HICHILEMA MUST STOP ATTACKING HIS PREDECESSORS-TUTWA NGULUBE

OPEN LETTER TO MR. ANTHONY BWALYA

In Kabwe, Sunday 7th November 2021.

With Due Respect Mr. Bwalya I write to request you to please read this and discuss it with the President. I want to request you Sir to familiarize yourself with the Cabinet Handbook. Sir, whatever the President or Minister says becomes government’s policy.

Remember that you are not Chief Government Spokesperson and you are not Information Minister and you must remember that State House is just an Office and not government.

Sir, at Parliament which holds the Executive accountable, there is a Committee on Government Assurances. It takes stock of all the promises you make and will summon your vice president and Ministers to account and all their answers will be put in a book called “Action Taken Report”.

Sir, we don’t want to see your President’s name in that book because he accused predecessors of theft. We urge you sir, to differentiate between his position as Party President and his Position as Head of State( HE)

As HE, He is in Charge of all the State institutions including Defense Forces. Sir, he has so much power that even his joke can land someone in Jail.
Sir, of let your President has been Quoted as having attacked his predecessors and also the that you inherited empty coffers.

We crave your President to please desist from attacking his predecessors or former government officials for three reasons:

1. Collective responsibility
2. Oath of office.
3. Oath of Secrecy

By Collective Responsibility, Your President and his cabinet are bound by all government decisions made by the past regime and he can’t escape or attack such publicly. Some information that he comes across is not meant for the public. Let him strike a balance between National duty and personal wishes.

Kindly also desist from clarifying every statement the President makes. Right now our main Problems are not staments but Zesco, fertilizer, roads, jobs e.t.c

I hope and trust that this letter will find you in good health and in a mood that will enable you to be at peace with me. Your supporters will not see sense in this today but when the sun rises they will remember this.

We shall continue to educate you in the spirit of One Zambia One Nation.

Yours in National Service
Hon. Tutwa S Ngulube
Former Deputy Chief Whip and MP for Kabwe Central
Senior Citizen.

Bally’ sentiments pertaining “a clique of thieves” was a correct and sober observation. Perhaps, the use of the term “thieves “ was an overstatement. In total, there is credence in Bally said. His sentiments, however, are in no way referring to past presidents but those surrounding the presidency.

Indeed, from independence, we have had the same people and families ruling this country at the expense of other people with better or greater capacities. A careful look at all cabinets and those around the presidency since independence show that it’s the same families ruling the country and some how that is the reason for their fortunes in terms of education and riches. This is what HH wants to bring to an end.

Every Zambian regardless of tribe and family should have an equal opportunity in the governance of this country provided they are Zambians and have qualifications. This is the proper context’s sentiments. The rest of the talks regarding what he meant are illusions meant to paddle lies and ridicule the President. He , in my humble view , meant well . Let all families with or without connections also have an equal opportunity in the affairs of this country. For instance, From Independence, have you ever heard of a zaza in cabinet, Ps or even presidential aid in zambia? Yet we have had very educated Zazas in the history of this country. Go to ministry of lands and see which families own the biggest chunks of land dotted all over the country and then you will appreciate Bally’s observations.

Equally check which families are holding on to key or influential government positions since independence. Further Check which families are holding on to big positions in banks and parastatals. Then you will appreciate Bally and his observations. However,this is not to say that individuals in those families are not hard working and educated but have had good connections in one way or the other.

What Bally is saying is that all families should have an equal share in his plans and those of this country. Equal opportunities means families in kalabo or shangombo without connections in government can also have their children appointed in key government positions. Poor families should also have an opportunity to tour the world when such opportunities or luxuries were a preserve of families of a clique as was the case in the past.

By MCQueen Zaza

THERE’S NO WITCH HUNT, LET THOSE THAT COMMITTED CRIMES FACE THE MUSIC

What is happening now should have happened much much ealier. We have always demanded good governance, the reason was to avoid the current rantings that the opposition has embarked on to try and seek public sympathy.
They have ordered murders of opposition members and stole our resources with impunity.

Today when they are visited by the law they claim tribe and that they are being persecuted because of it, NO. Do we remember that Kambwili as an operative for PF had millions of dollars in his house whose source is not known. This is the man who wants to champion tribe as a way of hidding his own criminality.

The claim by PF leaders of being persecuted on tribal lines is nonsensical. Criminals will be treated as Criminals irrespective of one’s Tribe. Some PF officials ordered their cadres to murder and brutalize those who held divergent views on national issues. Today, they want to hide in tribe as their immunity, NO. Laws of the land knows no tribe, it is blind

The issue of Dr Kambwili inciting tribal war is big and the law will visit him accordingly.

In 2016 he insulted the people of Southern Province and later apologized. The traditional leaders accepted his apologies and treated him like their own son. But because he was convicted and PF government told him to campaign for his freedom.

He was instructed to insult other tribes again as tribal campaign was PF strategy in destroying the UPND. Many times we strongly complained about this strategy which was sponsored by state house. This is why former president Mr Lungu never bothered to reprimand his ministers and officials from insulting other tribes.

Davies Chama former minister once told Tongas to go and multiply themselves by having more children if they want to produce a president. Where were these people coming out today claiming Kambwili is being persecuted?

Today there is no tribe in Zambia that has no links of other tribes. This is why some of us want all criminals behind tribal campaign to be prosecuted because in our families we have children, girlfriends, boyfriends,husbands and wives from all ten provinces. We don’t need such retrogressive minds like Kambwili and friends to mislead our children. We need to protect the nation.

Edgar Lungu and PF launched anti Tonga, Lozi, Luvale etc campaign. Insulted these tribes on daily basis and at the same time expecting them to vote for PF. He used his presidential prerogative to fire public workers from the regions PF hated. On the other hand Hakainde Hichilema lowered himself before all the ten provinces by speaking Unity and peace which prompted all Zambians to trust him and voted for him. PF lacked reasoning and thank God as Zambians we did the right thing.

HH has demonstrated quality leadership by balancing the appointment of public office bearers and we will give him credit for this reason.According to PF even if I have demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt to my subjects and the nation at large that I’m not capable of holding the top job they should give me votes to balance tribes.

What stupidity is that? This is worrying, and I have reported Kambwili already to the police, judiciary and home affairs. We will also look into previous elections how votes were distributed to different candidates from different regions and see if Kambwili will give reasons to tag others tribal.

Secondly I’m appealing to the UPND government through the minister of justice to introduce a piece of legislation that will provide for a severe punishment up to life imprisonment for any individual who will insight tribal hatred in our politics. We need to compete on ideas and merits no taking advantage of the illiterate citizens.

We are all Zambians and we have all the rights to take part in our Governance system without being ridiculed like PF did to others during their reign.

Let’s follow all the criminals irrespective of tribe. Law is blind and no way shall we as Zambians expect thieves to elude the law by insulating themselves in tribe. The only caution is, treat them as innocent until proven guilty by a Court of law.

We commend the police for going after any offender. Let there be sanity please.

Sikaile C Sikaile
Good Governance and Human Rights Activist for Zambia and Amnesty International

HH IS SCHEMING TO ARREST ME, CHARGES KAMBWILI …let them also arrest Sejani, Malambo

Hakainde Hichilema is scheming to have me arrested, says Chishimba Kambwili.

And Kambwili has challenged Inspector General of Police Lemmy Kajoba to also arrest Ackson Sejani for saying that only a Tonga could lead the UPND, Kafue mayor Buumba Malambo, Larry Mweetwa and Mulonde Muzungu for the tribal remarks.

Speaking with Daily Revelation, Kambwili said those plotting to arrest him would only be publicising him, saying there was nothing like bad publicity in politics.

He charged that President Hichilema should not be scheming what the other administration did to him, saying he and the president suffered together during their time in the opposition, having been arrested for offences they did no commit.

“I am so shocked that my brother and colleague President Hakainde Hichilema can be scheming to make me go through the same things he went through. Surely can you doubt that this is politically motivated? Can you doubt? Look at what Buumba Malambo said openly, and there is a video ‘iswe swe ba Tonga we vote for a Tonga President, we vote for our Tonga MP, Tonga councillors’,” Kambwili said. “No case has been opened against her, then for me just to compare ‘people in this region they vote for their own all these years, and in order for us to teach them that this is wrong we should also vote (the same way)’. And you say tribalism and you want to arrest me. can you have any doubt that HH has got a hand in it, unless you are foolish. Every reasonable person will know that this is politically motivated. And the president is involved in it.”

