The Patriotic Front (PF) has promised to dedicate one third of the national budget to infrastructure development once voted into power.
Speaking during the ongoing political debates organised by the Economic Association of Zambia to highlight various political parties’ strategies for development of the country last evening, PF representative Bob Sichinga said the MMD government has neglected infrastructure development during the last 20 year.
He says infrastructure development is critical to the sustenance of various sectors of the economy.
Mr. Sichinga says the PF would institute measures to curb corruption in the construction of major infrastructure like roads to ensure that only high quality infrastructure is put in place.
He says most of the roads that had been constructed or rehabilitated under the MMD government were of low standards because the process of engaging contractors was marred with corruption.
He stated the MMD had been given enough time to implement infrastructure development projects but had failed and therefore there is no need to vote the party back into office because nothing would be done differently.
And Mr. Sichinga says the PF would convert the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) into a real public broadcaster as opposed to the current situation where the national broadcaster is a mouthpiece of the ruling MMD.
He says his party would also immediately implement the freedom of information (FOI) Bill as it realized that Zambians have the right to information.
Mr. Sichinga further adds the MMD leadership was deliberately delaying the implementation of the FOI Bill because the party was engaged in activities that are not transparent.
Mr. Sichinga further stated the PF would review the railway and aviation sectors to enhance operations and offer relief to the road network.
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DREAM ON BA SICHINGA, YOU WERE IN PARLIAMENT FOR DECADES AND YOU WANT TO REGROUP WITH SERPENT TO ROOT OUR REMAINING RESOURCES, PLEASE TAKE THOSE ECONOMIC POLICIES AND DROP THEM IN YOUR BOAT. N WAY THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT U WILL NEVER BE IN GOVERNMENT WITH YOUR PF DREAMERS. HH OR RB WILL BE IN PLOT 1
“PF representative Bob Sichinga said the MMD government has neglected infrastructure development during the last 20 year”…….In 10 of the 20 years Bob Sichinga and Sata were in MMD. Why didnt you do that when you were in MMD. Dream on Bob, PF will never rule Zambia
Finally PF have acknowledged the importance of economic data in national development.If only you could just replace your leaders ”King Cobra” and Wynter Kabimba with the likes of Bob Sichinga then perhaps PF might have a slight bit of sanity!!
Its only in Zambia where someone calls himself an economic consultant with no formal qualification in economics…
No wonder he his consulting to PF.
No 2 Bob could not match the intellect of real economist in MMD he was fired for none performance in whatever job he was given. He his only fit to belong to PF
“He his” uli mutonga chikala, watch us rule you so called educated, stealing from the poor, making them jobless and calling it democracy or what? Privatization?
Imwe, Ba Engineer (#4), don’t show your ignorance here..who said u need to have studied economics to qualify to b an economic consultant?..an economic consultant can be anyone who has knowledge on the economy..It can be a banker, an accountant,a lawyer or even an engineer. All it takes is understanding the fundamentals of the Economy and u are home and dry to comment on the economy…
Btw, Bob is a Harvard Business Graduate.Now if u want to compare him with those people with online degrees from the Bahamas..
Only here can someone use the title “The Engineer” then expose himself with an IQ of a housefly even comparing you to houseflies is an utter insult to them!!
Viva PF and Sichinga.U know really how to talk about issues.We need u Mr sichinga.Pf is forming da govt.UPND has failed to file 12 parliamentary candidates in this year elections(8 in luapula,3 in northern and 1 in western).Therefore UPND is spoiler party which is finished and can’t find people in all parts of the country.We need a national party like PF.We want change and the change is PF.People of Zambia let us change the govt of MMD and usher PF.Sata really is a hardworker.He can change things for Zambia.We should eat the money offered by MMD but ni donchi kubeba.PF is the only opposition which can form the govt.Youths stand up and campaign for PF.pabwatoooooooooooooooooo
#4, i totally agree with you, the man is where he belongs.
I second you #3 -Njombwinjo
PF – that is the progressive agenda we have always yearned for as Zambians. Infrastructure development is crucial to the well being of any economy and while this expensive in the short term, it becomes fruitful in the long term as far as economical developemnt is concerned. Good news on ZNBC. MMD are such an embarrasment and I wonder how any sane person could possibly support them
We should distinguish semantics from real promises! Sichinga is just yapping. How many of the same promises have been made and nothing happens after tasting power? It was an EAZ forum and what would you expect, just semantics of politicking! These are empty statements. If Sichinga had never been in parliament, I would give him the benefit of a doubt. So is Sata. There is nothing new.
