HICHILEMA CAN’T SEEK ADVICE FROM PEOPLE WHO CREATED THE MESS – NKANDU
KAPUTA, Member of Parliament Elvis Nkandu has criticized former President Edgar Lungu’s recent comments suggesting that the country would be in a better state if President Hakainde Hichilema had sought his advice from the beginning.
Lungu, speaking at a Citizen’s First Party rally in Kitwe on Saturday alongside his United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) counterparts, claimed that they had solutions to the current economic challenges facing Zambia.
In response, Nkandu who is also the Minister of Youth, Sports and Arts, spoke from his constituency in Northern Province, asserting that Lungu should be the last person to comment on the country’s economic difficulties, given his administration’s role in creating them.
Nkandu attributed the economic downturn to Lungu’s failure to implement sustainable economic and development policies.
“Therefore, President Hakainde Hichilema cannot seek advice from those who created the mess in the first place,” Nkandu stated.
The minister emphasized that the current government is aware of the economic challenges and is committed to implementing policies and interventions aimed at restoring and building a better economy to address national priorities.
He questioned why the former head of state publicly criticises the current government, that is working to rectify issues left unresolved during Lungu’s tenure.
Nkandu, dismissed Lungu’s claims that he could reduce the price of mealie-meal.
He noted that despite favourable rainfall conditions, the price of a 25 kilogrammes bag of mealie-meal increased from K50 to K180 during Lungu’s reign.
“President Hakainde Hichilema’s administration is implementing sustainable economic recovery policies. The policies include revamping the mining sector, restructuring the national debt, and creating employment opportunities, which aim to stabilise and grow the Zambian economy,” said Nkandu.
CREDIT: Kalemba
What a load of Malarkey!!!
That’s why in Zambia or Africa there is little progress in calamities because there is fear. USA the president will consult former presidents because when the government does good , it’s good for the country
HH is a mess himself.
One thing I know is that there were Bumper harvests, and FRA silos where to full capacity,for 3 seasons under ECL…and well Hakainde sold everything and plunged the country into the worst food crisis.. people running from place to place chasing for eagle mealing bags.
And he further messed up the whole agricultural sector..FISP is now a shell of itself.
And another thing, ECL managed to build up
our Electricity generation infrastructure to 3,500 against our consumption of 2,200 MW. Well Hakainde over generated Power and started exporting from 2022 and has now plunged the country into darkness… even kids have stopped cheering when the power gets restored..all have become weary.
Talk of reduced revenue from the mines due to nonsensical tax holidays given to the mines…
And look at his governance…
And the Tribal rot in the civil service..the it’s our time philosophy.
And a confused foreign policy…where we are now at loggerheads with our all time friend Zimbabwe.
Hakainde has messed up. Period.
It’s too late to change things now.. People have moved on…and the political body mass has shifted.
Who could have thought Huge crowds ECL after that defeat in 2021? The man we have in charge is so incompetent that Lungu has started looking a better option.
Not everyone is stupid like you. Thank god majority of Zambians are smart and can see who created the mess and who is trying to clean up the mess!
Thinking that we can’t remember how Bowman Lusambo used to beat children who were queuing for mealie meal.
Confused foreign policy only in your head. Who makes you think that all Zambians have been happy with our east undemocratic inclination? Are you ( leftists) now pleading with the West for intervention in our democratic dispensation?
By all standards , ECL was the most incompetent leader ever on mother earth
Why are we so preoccupied with nshima? What about jobs, good paying jobs and zambian owned businesses? Are we si cheap that politics is all about nshima and all other good things of life are foreigners and politicians themselves?
Well asked
As Albert Einstein said, you cannot sold a problem with the same minds and thinking that created the problem!
Zambia’s Elephant in the room is the fatal PF debt!
Let’s give credit where it is due!
The New Dawn government has done this country good by getting this bad debt restructured!
Now we have head room to spend again on Social services.
Have you not noticed that our Exchange rate has started improving?
By December 2024, ba opposition will have nothing to talk about because good results will begin to show in our economy!
I would rather keep UPND than going back to PF bandits who were stealing from widows and orphans in Markets!
Never again!