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INSIDE THIS EDITION

Star scorer Patson Daka gets diplomatic hats off Pg 38

DIASPORA POLICYMinistry of Foreign Affairs Lusaka Pg 16

The President of the Republic of Slovenia H.E Borut Pahor and Prime Minister Marjan Sarec in January hosted Ambassadors accredited to Ljubljana. Zambia’s Ambassador Mr Anthony Mukwita and spouse Elaine Mukwita were among the guests representing Zambia at the auspicious annual occasion.

Botswana has a new Ambassador to Germany H.E ...with her Zambian spouse an Anglican priest based in Canterbury. Ambassador Anthony Mukwita joined others to welcome her in Berlin.

During his recent visit on duty in Lusaka in 2019, H.E Ambassador Anthony Mukwita had an opportunity to visit President Edgar Lungu’s Principal Private Dr Simon Miti in his office at State House. Dr. Miti is a crucial cog in the State House wheel.

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Contents

Nuclear technology coming – Malanji

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…..technology transfer contributes to improvement of lives

Zambia to Host UN SDGS Regional Secretariat

President Edgar Lungu wins City Fathers plaudits

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You are an ambassador – Mukwita tells Katebe…envoy elated by German-based Katebe’s participation in the Berlin half marathon

Publish your literary works – Zambia challenged

Zambia: Lets Explore….5 reasons to visit Zambia now

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President Edgar Lungu calls for patriotism Pg 16

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INSIDE THIS EDITION

Star scorer Patson Daka gets diplomatic hats off Pg 10

Ambassador Anthony Mukwita presents credentials to Slovak President H.E Andrej Kiska Pg 22

President Edgar Lungu and Ambassador Anthony Mukwita

“Patriotism demands that we always speak well of our country. Let us be

the best Ambassadors of our moth-erland at home and abroad. I can-not emphasize this point enough. Fellow Zambians, let us be proud of our land, our identity, and our home. We may not all appreciate how it feels to have no sense of belonging. Therefore, let us stand proud of our motherland. Indeed, stand and sing of Zambia, proud and free.”

This was the earnest appeal made by Republican President, His Excel-lency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu to Parliament when he gave a progress report to the nation on the applica-tion of national values and princi-ples.

The President said that every Zam-bian had a lifelong commitment of making the nation a better place and

emphasized the need for unity of purpose in pursuit of common goals that aimed at benefitting the coun-try, stating that the challenges that were being faced as a nation could only be addressed in unity.

The President expressed joy that many citizens were increasingly embracing selfless devotion to the nation as evidenced by the support government was receiving from various citizens in a number of areas such as epidemic control, disaster management and caring for the un-derprivileged.

And President Lungu has urged Zambians to embrace the buying and use of Zambian products.

He stated that under the proudly Zambia campaign, government was working with the private sector to promote the buying and use of Zam-bian products.

President Edgar Lungu calls for patriotismAs he urges citizens to stand and sing of Zambia, proud and free

BY SMART EAGLES REPORTER

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

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He said that if Zambians themselves did not stand proud and support products from their own natural resources, no one else would.

“If we as Zambians do not stand proud and support products from our own nat-ural resources, who will? Who will con-sume the products from our local pro-ducers? Who will stimulate our industries to grow and create the much-needed jobs? It is only ourselves.” he said.

And the President called for patriotism among local contractors and announced that Government was providing training to local contractors to enable them de-liver high quality infrastructure and also to inculcate a sense of patriotism. He an-nounced that in 2018 alone 1,920 con-tractors underwent the training.

He encouraged local contractors to em-brace the culture of hard work and good business ethics. He stated that Govern-ment has invested heavily in various in-frastructures across the country for ac-celerated development and improved the livelihoods of the people. He commis-sioned the entire citizenry to guard jeal-ously and take great are of the infrastruc-ture by shying away from vandalism.

The President took time to urge citizens to participate in the commemoration of national days of historic importance such as Independence Day and Africa free-dom day as well as to observe the day of national prayer, reconciliation, fasting and repentance.

He called for promoting of national sym-bols such as the national flag, the nation-al anthem, the coat of arms, the national motto and the public seal. He stated that stakeholder sensitization on the impor-tance of respecting the national symbols continued to be undertaken.

President Lungu called on everyone to embrace the a spirit of constructive and progressive dialogue at all levels stat-ing that government would not relent in promoting unity but that citizens equally need to play their part in ensuring that a united Zambia is attained.

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We believe if President Lungu’s government rose to the occasion, the development

would go down as one of the mile-stones the pro-poor President has undertaken since taking up office.

This is because of the number of lives that would be saved once the rehabilitation occurs compared to the astronomical number of people dying presently from this non-com-municable silent killer called cancer.

The International Agency for Cancer Research (IACR) is clear on how seri-ous the scourge is in Zambia citing some 12,000 recorded cases annu-ally and rising.

The IACR also states as a matter of fact that some 7,500 Zambian patients, almost 8,000 die annually from cancer.

When one sees 7,000 deaths, one tends to dismiss it as alright, be-cause after all, there is about 17 million Zambians in the country. But that is wrong thinking. Especially since these deaths occur every year like clockwork and remedy is staring us right in front of our eyes.

One lost Zambian life is one too many from one particular disease,

so 7,000 lives annually is unfathom-able.

This is why we thank President Lun-gu for having started a health revo-lution through his keep fit regime that has gained huge traction from among Zambia that now see exer-cising in order to avoid non-commu-nicable diseases as a good habit. He deserves commendation for this im-portant keep fit regime that has now grown into a fad.

We beseech our dear President and his government to critically look at the Austrian offer to upgrade our cancer centre and save lives that are currently being lost needlessly.

We can only gain from the upgrade

and rehab because we stand to cure others in the region due to our cen-tral location at a fee.

Money spent saving lives is money well spent and our President will be fondly remembered for that as he will be for many other great things since assumption of office.

We are competitively located for such a venture surrounded by eight countries in the sub-region.

Zambia has been known to lead on various regional issues such as poli-tics and the liberation struggle.

This cancer war is a war that could earn our country and President Lun-gu a special place in the history of Zambia and the region.

We could save tax payers money and earn our country a reputation of being a ‘health destination’ the way India and South Africa next door is.

In the local parlance, we would like to say “BOMA iyanganepo and make cancer history”.

We know our President resents a needless loss of lives where they can be reduced or totally halted. Look at what he has done for cholera; from hundred deaths in 2018 to zero deaths in 2019 after Presidential in-tervention.

It is also shocking to see that ef-fectively, more Zambians are dying from cancer today than they are from malaria if Ministry of Health statistics are anything to go by.

We must not procrastinate where a life-saving solution exists and we have a leadership that is caring un-der President Edgar Lungu.

There is need to look closely at the AME Austria solution.

*The author is the Ambassador of Zambia in Germany*

Action call against cancer in Zambia In April our mission here in Berlin issued a statement discussing the possibility of President Edgar Lungu’s government partnering with the Vienna-based global health logistics firm AME International that seeks to rehabilitate and upgrade our Cancer Diseases Hospital at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka.

FROM THE AMBASSADOR’S DESK

Ambassador Anthony Mukwita


First Lady Esther Lungu good charity work

The philanthropy work of Zambia’s First Lady Mrs. Esther Lungu is increasingly gaining international traction and goodwill with more and more organisations seeking to partner with her Esther Lungu Foundation.

The latest to be netted into the proverbial ‘gravy train of goodwill’ life-saving work by Mrs. Lungu’s work

is the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine.

According to a statement issued by First Secretary Press at the embassy of Zambia in Berlin, a group of jun-ior medical Doctors calling them-selves ‘Humanitary-Medical Zambia 2019’ have reached out to the Office of the First Lady Mrs. Lungu.

“They have collected up to 250 Kgs of assorted medical equipment such as syringes, masks etc., which are scarce in some rural areas of Zam-bia and asked Ambassador Anthony Mukwita to route the dear donations via the First Lady’s great Foundation

to help save lives,” the statement reads.

Ambassador Mukwita has officially made a humble request to the Es-ther Lungu Foundation to partner with the university to get the medi-cal equipment where it is needed.

The ‘superstars’ in the entire story according to Ambassador Mukwita are five junior doctors that went to great lengths to selflessly collect the equipment.

Their names (in picture flanking H.E Mukwita) Klara Grad, Petra Gregorc, Ushkar Intihar, Andraz Krasevec and Tomaz Sindicic.

The medical faculty of infectious diseases in Slovenia has been send-

ing young Doctors to Nangoma for the last two decades after estab-lishing the relationship via a Slove-nian priest who still lives in Zambia’s Mumbwa area.

Dr Katarina Vincek, a microbiologist told Ambassador Mukwita,” I have never been to a better African coun-try like Zambia.”

H.E Mukwita who is also Ambas-sador to Slovenia was accompanied by spouse Mrs. Elaine Mukwita and Honorary Consul Mr. Damian Zonta, a Slovenian businessman with a ‘big heart’ for Zambia.

H.E Mukwita said this donation could mean the start of a ‘great rela-tionship’ between the First Lady and the university further describing the donation as “priceless”.

Mrs. Lungu’s charity work has re-verberated to several corners of the world and has earned her a good name as it helps lift the poorest of the poor mostly in Zambia.

…wins Slovenian humanitarian love.

First Lady Esther Lungu


The Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Joseph Malanji has said the trans-fer of technology from the

developed world to Zambia was key in President Edgar Lungu’s foreign policy. Mr. Malanji said the Zambian government has decided to bring nuclear technology to Zambia as part of the overall plan to modern-ize and find homegrown solutions to the country’s economic and social challenges.

The minister made the remarks during his visit to Moscow, Russia, following an invitation by his coun-terpart, His Excellency Sergey Rav-

rov. During the visit, the Kwacha lawmaker visited Dubna where he toured a nuclear research center.

“We had to visit the facility to deep-en our appreciation of modern re-search activities in nuclear science which we are seeking for civilian purposes”, Mr. Malanji said.

Zambia has signed an agreement with Rosatom, a Russian company to construct a nuclear research facil-ity in the country. As part of efforts to be ready for the facility once com-pleted, the Zambian government is seeking partnership with the Dubna-based research center to gain an un-

Nuclear technology coming – Malanji…..technology transfer contributes to improvement of lives

Minister of Foreign Affairs Joe Malanji and Ambassador of Zambia to Russia H.E Shadareck Luita

FROM THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS


derstanding of how nuclear research works.

So far, some Zambian government officials have been to Dubna as well as some experts in the nuclear field. Mr. Malanji is visiting as a top policy maker as part of Zambia’s efforts to underscore the importance attached to the program.

In order to ensure that not only nuclear technology is transferred, about 20 Zambian students are cur-rently in Russia studying nuclear sci-ence at under graduate level. Upon graduation, the students are expect-ed to form the backbone of the Zam-bian research facility.

Once experts between Zambia and

the Dubna research center work out the necessary technicalities, it is ex-pected that Zambian experts will be regular visitors to the Russian facility.

The research facility has signed agreements of cooperation with var-ious governments around the world that include those in Europe, Africa and Asia. Zambia is seeking a formal agreement with the institution to for-malize the relationship and benefit from what it has to offer.

