PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRETORIA 27TH JANUARY, 2019

DEATH OF MR CHIMWEMWE PETER MTONGA SHOCKS ZAMBIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Pretoria-Sunday 27th January 2019

Chairperson of the Zambian Catholic Community in South Africa Mr. Chimwemwe Peter M’tonga has  died.

The late Mr. Mtonga, 51 collapsed and died suddenly on Saturday evening at his home in Craighall Park in Johannesburg.

Zambia’s High Commissioner to South Africa His Excellency Mr  Emmanuel Mwamba and Zambians living in that country have expressed shock at his sudden death.

Mr. Mwamba said the late Mr. Mtonga and his wife, Beauty were a selfless couple that were instrumental in promoting unity among Zambians in South Africa.

He said the couple recently organised the funeral service of former Vice President Mr. Lupando Mwape and Mr. Chimwemwe Mtonga was the Director of Ceremony at the Church Service held at the St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Craighall Park.

He added that the deceased helped and collaborated with the Embassy in organising community activities especially the holding of national prayers, independence day celebrations and other associated activities.

Mr. Mwamba said the couple was also quick in assisting Zambians especially those that were affected by sickness, death or were stranded and many young people under their care.

He said the death of Mr. M’tonga was a big blow to the Zambian community in South Africa.

He has sent deepfelt condolonces to his wife Mrs. Beauty Mtonga and the family.

The late Chimwemwe Mtonga has lived in South Africa for about 20 years.

He is survived by his wife, and two children, Dr. Ndumo Mtonga and Nandi Mtonga.

Mr. Mtonga worked for Standard Bank in South Africa and was a brother to former Permanent Secretary of Health, and PSMD, Dr. Velepi Mtonga.

In June 2017, Mr. Mtonga celebrated his 50th Birthday at an event where Minister of Lands, Hon Jean Kapata was the Guest of Honour.

Mrs Naomi Nyawali

First Secretary Press and Public Relations

Zambia High Commission Pretoria South Africa.

Press@zambiapretoria.net

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DEMOCRATIC PARTY

PRESS RELEASE

HON KALABA’S  EXPULSION FROM THE PF

We would like to state that Hon Harry Kalaba has  received the information regarding his expulsion from the PF.

In this regard,  We would like to inform the nation that Hon Harry Kalaba and the DP are unable to respond to this matter right now because we are in a time of mourning the death of the  former Vice President Mr Lupando Mwape.

As you are aware, the government has declared a three days period of national mourning. It is as well a taboo in our culture to begin politicking and pointing figures at each other while the body of our late Former Vice President is still in the mortuary.

We therefore request the nation to wait in peace and that Hon Harry Kalaba will address the nation after he has paid his last respect and burial takes place.

Issued by

Judith Kabemba

DP Spokesperson

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Petauke Central Member of Parliament Dora Siliya made an across the constituency donation of K70, 000 with each ward getting K10, 000.

Siliya also added bicycles to the donation to help the party members in their mobilization exercises in all the seven wards.

Siliya touched base with the people of Nyika Ward where she seeks to help put up a bridge.

She explained that the six other wards except for Nyika had already received part of their empowerment which include K10, 000, Chitenge materials and 24 bicycles.

Siliya said she was in her constituency to monitor the activities undertaken during this farming season.

The long serving lawmaker also stressed the importance of law makers visiting their constituencies.

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Two girls of same family aged 10 and 12 have been struck to death by lightning while another is battling for her life at Kalulushi General Hospital.

The deceased have been identified as Mercy and Fidess Mugala.

The incident happened on Friday when the three children were playing in the house while it was raining heavily in Kitwe’s Kamakonde Township.

The other child whose identity has been withheld suffered burns on both his legs and currently nursing injuries at Kalulushi General Hospital.

Meanwhile, Nkana Member of Parliament Alexander Chiteme has pledged to help the bereaved family with funeral expenses.

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Kwacha Member of Parliament Joseph Malanji went on a donation spree giving out over 2000 by 25 kilograms bags of mealie meal and cooking oil.

Malanji targeted different income streams that included civil servants.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs visited some schools and health facilities as he made his donations that elated his constituents.

Malanji, did not only end it donating good stuffs but also contributed towards the construction of classroom blocks at the various learning Institutions.

Lulamba and Mitanto Secondary Schools received K 20,000 each to go towards the completion of projects.

