President Rupiah Banda is tomorrow beginning a one week long working retreat, which he will take at Hippo Lodge in Kafue National Park.
While on his retreat, President Banda will hold meetings with various government and non governmental institutions, including the Zambia Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) and some members of the church.
President Banda will also hold strategic planning sessions with his key aides and other senior government officials on various issues concerning the running of government.
The President is expected to conclude his retreat and return to Lusaka on Monday next week.
This contained in a statement released by Special Assistant to the President for press and public relations, Dickson Jere this evening.
Meanwhile, President Rupiah Banda and Beatitudt Theodoros II , the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa of the Orthodox  Church  this afternoon held private talks at State House.
Beatitude Theodoros II, who arrived in the country last week, was accompanied by Bishops from Zambia, Malawi among other countries and Egyptian Ambassador to Zambia Tamer Mansoul.
Pope Beatitude Theodoros II, presented the Cross and Star of St. Mark the Apostle and evangelist to President Banda.
The Cross and the Star are the highest decorations that are given to Heads of States only.
Speaking through his interpreter, the Pope said he was happy to see the economic progress that the country has recorded over the years.
The Church leader, who last visited Zambia some 15 years ago, is in the country for pastoral  and the inauguration of charity work.
He said the church is supporting Charity work in Kanyama adding that it would extend the work to Kitwe and Ndola.
He has since invited President Banda to visit the Church based in Alexandria City in Egypt when he visits that country.
And President Banda said he was honoured to receive the cross on behalf of the Zambians.
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Is this man serious? Doesn’t he realise the costs of these decisions? A work retreat when you have done nothing. When does it all end? Chinibaba.
I wish we could know in form of tabulation what the working retreat consists of because to me it sounds like some form of vacation at the Hippo Lodge.
Hhhhehehhh… BAli ku holiday nakaili abanensu Ba RB!!
And so lets look back at what he has achieved since his time in office….. NOTHING TANGIBLE!
And so again, has he ‘ packed’ his entire siblings for a holiday too? yet again??
Time for a break from all this traveling. It really is tiring.
The sun is setting , the noon and the pleasure of the day is long gone and the country needs hope who cares,when the sun is seating on the horizons , of sun set and the down is not yet anywhere to be seen …cry the beloved country
If only he can retreat forever,when some one to take over.
goshhhh….meant we need someone else to rule us
Kwena twakwata ilofwa lya kateka!!! If all the presidents and prime ministers were like our RB, they would surely be the most useless pirasites in the whole world. He has been running from one country to another for celebrations that have nothing to do with the development of our country, and already the man needs the so called working holiday! This was really a poor choice on our part, and the whole nation is paying for the wrong choice. Probably the nation needs to demonstrate so as to try and squeeze RB just a bit, or at least to wake him from his deep slumber!
Objection: Holidays are important, havent you heard of camp david in our friends country? and i mean the guy will be working while on holiday.
what a lame excuse for a president!
people are over-taxed
there’s not enough food to eat (and he goes and donates to the Insane mugabe), the economy is slipping into a depression, the kwacha is weak, people are loosing their job and what does this old chap do?
he goes on holiday! RB, you are the worst president Zambia has ever had,
i remain offended
After a hard day’s of work,the night gives us an opportunity to take rest and relax. Thus, our batteries are re-charged and we are ready for the challenges of the next day.
‘Hippo’ lodge..how appropriate!
Ka ching chong iwe!
dont compare this rubbish piece of junk to people like Obama or Clinton ,those take a well deserved break with a trail of tangible achievements.Even ordinary pipo go on holiday to rest after having done some work….! dont just support kwati lishilu nolulenda kukanwa kwati ni tetamashimba…
the level of ignorance in zambia never ceases to amaze me, and they pretend to know it all! retreat simply means that you are going to reflect and work, much like the retreat at your church, is it a holiday?
And after he returns to Lusaka, he will hold a press conference to announce reshuffles. Just following in KK’s footsteps, folks, nothing new here! With KK it was at Mfuwe. This one, “Hippo” Lodge, appropriately! So much to do. So little time!! LOL!!
comedy at play
RB represents everyone inluding amashilu. Dont pretend Holidays are important, you reflect better, make better decisions. presido has to make tough decisions, te manual labour, takwaba ukutusha?