“Setting up a nuclear research center is not just an idea we are exploring, it’s a program the Zambian govern-ment has already agreed to proceed with”, Mr. Malanji said emphatically.

The general public associates nu-

clear science with military purposes but the science has contributed to finding solutions to food production, clean drinking water, some forms of cancer, the production of electricity and many civilian problems.

Once set up, the Zambian Nuclear Research facility will lead to the cre-ation of scores of both specialized and non-specialized jobs. It is hoped that a new town will emerge around the facility to accommodate the center employees and their families.

Mr. Malanji was accompanied to Moscow by Ambassador Lombe Chalwe, Permanent Secretary for International Relations and Coop-eration and Industrial Development Corporation, IDC, Chief Executive Officer, Mateyo Kaluba. Zambia’s Ambassador to Russia Shadreck Luwita accompanied the Minister to Dubna to tour the nuclear research center.


My government has contin-ued to recognise the im-portant role that this sec-tor plays and is resolved

to pursuing appropriate policies which are aimed at transforming the agricultural sector into a dynamic, commercial and sustainable sector, capable of meeting the aspirations of our people.

Mr president:, government also rec-ognises the important role that the expo plays in the agricultural calen-dar, as it brings together important players in the sector, such as the pri-vate sector and the farming commu-nity, in general.

I am particularly pleased to note that the ministry of agriculture is taking an active role in bringing together all the stakeholders in agriculture, with a view to resolving the many chal-lenges which have been affecting the sector for sometime now. This is as it should be.

The perennial problems which the agricultural sector has been grap-pling with should now become a thing of the past.

At the official opening of the 2019 AGRITECH EXPO in Chisamba District, Central Province on Friday, 12th April 2019His excellency Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu president of the republic of Zambia,

Today, we gather here with a lot of hope for all players in the agricultural sector, and that of our people. This is bearing in mind that agriculture is one of the priority economic sectors critical to the country’s overall development agenda.

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT


We need to diversify the sector from its current status to a commercial-ised and export-oriented position in order to fully explore its potential.

In terms of agricultural trade, there is a huge demand for agricultural food products, both processed and raw at domestic and regional levels, and beyond.

Going forward as a country, we need to leverage this opportunity by in-creasing production of a wide range of food products that is, crops, live-stock and fish.

Ladies and gentlemen, government will always be ready to facilitate trade with our neighbouring coun-tries such as the democratic repub-lic of congo which has a yawning market for most of our agricultural products.

At this point, i do acknowledge and applaud the important contribution of the many partners that have been participating in this expo every year.

I encourage you to continue ex-changing new and improved agri-cultural technologies for the benefit of all players in the sector.

Our desire, as government, is to see to it that agricultural production and productivity is enhanced through the use of improved technologies. I am gratified to note that this expo is doing just that.

Let me now address the issue of foreign and domestic investment in the country. We have continued to receive foreign direct investment as a result of our steady and resolute commitment to a private sector-led economy, where we guarantee safe-ty for private investors to do busi-ness.

Our focus as government is to en-sure that we provide a suitable regu-latory environment for the private sector to thrive and remain in busi-ness.

The participation of private investors in this agritech expo is testimony to our unwavering commitment.

I am aware that there are many burn-ing policy issues which the zambia national farmers’ union are grap-pling with from season to season.

Your important role of lobbying government and advocating for improved agricultural policies on behalf of farmers is well appreci-ated.

My government stands ready to lis-ten to your concerns through a con-sultative process, which i am confi-dent is now working well between yourselves and the ministry of agri-culture.

I, therefore, wish to implore the ministry of agriculture to expedite the process of consensus building, particularly, in devising pragmatic measures aimed at addressing the challenges which the agricultural sector continues to face.

In doing so, the concerns of both the public and private sector, and indeed the farmers will be adequately rep-resented and considered for action. This will consequently, improve the performance of the agricultural sec-tor in general.

Ladies and gentlemen, improved performance in the sector, calls for joint efforts by government and the private sector, through the implementation of various viable programmes in order to stimulate growth.

You will all agree with me that the

Our desire, as government, is to see to it that agricultural

production and productivity is enhanced

through the use of improved technologies. I am gratified to note that this expo is doing just

that.


agricultural sector requires trans-formation and we have no time to waste. Debates on food shortages in the next few years must be rel-egated to the archives.

There is no doubt that the agricul-tural sector is poised for positive growth, if only we do the right thing.

For us to achieve this, we need to seriously revisit whatever we have done wrong in the past by putting in place viable and sustainable solu-tions for the sector to thrive.

I wish to take this opportunity to implore the minister of agriculture and his permanent secretary to con-tinue ensuring that stakeholders are brought on board to come up with solutions affecting the sector.

I also urge you to ensure that consul-tations are on-going, as challenges

differ from time to time and are dy-namic in nature.

Mr. President, i am aware that the tobacco industry has been faced with a number of challenges arising from archaic regulatory frameworks which now require amendments.

However, i am pleased to note, once again, that the ministry has taken a strong stance towards resolving some of these challenges by engag-ing the concerned stakeholders.

I am confident that lasting solutions will be found in the shortest possi-ble time. The tobacco industry has the potential to increase foreign ex-change earnings for the country.

It is also gratifying to note that live-stock and fish production is an im-portant part of our agricultural diver-sification agenda.

1. Increasing maize production to meet both the domestic and export markets;

2. Stimulating the production of products which have failed to compete with imports owing to the high cost of production;

3. Increasing the maize yield per hectare in particular from the current 1 - 2 tonnes per hec-tare, especially by our small-scale farmers;

4. Intensifying works on re-search and development with regard to combating pests and disease infestation;

5. Promoting climate resilient agricultural practices, espe-cially in light of effects of cli-mate change;

6. Commercialising the produc-tion of other high value crops such as cassava in the spirit of promoting agricultural di-versification;

7. There is also urgent need to ensure that in the next sea-son, inputs are delivered be-fore the onset of rains under the farmer input support pro-gramme (FISP); and

8. With regard to the food re-serve agency (FRA), i expect the ministry of finance to make resources available in time for purchasing the pro-duce from our farmers.

In addressing challenges faced by the sector, i want you, the ZNFU and the ministry to pay particular attention to the following:

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT


The sector is equally a critical con-tributor of food and nutrition, as well as income generation for our farm-ers and the nation at large.

This is why the patriotic front gov-ernment specifically created the ministry of fisheries and livestock to administer this important sector of agriculture. This is another area with a huge potential for foreign ex-change earnings.

It is therefore imperative for all farm-ers to engage in all aspects of agri-culture including livestock and fish production.

I am excited to note the increased interest shown by a number of Zam-bians in fish production. This is com-mendable, and i wish to encourage all those engaging in this venture to continue doing so.

In respect of livestock production, particular attention must be focused on disease control, a problem which the livestock sector has been reeling in for a long time. Surely, there has to be a lasting solution to this.

Let me now take this opportunity to thank all the farmers in the country for working so hard in the last ag-ricultural season, despite having experienced prolonged dry spells, particularly, in the southern part of our country.

It is my sincere hope that despite all these negative adverse effects of cli-mate change, the country will man-age to produce sufficient food.

I wish to assure the nation that gov-ernment has taken adequate steps to ensure that the country remains food secure, despite experiencing the poor agricultural season this year.

I am also directing that farmers and agro

Allow me to now conclude by ex-tending my profound gratitude to the Zambia National Farmers’ Union and all the distinguished players and sponsors for successfully organising this important AGRITECH expo.

I am confident that you will con-tinue working with my government so that, together, we can make our country a more productive agricul-tural country, and increase exports to our neighbouring brothers and sisters.

With these few remarks, it is now my singular honour and privilege to declare the 2019 AGRITECH expo officially open.

I thank you and god bless you all.

I am excited to note the increased interest shown by a number of Zambians in fish production. This is

commendable, and i wish to encourage all those engaging in this

venture to continue doing so.


Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany His Excellency Anthony Mukwita has ex-pressed gratitude to tour

operators that have stepped up their attendance at the Berlin-based glob-al tourism show known as ITB, or International Tourism Bourse.

Ambassador Mukwita said by at-tending ITB, tour operators are fulfill-ing President Edgar Lungu’s push to have tourism boost Zambia’s GDP in his greater quest for economic diver-sification from the traditional mining sector.

“Without private tour operators, President Lungu’s policy on tourism may be hard to realize”, the senior diplomat said.

The tour operators that attended the 2019 ITB included Wild Dog Nature Safaris LTD, the Waterberry Zambezi Lodge and the River Farm House.

Others were Konkamoya Lodge, Kafunta Safaris, Shenton Safa-ris, Time and Tide, the Royal Liv-ingstone Victoria Falls by Anan-tara and Chita Lodges and the Jens Kant run Chikunto Lodges.

Ambassador Mukwita expressed gratitude to the Zambia Tourism Agency, ZTA, Chief Executive officer Mr. Felix Chaila for his continued leadership in the sector.

Mr. Chaila’s ZTA continues to play a significant role in market-ing Zambia at ITB and elsewhere despite the ongoing austerity measures government has put in place said Ambassador Mukwita. “This leadership is what Zambia requires as creativity and personal passion is needed to ensure govern-ment programs continue to be im-

Thank you Tour Operators

ZTA – AMB. MUKWITA

…‘without you, ITB would not be a success’

FROM ITB BERLIN

The CEO of ZTA Fewkix Chaila, Tourism Attache Embassy of Zambia in Germany Susan Katema and ZTA PR Manager Betty Mumba Chabala


plemented”, Mr. Mukwita said.

He said as embassies, the leader-ship at the Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs has encouraged them to be creative in the implementation of government programs even in the face of austerity measures. Ambassador Mukwita noted that the expression of gratitude would be incomplete if the diplomats at the embassy of Zambia in Berlin includ-ing the locally engaged staff were not mentioned.

“They worked day and night even on holidays to ensure the most cov-eted tourism event in the world went

well,” said the Ambassador.

He said Zambia’s continued pres-ence at the ITB remains important while areas of improvement still ex-ist such as the acquisition of stands first, and paying service providers on time or before time.

Looking to 2020, Ambassador Muk-wita seeks early preparations so that challenges are identified in good time and corrected.

He said more exhibitors such as mo-bile phone providers and smaller ac-commodation businesses must be encouraged to attend ITB.

About 100,000 exhibitors and visi-tors walk through the halls of the Messe Berlin from about 160 coun-tries every year while Zambia un-der Tourism Minister hon Charles Banda last year became the Culture and Convention partner for the first time.

Zambia as a peaceful and stable tourism destination always makes it more favorable for visitors. “Germans for instance spent almost 1 billion euros travelling around the world last year according to avail-able statistics and Zambia must look at cashing in on this”, said Ambas-sador Mukwita.


DIASPORA POLICYMinistry of Foreign Affairs Lusaka

In today’s world, it has become increasingly imperative to link mi-gration and national

development due to new trends influenced by a number of aspects among them, globalisation and changing technology. The importance of Diaspora populations in the social and economic lives of their countries of origin has come into sharp focus in several regions and among several agencies. High pri-ority is placed on tapping the latent potential in Dias-pora communities.

Most countries have real-ised that with proper man-agement and coordination, large benefits would ac-crue from countries that are working with the Di-aspora. In order to ensure

meaningful contributions to the development agen-da of the country, it has become necessary for gov-ernment to provide a clear framework of collaboration with the Diaspora.