Malanji also commissioned Kapompi Bridge which has been rehabilitated at K380, 000 using his personal resources.

The bridge connecting Nkana East to Chipata Compound was damaged and could not accommodate heavy vehicles.

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A 36 year old woman of Chingola on the Copperbelt has been arrested for allegedly murdering her 17 year old stepson.

Mercy Mweemba, 36, of Munjomba area in Chingola was picked up by police for the murder of her step son after the lad was alleged to have stolen a digital camera.

Copperbelt Police Chief Charity Katanga said the suspect beat up the deceased who has been identified as Hastings Hakaya using a metal bar.

Katanga said the deceased sustained a bruised forehead, deep cut on the head and swollen legs.

She said the suspect is currently is in police custody while the body of the deceased is in the hospital Mortuary awaiting post mortem.

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THE United States of America has apologised to Zambia for alleging that China intends to take over some State-owned companies because of the alleged failure by Government to settle its debt to the Asian country.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji says the US has officially apologised to Government for the misleading statement.

“An apology was rendered by the United States government, and the country will now move forward,” Malanji said.

The minister was speaking in an interview on Saturday.

In December last year, USA national security advisor John Bolton alleged in a statement that Zambia was poised to lose companies to China in order for that country to recover the debt it is owed by Zambia.

This prompted Malanji to write an official demarche to the US government for a retraction over the misleading statement.

Speaking before handing over Kapompi Bridge to the residents in his constituency, Malanji said that the US government has rendered an apology.

Malanji said Zambia has not offered any of its assets for the loans that it acquires, and that it has been borrowing money to invest in infrastructure development.

(Source: Daily Mail)

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Tokyo, Monday January 28, 2019: – The World Bank has given Zambia Six million United States Dollars to establish a Zoonotic Research Laboratory at the University of Zambia (UNZA).

According to the UNZA Vice Chancellor, Professor Luke Mumba the laboratory will be a Center of Excellence in the Southern African region for the study of zoonoses which is becoming increasingly important due to rapid world population growth and intensive animal husbandry.

Professor Mumba disclosed this when he paid a courtesy call on Zambia’s Ambassador to Japan, H.E Mrs. Ndiyoi Muliwana Mutiti at the Embassy in Tokyo today.

Professor Mumba and his two man delegation are in Japan to launch the University’s strategic partnership with GIFU University, which is renowned for engineering studies.

During the meeting the Vice Chancellor thanked the Japanese government for giving Zambia about FIVE million US dollars.

He said the grant which was awarded to Zambia when President Edgar Lungu visited Japan in December, 2018 will be used for the rehabilitation and equipping of the Veterinary laboratory at UNZA School of Veterinary Medicine.

Professor Mumba said these latest developments will help UNZA achieve its set goals in the 2018-2022 Strategic Plan.

“We need to set the tone for development of science and technical skills in the country. This means our teaching staff must at all times be exposed to new developments in the fields so that they can pass on appropriate skills to students,” said the Vice Chancellor.

He adds that, “The University’s teaching infrastructure and aides must move with the changing technological environment and this requires being part of the international community of researchers to exchange ideas on many challenges facing societies.”

Professor Mumba also disclosed that UNZA in collaboration with Ministry of Youth and Sports will set a Sports department in the School of Education to contribute to the growth of the discipline.

“Worldwide sports have proved to be a lucrative sector with high earnings and potential to contribute to economic development,” observed Professor Mumba.

He has since appealed to the Embassy to help the university identify corporate donors who may be willing to provide the institution with expertise and equipment for academic purposes.

And Ambassador Mutiti said the mission in Tokyo has continued to strengthen bilateral relations with Japan in many areas including education sector.

She said the mission shall ensure that players in Zambia’s education sector are linked to strategic institutions in Japan to increase interactions and exchanges for the benefit of the country.

Mrs. Mutiti praised UNZA for the strategic approach it has embarked on describing it as key to achieving the Seventh National Development Goals.

Issued by:

(signed)

Yotamu Mugara (Mr.)

FIRST SECRETARY- PRESS

Embassy of the Republic of Zambia, Tokyo, Japan.

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World soccer governing body FIFA has lifted the two-year ban imposed on former FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya for unethical conduct.

Bwalya was banned for two year by the FIFA Ethics Committee on April 12, 2018 but appealed the ban.

