YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE AN MCC TO QUALIFY FOR PF PRESIDENCY

3rd May, 2022

There is been misinformation running the mill that those who are not Members of the Central Committee (MCC) of the Patriotic Front do not qualify to contest as Party President at the forthcoming Extraordinary General Conference slated for June.

There is no provision in the PF Party Constitution that says one has to be an MCC to qualify to contest as Party President.

Article 50 of the Party Constitution is very explicit and instructive on who qualifies to contest the PF Presidency and being a Member of the Central Committee is not one of the requirements.

ARTICLE 46: WHO ATTENDS THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

The General Conference shall be attended by:
(a) All members of the National Council; and
(b) Up to 500 delegates from each province selected in accordance with rules made by the
Central Committee.

ARTICLE 50: COMPOSITION OF NATIONAL COUNCIL
(1) The National Council of the Party shall be composed as follows: (a) Members of the Central
Committee; (b) Members of the National Assembly; (c) Provincial Secretaries;
(d) District Chairmen;
(e) District Secretaries;
(f) District Chairmen and Committee members of the Women’s and Youth Leagues. (g) Senior officers from the Party’s National Headquarters.

ARTICLE 52: WHAT’S THE PROCESS AND QUALIFIES TO BE PARTY PRESIDENT?

The Central Committee shall submit the name of the candidate or candidates to the national
Council for approval or disapproval.

The person whose candidature for the office of President is not approved by the National Council shall not be
Eligible for election at the General Conference for the office of the President of the Party.

Where only one candidate has filed nomination papers at the close of nomination, such a Candidate shall be declared duly elected President of the Party without conducting a poll.

A member of the Party shall not be qualified as a candidate for the office of the President of
Party unless he has been a member of the Party for five (5) years immediately preceding the nomination and he is qualified under the Constitution of Zambia for election to the office of the President of Zambia

Issued by
Antonio M. Mwanza
PF Media Director

DAVIES MWILA IS RIGHT, GIVEN LUBINDA HAS NO POWERS TO APPOINT MCCs OUTSIDE THE PF NATIONAL COUNCIL IN LINE WITH ARTICLE 57

Former PF SG Davies Mwila has differed with his Acting President Given Lubinda over the NEW appointments of additional PF MCCs to bring the total to less or more 80 from the constitutional required 30.

Perusing through the PF Constitution, Mwila seems to have a valid argument as Art 20 states that ALL organs of the Party shall be elective and not appointed.

Art 46 suggests that the General Conference shall have the function to elect the President of the Party and Members of the Central Committee and not appointed by the President;

While Art 49 says it shall be within the competence of the National Council to approve candidates for the office of the President of the Party or Member of the Central Committee

With regards to the additional MCCs, PF Constitution under Art 61 establishes a Central Committee of the Party, which shall consist of thirty (30). This Article does not provide additions outside amending the constitution.

The 30 MCCs compose of the President of the Party; The Secretary General of the Party; appointed by the President of the Party from amongst the members of the Central Committee; twenty-five (25) members elected by the General Conference and three members appointed by the President of the Party.

Art 57 guides that No person shall be eligible for election as a Member of the Central Committee unless s/he is a member of the Party for at least five years

This could be the reason Emmanuel Mwamba and Chishimha Kambwili are not being considered for the position of MCCs though in the past, this provision was glossed over e.g. appointment of former UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma.

Regarding the FILLING IN OF CASUAL VACANCIES in the Central Committee, Art 57(😎 stresses that In the event of a Member of the Central Committee (other than the President of the Party) resigning, being incapacitated, dying or otherwise ceasing to be a Member of the Central Committee, the National Council shall elect another person to fill the vacancy not the president.

What is permissible to the President of the Party?

Art 59 empowers the President to appoint not more than six advisers to each of the Committees while Art 61 empowers him/her to appoint ad hoc or Standing Committees to advise the party on any matter whatsoever.

IN ADDITION the President is also empowered to take disciplinary action against a member of the Party on the grounds of the member’s misbehavior and report his/her action to the Central Committee for ratification and to take a decision or an action which in his opinion is in the best interest of the development or security of the Party and to appoint a Member of the Central Committee to act as Secretary-General of the Party in the absence of the substantive holder of the post.

In case the President claims the powers were derived from regulations and standing orders, Art 69 concludes that the regulations and Standing Orders of the Party made by the Central Committee may be enforced meanwhile subject to ratification by the National Council.

From the foregoing, one asks a question, where did Given Lubinda, as Acting President for PF, derive the powers from to appoint MCCs?

Therefore, Davies Mwila is right to question the legality of the newly appointed PF MCCs.

I submit

McDonald Chipenzi

Republic of Zambia
Ministry of Defence

STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE, HON. AMBROSE LWIJI LUFUMA, MP
ON THE ALLEGED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE US MILITARY BASE IN ZAMBIA

IT HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE THAT, THERE IS VARYING INFORMATION
CIRCULATING ON VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS WITH RESPECT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES SECURITY COOPERATION OFFICE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN ZAMBIA.

CONTRARY TO THE MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION, THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING USA BASES IN ZAMBIA THROUGH USA AFRICAN COMMAND (AFRICOM) WHICH IS AIMED AT ENDANGERING LIVES OF ZAMBIANS AND THREATENING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT THE OFFICE BEING CREATED IS AN OFFICE OF SECURITY COOPERATION WHICH WILL BE BASED AT
THE USA EMBASSY IN LUSAKA.

THIS OFFICE WILL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE ZAMBIAN DEFENCE FORCES TO ENHANCE MILITARY TO MILITARY RELATIONS, EXPAND AREAS OF COOPERATION IN FORCE MANAGEMENT AND MODENISATION, AS WELL AS MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM, AMONG OTHER THINGS. ZAMBIA LIKE MANY
OTHER COUNTRIES WITHIN THE REGION AND BEYOND, HAS HAD MILITARY COOPERATION WITH NOT ONLY THE USA, BUT OTHER COOPERATING PARTNERS ACROSS THE GLOBE.

THE US-AFRICA COMMAND (AFRICOM) BEING REFERRED TO ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS IS BASED IN GERMANY AND THE ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT HAS NOT AT ANY GIVEN TIME AGREED TO MOVE IT TO ZAMBIA.

WE HAVE HAD A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH US-AFRICOM IN THE AREAS OF PEACEKEEPING THAT HAS PREDATED THIS ADMINISTRATION AND HAS BENEFITED OUR MILITARY. ZAMBIA HAS NO INTENTION WHATSOEVER OF ESTABLISHING OR HOSTING ANY MILITARY BASES ON ZAMBIAN SOIL.

THEREFORE, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WARN ALL PERPETRATORS OF SUCH MISINFORMATION MEANT TO TARNISH OUR EXISTING CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
OUR NEIGHBOURS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERS, TO DESIST FROM ISSUING ALARMING STATEMENTS WHICH
HINGE ON THE SECURITY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF OUR NATION. ANYONE WHO WILL BE FOUND WANTING AND SPREADING FALSEHOODS WILL BE DEALT WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
COUNTRY.

