wants is a man of vision who will be highly responsive to the needs of the people not a man who strives to bring other people down because of jealous, personal grudges and ethnicity variation.

What’s the point of being wise when the nation is not able to benefit from your wisdom? The same can be asked about knowledge that’s never shared to benefit those that need it the most.

Surely, of what benefit is a wise man who chooses to keep his wisdom, knowledge and experience to himself when his country is in need of such canny and discerning men?

Pilgrim, the point is you can’t keep gossiping and fighting Hakainde Hichilema in riddles on Facebook for allegedly expelling you from the party.

You can’t also relentlessly keep claiming of being a Pilgrim when the least we get from you are misjudgements and invasion of characters. You must get over your differences with UPND and personal grudges against Hakainde Hichilema. We have a Zambia to save from the hands of these corrupt criminals.

If you’re better than HH, or can do better than him, or that you’re the right person to rule Zambia, form your own political party, or go back to UPND and work with HH or join PF so that you can help to resuscitate the dying Patriotic Front PF.

Your wisdom, knowledge and experience is badly needed to ameliorate bad governance and to curtail the outgrowing number of corrupt, selfish and ruthless political vampires who’re masquerading as leaders.

I believe there’s something very substantial that you can do for the country other than attacking individuals and injuring their reputations because of the grievances you have.

98% PRIVATISATION OF BANKS AND HOW THE PF IS GIVING OUT MILLIONS EVERY MONTH TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

James Kasanda Musendeka Lukuku, RPP President.

Kenneth Kaunda maintained a strong local bank base to the extent of establishing the Lima Bank for agriculture transactions only.

MMD maintained indigenous Banks such as the Covmont Bank, National Servings and Credit Bank, Investrust, Finance Bank and Zanaco. Ngandu Magande however sold some Zanaco Shares to the Robo Bank.

Now this is the analysis of the current Banking sector in Zambia which is making us lose billions every month while some backward people are busy out there preaching fish farming and salaula distribution.

Access Bank Zambia Ltd – Nigeria

First Capital Bank – Malawi

Atlas Mara – British Virginia

Bank of China – China

Absa – South Africa

Cavmont Bank – Capricorn IH, Namibia

Citi Bank – New York, USA

Eco Bank – West Africa

First Alliance Bank – India

FNB – South Africa

Indo-Zambia – India

Stanbic Bank – South Africa

Standard Chartered – Britain

UBA – Nigeria

Zanaco – Arise BV* of South Africa

ZICB – Zambia

Investrust – Zambia

ZICB shall be transformed into the greatest Bank in our Country because it is premised on industrialisation and commercialisation. I will advise President HH to implement this once we form government in 2021.

Now it’s only Zambia and absolutely no other Country with such a stupid and nonsensical financial market. The huge Zambian GDP is passing through foreign Banks living billions in bank charges and other Chargeables.

This is very painful but I don’t think we can expect much from a cabinet that for the first time in the history of the our country, has exposed pornographic ministers.

James Kasanda Musendeka Lukuku RPP President

CORRUPTION ACCUSED HEALTH MINISTER CHITALU CHILUFYA WORTH OVER K22 MILLION, ACC TELLS COURT

By Watch Reporter

Trial in the matter in which Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya is charged with four counts of possession of properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime has finally commenced in the Lusaka Magistrates Court.

Testifying in the matter, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigation officer Chipili Chipampe Manda, 34 years old told Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale that Dr. Chilufya’s earnings were in excess of K22 million.

Manda said Dr Chilufya had in excess of K22 million as earnings from November 2013 to February 2020.

He said this was according to information obtained from National Assembly, Payroll Management and Establishment Control (PMEC) and Henry Courtyard Limited.

Manda said a team was instituted to investigate Dr Chilufya after a report bordering on allegations that he possessed properties in Zambia and Dubai which were reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime was lodged by an unanimous source.

He said after he established that Dr Chilufya possessed US$200,000 which was used to purchase 6,000 shares in Samfya Marines and Tourism Services Limited from Den Daas Investment Zambia, K270,000 cash which was used to purchase another 2,000 shares in Samfya Marines, Lot No. 365/366 also known as Spark Guest House situated in Mansa and a passenger boat also known as Transport 32 from Smart Own FZE of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, he endeavored to establish whether the accused had the financial capacity from his known legitimate income to acquire the stated properties in question and that he established that he was a Health Minister and also a Member of Parliament for Mansa Central.

Manda said the investigators requested for Dr Chilufya’s emoluments from National Assembly and PMEC and that ACC did receive documents detailing the payments which Dr Chilufya had received from November 2013 to February 2010 from National Assembly and PMEC.

Manda said further, investigations revealed that Dr Chilufya had stake in various companies and was director and shareholder in Henry Courtyard Limited.

He named Dr Chilufya’s other companies as Henry Courtyard Construction and Hardware, Henry Courtyard Farms and Henry Courtyard Travels and Tours.

Manda explained that Dr, Chilufya was also a shareholder in Samfya Marines.

“Having looked at the earnings of Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya from the information we obtained from the National Assembly, his earnings totalled over K7 million and for earnings related to documents collected from PMEC, earnings were slightly over K3 million. Further, I assessed financial information, in this case, bank statements from Henry Courtyard Limited where Honourable Dr Chitalu Chilufya is a shareholder and director, different bank statements were obtained and these banks are Zanaco, Cavmont Bank, Atlas Mara and Investrust Bank, which Henry Courtyard has accounts with,” he said.