#3 – At least you have admitted that a leader is judged by the team he has around him. If Bob Sichinga is good at economics it does not constitute him being president but being an advisor to the president. Besides Bob, there other technocrats that Sata is working with and we can only commend him for having a workable team unlike that MMD is harboring
bullshit!!! RB is already allocating more than that. i will join the others in asking you to dream on.
Just ask yourself how much he has allocated to that; this election year March to August compared to last year (Not China man’s money awe) or the year before that!!
# 4 walasa,Bob Sichinga is just a professional critic who has been rejected in Isoka east & Kafue.What else does he do apart from jumping from one radio station to the other criticising the Govt.Economic consultant without any basic economic qualification atase.
2011 no recycled politicians..VIVA HHHHHHHH
HH is lost
Bob naiwe! Yes you may understand what you are saying but you would be the only one in PF! Unfortunately for PF, not even their leader has the faintest idea of how to commit a third or any portion for that matter of the national budget to any sector of the economy! And for you Bob, i pity you because you are just being used to add some semblence of credibility to a difficult to sell lot! I say so even if I know that you are one of the biggest failures in Zambian Politics and that you are not even an economic consultant.
Good thinking sichinga…Just let MMD VUVUZELAS make noise…Watch this space on 21 st when the boat docs in state house
Do people read manfestos? PF manfesto does not allocate 1 third to infrastructure. See on their website. Does Mr Sichinga telling us that he will go against what they are selling in their manfesto?
Bob is not being sincere. The mmd is doing and will do more than that. What credentials does this CONSULTANT rely on, I agree with 1-6 comments who state fact not myth or fiction. Bob is going nowhere, he will remain father to the husband to sata’s daughter, nothing more. Hope that was clear enough.
Even the usual PF supporters are lost with his language here. How is he going to acknowledge the statistical data that MMD has scored when they’ve all been dispelling the gains? I guess even if he got convinced, he would be the lonely voice, the rest will only elienate him into oblivion.
It is you with Mudya Mweka Dady fellows who are confused because you are blind. 20 years of MMD yet we still have children loosing their lives because of the bad economy. Do you think the dead are happy to die prematurely because of the poor handling of the economy by MMD. You say development may be in corruption because you have even removed the clause that was against people in in leadership to be followed when thay steal.
Why do you condemn even what is good. Come to Mwinilunga, the road that was rehabilitated last year has got patches like no one worked on it because of the corrupt MMD which made the contractor get the money on shoddy work. I mean the main road Solwezi to Mwinilunga. Drive on it and agree with me as you are coming for compains where HH will take the day. In Mwinilunga RB was told no road, no connection to National grid = no vote. We have less than two months and they is no road to Ikelenge and not yet connected to the national grid. Are you going to do this in this time remaining or you will be the president for Eastern alone
mwamukolo
pabwatoooooo1
Viva Sata Viva PF
You are a very dull Muppet, if this is all you can contribute!!!
I am deeply saddened by Bob’s pronouncement that he will dedicate a third of national budget to infrastructure development, it shows he has no hoilistic approach to the overall assessment of the Zambia economic priorities and interlinkages. It will be impressive to come up with creative ideas to mobilise funds within the economy for that purpose. I want to hear that the money will be raked from unpaid taxes and savings from corruct practices, negotiate for better mine royalties, council tax from mansions of the blessed corruct few. This would sell rather than coming up with an abstract and meaningless commitment.This is because are you going to sacrifice critical needs like health and education to meet your abstract ratio.
Spot on. What drivel from Bob. How can he make such a determination. There has to be more to policy than such a throw-away statement.
Madam Changwe; What you want to hear his say is different from what was being discussed. If you are asked a direct question ‘what proportion of the budget are you would devote to infrastructure development? You cannot respond to the question by talking about how you are going to be collecting taxes – it is not relevant to the question (A classic reason why many student fail exams – they create their own question and proceed to answer it!). If on the other hand you are asked how you are going to fund your plans, then you can talk about unpaid taxes, savings from corrupt practices and all the things you talk about. The proposal does not mean that other sectors will be sacrificed. Please let us be objective and not criticise any idea just because we do not hear what we would like to hear.
Hey! give Mr Sichinga and PF a chance. We have seen alot of lies, cheap poiticking and hooliganism from the MMD and its cadres.. Vuvuzelas!!
The clock must be put in the boat and sent for repairs come 20th Sept.