Kambwili said the matter had been brought up on account that people were saying that he should be PF president, saying the President was trying to intimidate him and deter PF from “electing me to say, oh no he has got cases. That is what thy are working on.”

Asked if he felt former president Edgar Lungu was involved in his earlier court cases in the same manner he was accusing President Hichilema, Kambwili said: “I have no comment on that. I am only saying my arrests were politically motivated. And even this one is politically motivated. I cannot say president Edgar Lungu was involved, no. You see in life sometimes the leader may not know what the juniors are doing.”

However, Kambwili also consistently accused president Lungu of having been behind his cases during his NDC days.

“If he (President Hichilema) is going to allow it for me to be arrested then just know that he is involved. What I have gone through when I become president and people start doing the same I will tell them don’t do that,” Kambwili said. “Why do they want to target Chishimba Kambwili, they leave all these people like Sejani, Buumba? You want to arrest Chishimba Kambwili because you feel he’s a political threat. He’s a political opponent.”

Kambwili maintained that even if he did not like what he was suggesting, other regions must vote in the same manner as Southern Province, as they “must be taught other people can also do it if you don’t stop it.”

“I am actually helping this country to avoid regional or tribal voting…I can only tell my brother HH, what is wrong with you? Political power is not in perpetuity,” he said.

He said Kajoba, whom he accused of being a UPND cadre, wants to use his position to arrest him, saying it was only after the IG said he would arrest him that the UPND cadre reported the matter to police, which he said showed a glaring political hand by also copying the complaint to the ministers of Home Affairs and Justice.

“Surely how can you be arrested for three months, going into four months in prison, like HH and you also start arresting you political opponents as if you were admiring to come and revenge?” Kambwili asked. “Do you need to copy to a minister of justice? Immediately you start copying letters to the politicians then you know that there is a political hand.”

Kambwili said people voted for change, and President Hichilema should live up to his promise when he said that freedom had come for all Zambians on his inauguration.

“Surely look at the results that came from Southern Province on PF, after what PF has done; roads, hospitals clinics, kwena kutimwaya vota 49,000, umuntu (Lungu) mwamupela 200…there must be something… finish reading to website http://dailyrevelationzambia.com/hh-is-scheming-to-arrest-me-charges-kambwili-let-them-also-arrest-sejani-malambo/

IT’S AN APPEASEMENT BUDGET, SAYS FAUSTINA SINYANGWE … you can’t run a country by appeasing people

The 2022 National Budget is an appeasement budget, says Faustina Sinyangwe.

In an interview with Daily Revelation, Sinyangwe, who is former Matero member of parliament, said the UPND needed a year in government before making the policy pronouncements that they have made in the national budget.

“They have only been in government for a month and they start saying that they are going to employ 30,000 teachers, they are going to abolish tuition fees, they will abolish examination fees and PTA fees. I personally think that they needed a year in government so that they are well informed before they can implement these policy pronouncements; before rushing making these decisions in the budget,” explained Sinyangwe.

She observed that the removal of tuition fees and PTA fees entails that the government has to start spending huge sums of money in form of grants to schools.

“They have to pay money to the Examination Council of Zambia to print examination papers, they have to pay teachers to mark exams, invigilators have to be paid plus transportation of examination papers to various districts. All these are costs,” said Sinyangwe, who is also an educationist. “When you are making a budget, you look at estimates in terms of your income and expenditures. But situations change; you can have the pandemic, for instance, and the money you were expecting does not come in. You need to factor in all those issues. So when I analyse this budget; I personally look at it as an appeasement budget. The 2022 National Budget is an appeasement budget. And you cannot run a country by appeasing people; you have to do things that are realistic.”

And Sinyangwe is doubtful if the UPND will sustain the recruitment of 30, 000 teachers.

“I have worked in the ministry of education for a long time and I know that inadequate teachers is the biggest challenge that has been facing the education sector. You know education is anchored on three things namely; access, quality and equity,” she explained. “So recruiting 30,000 teachers means that access will be attained because more pupils will be enrolled and they will have teachers to teach them. But I only have one worry… my worry is whether they are going to sustain the 30,000 teachers that they are going to recruit. Mind you, it’s not only the 30,000 that they intend to recruit; there are those that are already employed.”

She said there was need government to conduct a needs assessment before making certain policy pronouncements in the budget, so that they could know… finish reading to the website http://dailyrevelationzambia.com/its-an-appeasement-budget-says-faustina-sinyangwe-you-cant-run-a-country-by-appeasing-people/

THE UPND HAS NO VISION FOR A ZAMBIAN OWNED ECONOMY-NYIRENDA.

…as he describes the 2022 national budget as a disaster.

National Restoration Party (NAREP) PRESIDENT Stephen NYIRENDA has described the first UPND National budget as disaster.

In statement to the media, Mr. NYIRENDA said he has taken a lot time studying and analyzing the 2022 UPND National budget and it clearly looks attractive but its a disaster for Zambians.

Mr. NYIRENDA explained that the budget presented by Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane is another beggars budget, affirming that it does not speak to or for the indigenous Zambian.

A beggars budget is one that is made with money’s derived from credit.

And Mr. NYIRENDA said it is very disappointing that UPND can present such a budget to the nation after spending over 20 years in opposition.

He said it is now clear that the UPND led Administration do not have the vision for a Zambian owned economy.

The NAREP PRESIDENT explained that the UPND 2022 National budget is still funding useless things like Food Support Initiative Program so called FSIP.

He said FSIP is a failed project started by people who did not finish thinking.

“The so called New Dawn UPND government should research on how many or which farmers actually benefit from such a useless program, maybe they will have answers which we doubt because they are overshadowed by those individuals who benefit from this killer program aimed at maiming our hard working farmers.”

“We have from day 1 stated that you cannot produce and invest in a budget without taking into consideration how much you are getting from funding some projects.” Mr. NYIRENDA said.

Meanwhile, Mr NYIRENDA says the over 30,000 civil servants to be employed in 2022 was a joke of the century because Government should not be the biggest employer as portrayed by the UPND led Administration.

Mr. NYIRENDA said
President Hichilema should first create a progressive private sector that will not only suck in all the unemployed graduates, but help educate the nation by providing an environment for every individual in their respective fields and area they come from.

“Example, let’s have Zambians from and in Western learn to produce from their environment (by the way, the sand in western province is very good for glass manufacturing). Lecture on how to trade with Eastern Province where most food products are farmed. We say again, Government should not be the biggest employer but the biggest facilitator for private companies to Excel.”

“We believe in Zambians and that’s why we keep saying Zambia is for Zambians and Only Zambians will develop Zambia.” Mr. NYIRENDA said

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By Prince Bill M. Kaping’a Political/Social Analyst

Prior to finally winning the August 12, 2021 general elections, President Hakainde Hichilema was constantly lampooned by his critics and opponents alike that he was good at winning elections on Facebook. The man who is fondly referred to, as Bally, by his ardent followers probably better understood use of Facebook as an effective tool to reach-out to the masses more than anyone else.

In as much as the dictatorial and intolerant regime of Lungu tried to throw spanners into Bally’s campaigns by restricting his movements and denying him permits to conduct rallies; the more he resorted to Facebook. And when the outcome of the polls was finally declared by ECZ, Lungu was left in shock! This is testimony enough that one can only ignore social media at their own peril.

According to Wikipedia, as of January 2020, there were 2 280 000 active Facebook users in Zambia, accounting for 11.6% of its entire population. The majority of them were men – 56.3%. People aged 18 to 24 were the largest user group (810 000).Now, translate this into potential votes…..it’s more than enough to usher a candidate into plot 1 Independence Avenue, provided they may have already secured additional votes elsewhere!

Former US President Barack Obama is probably one of the foremost modern-day leaders who put social media to better use. According to a case study by the Stanford Graduate School of Business; early in his campaign, Barack Obama was a little-known senator running for president against Democratic nominee and household name, Hilary Clinton. But on November 4, 2008, Obama made history as the first African American to win the election against Republican candidate, John McCain, thus becoming the 44th president of the United States.

The study goes on to highlight that many factors contributed to his success, but a major one was the way Obama and his Chicago-based campaign team used social media and technology as an integral part of their campaign strategy, not only to raise money, but also more importantly, to develop a groundswell of empowered volunteers who felt that they could make a difference.

The other leader who appreciated the effectiveness of social media in influencing public opinion was 45th US President Donald Trump. Speaking on CBS’ 60 Minutes programme shortly after being declared winner of elections against Hilary Clinton, the president-elect specified that social networks helped him win without him needing to spend as much as the Clinton campaign on advertisement.