“The FIFA Appeal Committee has partially upheld the appeal lodged by Mr Kalusha Bwalya, the former President of the Football Association of Zambia and member of the executive committee of the CAF, and reduced the sanction previously imposed by the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee in its decision dated 12 April 2018,” read the statement.

“After analysing and taking into consideration of the case, the FIFA Appeal Committee decided to reduce the duration of the ban from taking part in any football related activity imposed on Mr Bwalya to the period already served at the time of the notification of the present decision.”

Bwalya was banned by the FIFA adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee for taking a bribe from former FIFA Vice President Mohammed Bin Hammam.

“The investigation against Mr Bwalya was opened on 28 February 2017, and focused principally on benefits that Mr Bwalya had received from Mr Bin Hammam,” a statement from FIFA read.

The adjudicatory chamber found Mr Bwalya guilty of having violated art. 16 (Confidentiality) and art. 20 (Offering and accepting gifts and other benefits) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.

A fine in the amount of CHF 100,000 was also imposed on Mr Bwalya.

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Zambia’s Eurobonds are proving a great trade for investors who like extreme outcomes.

They have swung from the worst-performing sovereign bonds in emerging markets in 2018 to the best-performing so far this year.

The southern African copper producer’s dollar debt has made a total return of 10.3 percent since the end of December, more than any of the other 75 nations in the Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets USD Sovereign Bond Index (if you exclude the defaulted bonds of Venezuela, which have soared on hopes of a regime change).

In Vogue

Zambia’s dollar bonds are the best among peers this year

Not much has actually improved recently in Zambia for foreign investors — who fled the country last year, fearing it was getting closer to a default — to get excited about. The government hasn’t progressed on financing talks with the International Monetary Fund, and there’s been no announcement whether it’s closer to convincing China to loosen terms on billions of dollars of bilateral loans. Bank of America Merrill Lynch says there’s a risk the country will be forced into a debt restructuring if it can’t achieve one or both of those.

Instead, Zambia’s benefited from investors’ newfound bullishness toward risky assets as they anticipate a trade deal between the U.S. and China, and the Federal Reserve slowing down its monetary tightening.

Its eurobonds have proved irresistible for the likes of NN Investment Partners, which manages about $270 billion of assets from The Hague, and London-based Merian Global Investors, which said this month they’d been “unjustifiably beaten up.”

Yields on the government’s $1 billion of notes maturing in 2024 have dropped almost 260 basis points in 2019 to 13.37 percent. That’s helped drive down Zambia’s spreads over U.S. Treasuries. Investors are still showing signs of nervousness — at 988 basis points, those spreads are easily the highest in emerging markets among countries that aren’t in default.

(Credit: Bloomberg News)

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Expelled Patriotic Front Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili who was dragged to the Lusaka High Court for allegedly defaming Patriotic Front Deputy Secretary Mumbi Phiri says he can back up whatever he said about the plaintiff.

In this matter Phiri sued Kambwili demanding special damages of K100 million (K100, 000, 000.00) for alleging she was corruptly getting money from Chinese and Lebanese nationals that enabled her build her house.

Phiri has asked the Lusaka High Court to order Kambwili to offer her general and aggravated damages for defaming her.

The plaintiff also wants the court to grant her an injunction restraining Kambwili from further publishing and causing to be published comments or press statements, or utterances bordering on malicious falsehoods about her.

Kambwili has stood his ground saying he will prove the allegation true in court relying on section 7 of the defamation Act 68 of the Laws of Zambia.

He is arguing that the words which Phiri complained of are true and not in any way malicious.

Kambwili also alleged that Phiri is a drug addict who cannot be entrusted with any serious responsibility.

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The Lusaka High has set February 11, 2019 as the date for determining whether to allow appointed Administrators to the late Gender Minister Victoria Kalima authority to sale part of the deceased’s property or not in order to offset some debts that she left.

Kalima died with writing a will.

High Court Judge Annie Sharpie Phiri is expected to hear and determine the application on February 11.

The administrators who are sisters to the deceased identified as Mutiyo and Alice Kalima indicated in their affidavit that it has become necessary to sale the properties due to the fact that the deceased amassed some debts which they feel duty bound as administrators to offset in order to ascertain the exact value of the estate of the late Kalima as required by the intestate succession Act.

According to the court documents the targeted properties are fou plots standing on No . 18160 /M , 18159/M , Plot LN -37087/90 and 11926/M/9 .

