The Analysis: Vice President Nalumango missed the point
…its not about roller meal and breakfast it’s about the cost says Amb. Mukwita
From KBN TV
Mrs Mutale Nalumango, the honourable vice President of Zambia missed the point when she said Zambians could escape the ever rising of the stable food 90 percent of Zambians feed on called mealie meal which is basically ground maize said Ambassador Anthony Mukwita.
“The point is not even a choice between roller meal and breakfast but whether Zambian can actually afford the mealie meal which her government said would be reduced to K50 as opposed to the current K200 and rising. People have no money to buy either breakfast or roller meal as per election promise,” said the media expert and international relations expert.
Speaking on The Analysis hosted by the ever-green Henry Wiseman Zulu that airs live every Sunday on KBN TV at 20:30, Ambassador Mukwita reflected that the vice President continues to issue outlandish statements that makes her boss President Hichilema look bad, even when he is a good man, perhaps she should stop making uniformed public statements.
He cited an example of Mrs Nalumango saying, “prices should rise before they can drop” and the fact that she admitted the government through the central bank were hedging the kwacha against major foreign currencies such as the dollar artificially.
When the former ruling party left office after an election defeat in August 2021, the Zambian kwacha was trading at K15 to a dollar and has now dropped to K19, against the promises of the new Dawn government.
Ambassador Mukwita gave a cross reference to the French revolution of the 1700´s where the Queen of France then Maria Antoinette was so oblivious to the plague ridden country by advising hungry French people to eat cake in the absence of bread.
He said those that love Zambia shall continue to remind the government of the day that they should live up to the promises they made ahead of the elections instead of burying their heads in the sand.
“The current government have a stellar opportunity to make Zambia a better place based in the history of failure from the UNIP, MMD and PF,” said Ambassador Mukwita, “there is no need to re write the will.”
The Ambassador, a published author who has studied international relations at Masters degree level and professional communications added that the current government must not mistake objective criticism for hate.
“We advise because we love the country and the leadership and want them to succeed because their success is our collective victory lap, those that praise the President amidst adversity and failed promises hate him,” said Ambassador Mukwita.
Mr Mukwita has just completed penning a book entitled the rise of China in Africa, a Zambian story that hits the shelves in Zambia and Amazon in February.
The full link of the live interview hosted by Wiseman Henry Zulu is available on the link below for your critical analysis:
Source: KBN TV live