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 AFTER beating his 33-year-old colleague to death on account that he found him with his girlfriend, a 38-year-old Kapiri Mposhi has also died after committing suicide by taking a pesticide. Shaft Kasaila, in fear of realising that he beat Bupe Chitambo to death, drank a pesticide. Mr Kasaila was then admitted to the hospital, but […]

IN order to achieve a zero tolerance to corruption there is need to address all the loopholes that those who abuse the trust and steal from the people can hide their assets, Anti-Corruption Commission Director General Thom Trevor Shamakamba has said.

Mr Shamakamba said this when he officiated at the training workshop for Law Enforcement Agency’s (LEAs) and other ACC stakeholders in financial investigations organized by Basel Institute.

He said the training has come at the right time when the focus globally has shifted from conviction-based forfeiture to non-conviction-based forfeiture.

Mr Shamakamba said non-conviction-based forfeiture was less costly and stolen assets could be returned to their rightful owners who were the citizens in a fair and effective manner.

He said Asset recovery also deprives criminals from enjoying their ill-gotten wealth.

Mr Shamakamba the training this would highlight key areas of asset recovery which were critical in the corruption fight.

He also said ACC was grateful to Basel Institute on Governance and the Commonwealth in building the capacity and help in asset tracing.

And British High Commissioner, Nicholas Woolley said Zambia has renewed its commitment to fighting corruption and there was need to see progress and implementation.

He said the fight against corruption should focus not only on the past, but also the present and the future.

Mr Woolley also said interagency cooperation was of course essential, because the agencies must look at crimes from inception to prosecution from different perspectives, with all the links in the chain working together.

He said there was need for cooperation at the national, regional, and international levels.

KITWE Mayor Mpasa Mwaya has urged contractors who are being contracted to carry out various projects to ensure that they deliver professional and quality works to gain and hold the confidence of the government and the public.

Ms Mwaya said local contractors should strive to deliver projects to the expectations of the government, which was the custodian of the funds being released for Constituency Development Funds (CDF), Local Government Equalisation Funds (LGEF) projects and others

She said this when Kitwe City Council handed over an ablution block at Kawama market which was constructed using the LGEF at a cost of K414, 537

Ms Mwaya said the construction of the ablution block was a response to the directive by President Hakainde Hichilema for all local authorities to prioritise the construction of ablution blocks in markets

And Kamatipa Ward Councillor Fewdays Kapembwa said he was elated by the handover of the ablution block to marketeers and urged them to guard the facility jealously

Mr Kapembwa said the ablution block was the first ever toilet since the formation of the market and that it will go a long way in providing sanitary conditions for marketeers

China on Tuesday said it has been “open and transparent” in the search for the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and dismissed U.S. criticism as politicizing the issue.

By RUTH YAMBAYAMBA

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala has announced that Zesco has reached 80 percent in the power connections program.

Mr Kapala said, the government’s aim was to complete installing poles by January 2023, but due to the change of suppliers of the electric poles, this has caused delay for the installation process.

He noted that, despite the heavy rains Zesco has managed to install electrical poles in most parts.

“I can confirm that we are almost 80 percent done with the outstanding connections from 2014 to date. Remember there was some push back on the contract on the supplier of poles from Zimbabwe, South Africa and the procurement process delayed by now we should have reached even 100 percent.

“This is an on-going exercise, I am sure we will be able to dismantle the backlog despite the heavy rains that we are experiencing,” he said.

The minister said “Zesco is supposed to react after the payments so that many people can be connected as soon as possible.

By DELEEN CHISANGA CHASAYA

Cholera remains a worldwide risk and is a threat to our health. Zambia is experiencing a Cholera outbreak in Vubwi,  Eastern province.

Acute diarrhoeal disease called Cholera is contracted by consuming food or water that has been contaminated with the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. A severe case of acute watery diarrhoea and severe dehydration can result from the exceedingly hazardous disease, Cholera.