The Government is cog-nisant of the contributions the Zambian Diaspora has made in many different ways both at local and na-tional levels. The positive impact of the remittances and investment by the Zambian Diaspora in the country has, therefore, not gone unnoticed; suffice to add that this has helped in addressing the challenges of poverty reduction. The Zambian Government has in the past made efforts to utilise the knowledge, ex-perience, skills and finan-cial resources of Zambians

in the Diaspora to enable them contribute to the eco-nomic development of the country.

Despite these efforts, there remains significant poten-tial in the Diaspora that can be harnessed for the ben-efit of the country.

It is against this background that the Patriotic Front Gov-ernment has developed this policy in order to pro-vide an inclusive engage-ment framework that will enhance the positive con-tributions of the Diaspora to national development. The Policy will also serve to define the obstacles includ-ing the information gap and propose strategies to address these challenges in order to ensure that the Diaspora channel their re-sources in an efficient and effective manner.

I am, therefore, confident that this Diaspora Policy Document shall be used to inform national policies and programmes that are responsive to the needs of the Diaspora and as such enable the Diaspora to be-come active and reliable stakeholders in the devel-opment of their mother-land.

This Document has been developed by the Govern-ment of the Republic of Zambia in recognition of the potential of the Zam-bian Diaspora to contribute

to national development. The process of developing the Policy involved wide consultation which brought together various stakehold-ers, who provided their views and input that helped shape the policy. In this re-gard, Government shall take necessary measures to encourage the Zambians in the Diaspora to be proac-tive in the development of the country.

Special tribute goes to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Zambia who provided invaluable technical and financial sup-port in the formulation of this Policy.

Let me also express grati-tude to the Drafting Team, the National Steering Com-mittee and other members of staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both at Headquarters and Mis-sions Abroad, for their in-valuable inputs and dedi-cation shown during the process of producing this document.

Lastly, the Ministry of For-eign Affairs is highly in-debted to all the various stakeholders for their use-ful and positive contribu-tion in shaping this Policy.

INTRODUCTION

The emphasis on develop-ing and nurturing a strong positive relationship be-tween development and

President Lungu



migration is a recent phe-nomenon both globally and in Zambia. Many African countries are currently af-fected by the movement of qualified and skilled per-sonnel out of the country as a result of various so-cial, political and economic factors. It is for this reason that migration has become an increasingly prominent theme in both domestic and international affairs of many countries as its po-tential for social and eco-nomic development has increasingly become rec-ognised.

Furthermore, many coun-tries have had a negative view of their citizens mov-ing abroad in search of better opportunities and improved living conditions. This state of affairs was un-derstood from the point of view of loss of skilled man-power which was referred to as “brain drain”. In more recent times, however, studies and trends have re-vealed that emigrants could be harnessed as a resource for national development of home countries. To this ef-fect, many countries have taken measures to effec-tively harness the Diaspo-ra’s contribution towards national development. In the same vein, Zambia has also recognised the value that could be derived from engaging with its Diaspora as partners for national de-velopment.

International migration has often been fuelled by eco-nomic, political and social factors generally classified as push and pull factors. The push factors of migra-tion include poor economic living conditions, political

instability and unemploy-ment, among others. On the other hand, the pull factors have included higher salaries, better ca-reer prospects and skills development opportunities, higher standard of living, and educational support. It is important to note that these factors often work in tandem in generating mi-gratory trends. In the case of Zambia, migration has mostly been motivated by socio-economic factors.

The widespread recogni-tion of the Diaspora’s role in development has led to an increase in policies and programmes attempting to leverage the goodwill and resources of emigrants as many governments are be-ginning to realise that they could accomplish much more by establishing close links with their Diaspora. The Diaspora has a poten-tial to make substantial contributions and the most recognised of these are the remittances they send to their countries of origin, as well as their role in the de-velopment of human capi-tal.

According to the World Bank Migration and Devel-opment 2014 Brief, remit-tances flows to develop-ing countries rose by 4.4 percent in 2014 to US$436 billion which is a significant rise compared to US$418 billion in 2013 out of the world total of US$583 bil-lion. During the same pe-riod, Sub-Saharan Africa recorded a total of US$33 billion in 2014 from US$32 billion of remittances in 2013.

According to the World

Bank Report of October 2015, remittance flows to developing countries rose to US$440 billion of which Sub- Saharan Africa is pro-jected to receive US$33 bil-lion, representing a growth percentage of 0.9 percent in 2015.

The largest contribution of the remittances in the aforementioned period was dominated by the Zambi-ans based in the United Kingdom, Southern Afri-can region and the United States. As observed above, it is estimated that the fig-ure could have been higher if informal remittances were aggregated.

Hence, the potential for these remittances to be recognised as an integral part of national develop-ment cannot be overstated.

The Government of the Republic of Zambia recog-nises the value of its nation-

als in the Diaspora as im-portant partners to national development. However, an engagement framework to harness the potential of the Diaspora has been lacking. Furthermore, the potential of the Zambian Diaspora to contribute towards na-tional development has been inhibited by, among others; the high cost of re-mittances, the absence of a comprehensive information portal on Zambia and the absence of an engagement framework that would al-low the Zambians living abroad to actively partici-pate in national develop-ment including; acquisition of property, private invest-ment, philanthropic devel-opment projects and skills transfer programmes.

This Policy has, therefore, been developed to create an effective framework for engaging the Zambian Diaspora. The policy docu-ment has been divided into

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ten (10) Chapters, namely: Introduction, Situation Analysis, Vision and Ra-tionale, Guiding Principles, Policy Objectives, Policy Measures, Implementation Framework, Resource Mo-bilisation and Financing, Monitoring and Evaluation and Policy Review.

In this document, the Zam-bian Diaspora refers to persons originating from Zambia, including their descendants, living and/or working abroad, regardless of their nationality, who individually or collectively, are willing to contribute to national development.

SITUATION ANALYSIS

Background

The emigration phenom-enon in Zambia can be traced back to the mid-1970s, when the impact of the oil crisis followed by a slump in copper prices in 1975, resulted in Zambia’s economy slowing down drastically. During this pe-riod poverty levels escalat-ed resulting in a significant number of Zambian citi-zens leaving the country in search of better opportuni-ties. By the mid-1980s, the emigration trend continued with a wave of highly quali-fied and experienced Zam-

bian professionals, among them teachers, health workers (Medical Doctors and Nurses) leaving the country.

In the 1990s, Zambia fur-ther recorded another wave of emigration follow-ing job losses occasioned by rapid privatisation of parastatal’s and wholesale economic liberalisation un-der the Structural Adjust-ment Programmes (SAPs). The growing demand for certain skills abroad, such as nursing and teaching led to a further increase in mi-gration of Zambians.

During the period 2000 to 2005, the living conditions further deteriorated as the Government implemented employment and wage freeze in order to reach the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initia-tive Completion Point. The wage freeze contributed to attrition for those within the Government system, while the employment freeze meant that gradu-ates from different tertiary institutions were forced to look for alternative employ-ment opportunities outside the country. Despite the at-tainment of the HIPC Initia-tive Completion Point, the country continued losing critical highly skilled profes-

sionals to other countries.

Furthermore, a significant number of students who went abroad to study on Government and other scholarship programmes did not return upon com-pletion of their studies. This trend was due to a variety of factors which included better living conditions and opportunities in those countries. In an effort to address the continued emigration and its effect on the important sectors of the Zambian economy, the Government, in partner-ship with its Development Partners, made concerted efforts to address the chal-lenge of emigration in the country.

The earliest effort by Gov-ernment, in close collabo-ration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), was to encourage Zambian professionals in the Diaspora, particularly in the health and education sectors, to consider return-ing home and participating in the development of the country.

This was through the “Return and Reintegra-tion of Qualified Nation-als (RQAN)” programme which ran from 1983 to 1999. The programme targeted those Zambians willing to return home by facilitating travel arrange-ments to enable them to take up vacant jobs in the public sector or start small scale businesses. Govern-ment further implemented the Public Sector Re-form Programme (PSRP) through measures such as the retention schemes and improving conditions of

employment in the public sector.

In 2005, the Government further developed the Na-tional Employment and Labour Market Policy (NELMP) which took into consideration issues of mi-gration, and whose objec-tive was to attract skilled Zambians to come back to home by facilitating their return and improving their conditions of employment. At the same time, the Gov-ernment also re-activated the Bonding System which required Zambians who obtained scholarships through public institutions, to serve Government for a period equivalent to the du-ration of their studies.

In recognition of the un-tapped potential of Zam-bians living abroad, the Zambian Government de-cided to develop a Policy that would maximise the financial, intellectual and social capital contributions of the Diaspora to the na-tional development pro-cess. It is for this reason that the Zambian Govern-ment considered the need for Diaspora engagement in the Sixth National Devel-opment Plan (SNDP).

Subsequently, in 2009, the Zambian Government held a consultative meeting, “In-daba” on the economic cri-sis which recommended, inter alia, that appropriate Government departments continue to dialogue with the Diaspora and establish mechanisms for their par-ticipation in national devel-opment.

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pora Liaison Office at State House to facilitate interac-tion between the Zambian Diaspora and national insti-tutions. This led to the hold-ing of the Zambian Dias-pora Connect Conference in June, 2010, to promote dialogue with the Diaspora.

Other initiatives included the Zambian Diaspora Survey, which was carried out in 2011 and 2015 re-spectively, by the Zambian Government, in collabora-tion with the International Organization for Migration, with a view to gain a better understanding of the Zam-bian Diaspora.

As part of the Roadmap for the formulation of the Diaspora Policy document, relevant line Ministries that form part of the National Steering Committee on the Formulation of the Diaspo-ra Policy, undertook Study tours, in 2015, to countries that have wide experience in Diaspora engagement and formulation namely, Ghana and Kenya, and also to countries that have large populations of Zambians namely, the United States of America and the United Kingdom. These interac-tions enabled the National Steering Committee gain a better insight and under-standing of the main inter-ests and concerns of the Zambian Diaspora.

In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a three-day National Consul-tative Forum on the For-mulation of the Diaspora Policy from 7th–9th Octo-ber, 2015.

At the continental level, the African Union commit-

ted itself to widening the development constituency in Africa by incorporating the African Diaspora in the development process of the continent as valuable partners. As a result of this recognition, the AU desig-nated Africans in the Dias-pora as its “Sixth region”. Further, the AU created the African Citizens Direc-torate (CIDO) to manage the relationship between Diasporas and homeland Governments. In this re-gard, one of the policy goals of the African Union is to involve the Diaspora more actively in the devel-opment of the continent.

In its continued commit-ment to the Diaspora, the African Union hosted the first ever Global African Di-aspora Summit, in Johan-nesburg, South Africa, on 25th May, 2012. The over-all objective of the Summit was to discuss how best to harness skills and ener-gies within the continent and abroad for the socio-economic development of Africa. The Summit was also aimed at boosting synergies in addition to facilitating innovation and entrepreneurship through sustainable partnership with the African Diaspo-ra. African Governments were urged to formulate Diaspora policies in order to establish institutional engagement frameworks to coordinate Diaspora af-fairs.