Bane! The man is properly qualified but talks too much like he knows everything.
#2 spot on. These guys try to behave like they were never a part of MMD. They seem to have taken advantage of Zambians and want them to believe they are saints. The deception is what will always make presidency elude Michael Sata. He wants to behave holier than thou and yet his record is in the open. Humble yourself before God Mr Sata. You can lie to man but God is omnipresent and He does not forget until you repent. The children who’s parents were hacked in Chawama in 2001 will not allow you to lead and probably pray that God does not allow you. Even today in your party no one talks; you and Wynter behave like the real tyrants you are. Lesa teti atulekeleshe. RB may have his faults but he is by far a safer bet than Sata.
Useless promises which have never ,are not and will never be fulfilled!! all politicians are liars!
but how can the say infrastructure has been abandoned are these people blind that the cant see what the mmd has done these are fake promises that zambians should not take heed to
What have they done?? Do you travel or just watch TV??
Ba #4, so-called “Engineer (Australia)”, you’re so educated you can’t even write proper English .lol
Look who’s talking… Ati “He his consulting to PF…” mmmmmmmmmm, badala! Chizungu please! Pela lembani mu chinyanja! You must be the dullest engineer in Australia. lol
# 19 Lucy Changwe There is a lot of sense in what you are saying, this is what the man should be telling us and as somebody has pointed out it should come from the party manifesto. Beauty with brains! Bravo!
Am surprised by what am seeing on LT and Watch Dog its PF and Sata everywhere i wouldn’t be surprised if ZNBC quit covering only MMD.
Bob Sichinga is as confused as followers of the Mormon Church where he is elder. To call this man intelligent is laughable. He is just another muppet!
To add to #19, allocating a third of the national budget to one sector means that other sectors will suffer! This is what we mean when we say MMD is the same as PF. Now the PF will concentrate on infrastructure development forgeting that there is a health sector, the agricultural sector and the education sector three of which are critical to national development. This is saddening indeed. I am yearning for a UPND government that is going to increase funding to health, education and agric as priority while providing equitable alocation to other critical sectors such as mining, industrialisation, better conditions of service to govt workers, etc. Abashi Bob and PF, Viva HH and UPND, you have my vote. Recycling politicians for how long? HH GO HH GO HH, THE REAL CHANGE IS HERE.
I am still waiting for a proper development plan from the PF,#19 is spot on.
You people who are condemning Sichinga are crazy.Firstly,Sichinga is a seasoned economist(qualified with a Masters),as well as a very skilled politician,he is one of the few politicians in Zambia that have managed to win elections in two very different constituencies.And if he was not qualified,why would AKM the late make him VP in his party with highly educated people? He told you what pf would do when they come into power,tell us what mmd has done in the 20yrs and what they will do differently?
Tell us what Bob and Sata did when they were in the MMD. Tell us what they will do differently. Muppet!
Sichinga doesnt have a masters iwe! Even if he did, its not a masters that improves economic policies or economies of the country! So what if he won elections at Mp level in different constituenceis? How does it put food on the table for Zambians? He also lost in 2 constituencies, Isoka East/West and Kafue- explain that too!
Liars, bunch of crooks. They cant be trusted.
#28, Spot on. These fools can dare lie that Sichinga is not educated! What crap.. yapping for the sake of yapping… what planet to do you live on? BULUUSHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT!!!
No 28
What masters has Bob got? Public knowledge shows that Bob has an ACCA qualification and attended a 3 months Harvard international development programme during his ZCCM days. Does that make him an Economic Consultant? Where did he work as an economist?
spot on, ana wenye the others
Solak1212, don’t we know you by another name already going your poor English?
BBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSHHHHHHIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!
What name do you know me by? Talk about poor English! What is ” going your poor English? BBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSHHHHHHIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTT!” Is that English? Probably it is a new word invented by PF.
Zambians, You wanted issue based politics; Bob has started the process. Instead of debating the issue he has raised, you start to question his qualifications, argue about what he has done in life and which parties he has belonged to in the past. The slightly intelligent arguments start with …. I am saddened by the proposal.. why should you be saddened? Debate the merits of the proposal, giving your rationale; do not make suppositions that by spending 1/3 then health or education sector will be neglected. This has not been mentioned or implied. You can debate how the other sectors will be funded, but please do not display such shallow thinking and paucity of intellectual capacity. No wonder you enjoy insulting each other; it does not require any thinking!
read comment 20 if it doesnt challenge Bob’s supposed intellect
Madam Changwe; What you want to hear his say is different from what was being discussed. If you are asked about the proportion of the budget that you would devote to infrastructure, you do not then go on to talk about how you aregoing to be collecting taxes – it is not relevant to the question. If on the other hand you are asked how you are going to fund your plans, then you can talk about unpaid taxes. Please let us be objective and not criticise any idea just because we do not hear what we would like to hear.