The deceased IS survived by two children aged between 12 and 23 who are the lawful beneficiaries of the estate and have also been allegedly consulted over the desirability to sale the properties.

Meanwhile, The Court has also set April 16 for hearing in the case in which Luanshya Mayor Nathan Chanda was sued for encroaching on a piece of land belonging to orphans.

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Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila has set up a meeting with Prime Television management following a public dress down of the privately owned station at a press conference on Sunday.

Mwila flushed out a television crew from Prime TV for allegedly blacking out the Patriotic Front from their station.

Following the public spat, Prime TV owner Gerald Shawa wrote to Mwila protesting his decision.

Information Minister Dora Siliya has since announced that Mwila will be meeting Prime TV management to clarify several issues.

Siliya also wondered why some politicians had lurched on the incident to vilify government as being anti-media.

Below is the protest letter Prime TV wrote to the PF Secretary General:

Dear Sir,

RE: BARRING OF PRIME TV FROM COVERING PF FUNCTIONS AND CHASING OF PRIME TV JOURNALIST.

The above captioned subject refers.

It is with a heavy heart that we write your office on a matter in which you publicly chased Prime TV journalists from your Press Conference on Saturday 26th January 2019 and later on, decisively, barred Prime Television from covering all your party functions.

As a broadcast institution registered to operate independently under the laws of Zambia, we find the idea to chase our journalists and the decisive submission to bar Prime Television from covering all PF functions unfortunate.

Given your Party Position as Secretary General,and  Knowing that you come from the ruling party which should lead by example by following the law ,it is sad that  you opted to ignore the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) complaints procedure, which requires that you tender a formal complaint to a broadcast institution ,which complaint is supposed to be addressed within 14days ,upon which you are free to bring it to the attention of the IBA after 14 days  ,where you feel that  that Broadcast institution has  failed to adequately address your complaint.

The above procedure is a requirement for all those who feel aggrieved on a matter of broadcasting.

Unfortunately, you have opted to use a more unprocedural way which to us is unfortunate , undemocratic and totalitarian in that it  may subject our journalists to unwarranted political attacks especially attacks from the Patriotic Front cadres.

It is our considered view that the approach you took is not only undemocratic, but is a serious indictment on the freedom of the media.

While you have the right not to be covered if you so wish, it is Prime TV’s policy to provide a platform for all political parties without bias.

We also wish to bring to your attention that Prime TV is a commercial Television station where all those wishing to have  sponsored programs are free to come  and have their programs paid for as many times as they can just like your party has previously on the same platform.

As you may have observed, many political parties have been sponsoring their press conferences to air and this is done in a business sense.

We wish to urge you to follow the law as you make further complaints of a coverage nature and those complaints should be in compliance with sections (33-38) of  IBA Act 2002.

As a media house , we still hold you in high esteem and pray that this misunderstanding you have raised is resolved promptly in a formal and civil manner.

Yours faithfully,

Gerald Shawa

Prime TV Director

Cc: Minister -Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Cc: Director General, Independent Broadcasting Authority

Cc: MISA Zambia

Cc: Media

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Veteran journalist and media trainer Edem Djokotoe has weighed in on the case of former FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya whose two-year ban has been lifted by FIFA on appeal. Djokotoe who is better known from his popular columns Soul to Soul and Mind-Over Matter in the defunct Post Newspaper has added context to the Great Kalu saga. The no-nonsense scribe wound back the clock to Great Kalu’s reign as FAZ president that saw a media witch-hunt form part of his administrative legacy.

FULL WRITE UP:

Let the champagne corks pop, but as for me and my household, we will remember that under the tenure of a certain FAZ boss. a number of local journalists were banned from attending FAZ-organised matches and blacklisted because he wasn’t happy with their coverage.  Matimba Nkonje,  Sydney Mungala, Kalumiana Kalumiana come immediately to mind.   Some of them were arrested and charged with espionage and criminal trespass by the cop in charge of Chipolopolo security, Sylvester Shipolo who sued me for writing about the ridiculous charge and the fact that he’d been instructed to haul me to court to teach me a lesson or two in humility.   The journalists were arrested for being at Levy Stadium to watch the national team play a practice match against a Division Two side.  Espionage?  Criminal trespass–at a public facility?  Negro, please! The suit didn’t have legs or crutches to stand on, let alone a wheelchair to be wheeled in and I never saw a minute in court and the case never went anywhere.  If anything, it illustrated the brazenness of people who abuse power they think they have.

