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By Fred M’membe I have been reading about the leadership of the ruling party having pushed in a lot of money, bicycles and even some automobiles into Lubemba. This is said to have been done through some chiefs to help them buy the votes of their subjects. It won’t work. In life, and much more so in politics, it is always very important to be clear about things. Chiefs in Lubemba are not absolute rulers. They don’t rule by decrees like some other monarchs. Ours is a highly democratic, decentralised and accountable system with very strong checks and balances. Power in Lubemba doesn’...

By Daniel Mwamba Chairman Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) In the wake of the Nakonde-bound Likili Motorways Bus horror leading to the death of five innocent people and leaving more than 45 injured, witnesses reports of surviving passengers in this fateful bus, have raised the issue that the driver was over-speeding, and they saw it that it was just a matter of when and not if the accident will happen. It’s evident that speeding endangers not only the life of the speeder but all of the people including the passengers, and other people on the road around them. This is a problem we all need ...

THE STANDARD By Kalangi Kiambati | December 24th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 A police officer and a member of NTSA inspect a matatu after it was involved in an accident at Mwamba trading centre on the Eldoret-Webuye Highway in Kakamega on 23/1/2020. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] I remember with nostalgia Christmas celebrations of my childhood. The anticipation for Christmas started soon after the Jamhuri day fete. A few days to Christmas, we started stalking our mother for signs that she was going to the local shopping centre to buy the coveted Christmas outfits. The timing for new clothes had t...