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KCM pollution: When will it stop? 1 Kafue River – for the third time (Post 14). The
Minimum wage increased by 56 percent 2
Mine union officials receive hefty salaries 2
Quotes 2 In November 2006, KCM polluted the Kafue
Blowing up filling stations in Barotseland 3
Political movers: Good riddance! 5 resulting in a five-day shutdown of domestic
The first mobile hospitals have arrived 5
Advert: How you look is how you feel! 6
Plot scam at Lusaka City Council 7 supply. The spill was caused by a leak in one of the old pregnant solution tanks at Nchanga.
Exchange of the week 7
(Dead) bandits in brief 8 Institute (BSI) to withdraw its certificate for the international standard for environmental
Editor’s note
Last week, this note was a toss-up between
how Chinese is becoming another language
in Zambia or the banalities of the govern-
ment’s employment policies. The Chinese
won – briefly, as the government this week
provided another opportunity to write about
its employment policies. Last week, the
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
advertised for four employees including a
general worker/caretaker/gardener. Nothing
wrong in that – except for the fact that the
four adverts took up one-and-a-half pages
in the Times of Zambia. The gardener had a
whole half page to himself. The cost of a half
page advert is not cheap. Yet this week, the
gardener re-appeared – also on a whole half
page – but with the words “This position has
been cancelled” superimposed. How much
government ministries pay for advertising in
the Times is unknown. After all, the Times
is part of the government-funded (but not
controlled – stresses the government) press.
These job adverts are obviously publicised in
a (commendable) quest for greater transpar-
ency – to avoid the position being filled by
maybe-not-the-best-qualified cousin of the
permanent secretary or nephew of the head
of procurement and supplies. Surely, however,
one should be able to apply a banality test in
cases like these? Maybe an internal job advert
would suffice for a gardener? Especially con-
sidering that advertising a job to the greater
public does not necessarily prevent nepotism.
Sometimes advertising is only a formality to
address internal rules on accountability. In
fact the preferred candidate has already been
chosen. At least this is seen in donor circles.
Week 3, Volume 2, Issue 3, 21 January 2011
KCM pollution: When will it stop?
The Konkola Copper Mines have polluted the
Environmental Council of Zambia (ECZ)
intends to impose “serious punitive measures”
but is this enough?
River with acidic effluent from Nchanga tail-
ings leach plant (photo), killing the fish and
water supply to Chingola residents. The pollu-
tion was caused by a burst tailings pipeline.
In October 2010, KCM polluted the river again, resulting in another shutdown of water
KCM was fined 21.97 million kwacha – an amount which was criticised by Southern Africa
Resource Watch as being too lenient. Earth Organisation Zambia asked the British Standard
management systems (ISO 14001), which it had awarded to KCM in October 2010.
KCM said it had undertaken necessary measures to prevent future incidents, including replac-
ing aging tanks and a tailings pipeline at Nchanga. In fact, said KCM chief executive officer
Kishore Kumar, the mining giant has spent over 40 million US dollars on the rehabilitation of
old infrastructure in an effort to prevent pollution (Daily Mail 20).
Nevertheless, Nchanga has now leaked again, polluting the Kafue River with heavy metals
and temporarily disrupted water supply. In a statement, KCM explained that the spill was
caused by a power outage, which led to the failure of the pumps at its Muntimpa tailings
disposal site (Daily Mail 15). Immediately after the power outage, the concentrator and the
tailings leach plant were stopped and the matter was reported to relevant authorities – and all
the samples taken proved to be within the allowable parameters, reads the statement.
KCM is owned by the London-listed Vedanta Resources of India (79.4%) and ZCCM-IH
(20.6%). It received widespread praise by the end of 2010 for its announcement to list on the
London Stock Exchange followed by the Lusaka Stock Exchange – although the mining gi-
ant later postponed its listing to 2011. Now, the praise has died down.