At the global level, the international community acknowledges the impor-tant contribution made by migrants and migration to development in coun-tries of origin, transit and

destination as well as the complex interrelationship between migration and de-velopment. Active efforts are, therefore, underway to address all challenges in a coherent, compre-hensive and coordinated approach. Migration has

been recognised as an im-portant input for the global sustainable development agenda. Among the prom-inent issues under con-sideration is the need to protect the human rights and labour of the migrant workers

Characteristics of the Zambian Diaspora

Zambian emigration, though it may be lower in comparison to many other African countries, is comprised predominantly of the well-educated. The number of well-educated migrants has a major im-pact in Zambia because of its limited human capi-tal and lack of educational infrastructure for develop-ing skilled professionals in key fields. The emigration rate of the tertiary-educat-ed population is estimated at 16.8 per cent, while in 2008, 1,198 Zambian nurses were working in seven European Countries equivalent to 5% of the total number of nurses in Zambia. In addition, from 2011 to 2016, 322 doctors and 2,376 nurses migrat-ed from Zambia to other countries.

The findings of the Zam-bia Diaspora Survey con-ducted in 2015 revealed that the majority of Zam-bians in the Diaspora cur-rently live in South Africa (38%), USA (21%) and the UK (15%).

The main reasons that were given by most Zambians for leaving the country were to seek employment and educa-tion opportunities. It was established that 63% in-

tended to return to Zam-bia on a permanent basis in the future. It was fur-ther observed that 91% of Zambians abroad sent remittances home, mainly to support family mem-bers, while 60% showed interest in contributing to development projects in education and 50% to developmental projects in the health care sector.

The 2015 Survey further showed that a consider-able number of Zambi-ans in the Diaspora were interested in future in-vestments in agriculture, manufacturing and tour-ism and 93% wish to ac-cess land in Zambia, but 76% had insufficient infor-mation on how to access land.

Regarding political partici-pation, it was established that only 8% participated in voting out of 93% who would like to have an op-portunity to vote.

Most significantly, 95% of members in the Diaspora supported the proposal for provision of dual citi-zenship.

Therefore, the need to call on the development potential of Zambian na-tionals living in the Dias-pora cannot be overem-phasised.

To be continued in the next edition


ZAMBIA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Zambia’s Application for Certificate of Registration

The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) Act No. 11 of 2006 offers a wide range of incentives in the form of exemptions & concessions for companies investing in a priority sector or product as per ZDA Act. Anyone wishing to apply for Certificate of Registration must submit the following documents:

Completed formal application form obtainable from the Zambia Development Agency offices; Kindly note that application forms that are incorrectly filled, incomplete or altered will NOT be processed.

� Copy of certificate of Incorporation; � Copy of certificate of share capital; � Copy of an official list of shareholders and/or directors; � Business plan and/or feasibility study; � Verifiable evidence of project finance; bank statements (in

English), loans, credit facilities, verifiable invoices and bill of lading for equipment & machinery etc.

� Brief resumes/CVs for shareholders and/or directors; � Certified Identity cards of shareholders and/or directors � Non-refundable application processing fee of K1,280.00

(Cash or Managers’ Cheque). � License fee of K7,670.00 (Cash or Managers’ Cheque).

This is payable on collection of the certificate of registration.

2.0 Qualifying Thresholds

The Act provides for investment thresholds that have to be met to qualify for fiscal and non-fiscal incentives. Projects that qualify may be new or existing ones undergoing expansion or modernization. These are the categories of investors who can be considered under the ZDA Act.

Investors who invest not less than US$500,000 are entitled to the following fiscal incentives:

2.1 Manufacturing

Manufacturing incentives only apply to activities located in a Multi-facility Economic Zone, an Industrial Park or a Rural area

Incentives that apply:

Accelerated depreciation on capital equipment and machinery (fixed assets)

Zero percent import duty rate on capital equipment and machinery for five years.

2.2 Priority Sectors

Investors who invest not less than US$500,000 in a priority sector are entitled to the following fiscal incentive:

Zero percent import duty rate on capital equipment and machinery for five years

The priority sectors are listed below:

2.3 Construction and establishment of infrastructure, excluding renovation, expansion and refurbishment

Education: Construction of education and skills training institutions

Health: Construction of health centers’ as defined under the Health Professions Act 2009.

Tourism:

� Construction and establishment of hotels � Construction and establishment of convention centers � Construction and establishment of exhibition centers � Construction and establishment of museums � Construction and establishment of Theme parks � Construction and establishment of art galleries � Construction and establishment of theatres;

Construction and establishment of a large retail complex containing a variety of ten or more stores, restaurants or other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.

Housing:

Development of fifty (50) or more houses erected or maintained under one management or control on land developed specifically for the citing of such houses in accordance with a comprehensive plan which provides for the laying out of roads and the furnishing and availability of services essential or ancillary to the use of such building as houses;

Agriculture: construction of crop and grain storage facilities and

INVESTMENT GUIDELINES


2.4 Energy and Water

Development

Power: building, installation of power stations

Fuel: Building and installation of processing and refinery plants for bio-fuel;

� Construction of petroleum refineries � Construction of pipelines � Construction of rural filling stations

Water Supply:

� Construction of Depots; � Construction of Dams � Construction of irrigation canals; and � Construction of water and sewerage treatment plants

Non- Fiscal incentives

Investment guarantees and protection against state nationalization;

Free facilitation for application of immigration permits, secondary licenses, land acquisition and utilities

Investors who invest an amount not less than US$250,000 in any sector or product under the Act is entitled to nonfiscal incentives as follows;

i. Investment guarantees and protection against state nationalization;

ii. Free facilitation for application of immigration permits, secondary licenses, land acquisition and utilities

The Certificate of Registration is valid for ten (10) years from the date of issue. The investor may apply for renewal of the Certificate of Registration before the date of its expiry.

4.0 Secondary Licenses

Listed below are examples of secondary licenses that a company might require.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

All investment projects require either a project brief or a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that is done by the Zambia Environmental Management Authority (ZEMA)

Telecommunication License

Projects in telecommunication such as mobile cellular companies, internet service providers (ISPs), etc require a telecommunication license obtained from Zambia Information

Communications and Technology Authority of Zambia (ZICTA)

Tourism Licenses

Hotels, Safaris hunting/walks, Tour Guides, Casinos, Restaurants, Night clubs, projects operating in national parks and Game Management Areas (GMAs), etc require licenses and permits from Zambia National Tourist Board (ZNTB), Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) and Local Municipalities, Financial and non financial Institutions such as Banks and Bureaus require approval from Bank of Zambia. Insurance companies and insurance, brokers require authority from the Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) or Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). Medical projects such as clinics, surgeries, dispensaries and drug companies require approval from the Pharmaceutical regulatory Authority (PRA), Stock brokers have to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Manufacturing projects require a manufacturer’s license from local municipalities.

Investments Unit Privatization House Nasser RoadP.O. Box 30819, Lusaka - ZAMBIA

Tel: +260 1 220177

Fax: +260 1 225270

Email: [email protected]

Procedures and guidelines for Certificate of Registration/MFEZ permit


This is as a consequence of a more than 100-megawatt power boost to the grid in partnership with Develop-

ment Bank of Germany known by its acronym KFW said Zambia’s Am-bassador to Germany His Excellency Anthony Mukwita.

Some six companies have been fi-nally given a greenlight to indepen-dently implement the solar power project asap.

The GET FiT Zambia project initially targeted 100MW of solar energy

output but has since ended up with 156MW of peak installed capacity for Zambia.

“This will go a long way in narrow-ing the energy deficit and further increase economic production in various sectors such as agriculture because energy is key to turning the economic wheels of our country,” said Ambassador Mukwita.

GET Fit secretariat cites KFW pro-gramme Manager Mr Marco Freitag stating that the zeroing in on the fi-nal list of six companies worked well for Zambia and ZESCO, the state power utility.

“The tender results are extra ordinar-ily favourable for the Zambian peo-ple and ZESCO,” said Mr Freitag.

Zambia is in the statement described as a “true market leader in Africa

when it comes to pursuing a clean energy development path.”

Zambia becomes the second coun-try to partner with Get Fit after Ugan-da with KFW advising the govern-ment on how to proceed efficiently.

Zambia’s 150-megawatt energy boost …clean energy is good, Ambassador Anthony Mukwita

Zambia is set to become a top provider of clean energy via solar in southern Africa, second only to South Africa.

“This will go a long way in narrowing the energy deficit

and further increase economic production

in various sectors such as agriculture because energy is key to turning the economic wheels of our country,” said

Ambassador Mukwita.

ENERGY OF ZAMBIA


In 2016, Zambia suffered a severe shortage of energy after water levels at Lake Kariba dropped drastically as a consequence of Climate Change.

Zambia depends largely on hydro electricity and therefore suffers shortages in times of droughts.

President Edgar Lungu’s govern-ment instead of blaming weather patterns opened the energy sector up and paved way for the gradual removal of consumption energy subsidies.

The challenge now according to Get FiT is to get the companies to sign Power Purchase Agreements and

Inter Governmental Agreements with ZESCO and the government of President Lungu.

There is more good news, GET FiT Zambia has also started a new ten-der on hydro electricity production to continue narrowing the energy gap said Ambassador Mukwita.

“Zambia is definitely on the right path regarding expanding the ener-gy sector and making it kore acces-sible to the larger community and KFW and Zambian entities ought to be commended for this,” said the senior diplomat.

Zambia has a power a power defi-

cit of almost 2000 megawatts that need to be plugged in order to op-timise agriculture and mining activi-ties, including domestic ones such as running salons and barber shops said Ambassador Mukwita.

With the various energy projects the government has embarked upon, Zambia could be an energy giant in less than 10 years in Sub Sahara Af-rica according to Ambassador Muk-wita.

The Get FiT Zambia is currently worth about US$100 million.

ISSUED BY KELLYS KAUNDA FIRST SECRETARY PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EMBASSY OF ZAMBIA IN BERLIN.


Publish your literary works – Zambia challenged …..publishers invited to the Frankfurt Book Fair

Zambian book publishers have been invited to the Frankfurt Book Fare that takes place in October this year. Ruth Kumpmann, Key Account Management Sales officer of the largest book fare in the world made the invitation when she called on Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany His Excellency Anthony Mukwita at his Axel Springer offices in the German capital, Berlin.

In 2018, we saw 18 African coun-tries represented at the book fare but Zambia was not among them”, Ms. Kumpmann said.

She said she would like to see Zam-bian publishers come to the 2019 fare and showcase the different as-pects of their country.

The interested Zambian publishers may apply by logging onto https://www.buchmesse.de/…/funding-pr…/invitation-programmes.

Ambassador Mukwita, a published

author himself, has encouraged Zambian publishers to go to the link and apply immediately for the fund-ed invitations.

“This might just be the kind of op-portunity we needed as a country to expose the country’s publishers to the world and appreciate what it takes to run a sustained publish-ing industry”, Ambassador Mukwita has said.

The Zambian envoy, an author of the book “Against All Odds – President

Edgar Lungu”s Rough Journey to State House” said the past 54 years of Zambia’s independence has yield-ed a treasure trove of material cover-ing every conceivable aspect of life whether public or private that could result in tones of books.