The Constitution gives citizens freedom of movement and someone thinks he can take that freedom away and make you believe you cannot attend a soccer match held at any Zambian stadium because he says so!  Keegan Mumba, a man employed to coach a premier division team, was banned from attending matches because he openly criticised how players for the national team were being picked.    One thing all this banning back and forth teaches us is that karma is a female dog from Nakadoli.

If you don’t believe me, go back and read my six-part series “Of Bans, Blacklists and Bola” published in the Post when the paper still existed. Now that people know how painful it is to be banned by forces more powerful than you are, affecting your ability and capacity to earn money, maybe we will see a lot more sobriety and maturity in how we deal with people we do not agree with.

Good morning, folks.

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Four people have died on the spot after being hit by a motor vehicle while they were riding on a motor bike along the Chingola-Solwezi Road.

The four have been identified as Boniface Nsamba, 31, Alex Mbayo, 21, Andrew Kasampa, 20, and Leonard Banda, 21.

North Western Province Police Commissioner Hudson Namachila said the incident happened when an over speeding Motor Vehicle Alteeza registration number ATB 3684 hit them near Mupitashi area.

He has identified the driver of the motor vehicle as Gift Silebo, 34, a Social Welfare Officer at Mushindamo District who has since been arrested and charged for causing death by dangerous driving.

Namachila stated that the accident happened on Saturday adding that the bodies of the deceased are lying in Solwezi General Hospital awaiting post mortem.

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Former Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba has resigned as Bahati Constituency Member of Parliament following his expulsion from the Patriotic Front for gross misconduct.

Kalaba has also announced officially his position as President of the Democratic Party where he will be fielded as Presidential candidate in 2021.

Addressing the media in Lusaka today, Kalaba said he has now accepted the role of presidency of the opposition Democratic Party.

He also said that he would not challenge his expulsion from the Patriotic Front but concentrate on building Democratic Party.

His resignation paves the way for a by-election in Bahati Constituency.

During the press conference, Patriotic Front Chilapya Ward councillor in Mansa, Chewe Ndila resigned her position to join the Democratic Party.

On Sunday the Patriotic Front expelled Kalaba for alleged gross misconduct largely hinged on his anti-Patriotic Front statements despite having stayed on as lawmaker.

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The Human Rights Commission (HRC) independent investigation has confirmed that a fourth-year University of Zambia student Vespers Shimunzhila died of suffocation from carbon monoxide intoxication.

According to the findings released by Human Rights Commission Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga, the police had followed the students to their hostels.

Mwandenga said Shimuzhila suffered from suffocation from carbon monoxide.

“The late Vespers Shimuzhila died as a result of “suffocation due to carbon monoxide intoxication” as confirmed by the medical evidence through a post-mortem,” Mwandenga stated.

“It is therefore beyond any reasonable doubt that Vespers Shimuzhila did not die from a natural cause.”

The Human Rights Commission has also recommended legal action against all police officers involved in the University of Zambia operation that led to the death of Shimuzhila.

“It is regrettable that the Zambia Police Service conduct in this case amounted to breach of their own constitutional mandate and obligation to protect life and property and to uphold the Bill of Rights. Therefore, appropriate criminal charges should be preferred against all the police officers (including the senior police officers who were in-charge of the operation) for the ensuing loss of life, body injuries to several students and damage to property,” he stated.

“The estate of the late Vespers Shimuzhila should consider instituting legal proceedings against the State and its agents (police officers involved) for the arbitrary loss of her constitutionally guaranteed and birth right to life in order to secure adequate compensation.”

He added: “The HRC therefore calls upon the Zambia Police Command to own up and take responsibility over the death of Vespers Shimuzhila and injuries sustained by Everntyn Choongo, Trudie Kalimbwe and others as well as for the loss of property.”

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A Zambian businesswoman Grace Kabuku has died in Botswana after a sudden illness.

The late Grace, a cross border trader from Lusaka died at a Gaborone hospital on Monday morning.

She had travelled to Botswana for business and was rushed to the hospital by her two friends after she suddenly fell ill.

Zambia’s Deputy High Commissioner to Botswana Goodwell Lungu says the Mission received the news of Ms. Kabuku with shock and sadness.

