Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba’s days in parliament are numbered as the Zambian constitution clearly states he cease to Member of Parliament immediately he crosses the flow to join a party that did not sponsor him.

GBM’s defence is that there are MPs serving the ruling party on were sponsored by the opposition. However, these officials have not reliquished their party membership while the President of the Republic is empowered to appoint anyone in the House to serve in government. This is not the case when an MP crosses the floor to serve another political party.

Speaker Patrick Matibini is set to make a ruling on the matter. If Matibini uses his sound legal mind free of the influence of the Cartel, he will certainly point to a by-election in Kasama.

Here below the article on which Matibini may base his reasoning;

Article 71 of the laws of Zambia . (1)Every member of the National Assembly, with the exception of the Speaker, shall vacate his seat in the Assembly upon a dissolution of the National Assembly.

(2) A member of the National Assembly shall vacate his seat in the Assembly—
(a)if he ceases to be a citizen of Zambia;
(b)if he acts contrary to the code of conduct prescribed by an Act of Parliament;
(c)in the case of an elected member, if he becomes a member of a political party other than the party of which he was an authorised candidate when he was elected to the National Assembly or, if having been an independent candidate, he joins a political party or having been a member of a political party, he becomes an independent;
(d)if he assumes the office of President;
(e)if he is sentenced by a court in Zambia to death or to imprisonment, by whatever name called, for a term exceeding six months;
(f)if any circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of the Assembly, would cause him to be disqualified for election as such under Article 65;
(g)if, under the authority of any such law as is referred to in Article 22 or 25—
(i) his freedom of movement has been restricted or he has been detained for a continuous period exceeding six months;
(ii)his freedom of movement has been restricted and he has immediately thereafter been detained and the total period of restriction and detention together exceeds six months; or
(iii) he has been detained and immediately thereafter his freedom of movement has been restricted and the total period of detention and restriction together exceeds six months.

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Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) ‘official without portfolio’ may be appointed General Secretary as early as next week to replace George Kasengele whose future is yet to be decided.

FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya is hoping to re-energise the secretariat by awarding Mwanza the lofty position and win a third term bid.

Sources say Kalusha’s team is disorganised because most of the people within the group have lost faith in Kasengele and point to his lackluster administrative performance as the biggest problem.

Kasengele has been accused of throwing Kalusha’s campaign into dissarray after falling apart with several officials close to the soccer icon, It’s believed that Kasengele is on no talking terms with vice-president Boniface Mwamelo and technical director Honour Janza.

Sources have disclosed that Mwanza, currently shunted to some obscure role of club licensing, will also be key role in manipulating the FAZ electoral college when the elections are held in March 2016.

Zambia Reports had revealed Mwanza was returning to Zambia to take over as General Secretary. Later, Mwanza’s stooges also confirmed he was taking over Kasengele’s job.

On June 18, Zambia Reports reported, George Kasengele, the current FAZ Secretary General, might as well start folding his files at Football House as Erick Mwanza has announced through an agent he is in the country to take over his position.

Mwanza was recently at CAF at a Media Manager but returned for an unknown position at Football House where he had previously served as spokesperson. It was first reported here that Erick Mwanza was earmarked for Kasengele’s position as Kalusha Bwalya gears for a third term bid as FAZ president.

Some known Kalusha Bwalya cadre called “Godfrey or Geoffrey Chikumbi” who has masqueraded as a journalists in the Northern parts of Zambia has confirmed Mwanza is in Zambia to take over Kasengele’s job.

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The Electoral Commission has set Thursday, September 24 as the date for the Solwezi West by-election.

Nomination date for the seat has been set for August 26, 2015.

The Solwezi seat fell vacant following the death of incumbent MMD Member of Parliament Humphrey Mwanza who died on July 3.

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Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba will have to work harder to survive his double dealing with doors closing in on every end after the Patriotic Front filed an injunction restraining him from enjoying his rights as a Member of Parliament on their ticket.

Mwamba, popularly known as GBM was appointed United Party for National Development Vice President but maintained that he will remain a Patriotic Front Member of Parliament.

President Edgar Lungu has also made it clear that Mwamba was no longer a PF member after joining the UPND.

PF legal committee chairperson for legal affairs Tutwa Ngulube said the party wanted the High Court to stop Mwamba from representing them in parliament as the Kasama lawmaker had crossed over to another political party.

He said that Mwamba should be man enough and carry through his joining the UPND all the way and not have his legs in two camps.