Chingola MP Joseph Katema (PF) and Nchanga MP Wylbur Simuusa (PF) requested that
the government intervene in KCM’s quest to reap abnormal profits at the expense of local
residents and the environment (Post 15).
We will, said Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources permanent secretary
Lillian Kapulu: The government, through the ECZ, “will be monitoring KCM and other
mines to ensure they don’t pollute the environment” (Daily Mail 20). And, added ECZ execu-
tive director Paul Banda, we “are going to take action” against the company.
We doubt it, said “some government officials” (Post 15), who pointed out that the vice-chair-
man of ECZ – which has no chairman currently – is Frederick Bantubonse, who is also the
general manager of the Chamber of Mines of Zambia. In the former capacity he is pushing
for stricter laws on environmental pollution. In the latter he is pushing for leniency.
Kariba floodgates to open
The Zambezi River Authority will open two spillway gates at Kariba Dam, one fully
and another at half capacity, on 22 January 2011 to discharge a total of 3000 m3/s
in order to keep the lake levels within the operational range. The authority advised
the general public and the communities living along the Zambezi River to take the
notice seriously to avoid loss of life and property caused by flooding.
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 Zambia Weekly News

Minimum wage increased by 56 percent Quotes

Government has increased the minimum wage for non-
unionised workers such as shop assistants from 268,800 to
419,000 kwacha per month with effect from February. Most
monthly allowances have also been increased, including
transport (102,400 kwacha), lunch (120,000 kwacha) and
subsistence (195,000 kwacha). Housing allowance “remains”
“ The majority of countries where the
trade union movement is active,
leaders who work full time as union
at 30 percent of basic wage. representatives are not employees of
any government or private firms. [T]his
Minister of Labour and Social Security Austin Liato said the
allows them not to get insulated by the
ministry arrived at the new wages and conditions of service
government or their employers, which
after consultations with both employees and employers.
is why we don’t allow civil servants to
“[T]he decent wages provided in these statutory instruments

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engage in active politics.
ought not to be so high as to stifle existing businesses, espe-
cially small businesses, or scare away possible investment that Fackson Shamenda, former president of
we need so much to create employment,” Liato said. Zambia Congress of Trade Unions, on
Minister of Labour and Social Security
The government has also for the first time set a minimum wage for domestic workers at
Austin Liato’s call for MUZ president
250,000 kwacha – although Liato cautioned that “[t]his is a minimum for those who cannot
Rayford Mbulu to step down (Post 15)
afford to pay more than that”. Domestic workers will also be entitled to transport allowance of
- see page 2.
102, 400 kwacha, a separation package of one month’s salary for every two years served, annual
leave of 24 days – and work no more than 48 hours per week.
“Despite their importance, domestic workers are the most exploited and abused in the country,
needless to say that they are often overworked and underpaid,” said Liato (Times/Daily 20). “ When we were fighting for indepen-
dence, we would say we would die
for Zambia because we wanted it to
be free, but now you want to die for
Mine union officials receive hefty salaries what? There is no need to die. If you
have a problem, use the ballot and not

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MMD Copperbelt taskforce chairman Joe Malanji has accused top officials at the Mine violence.
Workers Union of Zambia (MUZ) of paying themselves hefty salaries. Apparently, MUZ
Christine Mulundika, a former freedom
president Rayford Mbulu receives 24 million kwacha per month, MUZ secretary general
fighter, and chairperson for Zambia
Oswell Munyenyembe receives 18 million kwacha, while the others get between 10 million
Federation of Associations of Women in
and 15 million kwacha plus other allowances. “Not even permanent secretaries get that kind
Business (Post 15).
of money,” Malanji said. In comparison, the president of the National Union of Miners and
Allied Workers, Mundia Sikufele, earns less than 10 million kwacha per month. Malanji

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explained that on two occasions last year, MUZ had written to Luanshya Copper Mines
to request for advance payments of the mine’s monthly MUZ subscription of 20 million People should not fish in troubled

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kwacha. First, MUZ had asked for 60 million kwacha to cover the union’s statutory member- waters.
ship subscription to its global mother body, the ICEM, for 2008, 2009 and 2010. Then, it had President Banda cautioning politicians
asked for 80 million kwacha to cover Christmas bonuses to MUZ employees. “There is need to not try to gain political mileage on
for their financial reports to be audited regularly,” Malanji said. MUZ refused to comment the Barotseland Agreement (Times 17)
(Times/Daily Mail 20). Recently, Mbulu was barred from contesting the presidency of the - see page 3.
Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) – due to no longer being an employee of Cham-
bishi Metal – whereupon Minister of Labour and Social Security Austin Liato asked Mbulu
to resign from MUZ as well – which he refused.
“ Physical violence is a concept, which
even the apes of the jungle, I’m tempt-
ed to think, have abandoned, so why
should the so-called civilised society
Much more than news! tolerate it? It is my considered view that
those that resort to physical violence
clearly manifest their inability to reason
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 Zambia Weekly This week’s controversy
Now they are trying to blow up filling stations in Barotseland!
When the organisers of the Limulunga meet-
ing about the Barotseland Agreement sched-
uled for 14 January – which had been banned
by the police – insisted that the meeting would
go ahead anyway, it was clear that chaos would
erupt.
Western Province Police Commanding Officer
Peacewell Mweemba put it bluntly: Those who
will defy the police’s order “should be ready
to collide with the law” (Daily Mail 14). And
collide they did!
The police did their utmost to prevent people from reaching Limu-
lunga. Roadblocks were erected, people were searched, and passen-
gers of some minibuses were detained – as there were no women in
the busses. The police also took Mongu’s community station, Radio
Lyambai, off-air for broadcasting materials advocating for the Bar-
otseland Agreement – but more about that later (Post 15).
The activists sang and chanted the Barotseland “anthem” and slogans
while daring the paramilitary police officers fully armed and dressed
in riot gear – saying they were ready to die for a noble cause (Times
15). They pelted stones and other objects at the police, erected bar-
ricades with rocks, logs and burning tires and went on a rampage in
Mongu (Daily Mail 15).
The police used teargas and fired in the air to disperse the crowd,
which it only really succeeded in doing in the afternoon, when it was
joined by the Zambia Army. At that time, however, two people had
been killed and nine were nursing “nasty bullet wounds” (Post 17).
One man was shot dead by the police to prevent him from setting a
filling station ablaze. Initial reports said a child had been killed when
hit by a large stone, but later reports only talked of another man,
found lying dead on Limulunga Road with a deep cut to his body and
with his arms crossed on the chest. The police suspected he had been
killed with a knife or a spear (Daily Mail 16/19). They also confis-
cated an assortment of homemade pangas, machetes, spears, knives
and catapults (Daily Mail 17).
24 people charged with treason
When this round of unrest emerged in the Western Province, it was
instigated by two groups, the Movement for the Restoration of the
Barotseland Agreement – which disassociated itself from this week’s
violence and from the calls for secession – along with the Barotseland
Freedom Movement (BFM). Last week, another group, the Linyun-
gandambo, joined the fracas, and this week saw the entry of yet
another one, the Barotse Patriotic Front (BPF).
The police arrested a total of 131 people (Times 19), including BPF
leader Imasiku Mutangelwa – an incident which some said sparked
the violence – and other leaders of the three groups, the BFM, the
Linyungandambo and the BPF.
The police also picked up former Barotse Ngambela (Prime Minister)
and former MP under Kaunda, Maxwell Mututwa, who despite his
92 years was said to be the “commander” of the three groups (Daily
Mail 19).
All the arrested people were transferred to Lusaka to be dealt with by
the Director of Public Prosecution – who, so far, has charged a total
of 24 people with treason, including Mutangelwa, Mututwa and a
police officer in Lusaka, Maybin Mubita Sikwa. The 24, while acting
with other unknown people in Lusaka, Senanga and Mongu districts,
endeavoured or prepared to forcibly procure
the establishment of a Barotseland State in
Western Province sometime between 1 Oc-
tober 2010 and 14 January 2011 (Daily Mail/
Times/Post 20).