THE ZAMBIAN MEDIA IS EQUALLY ADVISED TO AVOID ISSUING FALSE STATEMENTS ON DEFENCE AND SECURITY MATTERS WITHOUT CONSULTING THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE. THE MEDIA IS FREE TO SEEK CLARIFICATION ON SUCH MATTERS FROM THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, BEFORE ENGAGING THE PUBLIC.

HON. AMBROSE LWIJI LUFUMA, MP
MINISTER OF DEFENCE.

2ND MAY, 2022

PATRIOTIC FRONT PARTY DEPUTY PRESIDENT HON. GIVEN
LUBINDA HAS PUT A FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN-PF REST IN
PEACE

By PF NATIONAL MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE MEMBER BIZWELL MUTALE:

I have followed the unfolding events of Patriotic Front-Members of Central Committee with
serious concerns and interest, the culture of working relationship between the Members of
Central Committee and the Patriotic Front Members and their Party Structures has completely
been driven apart and ignored.

The leadership of Hon Given Lubinda, the Acting Deputy President of Patriotic Front Party
who forced the Patriotic Front Party President Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu then, to sign a letter
of his appointment as the Acting Deputy President of Patriotic Front without a Central
Committee Consultation and approval of his appointment Party Structures.

Patriotic Front Party was Seriously Humiliated in 2021 General Election to the UPND Party
that formed the new Government now and it recorded first ever unexpected loss as a sitting
Government in Power, the People Spoke widely to reject Patriotic Front Party Government,
under his watch Hon Given Lubinda who was then, sitting as the Member of Central
Committee and National Executive Committee the Highest making decisions body for the
entire PF Party, failed to accept the failure of the entire MCC and he chose to be a leader
now proven to be a disastrous leader and continued to drive the Party in non-rebrand mood.
The Current Central Committee has been rejected and asked to step down to allow the Party
Rebranding and gain the confidence of the PF members and Members of the Public. The most
unacceptable behaviour that brought Patriotic Front Party to Lose Election and booted out of
the office, it has continued, now under the watchful eye of Hon Given Lubinda whose agenda
is to destroy and send Patriotic Front into Oblivion.

Patriotic Front Party has just completed itself, to confirm to the Patriotic Front Members and
the Members of the Public that, it can never be Rebranded not even to be resuscitated for
another breath in a Zambian Political lifetime what a send-off.

The new recycled non-performing Member of Central Committee appointed by Patriotic Front
Party Acting President Hon Given Lubinda, it’s a final nail in the coffin, Patriotic Front Rest in
Peace.

The agenda of making sure that Patriotic Front Party is dissolved and deregistered as an
active political party in Zambia, has now come to light and the master minder has continued
to cartel very successful and the feelings of the Members, that has believed in this Party have
been ignored. The grassroot members at this point they don’t exist completely ignored. This
is a repeat of the Candidate adoption mistake made it was not a mistake it’s a planned move
I’am very concerned with this issue of working in a cartel group style, circle systems has
continued and it’s a big signal to confirm that Patriotic Front has completely Gone its over,
there is no Return back in any form by any means the dream ends here and now.

I want to assist the Acting Deputy President Hon Given Lubinda to confirm that Patriotic Front
Party under his leadership style its time to Pack the Bags and stop dreaming for 2026. It will not be rebranded and revitalised in any form; the Party has a lot of members that can turn this

Party Around 100% but the Cartel of Destruction the same Cartel that Operated towards the
General Election has continued. Segregation, tribalism, greed, infighting, selfish, betrayal and
regional cartel.

There is nothing that has changed or that will change looking at the current situation in the
Patriotic Front Party, we are sinking, too many lies and fake Pretences in PF Political stance,
its over and will not return or exist ever again, into a real-life PF it’s time to accept the reality
and turn the new Chapter, process it and move on game over.

The existence of PF was living in denial, and it has continued to do so, due to the cartel that
thinks, it can take the will of the Patriotic Front Member and the member of The Zambian
Public for Granted. There are still some people who have continued to relate themselves that,
we came with H.E. President Michael Chilufya Sata MHSRIP, making themselves to be more
relevant than the others, even feel better than the Family of the Party Founding Father.
This kind of PF Politics is over, PF need to focus on the realistic, some were PF Members to
work and build the Party around the Country, while some were members of PF just Fattening
their stomachs at the expense of the deserving members of the PF, talking rubbish and
blackmailing people whom they don’t even know about and cheating the President while
embezzling funds from him with false Pretence.

There are many reasons this PF Party has got to this stage and it’s no longer rumours’ its
factual. There was an internal backstabbing and tribal alignment, friends Pocket alignment in
terms of operations resources and Presidential appointments, this was highly controlled by
the internal tribal cartel, the President did not have much Power, this one and that one we are
not together (ABA TATULIBONSE), now the same cartel today in cooking oil and water, the
new Cartel headed by Hon Given Lubinda has risen to divide the PF deeper and shut the
doors and send the Party to its knees good bye.

Patriotic Front Youth and women were used only when needed and no support, and not even
allowed to meet or be greeted by the President. The Cartel will surround the President when
on the tour like he is an egg, there were few Police Security near The President and more
Cartels became the Security of The President, these are high ranking Ministers, Member of
Parliament, State House Staff that were members of the Cartel headed by The Secretary
General Hon Davis Mwila then.

This incapacitated the President to get to meet the Local Police officials, Government officials,
PF Party Official at Provincial level, District and Constituencies officials, I was meeting these
people and they briefed me their concerns and I gave it to the President. This was not a
standard operation it was cartel operation, now it’s a check mate new cartel Hon Given
Lubinda is running the new error of finishing what was left of PF.

The non-performing team of so-called Member of Central Committee; it’s a new final team of
PF Oblivion send off.

The family of murdered Kitwe Jerabo and businessman Richard Chileshe Mbulu commonly known as Chile One has called for peace and unity to prevail during the burial set for this Wednesday in Kitwe.

Mr Mbulu was allegedly shot dead by his wife Annie Monta, 30, in their bedroom after a marital dispute in the early hours of Saturday in Riverside, Kitwe. Monta has since been charged with murder by Police in Kitwe.

Family spokesperson Kelvin Tembo said Chile One’s burial has been tentatively set for this Wednesday at Kitwe Memorial Park in Nkana East.

Mr. Tembo has admitted that emotions among mourners are expected to be high as burial approaches.

He said it was important that Chile One’s family and close friends unite during the mourning period in the best interest of his seven children and several dependants.

Speaking to journalists at the funeral house in Riverside, Kitwe, Mr. Tembo reiterated that the death of Mr. Mbulu was heartbreaking.

“So far I think we are on course with our burial arrangements. We have set Wednesday as a burial date as you may be aware this is a case of murder where we need to get a court order for the postmortem and courts are closed today (Monday) and they are only opening on Tuesday. So we can obtain the court order tomorrow Tuesday and the burial take place on Wednesday. We are burying at Kitwe Memorial Park in Nkana East. The time and burial programme will be communicated to the public soon,” Mr. Tembo said.

