24th August 2022,
From the desk of ZMP Interim President Mr Kelvin Fube Bwalya.
Country men and women,
Please ignore the praise singers with their misplaced propaganda. It’s time for us all to ensure Zambia and it’s citizens Prosper. As a nation we need to focus on issues such as REAL JOB creation for our youth. Zambia Must Prosper Team will only be engaged in ISSUE BASED Politics , that address our ailing economy and improvement of standards of living. This is what was emphasized in my speech. ==================================
ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER
FELLOW ZAMBIANS:
• I AM BLESSED TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PROCLAIM THE BLUEPRINT FOR ZAMBIA’S RAPID ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION:
“ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER”. THIS VISION HAS BEEN BIRTHED AFTER YEARS OF PRAYER, RESEARCH AND FASTING.
• IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE ACTUALIZATION OF ZAMBIA’S PRAYER FOR PROSPERITY!!
– LIKE CHRISTIATNITY, OUR JOURNEY, WILL BE LONG, DIFFICULT AND HARD. YES! CHRISTIANITY BEGUN WITH A STORY OF FISHERMEN WHO HAD BEEN FISHING THE WHOLE NIGHT, BUT FAILED TO CATCH ANY FISH…….. WHEN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ARRIVED IN THE MORNING, THE FISHERMEN WERE FOLDING THEIR NETS, AND HE TOLD THEM TO GO YONDER AND CAST THEIR NETS FOR A CATCH…
“WE HAVE TOILED ALL NIGHT LONG, AND CAUGHT NOTHING” THEY SAID ……….BUT BE THAT AS IT WAS THEY OBEYED…… WITHIN A SHORT TIME, THEIR NETS WERE FULL OF FISH. THIS WAS THE FIRST MIRACLE JESUS PERFORMED. A MIRACLE OF PROSPERITY.
FELLOW ZAMBIANS: ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER IS A PARTY THAT AIMS TO CULTIVATE A WORK CULTURE OF PROSPERITY….. BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE ARE ALL BLESSED.
LIKE THE DISCIPLES WE MUST…..
• MAKE FAILURE OUR TEACHER……. FOR THIS I KNOW….. PERSITANCE OVERCOMES RESISTANCE. IT IS A FACT, THAT BY PERSISTANCE THE SNAIL MADE IT INTO NOAH’S ARK………. WE SHALL BE LIKE THAT!! ….WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER………..EVEN THE PERSISTENT WIDOW GOT HER JUDGMENT THROUGH PERSISTANCE.
• IT IS A FACT THAT ZAMBIA’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN WITHOUT THE FULL AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE CHURCH. IN MY HUMBLE VIEW, THE CHURCH OR BODY OF CHRIST HOLDS THE KEY TO OUR NATION’S PROSPERITY: WHETHER WE PROSPER WITHIN 5 YEARS OR 50 YEARS IS ENTIRELY UP TO THE CHURCH……AND US, AS A PEOPLE…..
• GIVEN THE POWER AND INFLUENCE THAT THE ZAMBIAN CHURCH YEILDS, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CHURCH HAS A PART TO PLAY IN BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY IN OUR COUNTRY…… I CHALLENGE THE CHURCH TO STAND AND SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER!!
• IT IS A FACT, THAT OUTSIDE THE FAMILY AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, THERE IS NO OTHER ENTITY AS POWERFUL AND INFLUENCIAL AS THE CHURCH………THE CHURCH HAS ACCESS TO OUR GRASSROOT PEOPLE EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK, EVERY MONTH EVERY YEAR……THE CHURCH MUST GUIDE OUR NATION’S SOCIAL, MORAL AND ECONOMIC CAMPUS.
• WE ALL KNOW, THAT THE CHURCH IS COMPOSED OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, PROFESSIONS, BACKGOUNDS, VARIOUS AFFILIATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS………. ACROSS ALL COMMUNITIES…..
• IT IS THEREFORE IN THE INTEREST OF THE CHURCH THAT ALL IT’S MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL CITIZENARY HAVE A PROSPEROUS IMPROVED ECONOMIC STANDING……… THIS TRUTH ALSO APPLIES TO EVERY GOVERNMENT IN RELATION TO IT’S CITIZENS.
• THE REALITY IS THIS: WHEN ZAMBIANS ARE POOR, THE CHURCH IS POOR…. BUT WHEN ZAMBIANS PROSPER – ZAMBIA PROSPERS……AND IT FOLLOWS, THAT THE CHURCH WILL PROSPER…
– A CHURCH CONGREGATION, LIKE ANY GOVERNMENT, CAN ONLY RAISE IT’S MONEY FROM IT’S MEMBERS….. A BROKE CONGREGATION MEANS: A BROKE CHRUCH; A BROKE PASTOR; A BROKE REVERAND; A BROKE BISHOP!! EQUALLY A BROKE PEOPLE WILL RESULT IN A BROKE GOVERNMENT…. THERE CAN NOT BE ENOUGH TAXES WHEN THE CITIZENS ARE BROKE.
• IT IS A FACT THAT MANY ZAMBIAN CHURCHES STRUGGLE FINANCIALLY BECAUSE OF A POOR MEMBERHSIP. IT FOLLOWS, POLITICALLY, THAT WHEN THE GENERAL CITIZENARY IN OUR NATION HAVE NO JOBS, NO EMPLOYMENT AND THERE IS NO MEANINGFUL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY GOING ON, THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE BROKE!!
• IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER WE ARE HERE TO CHANGE THIS NARRATIVE – LET ME SPEAK TO THE ZAMBIAN CHURCH LEADERSHIP DIRECTLY:
• MY DEAR CLERGY…….