The lawlessness in Limulunga and Mongu
was condemned by everybody – including first
president Kenneth Kaunda, one of the signa-
tories to the Barotseland Agreement. He did
not, however, as some people had hoped for,
provide a magic solution to the problem – but
said he was certain there was capacity in the
government to handle the matter.
Problems caused by lack of development
Everyone agreed the violence had gotten out of hand. “I am very sorry
that lives were lost,” President Banda said. But the government and
its supporters blamed the opposition for having fuelled the violence
by encouraging the restoration of the Barotseland Agreement (Times
17). The opposition, on the other hand, blamed the government for
having overreacted (Post 16/18/19). It should have let the meeting go
ahead, critics argued: Now, it must engage in dialogue with all stake-
holders, including the irate groups in Western Province.
Both the president of United Party for National Development
(UPND), Hakainde Hichilema (Monitor & Digest 18-24), the
interim president of National Restoration Party (NAREP), Elias
Chipimo Jr (Post 14) – and General Malimba Masheke, former prime
minister under Kaunda and former Zambia Army Commander said
the dissatisfaction in the Western Province is genuine – and that the
Barotseland Agreement could form a basis for devolution of powers
to Western Province and other regions of Zambia.
Continued next page →
Would oil alter western power balance?
The government has awarded the first oil exploration licence
– to the Barotse Petroleum Company (BPC) – after the
company paid all fees as outlined in the statutory instruments.
BPC has been awarded the right to explore for oil and gas
in two blocks in the Western Province. Two other Zambian
companies have successfully gone through the bidding round:
Majetu (two blocks in North-Western Province) and Chat
Milling Company (Kafue Basin in Southern Province). Three
foreign companies have joined them: Petrodel Resources of
the UK (Western Province), GB Petroleum also of the UK
(Western Province) and Exile Resources of Canada (Eastern
Province). Minister of Mines and Minerals Development
Maxwell Mwale said he is confident that the other successful
bidders will follow suit in paying their fees to obtain their li-
cences. The government expects BPC to move into the blocks
as soon as the rainy season is over. A total of 41 blocks have
been demarcated for oil and gas countrywide, of which 7 have
been reserved for government (Times/Daily Mail 15).
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 Zambia Weekly This week’s controversy
Barotseland continued....
“The complaint which people in Western Province are putting
forward is because of poverty and neglect of the province. There are
no factories, no jobs. When people leave schools, they have nothing
to do. Mr. Rupiah Banda and his ministers that come from Western
Province have blood on their hands,” said Masheke.
Nonsense, retorted government spokesperson Dora Siliya (Times 18):
“The government has given one of the largest investments to Western
Province in form of the 1.2 trillion kwacha Mongu-Kalabo Bridge.”
MMD minister goes his own way
They are right, said – interestingly – Minister of Community Devel-
opment and Social Services Michael Kaingu (MMD). The problem
in Western Province has been poverty and unemployment, and most
youths have had no forum to express themselves – which is why they
took to the streets, Kaingu said (Daily Mail 18).
Together with Minister of Western Province, Sikwibele Mwapela, he
held a post-mortem meeting with about 20 high-ranking people from
Mongu to discuss the violence (Sunday Post). According to “sources”
(Daily Mail 17), some of the attendees at the meeting – most of
whom were members of the two opposition parties, the Patriotic
Front and the Alliance for Democracy and Development – had de-
manded for secession, which angered the BRE, who therefore asked
Kaingu to leave the province.
Kaingu had also organised broadcasts on Radio Lyambai in which
“alarming sentiments bordering on treason” were aired – according to
the Daily Mail, although Kaingu said the broadcasts told the govern-
ment to withdraw police from the Western Province, because he did
not believe the police and army were the best solution to peace. He
defended himself saying he was trying to broker peace in the Western
Province – through dialogue with those who are fighting for seces-
sion.