“The atmosphere at the funeral is so far calm and sombre as you see it but as people begin to know that burial is on emotions will begin to rise but that is always expected because as of now to some people it has not sunk in that this person is no more. But as you approach burial that is when people do realise that this person is truly gone. We expect a lot of emotions. We should be guided differently depending on the person that is emotionally affected at that particular day and I think the best that I can do is to ask the family to stick together and the public those that were close to him to just take it has it comes. There is nothing we can do. This has happened and we accept that he is gone. It is very very heartbreaking but there is nothing we can do,” he said.

“The best thing we can do as a family is to stick together. As friends we stick together, we make a plan now for the children that have remained. Remember he has left seven children. That is seven problems and those are not the only people that are affected. We have got close friends and relatives who literally depended on him. So I think what is important is how we come out of this not what we do in the meantime because if we do bad things that will affect the future of the children, it will affect the future of those that entirely depended on him as well,” Mr. Tembo said.

According to Copperbelt police commanding officer Sharon Zulu:”A Pistol 9mm Taurus by make, silver in colour, serial number THR 43651 was used. The victim sustained a bullet wound on his left side of the back where he was shot at and on the right side of his chest where the bullet came out. He was rushed to Progress private hospital and later to Kitwe Teaching Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The body of the deceased has since been deposited to Kitwe Teaching Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem. The firearm with one empty cartilage was recovered from the scene, arrest made.”

NKOMBO SHOULD RESIGN

…an example must be set – Musenge

By Edwin Mbulo in Livingstone

FORMER Copperbelt minister Mwenya Musenge has called for research on how to transform the now illegal Kachasu brew into a legal product.

He advises President Hakainde Hichilema not to take Zambians’ trust and support for his new dawn government for granted by not taking action against erring ministers.

“We know that the coming in of the new dawn government especially on governance comes with morals and these should be followed by Nkombo resigning on moral grounds. An example must be set,” he said.

During a raid on Kachasu brewers in Lusaka’s Garden Compound, Minister of Local Government Gary Nkombo forced a mother and her children to drink the Kachasu she was brewing.

Nkombo’s action received a public backlash forcing the minister to issue a public apology the next day.

He also met the victims at his office to render his personal apology to them.

But Musenge said Kachasu brewing has been going on for decades even before Zambia’s independence.

“We know that brewing of Kachasu is illegal, but it has not begun today. Even my grandmother used to brew Kachasu in the village. People go there to buy and drink it. No one is forced,” he said. “Even when it is an illegal brew, so there ought to be something done, research carried out on it, to find a way of how it can be legalised and made sure it is not life threatening.”

With regards Nkombo’s action, Musenge said despite being his brother-in law, the minister was definitely not right and called for him to resign on moral grounds.

“Not only as minister but also as a member of parliament for Mazabuka because there are people who brew Kachasu in Mazabuka. So was he going to do what he did in Lusaka in his constituency? Can he do it? Even late Michael Sata stopped the removal of street vendors not because he condoned the vice but because there were no mechanisms in place to take care of the vendors. You can’t have a politician who is totally insensitive to the plight of the poor people,” he said. “Some of us have retired from politics but we are being forced to wake up because we are seeing very few people speaking out for the silent majority.”

Musenge said President Hichilema “should not take for granted the overwhelming support that is coming from Zambians”.

“One minister (Copperbelt’s Elisha) Matambo was inciting UPND cadres to attack anyone who attacks President Hichilema. Then you have [Stanley] Kakubo (foreign affairs) who finds himself in a very compromising situation with the Chinese [at Sinoma Cement] and now we have a minister who forces women to drink Kachasu and the President is quiet about it,” noted Musenge. “We know that the coming in of the new dawn government especially on governance comes with morals and these should be followed by Nkombo resigning on moral grounds. An example must be set.”

FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION CANNOT BE YOUR EVERYDAY TOPIC, BALLY TOLD OFF

…..as Hon Mundubile says Zambians are fatigued by President’s corruption topic

Monday, May 2, 2022 (SMART EAGLES)

The opposition Patriotic Front (PF) has told President Hakainde Hichilema that the fight against corruption cannot be an everyday topic.

Speaking when he featured on Muvi Tv’s ‘The Assignment’ program last night, leader of the opposition in Parliament Hon Brian Mundubile said instructions have already been done with regards to the matter in question adding that law enforcement agencies are in motion.

He stressed that people get fatigued if one talks about the same topic repeatedly.

Hon Mundubile also stressed that if someone claims to have done something yet they have to spend hours explaining the same it means they have done nothing.

“But if at every juncture that is what the President is talking about, the audience sometimes gets fatigued if you talk about the same things over and over again,” he said.

“So sometimes talk about something then people will wait to see actions. Like one eminent comment said, I saw a video last week that was saying ‘for instance, if you have done something and it takes you an hour to explain it means you have done nothing or if you are doing something then you are getting hours to explain, most likely you are not doing anything.”

Meanwhile, Mundubile said the President squandered a big opportunity to explain to the Zambians how he intends to revive the economy and reduce the cost of living.

“Firstly, I want to say that the President squandered yet another big opportunity to explain to the Zambian people, especially the worker today what plans he has to revive the economy and the exact roadmap his government intends to implement,” he said.

“The work of government especially the President is there to give hope. When the President speaks, the troubled cases should be settled. He must give hope to the citizens. In this case we are talking about the Zambian worker who is faced with a number of challenges. The rise in food prices, fuel prices, among others.”

He said he thought the President would redeem himself in his speech yesterday when he graced Labour Day Commemoration but maintained that President Hichilema squandered yet another opportunity.

“When the President addressed the nation last week, he didn’t pay attention to that particular item which is very important to most citizens, that is the high cost of living. We actually thought that after the many discussions where we pointed out that what people wanted to hear, the President did not pay attention to…. we thought he would come round and redeem himself. But it looks like he squandered yet another opportunity,” he said.

And Mundubile said the only way to fight poverty is by creating sustainable employment.

GOD IS NOT A SOCIALIST
[On Labour, its Day, and Other Imperatives]

Neither is He a Capitalist.

On days like Labour Day, we must deeply reflect on the origins, wellbeing and future of work.

Through such careful reflection, we must then fashion a future that is harmonious for all concerned with reference to work/labour and workers.

A curious and noteworthy phenomenon is that nearly all political parties in Zambia acknowledge God as the supreme authority of all guidance.

This is encouraging, God being the embodiment of THE SOURCE.

And yet, nearly all their manifestos do NOT accurately reflect this acknowledgement.

Note that anything that is NOT premised or founded on God will fail.

All conflict/war is a product of disobedience, a consequence of the violation of God’s own principles, a manifestation of existential disequilibrium.

Before God, all things have value, and all things are connected, one BENEFITTING the other.

Balance is the Universal principle that governs all existence.

ALL people must work.

It follows then that anyone who does not use his or her acquired knowledge, competences or skills to create income or wealth for his or her own survival violates this law of nature.

And anyone who DOES NOT WORK sins, and will die, for the wages of sin is death.

God is very clear on the unemployed. He says that they should NOT eat.

It is therfore an imperative that any leader of people, a president or otherwise, must create an enabling environment for all people to work.

As we seek a better world, we shall be required to abandon both capitalism and socialism in their present forms and absoluteness.