I was reading old posts on here before Mwanawasa died and I noticed Mwanawasa was subjected to the same virulent constant barrage of hatred.. Am I right to assume zambians are just a bunch of complainers who will never say anything nice about a leader unless they are either dead or been out of office for 20 plus years? Am no RB fan but sometimes the hate towards the man is very disproportinaite. RB can be reported scratching his folded skull and I guarantee there will be 50 plus replies on why he is doing that and he should focus on something else instead of scratching. Anyway carry on
How did this trotter manage to retire and settle at Bwezani Farm?
Sweet mother Zambia!!
Malama ulikwi? Bikapo ka poem
RB likes masobelo too much. He doesnt want to be at State House, I hear the place is haunted by past residents…
Retreat whatever you call it. How much will that cost the tax payer? Cant he relax at home? Whats wrong with his bed at home? Does he get hallucinations of levy in the house? Just a couple of months ago he was on holiday, let them leave these jobs for the young and energetic.
This man can’t be serious. Toadface is on crack and he needs to rest from politics if he can’t man his office. How can he start retreating when he’s just returned from two economy draining trips abroad. This man thinks being a president is about rest and travel and using every opportunity to go places he never saw in his childhood. Now you say Hippo Lodge? What a crook!
I believe that it was Mulongoti who said that after RB won the presidential elections, they would send the President off on holiday while ‘they sorted’ out national issues (I am subject to correction here). So we should not be surprised that RB has become so used to the idea of holidays that he takes them on a whim. This is Bwezani’s true character and I believe that this is a lesson for us all. In 2011, if RB is re-elected (because he will contest the elections), then we have only ourselves to blame as a country. If we make a bed of thorns then we must learn to sleep in it.
This president must sum it all up after his retreat and explain to the people, the results of his so called “fruitful expedtions” so that we see progress. There’s a lot of empty talk coming from his ministers under him and they are misleading the people. They need his guidance and he can’t offer it to them if he’s always away from the office.
# 12 and 17 its not like we don’t know what a retreat is, but a retreat, especially by a president, cannot be done twice in 6 months. If the man is too tired to work for 6 months what makes you think he can work for the next 2 years! The man just came back from South why cant he do a lil work before he takes his retreat. The economy is down, jobs are being lost, people are dying in hospitals coz of lack of medication, why can the man address all these problems like his fellow presidents who are busy trying their best to revive their economies? Don’t get me wrong am not saying our president doesn’t have to go on retreat, but he should do it at a time when we all can see that he deserves it. Can someone tell me what this man has done in the past 6 months thats very impressive…???
Contd: I was disappointed today to find that the Zambian high commission in Canada employs people who are not Zambians to work their. I went to pick up my passport forms for the renewal of my passport only to be welcomed and helped by a lady who is not Zambian. After everything was done i decided to ask her for her nationality, the lady is Caribbean! There so many Zambians looking for employment here in Canada and most of them cannot find jobs and here we are letting foreigners work at our embassies when we have capable people who can do those jobs. How many girls are in Canada that are looking for employment that can do a job of a receptionist. And am sure since the embassy is as good as the government those people are being paid expatriate salaries.
I was going thru all the blog posted and think we have a leadership crisis such that even citizens do really see the importance of governace. RB has enough time to reflect when he has done nothing? Your house is no fire you decide to go to prayers and meditation. I think your family can kill you. Want RB is proving is failure, its a waste of money and time all he wants is to satify thandi, let young ladies for men nt shikuluz. Shame
am sure someone will argue that other embassies do the same thing, but we are Zambians who belong to an independent country, so that means we dont have to do things because other countries do them!
ala mwandi Shocked #29 and 30, you are absolutely right! the receptionist at the embassy in london aint Zambian.. and its annoying cuz these folks dont even understand their work… nga nikuno she doesnt even pick up the phone!!!! they have setup a system of options but they dont knoiw how to operate it.. it will say press 1 for visa applications and when you press, you automatically hang yourself out!