And President Lungu said the constitution was very clear on what happened whenever a Member of Parliament crossed floors.

He said that he will seek guidance from the Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini on the matter.

On Wednesday Matibini reserved ruling on the matter after Chipili Member of Parliament Davies Mwila rose on a point of order seeking clarity on the status of Mwamba who had joined the opposition UPND.
Meanwhile President Edgar Lungu has left for Uganda on a three day state visit.

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Education minister Michael Kaingu has pleaded with striking lecturers at the Copperbelt University (CBU) to call off their class boycott and resume lessons, albeit calling their work stoppage illegal.

Kaingu said in an interview that the academic programme for the CBU had been disturbed adding that the prolonged striked action would affect students’ morale in their education.

Kaingu said the Government was aware of the challenges that CBU was experiencing for many years and that these challenges, which he called ‘enormous’ could not be addressed in a confrontational fashion, but rather, through dialogue.

“We can only resolve your challenges through dialogue and not confrontation. The lecturers at CBU are very confrontational but in this way, it is difficult to achieve any meaningful dialogue,” he said.

The minister said his office was making strides to find a break through in the CBU impasse and one of the activities he undertook to address the matter was to meet the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) last week where the trade unionists acknowledged that the CBU strike by lectures was illegal.

“During the meeting with representatives from ZCTU, it was acknowledged that the lecturers at CBU were on an illegal strike and they must go back to work while their grievances and other demands were being addressed,” he said.

Kaingu said the government was not going to succumb to the lecturers’ demand to sack four top officials at the CBU because this would set a very bad precedence in the history of the institution.

“The government is not going to tolerate any illegality in the country but I want to urge the the lecturers to do the correct thing. Our colleagues, the CBU academic staff are demanding that we fire the four of their management staff. We cannot do that because it will be a bad precedence for the country. We cannot just fire people just because people are protesting. The best we can do is to dialogue when there is a problem,” he said.

Kaingu said that the government would only relieve CBU managers once there was proven incompetence on the part of concerned individuals.

He said lecturers in institutions of higher learning in Zambia must stop the habit of resorting to strike action each time they wanted the authorities to address their demand.

Kaingu said the government did not find pleasure in closing any institution of higher learning because the practice was retrogressive, but he warned that the government would not hesitate to close any institution that was not stable in its operations.

Recently, the CBU was characterized by a major impasse between lecturers and the university management after the lecturers demanded for better pay and the resignation of the institution’s vice chancellor.

The impasse instigated students protests, which in turn prompted the government to prematurely close the university.

Although the university has been closed, tension remains at the CBU because lecturers still want better pay and the sacking of four top management officials before they could resume classes.

The government has been making maneuvers to resolve the impasse but the lecturers have stuck to their demands.

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Zambian Voice executive director Chilufya Tayali says the arrest of former tourism minister Sylvia Masebo for abuse of authority is welcome.

Tayali is also calling for the review of the Trafigura saga in which Rainbow Party president Wynter Kabimba is implicated alongside businessman Rajan Mahtani of underhand deals in the procurement of crude oil to Zambia.

Below is Tayali’s statement

I followed the Masebo’s tribunal when Harrington petitioned for her investigations. Listening to the evidence submitted both by the petitioner and the respondents, I concluded Masebo over stepped her line in the way she fired top management at ZAWA and canceled the tender for hunting and concessions when she served as Tourism and Arts Minister.

Among the witnesses were Guy Scott whom I respect so much but this one, awe….Masebo must be tried by the Courts.

I know Edgar Lungu and his colleagues are selective in their application of Justice but what is wrong is wrong. Masebo was too overzealous with her Wynter Kabimba.

I wish the Trafigura saga can also be reopened so that Wynter Kabimba can also explain about Ilunda Chalo Ltd. The formation of that company and the awarding of the contract to Trafigura was very suspicious.

Yes Wynter was cleared but come’on after what he did at the ACC offices?

We should be serious with these issues, Zambia is so behind because of us ignoring such important issues.

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A Lusaka man has been arrested for posing as an Office of the President officer, commonly known as OP. The OP is a feared special branch of the government intelligence wing.

Below is the Anti Corruption Commission Statement

The Anti- Corruption Commission has arrested a Lusaka man for Personating a Public Officer, Uttering False Documents and Forgery.

