PRESIDENT HICHILEMA MUST STOP THE LOOTING
Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba Wrote;
I have just watched the response by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mulambo Haimbe to the momentous speech made by out-going USA Ambassador, Michale Gonzales on corruption, misrule and the looting of USA grants and support given to Zambia.
My advice;
Tell Your Government to Answer to the Matters of Concern than Issue Belated Warnings and Threats!
The United States is Zambia’s largest bilateral partner giving the country over $500million-a-year in bilateral grants and support (not loans!).
They have done this for over 20 years.
No country has given annual grants to Zambia to this scale than the USA.
So before you cry protection from the Vienna Convention and its rules, remember that you receive the biggest check of grants from the USA than any other.
This is what gives the USA their strong say over Zambian affairs. Its their tax-payers dollars at stake.
It will be failure of accountability if they let the receiving state abuse, steal and loot this support. It will be folly if they kept quiet in the face of corruption and looting currently taking place.
While in Opposition, President Hakainde Hichilema celebrated strong public statements by the European and USA Ambassadors that were condemning government, exposing human rights violations, misrule or corruption.
So what has changed now?
Chiwamila Galu kuluma Mbuzi?
So crying foul won’t now won’t help.
You still have to deal with what Ambassador Michael Gonzalez exposed;
● Looting of Public Pension Funds to public projects that have been corruptly procured.
● Appointing extremely corrupt people to chair and head the Anti-Corruption Commission.
● the rubbish assertions that there are no SACRED COWs and President Hichilema’s failure to punish, fire and prosecute the corrupt from his Cabinet but quick to punish perceieved disloyal members of his Cabinet or Party.
● The consistent looting of USA donated funds,medicines and medical supplies. It’s USA tax payers dollars you are stealing.
● USA is still paying for 23,000 health workers.
●Publish the 500-page expert report that has detailed the poisoning of Kafue river and its tributaries and the life-long and irreversible harm it has caused exposing a population of upto 8million to future birth defects, cancers, heart, liver and kidney diseases because of heavy metals and carcinogenic substances.
Mulambe Haimbe and your Government must answer and not threaten and crying principles of sovereignty and independence pa ndalama shabene!
Stop the looting!
I agree na Ba Mwamba on this.
Ambassador koseni….You might want to apply for jobs at McDonalds after August. Gone are the days when people could be lied to easily and the international community can no longer influence our people through arm twisting the government. Let them come up with win win proposal and the Government will listen, till then let the outgoing be outgoing.
Yes,Haimbe adequately answered Gonzales delusional rantings.Mwamba, perhaps you should read and not watch.Things could be too fast for you.
Ka Gonzales painted a picture of all gloom and doom for Zambia that not even the Obama and Boden administrationsp envisioned.This chap stays in Zambia for just three years and he thinks he is an expert on Zambia No wonder his rubbish on his official site has been pulled down
Yes America is an important development partner,but the partnership must be anchored on mutual respect and not arm twisting as it is characteristic of this Trump administration.Its good riddance that Gonzales goes at this hour because he wants to be a spoiler for his own personal reasons, perhaps seeking recognition and promotion for being a tinpot Trump wannabe in “little”Zambia.
Zambia and HH have won recognition and many honours both among Zambian’s and foreign partners on governance and development agenda.Shortcomings that have occasionally been highlighted by some partners are only gaps that are advised to rectify rather than blanket condemnations to the extent of calling for change of government
Mwamba,PF was a criminal, repressive and lawless organisation that was condemned by two American administrations,the European Union
and many other bilateral and multilateral partners.UPND has been condemned by just one diabolical diplomat, Sishuwa Sishuwa, yourself as a fugitive and some small inconsequential opposition political party persons
Your sponsor Lier Mwamba is jobless. We will see how you will survive on just cleaning toilets. Atlanta has some dirty ones too.
Imputi isula taibula kubwekeshapo!
You have no shame Mwamba, to be a negative citizen who has chosen to climb the American hills shouting semantics.
You will need Zambia and Zambians one day.