How can you smart people not understand what one third means???Our kids now do fractions in Grade 3!!
# 28 Please lets not mix issues of development with education. Education to whatever level does not mean you know everything especially if you are not improving on it which could be the case with Bob. Most educated people in Zambia are obsolete in their knowledge because they have never touched a book, journal other than Meembe’s post so they have been getting worse and worse.
#33, trying to pump any sense into most of these empty tins is as good as “trying to milk a stone”. We are talking about 1/3rd of the budget here and some people start talking about things that are in no way related to the topic. Bane, shoot down Bob’s statements in this story or go to sleep!
This is a big circus! a third of a budget on infrastructure means you are proper chainama material. Pick a simple example of a budget of K25trn whose one third is K8.3trn. What infrastructure do you spend this kind of money on, in this country over and above what has been already done? What will happen to the rest of the numerous needy areas of national development? Sichinga has never made a grade wherever he has been. one thing is he is an orator, true but nothing more.
One senior PF member was telling me that the govt was busy building roads as if pipo will eat roads, shame!
I have been away for too long and i think have missed a lot of debts here not of course insults that some of you foat on this site. As an educationist, i would say Bob has just now seen the need to develop infrastructure when he was in government for 10 yrs he never saw that. well, we welcome you Bob but remember people are now tired about fake promises. They can see who is telling the truth and who is lieing.
… and the argument about dedicating a third of the national budget to improving our national infrastructure is…???
‘ctd. Being an Economist does not automatically equate to being competent at managing a nation’s economy as there are different areas of Economics in which you can specialise. Musokotwane for example is a specialist in Econometrics, this does not mean that he is the best qualified in the field of Development Economics. In short, qualifications are only relevant by the extent to which they make you adaptable. We should also bear in mind that the most qualified person is not always the most competent. Finally, the culture under which someone operates i.e. MMD or PF or NOREP etc. can affect the person’s effectiveness; so let us, discuss and debate the merits and practicality of such a proposal. Thank you!
In short, Bob is acknowledging what RB has been doing since the last 4 years is the way to go. I am not sure about the 1/3 thing though.
No 35
Thats why i said in my post its only in Zambia where you find Economic Consultants
1. No formal qualification in economics
2. Never worked as an economist
Some people on this blog are saying we are shooting down Bob. We need to question with what authority Bob has to provide economic input on economic issues. Is it the case of a one eyed man leading the blind
#37, that’s better… at least some meaningful debate. My question to your argument is, have you traveled abroad a lot to countries like South Africa or even simple Botswana? Look at their roads for start. Most of our roads here basically need to be graded and re-done properly with drains on the sides. Our Tswana friends have roads and proper electricity grid which is relatively by far much better than ours. Good infrastructure costs, and as far as I know good infrastructure facilitates real development. Your thought on this please.
#8 AMAYAMA
Are the workable technocrats Mr. Sata is working with advising on the 90 day miracles we are being promised? I certainly hope not.
#47 – oh yes – Giving dignity back to Zambians in 90 days aint a miracle but a reality. Only morons can argue with that
Zigito & Kweshoni Mark??,
James Bond has cracked for you at #37 and very correctly. PF’s budget if they were to form govt, going by Bob’s statement, will drown the nation in irretrievable mockery and disgrace. Buhahahahaha.
Surely where will 1/3 take us???
Solak1212 you seem to have some bitter something in your mouth and if only you can tell me what you did when your parents while still under their roof denied your requests or your mother refused to cook what you felt you wanted to eat! Therefore Solak1212 you can not question what it is that Sichinga or Sata did in the years that they were in government just as I can not question what it is that made you fail to better your family i.e. make it stinking rich, when you were under your father’s roof!
Theophilus @49 my parents are not riff ruffs like yours. I have not failed to better my family. That is cheap street talk. You don’t know my parents, neither do you know my family. Get a life, if Sata is your Father it ain’t my fault he is a failure. So please don’t release your frustration’s on me!
I personally wonder the calibre of some bloggers here, some people here accuse PF of not running issues based campaigns, Now today PF Bob Sichinga tells what PF will do once voted into power about infrastructure development, but still some folks here continue exposing politics of hatred towrads PF. why not put our country beyond party lines?