According to a 2016 report by the United Nations Population Fund in Zambia, young people aged 15-35 made up of 36.7% of Zambia’s population (4.8 million). By this time, this segment of the population may have doubled or tripled! A good number of them are obviously technologically savvy investing much time on social media including podcasting, Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, and YouTube, as opposed to listening to the radio or watching TV.

Well……if you are a politician in Zambia and want to remain relevant in the eyes of this significant portion of the population, you better up your game and hone your social media skills!

THE CONTINUED DISMISSAL OF PUBLIC SERVICE WORKERS REQUIRES AN INQUIRY

MWANZA CALLS FOR AN INQUIRY INTO DISMISSAL OF PUBLIC SERVICE WORKERS.

Lusaka… Saturday, November 6, 2021

(Smart Eagles)

ZAMBIA has continued to witness unproven allegations of public service workers being dismissed based on tribal and political reasons. The Acting Secretary to Cabinet Patrick Kangwa owes the nation an explanation on how that was under the past regime and is now being done under the new Dawn Administration,
Center for Constitutionalism and Legal Justice Director Isaac Mwanza has said.

Mr Mwanza said there is a growing public perception that Government under the administration of late President Michael Sata and Edgar Lungu and now Republican President, Hakainde Hichilema, had been and continues to dismiss civil servants based on political and tribal grounds.

These allegations, he said, against Government are usually started by politicians themselves or affected civil servants and carried through social media for political purposes or to gain sympathy.

He said these allegations have now being authenticated by the Head of Civil Service through his recent statement inviting those who were dismissed on such unsubstantiated grounds.

Mr Mwanza said Mr Kangwa was part of the civil service establishment when public service workers were allegedly dismissed based on the alleged tribal and political lines by the previous regime.

“He is still part of this establishment when allegations are emerging workers continue to be dismissed based on tribal and political lines by the New Dawn Administration.

Mr Kangwa must provide an explanation on these dismissals so the public can know what has caused such a rot in the management of the public service.

“The Center does not believe any public service servant was or has recently been dismissed by Government because of one’s tribe or politics. However, owing to the subtle admission by Head of the Civil Service through his recent statement, it is more desirable that a public inquiry should be made to ascertain the truth and allow justice to run its full course,” he said.

“It is nevertheless absurd to expect Mr Kangwa and his top civil service team, they very people who dismissed those public service workers, to hear appeals unless the strategy is to hide the truth from the public and apportion the blame on immediate political leaders through processes conducted in the dark. No truth will come out from such a process,” he said.

Mr Mwanza said “We finally call upon the Republican President, His Excellency Mr Hakainde Hichilema, to set up an inquiry led by an impartial judge on the dismissals that went on and are currently going. The Inquiry, as opposed to appeal processes done in darkness, will help determine whether dismissals were based on tribe and political reasons.

The Centre Director said the failure to inquire into this matter and allow dark corner process to happen at Cabinet Office will strengthen some growing perception that President Hichilema is silently using his arm in a vindictive of wanting to paint the predecessor administration as having been tribal.

“We urge the President to allow dismissed public service workers to publicly testify, show that they were indeed dismissed based on tribal and political reasons and give room to those accused of carrying out those dismissals to defend themselves. This is what the rule of law means and not those dark corner processes being led by people, many of whom must stand accused as having conducted the dismissals,” he said.

ABOUT MINERAL ROYALTY TAX (MRT)

By Sean Tembo – PeP President

It is a basic principle of taxation that tax is an appropriation and therefore one tax expense cannot be deductible in the computation of another tax.

The only exception to the above rule is when a “tax” is used as a collection mechanism for another tax, and such a tax is referred to as a Withholding Tax (WHT).

Therefore, by making Mineral Royalty Tax (MRT) a deductible expense in the computation of Income Tax (ITX), MRT has ceased to be a tax and has been converted into a collection mechanism for ITX. MRT has been converted into a WHT.

The total effect of the above policy change is that when mines prepare their provisional ITX returns at the beginning of a charge year, and they are not in a tax payable position, they will not be charged “MRT” for the rest of the year. In other words, the charging of “MRT” will now depend on the mines being in an ITX payable position, and we are know that mines are experts at declaring losses.

The original principle behind MRT was that we are charging the mines for extracting our minerals, regardless of whether that extraction is done at a profit or loss. The mere fact that these mines are extracting our minerals means that they should pay us something. Also remember ladies and gentlemen that the making of a profit when you are mining, is dependent on a number of factors including the competence of the management team for the mine.

That is the reason why MRT was introduced so that the country can get some money for as long as a mine is extracting our minerals, regardless of whether they are making a profit or loss. But what the New Dawn administration has done is to change MRT from a tax, to a collection mechanism for income tax. And remember that income tax is only chargeable when a mine makes a profit. The loss of revenue arising from removal of MRT will be billions of dollars.

Eventually all our minerals will be depleted with nothing for us as a nation to show for it. Not a single patriotic Zambian can support such a policy. The New Dawn administration needs to reconsider this.

SET 06.11.2021

MBA, BAcc, FCCA, FZICA, FCPA

LISWANISO CALLS FOR COMPLETE CHANGE OF MIND SET TO GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

United Party for National Development (UPND) National Youth Chairman Gilbert Liswaniso has implored all Zambians to change and develop a mindset towards development and good governance.

Speaking during a Radio Liseli interactive Program, Friday Mr Liswaniso said Zambians must not continue on a damaged trajectory of governance system by the former ruling PF which was coupled with political handouts and corruption.

And Mr Liswaniso has maintained that ending to caderism in all public institutions demands concerted efforts from various stakeholders.

“President Hakainde Hichilema is given a mandate by the Zambian people to govern the country and improve the economy.

The young people who voted for him in a majority understand his exceptional leadership and are confident he is going to deliver and be judged in his tenure of office as a responsible leader”Mr Liswaniso said.

And the UPND National Youth boss said the proposed 2022 budget presented to the nation by the Finance Minister is answer to the aspirations of the Zambian people.

He said that the K173 billion budget effective January 2022 is a gift of the UPND led government to all the people.

”The budget is inclusive and community based which calls for all Zambians to be part of as resources are decentralised.

Here in Western Province the area can develop if everyone participates in developing all areas.

CDF is allocated to all the constituencies and you are mandated to be part of it to ensure development is delivered” He said.

Meanwhile, a UPND die hard activist has implored youths in the province not to lose focus on reuniting and rebuilding Zambia.

“Among important issues that the young people confidently voted for UPND and President Hichilema is to rebuild and reunite Zambia, zero tolerance to corruption.

I will be back soon in Western Province to interact with the people and to ensure they understand more the vision and change they voted for.

There is nothing to worry about be patient it is well”he stated.

© Falcon News

Open Message To The President

By: Maxwell Nsama
Saturday || November 6th, 2021.

Dear President Hakainde Hichilema,

How are you our humble, hardworking, disciplined, understanding/listening, faithful, slow-to-anger, transparent, honest, loving, gentle, kind, wise, courageous, visionary, determined, outstanding/fearless, intelligent, patient and Godfearing President of Zambia and Commander-In-Chief of the Zambian Armed Forces…? I hope and trust that The LORD is blessing you and the first Family with more knowledge, wisdom, strength, peace, success and good health. Mr. President Sir! It has come to my attention that a good number of UPND MEMBERS (Both in Government and Structures) are slowly becoming arrogant and foolish and I am afraid that this will begin to affect your character and reputation locally and then internationally. Many people UPND MEMBERS have taken it upon themselves to distance from the people and ignoring them. They are now portraying themselves to be masters over others with impurities. Mr. President Sir! The struggle to kick-out the previous regime was a battle fought by all Zambians from all walks of life and corners with the assistance of other sympathizers and stakeholders regardless of age, achievements, knowledge, wisdom, strength, health status, doctrines, backgrounds, standards, ethic, tribe, race, profession, height, weight, skin-complexison, academic certificates or not, wealth, money, power etc… Mr. President Sir!! We all spent tireless and sleepless days and evenings to make sure that we usher you into State House and Preside over the Nation’s Welfare and State Authority & Properties because our Democracy: Peace, Freedom, Unity, Security and Prosperity were hijacked by arrogant, corrupt and foolish Politicians under the previous regime of former 6th Republican President of Zambia Mr. Edgar Lungu.

Mr. President Sir!! The same people that we fought with have u-turned on us especially the youths, poor and vulnerable citizens and they are busy ignoring us, insulting us, gossiping on us and mocking us as they themselves are cerebrating (partying and living worthless) and are very much comfortable with their secular achievements (wealth, money, fame and power).