LITERATURE DIPLOMACY


He has challenged publishers to play an active role in commissioning liter-ary works thereby contributing to a storage of knowledge about Zambia, provide reference points for policy makers and other aspects of life and contribute to the economic develop-ment of the country.

The Frankfurt Book Fair opens on the 15th and ends on the 20th of October 2019. It is an annual event that brings together an estimated 300,000 people that included exhibi-tors as well as visitors.

Last year, 7000 exhibitors represent-ing 100 countries attended while both the visitors and exhibitors came from an estimated 140 countries. During the first two days of the fare, the grounds are open only to publish-ers who negotiate publishing rights, translations and trade-related issues.

The rest of the days are open to members of the public who get the opportunity to see the books on dis-play at various stands.

Amb Mukwita and Ms Kumph from Frankfurt Bookfair


Ambassador Mukwita said as a national leader, Presi-dent Lungu shares what he does with the rest of the

country to create awareness around the importance of physical exercise and its implication for health.

He said health experts have in the past warned that the issue of obesity is not just a problem of some devel-oped countries but a Zambian prob-lem as well.

President Lungu runs several kilo-meters every day whether he is in

State House or out of station with members of the public joining him on several occasions.

The senior diplomat made the re-marks in his office when he received Frank Katebe, the German-based Zambian who recently participated in the Berlin half marathon. Katebe was accompanied by his wife Jana, his two children Marie-Kasuba and Louise-Malaika. He was also accom-panied by his trainer Michael Rejske.

“Physical exercise has a lot to do with our health as a people and

The President`s physical exercises are publicized for a good reason – Mukwita...Zambians must emulate the President’s example.

Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany His Excellency Anthony Mukwita says the publicity given to President Edgar Lungu’s physical exercise regime is intended to communicate the need to remain healthy.

SPORTS DIPLOMACY


President Lungu has embraced it to inspire the whole country to care about their personal health”, Am-bassador Mukwita said.

Katebe and his trainer took part in

the 21km race, which saw thou-sands of participants drawn from over a hundred countries. Adorned in the popular green jersey of the Zambian National Team, Katebe ran to also raise awareness around the plight of Idai cyclone victims of Mo-zambique.

His wife Jana once worked in Beira, the Mozambican port city that has been hit the most by the cyclone. “I was heartbroken to see the city I know personally reduced to noth-ing”, Mrs. Katebe said.

Katebe and his trainer Michael are affiliated to a German non-profit-making organization, DLRG (Du-etsche Lebensretlungsgesellschaft), which specializes in rescue opera-

His wife Jana once worked in Beira, the

Mozambican port city that has been hit the

most by the cyclone. “I was heartbroken to see

the city I know personally reduced to nothing”, Mrs.

Katebe said.

tions that are water or sea-related.

“So our decision to seek help for the victims of the Idai cyclone was in-formed by what we do under DLRG”, said Michael who has participated in rescue missions before.

The trio wondered how similar trag-edies in the developed world in par-ticular would be sustained in the me-dia for hours, days and weeks on end but covered only briefly when they happen in Africa.

On its part, the Zambian government responded by sending medical sup-plies to Mozambique in addition to an ongoing initiative in which funds for additional assistance may be do-nated through an account that has been opened.

ISSUED BY KELLYS KAUNDA FIRST SECRETARY PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EMBASSY OF ZAMBIA IN BERLIN.


The Presidential led ‘clean up’ exercise of 2018 saw the streets of the capital be-ing swept clean of uncerti-

fied perishable foods and other gar-bage being peddled on the streets

even amidst a political uproar in or-der to save lives.

“We must support the President by playing our individual roles and sus-tain the fight against Cholera by es-

President Edgar Lungu wins City Fathers plaudits…as 2019 cholera cases drop to single digit on heels of Presidential initiative says Deputy Mayor Chilando.

The Deputy Mayor of Lusaka Chilando Chitangala says the drastic drop in the number of people dying from cholera to the low of seven cases this year from the high of 100 last year is directly linked to President Edgar Lungu’s vicious drive to clean up the city of Lusaka recently.

EMBASSY COURTESY CALL


calating and maintaining cleanliness and hygiene”, Ms. Chitangala said.

The Deputy Mayor of Lusaka made the remarks in Berlin when a group of civic and private sector top offi-cials paid a courtesy call on Zam-bia’s Ambassador to Germany His Excellency Anthony Mukwita at the embassy’s Axel Springer premises.

Pictures of President Lungu cast-ing aside his elegant suits to don working clothes and boots to get his hands dirty in order to save lives and keep the city clean remain vivid on the minds of many Zambians and beyond to this day.

The Zambian military and other gov-

ernment organizations followed the Presidential cue and escalated the keep Lusaka clean campaign like no other time.

Zambia this year has recorded a his-toric only “seven (7) cases of cholera and no single death…a significant improvement from the previous sea-son when the country recorded over 4000 cases of cholera and about a hundred deaths. We are on the right track.”

In his capacity as Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Presi-dent Lungu released both the army and the Zambia National Service into the streets and cleared them of street vendors and cleared rub-bish heaps that had piled up uncol-lected.

On its part, the Ministry of Health conducted a robust anti-cholera vaccination drive against the water-borne disease for up to three years.

Other measures that should see the efforts against cholera sustained in-clude the on-going water and sanita-tion programs in which various local government authorities and Water utility companies are expanding their water treatment and distribu-tion infrastructure.

For instance, under the Millennium Corporation Challenge, a water and sanitation project worth over 350 million dollars has seen a 5-million-liter water tank in Chelston, which should service 24/7 surrounding ar-eas such as Avondale and many oth-ers with the lifesaving liquid.

This week, a nine-member delega-tion sponsored by GIZ, a German international development agency arrived in Germany to discuss the possibility of extending funding sup-port for water and sanitation pro-grams in Zambia that the Germany has been supporting.

The delegation included Mr. Kelly Kashiwa, District Commissioner for Kasama, Mr. Amon Chisenga, May-or for Ndola, Ms. Chilando Chitan-gala, Deputy Mayor for Lusaka and Mr. Wisdom Bwalya, Town Clerk for Ndola City Council.

Others are Mr. Peter Chilambwe, As-sistant Secretary, Lusaka Provincial Administration, Mr. Laurian Haan-gala, Director for ZACCI (Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Indus-try, Mr. Jonathan Kampata, Man-aging Director, Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company and Mr. Ezekiel Sekele, Corporate Affairs Director, Zambian Breweries.

His wife Jana once worked in Beira, the

Mozambican port city that has been hit the

most by the cyclone. “I was heartbroken to see

the city I know personally reduced to nothing”, Mrs.

Katebe said.

Lusaka Deputy Mayor Chilando and Amb. Mukwita


The facility boasts of a 54 MW first large-scale solar power plant in Africa that will cover 30,000 house-

holds and the lowest tariff in sub-Saharan Africa at 6¢ (US Cents). In July 2015, Zambia’s Industrial De-velopment Corporation (IDC) signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation to explore de-velopment of two large-scale solar projects through Scaling Solar.

The competitive auction organized through the program attracted 48 solar power developers, seven of whom submitted final proposals, and the bids yielded the lowest solar power tariffs in Africa to date.

PMRC reiterates the importance of having a coherent, transparent pro-cess that the investor and investing public, the private sector, are able to work towards as well as the public institutions on the Government side — that is, the IDC as investment vehicle and the state utility as off-taker, to achieve predictability and a clearly defined process that lays the foundation towards the attainment of this 600-megawatt target which has been set for renewable energy in Zambia.

PMRC’s research and policy con-tributions on Power Sector Reform and Renewable Energy in Zambia have laid the framework for success and provided key policy recommen-

dations relevant to the discourse. Given the challenges of Rising De-mand, Below Cost Tariffs, Over De-pendence of Hydropower and Cli-mate Vulnerability and Low Rates of Access in Rural Areas, the private sector remains a key investment partner to adequately improving power supply in line with fiscal con-solidation.

President Lungu continues to deliver on his energy promises - a PMRC analysis

The President of the Republic of Zambia, His Excellency Edgar Chagwa Lungu on 11th March 2019 commissioned Zambia’s and Africa’s First Scaling Solar Project supported by the World Bank to be run by the Bangweulu Power Company Limited.

IDC as investment vehicle and the state utility as off-taker, to achieve

predictability and a clearly defined process that lays the foundation towards the attainment of this 600-megawatt target

which has been set for renewable energy in

Zambia.

ADVOCACY DIPLOMACY


Following PMRC’s recommenda-tions, Government has made re-forms to increase tariffs to make them cost-reflective thereby improv-ing the country’s power sector in-vestment climate.

To build on this progress Govern-ment has demonstrated its willing-ness and commitment to secure investment in the power sector without compromising fiscal con-solidation objectives through the launch of the Scaling Solar Project. Government must therefore con-tinue to make institutional changes to its planning and procurement capacity to secure productive, cost-effective and diversified pow-er sector investment portfolio. PMRC therefore recom-mends that the Government: Establishes a planning func-

tion to develop a strategic vi-sion for Zambia’s energy port-folio and guide procurement; Establishes a procurement function that sits alongside the planning func-tion to implement the strategy for Zambia’s Power Sector and secure investment at better value for money, through improved commercial ca-pacity, more competitive tenders and a streamlined procurement process; Speeds up reforms based on di-agnostic study on ZESCO Limited to improve the credit-worthiness of ZESCO as off-taker to improve investor confidence through in-creased financial transparency and more secure guarantees; and Makes governance reforms to the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) to im-prove its independence and its effec-tiveness so that it better serves both investors’ and consumers’ interests.

Renewable energy is growing rap-idly on a global scale, with record numbers of new renewable energy solutions ranging from wind and solar installations coming online every year. Zambia can readily con-tinue this expansion of renewable energy by utilizing existing technolo-gies, investing in improvements to our electricity system, and making smart policy decisions that move the country towards a clean en-ergy future and harnessing its vast potential for renewable energy. Improving operational efficiency in the power sector in Zambia will be a key driver for the country’s pros-pects of substantial progress in the attainment of Sustainable Develop-ment Goals, Vision 2030, and the programmes envisioned in the Sev-enth National Development Plan.

Bernadette Deka Zulu - PMRC Executive Director

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AME International, the Vi-enna based company with a stellar record of similar work in more than 70 coun-

tries believes once expanded and brought up to optimum specs, less cancer patients in Zambia would die needlessly, as the case currently is.

The cost of treating cancer, once the upgrade is done in Zambia would also drastically reduce therefore sav-ing the government money from evacuating patients and direct the saved money to other priority areas.

This is according to Zambia’s Am-bassador to Germany His Excellen-cy Ambassador Anthony Mukwita who also over-sees Austria from Berlin.

The senior diplomat said, “it breaks my heart that the affliction (cancer) kills almost 8000 Zambians annually from around 12,000 cases recorded annually when the number could be reduced.”

President Edgar Lun-gu position on loss of lives President Edgar Lungu is a known open advocate against needless cancer deaths and any other deaths that can be avoided in Zambia ac-cording to official records and has personally helped cancer patients in the past.

Zambia cancer upgrade could reduce deaths of dozens…and save costs, Austrian firm tells Amb Mukwita

An Austrian based global health care company has offered to partner with Zambia in order to upgrade and expand the Cancer Center in Lusaka.