Yaba. Please, let those with power and physical ability preside over Zambia than stressing your old bodies to panic in the President’s office so that you can have real retreats instead of these ones which are now semming like they will be endless until you leave the Presidency.
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Taking LT blogging to another advance level.
But kwena bane mwe ba votele Bwezani chimo noku goleka ichalo! chi mudala nachamba noku fwala ama bemuda? How do you start retreating b4 you do some work? retreats are meant to give you time to relax and reflect on the work you have done so that you identify the areas that require more attention nangu re-strategising…. its really sad… before we know it nefwe twalaba ngabena Zimbabwe….
elo what food reserves do we honestly have to start giving our maize to Mugabe? Do we honestly realise the seriousness of whats going on? anyway, we will have no one to blame but ourselves nga twashala muli mwamoneni…. none of this wud have happened nga teba kamushi ukuvotela Bwezani… lwesu ale bweza zambia panuma…
as mozegator wud sing… bakalalila….
What we took for granted is the illusion of Zambia. You said it ,you the old bones in very explicit terms that the young are the future of the nation . I do ask when will that happen? When all I see are retirement resorts….. Cry the beloved country of Zambia
Did he not just return from a vacation in South Africa? Wow wonders never seize to amaze; who voted for RB and what were they thinking. The fruits of not educating the masses on democracy and the freewill God gave us is bitting us on our backs. Musana wa baba mwe lol.
Anyone who voted for RB this is what you asked for freaking holidays after some jet lag pa SA sure? The international press didnt even cover his name among the VIPs well coz apparently he is not.
Well to go Mr Prez holiday after holiday…that’s what u get when 75 years…mabozo…Arthritis fimo-fimo, Alzheimer’s-probably dosent remember that he is Prez….Obesity that is why he was drinking zigolo ku SA. Among all the Prez Zed has had he is the laziest and over weight too…hope he carried a jumping castle ku Hippo lodge..I mean a tread mill
No# 11 Less talk, yes a church retreat is like a holiday. In this place we actually go to a camp site with a lake, food in abundance and the wide open spaces. there is prayer though and worshiping God, which should be done always. But going to a lodge is a vacation period.
No# 29 shocked hello, the Canadian embassy in Zambia employs Zambians hat can you say about that? So does The U.S embassy and all the others. I do believe the canadian people have employed you with better benefits than even the Canucks. Let us not encourage nepotistic behaviour in foreign lands were even we make more than their nationals at times. Maybe the young Zambian ladies did not apply at the embassy.
Retreat is good ,can something good emanate from that …………………. stranger than fiction for Head of state
This is an old picture . Please do give us the current and scenario pic of RB,The Head of state.
#39 even in New York they have or rather had i 2003 some chaps from Peru one was a driver and other office assistant/orderly. So u #29 complaining that they should hire Zedians you shud hear the receptionist/switchboard operator from New York or DC office how rude and cold they could be
# 42 Mirriam you know exactly what I mean. How did they manage to get the Cashier from mwaiseni stores as rude as a jealous inlaw. lol.
Its sad that poverty mentality has not left even bloggers who went with it in Diaspora.born in poverty, growing with poverty and thinking with poverty.I cannot believe it that a retreat has confused many here. The President need interruption free environment to digress, debate, review and re-frame his game plan with his policy aides. Presidents work minimum of 12 hours every days with desks ridden with actionable, appointment registers filled for every hour.Is it wrong to go in solitary working environment? I think threads are recording more failures than potential leaders which is a very dangerous scenario for the nation.Isn’t this a recipe for Oligarch? The sons and daughters of elites end up being the only rationalists to step it. Save yourselves from poverty mentality.Retreat is good
#25 “Crack is whack”
Zambia has moved from being a major copper producer and potentially one of the continent’s richest countries at independence in 1964 to one of the world’s poorest. Zambia needs young blood, new ideas, people with the energy and hunger to thrive in an ever changing and advancing world, while preserving the traditional ways. We are who we are Africans, we can live with our traditions while enhancing ourselves to accomodate the rest of the world. All those old ministers and people that have wanted to rule since 1964 should sit aside and allow fresh minds, young men and women who put the interest of the poorest Zambian before their greed rule. I wish Mr Rupiah Banda would have let one of his sons rule. Its time to put the ancient world where it be
continued: . Its time to put the ancient world where it belongs. HH its time to stand on the roof top and scream out loud if you want us to hear you.