– NATIONS DO NOT BECOME GREAT WITHOUT AGITATION…. PEOPLE DO NOT CHANGE UNTIL THEIR ATTITUDES CHANGE…. ATTITUDES DO NOT CHANGE UNTIL PEOPLE’S THNKING CHANGES.…. YET A PEOPLE’S THINKING DOES NOT CHANGE UNTIL WE CHANGE THEIR BELIEFS… OUR NATION’S ATTITUDES COME FROM OUR BELIEF SYSTEMS….OUR BELIEF SYSTEMS COME FROM WHAT WE HEAR…. AS A NATION WE CANNOT LIVE BEYOND OUR BELIEF SYSTEMS. OUR BELIEFS AND CONVICTIONS DICTATE OUR BEHAVIOUR…. THE BIBLE SAYS: “AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE”. THEREFORE, THE CHURCH LEADERSHIP MUST TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DAMAGING THE IGNORANCE OF OUR PEOPLE BY ENSURING THAT THEY CHANGE THE ATTITUDE OF OUR PEOPLE: ATTITUDE: “IS THE MINDSET OR MENTAL CONDITIONING THAT DETERMINES OUR INTERPRETATION AND RESPONSE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT IN EVERY SEASON OF OUR LIVES”.
• REMEMBER THIS, “ATTITUDE” IS LEARNT BEHAVIOUR. WE CAN CHANGE OUR ATTITUDE BY CHANGING OUR BELIEFS…. WE CHANGE OUR BELIEFS BY CHANGING OUR THINKING…. WE CHANGE OUR PEOPLE’S THINKING BY WHAT WE TEACH THEM; WHAT THEY HEAR; WHAT THEY READ OR LISTEN TO FROM THE CHURCH LEADERSHIP. POLITICALLY WE CHANGE OUR PEOPLE’S BELIEFS AND THINKING BY CHANGING OUR LAWS, STATUTES AND REGULATIONS…..
• LAW IS THE FOUNDATION OF ANY CIVILISED NATION
LAW IS THE SOURCE OF OUR VALUES AS A NATION
LAW FORMS AND REGULATES OUR THINKING AND OUR BEHAVIOUR AS A NATION……
LAW PROTECTS OUR FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS….
LAW IDENTIFIES OUR MORALITY AND GIVES IT FORCE….
LAW PROTECTS US FROM CHAOS AND ANNARCHY……
LAW SUSTAINS US THROUGH DIFFERENT SEASONS…
• FELLOW ZAMBIANS:(ECC: 3)
BECAUSE TO EVERYTHING IN LIFE THERE IS A SEASON, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT POSITION EACH SEASON FINDS YOU IN. THERE IS A BENEFIT TO HAVING SEASONS. SEASONS ASSURE US THAT NOTHING IN LIFE IS PERMANENT. SEASONS GUARANTEE US THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A CHANGE. SEASONS GIVE US HOPE. SEASONS ARE NECESSARY FOR PROSPERITY. SEASONS TELL US THAT OUR ATTITUDES AND BELIEF SYSTEMS MUST NEVER BE PERMANENT.
• SOMEWHERE I READ THAT:
– NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT LEADERSHIP……
– NOTHING CHANGES WITHOUT LEADERSHIP……..
– NOTHING DEVELOPS WITHOUT SOMEONE TAKING LEADERSHP…
– NOTHING IMPROVES, IN LIFE, WITHOUT LEADERSHIP………
– NOTHING IS CORRECTED WITHOUT GOOD LEADERSHIP ……..
– NOTHING SUCCEEDS WITHOUT GOOD LEADERSHIP ……….
– GOOD LEADERS ARE GENERALLY BORN WHEN THEIR SEASON IS RIGHT….
• THIS IS WHY WE MUST THANK OUR GOOD LORD FOR SEASONS.
• SEASONS ARE ALWAYS ON THE MOVE; THE SECRET TO A PROSPEROUS LIFE IS OUTLASTING THE SEASON…. AND CHANGING OUR ATITUDES!!
– THERE WILL BE A SEASON WHEN THERE WILL BE NO FRUITS…. BUT EVEN THAT WILL PASS…. WE MUST NEVER BE STUCK IN ONE SEASON.
• WE MUST REMEMBER THAT IT IS THE SEASONS THAT PRODUCE LIFE’S CRISIS …. EVENTS OVER WHICH WE HAVE NO SAY – NO CONTROL!! YET, WE MUST LEARN FROM THE LESSONS OF EACH SEASON, EACH HARDSHIP, ONE STEP AT A TIME…..
• THE GOODNESS IS THIS THAT, MANY A CRISIS HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH…. A CRISIS WILL ALWAYS FORCE A CHANGE…. A CRISIS WILL ALWAYS CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY!! … A CRISIS WILL BRING ABOUT CREATIVITY… WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR NATION HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH A LEADERSHIP CRISIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME…. THIS MUST END – NOW!!
FELLOW ZAMBIANS:
• OUR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IN ZAMBIA HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF BAD SEASONS…. A LOT OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CRISIS …. WHEN POOR LEADERSHIP IS IN CONTROL OF A NATION’S AFFAIRS, INDISCIPLINE THRIVES. WHEN A PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY SPEAKS FOR HOURS ON END, AND SAYS NOTHING NEW, IT IS TIME FOR A NEW VOICE, NEW IDEAS, A NEW FACE ON YOUR TELEVISIONS AND A NEW VISION…. LEADERSHIP FAILURE HAS KILLED OUR PROSPERITY VISION FOR FAR TOO LONG…. WE MUST LEARN FROM OUR BAD CHOICE OF POOR LEADERSHIP…..
• WHEN A PRESIDENT CANNOT SEE AN OPPORTUNITY IN A CRISIS, THAT LEADER HAS NO VISION…. IT’S THAT SIMPLE!!