Of course we won’t withdraw the police and the army, said Minister
of Home Affairs Mkhondo Lungu. Not until calm is fully restored in
the district. He warned that his ministry was investigating the reports
that “some senior government officials” were involved in the confusion
in Mongu – and that the law would take its course.
Discussions - but no negotiations!
Once again the government reiterated that the Western Province
will remain part of Zambia. Banda emphasised that the Barotseland
Agreement is not to be negotiated but that the government is discuss-
ing it with the BRE – which has disassociated itself from the calls for
secession, although it did criticise that the Barotseland Agreement
had not been included in Zambia’s new draft constitution in 2010.
However, the unrest is not over yet. On the night of 19 January, police
apprehended 23 people for attempting to overthrow Lozi sub-chief
Mufaya of Kaoma district. The group wanted to replace him with a
Mr Patrick Muyani, who is believed to be Nkoya. Inspector Gen-
eral of Police Francis Kabonde said the unfolding events in Western
Province are a source of worry to the Zambia Police as they are to the
nation (Daily Mail 20).
FIGURES: TAZARA debt
China has cancelled 50% of the 150 million US dollar debt owed
to it by the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Daily Mail 20).
Barotseland - according to commentators
Interim president of the National
Restoration Party Elias Chipimo Jr:
The reason that so much heat has been generated over the Bar-
otseland Agreement is no doubt a reflection of a lack of national
leadership to guide the debate. This is a controversy that should
never have escalated to the levels that it has. The Barotseland
Agreement is a document that forms an important part of
our history and cannot simply be wished away. It nevertheless
seems to generate on the one hand, fears of secession among
those that have no roots in Western Province and on the other,
rancour among those within it that feel they have been ignored
by successive government administrations for far too long. These
concerns are real and reflect an anger and anxiety that exists in
nearly all rural communities in Zambia. The idea behind it [the
Barotseland Agreement] may in fact offer a viable, alternative
development planning mechanism for rural communities that
could be extended to all areas where traditional authorities have
a major role to play. We are not likely to succeed in this unless
we can finally elect this year, a government that truly has a heart
for the people (Post 14).
Freedom fighter, first minister of local
government and MMD patron Sikota Wina:
The sharing of the national cake has always created big divisions
(...), but Barotse province though badly hit by lack of investment
such as mines and other mass employment projects can still rec-
ognise that it receives a fair share of the national cake as recently
demonstrated by the President Rupiah Bwezani Banda’s commis-
sion of Mongu-Kalabo Road and the Senanga-Sesheke Road. As
a veteran politician and one of the founding fathers of the nation
I appeal to the people of Zambia to reject the return to tribe. [I]
t will be utter madness to think that if we break up this Repub-
lic into tribal components we can turn those into nation states
(statement from 26 November 2010 published in Times 18).
Lusaka Lawyer Christopher Mundia:
At Independence, we allowed Dr Kaunda from Northern
Province to rule Zambia for 27 years and united as Zambi-
ans we voted Dr Chiluba into office as the second republican
president. We then voted into power the late president Dr Levy
Mwanawasa from Central, Lusaka and Copperbelt provinces.
Following his untimely death, we elected the current president
from Eastern Province. Looking at this pattern of presidential
elections, it is quite clear that most Zambians would like to
have a system of guided democracy where the presidents will be
rotating according to regions to avoid certain regions being the
masters and the others being the servants. After he [President
Banda] has completed his second term, Zambians under guided
democracy should only vote for a president from any of the
three provinces, namely Western, North-Western and Southern
provinces (Times 19).
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 Zambia Weekly Politics
Political movers: Good riddance!