Mr. President Sir!! You are holding the Highest Office of the Land and you are the most busiest man alive in Zambia and yet you haven’t changed your WhatsApp Contact and other Personal Contacts but despite your very busy schedule, you always take time to read my messages and respond to those that need to be responded to and this is a clear message and sign that you have continued to be the same humble person that I spent days and nights, my money and time selling your name and vision to take over the Office of President but the people around are becoming arrogant and foolish and I am afraid that they will play a role in destroying your character and reputation (Presidency and Legacy). Many have changed their contacts and blocked various people that were in contact with them before the GREAT AND HISTORICAL VICTORY of the August 12th, 2021 Presidential And General Elections. Your Excellency!! These people that changed their contacts and blocked others have intentions and plans to hijack your personal contacts to the public and block various people.

Mr. President Sir!! There are people that have evil plans of having you change your personal contacts and they are also planning of trying to turn you to go against various because of their jealous by reporting falsehood and twisted truth so that you turn against them because many people do not understand that you dont act according to what you heard by others but by what you personal investigate and come to conclusion because you are a fair,wise and just judge.

Your Excellency!! Your predecessor was around by arrogant and foolish people that turned him to fall victim of their arrogance and foolishness and I rebuke that to ever happen to you! God forbid. Mr. President Sir!! Mr. Lungu became too comfortable believing that he was greatly accepted by the people not knowing that the same people that were singing praising and worship unto him, were the ones that were destroying his name by means of being arrogant, corrupt and foolish. Mr. Lungu was distanced from the people and he was unable to receive the concerns, cries, visions, ideas and advice from the people and that cost his Presidency and Legacy.

Your Excellency!! Your PRESIDENCY will be greatly appreciated and renewed in the next mandate but please take note of arrogant Members of Parliament, Ministers, Mayors, Council Chairpersons, Councilors and those in the Structures because some are acting foolishly and making the Party lose votes and recognitions. There more these people become arrogant the more we shall be losing votes.

Mr. President Sir! I understand that its too early to act against these that seem incompetent but please, the earlier the better, tame them and if you continue to receive reports of their arrogance and foolishness then please relieve and retire them in National Interest before they destroy your hard earned Global Respect and Love.

These UPND MEMBERS despite working with them, they now look down on us and are foolishly saying that they did more than others of which is a nonsensical because we all and equally a big part in the struggle. Mr. President Sir!! He who sows, He who waters and He who harvest all play their role to have food on the table. I have witnessed and also been receiving complaints about UPND MEMBERS throwing out the youths off the bus of which in some way I respond to the youths that they should exercise patient because the President and the NEW DAWN ADMINISTRATION are currently cleaning up the mess caused by the Lungu Administration but come 2022 which is a few weeks away, everything shall be ok. Jobs shall created. The NATION shall be transformed into a sweet fruit paradise. Creation is on it’s way. Innovation is on it’s way. Transformation is on its way.

Some UPND MEMBERS have lost respect and fear for GOD and the People.

Last but not the least!! Your Excellency please make sure that you appoint and place loyal, disciplined, faithful, hardworking, understanding, gentle, fearless, courageous, listening, determined, sober-minded, honest, accountable, transparent, slow-to-anger and Godfearing people both in Government Senior Offices and Structures… We need people who deliver the 2021-2026 UPND MANIFESTO to all ZAMBIANS and the INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY and will also build the name and party to attract more votes. Mr. President!! It is my prayer, wish and desire that you serve and protect all the people and also to be surrounded by people who will assist you in the line of duty. Thank you and God bless you Mr. President.

Yours faithful Son, Voter and Fellow Citizen,

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Zambia Sugar PLC has dismissed the story published by the Zambian Watchdog alleging that the company, together with Shoprite, Indo Zambia Bank, and other corporates have pledged about $10 million funding to the opposition Patriotic Fron (PF) by running expensive adverts in PF aligned newspapers.

In a statement released to the media, Zambia Sugar said that the Company is apolitical and cannot engage itself in the matter that was referred to in the Zambia watchdog.

Below is the full statement

Press Release

Nakambala, 5 November 2021: An article appeared on 4 November 2021 in an online publication accusing the Company of engaging in political activity. The Company distances itself from this article.

Zambia Sugar Plc is a public listed company listed on the Zambian Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE). Its parent Company, Illovo Sugar Africa, is Africa’s leading sugar producer. Zambia Sugar’s ultimate parent company is Associated British Foods (ABF) which is also listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Therefore, the Company always operates according to a high set of governance standards ensuring at all times that there is no risk to the reputation of not only Zambia Sugar but Illovo and ultimately ABF. In this regard, we wish to state that Zambia Sugar is apolitical and cannot engage itself in the matter that was referred to in the article with the above-captioned matter appearing on your site and dated 4 November 2021.

Zambia Sugar remains committed to upholding all Illovo and ABF Group Code of Business Conduct and other group guidelines. This includes the procurement of media advertising services in accordance with company procurement policies and procedures.

Therefore, the Company continues to conduct itself in a manner that does not create a reputational risk to itself and/or its shareholders.

In this regard, the Company hereby distances itself from the article. The Company further requests the Media to check with its Media Relations team for the facts first before publishing any stories on Zambia Sugar. In the interests of fair and professional journalism, the Company has requested the publication to issue a follow-up article to correct the facts as Communicated to them.

Zambia Sugar Plc remains committed to working with the Government for the benefit of its consumers, shareholders, local communities, and all other stakeholders for the long haul.

PRESIDENT HH’S ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD: A DEMONSTRATION OF DEDICATED LEADERSHIP

Other than carrying a lean delegation and reducing on lavish travels and spending, since assuming office, President HH has demonstrated prudence, dedication and forward looking to achieve a better Zambia for all.

President HH has attended two big world meetings in New York (USA) and Glasgow (UK) and in both has been consistently in touch with his people at home briefing them of all his engagements and activities while there through social media.

Surprisingly, the man has used these two meetings to market Zambia’s trade and investment potential and political stability of the country key to safeguarding that investment and trade for the world to appreciate.

This is transparent and accountable leadership which has been lacking for years now in Zambia as such trips’ knowledge ended at leaving the country, attending the meeting and coming back from.the meeting and issuing statements when going out and coming in the country from such meeting, everthing else was a secret.

While his fellow leaders left the meetings countries immediately after these two meetings, President HH remained behind lobbying for his country and winning potential investors to the country as seen by the newly signed agreement on green economic growth between UK and Zambia.

Which other country did that when they left immediately after the meeting others might have gone shopping instead of marketing their countries.

This is unheard of of any head of state and govermnet sacrificing his leisure time meeting other corporates, institutions, individuals and leaders with the sole purpose of marketing his/her country abroad on the shorelines of or after such global meetings.

Since independence, this type of dedicated leaderahip to national duty has rarely been demonstrated in Zambia.

Many global leaders do take whirlwind meeting attendance approach despite some going their to doze after spending so much state resources to attend these meetings.

A country can only win investment if the leader is engaging and interacting with various global institutions that matter both broad and locally.

Those who have been used to running secret and unaccountable government systems are even complaining when President HH convene a media brief to feedback the nation of his activities and account for his time abroad.

To this end, President HH has demonstrated true leadership anchored on openness, transparent and accountability and his ministers must emulate him, though some have already become expensive to meet or even share national discourse.

Continue the hard work for the country President HH.

I submit

McDonald Chipenzi

The Civil society Organisation’s (CSO’s) have launched an election report which has revealed that the recently held August 12, 2021 general elections were eventful and historical.

Swedish Ambassador to Zambia, Anna-Maj Hultgård pointed out that the country had an intense pre-election environment filled with shrinking space and freedoms for CSOs and those with divergent views, and incidents of violence between supporters of opposition political parties in various localities.

Ambassador Hultgård added that disinformation and hate speech in the media, unequal application of laws that limited the opposition political party’s ability to campaign equally, with restrictions on campaigning for the opposition parties due to the pandemic.

Ambassador Hultgård observed that even against such an uneven level playing field, she was impressed and moved by the dedication of Zambians who still went out in huge numbers to exercise their democratic right to vote.

She also mentioned the announcement of the winner and concession by the then incumbent leader marked an impressive third smooth transition of power in Zambian history.

Ambassador Hultgård said this cemented the country’s reputation as being a beacon of peace and democracy in the region and beyond.

“Despite these challenges and in the middle of a global pandemic, Zambians turned out to vote in large numbers, with many waiting in long queues for hours to ensure they cast their vote and make their voices heard,” Ambassador Hultgård.

She praised the valuable role of the young people, who followed the process till the voting day, coined the election process revolutionary.

