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THE Patriotic Front (PF) has asked the Lusaka High Court to set aside the committal proceedings commenced by Miles Sampa against four senior party officials for allegedly ignoring an injunction not to hold themselves out of their positions.

The four PF senior officials include Nickson Chilangwa, the party’s acting deputy secretary general, party acting president Given Lubinda, Mr Raphael Nakacinda, the information and publicity chairperson and Mr Davies Chama the national chairman.

In February. 2023, Judge Timothy Katenekwa granted Mr Sampa an ex-parte order of interim injunction, restraining the said party officials from suspending or expelling him.

In his notice of motion for an interim injunction, Mr Sampa is contending that Mr Lubinda and Mr Chilangwa disregarded the ex-parte injunction he obtained on February 9, 2023 that barred them from acting in their positions until further notice.

He argued that the alleged contemnors must not hold on to their positions as former President Edgar Lungu who appointed them resigned as PF President.

But according to an affidavit in support of notice of motion to set aside leave and committal proceedings filed in Court, Mr Chilangwa has argued that the contempt of court proceedings were incompetently before court.

He contended that the address on the court documents was for the PF party secretariat and not the residential addresses for the alleged contemnors.

He added that the said documents had no description of each alleged contemnors and he was never served with an injunction relating to the matter but became aware of it through social media.

“That the committal proceedings are not competently before this honourable court and fall short of the required standard for such proceedings to take off,” he submitted.

A new nuclear medicine therapy can cure human non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in an animal model, according to research published in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. A single dose of the radioimmunotherapy, [177Lu]Lu-ofatumumab, was found to quickly eliminate tumor cells and extend the life of mice injected with cancerous cells for more than 221 days (the trial endpoint), compared to fewer than 60 days for other treatments and just 19 days in untreated control mice.

Hokkaido University researchers have analyzed the suitability of a smooth, flexible and transparent material used to make model arteries for use in medical teaching and surgical training. Their work is described in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Toronto (U of T) have combined forces to develop a new approach to potentially treat tumor cells, called mechanical nanosurgery, even for aggressive, chemoresistant cancers.

Researchers have found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has improved breast cancer screening performance in community practice and identifies more invasive cancers, compared to digital mammography. In addition, radiologists’ interpretive performance improved with DBT. The results of the study were published today (April 11) in Radiology.

A research team led by the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) with members from Duke-NUS Medical School, KK Women and Children’s Hospital, A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), the University of Southampton and the Alan Turing Institute, has discovered how cancer evades the immune system and metastasizes in the body, and explores how to shut down this dangerous feature.

By NATION REPORTER

BOWMAN Lusambo was on Sunday sneaked out of Lubengele St Pius Catholic Church after it was realized that his safety was not guaranteed when it was discovered that some suspected UPND cadres had stationed themselves at the Church with the aim of ambushing the former Lusaka Province Minister.

And a Catholic Priest on the Copperbelt has called on Zambians not to vote for violent political parties, advising that political violence should never be the modus operand of electioneering for votes from the electorates.

Meanwhile, the Zambia Police have been accused of having refused to approve a permit from the Patriotic Front (PF) for its campaigns for the Chitimukulu Ward by-election in Chililabombwe.

But Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewel Mwemba when contacted said he was not aware about the incident and that according to him, all political parties were conducting their campaigns without restrictions.

Mr Lusambo was sneaked out of Lubengele St Pius Catholic Church after word went round that cadres from a political party had gathered outside the church with the aim of attacking the former Lusaka Province Minister.

The PF team that attended the church service at the Church included Lusambo, Chishimba Kambwili, Richard Musukwa, Richard Kazala, Kitwe Mayor Mpasa Maya and PF Copperbelt chairperson Nathan Chanda among others.

Mr Isaac Chongo, the PF Chililabombwe district secretary said while the PF campaign team was in Church, it was noticed that some cadres from a known political party were mobilsing and gathered outside church.

Mr Chongo explained that the team was to be informed that the group that had gathered outside were afeter Mr Lusambo, at which point it was advised that the former Kabushi Member of Parliament was not safe and had to be whisked out.