These weeks the newspapers are awash
with stories about people quitting the
Patriotic Front (PF) to join the govern-
ing Movement for Multiparty Democ-
racy (MMD) – or vice versa. At the end
of 2010, Deputy Minister of Sports,
Youth and Child Development, May-
nard Misapa (MMD), joined the PF
after having resigned – or being fired
– depending on which party tells the
story. In the beginning of January, Paul
Moonga, member of the PF central committee, resigned. Moonga
was suspended by the PF in December. He will soon join a “more
democratic” party. Good riddance, replied the PF. And then there are
the old-timers: George Mpombo (MMD), who has blocked his party
from expelling him, even though he spends most of his time with the
PF, and the many rebel PF MPs, who hang out with the MMD. Last
week, 27 Copperbelt University students from the PF-UPND pact
defected to the ruling party (ZNBC 10). This week, more than 200
PF Kasama members did the same (Daily Mail 18) and PF Kabwe
central constituency secretary Andrew Sinyangwe and his youth vice-
chairperson Lupupa Malama resigned (Times 18). Finally, this week,
Judith Kapijimpanga, MMD chairperson for lands, defected to the
PF (Daily Mail 17), saying she is shocked with the MMD’s stand on
corruption (Post 18). Good riddance, replied the MMD.
Kunda, HH and the PF-UPND Pact
Vice-President George Kunda (MMD) is an eager source of infor-
mation about the political intentions of Hakainde Hichilema, the
president of the United Party for National Development (UPND).
Last year, Kunda claimed HH had agreed to become republican vice-
president in an alliance between the MMD and the UPND – which
Hichilema denied. Now, Kunda is claiming HH has agreed to become
republican vice-president if the PF-UPND Pact assumes power – and
that HH will contest a parliamentarian seat in Siavonga to fulfil the
constitutional requirement of the republican vice-president being an
MP (Daily Mail 14) – which Hichilema denied: “Kunda has a mental
issue,” he said (Monitor & Digest 18-24). Hichilema did however
explain that there is an “impasse” in the pact because the UPND wish
to develop a joint socioeconomic programme before choosing a presi-
dential candidate, whereas the PF wish to do it the other way round.
Church leaders in fertiliser scam
Four church leaders have been arrested for swindling over 400
million kwacha from farmers in Mpongwe on the pretext of
supplying them with fertiliser. The two pastors and two elders
are believed to run a non-governmental organisation, explained
Mpongwe District Commissioner Rasford Bulaya: “They
collected money for the supply of fertiliser as a way of supple-
menting government’s effort to promote agriculture in the
area,” he said. But the clergymen only supplied two truckloads
of Compound D fertiliser to a few farmers (Sunday Mail).
Titbit News
The first mobile hospitals have arrived
The first unit of mobile hospitals have arrived in Zambia.
Minister of Health Kapembwa Simbao said the first batch,
which consists of seven equipped trucks, each fitted with dif-
ferent medical equipment, will be joined by another eight units
by the first quarter of 2011. The mobile hospitals are meant to
reduce the number of referrals of patients from outlying areas
to Lusaka. However, the opposition has claimed the money
would have been better spent putting it into the existing
healthcare service. The mobile hospitals are being supplied by
National Aero Technology Import and Export Cooperation
(China) and paid with a 53 million US dollar (about 252 bil-
lion kwacha) loan from Exim Bank (China). The seven trucks
will remain parked at the Ministry of Health until they have
been commissioned, whereupon they will be distributed to
districts still to be announced. At the same time, the United
States handed over four medical supply delivery trucks worth
560,000 US dollars (about 2.6 billion kwacha) donated to
Medical Stores Limited (Times 14 and Daily Mail 18).
Chinese mine worker shooters behind bars
The Choma Magistrates Court has revoked bail for two
Chinese managers at Collum Coal Mine for contempt of
court. This follows the duo’s failure to appear before court for
mention on 4 January in connection with their shooting of 13
mine workers. Xiao Li Shan and Wu Jiu Hua were arrested to-
gether with their two Zambian sureties, but Magistrate Jacob
Mbolela detached the accused from the sureties, whom he or-
dered to pay 50 million kwacha each or remain in custody for
six months. Mbolela advised that the payment of the recently
paid compensations to the 13 victims could not be used as an
excuse to fail to appear for mention. The Chinese managers’
lawyers argued that mention was slated for 6 January, but state
prosecutor Evans Mbonge pointed out that the accused did
not show up at court on that day either. The duo will remain in
custody until the summary trial comes up in the High Court
(Post 14).
