Chali Mulenga

ZAMBIA Institute of Chartered   Accountants (ZICA),president Cecilia Zimba says the accounting profession plays a strategic role in reigniting the national and   global economies amidst COVID 19. Ms Zimba said accountants are now firmly established as strong change agents   and   advocates   in   both   the   public and   private   sectors amidst COVID 19.     She said this at the pre-annual general meeting workshop held at Falls Park Mall under the theme “reignite and restart in the new normal–refuse to lose”. “Accountants are at the centre of the drive for sustainability which is now at the core of recovery in the era of COVID 19,” Ms Zimba said. She said there is need to reflect on the life- changing impact of covid-19. Ms Zimba said ZICA appreciates the distinctive ability for humans to be able to adapt in order to survive. She said amidst the fear and uncertainty occassioned by COVID 19 on lives a...

  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...