@ #43 Mwaiseni store? How about office orderly mu GRZ and those embassy operators can be rude like crazy. They dont even have manners on the phone not even bad ones. They will hung up on you if you are not careful and fyoola in the process. They are lazy just like their boss in plot 1 going on holidays like he has been working.
RB sure pa Zimbabwe pakulemesana daddy when you went to visit your home land in Gwaba? Or was SA that made you need a retreat? Mudala kwati munali ba organizer ba Zuma’s inauguration? Ku hippo lodge uko just going to eat more T-bones, Hippo meat @ Hippo lodge, custard and english breakfast forgetting your favorite dessert Mr prez lemon Cake
Anyway ba Senior Citizen I think dementia yamugwilani, we are talking about Rupiah Banda, the man who gave Maize to Zimbabwe, when Zambians are starving, he wants to donate $10,000,000 to Zimbabwe ,when you remember when Zambia was in trouble in the 80’s? when we used to line up for a PACKET OF SUGAR? Where was Mugabe then? Zambia needs to be a leader by helping Zimbabweans to put sunctions on that Iron fisted dictator in the name of Mugabe instead of giving him money. The money by the way is not even being used for the development of the Zimbabweans but for Mugabes Off shore accounts. Let that man bring himself back to the state house and work okay, for the people of Zambia who put him in the State House.
I agree Mirriam, gal that is too funny….. The embassy workers are the worst, they probably think they’re in control of your destiny and want to make it as miserable as they possibly can while sitting on your Vitupa. They have no phone ettiquette. Call the Zambian Embassy in Washington DC and listen to the recorded voice prompt.
This President needs a lesson okay. Let him come back and learn that he can not be going around like a tourist. He has work to do. He needs to get off his lazy butt and came back to work. Iyee, ma Bermuda shorts, he looks weird. He needs a trademill or else we should start getting ready for another State funeral. I think in the future, cholestrol levels should be a qualifications for a Presidential candidate. Mr Banda and the whole MMD should be ashamed of what they did to Zambia. WE used to the one of the worlds largest producers of copper and now all the mines are folding up due to lack of proper planning. No more MMD enough.
Angie D girl thats what happens if you boss/prez takes more holidays than anyone. Mami did u say voice mail yapa DC? LOL one time I called and they referred me to their website ati go to “dabwi-dabwi-dawi (www) I almost passed out cracking up. But again I dont blame them boss wabo holidaying bwen-bwen no role model for them ati filiokotuleya.
Mirrian and Angie D, you guys need to go visit the Zambian Embassy in the US, The Offices are pathetic, the kitchen, vima air conditioners almost falling apart. Zambia embassies deserve the people they hire because I for one do not even want to work for them, they can not even renovate the places. remember embassies are a reflection of the actual country in a foreign land. But offcourse what do you expect, we have a person like RB on a Portrait in front of their receptionists desk. He scares the heck out of them, they lose their sense of direction.
Kaili even just looking at his portrait one want to take a vacation or holiday coz those you just get tired to dizzy amatobo
Correction:
Kaili even just looking at his portrait one want to take a vacation /holiday/ retreat coz one gets tired and dizzy patu yafiamatobo fyabo
RB ali pa vacation for 2 years.you voted him in that position to see the world at large………
LT, it will be nice if you could feed us with news pertaining the “unpopular” retreat because that might help iron out some of our concerns as bloggers…RB is answerable to the Zambian citizenry and so there is nothing wrong with keeping him in check…blog on people!
Stripper.. you’re right. these people need to be put in check. Are all his Children in Zed? Are they also on some kind of Vacation at the Hippo place??
Someone on this blog said as zambians we deserve RB because we did not vote in the last elections. So dont blame the guy, we should blame ourselves.
F#$%ck this man guys sorry but F@##$$Ck this man
#44 Do actually believe the crap you’re saying or are you some kind of a retard?
