NKANA MP MPUNDU TO LAUNCH A PARTY
YOUTHFUL Nkana Constituency Independent Member of Parliament Binwell Mpundu has hinted the launch of a new youthful driven movement to take over leadership in Zambia.
So far, he is promising to discard begging of money from the IMF the same way Hakainde Hichilema is doing with his UPND.
And Mpundu also says all debt will be paid by collecting revenue on gold, copper, Sugilite and other Zambian minerals, unlike a situation in HH’s government where foreigners have been told to mine for free.
The Nkana MP says there are no mineral resources which will leave Zambia in their raw form.
However, Mpundu has asked youths to ask themselves if they want to continue being used and dumped by their leaders the same way HH has ignored those who helped him win.
Oh Hon Binwell Mpundu, please bin that idea. To suggest that you will launch a youth-driven party is dumb. It pre-supposes that its membership will remain youthful forever. That’s an impossibility unless the membership will be quitting as soon as they cease to be youthful. What we need now more than ever before is to have the right interdisciplinary dialogue on a continuous basis. Why should a country that has been teaching law, science, social science, engineering and business up to the highest level for over half a century be unable to construct a resilient economy? It’s simply absurd. This is what should be occupying our minds: how to get our professionals in various fields to begin talking to professionals in other fields.
My brother your point is right on. Only thing you may need to look at is this? Why are economies dominated by foreign capital always failing despite having the best brains? Examples are Nigeria (Shell – USA), South Africa – (Semi foreign owned i.e. partially local Boers with external residence and brits – Koos Bekker, Johann Rupert, De Beers family, Nicky Oppenheimer, Michiel le Roux, Christo Wiese, Elon Musk etc) Eswatini (Nathan Kirsh – the few black Africans like Aliko Dangote, Patrice Motsepe etc have little influence on the tide of wealth externalisation from the continent. Most of the bulk is under foreign conglomerate wealth control in manufacturing, service sector, agriculture and the mines but with local professionals running the wealth creation assets ( mines and gemstones firms).
The most important thing for Africa (and Zambia) to do is garner enough courage and take over the control of wealth by nationalization of wealth creation assets ( there will be a backlash of course – Gaddafi went through it from 1969) and run their own economies…we have plenty of professionals who can run these assets without any hitches. When Zambia was selling the mines, had just come out of Kaunda’s dictatorship and arrogance and gone into Chiluba’s ignorant recklessness. It was an opportunity to get the right brains to run the mines (including naturalizing professionals from Chile, Australia, Canada etc) and ensuring the wealth from our minerals was in government hands. But of course the opportunity happened from a form three president who scared away all educated young professionals and systematically killed them.
So courage to take over the reins of the economic horse is the solution brother. There will inevitably be collateral damage, censure from foreign capital and economic influencers etc but we have to be strong and brave enough to withstand this. That is how western imperialists gained economic advantage over all of us…bravery. Do you wonder how a small country like England has so much influence over bigger and wealthier countries in the world? They are very courageous and ambitious. Africans chiefly lack that. Regardless of the multiple degrees we get but faced with a challenging situation we cower down. Raw bravado and sacrifice are key….look at Israel – sandwiched between Arab countries they remain resolute and extremely ruthless…even telling off America that no one will stop the obliterate HAMAS despite the unbearable human collateral damage involved. So whether you are an HH or a Fred M’membe if you can’t get the mines forget!!!!!
My brother your point is right on. Only thing you may need to look at is this? Why are economies dominated by foreign capital always failing despite having the best brains? Examples are Nigeria (Shell – USA), South Africa – (Semi foreign owned i.e. partially local Boers with external residence and brits – Koos Bekker, Johann Rupert, De Beers family, Nicky Oppenheimer, Michiel le Roux, Christo Wiese, Elon Musk etc) Eswatini (Nathan Kirsh – the few black Africans like Aliko Dangote, Patrice Motsepe etc have little influence on the tide of wealth externalisation from the continent. Most of the bulk is under foreign conglomerate wealth control in manufacturing, service sector, agriculture and the mines but with local professionals running the wealth creation assets ( mines and gemstones firms).