After consuming contaminated food or water, symptoms may appear between 12 hours to for 5 days. If left untreated, Cholera can kill both adults and children within hours.

Despite the fact that Vibrio cholerae is present in people’s faces for one to 10 days after infection, the majority of people who contract the infection do not exhibit any symptoms. This indicates that the bacteria are released into the environment where they may infect new victims.

In many cases, Cholera can be predicted and avoided. It can eventually be eliminated where there is access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities, as well as proper hygiene practices, is provided and maintained. This means that we must always use clean water when cooking, cleaning, or washing.

Here are a few tips to consider when preventing the deadly disease:

Drink safe water

Use clean toilets

Bath clean water

Boil and cook food properly

Keep food covered

Eat food hot

Wash your hands with soap and water before and after using the toilet

Wash your hands with soap and water  before and after eating

Wash your hands with soap and water  regularly

Peel fruits and vegetables

Avoid raw vegetables

Clean up your environment-before and after use

The Ministry of Health has put in place a number of activities to respond to the outbreak. One way is the Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCV) which are the most effective strategy to prevent the deadly disease. OCVs are safe and effective, and while they are only one tool in a much wider toolkit that includes sustainable clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, they serve as an important bridge to these longer-term initiatives.

Good Food Hygiene and Health Education are also other means of preventing Cholera. During the daily 19 hours news on ZNBC, there is a Cholera advert that runs which gives Health Education on Cholera. They say knowledge is power and that is why it is very important to share the little knowledge you have with your neighbor especially if it concerns health. Always listen and be proactive.

Communities should be reminded of basic sanitary practices. These include always washing hands with soap after defecation and before handling or eating food, as well as safe food preparation and storage. Remember to keep clean at all times everywhere.

Let’s share information and save lives together. Be your brother’s keeper. Stay safe.

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The author is a Senior Health

Promotion Officer

Ministry of Health-Headquarters Dept: Health Promotion, Environment and Social Determinants

Unit: Health Promotion Phone No.: +260 953 268090

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

NATIONAL team coach Avram Grant is back home to consolidate preparations for the AFCON qualifiers after taking time to check on some foreign-based players to align their club duties with his plans for the national team.

FAZ president Andrew Kamanga said Grant had also taken time to follow local players during league matches and some training sessions.

Kamanga said the Chipolopolo technical bench will be expected to roll out their programme soon.

“We know that there are anxieties around the Chipolopolo AFCON campaign which resumes next month.

“The technical bench will be expected to roll out their programme soon. It was always known that there would be a FIFA window for friendly matches before the AFCON qualifiers, which is why we made sure the team was engaged most of last year,” Kamanga said.

Kamanga said with foreign leagues fully active and the local league in full swing it is almost impossible to organise any sort of international match for the Chipolopolo ahead of their back to back AFCON qualifier against Lesotho.

He however appealed to the fans to turn up in numbers at Ndola’s Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on March 23 for the home match against Lesotho.

Meanwhile, Kamanga reaffirmed the association’s commitment to provide the U23 team with quality preparations before they take on Egypt like it had done with the FIFA Women’s World Cup-bound Copper Queens that will play Republic of Korea in a friendly confirmed for the April FIFA window.

On Sunday, Under-23 national team coach Osward Mutapa announced a 30-member provisional squad that will face Egypt in next month’s final 2023 U-23 AFCON qualifier matches.

“It is our established practice that we give the teams quality preparations for major tournaments,” Kamanga said.

Zambia, who qualified to the last round after beating Sierra Leone 2-1 on aggregate will play Egypt in the first leg of the decider on March 20 before hosting the North Africans in the return fixture scheduled for March 26.

“I could see a mixture of light but had no idea what was in front of me,” the 28-year-old said. “It was as if somebody had put frosted glass over my eyes.”

“We never expected this. We weren’t even looking for it,” lead study author Dr. Stanley Hazen, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Prevention at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute.

California’s coronavirus emergency officially ends Tuesday, nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order and just days after the state reached the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths related to the virus.