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 BARELY weeks after a four-year-old of Lusaka drowned in a well while playing with his friend, another four-year-old has also plunged down a well and died. Elvis Simukoko of Lusaka’s Kasupe area fell and drowned in a well while playing with friends. Police say that the incident occurred yesterday around 11:00 hours in Kasupe area […]

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By NATION REPORTER
ITIZENS First (CF) president, Harry Kalaba has urged President Hakainde Hichilema to allow the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) to operate independently and professionally by detaching them from State House.
Mr Kalaba said there was nothing wrong with the ACC investigating him over his properties because it would help him to go into the 2026 elections a cleared man.
Last Monday, ACC officers raided Mr Kalaba’s flats in Lusaka that have been under construction since 2014 and put them under restriction to facilitate investigations.
But Mr Kalaba said he was worried that President Hichilema had politicised the security wings by placing them under his office and that the court of public opinion was doubting the credibility of their investigations.
He was speaking during a special interview on Pan African Radio.
Mr Kalaba said people who were guilty of corruption may remain free because of politics. “Even when the officers from ACC and DEC are conducting a genuine case people may conclude that it’s the President who has sent them after that person because he has been talking a lot against him,” Mr Kalaba said.

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By BENEDICT TEMBO
ZAMBIA Army Commander Lieutenant General Sitali Dennis Alibuzwi has been inducted into the prestigious ‘International Fellows’ Hall of Fame of the United States Army War College, becoming the first Zambian to enter US military stardom.
Lt. Gen. Alibuzwi made the grand entry at an induction ceremony honouring him and Major General Joseph Seelo of the Botswana Defence Force at Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania, USA yesterday.
The 73rd inductee since the hall of fame’s inception in 1988, Gen. Alibuzwi has been recognised for his outstanding military achievements and commitment to leadership. Gen. Alibuzwi joined the Zambia Army in August, 1983 and was commissioned in 1984.
A statement by Zambia Army spokesperson Martin Liyungu said Gen. Alibuzwi has held several command and staff positions, rising through the ranks until he was appointed Zambia Army commander in 2021.
Colonel Liyungu said the United States Army War College was founded in 1901 and has produced notable alumni such as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and outgoing Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari among others. Gen. Alibuzwi is one of 71 students from the class of 2013.
And. Gen Alibuzwi has hailed the US government for its role in the pre-redeployment and training of all Zambian Battalions (ZAMBATTS) in the Central African Republic (CAR).
He stated during his induction that the first uniform used by ZAMBATT 1 in its peacekeeping mission in CAR was donated by the US Army.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the US government and army for its assistance since we first arrived in CAR.”
We received pre-deployment training support from the US Army from ZAMBATT 1 to ZAMBATT8, allowing us to deploy troops who are adequately prepared to carry out assigned missions and tasks,” Gen. Alibuzwi said.
The Zambia Army has participated in several United Nations and African Union-sanctioned peacekeeping missions, and the US Army has been at the forefront of providing medical, civil affairs, peacekeeping, and security training since its inception.
Zambia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Chola Milambo who represented the Zambian government at the ceremony thanked the President Hakainde Hichilema for allowing Gen. Alibuzwi to attend the life achievement ceremony.
Dr Milambo requested the US government to offer more slots to Zambian Defence Force officers at the US War Army College.
Gen. Alibuzwi was accompanied by his wife Stella, officers, and Zambians working in the USA.
Mrs Alibuzwi lauded her husband’s achievement and thanked President Hichilema for the once-in-a-lifetime gesture.
She also urged all Zambians to embrace the accomplishment as it is a national trophy.

 POLICE in Lusaka have arrested two suspects who were found with 119 Zanaco ATM cards and 19 sim cards for Airtel and MTN suspected to have been stolen. The suspects aged between 27 and 37 concealed the ATM cards and Sim cards in a bag which also contained an ATM verification machine and Bank documents. […]

21-YEAR-OLD man of Chaisa Compound in Lusaka has narrated in the Lusaka magistrate court how he stole a bicycle valued at K1, 500 to feed his pregnant girlfriend and mother as he claimed he was the bread winner of the family.
He said he impregnated someone’s daughter and had nothing on him to give her for maintenance and hence he resorted to stealing so that he could have some money for food.
Lameck Mangani Banda appeared before magistrate Sanford Ngobola in a matter he is accused of stealing a bicycle valued at K1, 500 property of Mr Richard Mwila.
It is alleged that on September 7, at around 18:00 hours in Chaisa compound, Mr Mwila left his bicycle behind a certain house and went into a shop. When he came out, he discovered that the bicycle was missing and he immediately reported the matter to the police.
Meanwhile, Banda told the court that the reason why he stole the bicycle was he wanted to sell it so that he could buy food for his lover and mother.
“Am asking the court to have lenience on me, I will never do that again I have learnt my lesson.”
Magistrate Ngobola his plea and said to deter would-be offenders, he will sentence the accused to six months improvement with hard labour.

 A FAMILY of Siavonga has witnessed a dark day after it was forced to bury a leg, being what was left of their relative who was grusomely attacked and killed by a crocodile. Patson Moonga is believed to have gone fishing in lake Kariba on Friday, but unfortunately did not return home. Sadly, yesterday in […]

 OVER 40 bank and mobile money accounts which had balances of about US$19million  and K200million were last year seized by the Drug Enforcement Commission(DEC) on suspicion of being proceeds of crime. During the same period last year, the commission forfeited over K1.3million and US$148,743 to the State at the conclusion of five money laundering court […]

By NATION REPORTER
LEADER of the Opposition in Parliament, Brian Mundubile says the Zambian economy has reached a desperate point where things can only improve if President Hakainde Hichilema physically meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
Mr. Mundubile who is also Patriotic Front (PF) Presidential Candidate, said China would play a key role in Zambia’s debt restructuring. 
“I want to once again call upon His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, to consider visiting China soon,” he said. 
Mr. Mundubile said it was now clear that the UPND would not admit that things were not going as they planned.

He said Zambians would recall that each time Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane spoke, whether on the Floor of the House or outside, he kept on assuring the nation that most of the challenges the country was facing would end once Zambia signed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility (ECF). 
“But things are moving from bad to worse in the economy,” he said. 
Mr. Mundubile cited the unstable exchange rates where the Bank of Zambia had to intervene to stabilize the Kwacha. 
“The way forward is that the process of debt restructuring should be expedited and that cannot be done without the help of China,” he said. 
The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament since Zambia started by ignoring China, there was need to strengthen diplomatic ties with that country and that could only be done at a higher level. 
“His Excellency the President, should he, himself, travel to China. At this stage he cannot send an envoy to go and speak to his Chinese counterpart. He, himself, should negotiate with his counterpart to see how best China can help us restructure our debt going forward otherwise the suffering of the Zambian people will be getting worse by the day,” he said.