Both these forms of ideologies as premises for economic culture fail.

They both create and lead to social disequilibria.

Their failure is intrinsic to the variances that they reflect with the dictates of God.

Both are NOT fair.
God is FAIR.

All economies of the future in the world must be founded on equity or fairness.

All trade must be a function of love for thyself as one would another.

All TRADE must be fair.
To a significant degree, Zambia’s own economic ills are a product of unfair trade.

Take transfer-pricing in our mines, for instance.

And for as long as there is NO FAIR TRADE in the world, conflict/war will reign, and with it suffering and death.

Capitalism is founded on GREED.

Socialism is founded on SLOTH.

Both greed and sloth are deadly sins, the others, though not directly mentioned in the Holy Bible, being pride, envy, lust, wrath and gluttony.

Sins kill.

Capitalism seeks profit by all means.

It is because of this pursuit of Capitalism that it leads to the exploitation of workers.

Capitalism is not FAIR to workers. Despite working excellently and hard, a worker under Capitalism is not paid his just/due wages.

Get the most out of a worker for the least pay, that is its driving spirit.

Therefore, various mechanisms are devised and used in Capitalist societies to exploit/defraud the worker as much ascis possible all in pursuit of profit.

As a way to fight back for his own welfare, it is this exploitation that gave birth to labour unions by the labourer.

Socialism seeks the blanket wellbeing of all people. On this score alone, it is without equal.

However, it also is NOT fair because it exploits one for the benefit of the other.

It does not encourage individuals to be responsible for themselves.

Under Socialism regardless of whether you work hard or NOT, your salary will come, you will eat.

And this salary is blind to individual workers’ attributes such as excellence, punctuality, commitment to duty or diligence.

Whether one labourer is superior to the other, or inferior to the other, they all are treated the same.

Through such an approach in Socialist societies, the strong, the brilliant, the smartest are NOT duly rewarded for their attributes.

Instead, they are made to subsidise the weak, idiotic and lazy.

By taking away from the diligent and giving to the poor/lazy, Socialism destroys the natural order of responsibility or incentives and flouts the sacred commandment of God that he who does NOT work must not eat.

Under Socialism, it does not matter whether you work or not, you will still eat.

An example of a socialist structure in Zambia is the Civil Service.

The Civil Service in Zambia is not appropriately sensitive to targets and performance. It is only a grand social welfare scheme not in keeping with business principles.

The Civil Service is the biggest loss-making labour organisation in Zambia.

It blatantly and perennially rewards mediocrity.

Whether you turn up or not, and when you turn up, whether you perform or not, you will still be paid.

Socialism, by subsidising sloth, promotes it. In the end, the whole organisation of labour, fails. It is NOT sustainable.

God insists on DUE pay.
Each one must be paid in accordance with their input.

No one should be made to pay for the sins of another.

Each one must take responsibility for themselves.

Do NOT eat that which you have not toiled for and harvested, He says.

FAIRNESS.

It follows then that all labour and its organisation must, to the nth degree, reflect fairness.

The lazy must not get paid.
And the diligent must get their deserved reward.

Employers and employees must enjoy a win-win relationship, cognisant that one’s prosperity is reliant on the other’s.

Both the employer and employee must cherish the factory, seeing it as a co-owned arena for their own survival and prosperity.

The quality of products must be a function of love/truth and NOT deception.

To offer the VERY BEST should be the driving spirit of industry for the quality of all services and goods.

What then is the future of labour?

The future of labour is neither in capitalism nor socialism.

We need a new WORLD ORDER to govern work and workers.

The future of labour is FAIRNESS.

All labour policies should reflect fairness.

The call for fair trade is a Godly one.

And for as long as there is no fair trade in the world, unjust income inequalities and poverty will continue, and as merely a push towards the required default setting of all life, pilferage, conflict and war will never end.

Note that when the employer and employee are in conflict, the factory suffers, and eventually, both are destroyed.

Therefore, the new or future economic order of the world must be founded on OBEDIENCE.

Each one his just share.

Obedience leads to harmony.

And all human success is only a product of obedience.

We are pilgrims.
We glow.
Follow us.

All people must work. Or die.
Ever wondered why the mortality rates are frighteningly high in Zambia?

Yes, all culture that is not in conformity with and departs from Universal DICTATES will fail.

Take heed.

Dr Canisius BANDA
Development Activist

Lunte PF Member of Parliament Hon Mutotwe Kafwaya writes….

AFRICOM – MY REFLECTION!

We are living in very interesting times.

Modernity advanced by widespread technological development has made it easier for many to perceive what is happening in and around us.

Right now, our country is waiting for outcomes on a number of national issues of tremendous interest such as:

() the content of a private conversation between a Diamond tv journalist (Jonah) and the President. If at all it has already taken place or it is yet to. This conversation begun in public and it is of public interest – so we keep waiting.

() the DPP’s Oath of secrecy removal – we are granted to understand that the DPP has requested His Excellency the President to lift her oath of secrecy so that she can defend herself. So far, on this issue, we haven’t heard from Anthony or Hon Haimbe. These two colleagues are the only ones I have heard speaking on behalf of the President or Presidency – whether Hon Haimbe did so legitimately or illegitimately is a different matter.

AFRICOM is certainly the ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. This undertaking has huge potential ramifications both for the country and the region at large.

I have observed that it has stimulated debate not only nationally but regionally as well. In this debate, I have not seen anyone submitting in favor of it. All national and regional submissions are against the establishment of this command.

This is the position of COLLECTIVE wisdom.

I am on the side of collective wisdom. To put it a little politically, what choice do I have when the people have said NO. And knowing very well that I am JUST a representative of the people.

When that foreign general announced this project, I was given to understand that the Zambian Government had agreed for AFRICOM to be established here in the country. If this is true, my advice to the Government will come in a mixed form of expressions and questions as below:

() please do not forget about ACCOUNTABILITY just because this is AFRICOM. The same Zambians who want Government to fight corruption, do not want AFRICOM established in their country. It may beneficial to listen and accept the will of the people.

Remember that as Government, you are accountable to the people who placed their sovereignty under your leadership.

If the Government decides to allow this project in spite of its utter rejection by the people, one or two questions or more may then beg answers:

() the people don’t want it, in whose INTEREST would it be established?

() could there be benefits to accrue to the Zambian people if the command is established? Why don’t we get a presentation from Government in this regard?

PATRIOTS – love their country. They always act in the best interest their country. My mother, who was a freedom fighter, taught me this early in life.

Hon Mutotwe KAFWAYA, MP

Restoring EVERYTHING PATRIOTIC.

THINGS THAT WENT WRONG FOR PF LEADING TO DOWNFALL

By Isaac Mwanza

1. Davies Mwila

As an individual, Former PF Secretary General Davies Mwila is a good person but as a leader, he lagged way behind to keeping the PF intact during most crucial moment. No wonder his reappointment by the then PF President Lungu at the close of the PF General Conference felt like heavy blocks of ice had been poured on its members.

A party SG should be the most approachable and not behave like the most important person next to the President.

Ba UPND what do you learn from this?