Ambassador Hultgård said the Embassy also applauds the coordinated approach by the CSO’s and partners assuring to continue supporting and facilitating such coordinated efforts.

ActionAid Zambia Country Director Nalucha Ziba said the election report, was in relation to Zambia’s democratic governance space towards the important role of young people in the electoral process.

Ms Ziba said this included the various activities and events that led up to the successful elections and peaceful transfer of power.

She revealed that the CSOs noted from the experience that the importance of public participation in electoral participation as records had shown a registration of seven million Zambians who registered to vote at various polling stations.

Ms Ziba stressed the need for Civil Society Organisations to continue protecting and expanding political space for likeminded CSOs to participate in democratic decision making, to influence and hold the government and corporates accountable.

She said peacebuilding and electoral monitoring will continue to play a major role in ensuring that citizens fully understand their voting rights and democratic power and mandate to choose leaders that they know will deliver on their social and economic services.

“As ActionAid Zambia, one of our priority areas of focus is civic participation and state accountability and in order for us to achieve a just, equitable and sustainable Zambia for every person to enjoy the right to a life of dignity, we recognized the need for voters’ participation in this year’s elections,” Ms. Ziba stated.

The report has recommendations for improvement in Zambia’s electoral processes including a betterment of advocacy strategies that CSO’s can take up to further consolidate the gains of their dedicated work in governance.

It also includes the need to provide an equal opportunity for various political parties to engage with the public, among other recommendations.

There have been mixed feelings on Zimbabwe’s refusal of entry to Somizi Mhlongo on grounds that he is homosexual.

Somizi had planned visit to Zimbabwe however, his visit was blocked by the government because of his sexual orientation.

Somizi was scheduled for a visit to Zimbabwe, following an invitation by Garwe Restaurant, a prime eatery in Harare, for an exhibition cooking event this coming weekend.

However, the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) wrote to the president’s office and other ministries, including tourism and foreign affairs, saying: “Somizi is a homosexual, hence according to our people driven constitution, Zimbabwe doesn’t tolerate homosexuality,”

The restaurant had closed doors in 2018 for extensive renovations, it is reported following a US$2 million capital injection.

Garwe owner Mandy Mvukwe-Chimhini is said to be a personal friend of Somizi , and had invited the former Idols judge and host of a celebrity cook-off show on South African TV.

Mandy Mvukwe-Chimhini was contacted directly by the ruling party ZanuPF and asked to cancel Somizi’s invite.

Zanu PF’s youth league confirmed it had made direct contact with Mvukwe-Chimhini and demanded that she uninvites Somizi or face protests. A group of Apostolic churches also weighed in by writing a letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa calling for Mhlongo to be barred, claiming that if he came to Zimbabwe that would result in immorality among children.

Faced with this situation the restaurant dropped Somizi and opted for yet another South African artist Kelly Khumalo.

However, the South African singer Kelly Khumalo made a last-minute cancellation of her scheduled appearance at the Garwe restaurant opening in solidarity with celebrity chef Somizi Mhlongo.

Khumalo had recorded a video confirming her expected appearance at the re-opening of Garwe Restaurant in Eastlea, Harare, before learning that she had been drafted in as a replacement for her friend, Mhlongo.

Khumalo was eventually a no-show, and guests at the event were told exactly why the Empini-hitmaker had decided to stay away.

“Unfortunately, Kelly can’t be with us tonight. She has opted to stand in solidarity with Somizi,” a spokesman for the eatery said.

The restaurant had closed doors in 2018 for extensive renovations, it is reported following a US$2 million capital injection.

Garwe Restaurant, with a capacity for 200 diners, is famed for its signature traditional dishes.

Zimbabwe considers sex between men an “indecent act” punishable with a prison term and gay marriage is banned under the 2013 constitution. Widely held conservative views mean that gay people face great stigma.

South Africa became the first African country to legalise same-sex marriage – back in 2006 – and its constitution guards against discrimination based on sexual orientation.

MINISTER NZOVU CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO ACCELERATE CLIMATE FINANCING.

By Chibaula Silwamba

Minister of Green Economy and Environment, Hon. Collins Nzovu, has called for strengthened global partnerships and renewed commitment to accelerate climate finance access.

Mr. Nzovu made the clarion call when he delivered country perspective remarks during the Commonwealth-organised side-event, dubbed “Accelerating Climate Finance Access for Nature-based Solutions in Supporting Climate, Land and Biodiversity Targets” at the on-going COP26 Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

“For us, accelerating financing efforts on climate, land and biodiversity is critical to ensure we achieve our aspirations of achieving a green economy,” Mr. Nzovu said. “It is our shared hope that through this exchange, we will strengthen our partnerships and realise a renewed commitment by the Commonwealth Secretariat, and the three Rio Conventions: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to continue working collectively in supporting our countries in addressing land degradation issues.”

The Minister informed the delegates from across the world that Zambia has set ambitious targets on climate change.

He said the country recently revised and updated its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

The NDC embody efforts by each country, which is a State Party to the Paris Agreement, to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

On biodiversity, Mr. Nzovu said Zambia subscribes to the Aichi Targets and is actively engaged in formulating a new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

“Similarly, we are working towards achieving a no net loss on land degradation by 2030,” Mr. Nzovu informed the delegates. “However, we are constrained to achieve most of these targets in time due to inadequate financial resources, making it difficult for us to make our fair contribution to global efforts in addressing these multiple challenges.”

Other participants at the side-event were the Minister of Environment Forestry and Tourism of Namibia; the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade of Seychelles and the Minister for Climate Change and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Issued by
Ministry of Green Economy and Environment, LUSAKA
5th November, 2021

Editor’s Notes:
Zambia is a State Party to the Paris Agreement. According to UNFCCC, the Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. Its goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement is a landmark in the multilateral climate change process because, for the first time, a binding agreement brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects. It was adopted by 196 Parties at COP21 in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016.
The Aichi Targets was a Strategic Plan for Biodiversity that included 20 time-bound, measurable targets that were to be met by 2020. Zambia has domesticated 18 out of 20 targets that are relevant to the country’s context

State House has refuted allegations, suggesting that it orchestrated the recent arrests of people, that served in the previous government.

Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, Anthony Bwalya, says President Hakainde Hichilema has made it clear that law enforcement agencies will operate independently and without interference from the government.

Mr. Bwalya said the new administration has since allowed the law enforcement agencies to carry out their duties professionally.

“State House has no hand in the arrests,” Mr Bwalya said during a press briefing today.

He said government will however support the law enforcement agencies to fulfil the constitutional obligations.

Meanwhile, Mr. Bwalya has explained that the 2022 national budget will not add to the accumulation of the debt which Zambia is grappling with.

He revealed that increased allocations of funds to various sectors of the economy, will not trigger an accumulation of more borrowing.

Mr Bwalya told journalists at State House today that the 2022 national budget was a responsible and fully costed budget which will, in the contrary, help reduce the debt.

He reiterated that the government was, through the budget, planting a seed that will yield positive economic results.

He described the 2022 national budget as transformative and one which will trigger remarkable economic development.

On President Hakainde Hichilema’s recent trip to Scotland where he attended the COP26 summit, Mr Bwalya said the move shows Zambia’s resolve to fight climate change.

He noted that Zambia, like many countries around the world, should take responsibility by finding measures that will mitigate the effects of climate change.

Zambia has since signed the COP26 Leaders’ pledge to end deforestation by 2030.

And President Hichilema has assured eurobond holders that government was committed to honour its debt obligations.

Mr Bwalya said the President made assurance during his meeting with eurobond holders in London this week.

He further explained that government will put a stop to reckless borrowing, saying any borrowing which the government is considering is meant to refine the current debt stock, as well as avoid a crisis that might arise if nothing is done.

IG REMMY KAJOBA & POLICE COMMAND: YOU ARE NOT WITCHHUNTING BUT CORRECTING THE NEGLECT OF DUTY BY THE PREVIOUS REGIME AND YOUR PREDECESSOR IN ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW IN ZAMBIA.

IT is erroneous for anyone to accuse the Zambia Police Service of witch-hunt when arresting people who are suspected of committing crimes with impunity against fellow citizens under the guise of politics and power.

During the last regime, if you were not a member of the ruling party reporting a case against any official from the ruling party to the police, it would be a miracle for that case to be attended to by police.

Police were scared of dealing with cases related to the conduct of cadres, party officials and ruling elites.

In other words were they were untouchables, a trend they want to perpetuate even in the new dawn government.

This frustrated many leading to many ignoring the police whenever confronted with attacks, insults and hate speech from the ruling party cadres.