#29 What are Zambians doing looking for jobs in Canada? If they can’t find jobs there, they should just go back to Zed – it’s better to starve in your home than in a foreign land. The embassy is not there to employ Zambians at that level (low). That’s why foreign embassies in Zed employ Zambians for such positions. And you think you can get a work permit to work as a receptionist?! Or maybe you want to be considered a Diplomat so that you don’t have to get one? Get real guys!
hw on earth can this man go on break. that is total pathetic thinking for a president. what has he done for him to deserve a break?
Hehehehe! what do you expect from a tired mind as HH has said before.
Zowona, we have ba Mutemwa kwenda, or is it part of job description. What planning can be done at Hippo camp in Kafue National Park. Koma this country one day here the othe there. Its really a hot seat.
THE OLD MAN JUST CAME BACK FORM SA AND NOW HE IS GOING ON A RETREAT THESE IS SO SO SICK IF THE OLD MAN IS TRIED LET HIM REST.
I THINK THIS MAN CAN BE A GOOD LEADER IN HIPPO KINGDOM, THEN RULING PIPO .I WISH NEXT YEAR WAS 2011 SO THAT WE FOREGET ABOUT THIS UNIP MAN.
I think he needs to rest a bit. Come on guys give him a break……..
It looks like a timeout on the bickering. In six months of office, no tangible results. What is this government’s benchmark?
Does this man manage even one round with such resting? The wife must be suffering a lot.
It`s amazing how young boys and girls are excited about this. Honestly the man needs a break. Despite some of you being in developed countries, you still behave like you are in Zambia-uko mwaleshitisha inshiku sha leave and go on working for 2 years. This is a very critical time in the history of MMD with credit crunch getting worse, let him go and put his feet up. Akaso. So how long has one got to work before he gets a break?
Akaso baice. Let the man go and rest. Work hard and go back home or some other nice place.
We all deserve a holiday at some point. Mukafwapofye nakaso.
Is it crime to rest?
UPND cadres are just amazing. They make PF cadres look “saints”. They are so desparate to rule that everything RB does irritates them. Amazing!
Rupiah is really taking us for a ride huh. Imagine within 6 months having two resting holidays at our expense while many Zambians are losing employment on a daily basis. Instead of finding solutions to our current economic problems rb finds it comforting for him to take a nap. Shame!
#69. That is typical of an African man. It`s all about s e x. Either you are young or just immature. To start with this topic should not be dragged to such learn to have respect please.
#70/71. Takuli nefyakaso. Akaso kano nga alefumya impiya mupocket lyakwe. He is just a high profile plunderer. So he has taken the whole clan kwati alelala insala before he became president.
let the man take a deserved rest. He needs to look back at the last six months and acknowledge that he has done nothing!! He needs to restrategise. Whats the matter with you people? cant you see there is nothing he has done? Wouldnt you stop running if you discovered that the marathon race you were taking part in, ended six months ago?
Yaba!!! rest from what? What has he done for him to rest? Imwe banthu i now believe when they say the country has gone to Hippos. MMMMMMMMMmmmmm awe he hasnt done anthing yet. He thinks by getting grants from IMF World Bank and EU is a big achievement awe its not we are putting ourselves in debts again. Remeber the HIPC.
#74 It means in a year he will have four which is what a person deserves. If you do not go on holiday you better start now. As for losing employment, even the British and Americans are. No one is spared and do not just sit there and expect RB to find you a job or something to do.
What sort of results were people expecting in 6 months? Even the American president is asking for time. He has done something close to four months so far. This attitude of quick fix you have baice no wonder mwibila kuncito. For heaven`s sake he has only done 6 months!
MMD bootlicker, am with you!Some people dont love themselves, they work for 365 days non-stop, and yet when it comes to holidays, they are too mean to spoil themselves. leave the man alone. Its very important to take a retreat once in a while. Is there a problem? even if you talk, still , he wont reverse his decision! strive to work hard and make yourselves happy ! RB wont come and save you because he doesnt care about you! FULU SUTOPU!
Holidays are a statutory right. But this is not a holiday, it is a change of office. Many people invited to meet the President feel intimidated if he met them at State House… you know the aura of that place. So, a reasonable man that RB is, he will meet them in the ambience of relaxation. Isn’t that cool? Sata refused to meet LPM in State House until he had a brush with mortality. If you have been to State House to meet the President you will understand how intimidating the situation is.