• WHEN A PRESIDENT SEEMS CONFUSED AND DEFEATED BY LIFE’S SEASONS ALL YOU WILL SEE IS: THE RISE IN CRIME, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FEAR TO TAKE BOLD DECISIONS, DESPAIR, ANXIETY, HOPELESSNESS… AND THE CYCLE OF POVERTY… PLUS THE EXPLOITATION OF MAN BY MAN!!
• WHEN OUR SO CALLED LEADERS CANNOT CREATE JOBS, EMPLOYMENT, OPPORTUNITIES AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN A CRISIS, JUST KNOW THAT THERE IS NO VISION IN SUCH LEADERSHIP. WHEN OUR SO CALLED LEADERS, SOMEHOW, BELIEVE THAT BORROWING HUGE SUMS OF MONEY WITHOUT MOTIVATING CORRESPONDING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO GROW OUR ECONOMY, JUST KNOW THAT SUCH LEADERSHIP HAS NO VISION…. THANKFULLY WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE FROM POOR LEADERSHIP TO VISIONARY, COURAGEOUS AND SELFLESS LEADERSHIP. THE GAME CHANGER IS HERE….!!
FELLOW ZAMBIANS:
IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER, OUR VISION IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. WE WILL SUPPORT AND NURTURE OUR NATUAL RESOURCES TO BE MARRIED WITH THE GOD GIVEN TALENTS OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL CITIZENARY, SO THAT ORDINARY ZAMBIANS MAY PROSPER…
EVERY WELL MEANING ZAMBIAN KNOWS THAT WHEN ZAMBIANS PROSPER, ZAMBIA PROSPERS…. EVERY WELL MEANING ZAMBIAN KNOWS, THAT THE PRESENCE OF ADVERSITY DOES NOT MEAN THE ABSENCE OF GOD. NO!! THE TRUTH IS THIS: WE ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THE TESTS WE SURVIVE… WE HAVE BEEN TESTED AS A NATION, AND WE HAVE SURVIVED!!
• AS A NATION, WE HAVE INDEED SURVIVED MANY A CRISIS; TRIALS, CHALLENGES, OBSTACLES AND HURDLES …. LET US NOW RE-FOCUS AND RE-PRIOTISE OUR OBJECTIVES…. FOR IT IS NOT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US, AS A PEOPLE, THAT MATTERS NOW, BUT HOW WE RESPOND TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH….
• LET ME SAY THE FOLLOWING TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE: MY DEAR YOUTHS:
– ANY GOVERNMENT THAT GIVES YOU EVERYTHING, FOR FREE, CAN TAKE IT AWAY AT ANYTIME…
– NOTHING IN YOUR LIFE WILL WORK, UNTIL YOU DO!! (GOD WORKED FOR SIX DAYS DURING CREATION AND ONLY RESTED ON THE 7TH DAY)
– THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL FREEDOMS WE ARE ENJOYING TODAY, ARE NOT FOR FREE!! SOMEONE SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE PAID THE PRICE FOR IT… (READ THE HISTORY OF CHACHACHA LEADING TO OUR INDEPENDENCE).
– EVEN OUR SPRIRITUAL FREEDOM WAS PAID FOR BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST…. BY BLOOD!!
– OUR YOUTHS AND THE MILLENIALS ARE DEMANDING EVERYTHING FOR FREE – THIS IS A WRONG ATTITUDE TO HAVE IF WE WANT TO EVER PROSPER AS A NATION…. WE MUST BALANCE THE CHILL WITH THE BILLS!! THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH..
– MY VISION FOR ZAMBIA IS CLEAR….
• IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER, I SEE:
– A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG ZAMBIANS READY AND WILLING TO WORK USING THEIR GOD GIVEN TALENTS…. THEIR HANDS …. THEIR FEET… THEIR MINDS!!
– A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG ZAMBIANS WHO ARE WELL CULTURED, DISCIPLINED, RESPECTFUL AND FULL OF IDEAS AND BIG DREAMS….
– YOUNG ZAMBIANS GETTING MARRIED AND LIVING IN PROSPERITY; BOTH IN RURAL AND URBAN ZAMBIA..
– YOUNG HEALTHY PREGNANT ZAMBIAN WOMEN IN RURAL AND URBAN ZAMBIA CARRYING THEIR PREGNANCY IN HAPPINESS… LOOKING FORWARD TO BRIGHT FUTURES….
– THESE YOUNG PREGNANT MOTHERS TO BE, ENJOYING THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY; WITH IN BETWEEN SNACKS…LAUGHING AND HAPPY…
– THESE YOUNG WOMEN DELIVERING THE NEXT HEALTHY GENERATION OF ZAMBIANS WITH APPROPRIATE, TIMELY MEDICAL CARE….
I SEE:
– THIS NEXT GENERATION OF NEW BORNS, YOUNG CHILDREN SURVIVING AND BEING NURTURED TO THRIVE BEYOND THEIR UNDER FIVE CLINIC VISITS….
– I SEE THESE NEW GENERATION FAMILIES ATTENDING CHURCH SERVICES IN DIFFERENT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES…. GROWING IN THE WORD OF GOD…..
• OH YES, IN MY ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER VISION, I SEE:
– MILLIONS OF ZAMBIAN FAMILIES LIVING IN MODERN STANDARD HOUSING, NOT IN DIRTY POOR MUD HUTS…
– OTHERS IN NICE HOMES WITH YARDS, WITH KIDS PLAYING….
– ZAMBANS GETTING EDUCATED AND ENJOYING IT……
– ZAMBIANS INVENTING AND CREATING MACHINES, EQUIPMENTS, TOOLS AND OTHER MEANS OF PRODUCTION.