Manda said Dr Chilufya’s Henry Courtyard was in excess of K12 million.

Hearing continues tomorrow.

JAMES LUKUKU WRITES POLICE

By Koswe Editors

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THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
LUSAKA.

5TH AUGUST 2020

cc: Hon Garry Nkombo.
cc: Hon Cornelius Mweetwa.

Dear Sir / Madam,

RE:57 INCARCERATED YOUTHS UNDER POLICE CUSTODY FOR 5 MONTHS WITHOUT CHARGE.

I wish to bring to your attention the lamentation of more than 100 youths but 56 to be precise, that have been under police custody for about 5 months without being taken to court for adjudication. These are youths that were arrested as suspected gassers, in the gassing scenarios that characterised the beginning of this year.

The following names can help you with tracing;-

1. Osward Hamalala
2. Bright Halwanza
3. Isauh Nsenene
4. Charles Mungaila
5. Festus Mwaanza
6. Bright Mainza

The first five are incacerated at Maxwell Sibongo Police post in Kamwala South, while the sixth one, Bright Mainza is at Chilenje Police.

These youths were arrested by Force Headquaters Police by police officers whose names I hereby withhold, but I can confidentially give the names of these arresting officers in this case to any one credibly interested in this matter.

I came across this injustice the time I was in police custody at Chilenje, and I feel it’s unchristian for me not to speak for these comrades who begged and assigned me to speak for them after getting out of cells.

Please note that Chilenje police is merely keeping a suspect for whom they can’t do anything about because the oppressing police officer is at Force Headquaters.

I am not assuming the innocence of these youths but justice demands the presentation of the same individuals before our courts for either acquittal or conviction.

That’s natural justice.

Chitalu Chilufya is innocent until proven guilty but these youths are suffering because they are guity until proven innocent.

I have copied Honourables Garry and Cornelius because the youths were picked from Choma and Mazabuka as far as I gathered. But the scenario might be national wide and the number of these enslaved youths might be much much higher.

A number of youths that the courts acquitted in relation to gassing scandals have not yet reached their families according to reports I gathered that must be investigated.

God bless our Republic.

James Kasanda Musendeka Lukuku, RPP President

Failing Is Not Always An Indication That You Are Dull

By Chibamba Kanyama

Some of the world’s most innovative and creative individuals rarely do well academically; others even fail exams and get hugely frustrated. One reality is some of these individuals just fail to comply with set standards and norms; they look at equations and conclude they can create their own equations. It is in that process of failing to conform to set standards, standards set by other intelligent people, that they fail the exam.

Conformists usually do better; they memorize other people’s works and once they comply, they are given high marks. However, they rarely create anything new and their progression in life is generally limited. They conform at workplaces, thrive and get promoted but will rarely create anything of their own that employs others (nothing wrong about them at all!)!

If Jesus were to sit an exam under the Sanhedrin or Jews norms, and live by them, He was going to fail. He refused to conform. His perspective or worldview was different and it was this mindset and approach to issues that changed the world past, present and in future.

He challenged (religious) conformism when He said, ‘’No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.” Mark 2:21-22

He simply changed the status quo. Innovation, creativity is Biblical and it’s encouraged. There is so much in the horizon awaiting your special touch but you have to go beyond the ordinary; those things that have been accepted as the standard.

Failing is not always an indication that you are dull; at times, it could be a signal that you are gifted in some other areas for which you can make a breakthrough that will change the course of the world. Tap into your gifting, release your potential, understand yourself and how you can do things differently. If you cannot fit into this world, let the world fit into you.

In any case, conforming at times denies us the opportunity to realise our true worth as the Apostle Paul warned, ‘Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–His good, pleasing and perfect will.’ Rom 12:2

MAZABUKA RESIDENTS PLEAD WITH BANK OF ZAMBIA….’ALLOW ONO AND COMSAVE MEMBERS TO GRADUATE THEIR CURRENT MEMBERS’

Dear Editor,

APPEAL LETTER TO THE BANK OF ZAMBIA

We write to you following up on the abrupt unnoticeable freezing of COMSAVE and ONO cooperatives- credit unions’ banking accounts as well as halting members’ businesses. As a financial regulatory body, we hold you in very high esteem to provide and give direction to all financial institutions in our country and provide guidance regarding the economy as you have always done from inception.

In this vain, we the membership of Ono and Comsave respectively wish to indicate to you that we are optimistic that the ongoing investigations against the credit unions by DEC and BOZ will be conducted with an open mind and in a spirit devoid of deceit, from any party involved.

We wish to inform you that as a community and as members of these institutions, when the government encouraged initiatives such as village banking aimed at empowering women and youths and subsequent official encouragements from our local government leadership (DC-Mazabuka and PS-Southern Province) to join a credit union initiatives, to be specific Ono and Comsave in this instance to be specific, we could not hesitate to joining the initiatives more so that the two institutions are duly registered with the relevant government authorities and have never defaulted in terms of their obligation to pay out to their members from the time they started their operations.

As regards investigations, we are consoled to learn from informal sources that your esteemed institution has the interests of the members that have saved their funds with ONO/COMSAVE in order to raise funds for various economic activities such as for farming, school/university fees, etc.