A number of killings, assaults, tribal campaigns etc were committed by the ruling party cadres even in the the Govt Report on the Commission on Electoral Violence and Voting Patterns mentioned some PF leaders as instrumental in triggering violence and hate tribal speeches and campaigns.

However, the police have never investigated and followed those findings and recommendations todate and no one has been brought to book.

The new administration must follow these findings and recommendations and ensure those who thought were above the law are made to account for their misdeeds.

No amount of crybabying politics should be tolerated or entertained under the guise of tribe, party and religion because those who committed crimes did it own their own not that they were sent by their tribes and political parties.

If indeed they were, then crimes is crime and an offence is an offence whether committed today, yesterday or decade ago or more or sent by a tribe or party to commit it, it is still crime.

This is why some people in Rwanda, Yugoslavia among other countries that were engulfed in civil war are still being arrested and tried for crimes committed decades ago.

What is special about those politicians and cadres who broke the laws of Zambia with impunity just because they were close to the powers that be?

To the police, don’t be discouraged but be encouraged to bring to book all regardless whether they are sitting politicians or retired and let them account for crimes omitted or committed.

Many Zambians are with you except those who survived on lawlessness and disorder to earn a living who maybe unhappy and agitated.

To our chiefs, stay clean of politics because as these politicians are nabbed, they will, for the first time, crawl to your palaces soliciting for sympathy but tell them to clear themselves with the courts.

I submit

McDonald Chipenzi

By UK.gov

UK and Zambia sign landmark Green Growth Compact to drive billions in sustainable investment, create jobs and strengthen economic partnership.

From:Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Vicky Ford MP5 November 2021

UK Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford and Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stanley K Kakubo

On Thursday in London, the UK and Zambia signed a new landmark partnership to drive sustainable economic growth and build on the momentum created by the historic COP26 climate summit. The Compact was signed in London by the UK Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford and Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stanley K Kakubo.

The Compact sets targets for delivering billions of pounds of new investment, doubling trade volumes between the two countries, and channelling over £100m of new financial resources to small and medium sized enterprises. It will strengthen coordination between the entire UK business community and the Zambian Government, as well as opening up financing opportunities for Zambian businesses. It provides the framework for collaboration with UK institutions that are researching and innovating in renewable energy, urban planning, trade connectivity and more.

The signing followed a reception hosted at the Houses of Parliament by the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Zambia, Laurence Robertson MP, attended by UK Parliamentarians and a wide range of major UK businesses and investors. The Presidential delegation also held meetings to discuss new investments with UK-Government backed investors such as CDC Group and Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) and UK Export Finance.

While in London, the President and his team are also meeting with the Lord Mayor and representatives of the City of London, the London Metal Exchange and the London School of Economics.

The UK Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford, said:

The UK and Zambia are partners in growing greener, more stable economies that create jobs in both countries and new business opportunities.

The Green Growth Compact is a landmark agreement that will benefit the UK and Zambia by boosting UK investment in Zambia by up to £1 billion, creating thousands of jobs and supporting green energy production.

Nicholas Woolley, British High Commissioner said:

This is an extremely exciting time for the partnership between the UK and Zambia. This Green Growth Compact enables us to formally build a stronger trade and investment relationship, based on sustainability, mutual prosperity and creating opportunities for businesses and communities in both our countries.

Steve Beel, Development Director at the British High Commission said:

Supporting Zambia to grow the economy sustainably is at the heart of our approach to tackling poverty and enabling the most vulnerable to be financially supported and have the opportunity to enhance their own livelihoods.

Further information

The Green Growth Compact represents a voluntary plan of action between the Governments of Zambia and the United Kingdom to strengthen economic development and opportunities for both countries. The 2 Governments commit to work together to build a stronger, more diversified and inclusive Zambian economy that delivers economic opportunities for the majority, while delivering a stronger relationship and mutual economic benefits to Zambia and the UK.

The Compact will support Zambia to follow a green development pathway to contribute to global ambitions on emissions reductions whilst protecting Zambia’s own unique biodiversity and natural capital for the benefit of future generations. The Compact also incorporates the support and contributions of a range of other UK partners including:

CDC GroupThe Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)The British Chamber of Commerce in ZambiaThe International Growth Centre (IGC) based at the London School of Economics

UK Export Finance (UKEF) is the UK’s export credit agency.

CDC is the UK’s development finance institution helping solve global development challenges by investing capital to support private sector growth and innovation.

The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) is an innovative infrastructure project developer and investor which mobilises private investment in sustainable and inclusive infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa and South and South-East Asia. It is funded by the governments of the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, Sweden, Germany and the International Finance Corporation.

The London Metal Exchange is the world’s primary centre for trading of industrial metals, including copper.

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UPND’s FIRST NATIONAL BUDGET REASONABLE BUT DARING- SILAVWE JACKSON

“Reasonable in the sense that it has captured the imagination of our people, daring because it ventures in unchartered territories never tested before which can work for or against the new dawn government.”

In the words of the Minister of Finance, Hon. Musokotwane “Growth is low, debt has reached unsustainable levels, fiscal space or public finances are constrained and the cost of living has escalated beyond the reach of many Zambians.”

As Golden Party of Zambia (GPZ), after a careful study of both the budget oral presentation in the national assembly and the 2022 yellow book, we render the following pros and cons devoid of any biasness;

Pros
a. Recruitment of 30,000 deserves commendation. Zambia has in excess 5.5 million unemployed people. 65 thousand of those are qualified teachers.

b. Recruitment of 11,000 health personnel is a welcome move.

c. Increment in the constituency development fund from K1.6m to K26.5m. Properly implemented, this measure will accelerate development in constituencies never seen before in the history of Zambia.

d. Free education in public schools up to secondary level.

e. 4,300 kilometers of rural feeder roads.

f. Review of the multiplicity of licenses in the tourism sector.

g. Increased production in the mining sector.
h. Removal of borehole tax for residential.

Cons
1. Over 60% of the 2021 national budget is consumptive, not productive.

2. Zambias economy will still remain in foreign hands under the in under review. At 57 years, every budget must be an attempt towards local economic development.

3. Government is silent on the informal sector job creation. Government cannot employ all the jobless people, it needs a clear and detailed strategy to create jobs outside Government.

4. PAYE remains the biggest domestic resource earner surpassing company tax. ‘Individuals don’t make real money; companies do’.

5. Cost of living will still remain high in 2022. The 2022 national budget lacks tangible strategies in the short, medium and long term to address the high cost of living.

6. Corporate tax at 30% percent remain very high. Externalisation of money remains rampant among foreign owned companies and multinational corporation. A reduced corporate tax will attract more foreign investment and reduce tax invasion.

7. Tax holidays for foreign owned companies thinning the country’s fiscus. The new dawn government should have done away with tax holidays for foreign owned companies to allow real money to start flowing into the treasury.

8. The changes in the mining tax regime will witness a loss of revenue from the mining sector while mining companies make supper profits through transfer pricing.

Notwithstanding the cons, it is a good attempt by the UPND Government at turning the wheels of our static economy. This budget lays a good foundation for the future economic prosperity of our country once implemented away from political rhetoric and populism.

KAMBWILI IS A BIG THREAT TO UPND, SAYS MOONGA …but also praises HH’s “beautiful speech” on climate change

Chishimba Kambwili is a big threat to UPND, I just hope they won’t start finding cases against him, says Paul Moonga.

And Moonga has saluted President Hakainde Hichilema for what he said was a beautiful speech made by the President on climate change at COP26 in Glasgow.

Speaking with Daily Revelation, Moonga said the UPND were scared of Kambwili, whom he described as vicious, saying other PF members must be as courageous to come out and declare their interests too.

“I like his courage, he’s courageous, he has the courage and he’s able to follow up political matters. He’s a threat, I hope they won’t start finding him cases to answer…they won’t start witch-hunting him. But they will end up building him up. The more they will fight him the more they will build him up,” Moonga said. “Elections are over, you can’t come back now to say ‘no they were using tribal remarks he will be arrested’, what nonsense. We were in campaign mood and things were said here and there. Let’s bury the past and move forward. We lost, we admit by 1 million votes, but those in power should not look back but forward like their own slogan. By opening wounds we won’t move forward.”

Moonga also addressed arguments by Kambwili’s supporters that without him at the helm, the PF was as good as dead.