– ZAMBIANS DEVELOPING THEIR TALENTS IN MUSIC, DANCE, SONG… SINGING – ENJOYING THEIR CULTURE AND EARNING A LIVING…
– ZAMBIANS GROWING INTO THEIR SPORTS TALENTS AND BEING PAID FOR THE SAME…
• I SEE:
– ZAMBIANS FORMING BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS…
– ZAMBIANS FORMING COMPANIES…
– ZAMBIANS FORMING NEW COMMUNITIES AND A NEW COUNTRY…
• IN THIS NEW ZAMBIA, I SEE:
– MILLIONS OF ZAMBIANS WORKING IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, GROWING PLENTY OF FOOD…..
– MILLIONS OF ZAMBIANS PLANTING NEW CROPS, NEW TREES, NEW FRUITS, NEW CASH CROPS…
– ZAMBIANS IN THE FISHING AND TOURISM INDUSTRIES…. PROSPERING!!
– MILLIONS OF ZAMBIANS BUILDING THEIR OWN HOMES – NOT RENTING – BUT OWNING HOMES…
– MILLIONS OF ZAMBIANS OWNING FARM LAND, EMPLOYING FELLOW ZAMBIANS… WORKING!!
– ZAMBIANS BUILDING FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIES FOR VALUE ADDITION OF GOODS FOR EXPORT….
– ZAMBIANS DOING MINING OF VARIOUS MINERALS; OWNING REFINERIES, SMELTERS…. PROSPERING!! THE LAND!!
BUT
• IN MY VISION, I ALSO SEE CONFLICTING REPORTS. I SEE ZAMBIANS GETTING CONFUSED BY TOO MANY VISIONLESS SO CALLED LEADERS, ALL CLAIMING TO HAVE SOME DIRECTION OR SOMETHING TO OFFER….
• YET THIS I SAY, WE NEED CONFLICTING REPORTS FOR US TO COMPARE AND GET BETTER. FOR IF BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER THEN BURDENS ARE TOO….
• YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW, THAT MOST ZAMBIANS, TODAY, DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRIBE OR INDEED THEIR SKIN COLOUR: WHETHER YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR TRIBE, YOUR SKIN COLOUR OR INDEED HOW EDUCATED OR UNEDUCATED YOU ARE… AS ZAMBIANS, OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM TODAY IS THE COLOUR OF OUR LIFE…I REPEAT….
• PROSPERITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRIBE, SKIN COLOUR OR EDUCATION. OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM AS ZAMBIANS IS THE FAILURE TO DECIDE…. FAILURE TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN CONFLICTING VIEW POINTS…. MOST TIMES OUR ONLY DECISION IS:
• “TO COMPROMISE OVER EVERYTHING…..”
• MAY I SUBMIT, THAT THIS FAILURE TO DECIDE CORRECTLY HAS LANDED US, AS A NATION, IN MORE PROBLEMS THAN SOLUTIONS… ACCEPTING MEDIOCRITY IS THE EXCUSE MOST OF US USE TO JUST BEING LUKEWARM…
• MAY I SUBMIT, ALSO, THAT MOST ZAMBIANS, FROM ALL TRIBES, WORK VERY HARD; BUT HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT….MOST OF US WILL LEAVE NO FOOTPRINTS IN THE SANDS OF THIS NATION’S HISTORY…. AFTER 65 YEARS OF WORKING IN A COMPANY, IN GOVERNMENT OR FOR YOURSELF, YOU RETIRE WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT!!… THIS MUST CHANGE… IT’S TIME TO CHANGE THE GAME AND SOME PLAYERS… YES, SOME PLAYERS….. MUST BE SUBSITUTED!!
IT’S TIME TO CHANGE OUR THINKING, AS A PEOPLE. IT IS TIME TO DAMAGE OUR IGNORANCE.
• IT’S TIME TO BE PRINCIPLED
IT’S TIME TO BE COURAGEOUS
IT’S TIME TO BE FAITHFUL
IT’S TIME TO BE STEADFAST
IT IS TIME FOR ZAMBIANS TO PROSPER!!..
• WE MUST FOCUS ON OUR VISION. WE MUST BE DECISIVE!! THAT IS THE ONLY WAY ZAMBIA WILL PROSPER. INDECISION IS DANGEROUS… YET, WHAT IS WORSE THAN INDECISION IS TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON TRIBE OR THE COLOUR OF ONE’S SKIN OR STATUS. THIS IS WHAT WE MUST DESTROY: TRIBALISM IS BACKWARD… AND ANY POLITICIAN USING TRIBE FOR HIS ADVANCEMENT IS NOT A LEADER, BUT A SMALL MINDED BULLY BOSS WITH NO VISION!! WE ARE ONE ZAMBIA, ONE NATION, ONE PEOPLE. LET’S LIVE LIKE THAT!!
FELLOW ZAMBIANS:
• DO REMEMBER, CRITICS CRITICISE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TIME TO WASTE. BUT I AM COMFORTED WHEN I IGNORE CRITICS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU WILL ONLY BE CRITICISED BY THOSE WHO KNOW THAT YOU ARE BETTER THAN THEM…
• YOUR GIFT WILL BRING YOU BEFORE KINGS, NOT YOUR EDUCATION, NOT YOUR TRIBE OR STATUS!! TO THE ZAMBIAN YOUTHS, THEREFORE, I SAY: FOCUS ON YOUR TALENT AND YOU WILL PROSPER… FOR LEADERSHIP, LIKE PROSPERITY, IS NOT ABOUT AGE… FOR LEADERSHIP, LIKE PROSPERITY, IS NOT ABOUT GENDER.. OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BEGUN HIS MINISTRY WORK AT THE AGE OF 30 YEARS…BY 33 YEARS OLD HE HAD FINISHED HIS WORK – YET TO THIS DAY HIS FOOTPRINTS OF WORKS LIVE ON… ZAMBIAN YOUTHS, LET US GET TO WORK BY USING OUR VARIOUS TALENTS…
• I WANT THE ZAMBIANS TO JOIN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER…. FOR THE VISION WE HAVE IS CLEAR…. WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE….
– IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER WE SEE NO TRIBE, NO COLOUR, NO STATUS, NO EDUCATIONAL DEGREES! ALL WE SEE IS HUMAN CAPITAL WHOSE TRIBE IS ZAMBIA – LOOKING TO FOLLOW A VISION OF PROSPERITY… THROUGH DISCIPLINE AND HARD WORK….
FELLOW ZAMBIANS:
• CHANGING THE MINDSET OF A NATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT GIVING ECONOMIC THEORIES AND PROMISES ….. IT IS ALSO NOT ABOUT CRITISING EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING PROGRESSIVE FROM YOUR PRODECESORS, NO!!! IT REQUIRES A CLEAR VISION THAT THE NATION CAN BELIEVE IN TO BE LEADING IT TO SOME BETTER DESTINATION…. IT ALSO REQUIRES A WELL ROUNDED VISIONARY LEADERSHIP THAT IT LOVING, CARING, UNDERSTANDING AND IN TUNE WITH THE MAJORITY OF OUR POOR ZAMBIANS…. A LEADERSHIP THAT THEY CAN RELATE TO …. A LEADERSHIP THAT THEY CAN TRUST WILL LISTEN TO THEIR CRIES, THEIR PAIN….. AND SUFFERING…. A LEADERSHIP THAT IS SENSITIVE AND KIND….. BECAUSE:
• WHEN FOR YEARS, SOME SO CALLED LEADERS, HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THIS NATION, BUT WE STILL CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEIR PLANS.
• WHEN FOR YEARS SUCH SO CALLED LEADERS CANNOT EXPLAIN THEIR ECONOMIC AGENDA FOR OUR COUNTRY…
• WHEN FOR YEARS WE CAN NOT SEE SUCH SO CALLED LEADERS SOLVING OUR NATION’S PROBLEMS
• WHEN FOR YEARS, WE CAN NOT SEE ANY CHANGE OR PROSPERITY COMING TO THIS NATION…
• WHEN FOR YEARS, ALL SUCH SO CALLED LEADERS TALK ABOUT ARE FAKE PROMISES, BROKEN PROMISES AND EMPTY STORIES…
• WHEN FOR YEARS THE YOUTHS, WOMEN AND WORKERS OF THIS COUNTRY DO NOT GET JOBS, EMPLOYMENT OR OPPORTUNIES FOR PROSPERITY…
• JUST KNOW THAT SUCH SO CALLED LEADERS ARE NOT UP TO THE JOB….!!
• LET ME SAY THIS IN SIMPLE TERMS; IN ZAMBIA, HOW A PRESIDENT FOCUSES HIS ENERGY, TIME AND SPEECH IN OFFICE, IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE LIFE HE LIVED OR CONTINUES TO LIVE BEFORE AND AFTER ENTERING STATE HOUSE…
• IN ZAMBIA, A PRESIDENT’S POLICIES, STATEMENTS, PRONOUNCEMENTS AND ACTIONS, ARE DIRECT REFLECTION OF HIS SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VALUES…. THAT IS WHO HE IS!!
ON THE OTHER HAND:
• SOLVING PROBLEMS, TAKING WISE DECISIONS, PROTECTING AND DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION, THE RULE OF LAW AND INSULATING THE POOR IN OUR COUNTRY, MUST BE A GOOD PRESIDENT’S PRE-OCCUPATION… AT ALL TIMES….
• WE CAN NOT TRUST A PRESIDENT WHO SPENDS EVERY EVENING PLOTING, PLANNING ON HOW TO MAKE OUR LIVES MORE POORER AND MISERABLE… AND BY LIVING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR OF LIFE……
– I AM HERE TO DECLARE THAT IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER WE KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO ENSURE PROSPERITY… BECAUSE:
1) WHEN ZAMBIANS PROSPER – ZAMBIA PROSPERS
2) EVERY YOUTH IN SCHOOL, OR AT WORK WILL BE OUR PILLAR POLICIES FOR PROSPERITY.
• WE CAN NOT ALLOW THE DREAMS, IDEAS, ASPIRATIONS AND THE TALENTS OF OUR ZAMBIAN YOUTHS, WOMEN AND WORKERS TO BE BLOWN LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE, LIKE WIND BLOWN REFUGEES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY…. IT’S TIME FOR THE GAME CHANGER TO STEP UP AND CHANGE THE GAME AND SOME PLAYERS…
• WE HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN OUR COUNTRY; AND WE NEED SERIOUS THINKERS WITH SERIOUS MINDS TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP.
• IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER, WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN NOT KEEP WORRYING ABOUT THE THINGS WE CAN NOT CHANGE… WE CAN NOT KEEP ARRESTING EACH OTHER FOR POLITICAL MILLEAGE… WE NEED TO FORGIVE AND FORGET. WE NEED A FRESH START………… WE
NEED TO FORGIVE AND LEARN FROM THE PAST… IT DOES NOT MATTER OUR HISTORY, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO MISMANAGED OUR AFFAIRS… IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO STOLE FROM US… WHAT MATTERS NOW IS HOW WE SOLVE OUR FUTURE PROBLEMS… WE MUST BREAK THIS CYCLE OF BITTERNESS, POLITICAL PERSECUTION AND WASTING OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ON OUR PAST…. LET THE RULE OF LAW TAKE CARE OF OUR PAST…WHILE WE MAKE PROGRESS. POLITICIANS MUST NEVER BE THE POLICE….
• IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER, WE BELIEVE THAT HOW YOU SEE THE PROBLEM IS THE PROBLEM. INDEED THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF SOLVING OUR POLITICAL PROBLEMS, BUT WASTING GOVERNMENT RESOURCES IS NOT ONE SUCH SOLUTION…. POLITICAL FIXING IS NOT A SOLUTION – IT DIVIDES THE NATION.
• IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER WE KNOW THAT ZAMBIA’S BIGGEST ECONOMIC CHALLENGES ARE THESE:
1) HIGH DEBT LEVELS (BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL).
2) UNEMPLOYMENT (ESPECIALLY FOR OUR WOMEN ANDYOUTHS)
3) CORRUPTION (BOTH IN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE BUSINESS)
4) POVERTY… FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR PEOPLE.
– THESE ARE SERIOUS CHALLENGES. THE CREATION OF MILLIONS OF JOBS AND SOLVING ZAMBIA’S DEBT CRISIS IS NOT A SMALL MATTER. THAT IS WHY VERY FEW POLITICIANS WANT TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES… THOSE THAT TRY ARE NOT TELLING THE ZAMBIANS HOW THEY WILL CREATE MILLIONS OF JOBS FOR OUR WOMEN AND YOUTHS… THESE POLITICIANS APPEAR TOTALLY CLUELESS ABOUT HOW TO SOLVE ZAMBIA’S DEBT CRISIS…
• IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT AN EASY MATTER. WE KNOW THAT IT REQUIRES SERIOUS COMMITMENT; SERIOUS THINKING; SERIOUS PLANNING AND A LOT OF LOVE FOR THIS COUNTRY…..
• IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER, WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL HOW WE WILL CREATE JOBS, EMPLOYMENT AND GROW OUR ECONOMY….
– WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND NAMED THE SECTORS WHERE WE SHALL CREATE JOBS; HOW MANY JOBS AND WHY…
– WE HAVE PROJECTED THE NUMBER OF JOBS TO BE CREATED AND WHEN THE JOBS WILL BE CREATED WITH CLEAR TIME LINES….
– WE HAVE ALSO DEMONSTRATED WHERE THE MONEY WILL COME FROM…THE MONEY IS WITHIN OUR COURTRY…….
• OUR RESEARCH AND PLANNING TOOK YEARS; NUMEROUS CONSULTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH VARIOUS PLAYERS AND INTEREST GROUPS. OUR CONCLUSIONS ALL POINT INTO ONE DIRECTION: “ PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION, PRODUCTION”
• IN ORDER TO END OUR HIGH DEBT CRISIS, WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN PRODUCTION……. IN ORDER TO END OUR HIGH POVERTY LEVELS, WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN MASS PRODUCTION OF FOOD FOR OURSELVES, BY OURSELVES…. IN ORDER TO END THE HIGH LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT, WE NEED TO INVEST IN INDUSTRIES, OUR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT SO AS WE CREATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR WOMEN AND YOUTHS… ALL THESE EFFORTS WHEN WELL COORDINATED, WILL REDUCE OUR LEVELS OF CORRUPTION… AND POVERTY…
• WE HAVE BIG BOLD PLANS TO ENSURE THAT MILLIONS OF ZAMBIANS ARE PRODUCTIVE IN THEIR AREAS OF GIFTING… EVERYTHING WE INTEND TO DO WILL TARGET PRODUCTION SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT AND EXPORT… ENOUGH MINEALS FOR OUR OWN VALUE ADDITION AND EXPORT… ENOUGH MANUFACTURED GOODS FOR LOCAL TRADE AND EXPORT….
• WE SHALL PUMP MONEY INTO THE INFORMAL SECTORS TO GROW THE VARIOUS SECTORS WHILE REGULATING TO PROTECT THOSE MILLIONS OF JOBS… FOR ZAMBIANS…
• OUR PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS WILL BE IMPROVED WITH NEW LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT ZAMBIANS ARE GIVEN PRIORITY AND PROTECTED….
• GOVERNMENT AND PARASTATAL JOB RECRUITMENTS WILL BE STREAM LINED…. IN LINE WITH OUR NATIONAL BUDGET AND OUR PROJECTED LEVELS OF PRODUCTION…
FELLOW ZAMBIANS:
FOR DEMOCRACY TO THRIVE, ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION MUST DIE…FOR DEMOCRARY TO GROW WE MUST CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITIZENS TO BE PRODUCTIVE…. FOR DEMOCRACY TO BE MEANINGFUL, WE MUST NOT LEAVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR PEOPLE ON THE LONELY ISLAND OF POVERTY CALLED UBUCHUSHI……. IN THE MIDST OF OUR ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES… FOR ZAMBIA’S DEMOCRACY TO BE ENTRECHED, ECONOMIC JUSTICE MUST BE OUR CORNERSTONE.
• AS NICOLLO MACHIAVELLI DISTINGUISHED IN HIS BOOK “THE PRINCE” IT IS WRONG TO GOVERN FREE AND EQUAL CITIZENS THE WAY YOU RUN A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE….. “REPUBLICS” ARE NOT CORPORATIONS… AN ELECTED PRESIDENT CAN NOT, AND MUST NO, PRETEND TO BE THE OWNER OF “THE REPUBLIC”…. EVERY CITIZEN KNOWS THAT THE CHIEF AIM OF ANY BUSINESS CORPORATION IS TO PRODUCE PROFITS…. WHILE THE CHIEF AIM OF A REPUBLIC IS TO PROTECT AND DEFEND NATIONAL SECURITY…. PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE RIGHTS, LIBERTY AND DIGNITY OF ALL IT’S CITIZENS…..THEN ELEVATE THEIR MORALE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELL BEING….. THESE AIMS ARE VERY DIFFERENT INDEED…..
• IT IS PLAIN AND CLEAR THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE A SERIOUS LEADERSHIP DEFICIT….. THIS IS WHY THE MAJORITY OF OUR CITIZENS ARE TIRED AND CONFUSED BY THE LEVELS OF OUR TOXIC POLITICS…..
• THE FORMER RULING PARTY, THE PATRIOTIC FRONT, WAS CAUGHT UP IN A SERIOUS IDEALOGICAL CONFLICT……..IT CLAIMED TO BE PRO-POOR, BUT GOVERNED AS LIBERAL CAPITALISTS!!