However, the disruption of their ( Comsave and Ono )activities due to the ongoing investigations has created anxiety and panic among the entire membership who now do not know what next, where next will the money for livelihood will come from, money for farming inputs for 2020/21 season, later on, school/college fees for University students.

We are hopeful that soon these investigations will be concluded as quickly as possible and that the central bank will pronounce itself on this matter bearing in mind that many lives are in limbo starting from the investors themselves, their children, and dependants school-going children etc.

Our considered view and prayer is that if there is any law that has been contravened by the two institution.

1.We urge you not be punitive but rather embrace the initiative by ONO and COMSAVE and help them by offering neccesary guidance…Remember we can only develop this nation together with homegrown initiatives like these ones…

With your technical support, perhaps one can graduate into them cooperative banks which would be owned by Zambian citizens (the members). Most commercial banks in our nation are foreign banks. Can’t we as a nation provide an enabling environment for local participation and growth of local financial market?

2. If it is licences or certifications they are lacking , can’t you guide them on the necessary documentations and the frame from within which they need to operate.
3. If allowing them to participate in the financial market is not attainable, as a smooth and simpler way of meeting the needs of members, BOZ should let these two institutions take up no new members and allow them to “graduate” their current membership till the last one group is paid…. that is by July 2021.

In all this, please be alive to the fact that government officials (DC-Mazabuka and PS-Southern Province) in the past have urged the community members to join Ono and comsave as they graced some of the “graduation” ceremonies of members who saved with the two organizations. ONO and COMSAVE have always engaged state security all the time they have been doing business, they are engaged in community service such as feeding and paying school fees for willing street kids. These above are good pointers for a layman not to suspect any illegality in the institutions

Yours,

Mazabuka Residents

By Patson Chilemba

Those who are positioning themselves to be running mates bakaloba ilyabola, says Defence minister Davies Chama.

Speaking with Daily Revelation on the statement by ruling PF Lusaka provincial chairperson Paul Moonga that the party needed a male running mate that was strong, physically and mentally fit from Luapula, Northern and Muchinga provinces in the 2021 general elections, Chama said party members must stop manipulating the presidency, making him to choose certain regions against the other regions.

“Every other region is entitled. And for your information Her Honour the Vice-President is very fit, so why are we even debating the issue of running mate when the Vice-President has even said that she is available? So what’s the issue?” Chama asked. “So we don’t want people to start insinuating things that are nonexistent. So the Vice-President she’s available, she’s still in office and she has indicated her availability. I think she issued a statement to that effect. So I don’t know why even this issue is becoming debatable.”

Chama expressed surprise on why party members were positioning themselves for the Vice-Presidency.

“I don’t even understand why people should even position themselves, bakaloba ilyabola (they will catch rotten fish) because it’s up to the President to choose the running mate. Period. And it’s a long way to go why people can even start debating this issue,” Chama said. “We are just being destructed from issues of governance. That’s why people are alleging a lot of things even suspecting..when an incident happens it’s all the issue about running mate. For me this debate is irrelevant and it’s not even necessary for now. I think the President is more competent to handle this issue at the right time. And that’s next year when we start going for elections.”

At the start of the interview, Chama said he did not want to be seen to be debating with Moonga and that he needed to verify if it was him that issued that statement over the running mate position. But when reminded that it was this same journalist that interviewed Moonga and had also interviewed him (Chama) on several occasions, Chama opened up and spoke: “For you I know yes, for you I cannot doubt you. I know you personally and I think you are a man of your word, a man of integrity and I think we need journalists like yourself. But I think let us leave it at what I said.”

He said he had read what this media organisation had posted.

“And you depicted exactly what I discussed with somebody without twisting…so for that I want to say you are one of the rare. That’s how it is supposed to be, people must depict the truth without any distortion whatsoever,” said Chama.

Speaking with Daily Revelation recently, Moonga said even the vote margins from where the President came from in Eastern Province could not be likened to Southern Province, where opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema originates from.
“Meanwhile Luapula, Muchinga he’s (President Lungu) given a better share,” Moonga said. “So we should be very realistic, our colleagues who are giving us so much votes what do we do?”

Moonga said the PF could not be selfish against the people of the three Northern Bemba-speaking provinces, saying he had nothing against any tribe but was just being realistic.

“If you put ba (Richard) Kapita he’s a good man, qualified accountant, very intelligent from North WesternProvince, (do) you think he would add more value? The answer is no. What about those people giving more votes?” Moonga said. “A child whom you send all the time, go and bring this, even when there is left over food you call this child. Even the voting pattern should be the same.”
Moonga said if he were President Lungu, he would not look beyond those three provinces.

“And this time around I am talking about a male. Any male. All the good male candidates. I have nothing against the gender issues, I am looking at a person who would run the race. This country is 762,000 square kilometers,” said Moonga. “Somebody strong enough to hit the ground all over the 10,000 polling stations. We have got over 10,000 polling stations to go round and check every thing. That’s a strong man. Not just a man, a strong physically fit and mentally fit. Mentally stable. That’s a man I am looking at from those three provinces if I was Edgar Chagwa Lungu.” – Daily Revelation

PF NOT CORRUPTING UPND COUNCILORS

…..it’s actually UPND coercing them not to resign….