#35 …….. un improved education level is not a factor!! Wow, whom then has been improving theirs?? One time we say we want ‘educated’ people, now we want ‘improved educated’ people! This is the typical problem with us the so called educated ….it does not stop at anything but boasting about our academic achievements while we are practical failures. Zambia begs to move and not wait for us to iron our gowns for the next number 20th graduation!! How many graduates did Zambia have at independence?? but look at what they have done. Put whatever education level to work and then improve upon it later.
A fifth grader while taking lessons in solving equations and after the teacher had gone through what seemed a complex calculation wanted to know from the teacher at what point in real life he’d get to use what was being taught
#19 where did you do math from there is a difference between one third and a third,Some bloggers are behaving like tradition chiefs who hold news papers and be deceived of what is in there, because #19 has made a mistake and said a third they all follow. Its one third not a third. In percentage PF will dedicate 33.3% of the budget to national development we aren’t kaponyas we are educated man.
Yes AMAYAMA at #8 how will Bob Sichinga accommodate the 90 day miracle policy that Mr. Sata has enshrined into his manifesto? What of Donti Kubeba?
Ba #45, simple math is 1 – 1 third = 2 thirds remaining for everything else. If you trim your expenses on unnecessary presidential trips and blotted government wings where you have:
1. Minister
2. Deputy minister
3. Permanent Secretary
4. Deputy Permanent Secretary
5. Assistant Deputy Permanent Secretary. lol
etc for each ministry, I can assure you, the remaining 2 thirds is more than enough to cover education, health and other services. Your thoughts on this, please.
Sorry, post #55 is meant is answer for post #48 and not #45. My apologies.
No 51
Is it not the same PF which has been critical of the government infrastructure development that its too much development? Is Bob telling us that a third of budget is the right number? That is 33% of the budget for your information. Can he now tell us how he his going to fund the rest of the budget?
Bob has just seen that MMD has scored big points because of infrastructure development and now whats to ride on it. What cheap politics.
Thats why i have never taken this ACCA Economic Consultant any serious.
#55 Zigito,
Break it down for us since you are calling for issue based contributions, not those cloudy ideas mixed up with misty and wishful pre-suppositions only you can make sense of in your on utopia. Give us a reasonable articulation of what Bob Sichinga’s 1/3 means.
Theophilus @49 my parents are not riff ruffs like yours. I have not failed to better my family. That is cheap street talk. You don’t know my parents, neither do you know my family. Get a life, if Sata is your Father it ain’t my fault he is a failure. So please don’t release your frustration’s on me!
# 53 Q&A Please educate some of us who left school in the 80’s, what is the difference between a third (1/3) and one third (1/3)? Please I want to know, I have been telling my children that have I been to school and now I wonder whether they believe what I say to them.
# 56 Zigito,
For instance, you could start with the current budget figures. You could then show us what is wrong with it and suggest how this 1/3 allocation could be the miracle that pf preaches it will perform. Fair enough? If you are to engage in meaningful issue based dialogue with others, please desist from making the kind of suggestions you make such as the: ‘simple math is 1 – 1 third = 2 thirds remaining for everything else.’ I have no idea, what you mean there.
Imwe mwebantu,(especially # 4) don’t show your ignorance here..who said u need to have studied economics to qualify to b an economic consultant?..an economic consultant can be anyone who has knowledge on the economy..It can be a banker, an accountant,a lawyer or even an engineer. All it takes is understanding the fundamentals of the Economy and u are home and dry to comment on the economy…
Btw, Bob is a Harvard Business Graduate.Now if u want to compare him with those people with online degrees from the Bahamas..
Thats where we get it wrong- you need to have an understanding and practical knowledge to be a CONSULTANT. Google that if you may. Shaaa
they used 1 trillion on this rapid road construction in two months,so what would happen if you use 10 trillion as per your blogging analyst have apportioned??
#62 Kweshoni Mark??,
I give up, you leave me hanging in the air! Is the 1 trillion the 1/3 Bob means or the 10 trillion, let us discuss issues kailiiiii.
#60, am just driving home now. I’ll catch up as soon as I stop. 2011 budget is 20.5 tillion find a 3rd of that and start from there. i’ll catch up shortly.
REF # 40 JAMES BOND what was already budgeted plus 1 trillion – Sir
Zigito,
Blogging whilst driving, pf people never stop amazing me. But anyway, I acknowledge your creative imagination that has certainly spiced up what would have otherwise been a dull lie.