For the 2019 half marathon, the finish line was at the Brandenburg

Gate, which once served as a dividing line between West and East

Germany.

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The President has done this due to his own personal empathy largely due to his Christian beliefs.

The worrying Zambian statistics are obtained from the International Agen-cy for Research on Cancer (IARC) which also acknowledges Zambia’s advantage of having its own Nation-al Cancer Disease Hospital estab-lished in Lusaka some 12 years ago. “Our mission in Berlin has already communicated the upgrade and re-habilitation proposal to the relevant office and we await a response,” said Ambassador Mukwita.

AME stellar International Reputation

AME has implemented similar up-grades or built from scratch, cancer hospitals in Europe, Asia, Africa and

the middle east according to Man-aging Director Heinz Messinger who is also Zambia’s Honorary Consul in Vienna.

“We are seeking a meeting at the highest level of government in Zam-bia via the embassy in Berlin to re-alise this dream of reducing the deaths from cancer as soon as pos-sible,” said Messinger, the influential businessman and diplomat.

Mr. Messenger said resources for the project, if President Lungu ac-cepted would be part grant and part soft government loan at zero inter-est rate guaranteed by the Austrian Credit and Export Bank known by its acronym OeKB.

AME has a record of rehabilitating some 75 hospitals globally with an ‘A rating’ feedback and could be in Zambia as soon as Zambia con-sents that it wants to reduce cancer deaths.

Advantages of Improved Zambia Cancer Hospital

Because there are few cancer hos-pitals in Africa, Zambia could be a leading treatment hub for cancer in the region and conversely earn lots of money from the services said Am-bassador Mukwita.

President Lungu has in the past shown open contempt towards

losing Zambian lives where the deaths can be avoided. He said more details on AME could be found on their website link www.ame-international.com.

Amb Mukwita and HC Hein Messenger in Vienna, Austria.


On the one hand, this is a terrible injustice to this exciting, enigmatic and unfailingly welcoming

country.

On the other hand, it’s a significant part of the appeal.

However, the Zambian government has recently reiterated its intention to put tourism at the top of its agenda.

The visa process for international visitors has been simplified in 2015 and the World Health Organization also came to the party and declared Zambia a yellow-fever-free zone.

As the often ill-informed furor around Ebola slowly peters out, Zambia is sending an increasingly loud mes-sage to the world that it is very much open for business.

So the best time to explore Zambia is

right now, before everyone else cot-tons on.

1. The Valley of the Leopard

Zambia is one of the few African countries that can pretty much guar-antee the full pantheon of Africa’s wildlife without having to be inside a fenced area.

All of Zambia’s national parks and al-most all of its accommodations are unfenced, and elephants, hippos, giraffes, buffaloes, hyenas and even lions are regular visitors to many towns, villages, lodges and camps even outside of national parks.

This park has one of the highest den-sities of big game anywhere in Af-rica, but vast swathes remain largely unexplored.

Even in the “busier” sections along the Luangwa River visitors are un-

likely to be jostling with an army of other game vehicles to get the best view of the action.

Above all else, South Luangwa has become feted for its leopard sight-ings -- anyone who comes here and doesn’t see any leopards needs their eyes tested.

2. Zambia’s French Riviera

The fashionable Lake Kariba is the largest man-made body of water in Africa, a veritable inland ocean.

Visitors could be forgiven for think-ing they’re in Mediterranean Europe at times here, but when the sun sets there’s no doubt they’re in Africa.

Aside from the stellar African sun-sets, the order of the day at Lake Kariba tends to be as follows: sun-bathing, watersports, fishing, fresh crayfish, ice-cold sundowners and general relaxation.

Otherwise there are numerous rea-sonably priced lodges, self-catering villas or campsites along the edge of the lake in and around the pretty town of Siavonga, many of which in some way capture the French Riviera feel of the area.

An increasing number of Zambia’s wealthy elite own second or even third homes in Siavonga, with the lake just an easy 200-kilometer jaunt from the capital of Lusaka.

3. A walk on the wild side

Among safari aficionados, Zambia is feted for its guided bush walks and walking safaris.

Though these activities aren’t unique to Zambia, the level of knowledge of the guides generally is.

With the density of wildlife, dearth of fences and continued prevalence of traditional rural living, one of the arguments is that Zambia’s guides grow up in closer proximity to the

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wonders of the African bush than most.

Whatever the case, there’s prob-ably nothing more exhilarating than tracking lions through the bush on foot, and Lower Zambezi National Park has to be the best place in Zam-bia to do this.

Lower Zambezi National Park, Sud di Lusaka, Lusaka Zambia;

Just a few hours’ drive from Lusaka or a 30-minute chartered flight, the park is astonishingly remote and the landscapes are striking.

The green banks and elephant-filled islands of the mighty Zambezi flank the park on one side and a high and densely forested escarpment on the other.

A morning bush walk can be coupled with an afternoon or even overnight canoe safari down the Zambezi for a truly special Zambian combination.

4. A fascinating colonial heritage

For those with a soft spot for colo-nial nostalgia or in need of a quick cultural fix, a visit to the picturesque and spectacularly incongruous Shi-wa Ng’andu manor house should do the trick.

This was the former home of a young British colonial officer by the name of Stewart Gore-Browne who came to the area in 1911 to determine the border between Northern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo.

Shiwa Ngandu, Mpika, Mpika Zam-bia;

Gore-Browne developed a deep af-finity for the area and determined that when his work was finished he would return and settle in this part of Africa.

He came back in 1914 looking for a piece of land to buy.

The huge and elaborate manor house that he built, overlooking a lake and surrounded by pristine gar-dens, gives a number of fascinating insights into both the eccentricity and determination of its creator and the colonial heritage of Zambia in general.

5. The mighty Zambezi in full force

While we’ve aimed here to shine a spotlight on some of Zambia’s less-er-known highlights, it’s impossible to leave Victoria Falls off this list al-together.

Over the years this incredible natural wonder has exhausted all the super-latives in the dictionary in attempts to describe it, but none manage to do it justice.

Known to locals as “Mosi-oa-Tunya” (“The Smoke that Thunders”), spray from the falls can be seen rising high above the deep Batoka Gorge from literally kilometers away.

Once jaws have returned to their usual positions and eyes have stopped popping out of heads, there are an unprecedented number of adrenaline activities on offer in and around the falls.

These can all be washed down with a stiff drink on the banks of the Zambezi at the decadent colonial-themed Royal Livingstone, while ze-bra and giraffe graze on the perfectly manicured lawns nearby.

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Germany.


Ambassador Mukwita said Katebe’s participation con-tributed to efforts needed to make Zambia visible at

every given opportunity. He said an international event such as the Berlin Half Marathon presents a perfect op-portunity to raise Zambia’s flag.

“When we represent Zambia at such international events, the name be-comes familiar with would-be tour-ists, with would-be investors and prospective employers such as the United Nations and other interna-tional business houses”, said Mr. Mukwita.

The Zambian envoy said Katebe’s participation was a reiteration of

You are an ambassador – Mukwita tells Katebe…envoy elated by German-based Katebe’s participation in the Berlin half marathon

Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany His Excellency Anthony Mukwita has paid tribute to German-based Frank Katebe for his initiative to participate in the 2019 Berlin Half Marathon covering 21 kilometers.

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runner Katebe with his coach Michael


President Edgar Lungu’s call on all Zambians wherever they may be to remember that they were all Ambas-sadors for their country. He said they were therefore expected to seize every possible opportunity to make their country visible.

Katebe was cheered on as he drew to the finish line by his wife Jana and some members of the diplomatic staff from the Zambian embassy. Thousands of onlookers lined up a section of the road at the finish line where a DJ blasted popular songs that the crowd sung along to.

Katebe ran under his chosen theme, “Let’s help Mozambique” as part of efforts to bring attention to the plight of the victims of the deadly Idia Cy-clone that left hundreds dead and damage estimated to run in millions of dollars.

Recently, the Zambian government responded by sending medical supplies joining other international

players who are assisting the Mo-zambican government mitigate the impact of the cyclone.

During last year’s Berlin half mara-thon, a total of 61,390 participants representing 133 countries partici-pated. 40, 775 managed to finish the race among them 28,443 men and 12,332 women. The finally tally for the 2019 Marathon are yet to be finalized as the race was ongoing at press time.

Last year, a Zambian female partici-pant, Maya Mwanawasa ran in the BMW-sponsored Berlin marathon. Both Katebe and Maya are not pro-fessional athletes but participated out of personal interest.

For the 2019 half marathon, the finish line was at the Brandenburg Gate, which once served as a divid-ing line between West and East Ger-many.

It was here that the former US Presi-

dent Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1987 made a speech with the fa-mous words, “Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Two years later in Decem-ber 1989, the gate was opened.

As marathon participants came through the gate, the wild cheers were reminiscent of 30 years ago in November 1989 when hundreds of thousands of people gathered to cel-ebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall.



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Patson Daka, the Red Bull Salzburg man of the mo-ment has continued to get love from many within and

outside Zambia after his 21.02.19 two goals sealed the fate of rivals Club Brugge.

The latest to thumbs up Daka is no other than the soft spoken soccer legend Kalusha Bwalya aka the Great Kalu.

Here is what the Great Kalu said

as an out pouring of congratula-tions rained on the 20 year old ris-ing soccer flame:

“Well done to PatsonDakajnr and EnockMwepu. Boys doing great. Really pleased with the giant steps they are taking.” Said Kalusha.

“Credit to their discipline and dedi-cation. Will inspire other boys of their generation and to know that, there is no substitute for hard work. Delighted with their progress.”

Kulusha’s parting words were, “Keep going boys”.

His immense words of encourage-ment came on the heels of many that have been giving a bravo ‘shout out’ to Daka for flying Zam-bia’s flag high.

Recently Daka said he wants to be like or better than the Great Kalu when he grows up and so far the signs are encouraging.

Patson Daka, Mwepu get some Great Kalu love...as the Zambian soccer legend says ‘go boys’

Kalusha Bwalya enjoys a game of soccer in this file picture with H.E President Edgar Lungu.

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The parting advice from one foreign service veteran to me as I prepared to leave Zambia on my first tour of

duty as Counsellor in Beijing, China was, “don’t get too comfortable.” It sounded somewhat cryptic and omi-nous, making me wonder what ex-actly I had volunteered for.

Six years or two tours of duty later, I seemed to have heeded that advice exceptionally well. Watching the ef-fects of a letter of recall on several diplomats I served with, it would appear no one gave them the same advice.

Diplomats do get too comfortable and the last thing on their minds is that day the dreadful letter arrives. Many, even after witnessing the re-calls of their colleagues still look shell shocked when they are called in by the Head of Mission for THE chat. I should know because I delivered some to a number of my colleagues. It always felt like the devil’s assign-ment.

I therefore swore never to be un-prepared for my letter of recall. That meant putting monumental thought into life after diplomatic service, planning it like a military operation.

Halfway into my second tour of duty in Washington DC, I had decided

precisely what I would embark on upon my return. FARMING.....

My family owns 204 hectares of land in the beautiful city of Chipata, embracing a picturesque hill within its boundaries. I decided that that would be where I would pour or my hard earned savings and termi-nal benefits to create a base for the prosperity of my whole family. That too would be my second “tour of duty” in farming. My first tour was done right after completing Form V at Chizongwe Secondary School in 1981 and just before I joined the Zambia Army as an officer where I briefly served with His Excellency the President Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu in the same intake.