By: Marvin Chanda Mberi (Law Scholar)

The wind of continuation for the ruling PF is now blowing nearly in all corners of the country as it has now become stable in the once upon a time UPND strongholds.

The popularity of UPND and its life President Hakainde Hichilema is fading and melting like butter in the Sahara desert while the popularity of PF is raising at an alarming rate like the sun raising from the horizon after dusk.

This is attributed to the mature and issue based politics that the PF has embarked on with the development oriented approach.

The massive resignation of councilors in UPND has brought about insecurity as the chances of the UPND coming second are reducing.

We have noted the growing tendency of UPND to attribute massive resignations to alleged corruption which we have carefully scrutinized and established to be untrue.

This is the lame excuse which has become an alternative way of blackmailing their political opponents who with vigor and determination will eliminate HH at the political battlefront.

It is inconceivable that to assume that the attention seeking UPND can have evidence of bribery, conceal it and dare not to publish it in the press.

For a fact, bribery constitutes a criminal offence and UPND will do well to handover their councilors to the relevant institutions for prosecution as opposed to parading elderly people to expose their lack of consistency.

To the contrary, it is the UPND coercing its councilors not to resign to the party of mass movement and national character.

This is a scheme and the new political strategy UPND is using to quench their desperation to remain relevant in this era were the PF is the sole people’s choice.

We suspect and expect to see more UPND councilors taking resignations and later rescind their decisions with a view to seeking political attention.

We say so because in this era, financial transactions have proper paper trail and beside their oral assertions, there is no other connecting link between the allegations and members of the ruling party or indeed any other official.

There is growing intolerance and dictatorial culture which is well entrenched in UPND. The inordinate delay by UPND to replace the two departed vice presidents exposes that the UPND under Hichilema will grant the President despotic power to the extent that he will concurrently be performing the functions of the President and that of the Vice President.

UPND is at the verge of being relegated to a regional party once the campaign mode commences as many big wigs will flex their political six pack and join the winning team.

Having sensed the pending humiliating defeat, the oldest active opposition party knows so well that it is at the verge of historic defeat and this is why they are hitting out in desperation.

For a fact, the PF is not on the business of buying people, it is a voluntary association that values the right of citizens to belong to the political party of their choice. The PF’S preoccupation is to popularize the political agenda of President Lungu and the various political programs.

The preoccupation if PF is to carry on the mantle, preach the gospel to the unconvented whilst leaving no stone unturned. We refuse to be the reason their political shutting down.

We can only assure the UPND to brace themselves for mass exodus at the 11th hour preceding the election which will usher in President Lungu for the second term in office.

We wish to repeat our earlier timely request for Mr Hichilema to quit politics and concentrate to pursue his calling in the corporate world.

We say so as we are concerned with the timely warning he was given by his sympathizers of possible manhandling at the hands of his sympathizers should he suffer defeat at the hands of ECL.

By: Anthony Bwalya – UPND Member.

Today is the day the Patriotic Front (PF) regime and President Edgar Lungu will once again parade the media and play and dance to the gallery as they commission the Kafue Flyover decongestion project.

The project has been built with $13m of debt money from India via EXIM Bank of India, and built by an Indian contractor – AFCON. Please note that because of the structure of implementation of the project, 75% – 80% of the project amount never actually came to Zambia, while Zambians will still be expected to pay around 10% of US dollar driven interest on the original loan amount.

So, we have the flyover yes, but what inherent economic value has the flyover generated which will generate $15m over the next 5 – 10 years for example to be able to pay back the loan in respect of this project?

For a UPND administration, $13m would have been enough money to recapitalize MULUNGUSHI TEXTILES, creating around 4,000 direct jobs, with another 1,000 indirect jobs through textile supply chain linkages such a cotton outgrower schemes, transport and logistics.

From the direct jobs alone, at our current personal taxation reforms proposals, that is $2.5m in tax revenues per annum for the country; while if we extend the revenue gains across the entire textile supply chain, the value tops $5m in tax receipts per annum.

With just Six (6) years of functional operation of a recapitalized MULUNGUSHI TEXTILES, a UPND administration would generate enough tax revenues to be able to not only repay the initial $13m loan amount, but also generate enough cash internally to build the equivalence of the Kafue Flyover.

For the PF regime, we Zambians will only have the flyover to look at while looking for money to maintain it – zero actual economic value.

But while this is going on, do Zambians know that some high ranking elected politicians in the PF are having luxurious lodges being built for them in our national parks using kickbacks money from infrastructure projects such as this one, although not exactly this particular one.

Wake up my people.

Tell your neighbor and ask your neighbor to tell their neighbor.

2021 is the year of Independence.

THOSE POSTING, ATTACKING PARTY FOR LOSING DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS – UPND

By Agness Changala-Katongo

Opposition UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says those sitting in their homes, posting and attacking the party for losing elections have no idea what it means to take part in an election.

UPND took part in the recently held by-elections in Luapula, Western and North-Western Provinces, and the overwhelming majority of the wards were won by PF.

Speaking to Daily Revelation on the loss the party suffered in the just ended by-elections, Katuka said those accusing the party of being relaxed as the reason for losing some of the by elections, have no idea what it means to take part in an election.

He said most of them just sit in their homes and write things to post, saying writing is easier than what the party experiences in a violent and unfair election under the PF.

