Chali Mulenga

  THE Livingstone Magistrate's court has sentenced three Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) employees for stealing ZESCO cables to three years imprisonment with hard labour. This is in a case Sianga Sianga, 40, Lawson Chimbwali, 37, and Likando Siyauma, 36, of house numbers, 538 Nahumba road, 2613/4533 Dambwa North and Libuyu Extension respectively in Livingstone, all are charged with theft by public servant. On the date between March, 1 and July, 30, 2020 in Livingstone, being public servants of ZESCO as an Technologist, Electrical Technician and linesman respectively jointly and whilst acting together did steal 333.6 metres of bare copper conductor valued at K133,051 which came into their possession by virtue of their employment, the property of the ZESCO. In sentencing the trio, chief resident magistrate Exnobert Zulu said they should have thought about their families before committing this offense. Magistrate Zulu said the loss of their jobs is as a r...

THE Livingstone magistrate's court has a-45-year hospital porter to 24 months imprisonment with hard labour for making three fake COVID-19 certificates for international travellers. This is in case Moses Kambole of house number 27 Nakatindi Township, Livingstone, was charged with three counts of making a false documents by the police, however the charges were substituted by the court to forgery. This was after the court analysed the ingredients of the case. On February 15 and 16 this year in Livingstone, Kambole with the intention to defraud he made a forged three medical certificates for international travel, with serial numbers 05-0131944, 05-0131945 and 05-0151956, they were purporting to show that it was issued by ministry of health when in fact not. And in sentencing Kambole, chief resident magistrate Exnobert Zulu said Kambole’s conduct is unacceptable as COVID 19 was deadly disease and he put a lot of people at risk of infections by forging the certificates because of...

  CHALI MULENGA Livingstone   “Having a vision when undertaking a business is paramount in the growth of any business interest,” attests a determined 47-year-old Clement Banda, a Kupempha Mwanzeru General Dealers proprietor.   In a spirit of Zambia being a land of possibility beyond ones geographical heritage, Banda born and bred in Katete District of the Eastern Province is now a household entrepreneur in the Southern Province. Married since 1999 and graciously blessed with five children, Mr. Banda’s Kupempha Mwanzeru General Dealers specializes in manufacturing peanut butter and milling maize into Zambia’s staple food-mealie meal.   “Though, I produce quality peanut, I am still waiting for Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, through the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) to help me break through into international market. I had made the initial linkages but the ZDA has not been very helpful in ensuring that I get my produce outside the country,” an imp...