No 61
Bob has never been a Harvard graduate. What did he study at Harvard?
Bob did a 3 months international development programme at Harvard. Thats does not make him an Harvard graduate.
Any graduate in whatever field can make comments on economic matter i agree with you. Can any graduate in any field become an economic consultant at national level, i do not agree with you…
Who are Bob clients who he consults to on economic issues? I only know of one… PF
Zigito, whilst you are still there, could you please try and convert those trillions and zillions into manageable figures, for a better appreciation of the? Old age is catching up with me, I have lost the ability to comprehend those kind of figures.
@ AUSTRALIAN ENGINEER,you really have hatred towards PF,if you live in australia am sure you have seen the infrastructure they have,RB has been traveling around the world,the guy is not even ashamed to look at our airport,i wonder if he land at the same airport we use.You MMD f.ools,were saying PF need to tell people what they will do,bob is doing that you are still critical,you girls are silly.@SOLAK 1212,the crap you are saying of SATA being in govt,makes you sound like an i.diot,was SATA ever a president of zambia?,was bob ever a minister of finance?Guys mazinkalako na nsoni…stop the childishness and be a bit mature like CAPITALIST and others.
I don’t know about the 1/3 of the budget issue – but there are infrastracture matters in Zambia.
1) Have the roads built in recent years been built to last? There are many residential areas where there was once tarmac roads, and there is now either none or a mixture of gravel and potholes. looking at the number of cars on the roads, one can clearly tell that nothing was planned for them in terms of building a relevant road network to divert some of the traffic 2) There is a continuing problem of lack of maintenance once a building has been put up. Look at most of the institutional buildings – this includes dealing with drainage, sewer systems, water, e.t.c. 3) There is also a lack of town planning – lots of haphazard building. It matters what infrastructure, where, how
@69..i meant you guys are silly
@70 i meant you guys are silly
No 70
Time to experiment with people like Bob is long gone. The guy is just looking for a job. Nothing new in what he his saying.
In the last 3 years Zambia has spent 28% of GDP on infrastructure…
Source: w.w.w.miga.org
Nothing magic about what he his saying… just cheap politics to get a job
Sir, in other words you are acknowledging that the PF is proposing to increase expenditure on infrastructure from 28% to 33.33%. So why are you so worked up about the proposal?
Sichinga doesnt have a masters neither is he a Havard Graduate, puleeze! He did an in house course at Havard, not training or degree, NADA good people. Even if he did, its not a masters that improves economic policies or the economic outlook of the country! So what if he won elections at Mp level in different constituenceis? How does it put food on the table for Zambians? He also lost in 2 constituencies, Isoka East/West and Kafue- explain that too
I find blogging on the blog childish and lacks substance.though i dont support PF but we’ve been calling on them to give us their plans and what they intend to do once voted into power.Now that they are giving us their plans somebody goes to attack Bob.Is bob the issue or it’s what PF is going to do for Zambians? Are we here to discuss Bob’s Masters in economics or issues to do with Zambia? shame.very shameful indeed!
No 75
Thanks… we need to start exposing these failed characters. Rejected twice as an MP. Failed to tick in MMD, Self proclaimed economic consultant. No wonder he his advising PF
@2011 Kuvota, in math which ever math there is nothing like a third its one third, just think through a third? what are you talking about. One third is like you have an apple then you divide it into three in engineering fraction(1/3) in business statistics 33.3%…. Now if you say a third i cant even give a rationale to it…
The last budget was about K21 trillion. The MMD has grown the economy by 6% thus the next budget should be about K24 trillion. Mr Sichinga is promising to spend K8 trillion on infrastructure (if he is Finance Minister) and by infrastructure he means roads. If these roads will be of better quality thatn the present ones, they will cost more for shorter distances. For example all this amount could go into building the Sata dual carriage highway to Chipata from Lusaka for the next 5 years! What will remain to spend on education, health, agriculture? The last budget provided 8.6% on health and 18.6% on education. Almost 30% of the budget goes into salaries, and since in 90 days there will be more money in our pockets, this will increase to >30%.
@#75 naba Engineer,lets be realistic.Your president lost to a primary school teacher in munali,his resume’ leaves much to be desired.Minister of Foreign Affairs-fired,NAMBORD-fired…… everywhere he has been,he got fired.Sichinga was never fired.And like some bloggers hav said,you asked for issue based campaigns,Sichinga has started them, bring yours to the table to help people make an informed decision.