Isaac Lupupa, 26, of house number 22, Mapuloto, Chilenje, was charged with one (1) count of personating a Public Officer Contrary to Section 102 (b) of the Penal Code Act chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia

Details in the first count are that Lupupa, between 1st January 2013 and 28th February 2014, in Lusaka falsely represented himself to Ferguson Nchima Chikumbi as a person employed in the public service namely Zambia Security Intelligent Service (ZSIS) and assumed to facilitate the employment of the said Ferguson Nchima Chikumbi at Zambia Security Intelligence Service by virtue of his purported employment at Zambia security Intelligence Service.

In Count 2 Lupupa, is charged for Forgery Contrary to Section 347 of the Penal Code Act Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. Details are that between 1st January 2013 and 28th February 2014, in Lusaka, with intent to deceive, made a false document namely a letter of offer of employment dated 26th November 2013 in the name of Ferguson Nchima Chikumbi purporting to show that it was genuinely issued by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and/or Zambia Security Intelligence Service (ZSIS) when in fact not.

In count 3 Lupupa, is futher charged for Uttering False Documents Contrary to Section 352 of the Penal Code Act 87 of the Laws of Zambia. Details are that between 1st November 2013 and 28th February 2014, in Lusaka, did knowingly and fraudulently utter to Ferguson Nchime Chikumbi a false document namely a letter of offer of employment dated 26th November 2013 in the name of Ferguson Nchime Chikumbi purporting to show that it was genuinely issued by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and/or Zambia Security Intelligence Service (ZSIS) when in fact not.

Lupupa is currently remanded at Woodland Police Station and will appear in court soon.

Mrs Dorothy Mwanza
Acting Public Relation Manager

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Zambia’s export to the top England league is on his way out following an unimpressive two year stint at Southampton and could be heading to Russia.

Mayuka’s jersey number for last season has been taken away and is on squad list for Southampon’s 2015/16 Season. Southampton’s first-team squad numbers are confirmed for the 2015/16 campaign with new signings Cédric Soares, Jordy Clasie, Cuco Martina, Juanmi and Maarten Stekelenburg all allocated numbers for the season.

Various sources consulted by Zambia Reports disclosed that the former Kabwe Warriors striker is on the verge of signing a contract with a yet to be disclosed Russian club.

Southampton Full Team List-2015/16

1 Kelvin Davis/
2 Cédric Soares
3 Maya Yoshida
4 Jordy Clasie
5 Florin Gardos
6 José Fonte
7 Shane Long
8 Steven Davis
9 Jay Rodriguez
10 Sadio Mané
11 Dušan Tadić
12 Victor Wanyama
15 Cuco Martina
16 James Ward-Prowse
18 Harrison Reed
19 Graziano Pellè
20 Juanmi
21 Ryan Bertrand
22 Maarten Stekelenburg
23 Gastón Ramírez
24 Jack Stephens
25 Paulo Gazzaniga
27 Lloyd Isgrove
32 Jason McCarthy
33 Matt Targett
36 Jordan Turnbull
38 Sam McQueen
40 Sam Gallagher
44 Fraser Forster

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Airtel Zambia has issued a response denying they snubbed the High Court in the journalists wiretapping case.

According to a statement from their communications department, Airtel Zambia has declared its readiness to co-operate in with the law.

This is in a case were two Lusaka journalists Thomas Zgambo and Clayson Hamasaka have sued the telecommunication company for spying on them on the instructions of former State House press aide George Chellah.

Zgambo and Hamasaka filed a conditional memorandum of appearance pending an application to set aside the company termed a “Writ of Summons” for irregularity after High Court Deputy Registrar gave Airtel Zambia 14 days to make an appearance effective July 1, 2015 but by press time, Airtel Zambia had not made an appearance 21 days later.

However, the Airtel media team issued the following statement insisting they are within time to file their response.

“Reply from Airtel Corporate Communications: The current position is that Airtel entered Conditional Appearance and thereafter as required by law will either file a defense or make an application within 14 days of entering the Conditional Appearance. The 14 day requirement at law has not lapsed.

“In the meantime external lawyers are handling the matter on behalf of Airtel and are ensuring that all the necessary applications are made on time. In essence Airtel is within the timeframes stipulated by the law contrary to the allegations made in the article. Please be guided,” a statement reads.

Zgambo and Hamasaka allege that Airtel diverted several text messages to and from their numbers which was allegedly operated by former press aide to President Michael Sata, George Chellah. Chellah was the cartel operative at State House.