The most important thing for Africa (and Zambia) to do is garner enough courage and take over the control of wealth by nationalization of wealth creation assets ( there will be a backlash of course – Gaddafi went through it from 1969) and run their own economies…we have plenty of professionals who can run these assets without any hitches. When Zambia was selling the mines, had just come out of Kaunda’s dictatorship and arrogance and gone into Chiluba’s ignorant recklessness. It was an opportunity to get the right brains to run the mines (including naturalizing professionals from Chile, Australia, Canada etc) and ensuring the wealth from our minerals was in government hands. But of course the opposite happened. We ushered in a form three bus conductor for president who scared away all educated young professionals that called him from sleeping to contest against Kaunda and he systematically killed them politically, though others physically disappeared.
So courage to take over the reins of the economic horse is the solution brother. There will inevitably be collateral damage, censure from foreign capital and economic influencers etc but we have to be strong and brave enough to withstand this. That is how western imperialists gained economic advantage over all of us…bravery. Do you wonder how a small country like England has so much influence over bigger and wealthier countries in the world? They are very courageous and ambitious. Africans chiefly lack that. Regardless of the multiple degrees we get but faced with a challenging situation we cower down. Raw bravado and sacrifice are key….look at Israel – sandwiched between Arab countries they remain resolute and extremely ruthless…even telling off America that no one will stop the obliterate HAMAS despite the unbearable human collateral damage involved. So whether you are an HH or a Fred M’membe if you can’t get the mines forget!!!!!
If we were to go with hon. Mpundu’s line of thought, the country would even be worse off. On the surface the idea may sound good but it would not work as expected. For starters, we don’t determine the price of the minerals mined so at the end of the day we would still be at the mercy of the buyers. Secondly, how many government owned companies are doing well right now? Talk of Zamtel, Zesco to name just a few, even the mine under the government like KCM and Mopani are the only ones struggling. What we need to do to achieve sustainable development as a country is to build a strong manufacturing and agriculture sectors. Besides, mineral resources are depleting resources, what happens when they run out? It would mean we will go back to zero. And this notion thinking of nationalization the mines is a very bad idea. Why focus on other people’s assets instead of building our own if we think can run the mines?
Ba mpundu better to offer new dawn some of your youthful solutions than to dream like that . This is Africa and Zambia no matter what you try to do the poverty mentality and negative vibes will keep this country down. You are using emotions to form this party and I assure you ba mpundu you won’t go anywhere. Keep on being that good mp we are in good hands under bally. Learn from him and you will be a good leader .
So all these minerals were discovered in the last two years
Tingafunse mwe. I see PF laundering their money through sponsoring this young fool. Mpundu’s debates have suddenly taken a disgusting twist matching only Given Katuta’s shallow debates. Nothing he says makes sense. He is suddenly obsessed with HH rather than governance and how to take development into his constituency. Where are the resources built that will ensure that minerals mined are processed and not taken out as raw materials. Foolish
Mpundu, be very careful and in fact I would advise you to seek proper legal advice before you take plunge that will kill your political career.
If you form and register that party, you’ll have technically and legally crossed the line to trigger a by-election.
Currently, you sit as an independent (in fact as PF). If you form a party, you will be deemed to have defected to your misguided new party and anyone can argue crossed over.
There is a precedent already of Chishimba Kambwili when he formed NDC and pretended to be a Consultant and wanted to remain as a PF member of Parliament. Motions were moved fast and he lost the seat because he was deemed to have crossed!
Be careful, I thought you’re clever but from what you’re saying loudly, I can see that you don’t know what you’re doing except wearing that tie and jacket but a blank head. The vultures will surely come to devour you very soon.
It is BEAN WELO or Dust Bin Well. You will soon be like some village idiot called Harry Kalaba who forms parties each month