@zamcabudula zako zinunka-
Thats your problem you only see party presidents and their problems. You can discuss ideas. Start from comment 1 and see how we came to be discussing your celebrated Bob. No doubt you belong to the era of Poor Finkers (PF)(thinkers!)
zamcab..#… Do not ask us but ask SATA what MMD has in the first 10 years when he was minister of health. The answer, we do not want SATA do head our country because he has limited knowledge..!!!
No 75
fair enough. in what capacity is Bob talking because what he his saying differs from what the PF manifesto says… go check their website. Is Bob telling us his personal ideas of articulating the PF manifesto. Like i posted earlier, Bob has seen that the MMD has achieved massive support from the first ever massive infrastructure development after Kaunda’s 1 and 2nd National Development Plans. He his basically trying to ride on the idea at the last minute. Cheap politics… thats why we should question his character
This nepotism will not take us anywhere, now Bob is in pf because his son married Sata’s daughter. Expecting pf to develop the economy is demanding too much from them. These guys are just good in politicking and this year is dedicated to development and not politica experience which does not bring food on the table. This year is for HH to fix the economy, we will think of Sata when we have food, medicine, etc, but for now we need to meet the need of development. We are not voting just to see a certain party in power but our votes whould have meaning, and fittiness for purpose, and that is development. We have had political experts like Chiluba who just destroyed our economy and brought poverty.
Zigito @35 what name do you know me by? Talk about English! What is ” going your poor English? BBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSHHHHHHIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTT! ” Is that English? Probably it is English invented by PF. Muppet!
For those who may be wondering, I am on the ground doing what I did in 2008, converting PF cadres. I love the exercise, PF has made it so easy with their lies. To convert the cadres, the only thing I do is tell them the truth and I can tell you that it is working wonders like it was in 2008. I will get back to blogging in a fortnight but for now, let me tell you that this afternoon I saw a PF boat which looks like a coffin.
I know Bob Sichinga (and Austine Sichinga RB’s advisor) personally and I have never heard him claim to be a Havard economist but a businessman and consultant and if you claim that you need an MBA for that then it should disqualify the majority of consultants in Zambia. In debating the merits of dedicating one third of the national budget to infrastructure development we should be asking ourselves whether this is the right way to grow our economy and not all the nonsense about where Bob went to school. Depending on which school of thought you are coming from (Chicago school; Havard school or maybe Keynesian) this maybe the right strategy……
……A large share of government spending spread over 5 years for instance (and not in the last 90 days of a 5 year term) may stimulate growth in other supporting industries and hence spread growth to other sectors with local employment growth and wealth creation. However, the current MMD policy has been get the Chinese to do this on the cheap resulting in Chinese labourers coming to do the work (Albidon Nickel Mine, Stadium construction, roads, coal mines,) even where we have highly qualified civil, mining and mechanical engineers. Other examples of MMD ineptitude are evindent if you care to look such as in health [ Zambian government has claimed that it has reimbursed the US$ 5billion to the global fund which was stolen at the Ministry of Health] where did this come from? I rest my case
#54 – Giving dignity back to Zambians in 90 days is not a miracle mwebantu and that does not even need advice
@67, who said anything about driving while blogging? You think I’d actually risk my life and my children’s future for the lot of you hypocrites on this blog? Get a life!
@84 Solak1212, nobody understands your gibberish.
Guys, i thought I’d find real arguments concerning the issues at hand being discussed objectively, but as usual, people wold rather continue being clowns like Solak1212. By the way, ba Solak, is “muppet” a new word to you because you’ve used it quite a lot today or is it just a question of limited vocabulary?
One thing about our GRZ that makes the national situation so bad is that there;s very poor financial management. Whether we like it or not, there’s so much our GRZ can achieve in terms of alleviating poverty but the funds mainly ends up in all the wrong pockets. He, that refuses this fact is probably a beneficiary of this sorry situation. The auditor general’s reports bring out all sorts of irregularities that are never acted upon. In the end, donours are beginning to lose confidence, thanks to a few selfish in-disciplined bunch that never get punished. Why? Financial mis-management starts right from the top. True or False?
sata has been in UNIP,MMD and now PF.there is nnothing new to learn from him.The only thing now is to wait for him to die, period.Please let it not be in gvt, any gvt for that matter.He is used finished and expired article period
Sata can only be voted on tinal lines
Just like Mugabe no difference with sata, nothing to show but bemba speaking populace
The rural idiocy being displayed on this blog is mind numbing. What is wrong with what Mr. Sichinga has said. It is well established that infrastructure development does have a multiplier effect on an economy. Mr. Sichinga does not have to be an economist to comment on this. Having sat in class for 15 years does not automatically strangulate into good management. I know Ph.Ds who are total failures in life. MMD is doing the same, but the difference is quality is being compromised for the sake of handing contracts to friends and family.