Zgambo, who is the First Petitioner and Hamasaka the Second petitioner, say in their petition that Airtel Zambia breached Article 11 of the Constitution of Zambia Chapter 1 of the Laws of Zambiaan Article 17 Chapter 1 of the Laws of Zambia, Article 20 of the Constitution of Zambia Chapter 1 of the Laws of Zambia, the Electronic and Communication Transactions ACT No21 of 2009 of the Laws of Zambia and the Protection of Fundamental Rights Rules 1969 Statutory Instrument no WDF of 1969 of the Laws of Zambia.

The so-called “cartel” is a group of powerful special interests including the suspended DPP Nchito, the owner and editor of the Post Newspaper Fred M’membe, the recently arrested banker Rajan Mahtani, and the former Minister of Justice Wynter Kabimba. Under the administration of the late President Micheal Sata, the cartel was known to control the state instruments from behind the scenes, however, since the election of President Edgar Lungu they have been under increased pressure. In recent weeks, there have been signs of a developing alliance between the cartel and the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND).

The two journalists in this case are being represented by Messers AKM Legal Practitioners of Lusaka

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FRED M’membe and The Post Newspapers have invested more than US$1million in Agricultural activities while refusing or neglecting to pay tax obligations to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA).

This is inspite the fact that in 2011 ZRA waived K16million from the Post indebtedness in interest and penalties in the hope that the company would settle the indebtedness but the company failed.

Now ZRA wants the outstanding K22million paid in one installment and feels the company has the capacity to pay.

The Post had not been remitting company tax for the following charge years 2006/2007, 2008/2009 and 2011/2012 and has an outstanding tax debt due on its undertaking for Time to Pay Arrears of Tax, in the Time to Pay Agreement (TPA).

When ZRA demanded for full payment last year, the Post applied for and obtained judicial review which was also acted as a stay of the demand and any subsequent action.

But now ZRA says the Post does not deserve leniency or judicial review because the institution cannot be treated in an exceptional manner as it has even failed to honour previous settlement agreements.

According to submissions in the matter that is coming before the Lusaka High Court today, the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) had in 2011 cancelled over K16million in favour of the Post newspapers in unpaid taxes, but despite the action by ZRA to give the Post and Fred M’membe the waiver, they continued to breach the law by failure to honour the terms of settlement including retaining payments that should have been forwarded to ZRA.

According to the letter written to Fred M’membe on 19th September, 2014, ZRA Commissioner General Berlin Msiska said that the Post Newspaper had neglected to fulfill its obligations by not paying taxes.

“As you are aware in October 2011, we approved your appeal for a waiver of penalties and interest after you successfully paid the principal taxes in installments. Our expectation was that you would be a compliant taxpayer. However, it has come to our attention that you have accumulated another tax liability. You neglected to remain current with your tax obligations and accumulated yet another tax liability,” Mr. Msiska stated in a letter to Mr. M’membe which has also been submitted before High Court Judge Mwiinde Siavwyapa.

Mr. Msiska said that the authority was constrained to accept the proposals made by the Post and Mr. M’membe on the mode of payment of tax because they had continued to breach the law with respect to tax remittance.

“In the premises, we are constrained to accept your proposal to clear your tax liability in installments as there is no compelling reasons for us to once more exercise our discretion and allow you to settle your tax obligations installments. We now demand the immediate payment of the total tax liability of K22, 517, 952, 05 without fail,” said Mr. Msiska.

ZRA stated that it had decided to oppose the proposal to have the Post pay its debt in installments because the Newspaper did not respect agreements.

The institution also stated that in September last year ZRA wrote to the Post Newspapers advising them that they were not remitting or honouring its tax liabilities and that the Post had breached its undertaking to Pay Arrears of Tax, that is the Time to Pay Agreement (TPA) which they had signed.

“The debt arose from the fact that the Post for the period February 2014, to July 2014, was not remitting Value Added Tax (VAT) and Individual Income Tax collected in form of Pay As You Earn (PAYE). We wrote to the Post after a meeting in September that we would not accept the proposal because the Post was not complaint to paying tax.”

Source: Daily Nation

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PF member Father Frank Bwalya says the way UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema is showing disrespect to the Zambian constitution in the cross-over of Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba gives a hint of how disrespectful he will be in an event he becomes president.

Fr Bwalya says, “the way HH has reasoned over the issue of GBM’s futile attempt to cling to his seat which he won on the PF ticket, in scandalous disregard of crystal clear constitutional provisions, speaks volumes about how he would behave as republican president (but he will not be).

“In fact the action by GBM to join them in the manner be has done has only added political capital within the membership of UPND. Otherwise many citizens are laughing at UPND and HH. Ku joina sitilesa koma ka joinidwe.”