“Those who are talking have not been in these by elections. They are sitting in their homes and just posting. It’s easy to write but those in the field, they know what is on the ground,” Katuka said.

He argued that it was not that people were voting for PF, but the party was buying votes.

“You see they are literally buying those votes not that people are voting. I will tell you that in one by election in Nangula ward, in that by election, a returning officer was hounded out of the polling station by PF cadres. How do you have an election where a man in charge of an election is thrown out and the police were watching,” Katuka asked.

He claimed that the election were not free and fair as they were also characterized by violence.

Katuka added that the only consolation he had was that the PF would not be able to replicate the vote buying in a general election.

“Because there would be activity all over the country and people will be voting on their own,” Katuka said.

He said what goes on in Zambia are not elections but a battlefield due to the high level of violence.

“You know the level of violence. Right now my national chairperson for the youth (Likando Mufalali) has a broken leg from an attack that occured in one of the by elections in Western Province. Where their jimbles beat him with some iron bars and he has a broken leg now,” he said.

He said it would not be possible for the PF to get the mealie meal they are distributing now into all the 150 constituencies in a general election.

“That won’t be possible. It wont be possible to go and slaughter animals and feed people in all the 150 constituencies. So there would be a resemblance of a free and fair election than in by-elections,” he added.

Katuka said by- elections are never the best to judge the popularity of a political party, saying when the country goes for a general election, the atmosphere would be different.

Katuka said MMD was equally winning by-elections but lost elections in 2011, saying winning by-elections for the ruling party was not guarantee that they would still win 2021. However, while it is true the MMD used to win by-elections, it is also true that the PF in the opposition never used to lose elections in their own strongholds.

He appealed to party supporters to remain calm and help mobilise the party.

“Although I know that the environment now is not easy for them,” he said.

Katuka further said the police were PF and are locking up UPND members who are attempting to mobilise the party.

“However, you don’t have to go anywhere. Within your locality. Wherever you are, wherever you stay, please be a campaign manager yourself,” he pleaded with his supporters. “Talk to your neighbors, talk to those that are close to you and that way, we can mobilise. Each one can mobilise wherever they are.”

Katuka also called on party supporters not to lose hope.

“UPND supporters should not lose hope. It is darker before dawn and there is hope. If you see Chiengi in that Province we used to get 1, 000 in the entire Luapula. We were getting two votes here, one vote there, one vote or zero. Toatl 1,000 for the province. But look at by elections. In a ward, we could get a 1,000,” said Katuka. “So if we combine all the 1,000 in wards in Luapula how much will it be. So they should not lose hope. Help is around the corner.” -Daily Revelation

Credit: Lusaka Times

Patriotic Front(PF) Media Director Sunday Chanda says the ruling party will do everything possible to bury UPND President Hakainde Hichilema from the political field.

“Indications are clear, HH is on his way to another humiliating defeat in 2021 and the signal is here,” he said.

Mr. Chanda said the ruling party would anchor it’s message on uniting Zambians through visible infrastructure development and other strategies.

He said the ruling party would easily bounce back into power in 2021 because it had a national character with large numbers in the strongholds while UPND had lost grip on its regionalhold after Western Province moved to PF.

Mr. Chanda said PF would not take anything to chance because this would be Mr. Hichilema’s last losing fight.

He urged PF supporters to obtain National Registration Cards- NRCs and voter’s cards in order to peacefully retire the regional social media politician.

And Opposition aligned Good Governance and Human Rights Activist, Sikaile C Sikaile, says PF will return to power because it is already miles ahead of the opposition.

“Don’t argue about the small margins, who cares? Do our voters even think that far in analyzing issues, absolutely no,” Mr. Sikaile said.

He said the entire UPND should come to the realization that winning 2021 elections is between January this year and until December 2020.

“When you hear PF leaders claiming that they are returning to power next year, don’t underestimate them,” Mr. Sikaile said.

The Political Scientist said PF is a group of well coordinated people.

“No matter what excuse UPND can come up with for them to justify the losing of some local government election to PF from Western province, will not make sense to anyone,” Mr. Sikaile said.

He explained that in political science, the impression you create before the public has a huge impact to motivating voters to throw their weight on you.

“Even a woman you are eying to marry, must have a clear understanding of what you are talking about so that she can make a sound decision,” he said.

Mr. Sikaile said defeating the PF government needed extra efforts by the UPND unlike what is obtaining.

BRE REFUSES GOVERNMENT PLANS TO SLAUGHTER ALL CATTLE IN BAROTSELAND, TELLS THE MINISTRY OF LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES TO START FIRST COMPENSATING THE AFFECTED CATTLE FARMERS

By Barotseland Broadcasting Network
Reporter,

The Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE), has advised the Ministry of livestock and fisheries to start first COMPENSATING the Barotse Cattle farmers before slaughtering the cattle in Barotseland.

In a meeting which was summoned and chaired by the Ngambela Mukela Manyando yesterday 2nd August ,2020 in Limulunga Royal village between the BRE, officers from the Ministry of livestock and fisheries and the Barotse Cattle farmers to discuss as to why the Zambian Government through the Ministry Livestock and fisheries was targeting to slaughter cattles in Barotseland in pretexts of controlling Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) a highly contagious respiratory disease of cattle found in most sub-saharan African countries. Ngambela Mukela Manyando advised the Ministry of livestock and fisheries to put to hold their plans and allow sensitization and more engagement on the matter with the relevant stakeholders is done because the matter had serious issues which needed to be addressed before government goes ahead with their plans.