I am going to get myself admitted to Chainama so that I can understand WISEMAN REBORN. Bushe aliko wamene amumvela uyu munthu?
#81 If you grew up on the CB like I did, you will remember our parents selling inshiku (ukushoitisha inshiku). They would extra money alright but it meant they would go for 1-2 years without a holiday-doing nothing but the same job! What used to happen is when one reached the retirement age, they were worn out. He goes kumushi only to die after about a year or so, and yes as is the case, balimulowa used to be the conclusion. Learn to plan your lives Zambians. Include a holiday in your calender year. Make sure you chill and keep away from work for 2 weeks in every 3 months. It`s good for your health. Leave the man alone. Mukaya ifitumbi if you are not careful.
#83, I thought Wiseman reborn was better than one Hichilema fan here!
Bootlicker, even twice a year is okay if they cant afford! When i was in ZED, i made it a habit to Visit S.A or Namibia at least thrice a year, unga chashupa nagu once or even pa Siavonga, its not bad.
This man is the best thing that has happened to Zambia since slice bread, comedian. He’s a joke, a waste of space. At least three years will go down sewer lines with nothing to show for it. Sometime i feel he does all the wrong moves on purpose. I wish i could go to bed and only wake after hes left state house. Please somebody bring the bucket, the sick is about to come out of my mouth ….bhhow, bhhow.
#13 Offended
You are offended just like a pickaninny who will not take no for an answer until he gets what he wants regardless of what explanation he gets from his parents. You are ignorant of world affirs so you are offended. I could explain to you in simple terms. The funding for all major investments in Zambia in the last 10 years comes from the west. Hardly had these companies begun to make profit on their investment than the crisis came upon them. The source of funding has dried out, albeit, for the present. Employment corresponds to output. You cannot keep people in employment if they are not producing anything. China is the ONLY country in the world that can fund fresh projects! Imagine now if Sata had been President….
#86 You see the problem we have is, for men every weekend is a holiday back home. The man goes on holiday taking his wife and children which Zambian men do not do, is obviously seen as a “sin”. UPND cadres leave the man alone please. There are people here who do not even know that going to France for a weekend is cheaper than going from Bournemouth to visit bana Mutale ku Manchester. Awe guys. Plan your lives. Take leave and chill and you will not bother about RB going to be bitten by mosquitoes in a certain national park.
#88 Couldn`t have put it better myself. We know this man called offended.
But Bwezani akonda leisure.Every 3 months he goes on Holiday,damn
#91 You can go on holiday as well. Akaso.
#82 THE SAINT
Are very true point you have made relaxed meeting place is welcome after all everytime someone meets the president at state house its always “what was he doing there” corruption and all sorts. Anyone who has been to state house or later on any big institution to meet someone big will say the same thing.
imwe why ma jealousy so? Mulekeni munzani adyeko ndrama za boma….eyeee ma Zambians zoona
#87mala msana wandalama
Let us look at the facts. 1. Until March 2009, the MMD government was operating on Magande’s budget.. It is illegal to do anything outside the budget. This budget was given long before the global crisis came. RB has been in office since November on someone else’s terms, including cabinet. 2. RB’s budget has only come into effect in March/April and the funding for it has just been approved. So wait for the govt. money to start working. 3. He has secured the future of Luanshya mine. Look at posting 88.
4. A foundation must be laid for any sustainable project. Rome was not built in a day.
5. Job losses happen all the time. Their sack may be their luck. Ask Dennis Liwewe.
MMD Boot Licker From London. You have successfully used the principle of indoctrination; mindless repetition until it has the effect of obscuring everything else but the message.
#51 dingile
You have it right concerning Zambian Mission offices abroad. One Lt Colonel got into trouble trying to sort out the Cairo offices sometime ago.
But on Zimbabwe, I do not agree. We are helping the people of Zimbabwe not the leaders. Munzako akapya ndevu, umuzimize. M’mawa azazimya zako. (One good turn deserves another). It is in our blood as Africans to help our neighbours even when we do not have enough for ourselves. That is commendable. God also agrees and says that He loves a cheerful giver. For it is more blessed to give than to receive. We have sown a seed and one day we will reap a great harvest. If we hadn’t helped the freedom fight in southern Africa we would have lost evrything by now and would have been second class citizens.