GBM – the Kasama PF MP – finally quit the ruling party on Wednesday while sticking to his parliamentary seat to become UPND vice-president at a “press conference rally” in Lusaka.

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A recent “darling” of the Cartel media, Chilufya Tayali, has been abandoned after he issued a statement welcoming Slyvia Masebo’s arrest.

Masebo was arrested yesterday and slapped with a charge of abuse of authority with Tayali joining those delighted with the development.

“I followed the Masebo tribunal when Harrington petitioned for her investigations. Listening to the evidence submitted both by the petitioner and the respondents, I concluded Masebo over stepped her line in the way she fired top management at ZAWA and canceled the tender for hunting and concessions when she served as Tourism and Arts Minister,” Tayali said.

However, The Post (Fred M’membe and Wynter Kabimba) and Zambian Watchdog (Rajan Mahtani) are giving Tayali a blind eye because Masebo is one of their key members in the scheme of controlling State power dating back to the time Levy Mwanawasa was President.

Meanwhile, Masebo says she is determined to prove her case in court alleging saying she expected to be arrested, but described her arrest as interesting.

Masebo alleged that on the day she did not appear for interviews at the ACC offices, government owned media outlets, Zambia Daily Mail, Times of Zambia and ZNBC camped waiting for her

“Am being charged for cancelling hunting concession against crooks in the hunting fraternity,” she said.

Masebo said the lifting of the ban will allow the alleged plunderers to continue depleting the country’s resources.

“Am ready to go to court and time will vindicate me. I know that President Lungu is aware that PF is losing grounds, and so the only thing he can use now is the state machinery like the Anti Corruption Commission to silence political opponents,” she claimed.

Masebo said she will meet the PF at the ballot.

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Hostility has continued haunting Kasama Central Member of Parliament Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba after he joined the opposition United Party for National Development.

Mwamba, otherwise known as GBM, was involved in a near punch up with Mfuwe Member of Parliament Mwimba Malama at parliament during tea break.

Malama is alleged to have confronted Mwamba over his decision to cling to his parliamentary seat under the PF despite joining the UPND.

Mwamba has raised dust after accepting to be named as UPND Vice President but said he will still remain a PF lawmaker.

Speaker of the National Assembly has reserved ruling on whether Mwamba should continue enjoying his rights as MP while the ruling party has taken the matter to court.

Mwamba is expelled from the PF but has hung on owing to a court injunction where he has challenged his expulsion.

Here is an account of an eye witness. The narrations of the incident which happened around 10:30hrs has not been independently verified by Zambia Reports.

GBM who was seated with Lubansenshi Member of Parliament Patrick Mucheleka began to issue tribal remarks and dirty insults.

When Malama walked in the dining area, GBM pointed at him and began to insult the Mfuwe MP.
“Utuma suit mulefwala nine uwalenga. I made PF, I am coming into your Constituency. Ndemi pwishya.”
GBM also castigated Chisala and Malama for “coming from small tribes”.

“Imwe mwe ba Tabwa na mwe ba Bisa You can’t compete with Bembas. Sata alifwa so twalamimona”. He insulted freely and openly.

This attracted other MPs that were on the dining area who were shocked at the open misbehaviour of GBM and Mucheleka.

Malama and Chisala mocked GBM that: “being fat like a bag of mealie’ meal doesnt give him powers to threaten, insult, and threaten to beat people”.

This enraged GBM who stood up and became to violently threaten to beat up Malama and Chisala. He charged violently at the two Deputy Ministers:

“Get out…mwenchushi, mukafwa nobupina bwenu..get out..fumeni apa mwenchushi. Why didn’t Sata appoint you as Decence Minister” GBM ranted and continued to threaten violence.
But both Malama and Chisala stood their ground.

GBM cntinued to insult:

“Wemupina,ukwabula ine nga ta mufwala utu tuma suit” GBM continue to rant as he was cheered on by Mucheleka.

Malama responded by stating that: “GBM thats your money. I warn you to respect yourself. “Chindika umwaice nao ala ku chindika”.

Confusion broke out with shuffling and chairs being moved.

But Chisala and Malama refused to be intimaded.

Mucheleka also joined remarking that: “This is my uncle, mwilaya ngala kuli ba Yama bakolwe.
Chisala Obious naiwe Malama uli mu Bisa and iwe uli mu Tabwa Who are you?” “You villagers have just started wearing suits now,putting on fake suits”. Mucheleka cheered on.