UTH restricts entry
The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has restricted the
entry of people into the premises of the country’s largest refer-
ral hospital. UTH public relations manager Pauline Mban-
gweta said management is concerned about the large number
of people roaming the hospital during day and at night – as
they “pose a challenge in terms of maintaining cleanliness,
order and security within the hospital premises,” she said: “The
move has been taken to, among other things, avoid cross-in-
fection between patients and members of the public, especially
in the rainy season when infectious diseases such as cholera
and other waterborne diseases are experienced,” Mbangweta
added. Visiting hours (06:30-07:30 and 16:30-17:30) are now
to be adhered to strictly – unless there is absolute need to not
do so (Daily Mail 20).
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Plot scam at Lusaka City Council Exchange of the week

Councillors, the mayor and other members of staff of
the Patriotic Front-dominated Lusaka City Council
(LCC) have allocated themselves 91 plots in Lilayi
under questionable circumstances.
According to leaked minutes of the second ordinary
meeting of the Plans, Works and Development
Committee held on 17 November 2010, but read
during the third ordinary meeting on 3 January
2011, the plots were allocated following a land swap
between the LCC and the Lilayi Housing Develop-
ment. The latter had proposed to exchange sub A/915
belonging to LCC with another piece of land within
farm 915. The reason for the swap was that the
developer identified sub A/915 as a suitable site for
construction of storm water retention ponds.
The council was informed that the piece of land comprised 102 residential plots of average
400 square metres valued – by the council – at 40 million kwacha per plot. Only 11 plots were
allocated to members of the public.
After having welcomed back his wife
Christine Kaseba, who had undergone a
non-invasive heart procedure in South
Africa, Patriotic Front (PF) President
Michael Sata duly wrote to thank
President Rupiah Banda – after all her
evacuation was paid for by tax payers.
In his letter – which was publicised by
Sata himself – Sata writes “to express
our profound gratitude to you Your Ex-
cellency and the government including
the staff at the Zambian High Com-
mission in South Africa for the consid-
eration, compassion and care extended
to my wife during the period of her
illness and stay at Milpark Hospital.”

Minister of Local Government and Housing Brian Chituwo has asked the Lusaka town clerk “I am indeed pleased to see that my
to provide him with the justification for these allocations – and said the ministry will correct wife’s life was saved due to the govern-
the matter. ment’s prompt action to evacuate her,”
Sata wrote.
Mayor Daniel Chisenga, whose office was allocated 10 plots, said the decision to allocate the
plots were arrived at during the full council meeting and denied allegations that he was guilty However, he could not help to add that
of any breaches. “I do not have powers as a mayor to allocate myself plots,” he said. However, the government should invest in this
“sources” said the matter was at committee stage and yet to come before a full council meeting. area both in terms of human capital
and equipment “so that access to such
Last year, LCC allocated billions of kwacha towards personal emoluments in breach of the specialist treatment does not continue
Local Government Act (Times 14/20 and Daily Mail 14/18). to be a preserve of the privileged few in
our country”.

Livingstone City Council back in business Banda was far from impressed. In his
reply to Sata he writes that he is “grate-
ful for the words of profound gratitude”
Minister of Local Government and Housing Brian Chituwo has lifted the suspension of Liv-
and that it is his belief “the good values
ingstone City Council. The council was suspended on 18 February 2010 for an initial period
of humanity should rise above political
of 90 days, which was extended twice. “Government decided to suspend the council because
belief and persuasion when we are faced
councillors had set aside their role of providing services and engaged in squabbles,” Chituwo
with matters of human life”.
said. He directed that the elections of mayor and deputy mayor should be held between 14
and 21 January (Times/Daily Mail 14). However, Banda writes, “I have found
it rather disappointing that you have de-
cided to mix the issue of gratitude and
the shortfalls of our health care system
in Zambia. In my view the issue sur-
rounding the evacuation of your wife to
South Africa was an emergency which
should ordinarily not be confused with
the issue of the poor state of our health
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Journalism isn’t always easy! (Dead) bandits in brief

Both the government press (Times) and the private press (Post) had
an opportunity to question their journalistic integrity this week.