Ngambela Manyando said it was unfortunate that Government wanted to undertake such serious move without engaging the parties and other relevant stakeholders to ascertain the merits and demerits of the matter. Ngambela Manyando wondered as to why Government was so much in a hurry to slaughter cattle in Barotseland instead of first starting with compensating the affected farmers.

Meanwhile, some cattle farmers who also attended the meeting yesterday in Limulunga told off the Ministry of livestock and fisheries that they will not allow the evil schemes by the Zambian Government to SLAUGHTER their cattle in pretext of controlling cattle disease without compensation at all.

The cattle farmers indicated that the scheme to slaughter cattle in pretext of controlling the CBPP disease in Barotseland was a deliberate scheme by the Zambian Government aimed at wiping out all cattle in Barotseland so that the people of the region can remain more poor and poorer.

Early July this year the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock through Vet and Police in Nkeyema District invaded a certain farmer’s kraal by surprise and slaughtered 57 cattle in the pretext of controlling the CBPP disease. The farmer resisted but was handcraft and tied as they slaughtered all his animals while he watched and crying.

BBN

PF LOCAL GOVERNMENT WINS IN WESTERN PROVINCE

By Evans Liselo

The Ruling Party cleverly understands the feelings of resentment by the people, of their local and parliamentary representatives especially towards the end of the life of parliament. These elected officials have a tendency of sitting back as they are unsure whether they will be readopted for the next election which in this case is 2021.
This phenomenon is everywhere and not only in UPND strongholds, but the PF seizes this disconnect between the elected representatives and the communities, to entice the unsure and disenchanted Councillors with huge sums of money as ‘retirement’ benefits, offers they easily accept knowing they may go with nothing if they don’t get adopted by the party.

You will recall that President Lungu was in Western Province recently followed by the entire government and PF party machinery shortly afterwards, distributing food aid and hard cash. The issue here is hunger which communities blame their local representatives for not coming to their aid, of course due to PF massive propaganda that suggests opposition can’t be helpful apart from the party in power. A councillor friend of mine told me he was given K150,000 cash with a resignation letter drafted for him by the ruling party. Well, he received the money and resigned as arranged. Then to the shock of everyone in his community, his wife (a sec sch teacher deployed 6 years ago), was promoted from the post of class teacher directed to head a secondary school in central province. She was confirmed within 2 weeks of heading the sec school.

The truth is PF wins are a vote of no confidence in local representatives because a lot of people are saying they are just waiting for 2021 to vote for a Hakainde Hichilema and not lazy Councillors or MPs. In 2021 you may have a situation where HH wins the entire Western Province but UPND loses local government seats. The fact on the ground is that 75% of people in Western Province and North Western Province love and believe in HH than in President Lungu, the reason I really don’t know. So despite not doing well in these by-elections, in 2021, HH will still emerge victorious with a commanding lead.

The UPND as a party must pull up their socks in Western Province for them to also win local government elections. There’s a problem with the Secretariat at the UPND.

Written by Liselo
Political Analyst
Western Province

“DEFEND YOURSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY”, UPND LUSAKA YOUTH LEADERSHIP TELL MATERO YOUTHS
Lusaka – 02.08.20
……… since PF are saying the people attacking UPND members and our mothers in these markets, bus stops and compounds are not their members, we’ll take these attackers as criminals. And even the constitution allows citizens to defend themselves when attacked by criminals, so we will defend ourselves and the community…

The UPND youth leadership in Lusaka district, this afternoon met Matero youths and spoke on a number of issues affecting the youths both in the party and at community level.

The wards that attended the meeting included Kapwepwe, Mweembeshi, Matero ward, Lima ward 26 and Muchinga wards.
The youth leadership was led by the District youth Chairperson, Archritious Mwanakayaya, his deputy politics Anthony Zimba and the youth gender Martha Sahamange. Anthony Zimba, told the youths that Matero constituency was very important to the party.
Mr Zimba expressed happiness that after the intra-party elections that was held recently, the party in Matero constituency has remained intact and are more united than before.

Speaking to the youths, Chairman Mwanakayaya told the youths to work extra hard by helping form more branches across the constituency. Mr Mwanakayaya told the youths that UPND belonged to them as they were the majority and game changers.

Mr Mwanakayaya further told the youths to defend themselves and the community when attacked by criminals. “When you are attacked defend yourselves and the community. Since PF are saying the people attacking UPND members and our mothers in these markets, bus stops and compounds are not their members, we will take these attackers as criminals! And even the constitution allows citizens to defend themselves when they are attacked by criminals, so we will defend ourselves and the community”, he said.

The district strong man told the youths to be ready and work in unity as the party prepares for 2021 general election. He told them that discipline was the most important thing.

And Lusaka district youth gender, Martha Sahamange told the youths never to forget how PF have destroyed this country’s economy through corruption and theft of public resources. She said that the country has witnessed high levels of corruption and theft because PF do not mean well for a common Zambian but their interest was their pockets. Martha gave an example of Lumumba road who not long ago was worked on at an exorbitant price but less than a year the road has been damaged forcing the contractor to go on site again. She stated that this was pointing out to the fact that corruption was at play – someone was getting the difference!