Mwimba Malama retorted: “GBM thats your money. I warn you again chindika umwaice nao alaku chindika”.

GBM stood up again and charged in his known violent rage: “get out from here,i will pour hot tea on you. Chikala chobe, fuma apa”

Malama responded:”You cant do that you can’t threaten me”

Katombora MP, Hon Livune, and Kanchibiya MP Davies Mwango had a torrid time to separate the quartet.

Parliamentary security came in the dining area and separated the warring MPs.

The Speaker Dr. Patrick Matibini has since ordered for a formal investigation on the tribal remarks, insults and the near violent attack on the PF MPs and the report on the scuffle will be tabled before Parliament.

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Police have arrested nine Evelyn Hone College students after the riot that broke out on Thursday night.

The students have been detained at Lusaka Central police station.

Students rioted over the incessant load shedding and poor sanitary conditions.

The impasse at Evelyn though of a different nature adds to the increasing instability in the tertiary education sector that has seen the Copperbelt University closed with lecturers at the University of Zambia threatening to withhold results if they are not paid money owed to them by government.

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Parliament has ratified the appointment of Justice Marvin Mwanamwambwa as Deputy Chief Justice.

Justice Mwanamwambwa’s ratification was ratified alongside that of former Pemba Member of Parliament David Matongo as Electoral Commission of Zambia board member and Geoffrey Simukoko as member of the Judicial Complaints Commission.

Mwanamwambwa has been practising law since 1981 and is famed to be one of the judges with a small backlog of cases.

His appointment was passed without dissent when the motion was put before the house.

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Members of Parliament showed a little shame toward their decision to vote to increase their salaries when Kalomo United Party for National Development Member of Parliament Request Muntanga asked Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini to gag public debate on the matter.

Last week, MPs unanimously voted for an increase in their salaries when a motion moved by Lubansenshi Independent Member of Parliament Patrick Mucheleka was passed through unanimously by acclamation.

Muntanga rose on a point of order saying that the report by privately owned Radio Phoenix about the increase in salaries under the recommendations of the mobilization and reforms committee had cast the MPs in bad light.

He complained that the MPs had not yet increased their salaries hence the need to clarify.

During the motion presented by Mucheleka, Muntanga passionately put up a case for the upward adjustment of emoluments for MPs going as far as claiming that legislators even footed bills for dowry for constituents as they were believed to be rich.

Others that supported the motion were Kapembwa Simbao, Jonas Shakafuswa and Brian Chituwo.

When the question was put before the house there was no dissension from both sides with the matter referred to the mobilization and reforms committee for specifics as MPs “are not allowed to debate themselves.”

It was one of the rare moments MPs across the political divide were in agreement. Matibini reserved ruling on the matter saying it was important notwithstanding the increase will also benefit him.

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THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has insisted that the Post Newspapers and its proprietor Fred M’membe must pay all statutory obligations they owe the institution in form of tax amounting to K22 million inclusive of interest and penalties accrued so far.

ZRA has argued that the Value Added Tax (VAT) and individual income tax collected by the Post Newspaper from clients and its employees respectively did not form part of the newspaper company’s coffers.

This is in a matter in which the Post and Fred M’membe have run to the Lusaka High Court to seek judicial review after ZRA demanded the payment of K22 million that was outstanding.

The Revenue House has said the Post was obliged to collect tax and remit it to ZRA without fail but did not remit despite collecting.

The Post had also neglected to remit to ZRA the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and VAT deducted and collected from employees and clients respectively, including company tax hence the Post having admitted outstanding tax debt due to ZRA in the sum of K22, 517, 952, 04 inclusive of interest and penalties.

There was no justification, the Authority has argued, for Mr M’membe to claim for special treatment because ZRA was vested with authority to administer and manage the tax system in the country and it did so within the remit of the law.

When the matter came up for hearing yesterday before High Court Judge Mwiinde Siavwapa in chambers, both counsels for the Post and ZRA said they would rely on the documents submitted before the court.

Both parties will rely on the affidavits and evidence before the High Court before they could make their final written submissions.

Judge Siavwapa then set 30th October, 2015 as date for judgment and reminded both parties to make their written submission by 31th August, 2015.

In spite of the fact that in 2011 ZRA waived K16 million from the Post indebtedness in interest and penalties in the hope that the company would settle subsequate tax obligations, the company failed and accrued more debt in taxes.

Now ZRA wants the outstanding K22 million paid in one installment and feels the Post had the capacity to do so because they have invested over US$1 million in agricultural activities while neglecting or refusing to pay tax obligations.

