GOD KNEW HH7 WILL HANDLE ZAMBIA’S PROBLEMS WELL.
By Editors
1. Edgar Lungu closed Indeni , HH’s govt opened.
2. Edgar Lungu imposed employment freeze , HH is employing.
3. Edgar stopped paying council workers they went into 7 to 15 months arrears , HH cleared paying all council workers.
4. Edgar Lungu failed to pay CDF , HH increased and he has been paying.
5. Edgar Lungu failed to run education, scrapped off meal allowances , HH reinstated them and extended meal allowances to 7 public universities.
6. Edgar Lungu failed to manage debt , which destroyed the economy with effects being felt today , HH has managed the first part of debt restructuring.
7. Edgar Lungu started failing to properly collect revenue, HH raised it to k100billion. ZRA just increased it’s revenue tax base.
8. Edgar Lungu failed to employ health workers , and only did replacement , HH is recruiting thousands every year.
9. Edgar Lungu failed to recruit in defense and education , HH is recruiting.
10. Edgar Lungu failed free education introduction, HH is doing it.
11. Edgar Lungu failed to run Mopani which produces copper , HH has found an equity partner.
12. Edgar Lungu failed to attract FDI , HH has brought over $3.8bn.
11. Edgar Lungu failed to do Kasama airport, HH did it : and construction of Airports in all provinces will be done this year.
12 . Edgar Lungu failed to run fisheries , HH has done it by restocking and producing more than 4million fingerlings.
13. Edgar Lungu failed to revamp Malls by failing to attract investment and shops started closing HH has revamped them.
14. Edgar Lungu failed to manage political violence , HH has managed.
15. Edgar Lungu failed to enact access to information bill , HH has done it , removed death penalty , removed criminal defamation of president.
16. Edgar Lungu failed to increase allocation to health , and only put it at k1.4 bn for purchase of medicines and medical supplies , HH has put it at k4.6bn as of last year.
17. Edgar Lungu failed to run a balanced cabinet , HH has done it.
18. Edgar Lungu failed to manage debt , HH Enacted debt management act no 15. Of 2022.
19. Edgar Lungu promised ZNS training for all grade 12s , he failed and HH introduced skills training under CDF and youths and women are being trained.
20. Edgar Lungu closed media houses , HH has not closed any media house.
21. Edgar Lungu went for council levies and his cadres, HH has given back authority to local authorities.
22. In Edgar Lungu’s citizens were killed through politics like Nsama , Mapenzi , Kasongo , Lawrence Etc , HH has brought sanity.
23. Edgar Lungu failed to pay 258,000 farmers , HH has paid all of them.
24. Edgar Lungu failed to pay retirees in government , HH cleared them and paid TAZAMA ex workers , together with Tazara workers.
25. In Edgar Lungu’s regime people stole social cash transfer , HH has increased number of beneficiaries.
26. Edgar Lungu failed to take advantage of DRC opportunities, HH has established electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant.
27. Edgar Lungu failed to run fertilizer production , HH enabled manufacturing plant at $138 million.
28. Edgar Lungu failed to take advantage of ZNS to grow the economy, HH bought 10 milling plants and have reopened farm blocks.
Research questions and solutions
1. Price of mealie meal
Solution: govt has started working towards reducing cost of producing maize by making fertilizer locally , planting more and introducing credit facilities.
2. Kwacha loss of value
Solution: govt reopening liquidated KCM , Mopani , exporting more agricultural products , and attracting foreign direct investment to grow more dollars
3. Fuel price – :
Solution: Opening Indeni to reduce shock , remove exercise duty , and bulk buying and improving Indeni by reconfiguration so as to make it a refinery to have new pipelines from Mozambique and Angola .
A couple of things you missed out on
Lungu is a chikala, HH is not
Lungu is visionless, HH has a vision
Lungu is the most corrupt president, HH is not.
Lungu allowed state capture, HH has not
Lungu is a baboon, HH is an architect
Gentlemen, it is a yes on what he has done so far, but the voter looks at the basics like, how much is mealie meal, how much is cooking oil, how much is sugar, la l able to afford these basic from what l get, how much is transport. If the majority are complaining on these basics then you have not achieved according to the person on the street, l was in a bus today where people were pouring their hearts out, to them, things were more affordable in the previous regime than now. And generally, that is the information on the ground. So UPND needs to take note and double up on these issues
The voter of today is very stupid, as stupid as Esau who sold his birthright for a small plate of Beans!
Even those who went to school can’t use logic, they can’t connect the dots!
The voter of today ni wa njala because they want to be in town when they can earn more money through farming!
The voter of today does not travel a lot to see that the high cost of living is global!
Go to Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, USA, UK. Ask people there what they feel about the economy!
Those in USA will tell you how the economy is really biting! A $50 can’t do much now. You need a $100 to do meaningful shopping. Fuel used to cost less than $2 per liter during the Trump presidency. It’s costing 3 times that. You need $7 to buy a liter of fuel! It’s getting expensive to live in cities now globally! Even the Bible predicted that life in the cities would get more difficult (Matthew 24). If you live mu Komboni, don’t expect things to get cheaper! You need to shift to where you can grow your own food and keep chickens and small livestock. You will realize how liberating that becomes! When you produce your own food, why would you want to hustle? Hustling is a form of slavery to money!
The Russia Ukraine war and climate change have disrupted the global economy and Zambia is not immune to these shocks!
We should count ourselves lucky to have had President Dr HH who knows what he is doing to turnaround this dying economy!
Most Zambians don’t understand how much worse things would have become had PF continued!
Do Zambians remember how PF was preparing to deal with food Riots? Those Military grade machinery they bought towards the end of their last term? They knew that things were going to get sour after 2021 elections if they had won. A lot more Zambians would have been arrested or killed for complaining about the economy!
President ECL had said insulting things to IMF and WB. They had expelled the US Ambassador.
They had issues with a lot of other Diplomats.
PF lacked the Diplomatic etiquette and credentials to work out any meaningful Debt Restructuring negotiations. I was in Zimbabwe when the Zim dollar went crazy. ECL was taking us in that direction!
What the modern voter should do is to do less of complaining and use personal talents to better themselves!
We live in a global economy and we don’t know what will come next!
The wise thing to do is get out of Ghettos! If you don’t take the idea of moving to farms now, you will find that Foreigners have taken most of the land!
We don’t buy food on the farm! We give Nshima to Chickens and dogs!
Too many fruit trees giving fruits every month! Too many local chickens to choose from! Too many Goats, sheep and cattle! This is paradise stress-free living God intended for us but we chose the hard Ghetto life which will continue getting harder! Don’t expect God to bless your Ghetto existence!
Life in the cities is always tough when nations are Distressed by Debt!
President Dr HH is even doing charity work for Zambia! He is not drawing a salary for the good work he is doing!
Tule Tasha!
We need to learn to appreciate good things!
There is always pain before gain! Us who lived through HIPC and SAP will tell you this is the easiest life Zambians are living during a Debt Restructuring program! You have CDF opportunities, people are getting employed, no wage freeze.
Anyone with brains has an opportunity to empower themselves!
Those who find pleasure in endless complaining will continue lagging behind!
Avoid toxic people who live on complaints!
Amen! How l wished, we were many of such thinking. Thank you for the wonderful reminder to us all.