He further said the Mission was making efforts to locate the deceased’s relatives back home in Zambia.

The Deputy Chief of Mission further said an appeal had been set in motion to repatriate the remains of the deceased with the Zambian Community in Botswana.

Lungu further thanked Zambians resident in Gaborone for their swift response to the call to have Ms. Kabuku be given a dignified send off.

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Media Statement

For Immediate Release

Chiteme calls for private sector, Govt collaboration to reduce negative impact of Climate Change

OUARZAZATE, Morocco Tuesday 29 January 2019 – National Development Minister Honourable Alexander Chiteme, MP, has called for close collaboration among various stakeholders in the private and public sector to achieve resilience, mitigation and adaptation to the impacts of climate change.

Participating on the ministerial panel discussion at the World Bank-led Climate Investment Fund (CIF) meeting in Ouarzazate, Morocco, on Monday, Mr. Chiteme called for close collaboration among various stakeholders, in private and public sector, to tackle the challenges that climate change was posing to humanity, the environment and economies.

He said the Government of Zambia, through multi-sectoral consultations with the private sector, was working at enhancing an enabling environment for private sector participation

“I would like to acknowledge that as Zambia, we have faced challenges in attracting private sector financing and effective participation.  However, with the Additional Financing coming on board late last year, we will manage to mobilse private sector investments in economic sectors such as agriculture, natural capital and by providing technical support to relevant beneficiaries,” the Minister told the gathering.

The Minister said climate change presents the full spectrum of the classical planning dilemma, with immense negative impact in the short to long term.

The Minister said it would be critical to put in place proactive and strategic responses across all sectors in an integrated manner from land use, forestry, transportation among others, to achieve a robust economic development in the face of changing climatic conditions.

He explained that through the Climate Investment Fund, Zambia had mainstreamed climate resilience in national development plans.

“Zambia has been able to develop a climate change policy, which has facilitated improved planning and coordination for climate change management,” Mr. Chiteme said. “There is also increased awareness and understanding evidenced by the climate risk assessments carried out for all new investments from national to the community level.”

And Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) National Coordinator, Chitembo Kawimbe Chunga said it would be important to improve generation of information on climate risk for business, which could help the private sector make informed decisions of investments that would contribute to resilience building at the household level.

She said the policy environment should address the barriers that may hinder private sector progression.

“Investing in learning activities that address knowledge gaps is very essential for successful resilience building,” Mrs. Chunga said.

She called for continued promotion and expansion of market development and financial intermediation, especially in resilience where these approaches are more emergent.

“Zambia just received additional financing on the PPCR to facilitate private sector led market development and financial intermediaries. This is expected to enhance community resilience and increased sustainability of investments,” said Mrs. Chunga “Promoting gender-responsive programming remains relevant recommendation for successful resilience building as most of the successful projects have been those that were gender responsive. Zambia PPCR has seen increased household income levels, which is also diversified, improved welfare, and social indicators such as food insecurity has declined.”

Mrs. Chunga was speaking during a breakout meeting on Transformational Change Reports – Key Lessons and Insights from the Resilience Sector.

Issued by

Chibaula D. Silwamba (Mr.)

Spokesperson

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

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Newly elected Patriotic Front Copperbelt Chairman Nathan Chanda has fired warning shots to dormant elected members by saying they will be removed from the party.

Chanda who was on a party mobilization drive in Masaiti and Kafulafuta said that elected officials failing to mobilize the party will be committing a serious offense especially that 2021 elections are getting closer.

Chanda told party members to report any of those elected in the structures and not performing to the provincial executive to allow for action to be taken.

“For us we will sign a Social Contract with you the people so that when we fail to work according to our promises then you need to remove us as a Provincial Executive Committee. But let me tell you that failing to mobilize the party in order for President Edgar Lungu and the PF party to win is a serious offence,” he said.

Chanda who is also Patriotic Front Member of the Central Committee urged elected officials to be united and work as a team since the Provincial, District and Constituency intra-party elections are now over and election camps should now be a thing of the past.

“Elections are now over. We had camps but that is long gone. Let us respect each other and the leadership that is there. No matter how small a leader looks or can be; let’s respect each other and those in authority. Let us open a new page and move on,” he reiterates.

Chanda has been on a tour of districts since his election to engage with the elected officials after having visited Chingola, Chililabombwe, and Lufwanyama.

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