– P.F. WAS LIVING IN A FAKE REALITY..
– P.F. LACKED A FRESH INJECTION OF IDEAS..
– P.F. WAS LOST ON GOVERNANCE POLICIES…
– IN THE END,. P.F. LOST DIRECTION AND FOCUS ON ANYTHING PROGRESSIVE…
• BUT THIS IS ALSO TRUE:
– THE UPND HAS NO CLEAR PHILOSOPHY ON JOB CREATION…
– THE UPND HAS NO PLANS FOR THE INFORMAL SECTOR…
– THE UPND HAS NO CLEAR YOUTH AGENDA OR POLICY..TO CREATE EMPLOYMENT
– THE UPND HAS NO POLICY ON HOW TO GROW ZAMBIA’S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR… OR INFORMAL SECTOR!!
– INFACT, UPND HAS NO LEADERSHIP STRATEGY AND NO CLEAR ECONOMIC MANIFESTO… EVERYTHING REVOLVES AROUND ONE MAN….
THE TRUTH IS THAT:
• BOTH P.F. AND UPND HAVE ONLY PRODUCED MORE POVERTY…. AND LACK PROPER, CREDIBLE LEADERSHIP!!
FELLOW ZAMBIANS:
• WE NEED TO RE-ALIGN OUR POLITICAL SPACE…. THE MAJOR POLITICAL PLAYERS ARE NOT HELPING IN BREAKING THE YORK OF POVERTY……….. THE FIGHT OF IGNORANCE…………DISEASE….. HUNGER……CORRUPTION AND THE EXPLOITATION OF MAN BY MAN…..
• WHILE THE P.F. FAILED TO RE-ALIGN OUR ECONOMIC REALITY…..UPND HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE A CLEAR ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVE PLAN. THE TRUTH IS, OUR NATION IS IN A HURRY FOR PROSPERITY…. TOO MANY OF OUR PEOPLE ARE LIVING HAND TO MOUTH…. TOO MANY ZAMBIANS ARE CRYING FOR HOPE AND A NEW ECONOMIC VISION…. WE CAN NOT CONTINUE LIKE THIS – NO!!
• IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER, WE SHALL ENSURE THAT ECONOMIC JUSTICE PREVAILS…. OUR PEOPLE WILL NOT BE DEPRIVED OF:
– DECENT HOUSING,
– DECENT HEALTH CARE
– DECENT QUALITY EDUCATION,
– DECENT CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND
– DECENT OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR GOD GIVEN TALENT BASED ON MERIT…
• AS A NATION WE MUST THEREFORE AGREE THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO WASTE OUR TIME, WHISPERING IN THE DARK LIKE LOST SHEEP… WE NEED A FRESH NEW START. WE NEED A NEW POLITICAL PARTY THAT ALREADY HAS A CLEAR VISION ON:
– THE ROLE OF OUR CHURCH IN OUR PROSPERITY…
– THE ROLE OF OUR TRADITIONAL LEADERS IN OUR PROSPERITY
– THE GROWTH OF OUR ECONOMY…
– THE YOUTH IN PROSPERITY!!
– THE WOMEN IN PROSPERITY!!
– JOB CREATION AND EMPLOYMENT…. FOR PROSPERITY!!
– THE INFORMAL SECTOR’S PROSPERITY!!
– OUR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION – FOR THEIR PROSPERITY!!
– TREATMENT OF OUR RETIREES AND PENSIONERS SO THAT THEY ALSO CAN PROSPER!!
– AND GOOD QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR OUR CITIZENS……
• LET ME BE CATEGORICALLY CLEAR:
HAVING GONE AROUND THE COUNTRY…..
HAVING LISTENED AND HEARD FROM OUR PARTY STRUCTURES…. AND THE ZAMBIANS GENERALLY….
HAVING FOLLOWED THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE ALLIANCE…. BUT MORE, IN DARK CORNER MEETINGS…….AND
HAVING ANALYSED, ASSESSED THE MOOD IN THE COUNTRY, IT IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT WE IN ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER CAN NO LONGER REMAIN IN THE ALLIANCE.
AS “ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER” WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO LIVE A LIE….. THE ALLIANCE IS DEAD….. AND WE CAN NOT CONTINUE PRETENDING THAT IT IS THERE……
WE SHALL, THEREFORE, PURSUE A NEW COURSE, A NEW DIRECTION ON OUR OWN…..PAKWAKANA UBUNGA TAPA’NSONI………
FELLOW ZAMBIANS…….
……NOW IS THE TIME FOR ZAMBIA’S PROSPERITY.
• WE REFUSE TO BELIEVE AND ACCEPT THE BANK OF PROSPERITY IS EMPTY….. OR …… BANKRUPT.
• THE FIERCE URGENCY OF TIME DICTATES THAT
– NOW IS THE TIME………… TO CHANGE THE GAME!!
– NOW IS THE TIME TO LIFT OUR NATION FROM THE QUICK SANDS OF POVERTY TO THE SOLID ROCK OF PROSPERITY….
NOW IS THE TIME:
• TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GOLD MOUNTAINS OF KASENSELE, THE GOLD BELTS OF MUMBWA AND RUFUNSA TO BRING PROSPERITY TO THIS NATION.
• TO ENSURE THAT THE COLBALT, COPPER, EMARALD, MANGANESE AND ALL OTHER MINERALS IN THE EARTH OF ZAMBIA ARE MINED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ZAMBIANS…..
• TO REGULATE AND ENSURE THAT ALL THE FISH AND KAPENTA IN LAKE TANGANYIKA, LAKE BANGWEULU, LAKE MWERU – MWERU WANTIPA AND LAKE KARIBA GIVES BUSINESSES TO OUR LOCAL ZAMBIAN’S PROSPERITY….
• TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE WATERS IN OUR RIVERS AND LAKES TO BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ZAMBIANS.
• TO REVIVE THE COPPERBELT AND GROW THE NEW COPPER MINES IN N/WESTERN PROVINCE, CENTRAL PROVINCE, LUAPULA PROVINCE AND EASTERN PROVINCE, SO THAT WE CONTROL OUR WEALTH, VALUE ADD AND BRING PROSPERITY TO ZAMBIA BY
INDUSTRIALIZATION…..
• TO IMPROVE, EXPAND AND INTENSIFY OUR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR BY GROWING MORE CASH CROPS SUCH AS: COTTON, TOBACCO, SOYA BEANS, GROUNDNUTS, PINE APPLES, MACADIAN NUTS – INCLUDING ONIONS, BANANAS AND OTHER CROPS AND FRUITS FOR OUR FOOD SECURITY, VALUE ADDITION AND EXPORT……
• FOR OUR YOUTHS AND WOMEN TO BE GIVEN JOBS IN VARIOUS PRODUCTIVE SECTORS ALLUDED TO, AND NOT FORGETTING THE INFORMAL SECTOR BASED ON THEIR TALENT AND SKILLS….
• TO ALLOW ZAMBIANS WITH IDEAS AND SKILLS TO HAVE ACCESS TO CHEAP LOANS, LOGISTICAL SUPPORT, MACHINERY AND INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL SO THAT THEY CAN PROSPER ON MERIT….
• TO CHANGE AND IMPROVE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS SO THAT WE CAN GROW OUR HUMAN CAPITAL WITH VARIOUS PRODUCTIVE SKILLS, RELEVANT TO OUR LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES SO THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE CAN LEARN TO PROSPER USING THEIR TALENTS.
NOW IS THE TIME:
• TO TAKE STOCK OF OUR TIMBER IN OUR FORESTS, OUR LOCAL FRUITS SUCH AS AMASUKU, AMAKOLE, INFUNGO, AMAPELA, MANDALENA AMACHUNGWA AND MANY MORE ……. AND DECIDE THAT WE SHALL NOT EXPORT ANY OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND FOOD AS RAW MATERIALS, BUT INSTEAD WE WILL GO INTO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO PROCESS THE SAME AND VALUE ADD TO SUCH, FOR ZAMBIA’S PROSPERITY…..
• TO REVISIT AND REGULATE OUR BEE KEEPING AND HONEY INDUSTRIES IN KABOMPO, MUFUMBWE, MWINILUNGA, IKELENGE AND OTHER PLACES SO THAT WE BEGIN TO PROCESS AND PACKAGE OUR HONEY FOR EXPORT….
• TO EXPLORE THE NATION’S INTELLECTUAL PROWESS IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTERS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AUTO MECHANICS, FOOD PROCESSING AND OTHER AREAS, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO MANUFACTURE OUR AGRICULTURAL, INDUSTRIAL AND HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENTS AND APPLIANCES…
THIS IS THE TIME FOR ALL ZAMBIANS TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER……
• NOW IS THE TIME WE MUST PROMISE TO BURY THE PAST….. TO PROMISE NOT TO DRINK FROM THE CUP OF BITTERNESS AND HATRED BASED ON TRIBALISM, STATUS OR EDUCATIONAL LEVELS…. WE ARE ONE PEOPLE!!
• WE MUST PROMISE TO RISE TO THE MAJESTIC HEIGHTS OF OUR NATIONAL EAGLE IN IT’S FLIGHT THROUGH DISCIPLINE, HARD WORK AND LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER!!
• ONLY WITH THIS SPIRIT SHALL WE PROSPER…
• ONLY WITH THIS SPIRIT CAN WE UNITY……
• ONLY WITH THIS SPIRIT CAN WE BUILD OUR NATION…. TO BE A GREAT NATION….
• ONLY WITH THIS SPIRIT CAN WE STRUGGLE TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER, INDUSTRIALISE TOGETHER, DEVELOP TOGETHER AND SHARE TOGETHER….
I PROMISE YOU….
• WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WE SHALL BE ABLE TO SING FROM NORTHEN PROVINCE HIGHEST HILLS OF MBALA….. SING FROM THE LONG MUCHINGA ESCARPEMENT OF MUCHINGA …. SING FROM THE MIGHTY MOSI-O-TUNYA OF THE SOURTHERN PROVINCE….. SING FROM THE BEAUTIFUL SANDS OF WESTERN PROVINCE….. SING FROM THE DEEP VALLEYS OF EASTERN PROVINCE….. SING FROM THE MANY LAKES AND ISLANDS OF LUAPULA PROVINCE….SING FROM THE THICK FROSTS OF NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE…. SING FROM THE MINERAL RICH COPPERBELT…. SING FROM THE VAST FARM LANDS OF CENTRAL PROVINCE…… AND SING FROM THE COSMOPOLITAN LUSAKA PROVINCE…. YES, WE SHALL SING THAT OLD MEMORABLE SONG OF PRAISE TO GOD AS A CHRISTIAN NATION…. IN PRAISE TO OUR GOD FOR THE MANY AND ABUNDANT BLESSING: “MU BULANDA BONSE UBO SANGA”…..
• WHEN WE SHALL SING THAT SONG AS ONE PEOPLE…… WHEN WE SHALL ACKNOWLEDGE GOD’S BLESSINGS AS A PEOPLE…. WHEN WE SHALL AGREE THAT POVERTY IS A CURSE…… THEN WE SHALL REALISE THAT INDEED IT IS TIME FOR REAL LEADERSHIP……… AND IT IS TIME FOR: “ZAMBIA MUST PROSPER”.
MAY GOD BLESS US ALL
MAY GOD BLESS OUR BELOVED COUNTRY
I THANK YOU!!
K.B.F