2. Nkandu Luo

Very intelligent woman, first female professor but she was one of the despised leaders among the young literate population which had strong influence on young people generally. It didn’t need one to have gone to a university to not like ba Nkandu Luo, one only needed to hear opinions – right or wrong – from members of their community who made it to college or university that Luo was not a leader you would want next to the President. Her fights against Student Unions led by ZANASU – even on parliamentary floor – just sealed the perception. If Luo was a right leader, how come she didn’t not become Acting President after ECL resigned? Let’s leave it here for now.

Ba UPND do you genuinely think Nalumango would be an acceptable President to take over from HH in case of any eventuality, God forbid!

3. Presidential Handlers

The departure of most politically-minded handlers to the then President Lungu was left the Presidency heavily uninsulated from the shocks. Its not easy thing to change PS’s, Aides, and General staff at Plot 1, especially if you keep a set of these for too long. One only has to look at the kinds of staff that sorround the new USA President to understand why you need people political minds that are hands-on for staff that sorround you, especially in Africa politics.

Today, President Hichilema can decide to appoint any UPND IPS as his press aide but to what ends? Aides like Anthony Bwalya who understand the minds of their boss re more ideal in those political offices but you don’t need characters whose only goodness is the biggest smile in the Presidency.

3. Ministers

The last regime saw a set of Ministers who had, or at least, took Ministries as personal-to-holder basis. ECL type of leadership was to keep same people in same position for as long as he could but that was anticipated and actually turned out to be disastrous. Public offices must not feel or be seen like they are personal to holder. In the next few months, a lot of these former ministers will defect to UPND, for a reason everyone will understand but that is politics.

Ministers are supposed to be advisors to the President and not the ones to take instructions from handlers to the President. They must be the ones to tell him that “boss you naked”. But do you think Ministers in this government can be honest and frank with the President to tell him that don’t embarass yourself to say immunity agreements are wrong because from Shamwana times, the DPP office has executed immunity agreements?

4. Free-flow government

When government is run on a free-flow basis, things can get so our of hand. PS’s, directors, almost everyone was believed by the public as doing what pleases him or her, so long u dont cross path with the big guys who called shots.

22 YEARS AGO I WAS A SECURITY GUARD FOR TD JAKES (Bishop Tomas Dexter Jakes, Dallas Texas USA) – MUBITA NAWA

Allow me to share part of my story. One of the reasons I enjoy sharing my stories is so that other people can feel normal and human too.

I arrived in Dallas Texas USA 🇺🇸 on December 25th 1999. It was Christmas day and all shops were closed. My Friend Josephine Malama Wilder had arranged that a friend of hers Hazel Muntemba would pick me up. Hazel also sent another friend to pick me up by the name of Patrick. Both Hazel and Patrick would be amazing lifetime friends. Josephine remains a great friend to date.

One of the reasons I enjoy pulling others up is that I am a product of other peoples effort. Someone else opened a door for me and I must also open doors for others.

Before going to America, I was a successful young banker who lived along a beautiful street and I already had properties of my own. But something was not right. I needed a new beginning. I needed a new start. America was calling.

So I enrolled at Dallas Baptist University where I went to study Business Administration. My boss at the international office at Dallas Baptist University was Mrs. Rebecca Brown. An amazing kind, cultured and good natured leader. She helped me settle down amidst cultural shock 😲. I sponsored myself to America 100%.

A day after arriving in Dallas I visited The Potters House Church in Dallas. This was the main reason I was in America. To meet a man called TD Jakes. This led to my seven and half year experience of serving a great man. TD Jakes did not turn me into a man. He simply turned me into a believer of the man God designed me to be. TD Jakes, his wife and family and the entire Potters House were my midwifery team.

TD Jakes helped me see myself for who I was, who I could be and who I was destined be. You need a mentor. Let me be your accountability partner.

For seven years I studied the world’s richest preacher. For seven years I was under the wings of a millionaire……. to be continued.

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INVEST IN LIFE OUTSIDE THE CIVIL SERVICE – HH

…… tells civil servants

President Hakainde Hichilema says his government is aware that civil servants have life outside the service and that needs to be taken care off when one is energetic with a lot of opportunities.

He said that his government is working towards civil servants’ access to their pension fund whilst they are still energetic and productive.

“ Your government is working towards reforming the pension system to benefit retirees and the would be retirees.” said President Hichilema.

He said some of the reforms include paying of workers part of their retirement package while they are working and ensuring that money is not abused but used to sustain one’s livelihood.

The President has also assured workers that the UPND Administration is still standing by its promise for workers to access their pension funds before they retire.

And President Hichilema has that said the trend by some Pension Houses to buy land from friends or politicians at high value using pensioners’ money should come to an end and must be stopped .

He said if these reforms are not implemented by the Minister of labour, government may go to parliament to legislate.

He has also encouraged Zambians, especially workers to start investing in agriculture and other areas of their interest even before they retire.

He said Zambians should not demonise investment because it instills a spirit of self reliance and not tulyemo.

The head of State said the country’s economy can only grow when citizens start to invest into the economy like he did year’s back.

“There is no need to demonise entrepreneurship especially in agriculture because countries like Botswana have prospered because of cattle.” said President Hichilema.

Mr Hichilema has encouraged workers to find time and invest in areas outside their professional interests like agriculture and ranching.

Mr Hichilema said workers should invest in ranching and start with two or three cows so that during their retirement, the cows would have multiplied.

He, however said that in the process of investment, they will have to exercise patience and see their investments come to fruition as they retire.

WHY KAMBWILI DOES NOT QUALIFY TO BE PF PRESIDENT

The Scoop Editorial: May 1, 2022

CHISHIMBA Kambwili’s handlers should have advised him accordingly before he even attempted to ditch the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to rejoin the Patriotic Front (PF). What has devoured Mr. Kambwili is making decisions out of emotions and an alleged appetite for leadership.

Take it from us, Kambwili is a political bulldozer. When he speaks, people listen. When he has facts on his fingertips, he is uncontrollably irritating and difficult to handle. He makes you hobble like a berserk, demon possessed individual.

He exposes you without care and these are the people we need in the opposition to offer credible checks and balances and not this madongodongo we are seeing today but how one manages his abilities is what matters as this can be the biggest weakness. This is where Kambwili has lamentably failed either because he does not want to be controlled, or his handlers fail to tell him the truth.

Mr. Kambwili founded the NDC so that he could topple the PF and grab the leadership of this country from them and he was on firm course had he continued but he wobbled. He went into an alliance with the UPND but when his desires were not met, again he jumped ship without realising the dark side of such a poorly-thought-out decision.

Of course the PF welcomed him back with open arms because they knew he was an important nuisance to them winning the 2021 election as they could use him to damage the UPND’s reputation, a few months before the 2021 elections. His agenda and the PF’s agenda fitted perfectly well into each other.

The message was clear; preach about hate speech, tribalism, regionalism, and President Hakainde Hichilema’s alleged filthy hands over privatisation. Choppers were arranged for him and all logistics put in place to make sure he canvassed the length and breadth of the country, spewing tribalism and hate speech.