Last week, the Times ran a lead story about Patriotic Front (PF) pres- Three bandit shot dead by police in Lusaka
ident Michael Sata’s involvement with the Barotseland Agreement
(see page 3): “Sata admits: I opposed Barotse Agreement”, declared Police have gunned down three bandits who were being tailed
the headline, and the article continued “Sata has admitted having for the theft of household goods worth millions of kwacha
participated in a special committee of cabinet ministers who in 1993 from various shops in Lusaka. The three bandits, Shivini,
recommended to second Republican President Frederick Chiluba that MacLeans and Shimpundu were killed a day after staging
the Barotseland Agreement had expired” (Times 13). two daylight robberies at Kamwala and on Freedom Way in
Lusaka, where they stole 26.5 million and 35 million kwacha,
First of all, this was old news, as Sata’s committee involvement was respectively. The money has not been recovered. The criminals
revealed several days prior. Secondly, Sata had not denied having par- were killed in Lusaka West and police recovered two AK47
ticipated in the committee – although he claimed that he had always rifles, a pistol, ammunition and an axe – and various stolen
supported the Barotseland Agreement – even back then. household goods. Four other suspects were arrested while one
Nonetheless, the Times found it necessary to run another article this is on the run (Sunday Mail).
week – also on its front page – with the headline “Times stands by
Sata U-turn story” and continuing “The Times of Zambia is standing
by yesterday’s lead story that quoted (...) Sata as having admitted he
Five bandits shot dead by police in Ndola
was part of a special committee of ministers (...)” (Times 14). Police have shot dead five bandits who attempted to stage a
daylight robbery in the industrial area – following a tip-off
The Post had its own problems this week. Last week, the newspaper
from members of the public. The five yet-to-be-identified
ran a lead story about former president Chiluba: “Chiluba gets back
robbers, some of which were dressed in police uniforms, were
forfeited properties”, barked the headline, and the article continued
on their way to attack a company in the industrial area – the
“High Court Philip Musonda has ordered the Anti Corruption
company was about to transport money to Chingola. Copper-
Commission to surrender properties to a Panama-registered company
belt Division commanding officer Dr Martin Malama said the
– Tedworth Properties Inc – which Frederick Chiluba used to acquire
criminals opened fire first (Times 18 and Post 19).
the said properties in Lusaka” (Post 12).
The judiciary did not take lightly to the article, which it called “very
malicious, contemptuous and pre-judicial to the court process since
the matter is still active and alive in the court of law” (Post 17). The
judiciary rejected the Post’s claim that Tedworth was a shell-company
used by Chiluba – based on information from the PF.
“The news article in question (...) was grossly misleading and pregnant
with falsehood, in particular it’s screaming headline, which needs to
be corrected. The Zambians would like to know that (...) Chiluba
is NOT a party to any court proceedings before Hon. Judge Phillip
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the newspaper spent the next couple of days attacking it with the help
of various anti-government sources (Post 18/19).

Security guard kills electrician
A worker at NAPSA’s Kalulushi housing project has died after
being shot in the leg by a security guard. The worker, John
Phiri worked as an electrician for a Chinese contractor for the
project. The security guard, Lackson Simwanza, shot at Phiri
who together with other workers were protesting against ill-
treatment by their Chinese boss, whom they accused of using
vulgar language and unfair treatment, paying more money to
workers close to him. When the workers charged towards the
guards, one of them opened fire (Post 19).
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