So I am hardly a novice at it and know that I need a solid business, operational and strategic plan to succeed after diplomatic service. Agriculture as many Zambians have come to realize now, is the cure our economy needs and anyone invest-ing in it stands to reap millions of Kwacha – and dollars. Testimonials to that abound.

Some of my friends in DC were shocked to hear that I would not be residing in Lusaka upon my return after I received my letter of recall. I remember when filling out my ship-ping details my colleagues were

bewildered when I indicated that I would be heading straight home to Chipata. Little did they realize that I already knew the route to my prom-ised land and it would not take 40 years to get there.

From my savings, even before I get all my terminal benefits, I have sarted small, first digging a borehole, install-ing a pump and water supply for ir-rigation and domestic use, planted 3 acres of tobacco, 2 hectares of maize and soya beans. I have built the first chicken and quail run and clearing more land for a piggery, fruit, vegeta-bles and fish ponds.

The prospects are very encourag-ing and God has graciously blessed us with excellent rainfall particularly here in Eastern Province. That has given me somewhat of a soft land-ing that I can only grow bigger and better from.

I have found farmers who are willing to mentor me in the formative years and give me sound advice on how to navigate through some of the chal-lenges of farming in Zambia.

My advice to all serving diplomats is the same one I received – DON’T GET TOO COMFORTABLE. So plan meticulously for life after diplomatic service and don’t sit there hoping for another assignment or deployment. Take your life in your own hands and plan for your own future.

I do reminisce and miss the friend-ships and professional networks I created, but now I take particular pride in my new identity and call-ing.

From Washington DC to the City of Chipata with love...an inspiring story of a senior diplomat turned farmer.

BY JOSEPH CHILAIZYA – FORMER DEPUTY AMBASSADOR TO THE USA.


Congratulations to Zam-bia’s GET FiT programme, with the award of 6 solar PV projects at below $5c/

kWh, solidifying renewable energy - particularly solar - as the lowest-cost generation. Combined with Scaling Solar, Zambia is a true leader in clean energy development.

The results of the tender herald not only failing equipment prices, but also an increasingly mature Zambian power sector: GET FiT prices provide the country with a golden opportu-nity to transition to a more efficient and competitive renewable energy power market. This is a transition that Africa GreenCo, and its opera-tional intermediary GreenCo Power Services Limited, will complete by improving offtaker creditworthiness, attracting private sector capital, and enhancing opportunities for flex-ible electricity trading – diversifying demand, mitigating systemic risk, and reducing the need for sovereign guarantees. The need to aggregate, manage and optimise the supply &

demand balance both now and in the future is strong to ensure a smooth, scalable and self-sustainable integra-tion of intermittent renewable energy supply going forward.

Indeed, the low GET FiT tariffs mean that, even after the drop in average SAPP prices in the past year, renew-able energy can be profitably sold in the regional market. This demon-strates one of the key aspects of the GreenCo business model, namely that the market rather than the host government can become the pri-mary risk mitigant in case of pay-ment problems under the long-term offtake agreements generally re-quired to make project finance trans-actions bankable. Taken together Zambia will lead on delivering a para-digm shift in the global response to climate change.

Taken as a whole, this aligns with ZESCO’s vision for Zambia as a SAPP-region energy hub, with open access, and fair prices for genera-tors, utilities, and customers alike.

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frontline personnel.

�

Ministry of Finance to provide quarterly updates

on the country’s debt position.

�

Government to prioritize the dism

antling of arrears rem

ains key to improving liquidity.

�

Government to harm

onize various labor laws,

by consolidating

the Employm

ent Act, the Em

ployment of Young Persons and Children

Act, and the Minim

um W

ages and Conditions of Service Act into a Single Labor Code.

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Government

to develop

the N

ational Productivity Policy to im

prove productivity in the econom

y.

�

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ent board w

ill be

established to

scrutinize investm

ent proposals.

�

In 2019 Gross Domestic Product to be rebased

in order

to provide

reliable and

updated inform

ation on the current size and structure of the econom

y.

�

Abolishment of Value Added Tax (VAT) w

hich is being replaced by a sim

pler Sales Tax.

�

Ban to be lifted on exports of raw

hides and skin and introduction of an export duty of 10 percent on these item

s.

�

Increase excise duty on plastic carrier bags to 30 percent from

20 percent.

�

Increase mineral royalty rates by 1.5 percentage

points at all levels of the sliding scale and introduction of a fourth-tier rate at 10 percent w

hen US$7,500 per

metric tonne.

�

Abolish the 20% casino levy and introduce a new

tax regim

e on casino, lottery, betting and gaming

to allow for better regulation of the industry.

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OM

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seZ

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NAL BU

DGET

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seZ

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no

mic

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DITU

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ET

THE 2019 N

ATION

AL BUD

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FOG

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Domestic Revenue

K56.08 Billion


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K9.1 Billion


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ther RevenuesK391 M

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NAL BU

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E ESTIMATES 2019 BU

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ebt

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un

d

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ADAPTED BYO

CTOBER 2018

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NATIO

NAL BU

DGET

Defen

seZ

MW

5.1 Billion

5.8%

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no

mic

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K 31.3 B

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36.0%

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DITU

RE ESTIM

ATES 2019 BU

DG

ET

THE 2019 N

ATION

AL BUD

GET IN

FOG

RAPHIC

Domestic Revenue

K56.08 Billion


Income Tax

K23.2Billion


Non Tax Revenues

K9.1 Billion


K8.4Billion

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ther RevenuesK391 M

illion

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NAL BU

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REVENU

E ESTIMATES 2019 BU

DGETD

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ebt

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W 8.6 B

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al Deb

tZ

MW

14.9 Billio

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School In

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reZ

MW

258.8 Millio

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ent L

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d Sch

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cture

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TJ L

uap

ula U

niversity

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W 442.7 M

illion

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men

t Fu

nd

ZM

W 163 M

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un

d (C

DF

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W 249.6 M

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blic Service P

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un

d

ZM

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mit

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pen

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d A

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ral Electrification

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ter Su

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nita

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itation P

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ational H


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ence in 2019.

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UM

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PMEN

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info@pm

rczambia.net | w

ww

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bia.com

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CTOBER 2018

THE 2019

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NAL BU

DGET

Defen

seZ

MW

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no

mic

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irsZ

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blic S

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ZM

K 31.3 B

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JULY 2018

Economic growth

Projected annual

economic

growth

to range betw

een 4-5 percent in the medium

term

driven by:

Inflation w

ithin target

of 6-8

percent closing the first half of 2018 at 7.4 percent from

the May rate of 7.8 percent.

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ESTIMATES O

F REVENU

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OU

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FOREIGN

EXCHAN

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TRADE BALANCE

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39.6B

The stock of external debt as at end of first quarter of 2018 increased to U

S $9.37 billion from

$8.7 billion as Decem

ber 2017 representing 8 %

increase.

Implem

entation of the austerity measures

to aid sustenance of the macroeconom

ic environm

ent, grow

th prospects

and renew

ed confidence in the economy.

Potential risks

that could

affect the

economic outlook include

Clim

ate variability.

Failure to achieve structural adjustment

measures

as announced

by G

overnmen.t

Failure to address tight liquidity in the m

arket to address the limited access to

credit by private sector.

Global econom

y developments such as

trade issues.

1.2.3.4. Risks

Governm

ent comm

itted to the following

reforms:

1.Reform

s to parastatal bodies such as ZESC

O

with

high debt

leading to

unsustainable operations.

2.Energy sector reforms

Fuel importation system

.C

ompletion of the cost of service study

which had faced challenges.

Domestic arrears in the first quarter 2018

increased to K13.91 billion from K12.77

billion [representing 9% increase] due to a

rise in arrears related to roads.

Lower target perform

ance in some revenue

categories included

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RTED

BY

$9.37B2018$8.7B 2017

Estimates for revenues and grants in the

first half of 2018 was K

25.07 million.

Dom

estic revenue

collections w

ere above target by 3.3 percent due to positive perform

ance of VAT collections.

Mining

Tourism

Construction

Stable power

supply

Stable global developm

ents

This refers to money or other assets held by

Bank of Zambia so that it can pay if need be

its liabilities. Reserve position as at end of June 2018 w

as US$1.82 billion com

pared to

US$2.1

billion gross

international reserves as at Decem

ber 2017.

First half of 2018, Expenditure amounted to

K39.6 billion, against the budgeted K34.19 billion.

Inflation between January and June of

2018 increased by 5 percent.

Kwacha rem

ained stable against the

major

trading currencies

trading at an average of K9.93 per U

S$ compared to the K 9.53

per U

S$ the

same

period in

2017.

Trade balance during the first five months of

2018 was positive w

ith a surplus of K245.4 m

illion recorded in May 2018.

Recovery in

the perform

ance of

Non-Traditional Exports in the recent past

has been recorded with the share of N

TEs averaging

of 22.9

percent in

export earnings betw

een May and April 2018.

Interest payments and capital expenditure

were m

ajor components above target at 43.2

and 65 percent respectively.

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Governm

ent also paid

US$161.3 m

illion in

external debt service

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7.87.4

1. Excise duty2. Export duties

Legislative reforms that relate to fiscal

sustainability

Public Finance

Managem

ent Act

had been signed into law

.C

redit Reporting

and Public

Private Partnership Bills w

ere at an advanced stage in Parliam

ent.

Planning and Budgeting Bill was at an

advanced yet to be taken to parliament as

part of the budget legislation. alongside the new

Procurement Bill.

Loans and

Guarantees

(Authorization) Act had been delayed due to review

s to the constitution.

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Governm

ent should target economic grow

th rates higher than 4%

in the future if such economic grow

th rates are to benefit ordinary Zam

bians.

Governm

ent must broaden the tax base to ensure

that the country has adequate funds to finance all its budget

obligations. There

is need

to build

the capacity of the Zam

bia Revenue Authority [especially w

hen dealing

with

matters

related to

transfer pricing/tax

avoidance by

multinationals]

for the

country to consistently meet and exceed revenue

collection targets.

There is need for the Planning and Budgeting Bill to be

enacted into

law

in order

to ensure

strict adherence

to planned

programm

es and

enhancement of budget credibility. Planning and

Budgeting Law

s w

ill support

provisions of

the Revised Public Finance Act.

There need to put in place a robust implem

entation m

echanism

to enforce

austerity m

easures as

directed by the Republican President and all other m

easures put in place by Governm

ent such as enhancing payroll m

anagement, expenditure cuts

and procurement reform

s.

Governm

ent to

prioritize debt

restructuring program

me and curb any further contraction of debt.

Chinese G

overnment supported debt restructuring or

the IM

F Engagem

ent program

mes

need to

be exploited fully for as long as the term

s and conditions of such program

mes benefit Zam

bia by consolidating grow

th.

Governm

ent needs to renegotiate the fees charged by accountants as per regulations contained in the Statutory

Instrument

Num

ber 34

of 2018,

Accountants (Client Fees) Regulations. Affordable

client fees will encourage com

pliance and enable all businesses to pay prescribed fees.