ZIgito@90 you are a very dull man/woman. If you think yourself wise then you must be mad. You are the one posting gibberish each time you want to advance the cause of your “god”, illiterate Sata. As far as you are concerned Sata can do no wrong.
I will not waste my time on you. In fact, people with little knowledge on issues like you are the ones putting off intelligent people from getting into the canoe!
#89 Zigito,
Why denying what you said yourself ‘#60, am just driving home now.’ So how can you be trusted with whatever you write?
#95 solak and #96kaya – to the contrary I find zigito very informative and prudent in his postings compared to yours. I am bit staggered how you can be so infuriated and assess a man over a statement on driving.? His stAtement could have meant another driver driving or just about to drive. But in your retarded mode you chose to believe that he was blogging and driving and hence you won’t listen to him. That’s moronic to say the least. By the way I don’t need your response. Ta
#97, thanks very much. It’s very surprising how some people will completely choose to misunderstand you, like the parable where one is sent to collect fire and he ends up only collecting smoke! #96, I was just about o jump into my car so i don’t see how I carried my desktop computer from my office into my car. Yaba!!!!!!!!
Sata is no god at all as long as he’s human. The point is, the man is more practical than most. Ba Solak1212, Please we want dialogue about issues, not “ndani wadya nkuku yanga” type of talk.
Zigito,
Then why being so defensive, when all you could have simply done, is admit that you wrote what you did not mean? ‘I am driving home’ means nothing else other than what it is. In spoken word, yes, it may convey what you are now claiming you meant to write, not the stark meaning of the words as they stand.
On your point that Sata is ‘more practical’, could you qualify what you mean?
Zigito,
‘I am driving’ in written English, unless qualified contextually, can never mean: ‘I am about to go home’ or ‘Someone is driving me home’ or anything other such meaning unless, as I have pointed out, contextualized.
Contrary to your excuse of an explanation, ‘I am driving home’ means in its basic skeleton : ‘I am in the current, with my hands on the steering wheel, driving home.’ Hahahaha
1 Trillion kwacha, for argument sake, rounded in dollars is, let say $ 230 million. Therefore our current Budget of 25 trillion kwacha is : 25 x $230 million, giving us a total of $5.75 billion.
1/3 of this figure ($5.75 billion) gives us $1.9 billion. That is the amount that Bob is suggesting will be allocated by a pf govt. for Infrastructure Development per year.
…….So you now agree with my figure – sir?? Just as you tell other people to admit mistakes made ….so should you!
9 Amayama// “Besides Bob, there other technocrats that Sata is working with and we can only commend him for having a workable team unlike that MMD is harboring” You seem to ignore the fact that the majority of the technocrats you’re refering to including Mr.Sata himself were MMD. Some of them having been ministers in key ministries. I would rather rate them by the mess they did in the MMD under Chiluba. Anyway its part of human behaviour to mess and rush to an ant-hill top with a finger pointing at the mess, thinking people have forgotten.
#99/100, let’s stick to the issue here. We’ve all heard that I was about to drive home and we shouldn’t start writing volumes about that because it’s not of national interest and some people may actually find this very irritating.
Back to real business, have you any idea how much is currently allocated to infrastructure by our current govt? K3 trillion in 2011, up from K1.4 trillion in 2010. So they are going the right way only that they have so much “unnecessary luggage” which needs trimming in order to allocated more funds to things that really matter.
# 78 Q&A It is very difficult to understand your logic, but I can tell that a third and one third mean one and the same thing, just like you have put it in your example of an apple. That is one whole thing divided into three equal parts and 100% is one whole thing divided into one hundred equal parts. Therefore 1/3 is same as 33.33%. It is as simple as that.
pf will keep on dreaming..sata is not well..
A few people have flocked to both MMD and PF and not UPND or others. Why? They have seen a potential vacancy in the Presidency of these parties. Lets be honest, while not wishing death on anyone, the chance of dying increases with age, so MMD and PF are potentially leaderless in the next 10 years or so. But come to think of it, we would still have had KK as our President today!