Whatever was agreed behind the closed doors about his personal benefit if the PF had won, we are not privy to it but definitely, something big was up for him, not to talk about taking over the leadership of the PF from Edgar Lungu. What Kambwili failed to see was the fact that the same UPND he was insulting could win an election and that if that happened, all his ambitions would ground to a halt.

He overrated his capability and threw reason to the pigs. He took the bull by its horns and trumpeted his importance and the sins of the UPND were laid bare to electorates. By August 10, he was convinced that he had met his objective and sure that his ambitions had been realised.

When election results started streaming in, that is when it dawned on him that Nebuchadnezzar was out grazing with the cows next door and the chickens had come home to roost. But him, being Kambwili the so-called young-cobra as he likes to equate himself to late Michael Sata, started pushing his agenda to lead the PF.

We don’t wish to remind you what happened on October 28, 2021 at the memorial service of late Sata at Embassy Park. He may have pretended he did not know what was happening but we have walked this political path before. He wanted to turn the whole event into a political rally but when he realised that his perceived enemies were in no mood for political mayhem, he retreated his cadres and played ignorance.

He has done a lot of ground work in preparing for the General Conference and we can attest to the fact that among all PF presidential hopefuls, he commands a large following and given a chance to take a shot, he can win the party presidency, no doubt.

However, what he forgot was the party constitution which he was at the centre of crafting since he claims he is a founder member of the party. Here is why Kambwili does not qualify to stand as presidential candidate for the PF when and if the general conference will be held:

Article 52 (10) of the PF constitution says a member of the party shall not be qualified as a candidate for the office of the president of the party unless he has been a member of the party for five (5) years immediately preceding the nomination and he is qualified under the Constitution of Zambia for election to the office of the President of Zambia.

Kambwili may be a founding member of the PF but was he still a member of the PF after being expelled? Was he still a member when he formed an opposition party called NDC? Was he still a PF member when joined hands with the UPND against the PF? The answer is no. He only became a member again on May 1, 2021 when he rejoined the party. You can argue but truth will remain and no sane court would rule that he was a member during the time he went away.

We all know that Kambwili only played the Prodigal Son exactly a year ago today and is four years shy of meeting the five-year requirement as stipulated by the party constitution. So, regardless of the outcome of yesterday’s Central Committee meeting, Kambwili does not qualify to stand as PF presidential hopeful. He lacks this basic requirement.

We have always told Kambwili to not only slow down but also tone down. When you talk too much and refuse to listen to anyone, this is what you end up being. It was perceived greed that made Kambwili get kicked out of the PF in the first place. It was perceived greed that drove him to UPND after forming the NDC and the same perceived greed kicked him out.

It was perceived greed that drove him back to PF and now he finds himself licking his self-inflicted wounds of failure to achieve what he wanted to achieve. In his career, Kambwili has injured a lot of people through his regional and tribal politics.

As a matter of fact, most PF members now feel he contributed so much to the PF losing elections last year because Zambians were tired of divisive politics but he maintained that what he was talking about was the truth.

He insisted he would continue talking about the truth until Zambians realise how the Tongas in UPND could not work with the Bembas and other tribes and projecting himself as one of the victims. Where has it taken him now?

The same PF he fervently spoke for to spread tribal divisions today can’t offer him a platform all because he ignored smaller details in his decision making process. So, where to now bamunyinane? Back to the NDC which is also embroiled in confusion? Stick with the PF as an ordinary nobody, or form another political party? We are waiting banene!

PF CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW KAMBWILI AND MWAMBA TO ATTEND AND CONTEST THE PF PRESIDENCY
Here is why

PF GENERAL CONFERENCE FUNCTIONS AND ATTENDES

PF GENERAL Conference’s major function is to elect the party president as well as members of the Central Committee (MCCs), formulate and revise party policies and programmes, amend or adopt party constitution among others.

All MCCs, MPs (Members of the National Council), provincial and district secretaries, district chaipersons, committee members of the women and youth leagues and senior officers from secretariat possible attendees to the Conference.

Qualification to be PF president is under Article 52 (10) and one has to have been a member of the party for five (5) years immediately preceding the nomination and is qualified under the Constitution of Zambia for election as Republican president.

Now does Chishimha Kambwili and Emmnuel Mwamba qualify to contest the PF presidency?

it seems not.

Critical analysis reveals that the two may not be qualified or even attend the General Conference unless under special arrangement.

CK joined PF on may 2 May 2021 from NDC which will make him 1 year old in PF tomorrow, 2nd May 2022.

He is barely a year in PF at the time of the Conference in June 2022, he may be only 1year and one month old.

He has not yet clocked 5 years preceding the nomination as per demands of Article 62 of the PF Constitution.

For Ba Emma, has been a civil servant until 2021 also when he was recalled from diplomatic tour of duty.

He also has not clocked 5 years as a member of the party to contest the presidency.

Unfortunately, both are not MCCs or MPs or Provincial and District Chairperson or secretaries or women or youth league members or members of the secretariat even to attend the General Conference.

Unless the PF Constitution is changed at the General Conference, the presidential race has been left to Brian Mundubile, Kafwaya, Given Lubinda among others yet to be known since lodgement of intention can be done even a day before the General Conference.

CK and Ba EMMA are individuals who don’t meet the current provisions of the PF Constitution for party presidential contests.

I submit

McDonald Chipenzi

I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO STAY OUT OF ZAMBIA UNTIL THE END OF HH’s TENURE – SAKALA

Edwin Sakala who heads a political party he calls ZDDM has written a very long statement to us.

In the statement Sakala who is Richard Sakala of Daily Nation brother among other things says if he had dual citizenship he would have left Zambia during the tenure of President Hakainde Hichilema.

Sakala also says many Zambians including UPND Cadres are disappointed with the leadership of Hichilema or HH as he is commonly called.

Below is part of Sakala’s statement who actually accuse Zambian Eye of supporting UPND:

If some of us had dual citizenship we were going to consider the option of leaving Zambia for the duration that my friend and Brother President Hakainde Hichilema remain in power because it is clear that the mindset of my Brother is dangerously fixed far beyond national development and addressing the plight of the majority population of Zambians whose lives are negatively affected by the social and economic hardships.

ENOUGH is ENOUGH
In National interest we are not afraid that they can kill us or lock us up for opening our mouth . As a party we understands the UPND thinking very well and fully aware what this party is capable of doing to hold on to power but whatever it does will not bend the will of the people of Zambia .

As clearly demonstrated at the last press conference in State house the President was more concern about fixing leaders of the previous government under the so called fight against corruption than addressing the plight of citizens who are now living in fear as the crime rate is dangerously high and the economic hardships are getting deeper by the day in spite of the miraculously high risen price of copper.

He almost ignored a question on what immidiate measures the government was taking to address the worsening economic hardships the ordinary citizens are facing.

Our party believes that the priority for the UPND seem to be settling scores for the perceived injustices their president suffered under the previous government and the historic injustice they have as a people suffered from as far back as 1962 when some believe that they were robbed of national leadership after funding and facilitating the Freedom fighters trips to London for the Lanchester independence negotiations.

There seem to be an underlying anger that power was handed to Dr Kaunda instead of Harry Mwaanga Nkhumbula who played a key role in Zambia gaining independence is still fresh. Over the years the feeling of having been robbed has continued.