“The police had denied to approve out permit to conduct outdoor rallies in Chililabombwe even after assuring us. They crafted all the delaying tactics just to make sure we did not campaign. So, we decided to conduct door-to-door campaigns in Chitimukulu Ward where there is a by-election.”

“But before then our leaders that included Messrs Lusambo, Chishimba Kambwili, Richard Musukwa, Richard Kazala, Nathan Chanda and our Kitwe Mayor Maya among other decided to attach a Chuech service at St Pius Catholic Churcvh.”

While in church, we were informed that our colleagues from the ruling party were mobilizing and had gathered outside the Church. We then realised Mr Lusambo’s safety was not guaranteed and we had to sneak him out of church,” Mr Chongo said.

And Fr Christopher Chowa, the Parish Priest of Lubengele St Pius Chatholic Church says Zambians should never vote for political organisations perpetrating political violence.

Fr Chowa in his homily on Sunday told the congregants and the people of Chililabombwe that those who were employing violence as a means of ascending to leadership should never be tolerated.

Fr Chowa encouraged Zambians irrespective of their political affiliation to remain united and stay clear of any form of violence because the vice would only know to destroy the harmony and peace Zambia has been enjoying.

Meanwhile Mr Lusambo has claimed that the UPND had become so unpopular that the ruling party was resorting to intimidation and violence to maintain their grip to power.

Mr Lusambo said Zambians on the Copperbelt were not only angry with the UPND and had realized that the ruling party was nothing but failed project which should be changed henceforth.

The former Kabushi lawmaker said it had become clear that the police had become an appendage of the UPND and that it was helping the ruling party to campaign instead of policing campaign activities for all political parties.

“The UPND has become so unpopular on the Coppebelt that they know there is no chance of winning the Chitimukulu Ward by-election. So, the Zambia Police has joined in helping the UPND campaign for how can the police tell us how we should manage our campaigns. They decided to limit the number of people into our zones to three officials only…what kind of democracy is that. They told us that my presence, that of Mr Kambwili, Mr Kazala and Mr Musukwa was going to completely obliterate the UPND and we could therefore not be in one place at the same time,” Mr Lusambo said.

By JACKSON MAPAPAYI

NORTH-WESTERN Province Minister Robert Lihefu has claimed that the region has not been affected by the shortage of mealie meal that has suddenly hit most parts of the country and is therefore food secure.

Mr Lihefu said people should not panic but remain calm as there is enough maize in all Food Reserve Agency (FRA) sheds.

This came to light when he toured milling companies in Solwezi and Kalumbila respectively.

He disclosed that to cushion the impact of the shortage of the commodity, the provincial administration has agreed with millers to be offloading over 1, 500 bags of the commodity on a weekly basis.

“Let me take this opportunity to assure the people in the province that the region is food secure and that we have enough stock in our FRA sheds. Therefore, they should not panic, Mr Lihefu told journalists after touring the milling plants in the region.

Mr Lihefu has allayed fears of shortage of mealie meal in the province, saying what was experienced in Solwezi last week was but a hiccup in the distribution network of millers.

And Mutanda General Manager Joseph Kapila assured the minister that the company is doing everything possible to ensure that it offloads enough mealie meal on the market.

He said the company is trying to cover a backlog of supply both on the Copperbelt and North Western depots by increasing production at its plant.

“So that’s what we are doing so that we satisfy the market, we do not want to let down our customers,” Mr Kapila said.

 A 76-year-old woman of Lusaka’s S.O.S area has died after a dumper truck bucket hit her while scavenging for garbage. Tikulileni Tembo was sadly among other ‘garbage collectors’ at Chingwere dump site where the garbage truck was offloading. In the process of trying to scavenge for garbage while the truck was offloading, she was hit […]

 The highly anticipated Copperbelt Motor Show, the region’s first and largest motoring exhibition, is set to take place from the 5th to the 7th of May 2023 at Garden Court Kitwe. With Professional Insurance stepping in as the title sponsor- powering the show. The event is expected to attract an audience of motor enthusiasts, potential […]