SOME CABINET MINISTERS ARE NOT KNOWN – FORMER PF SG MWILA
….says this has been the worst Cabinet since independence
Friday, 3 March 2023
FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says Zambia currently has the worst Cabinet since independence as some ministers are not even known by Zambians.
In an interview, Tuesday, Mwila argued that the current Cabinet Ministers were not organised and didn’t work as a team.
“This has been the worst Cabinet since independence in that they are not organised, they are not well connected, they don’t work as a team. If you look at their performance, it is below average. If you look at some of these Cabinet Ministers, Zambians don’t even know them; some are not even known, whether we have ministers or not. In terms of performance, it is below par, and that is the more reason you have seen things have gone to [the] worst. The living standards of our people have gone down and people are suffering a lot because we have a Cabinet that cannot perform to the expectations of the Zambian people,” he said.
“The President is the head of the Cabinet, if he sees that anything is not going in the right direction, he is supposed to make changes or a decision to replace some of the people. If he cannot replace, it means that he cannot perform to the expectations of the Zambian people. It is a team, and as the Cabinet operates, it is a collective responsibility. You cannot isolate President Hakainde Hichilema from these people, he is the one who appoints these people, he appoints and disappoints. If he sees that things are not moving in the right direction, he is supposed to make changes. So, to him, he is very comfortable, he is satisfied with the performance of his cabinet”.
And Mwila said President Hakainde Hichilema would have made changes if he was not satisfied with his Cabinet.
“If he [President Hichilema] was not satisfied, he would have made changes by now. Look at energy, the fuel price, Zesco wants to increase electricity tariffs, everywhere you go, and things are bad. We have to look at the genesis, where is this problem coming from? From the time this government went to the IMF, those are part of the conditions; they don’t want to subsidise fuel, they don’t want to subsidise electricity; they don’t want anything to do with subsidies. Any country that has gone to the IMF has never survived, and their economies have not improved. So, that’s where we are and the Zambian people will suffer more. If you look at the proposal that has been taken to ERB by Zesco, to increase electricity tariffs by 37 percent, the ordinary Zambians will be affected and we expect to have more misery as we move forward,” said Mwila
(Credit: News Diggers)