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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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He was one of the rare products of the University of Zambia. He came top in his class and graduated with a distinction in political science. The government bursary he was awarded came handy for his parents were far from managing his school expenses. His social life was moderate but concentrated on his studies all his four year period. Zitani was mostly on the quiet side and was more analytical than he was vocal. Through his stay at the Great East Road Campus, he maintained only a small circle of friends. His bright mind attracted most beautiful and classical girls around and within campus. Mostly his friends called him double Z because of his names which both started with letters Z.It was at the University of Zambia that the all Seeing Eye spotted the boy. The Eye was only attracted to the brightest minds on earth, the minds that were useful in the various sectors of the world economy. The boy’s life was tracked twenty-four seven and his steps followed everywhere he went. The
Legacy of Power Chapter XVIII
She was living her life to the full. Everything around her seemed to be clapping for her achievements. The dark impoverished and thorn stricken life in Chingola was now a very faint memory in her past. The sweet fruits of her sweet enshrouded the bitter past. To crown it all, the very people of Chingola and Kabundi in particular were there to witness the glorious achievements of the lady they once knew as low class. Subi Industries now owned the entire glory of Chingola. However, the proprietor did not have a reason to sit back with folded arms, she looked ahead for more wealth and properties. She welcomed the demon for more wealth and prosperity into her life.Subi sat in her magnificent office in Kitwe Haile Selassie Avenue near the Parklands Park. She left the largest mine in the Copperbelt in the hands of Stephardo and his team. Her advisors were strong on this point and ensured that no new management was hired for the sake of institutional memory. To her surprise, the com
Legacy of Power Chapter XIX
The wounds of defeat had healed but the fighting spirit continued to rise. Ima Logistics Limited was on the rise despite failing to take over the Konkola Copper Mines in Chingola. She brought in a number of unstable companies inside and outside Zambia. The young woman worked tirelessly to expand her empire even to neighboring countries. Recently, she visited Kenya to identify investment opportunities in Mambrui before flying to the Central African Republic where she initiated a power generation project. The coal rich region of Bambari east of Bangui offered Ima the opportunity she had been craving for a long time.CAR was the hungriest nation on planet earth and most of the country’s energy reserves were dormant. The country was practically engulfed in darkness with no hope of recovery. It was from such misery that Ima saw the opportunity to invest in energy sector. With the help from her cooperating partners in Europe and South America, she set up the power plant which would
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The Duke of Lancaster was on the phone with Kristalina Georgieva, the President of the International Monetary Fund while Bradford was vomiting instructions to David Malpass, the World Bank President. These were the last institutions this group of capitalists was going to invoke to bring about a smooth transition of power in the Southern African country. These pure British citizens who belonged to the elite world tycoons and financiers were at liberty to dictate terms to any sovereign country on the face of the earth.The English Capitalists belonged to the group known as the ‘Holders of the light’ introduced by Adam Weishaupt in 1776. The first members were about two thousand followers composed of the most intelligent men in the field of Arts and Letters: Education, the Sciences, Finance and Industry. With the passing of time, the aspirations of the initiators were realized using the moneylenders’ power. It was a proved fact that he who has the Gold makes the rules. Countries
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Subi Mwanza was arrested for the murder of the Kalulushi Catholic University under the incitement of the Insaka. Subi was used by the Insaka to demonstrate how the British government worked as regarding to crimes commited many years ago. It was a system that never believed in putting crimes under the carpet with the passage of time. They were strong protagonists of crimes never rot. At whatever time provided evidence was available, the criminal procedures could be started. The Insaka had dug deeper in the pasts of both ladies until a dirty murder case was unearthed in Subi’s life. While in prison, she heard that her worst enemy was actually her twin sister. The knowledge was bitter at first but calming at last. The hate with which she rendered to Ima made her feel she deserved to rot in prison because she was going to do the worst thing to her competitor had she taken over the presidency. Part of her Nine points she wanted to roll down in the first one year was to see a complete
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She stood along a narrow winding path on the school main lawns watching her colleagues rush to different lecture rooms at the Kalulushi Catholic University. It was a bright Tuesday morning and the young beauty was not in the mood of sitting behind a desk to listen to some disgruntled lecturer at a private university in one of the giant mining towns on the Copperbelt. After all, she did not choose to attend the university but rather her single mother went against her will in spite of the several times she had denied the boring university life. Her friends called her a glamour girl and every one at campus was aware of her stunning beauty to an extent that she saw herself on international podiums representing the barely known Zambia. She yearned to help fly the national flag higher even as she ascended the echelon of power at the global scene. Her desire to find an alternative gateway to fame was stronger and the symptoms were already visible at a tender age. The young student w
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She only started crying when the baby stopped crying. It was a somber cry of death from pains only known by women of age. The young mother was one kilometer east of Mwalumina village in a dense forest alone. After dropping out of school like most of her peers, Ima opted to stay home and help her single father with home chores. It was evident that the old man had no intentions to remarry with the passing away of his dear wife three years ago. She was the oldest girl and therefore, she took it upon herself to play the motherly role and attended to the needs of her family.Ima was twenty years old and had been in the village all her life with only one time in Lusaka when she went for a holiday. Her stay in town was very brief and so could not see and appreciate the beauty of town life. Her joy and destiny was centered in the traditions and primitive life style she enjoyed in the outskirts of the capital city of Zambia. There was no more joy than staying and seeing her native brot
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