“Those are opinions, they could be right. I am saying he is one of the strong candidates but there maybe other strong candidates than Kambwili. For now we only have one that has appeared, yes. So if Kambwili will go I will support him myself. He has come in the open,” Moonga said, adding that he could not talk about Given Lubinda because he has not made his intentions known. “I think he’s comfortable as vice-president…Only one has mentioned to become president. So the one, niwamene uyo tizamusapota…He’s a Zambian, he’s qualified. Munyolinyoli.”

Aside from discussing Kambwili and other PF matters, Moonga also took time to praise President Hichilema for the speech he delivered at the world leaders conference on climate change.

“It was a fantastic speech. That was a well delivered speech in Glasgow. Beautiful speech. Not… finish reading to website http://dailyrevelationzambia.com/kambwili-is-a-big-threat-to-upnd-says-moonga-but-also-praises-hhs-beautiful-speech-on-climate-change/

LONDON, Friday, 5th November 2021- Minister for Africa, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Vicky Ford has said the UK will support the Zambian government’s return to a position of debt sustainability, so that the country can grow its economy, attract investors and create jobs.

And Zambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Stanley Kakubo and Minister Ford, on 4th November 2021, signed a Green Growth Impact framework for cooperation agreement at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London.

Minister Ford said the UK Government believes that Zambia’s strategically located position, history of good financial regulation and the skills of its people can allow it to become a future trader and investment hub for the wider Southern African region.

“In the week of the COP26, we re-enforced our commitment to green economic development, development that supports our climate ambitions and protects Zambia’s precious national assets, like its wildlife and forests. There are economic changes to overcome, the UK will support your government’s return to a position of debt sustainability, so that Zambia can grow its economy, attract investors and jobs,” she said.

The Minister further said, “We welcome the commitments that you have already made, to increase transparency and improve the operation of Government. And we recognize that you have also made moves within your first budget to improve the environment to both local and international investors and finally, this agreement reminds us of not leaving anybody behind. To ensure that every Zambian benefits from Zambia’s growth and economic development, we look forward to working closely with you and your government in the coming years towards an exciting future.”

And on signing the Green Growth Impact framework for cooperation agreement, Minister Ford said, “the agreement we are signing today symbolizes strengthening of our countries’ relationship and our commitment to trade and investment for sustainable and long-term economic development.”

And Hon. Kakubo said the joint initiative between the Zambian and UK governments signifies the long friendship between the two countries.

“The economic frontier is now in the new government and our position is to front economic diplomacy and we are looking forward to the UK to being our frontliner partners in all this. Economic recovery as you have stated is key to Zambia’s economics recovery program. We are looking for jobs as a major statistic in our economic development, and key to this, of course, is the trade and investment that will happen between your government and the Zambian Government,” he said.

Minister Kakubo said “Our two governments commit to work together to build a stronger, more diversified and inclusive Zambian economy that delivers economic opportunities for the majority, while delivering a stronger relationship and mutual economic benefits to Zambia and the UK.”

The Green Growth Impact framework represents a voluntary plan of action between the Government of Zambia and the United Kingdom to strengthen economic development and opportunities for both countries.

The Compact will support Zambia to follow a green development path to contribute to global ambition on emissions reduction whilst protecting Zambia’s own unique biodiversity and natural capital for the benefit of future generations.

Issued by: Abigail Chaponda (Mrs.)
First Secretary | Press and Public Relations
Zambia High Commission in the United Kingdom.

By Mwenya Mofya,

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says it is retrogressive for PF to describe the 2022 national budget as a hoax.

Commenting on PF vice president Given Lubinda’s remarks that the budget was a hoax and not tenable, Mucheleka said Zambians would hold the PF accountable if they did not support the budget.

“Why should they not support something that is so progressive? It means that the PF is very retrogressive and that is why they were removed by the people. Now that we have done something that is so progressive, why shouldn’t they support? If they do not support, the people of Zambia will take notice of their behaviour. Ultimately, what we are doing is to enhance service delivery to our people. Why should someone honestly be against the employment of 30,000 teachers?” he said.

“If you employ 30,000 teachers who under PF were roaming the streets, you will have put money into their pockets. I remember at one time, the PF had a slogan of putting money in people’s pockets, why didn’t the PF do that?

This employment will improve the education sector. Let us make progress. This is why you see that the budget is focused on growth and bringing development closer to the people and that is what we have done.”

Mucheleka argued that for the first time after many years, people had been empowered through the budget.

He added that youths and women would be able to participate in economic activities.

“The issue is that those in PF got so used to stealing and engaging in corruption. Corruption became the order of the day and it became a norm. They wanted to entrench poverty among the people so that people can be dependent on handouts of t-shirts, chitenges. These are the things PF was doing and they never wanted to empower the people.

For the first time after so many years, people have been empowered through the budget. If you put K25.7 million in a rural constituency, that is going to have a serious positive impact on the livelihoods of the people. The youths and women for the first time will be able to participate in economic activities through which they can generate income,” Mucheleka said.

“Any serious Zambian should commend the steps that the UPND government has taken. Mind you, in this country, the majority of people that are affected by poverty, 65 percent of them are found in the rural areas and that is where the UPND has been able to take the money through the budget.

Deliberately, the President restructured Ministries and for the first time we have the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development which is meant to pay serious attention to the issues of rural development and poverty.”

Mucheleka said he expected PF to provide proper checks and balances.

“What I expect Mr Lubinda and his colleagues to do is to be able to provide proper checks and balances by asking the Ministry of Finance that ‘you have allocated this kind of money, how do you hope to implement it?’ They must ask how government, and what measures have been put in place to build capacity in local authorities, who will be the custodians of this money.

What extent do the controlling officers, town clerks and council secretaries ensure that these resources are used for the intended purposes? That is what I expect the PF to be doing and then I would say they are offering proper checks and balances other than saying that the budget is a hoax,” he said.

“This is something that is completely new to the PF and it is something that they never talked about. What the UPND has done is to think about the people. It is an issue of ensuring that the majority of Zambians that under the PF were not able to participate in any economic opportunity have an opportunity to contribute to wealth creation at household level. And as you do that, you are actually creating wealth for the nation and you will find that overtime, we will have more resources in the country. That is what the 2022 budget aims to do.”

Meanwhile, Mucheleka said the UPND government intends to grow the economy above 10 percent.

“I can assure you that overtime, should we continue on the same trajectory within four or five years, during the Levy Mwanawasa days, the economy was growing at an average of 6.7 percent GDP per annum. And obviously the economy in 2022 is projected to grow at 3.5 percent GDP but that is not good enough. Our intention as UPND is to see in the medium term that our economy begins to grow at not less than 7 percent,” said Mucheleka.

“We want to get back to that trajectory and we want our economy to be growing at double digit, 10 percent and above. That is the only way we are going to effectively combat poverty and create wealth. Anything else that PF is talking about, they are just a bunch of jokers and bad losers for that matter.

That is why they are making such noise because they do not know what it means to work for the people. No wonder they were supplying expired drugs and being paid for something they never delivered. Some of them should actually be answering for corruption.”

By Peter Sinkamba

UPND GOVERNMENT IS JUST COMPLICATING THINGS FOR ITSELF, BY EVERY MOVE THEY MAKE, THIS ONE INCLUSIVE

The Secretary to Cabinet has announcement that all former Public Service employees that were retired on political, tribal or any other unfair grounds and wish to be reinstated in the public service should send their appeals to PMSD for consideration, will backfire in the face of UPND Government.

Since taking office two months ago, President Bally has terminated jobs or retired hundreds of public service employees. All of them were fired either for political or unfair grounds.

None of them were accorded any hearing. They were fired through TV announcements, and up to now, none have been given reasons why their jobs were terminated.

Clearly, this move by Government is intended to employ UPND members and sympathisers. It is purely a partisan move.

For, if this move were not partisan, the UPND Government should have first of all reinstated all public service employees who have been fired by President Bally in the last two months, and then advise all those who were fired in similar manner during PF, MMD and UNIP to reapply.

Without reinstating those fired under UPND administration, then sadly, it is fair and just to conclude that the whole scheme is nothing but a manupilation and abuse of power by the New Dawn Government for partisan, tribal and regional ends.

By the way, mwebantu, according to Article 266 of the Constitution of Zambia Amendment 2016 “public service ” employee means any person in the “Civil Service, the Teaching Service, Defence Force and National Security Service, the Zambia Correctional Service, the Zambia Police Service, Emoluments Commission, State Audit Commission, Lands Commission, Electoral Commission, Human Rights Commission, Gender Equity and Equality Commission, the Anti-Corruption Commission, Drug Enforcement Commission, the Anti-Financial and Economic Crimes Commission, the Police and Public Complaints Commission, and service as a constitutional office holder, service in other offices, as prescribed”.