1.2.3.4.5.6.FO

REIGN EXCH

ANGE RESERVE PO

SITION

MO

RE

EXPO

RTS

LESS IM

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On the 15th of M

arch 2019, H.E the President of the R

epublic of Zambia, M

r. Edgar C. Lungu addressed the National Assem

bly in accordance w

ith article 9(2) of the Zambian Constitution, w

hich demands that the President addresses the nation on the

progress made tow

ards application of national values found in article 8.

Recognition of the need to respond to the existential threat of climate change by im

proving the managem

ent of natural resources. Government has been

implem

enting climate change adaptation and m

itigation measures w

hich include;

• It entails collective decision-m

aking, accountability and transparency in running the affairs of the country

Governm

ent has endeavored to involve citizens in the development of G

overnment policy and

legislation. For instance, in 2018, citizens were consulted during the form

ulation of;

1. The Industrial Policy,

2. The N

on-Governm

ental Organisations Policy,

3. The H

eritage and Conservation Policy.

4. The N

ational Health Insurance Act N

o. 2 Of 2018.

• Enhancing integrity in the public service - The Public Finance M

anagement Act N

o. 1 of 2018 is now

instrumental in enhancing transparency and accountability in the use of public

funds.

• Civil society involvem

ent in Good Governance- Governm

ent continued providing a conducive environm

ent for civil society to participate in the governance of the country.

• In 2018, (150) one hundred and fifty civil society organisations w

ere registered, bringing the total num

ber of active civil society organisations, working in various sectors of our

country to 906.

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THE APPLICATIO

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PRIN

CIPLES

Morality and

EthicsPatriotism

and N

ational Unity

Dem

ocracy and Constitutionalism

Hum

an Dignity,

Equity, Social Justice, Equality and N

on-D

iscrimination

Good G

overnance and Integrity

Sustainable D

evelopment

IN

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• Afforestation and reforestation.

• Conservation farm

ing.

• Prom

otion of

green energy

as w

ell as

safeguarding and

improving

our environm

ent through

effective w

aste m

anagement.

• In

2018, trees

were

planted on

3,951 hectares of land.

• 15,509 hectares of land w

as allocated for the establishm

ent of comm

unity forests in 5 sites of M

pulungu District.

• 10,542 fruit trees w

ere planted

• 24,854 exotic trees and 60,000 vetiver grass w

ere planted.

• Statutory Instrum

ent No. 11 of 2018 w

as issued to enhance com

munity participation

in forest managem

ent. This has so far resulted

in the

signing of

21 forest

managem

ent agreements covering a total

forest area of 32,730 hectares of land in M

uchinga and North-W

estern Provinces.

• A total of 267,000 farm

ers have adopted conservation

agricultural practices

countrywide.

• Patriotism

entails lifelong comm

itment by

all towards national unity.

• Evidence of selfless devotion is increasing through support G

overnment is receiving.

• “Think local first” to support local products and increase their uptake.

• Training of local contractors to enable high quality delivery of infrastructure w

ork.

• G

overnment

comm

itted to

promoting rights of citizens in

national affairs.

• G

overnment

comm

itted to

upholding suprem

acy of

the constitution.

• Continuous

voter sensitization

to prom

ote civic

education objectives.

• 27 voter sensitization activities done in districts w

ith by-elections in 2018.

• G

overnment

undertaking constitutional

reforms

to m

eet aspirations of people.

• Prom

otion of

our m

otto “O

ne Zam

bia O

ne N

ation”, co-

existence and diversity.

• Perpetrators of political violence to

face the

law

regardless of

political affiliation.

• Police m

ust deal with political

violence professionally.

• 1,920 local contractors trained.

• Local contractors urged to em

brace culture of hard w

ork.

• N

o to Vandalism-everyone m

ust safeguard heavy infrastructure investm

ent in our country.

• Zam

bians must proudly speak w

ell of our country hom

e and abroad.

Reforestationre-using & Recycling

ConservationHandling & Disposal

built back better

10,542 fruit trees

green energy

Patriotism

Speak well

constitutional

our motto

National symbols

police must deal

support local

local contractors

Afforestation

agricultural practices countrywide

of solid waste

commitment by all

of our country home & abroad

reforms TO MEET ASPIRATION OF PEOPLE

“One zambia one Nation”

WITH political violence

“think local first”

culture of hard work

• Citizens m

ust fully participate in com

mem

oration of national days.

• Education of our children on m

eaning of national sym

bols must continue.

• Spirit of constructive and progressive dialogue m

ust be embraced.

Committedto upholding supremacy

Sensitizationpromote civic education

rights of citizensnational affairs

• G

overnment has been undertaking research

and developm

ent and

has com

e up

with

drought

resistant crop

varieties and

contribute to

crop diversification.

In this

regard, a total of 13 new crop varieties w

ere released onto the m

arket in 2018.

• Continuously

sensitize the

citizenry on

reducing, re-using and recycling of plastic products.

• G

overnment introduced a partial ban on the

use of plastics through Statutory Instrument

No.

65 of

2018 on

extended producer

responsibility to enhance implem

entation of the Environm

ental Managem

ent Act No. 12 O

f 2011.

• Enacted

the Solid W

aste Regulation And

Managem

ent Act

No.

20 of

2018. The

implem

entation of this Act will im

prove the handling and disposal of solid w

aste.

• Sustainable developm

ent also requires that old and dilapidated infrastructure is either repaired or dem

olished and then “built back better”.

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In February 2016, the Government of the Republic of Zam

bia Launched the N

ational Policy on Disability. The Theme of the policy is ‘Em

powering

Persons with Disabilities’ and this is in line w

ith international and national policy instrum

ents including the United N

ations Convention on the Rights of persons w

ith Disabilities. This policy was launched in an effort to;

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Deal with various challenges faced by persons w

ith disabilities and �

Ensure for social and economic inclusion for these persons.

Statistics reveal that about 2 million w

omen and m

en in Zambia have a

disability (WHO

, 2011). Detailed information revealed that m

ost of these people w

ith disabilities live in rural areas, and have limited access to basic

services. There are 181,856 (2.4 %) w

ith disabilities in rural areas and 69,571 (1.4%

) people with disabilities in urban areas in the country.

(Zambia Census of population and housing 2010)

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Improve

accessibility of

services related

to education, health, social protection and em

ployment.

This calls for increased pro activity and coordination am

ong various bodies responsible for infrastructure and accessibility;

�

Increased budgetary support to education, health, social protection and em

ployment creation for people

with disabilities; and

�

Augmented

data gathering

and inform

ation m

anagement system

s for education, health, social protection and em

ployment relating to people w

ith disabilities.

Analysing the National Policy on Disability

Interactions w

ith various

key im

plementing

Disability Persons O

rganisations (DPO’s) revealed that som

e of the activities outlined in the im

plementation plan m

ay not be attained by 2019 due to various challenges including;

�

Delayed disbursement of funds,

�

Limited coordination and com

munication am

ongst im

plementing agencies and

�

Lack of information and know

ledge by some sections

of society on disability programm

ing.

General challenges in the sector

�

Right to education, health and employm

ent;

�

Accessibility of services related to education, health, social protection and em

ployment;

�

Inclusive of education health, social protection and em

ployment;

�

Budgetary concerns

for education

health, social

protection and employm

ent; and

�

Information

managem

ent system

s for

education, health, social protection and em

ployment relating to

people with disabilities.

�

The Zambian Constitution

�

The Vision 2030 and Seventh National Developm

ent Plan

�

The Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training (TEVET)Act, 1998

�

The Workers Com

pensation Act (No. 10 of 1999)

�

National Policy on Education, 1996

�

National Em

ployment and Labour M

arket Policy (N

ELP), 2005 �

National Youth Policy, 2006

�

Citizen Economic Em

powerm

ent Comm

ission Act, 2008

The listed policies and pieces of legislation all recognise and support disability m

ainstreaming for increased

inclusion and empow

erment for person w

ith disabilities.

According to the National Policy on Disability, a disability is defined as “Any

restriction resulting from an im

pairment or inability to perform

any activity in the m

anner or within the range considered norm

al for a human being and

would or w

ould not entail the use of supportive or therapeutic devices and auxiliary aids, interpreters, w

hite canes, reading assistants, hearing aids, guide dogs or any other anim

al trained for that purpose.” (2013,National

Policy on Disability). Similarly the W

orld Health O

rganisation (WH

O)

defines the term disability as “an um

brella term covering im

pairments,

activity limitations, and participation restrictions.” An im

pairment is

defined as a problem in body function structure; an activity lim

itation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing tasks or actions; w

hile a participation restriction is a problem

experienced by an individual in involvem

ent in life situations1 (W

HO

, 2018).

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497

12

510

611

1968 1977

1968

2015 1996

1981

2010

1989

2012

Timeline

1961- Blind Persons

Ordinance,

facilitated for the creation of N

orthern Rhodesia Council

for the Blind. 181,856

69,5712 M

ILLION

Wom

en and Men in Zam

bia have a disability(2.4 %

) with disabilities in

rural areas(1.4%

) people with

disabilities in urban areas

The guiding principles of the policy are

The policy objectives have accompanying m

easures to promote them

and the summ

ary of these objectives are;

2015 - National Policy on Disability launched to provide guidance and support for Governm

ent and stakeholders on disability and development in

line with international standards.

1968 - Handicapped

Persons Act of 1968, facilitated for the establishm

ent of the Zam

bia Council for the H

andicapped.

1996- Enactment of

the Disabilities Act No.

33 which repealed the

Handicapped Persons

Act of 1968.

Resulted in the establishm

ent of m

ore employm

ent centres bringing the total num

ber to 17 em

ployment

centres to provide sheltered em

ployment

opportunities for persons w

ith disabilities.

The Act facilitated for the disillusion of the Zam

bia Council for the H

andicapped and established the Zam

bia Agency for Persons w

ith Disabilities (ZAPD).

1977- Institution of the Vocational Rehabilitation Center (VRC), for the provision of rehabilitation and skills training to persons w

ith disabilities.

Instituted the National

Trust Fund for the Disabled (N

TD) to provide m

icro -credit to persons w

ith disabilities.

1981- United N

ations International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP) w

hich was follow

ed by the decade of persons w

ith disabilities (1982-1991).

1st February 2010- The Governm

ent of Zam

bia ratified the U

N Convention on the

Rights of Persons with

Disabilities.

1989- Zambia ratified

the ILO Convention

159 on Vocational Rehabilitation and Em

ployment of Persons

with Disabilities.

2012- Enactment

of the Persons with

Disabilities Act No. 6 of

2012, to provide for the elim

ination of all forms

of discrimination on the

grounds of disability.

1. http://w

ww

.who.int/topics/disabilities/en/ accessed on 21/05/2018

CoordinationPartnership

Full and effective participation and inclusion in society

Accountability and transparency

Respect for inherent

dignity and individual autonom

y

Equity and none discrim

ination; traditional values and accessibility.

There are various pieces of legislation which support the im

plementation of the objectives of the N

ational Policy on Disability. Some of these include but are not lim

ited to the follow

ing;

Prevention of disability.

Habitation and

rehabilitation.H

uman rights.

Equity of opportunities.

Netw

orking and partnership.

Education and skills.

Access to quality healthcare and

services .

Adequate standards of

living and social protection.

Disability and

accessibility.

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