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By NATION REPORTER

THE Constitutional Court judgement that has declared Lusambo and Malanji as being eligible to recontest their Kabushi and Kwacha seats respectively has not just embarrassed the UPND administration but has also vindicated the Socialist Party for backing the candidates for the Patriotic Front (PF) who were unjustly barred by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), Frank Bwalya has said.

Mr Bwalya, the Socialist Party spokesperson said the UPND should apologise for insulting the collective intelligence of Zambians in the manner they conducted themselves over Kabushi and Kwacha by-elections.

Healthy dogs and cats could be passing on multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs; bacteria that resist treatment with more than one antibiotic) to their hospitalized owners, and likewise humans could be transmitting these dangerous microbes to their pets, according to new research being presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark (15-18 April).

By NATION REPORTER
THE tribal utterances attributed to individuals linked to the Sugilite scandal in Mansa is factually incorrect and unacceptable, Cornelius Mweetwa has said.
Mr Mweetwa, the UPND spokesperson says the ruling party was not sure who made those utterances in the group among which was Mwense Town Council Chairperson Stephen Chikota.

 THE Ndola church Diocese Benjamin Phiri has called on the church and well-wishers at large to help mobilise aid both monetary and in kind for tropical cyclone Freddy victims in Malawi. Bishop Phiri said the donation should be done on the Fourth Sunday of Lent which falls on March 19th. Malawi has been hit with […]

A symposium aiming to provide a better understanding of the tumor microenvironment, immune tolerogenic niches at cancer initiation, and novel immunotherapeutic strategies in head and neck cancer patients was featured at the 52nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the AADOCR, held in conjunction with the 47th Annual Meeting of the CADR. The AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting & Exhibition took place at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland on March 15-18, 2023.

 POLICE in Sinazongwe have launched a man hunt for a man aged between 25 and 35 who was caught read handed sexually abusing a three-year-old boy from the anus. Choolwe, whose other name is not known was caught red handed by the toddlers auntie around 21:00 hours on Thursday last week. After being caught, the […]

 A 71-year-old man of South African descent has been found dead in the drivers seat of his car which was parked at the side of the road along Great North Road in Mkushi, Central Province. Daniel Teodorus Ver Den Berg , who is also the branch Manager for SARO Agro Industry in Mkushi is believed […]

Dear Editor,

THE report of the Youth Day celebrations characterised by violence in Kitwe is unacceptable in our democratic space (Daily Nation, March 13, 2023).

It is my sincere belief that political violence is perpetrated with impunity by ruling party cadres. This is because they enjoy the political insurance against arrest.

We will never accept politics of retribution and vengeance no matter the cost involved.

Youth Day is a prescribed national day and should be open to all. It is not a day for the ruling party cadres to show off their party regalia and go on violent rampage against their opponents.

The youth who want to fight, the doors are open to join boxing and the recently launched martial wresting.

As peace loving Zambians, we shall never stop condemning any form of violent behavior because there is no justification for it.

The fact that some of the cadres have just been pardoned from prison does not mean expressing their gratitude by beating the opposition party cadres.

Whenever I see ruling party cadres to take fists and machetes, just know that they have exhausted their ideological weaponry and the best way of pushing people into silence. It is a terrible mistake.

The state and its agents like the ruling party cadres who are informally commissioned, can take everything such as cars and properties, but must never attempt at grabbing the freedom of thought and expression. These are sacrosanct.

The youth who think greatness comes at the expense of making others small through punches are ideologically empty. Bally must fix them.

The Lord of Lords and King of Kings, Jesus Christ advised his disciples that the best way to greatness is just serve others. Once the followers see your leadership is not self-service, they return the service to you both in quality and quantity.

MIKE CHUNGU.

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how she was defiled and impregnated by two men of Matero Township.

The teenager told magistrate Chrispin Hampungani that the two men threatened her with a knife and took turns to defile her. 

She was testifying in a matter in which a 27-year-old Lusaka man is facing one count of defilement of a child. While his co-accused is on the run.

When the matter up for commencement of trial, the teenager told the court that eight months later, that’s when she discovered that she was pregnant through a neighbour who came to on check her.

“On July 23, 2021, I was called by my father to go and buy school shoes. We went to Mandevu junction and we found the price of the shoes were high. Daddy told me to go back home and on my way back home; two men approached me and told me to go to a certain grandmother’s place who is not related to me.  I don’t know the place but I know the house. I didn’t know these men and they convinced me by calling me by my name. I started walking with them and they said dad will find me at that house,” she said.

She said when she arrived, she found the grandma at the door and she greeted her, she never knew her.

“The grandma told me to enter and one of the guys followed me in a room and closed the door. The other guy and the grandma remained outside.

Inside that room I was told to remove my clothes and he removed a knife saying he will stab me if I screamed and had sex with me.  The other one also came and they both used me and escorted me,” she said.

The victim told the court that she never told anyone about what happened and only discovered that she was pregnant when the pregnancy was eight months.

“When we left the grandma was not outside. They left me at a junction to Matero East. When I reached home, I didn’t tell anyone. The following day I told my mother’s sister that I was scared because there were some people who wanted to kill me, I didn’t tell her the reason.  I came to discover I was pregnant after eight months when I stopped having my period. I later gave birth to my child on March 3, 2022 at Matero level one hospital.

The victim’s mother testified that she discovered that her daughter was pregnant after her neighbour touched her stomach and confirmed that she was indeed expecting.

By NATION REPORTER

THABO Kawana says President Hakainde Hichilema never promised to reduce the price of mealie meal to as low as K50 while in opposition and has pledged a K200, 000 reward to any Zambian or journalist who is going to produce a video or audio of the head of State making such a promise.

Mr Kawana, the Ministry of Information and Media Director and Spokesperson has said at no time did President Hichilema promise Zambians that he would upon becoming president reduce the price of a 25kg bag of mealie meal to K50.