This includes staff in embassies and high commissions.

Zambia’s Chief Investment Officer, Hichilema Courts Dollar Bond Holders in London

on: November 04, 2021In: Commerce.

By Business Telegraph

Exactly 6 days after MinFin Head Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane presented a $10 billion (K173 billion) budget that would steer Zambia to economic rebound, Zambia’s Chief Investment Officer, the Head of State Hakainde Hichilema courted dollar bond holders in London, on the sidelines of the Glasgow COP26 climate change conference. This is yet another testament of Hichilema’s usage of foreign policy intelligently to market the copper producing nation which is currently in the labyrinth of a debt restructure whose success is linked to a bailout deal with the Washington based lender, the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

“We have today met Eurobond creditors who we assured of our commitment to resolving credit agreements entered into by the previous administration. The creditors and ourselves remain optimistic that matters shall be resolved to mutual satisfaction in due course bearing in mind that we have only been in office for just over two months. We are doing everything possible to stabilize and grow the economy in order to create jobs and business opportunities for the youth, women and men who elected us into office. We continue to engage other stakeholders including fellow Zambians based here together we shall make Zambia a better place again.”

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema

Dr. Situmbeko hinted in his Friday budget session that the Zambian authorities targeted to reach an agreement with the IMF by end of November and urged citizens to rally behind him. The MinFin also set an optimistic debt restructure target for end of 1Q22. Hichilema’s session with the creditors continues to signal the strong will and closes the uncertainity asymmetries in clarity which his predecessor grappled with.

Zambia’s Head of State Hakainde Hichilema’s usage of foreign policy is earning the nation dividends in greater confidence with the outside world. In the picture UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres shares a light moment with Hichilema at the COP26 climate summit.

The new regime under Hichilema has shown immense political will and commitment towards restoring fiscal fitness with key steps including courting multilateral chiefs namely Kristalina Georgieva the IMF Managing Director and David Malpas the World Bank Head in Washington DC on the sidelines of the New York United Nations General Assembly meeting earlier last month. This was the first time in the history of the copper producer that a sitting President was meeting multilateral chiefs. Hichilema and his lean delegation also had an opportunity to meet Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House. In addition to these meetings the trip to Europe has seen Zambia’s head of state court British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and most recently met Ms. Huey Gay Evans the Chairperson of the London Metal Exchange, a bourse that prices it’s copper.

Zambia Head of State dates United Kingdom’s Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Lawrence Robertson MP and Minister for Africa from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Vicky Ford

Other notable engagements in the area of trade and investment include courting the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Lawrence Robertson MP and Minister for Africa from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Vicky Ford, where the two nations explored ways of improved trade links.

“During our address at the Houses of Parliament, we spoke to members of the House of Commons, House of Lords and UK businesses. We illustrated how Zambia’s trade and investment environment is readily available with much emphasis on joint ventures,” Hichilema said.

Zambia is expected to grow by 3.5% in 2022 as the red metal hotspot reorganizes its fortunes through a clearer debt redemption strategy and greater focus on the private sector through various tax changes (especially in the mining faculty), economic decentralization and trade initiatives.

The Kwacha Arbitrageur

Credit: The Business Telegraph

Daimone Siulapwa
I Write What I Like: The UPND Government Has Prematurely Opened the Tribalism Pandora Box They Can’t Fix Easily.

Note from the ZCTRC mandate state that: “The Zambian Citizens Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Inquiry into Tribalism is an initiative in response to the emergence of a polarized tribal pattern in our national life. Through this citizen-owned process, we will arrive at a truthful reconciliation to put this divisive, tribal episode of our national life behind us once and for all in order to preserve national unity, pride and integrity for future generations of Zambians”.

By Daimone Siulapwa

While I agree 100% that the PF government victimised a lot of citizens based on a lot of factors, including tribal, I also feel the UPND government should have taken its time to study and understand the damage tribalism has done to our country and the impact of what of will happen if they execute premature redress to the tribal dilemma covering only the PF era.

One way or the other, we all have been affected by tribalism and not only during the PF regime, but since democracy was reintroduced in 1991.

For a long time, since around 1996, politicians in Zambia from both spectrums of the divide, “the ruling and the opposition” have been exploiting tribal loyalty to advance party and personal political gain and this where we find ourselves today, at a very dangerous crossroad.

Extreme insanity is a description that can fit the events and activities that have come to define Zambian politics today, particularly in relation to tribal forces that could quickly bring the country to the brink of a halt.

It is evident that the challenge to democracy in Zambia is not the prevalence of ethnic diversity, but the use of identity politics to promote narrow tribal interests, which in every context is tribalism.

And in the absence of candid efforts to build genuine political parties that compete on the basis of philosophies, Zambia has reverted to tribal identities, which are a result of arbitrary post-colonial boundaries that have forced different communities to live within artificial borders.

It is these very ethnic communities that have reinforced ethnic competition and made the country lose focus on building the nation around ideas rather than clan identities. This has caused political leaders to exploit tribal loyalty to advance personal gain, parochial interests, patronage, and cronyism.

Tribal interests have played a major role in armed conflict and civil unrest across Africa, yet the extent to which it blunts efforts to deepen democracy has received little attention in Zambia mainly because much of the attention has been focused on winning elections.

In Zambian today, trends cannot conceal the influence that tribal politics exert on the democratic process. During any elections, leaders of the different politcal parties are primarily focused on winning while pursuing their tribal interests rather than uniting around a common political programme.

Today, it is a known fact that to win an election in most parts of Zambia save for metropolitan constituencies, one must hail from that specific area or region and that they should be able to build tribal alliances based on this premise.

This narrative is true for all political parties and that is why they field candidates in certain areas based on the fact the such candidates have tribal roots connecting them to such constituencies.

Inarguably, this trend was not the case during the First and Second Republic when politicians could vie for political office in areas where they did not hail from. During Kenneth Kaunda’s times, political players did not seek political office only in areas where they had tribal pedigrees. For instance, the late Mainza Chona – Zambia’s former Prime Minister – served as Member of Parliament for Kaoma, an area where he did not hail from.

In the Kaunda years, potential candidates and candidates alike founded their decisions to vie for political office based on development ideas and not tribal bonds. For this, competition for political power was anchored on development platforms and not tribal hegemonies.

This would explain why KK and his colleagues then, thought it wise to opt for the one-party system which to some extent helped to curb tribal divisions that had emerged prior to Zambia’s independence and immediately thereafter.

This is, however, not to say that the country should revert to the one-party system, as this is not only archaic but also undemocratic to the core. As a country Zambia needs to develop trends where people can easily criss-cross the country as they seek political office.

Currently, it is inconceivable that a political party would dare field a Bemba candidate in Western Province or vice versa – lest they want to lose. No political party can dare adopt a Tonga candidate for a seat in Northern or Luapula Province or the other way round.

The current trend of adopting candidates based on their ancestries is in no way preserving tribal identities but it is rather escalating the tribal divisions that exist in this country today with political parties are shunning the development agenda and overtly co-opting campaign messages such as “this person is your own, vote for him or her!”

There are ways of negotiating power, jostling for it and even fighting over it besides what the enslavers and colonisers taught us, that is, to use tribe as a conduit.

Olympics of interpersonal and interparty humiliations and insults anchored on one’s tribe cannot be a performance of leadership in any developmental state, in any land where freedom and dignity are important.

Tribalism cannot navigate Zambia from the abyss of the underdevelopment, backwardness and misery that colonialism normalised. The Zambian population gets robbed when elected leaders become captives of anger and hatred based on tribe, which is becoming a norm.

Indeed, a close look at the theatre of the Zambian parliament easily betrays the cruel truth that all the noise, the kicking and screaming has really nothing much to do with the lives of ordinary drinkers of water and eaters of bread in the land.

Something worse than political antagonism and enmity is at play; both the ruling party members and the opposition will exit the political stage naked, shorter than they came and indeed less of human beings if they continue on the tribal path as no one will come out unscathed.

It is for this reason that I urge all well meaning Zambians to support the initiative that has been launched called “Zambian Citizens Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Inquiry Into Tribalism (ZCTRC)”.

This is the only way Zambia will solve this tribalism demon that has grow and my reach uncontainable levels.
Note from the ZCTRC mandate state that:

“The Zambian Citizens Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Inquiry into Tribalism is an initiative in response to the emergence of a polarized tribal pattern in our national life. Through this citizen-owned process, we will arrive at a truthful reconciliation to put this divisive, tribal episode of our national life behind us once and for all in order to preserve national unity, pride and integrity for future generations of Zambians”