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Legacy of Power Chapter IX
At twenty-five years old, her grade twelve results were in place littered with eight distinctions. The young lady was a true example to girl children who left schools because of one or two setbacks. She did not sit back and waited for a suitor to come her way for marriage but tirelessly, she moved forward and corrected her mistakes.At the end of three years, Ima was managing a new opened subsidiary of Times Café in the town center in Lusaka. She proved herself to her boss to be the most reliable employee with the unbroken record of honesty and integrity. It had taken her time to meet face to face with the boss. She was an elderly woman with immeasurable influence in society. To her surprise, she never honored up to being the one behind her many invitations to social gatherings that Ima was getting invited to attend almost once every month. She sat in her small office at the back of the Food Palace Pub and Grill along Freedom way when an elderly man walked in. She did not he
Legacy of Power Chapter X
London, 16:35At the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue, and Greek Street was a Grand Palace Theatre housing a selected number of British capitalists. These were men of wealth and power more especially before the inversion of China businessmen in their main stake in Africa. They observed with dismay how the loyalty of their cronies in a number of African countries shifted from Europe to Asia. They felt compelled to intervene before their interests were completely wiped away by the neocolonialists from Asia.In attendance was Bradford Welensky, the great grandson of the United Federal Party, UFP leader. The man invested heavily in the newly opened gold mines in the North Western part of Zambia with other interests ranging from the Sugar plantations and Ginneries. He resembled his grandfather more than his father. His acumen was steady and focused seemingly in a hurry to tap the abundant resources, which his ancestors failed to. At the age of thirty-two, he amassed great wealth
Legacy of Power Chapter XI
Subi’s companies grew rapidly like wildfires with her name being on every magazines and newspapers on the Copperbelt. She was becoming a household personality with unique business acumen. Subi Mining Limited in Chingola grew and expanded to the North Western with interests in the newly discovered gold reserves in Mwinilunga. She was very happy with the company’s manager. She had little headaches to worry about, the woman in charge knew what to do and she did all she could to take the company forward.Her focus was in acquiring more and more businesses. She worked tirelessly, and boasted with ten booming companies in total with monthly revenue in excess of six Hundred thousand United States Dollars. Most people who did not know the glamour girl had known her from the many interviews the TV stations did at her offices in Kitwe. Subi had become a celebrity and inspired many young girls and boys in the province.One weekend Subi was in her office at the Sherbourne Park along Bunt
Legacy of Power Chapter XII
He was driving his brand new Range Rover towards the Cabinet offices knowing too well that it was lunchtime. He had been one of the cabinet ministers in the three past governments and therefore, the geography of the place wasn’t of a problem. The guards, cleaners and office orderlies including the Secretary to the Cabinet Dr. Chisi knew the famous diplomat. He was the emblem of a true patriot and a true Zambian Minister. His conduct and way of politics had an indelible mark in the political circles. He helped to shape a number of current political players from being non-entities to political giants. His figure was well known and therefore, no one could question his presence in the most influential government building. He was one of the first occupants of the buildings and since he helped sketch the blue prints, Mwaanga was a celebrity within the government corridors. So many times he was called back to help stabilize the untold political friction among the Cabinet Ministers a
Legacy of Power Chapter XIII
The signing ceremony was about to start. Ima had just walked in with her legal team. She looked forward for the past three months when the processes started to this day. It was the biggest takeover witnessed in Lusaka involving a multimillion Kwacha Zambia Breweries from South African Industrialists. There was heavy coefficient of friction among the company directors and shareholders. They fought the fierce battles at the Lusaka Stock Exchange. Unfortunately, to the white imperialists, the young girl used the media that proved right throughout eternity – the dollar power.The other team was already seated in a newly constructed business park along Lumumba Road. It was a moment of joy to both parties, the fights were over since it was a win - win situation. The former owners wondered how the young lady managed such a huge investment in the country when it was not fashionable to do so. Nevertheless, what talked the loudest were her dollars. She looked very opulent and focused ju
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‘Allow me to call the guest member to the Insaka ladies and gentlemen,’ said Mwaanga and beckoned for the Secretary to the Cabinet who sat within hearing range. The huge and probably the youngest member joined the meeting and took a center chair for all to see and possibly approve.‘I don’t need to introduce this well-known son of the soil, we all know the man. Our cry has been his cry, and on unfriendly ground, we bounced into each other and he confessed to this fact. Therefore, Dr. Chisi you are welcome to this gathering of old men and feel free to oppose and propose. Us we are old, so we’ll rely on your youthful wisdom for guidance. Our objective is well known – regime change is all we want and nothing more. However, I should mention that this is a sextet and it can never be more or less, therefore, we’ll make use of your welcome services to the best of our opportunities. ’‘It has been clear that Democracy has killed our country, and from our previous deliberations we set
Legacy of Power Chapter XV
He crossed to the other side of Cairo road for a better view. It had been two weeks since he was tasked to trail the woman. At all material times, she was not aware of the man behind her. Prince had mastered the skill of being invisible and remained in the shadows ever since he left the Regiment five years ago. His dismissal was unceremonial and gave him ugly scars which were not going to heal anytime sooner. He had tried several avenues to acclimatize but failed. It seemed his life never belonged to the normal outside world. The fifteen years he spent in Twinpalm as a regiment officer, Prince got used living in the bush and never had an opportunity to freely mingle with the free world.He could barely meet the basic needs of life until one day when he met a very well known figure in the Zambian government. The meeting place was strange and could not befit the high profile ex-intelligence chief. However, the professions justified the meeting ground – one was a regiment officer
Legacy of Power Chapter XVI
The tempers were raising meanwhile the clock was ticking, the capitalists had gathered in their usual place. It was time to do the extraordinary and help the bunch of old Zambian politicians think like the British.‘The status quo remained the same, they are going to remain like that!’ stressed Bradford. ‘We will not allow them to bring in anymore person in their group, once beaten twice shy so it goes.’‘How is our lady, is she doing well so far?’ asked Taylor.‘I think she is doing okay, we allowed her to lose the bid of taking over KCM in order to allow her friend get it. It’s part of the game, she needed to win and lose some.’John Cruise sat at the corner watching the deliberations with the interest of the toddler noting every point. He gave himself an additional role of auditing the debates and offered alternatives to the flaws. He was very analytical and tactical in the way he approached numerous issues.‘The current happenings at the National Dialogue Forum are a s
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