According to submissions before the High Court by ZRA, the Post has not been remitting company tax for the period 2006-2007, 2008-2009 and 2011-2012 financial years and other outstanding tax debt due on its undertaking for Time to Pay Arrears of Tax, in the Time to Pay Agreement (TPA).

ZRA said the Post did not deserve leniency or judicial review because the institution could not be treated in an exceptional manner as it had even failed to honour previous settlement agreements.

In 2011, ZRA cancelled over K16million in favour of the Post in unpaid or unremitted taxes, but despite the action by ZRA to give the Post and M’membe the waiver, they continued to breach the law by failure to honour the terms of settlement including retaining payments that should have been forwarded to ZRA.

Commissioner General Berlin Msiska wrote to Mr. M’membe and the Post Newspapers in September, 2014 reminding them that they had neglected to fulfill their obligations by not paying taxes.

“As you are aware in October, 2011, we approved your appeal for a waiver of penalties and interest after you successfully paid the principal taxes in installments. Our expectations were that you would be a compliant taxpayer. However, it has come to our attention that you have accumulated another tax liability. You neglected to remain current with your tax obligations and accumulated yet another tax liability,” Msiska wrote.

He said the institution was constrained to accept the proposals made by the Post and Mr. M’membe on the mode of payment of tax because they had continued to breach the law on tax remittance.

“In the premises, we are constrained to accept your proposal to clear your tax liability in installments as there is no compelling reasons for us to once more exercise our discretion and allow you to settle your tax obligations by installments. We now demand the immediate payment of the total tax liability of K22,517,952: 05 without fail,” Msiska said.

Source: Daily Nation

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TRADITIONAL leaders in Southern Province have rubbished reports that the chiefs in Southern Province have not collectively resolved to support President Edgar Lungu’s leadership stating that such reports were being carried by people who did not attend the meeting between the Head of State and the chiefs in Livingstone.

Chiefs Macha of Choma and Chikanta of Kalomo say there were no divisions among the traditional leaders in Southern Province over their support for President Lungu and that the meeting they had with the Head of State was a success.

Chief Macha said the problem was that the media houses reporting that the meeting between President Lungu and the traditional leaders was held in an acrimonious atmosphere, did not attend the meeting and were only calling individual chiefs on phone for interviews.

Chief Macha said the report in the Post Newspaper stating that it was not true that the chiefs had agreed to support President Lungu should be ignored because according to him, the traditional leaders had presented a position paper to the Head of State.

“I do not know about what is in the Post Newspaper. The Problem is that you people are writing about things when you did not attend the meeting. Let me tell you that forget about the report in the Post Newspaper and write what we discussed because you were there in the meeting. You should also take time to come and see me instead of calling me on the phone,” Chief Macha said

And Chief Chikanta said President Lungu had exhibited exemplary leadership by humbly meeting traditional leaders from Southern Province and that it was politically incorrect to insinuate that the chiefs in the region were divided over their collective resolve to support the Head of State.

Chief Chikanta said it was not correct that there was a deadlock between the traditional leaders and President Lungu because the chiefs had presented all their concerns to the Head of State which he said were warmly received.

Chief Chikanta said the problem with newspaper reports were that the people who were reporting that the chiefs were divided over their collective resolution to support President Lungu in governing the country peacefully and in unity did not attend the meeting between the Head of State and the traditional leaders.

The traditional leader said there was no question of the chiefs differing with the President on their demands because on the eve of the meeting, the traditional leaders met and discussed the issues they wanted to present to the Head of State.

He said the chiefs had prepared the issues they wanted to discuss with President Lungu and the matters were verbally discussed during the meeting which he said was successful.

Chief Chikanta said the traditional leaders praised President Lungu publicly and before the media because of the manner he conducted himself during the meeting adding that the traditional leaders found in the Head of State a listening and humble leader who had respect for the people he was governing.

“President Lungu has showed exemplary leadership by accepting our request to come and meet the chiefs in Southern Province. He is a lawyer and a great listener and we discussed all our concerns with him. On the eve of the meeting, we met as chiefs and tabulated the issues we wanted to discuss and we presented them to the President. We amplified them during the meeting and President Lungu also explained his side. It is not true that we are divided over the collective resolution to support him. For the first time, we agree that we have a President who is eager to listen to the people when called upon and those are the qualities of good leadership,” chief Chikanta said.