What should worry God fearing and peace loving Zambians the most is that not even the Church in Zambia is telling President Hakainde Hichilema the simple truth that Zambians are more interested in seeing an end to their suffering and lack of security in society and not his agenda of witch hunting PF leaders .Whenever they see or hear the president speak all that they pick is his ” hate” for the previous government.

Of course there are a few evil minded people in Zambia living under the ” Demonic sin , bondage of hate and tribalism” who seem to share his visible hate for the previous government but most of the people who wore the Red UPND Tshirts as a sign of support are too ashamed to wear them and even regretting the outcome of the August 12 election results .

For us as a party we are happy that the events of the past eight months have helped Zambians to think above tribe and party. The false hope that the UPND gave them has made Zambian’s realise that their problems are the same. The effects of the economic hardships , shortage of drugs in medical facilities , alarming rise in crime in society , high unemployment, disappointment with political lies , shortage of burial land etc don’t choose tribe hence the risen realisation of the need for God fearing Zambians to anchor their trust in God and not man.

Zambian Eye, 1 st May 2022.

PREPARE TO PACK AND GO IN 2026 IF YOU DON’T REDUCE COST OF LIVING, BALLY WARNED

May 1, 2022

By Daily Star Reporter

In case the President hasn’t realized, since he came into office, almost nine months ago, the lives of Zambians have become more and more unbearable, Wright Musoma has claimed.

The Zambia Republican Party president warned that giving out of his salary and other things will not help President Hakainde Hichilema to stay in office.

Musoma said in an interview with Daily Star that Zambians expect President Hichilema to fix the economy as he promised prior to elections last year.

He further claimed that the lives of Zambians are worse off than they were eight months ago.

“The Zambian people are expecting President Hichilema to fix the economy as per his promise so that the price of meali meal comes down to K50, the price of fertilizer to K200, the price of fuel to come down to K12 and other essential commodities. Minus that, the President should begin to prepare to pack and go in 2026,” he said.

“Giving out of his salary and other things will not help him. In any case, President Hakainde Hichilema and the Zambian people know very well that his children do not need jobs from government. What can his salary do to 20,000 Zambians who are wallowing in poverty? In case the President hasn’t realized, since he came into office, almost nine months ago, the lives of Zambians have become more and more unbearable.”

The opposition leader said politicians should stop insulting the intelligence of the Zambians.

He however called on the Head of State to end nepotism, “a situation where people from a certain region are getting key governance positions.”

“The people of Zambia don’t want this government to be prosecuting and persecuting selectively their perceived enemies. They don’t want political witch-hunt of any form. They don’t want a situation where huge government contracts are being awarded to foreigners as was the case at ZESCO where ZESCO awarded contracts worth millions of dollars to foreigners at the expense of the black indigenous Zambians.”
Credit: Daily Star

By Patricia Male/Balewa Zyuulu

Energy expert Johnstone Chikwanda says the announced reduced fuel pump price by the Energy Regulation Board –ERB-will save consumers about K150 million combined with the month of May 2022.

And Mr. Chikwanda has encouraged government to continue pursuing measures which will enhance fuel security and better prices, which will in turn reflect in the price of other commodities and transport charges.

In welcoming the reduced fuel pump prices by K2.35 ngwee by the ERB in the latest fuel price review, Mr. Chikwanda has attributed the reduction in prices to the appreciation of the kwacha against the us dollar and reduced crude oil prices on the international market following the intervention by the United States of America which is discharging fuel from its strategic petroleum reserves.

Mr. Chikwanda however says this is a temporal measure as the U.S cannot afford to deplete its strategic reserves for security reasons and will start restocking its strategic reserves thereby increasing demand for crude oil.

He adds that the situation on the global market still remains volatile due to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine and sanctions on Russian crude oil and refined fuel and calls for diplomatic efforts to continue to ensure a de-escalation of conflict is achieved and sanctions removed.

Meanwhile, Social Economist Kelvin Chisanga says the fluctuations being seen in oil prices on the international market will keep on oscillating between the gains and losses due to the sustained uncertainty, which has remained a key downside risk based on the assessment of global economic growth and its related projections.

He explains that oil prices have drastically reduced in the global pricing structure by a margin of about 6% mainly due to low demands emanating from china, and this led to some slow patterns observed in the movements of trade and commerce.

Mr Chisanga says the kwacha’s current moderate movements have strongly signified a very good positive outturn on many key economic fundamental factors as can be seen and yet to witness good transmission channel in prices of goods and services.
PHOENIX NEWS

HH WILL FIX WITHIN HIS FIRST TERM WHAT PF DESTROYED IN 10 YEARS – IMENDA

LUNDAZI- 01/05/2022

VETERAN female politician from UNIP, through MMD days, Winnie Lukute of Chasefu district says there will be insignificant opposition from the former ruling party by the time President Hakainde Hichilema begins his second term of office.

Ms Lukute said she will ensure that all women in Chasefu join the UPND because there is no vengeance, but pure peace in President Hichilema.

And UPND secretary general, Batuke Imenda charged that President Hichilema will fix the ten year PF damage within the five year mandate of the New Dawn Government.

The ruling party CEO was speaking at two separate public meetings in Chasefu and Lundazi districts where scores of former ruling party members and other political parties joined the UPND.

And during a public meeting in Lundazi, former PF district youth chairperson, Bernard Ngulube, otherwise known as Commander Ben Kaloba went topless after surrendering party T-shirt and cap to Mr Imenda for he had no use for them anymore.

He said due to the PF voilent agenda, he and many others went into hiding for fear of the unknown when UPND won the August 12, 2021 elections.

However, Ben Kaloba was happy that the restoration of peace in Zambia by President Hichilema enabled him to come out from hiding in a ‘dark-hole.’

Another veteran politician, Chiukepo Ngwenya could not hide his joy and interspaced his brief address with dance.

Mr Ngwenya who joined UPND from MMD charged that the economy of ZAMBIA was in safe hands because Mr Hichilema is a visionary and sober leader.

And Mr Imenda’s working visit to Eastern Province has entered its fourth day.

(C) FALCON NEWS

By Bowman Lusambo

As we rebrand, it’s time to consult the Elders

It’s almost 10 months since the Patriot Front lost power to the UPND. As expected, a lot has come with that loss of power. The party has now embarked on a rebranding exercise which has been welcomed across the length and breadth of the party.

As someone who has experienced loss of political power before, I wish to render my opinion on how the party could approach the next few years in opposition.

With everything going on within and outside the party, it is paramount that those in leadership, at the highest level of the party (the Central Committee) consult the elders of the party on its future in the short, medium to long term.

The PF spent many years in the opposition and in that period, it endeared itself to a lot of noble men and women who wanted to see it succeed. These people worked closely with founding President Michael Sata and some of them never even got rewarded for their gallantry. Some of those people are still around and can still be consulted on the next course of action for the PF.

These men and women have proven over the years that their interest is purely the wellbeing of the party. I wish to warn that going by the way appointments to the Central Commitee are being dished out even to underserving people, the PF will face a tumultuous time which will be difficult to recover from.