The leadership also reminded the youths that all the families of the fallen heroes and those that have been slain in the political battle for a better Zambia look up to them. They told them that, this is the more reason why they should work extra hard to attain what their friends wanted to. “Our friends, the likes of Lawrence Banda, Grayzer Matapa, Mapenzi Chibulo, and many other have died fighting for a better Zambia and their families are looking up to us to ensure that their beloved ones get the desired justice,” the leadership stated.
2021 is the year for the Zambians
UPND MEDIA TEAM

UPND Chairperson for Mobilization and Strategy Sylvia Masebo says she feels sorry for President Edgar Lungu because he is a weak Head of State.

And Masebo says the Copperbelt is now 90 percent opposition, which is an indication of victory in 2021.

Masebo said this in Kitwe during the close of the Copperbelt UPND intra-party elections.

She said President Lungu was failing to act on many serious issues because his administration had been captured by those who did not mean well.

“President Lungu is not in control of this country. If he was, he could have acted on many serious issues. All he knows is to make excuses. Today, everyone is a President, if you have a weak President, we are in problems. They have hijacked the presidency, he is under state capture, he has all the powers but he is failing to act. It means that you the citizens don’t have a parent and you need to act and stop this. You need a parent who will listen and care for you,” Masebo said.

“If you see a country and you find road blocks every where, just know that it is a troubled country or failed state. In Nyanja we say it is a government yama fontini (backwards thinking people). You find the PF cadres are directing the police, just know that we don’t have a country. If police are timid and scared of cadres, just know that it is a failed state.”

She said President Lungu’s administration was the worst in Zambia’s history.

“This administration we are dealing with is not like Kaunda, not like Dr Chiluba, not like Mwanawasa, not like Rupiah Banda, not even like ba [Michael] Sata. We are dealing with mafias that want to control everything. But I feel sorry for President Edgar Lungu. Why can’t he run the country properly than allowing boys to mislead him? He is failing to lead the country. Even the OP, he can’t listen to them, but wants to listen to boys who will praise him,” Masebo said.

“It is an unprecedented administration that does not respect the rule of law. Hakainde Hichilema is as good as under house arrest today. It is an offence for the opposition to move, going forward, is that you should know that the Lungu administration will not give you any political space, if you wait, you won’t have it. Next year it’s elections and the PF is strategically using the police for us not to move and work. So this won’t change and won’t stop.”

Masebo lamented that only a few people were playing around with money in Zambia.

“Even civil servants are acting like presidents. So what country do we have today? Today everyone has no food, but we have a President. We only have a few that are playing around with money and do wrong things,” she said.

And Masebo said she was pleased that Copperbelt was now 90 per cent opposition.

“I have seen a great change from the people of the Copperbelt and as an old timer in politics, Copperbelt is 90 percent opposition which means the opposition will win,” she said.

“But it will not be easy, we need to face the challenges as they come. Be prepared to be beaten, killed maimed and taken to prison. We are fighting for a change for our children. Let the people who have died rest in peace. Copperbelt is ripe for change, that is why you will find all these challenges.”

Meanwhile, Masebo warned ministers not to let power get to their heads because it was temporary.

“I have seen some excitement from some ministers who think they have reached. Use the power properly. You are happy with people dying, we have been ministers before and serious ministers for that matter, not the manyengwe (child’s play) we have today. When change comes, even the power and guns you have don’t work. Enough is enough you can’t fight the people. Your ending will be bad. The people will react because of the anger the people are going through,” Masebo said.

“I feel for the PF ministers because of the misery under your leadership, even the President can’t explain and act, because everything is destroyed. Those of us who worked with a serious President like Mwanawasa know how it is to advise and work with leaders. It will not be easy. PF has reached alarming levels of desperation. We know everything that you are doing, but our silence will not be forever.”

Masebo warned ministers that the same cadres they were using to assault others today would beat them one day.

“The same cadres you are using will beat you very soon. Even ministers who work and talk to us, we know. They just want to eat with them. You will not even be listening to the results but busy crossing the borders. You will leave your houses. Ba Lungu did not know that his two terms will come to an end, but it has ended. Those misleading ministers will run away from you and [they are] even having secret meetings with HH. We have been there and we know what is happening,” said Masebo.

“For the first time, everything has collapsed in Zambia, even Christianity has ended because even pastors are bought, even Christians for Lungu. Chiefs are bought, this money will end. UPND will participate and do everything within our rights and come next year, HH will be the President of Zambia. We don’t have leaders, we just have a group of criminals. You cannot have a government that kills its people. Surely, the levels of abuse is alarming. This is a party of evil men and women. The amount of hatred they have for HH is appalling. Everything is about HH.”

Speaking at the same event, UPND Chairman for Policy and Research Dr Cholwe Beyani said arrests were a new normal for members of the opposition.

Dr Beyani, who was arrested on Saturday in Chililabombwe for conducting UPND Copperbelt Provincial elections, vowed that arrests would not slow down his party.

“No matter what PF does to arrest and put us in cells, we are determined to speak and act for the Zambian people because nothing will shake us from putting the interests of the people first,” said Dr Beyani.

PF HAS TURNED PRESIDENCY INTO AXIS OF CRIMINALITY.