Chief Chikanta said President Lungu would have been heavily misunderstood he had stopped the Chuundu Chaitwa or spurned the meeting with the traditional leaders from Southern Province.

He said the traditional leaders praised President Lungu because he had showed that he was a true democrat who believed and respected the fundamental rights of citizens.

Source: Daily Nation

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An overage player, Emmanuel Mbola, has been named in Zambia’s Under-23 Olympic team to face Ivory Coast next week. The team coached by Fighton Simukonda will start camp tomorrow.

Mbola is reported to be in his 30s but has made the age group team which is ordinarily assembled as a basis to identify talent for national team selection.

Zambia played to a goalless draw against Ivory Coast in Abidjan and need only a 1-0 victory to qualify to the CAF Under-23 championship whose semi-finalist will head to Brazil for the 2016 Olympics/

Meanwhile, the Football Association of Zambia has scrapped gate charges for today’s Papua New Guinea FIFA Women World cup qualifier between Zambia Under 20 and their Tanzanian counterparts.

FAZ reports that the Chipolopolo women will lock horns with Tanzania in the second round, second leg qualifier at Lusaka’s Nkoloma Stadium. Two weeks ago, Zambia thumped their hosts at Azam stadium in Dar-es- Salaam 4-0.

“We have forgotten about this result and now want to win this game and qualify on a sound note” Osward Mutapa has said.

MEANWHILE, HERE IS THE UNDER-23 SQUAD LIST

Full Squad:
Goalkeepers: Toaster Nsabata (Zanaco), Kenny Mumba (Red Arrows) Lawrence Mulenga (Kabwe Warriors).

Defenders: Boyd Mkandawire (Napsa Stars), Kapota Kayawe(Nkana), Benedict Chepeshi (Red Arrows), Benson Sakala(Red Arrows), Emmanuel Mbola (Hapoel Ra’nana), Bernard Mapili (Zesco United), Salaulani Phiri (Zanaco), Solomon Sakala (Kabwe Warriors).

Midfielders: Mukuka Mulenga (Bloemfontein Celtic), Jackson Chirwa (Green Buffaloes), Shadreck Malambo (Red Arrows), Charles Zulu (Zanaco), John Chingandu (Zesco United), Larry Bwalya (Power Dynamos), Jacob Ngulube (Mufulira Wanderers), Kelvin Mubanga (Power Dynamos), Lubambo Musonda (Power Dynamos), Bruce Musakanya (Red Arrows).

Strikers Moses Phiri (Zanaco), Noble Rumsey (Power Dynamos), Patson Daka (Nchanga Rangers), Ronald Kampamba (Wadi Degla), Friday Samu (Green Buffaloes).

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THE Presidency has rubbished claims by former Tourism minister Sylvia Masebo that President Edgar Lungu instigated her arrest and has advised her to deal with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) without dragging the Head of State into her transgressions.

The Presidency has also disclosed that it only learnt about Masebo’s impending arrest by the ACC through the Post Newspaper, which has been speaking and maligning President Lungu.

Special assistant to the President for Press and public relations Amos Chanda said President Lungu had nothing to do with the arrest of Ms Masebo and that he only learnt about it through the Post Newspaper and the Times of Zambia.

Chanda said Masebo should refrain from judging President Lungu through her previous standards and practices because the Head of State was far above such petty issues such as interfering with the operations of State investigative wings.

He told the Daily Nation yesterday that President Lungu was not aware that the ACC had summoned Masebo and neither was the Head of State made aware of the reasons the Commission was after the former Tourism minister.

He said President Lungu would never interfere with the operations of the investigative wings and that if that was the experience Ms Masebo had while in Government, she should not measure President Lungu by her standards.

“Let Ms Masebo know that President Lungu is running the country on an intellectually different wavelength and could not bring himself to interfering with State investigative wings or any other institution. We did not know that Ms Masebo had been summoned by the ACC and the President only learnt of it through the Post Newspaper and the Times of Zambia. The President has no business with Ms Masebo and if that is what they used to do, she should refrain from judging the President her standards and those of her allies,” Mr Chanda said.

He said Zambians had not forgotten that during the time Ms Masebo was serving in the PF government, her friend and ally Wynter Kabimba as Justice minister and secretary general of the Patriotic Front (PF) was summoned by the ACC over the Trafigura oil scandal but went to the commission with a hoard of cadres and intimidated the officers who were supposed to interview him.

Chanda said Ms Masebo should for now concentrate on defending herself in the courts of law rather than resorting to cheap politicking and maligning President Lungu.

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