The list of Central Committee appointments are even more concerning that they have conveniently omitted key members who have publicly declared their intentions to run for the presidency of the party. I ask, why is Hon. Mutotwe Kafwaya not on the list? Why is Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba not including on the list? Why is Hon. Chishimba Kambwili, one of the founder members of the PF not included on the list?

For the purposes of strengthening the party ahead of a very bumpy road, I wish to advise the party leadership to consider inviting Hon. Kafwaya, Ambassador Mwamba and Hon, Kambwili into the Central Committee. The trio is more deserving than those appointments that have been handed out as if they are decorations

THE PFs PARTY’S POSITION ON AFRICOM

The speed with which President Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND Government are turning Zambia into a colony or appendage of the West is a great source of concern to all well-meaning Zambians. Without seeking any form of consensus or consultations, the UPND Government has unilaterally decided to station the US army on Zambian soil. What constitutional authority does Mr. Hichilema have to permit a foreign army to establish a military base or a military command centre on Zambian soil? Why were the Zambian people not consulted before such a monumental decision with far reaching consequences was made? America is at war with several nations and allowing them to set up a military base here in Zambia directly puts Zambia in harm’s way with all those fighting with America.

The sole interest of AFRICOM is to advance and protect the interests of America and not Zambia hence allowing the US to set up a military base or office in Zambia is unpatriotic and a breach of trust by those who have been entrusted with the authority to superintendent the affairs of the nation on behalf of the over 18 million Zambians. Can Zambia be allowed to set a military base or a military command centre in America? So why is Hichilema playing a puppet to the Western powers? Is it because of his desperation to clinch the ill-fated IMF deal or its his deep rooted naivety and lack of patriotism to the motherland? All Presidents before Hichilema had refused to allow America to set up a military command centre on our soil not only because they were firm believers of non-aligned diplomatic philosophy but because they were patriots who put the sovereignty and safety our nation above all other financial or material hand-outs from the West.

We are alive to the fact that Zambia is a part of the global village and cannot survive in isolation but this does not mean that we have to sell our own national sovereignty and independence to a foreign power. Yes, we should maintain mutual cooperations with the West or indeed any other country based on mutual respect and shared benefits and not one-sided deals or agreements.

Allowing a foreign power to establish a military base on our soil does not only put us in grave danger of deadly repercussions from those opposing America but deeply compromise our own national security and leaves us bare to attacks and manipulations others.

First, we demand that President Hichilema and his Government make a full disclosure of the content and nature of the agreement he has made with the Americans; Secondly, and most importantly, we demand that the President rescinds his decision to allow America to set up a military base or a military command centre on our soil.

I thank you.

Issued by
Hon. Nickson Chilangwa MP, MCC, AIH
Acting Secretary General
Patriotic Front

Dr Nevers Sekwila Mumba wites

REMEMBERING FJT CHILUBA
FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE MOVEMENT FOR MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY, MMD:
By Nevers Sekwila Mumba
President, MMD
(Personal Reflections)
30th April 2022

I was a young pastor of 31 years in Kitwe when Fredrick Chiluba was elected the second
President of Zambia.

Hardly a week in his Presidency, I received a phone call from one of his handlers asking me to travel to Lusaka to meet the new President.

The New President was ready for me when the ADC knocked at the door to his temporal office at government house. The door opened and with outstretched hands towards me, he exclaimed, Brother Nevers! We hugged.

After a few pleasantries we found ourselves in spontaneous praise and worship. With our hands up in the air we thanked God for the smooth transition of power. We thanked God for the opportunity to begin afresh on a path of Multi Party Democracy.

This prayer meeting would mark the first of many prayer meetings we had together in the first five years of his Presidency.

He surprised me with his deep understanding of what needed to be done both to the economy and to politics. He struck me as a people person. He wanted those who seemed less privileged to have a fair shot at life, maybe this is because of his own humble upbringing.

I deeply appreciated his humility whenever God was brought into a discussion. Whenever I asked that we pray, without exception, he would get on his knees.

Today, we remember this simple son of the soil who helped to transform our nation into a huge democratic system. His greatness lay in his belief that one man could not bring the necessary change Zambia needed. He depended on those differently gifted from him.

He brought in many giants, better educated than him. He surrounded himself with self made men and women. With this team, a new economic and political order was ushered in.

Although for some, the end seemed to contradict the beginning, it is also true that many believe he gave the best that he had. Today, we remember him as the leader who declared Zambia as a Christian Nation. A legacy that will never be taken away from him.

Today, President Chiluba would have turned 79 years old.

May your spirit live on.

We comment :
The church lost Dr. Mumba the moment he turned his Zambia shall be saved into a political party. Mumba would have played a much bigger role to the politics of zambia if he had continued fasting and listening to God. We do not think that God anointed Mumba to become a politician. But it is never too late to completely give up politics and return to the church. The country still needs him to finish the work he began. We hope our dearest Pastor will read and meditate on this.

WHO IS MR JAMES NDAMBO???

James Ndambo was born in Zambia on 18th April 1954 who is a Zambian businessman, based in South Africa, he owns Africa Union Financial Services, (AUFS) a longtime business partner of the Republic of Belarus which is active in in the promotion of goods and services from Belarus in South Africa and SADC region. On May 26, 2018 Africa Union Financial Services Ltd. (AUFS) signed a cooperation agreement with The National Satellite Telecommunication Network (Renatelsat) of the Democratic Republic of Congo with a goal to improve the technical capabilities and the financial health of the public enterprise of a technical and commercial nature, created in 1991. AUFS takes care of the rehabilitation of the Renatelsat satellite network as part of a BOT contract (build, operate and transfer)….

Mr. James Ndambo also owns a spot commodity exchange company Africa Union Commodity House (AUC) that deals in commodities on the domestic (South Africa) and international arena. Africa Union Commodity House trading as African Union Commodity Exchange is a subsidiary company of Africa Union Holdings. AUC actively provides services the sectors of SCANNERS, MONITORING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, CIVIL ENGINEERING, MANAGEMENT & FINANCE.

Mr. James Ndambo is also the founder of a Choma based non governmental organisation known as ‘My Home Town’(MHT). MHT is a NGO concerned with uplifting the welfare of its members which brings together people with common ideals and values. Mr Ndambo, a business tycoon based in South Africa, said he decided to form MHT because of his concern for his birth place, Choma town. MHT also aims at unlocking the potential of its members to develop themselves rather than looking to government and donors for assistance.

Mr. James Ndambo under the Kaunda era worked as a manager in some of the companies owned by Lonrho like Consolidated Motors. In the Chiluba era Mr James Ndambo with the likes of Dean Mungomba opened the dry port port which was located at former Kalipinde Inn or Lido Drive Inn Cinema. He also owned one of the highly classic night clubs in the mid 1990s called Cosmopolitan in Makeni. Cosmopolitan was a first class entertainment club which had the facility of transporting passengers without cars to the club doors. It offered other new facilities like the ‘chi light’ whereby psychedelic lighting was positioned at the sky clouds.

When the Mwanawasa government came into power he took a low low profile on the local scene and has now grown into a recognizable Zambian mogul, though he likes it low.