By: Anthony Bwalya – UPND Member

By Zambian supreme law, the President, any elected Zambian President, is the sole custodian of our collective public interest; and thus the guardian of not just the constitution itself but also the final gatekeeper of all our natural resources including land, forests, minerals and wildlife.

Yet since their inaugural election in 2011, the Patriotic Front (PF) have peddled a deliberate, premeditated agenda of leveraging the presidency for the benefit of the party and individuals within the party, using well placed private sector proxies but are known associates of the party in power and its handlers.

While the poverty of 9.2 million Zambians remain unmitigated, with access to public education, healthcare, water and sanitation, employment still a far cry for 83% of Zambians, the PF and the presidency have been relentless in their unholy agenda of self enrichment while sacrificing the fortunes of a whole nation.

In May 2018, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) revealed how the PF regime, through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources under Jean Kapata, failed to account for $87m worth of Mukula revenue through criminal motivations when they deliberately undervalued Mukula exports to China.

I had personally written to the current Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo on 11 June 2018 and demanded that he took this issue onto the floor of Parliament so that Zambians could get some answers, but he did not respond.

Then in 2019, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) published a detailed report which revealed an approximate $7.5m per annum Mukula bribery cartel involving known and elected public officials. This means around $60m worth of Mukula associated bribes were paid to PF officials over the period 2012 to 2019 alone.

Our estimates are that since 2012, Zambia has lost around $2bn in unaccounted for Mukula revenue under the PF regime.

The most concerning thing is that because the current ongoing criminal activities seem to be anchored around State House, and the Presidency has become immobilized and is incapable of acting in the national interest.

This is why a government Minister caught masturbating on camera is more likely to get fired than one facing serious charges of criminal indictment and appearing before court.

This is also why the presidency cannot act when protected forests such Forest Reserve No. 27 is invaded by top government officials who have turned a water aquifer into a paradise for mansions.

Why do we think the presidency also cannot act, when Zambia’s wildlife resources are being savaged, raided and transferred to private game ranches owned by politicians or their friends…

As we speak, Zambia’s gold resources are being appropriated for the benefit of foreign owned entities with known links to terrorism sanctioned countries and individuals.

What the Zambian people must know is this: this is not a problem for the president or the presidency. The ruling party establishment has designed things to work precisely in this manner. The PF understand that if you can leverage the presidency in criminal wrongdoing, you are untouchable.

And this is exactly why none of the issues raised herein have ever been a subject of a thorough, government backed investigation and precisely why no single parliamentary inquiry has been called to interrogate any of these issues.

The solution is NOT to kick out President Edgar Lungu. He is a every small part of a wider PF backed axis of criminality. The solution is to dismantle the PF by voting them out of power in 2021.

The only thing keeping the PF together, the reason they want power, is to protect their shared illegalities against the Zambian people.

Once the PF lose power in 2021, they will no longer have a reason to continue existing.

IT NOT HH’S ELECTION LOSS BUT YOURS BECAUSE THE MAN CAN AFFORD THREE MEALS A DAY – GEORGE MPOMBO.

By George Lemba
Zambia’s prominent politician George Mpombo has said that losing of by-elections by the opposition cannot be heaped on any political leader alone.

Mpombo says during by-elections and like any other election, there are too many factors at play.

He however says he has noted with concern that some Zambians are condemning UPND President Hakainde Hichilema over the party’s loss of by-elections held last month.

Mpombo stated that even PF was beaten by MMD in Mpulungu and other places but charging that the opposition in Zambia must however not dwell much on that.

He agrees that politics has dynamics and that it is entirely upto an individual to vote for a sane politician.

He says ruling parties World over play manipulation during elections but voters must be vigilant to protect their right and future and voice adding that if this is not taken into account, parties in power will continue holding onto power and enjoying State resources while voters continue suffering.

Asked why UPND President Hakainde Hichilema should not be questioned over by-elections, Mpombo said that the party leader can afford three meals a day but that his continued efforts to call for serious Government is motivation to voters to stand up and vote out the party they deem unfit.

Meanwhile Mpombo has said that currently there is poverty in Zambia and any politician who takes a 2kg of mealie meal, he or she would get votes.

He also charges that having been Minister himself, he knows how useless some members of parliament become when elected into parliament adding that some completely stop visiting constituencies and when they go back to ask for votes, voters don’t vote for them.

“You see George Lemba (Koswe reporter), I have been a Minister before and I have mingled with these guys. When they become MPs, that’s it, they never go to constituencies and people have now woken up and people cannot vote for someone who is not there for them and so, these are the results. We need people to also know that these elections are not about Hakainde or Lungu but they are about themselves because these two have meals as and when they want but how about you as a voter? Can you vote for someone who has made you go through pain and delivered nothing? Can you vote for someone for giving you a 2kg bag of mealie meal which will last 2 days, if the answer is yes, then continue in poverty because that is your choice but if the answer is no, then vote for the right leader,” said Mpombo to Koswe’s George Lemba.

There has been hard hitting messages on UPND President Hakainde Hichilema especially on social media following the PF’s supposedly winning of by-elections last month.

A cross section says PF won the by-elections using electoral malpractices but others say UPND lost the by-elections because of useless members of parliament, Mayors, Council Chairpersons and provincial leaders in areas where ward elections were taking place.