# 21….I totally agree with your comment…Sometmes we irrevantly release hatred for our leaders and it just looks like we are always whining ( dont mean to say RB is doing a great job though)
Hi bloggers, wadup…scared of this blog of late..dont wanna get into a fight with no body
Can i be number 100…YAY….am in a Marketing Development workshop and am getting great and lots of ideas for Zambia ( Luanshya, to be specific. will pimp my town when i become the MP because i have a dream, i have a dream to make my town be as nice as it was when i was growing up..even better….Our leaders dont have a passion for development and its long overdue for those old leaders with no new ideas
ZAMTEL (Zambia) = Royal Mail (UK)
RB (Zambia) = Gordon Brown (UK)
Resistance from reactionary forces impedes progress everywhere in the world. Socialists want to have their cake and eat it. Any good businessman will sell off loss making assets. GRZ should sell ZAMTEL, open up the communications market to competition and our phone bills will come down. Sell off ZESCO (Transmitting and Distribution). ZESCO can keep generating for the time being until it has paid back the rehabilitation loans and then be sold off. Open up the electricity market in Zambia. Monopoly is counter development and snuffs innovation.
#96 You are a bitter UPND. Deal with your bitterness it won`t take you anywhere.
Iwe daisy, can you please stick to one name mama, or is it your constitutional right as well? Hi dear? There is a lot of ranting here. Others are just defending RB blindly kwati fipuba.
#100, just looking at that picture of yours one can conclude that you are a failure. MP? maybe in your dreams! Look, why dont you feed that knowledge which you to our leaders, am sure they can do something about it!
We understand the man may need to rest but surely a holiday and a retreat within 6 months? He is really enjoying himself in the presidency. It is difficult to understand why the President should be resting whilst we work our butts off. Anyway, its Africa, leaders do as they please but one day, chimo bakachiponona elo pa Zed pene, where they like saying ati we are peaceful. Chimoneni!
But chi R.B chalitemwa leisure,chilemonekafye pa relax mu photo. I,ve never seen up presidential legs that far! Looking at it 4rm another angle the guy is promoting local hospitality business,at least shile shala mu zed!
#100Daisy Daisy
You are in a work shop. Good for you. I know the feeling! You come out refreshed and rearing to go and then …BOOM! Reality hits you. A workshop is not the real world. That was theory. Practice is different. The best school one can ever attend in the world to equip them adequately for life is the School of homelessness. Where the headteacher is Mr Jobless. The classrooms are needs and hunger and the blackboard is dreams. The teachers are Miss Shame-to-Beg and Mr Innovation. Go to this school and graduate with flying colours and you will be a success.
# 92 MMD Bootlicker.i can afford a holiday maybe annually using my own resources not every 3 months using Taxpayer’s money like yo Bwezani is shamelessly doing.He jst arrived from SA whr he overstayed.What holiday does he need? he is jst a tired old yokel
The Saint, i like your thinking! I cant see the prominent names on LT were have they all gone to? Watchdog?
An old man is a baby , loud and clear….,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
#MMD. Boot Licker From London. You will be surprised to note that I have never belonged to a political party in my entire life, hence my analysis of issues is never clouded by party loyalty but by my own perception of what is going on in Zambia.
#109 Wanzelu
Educate me. Is your flag Argentinian? Does the President pay tax? Civil servants also go on these workshop thingy and on govt expense, can you also call that tax-payer’s money? At the end of the day we are all tax payers and the more you earn the more tax you pay. Whatever we say, people in public service live on tax payer’s expense. It is our democratic decision that it should be so. We have the power to change it if we don’t like it.
How many hours does a baby , need to rest and sleep in a given 24hrs day? Yes ,that is RB…….How old should that baby be ? Pediatricians speak ……..
#111 wiseman-reborn
Welcome. I missed you.
#110 as #99 put it people are scared to comments because some swine flu will attack their comments. We have got some very contagious bloggers.
#115 wiseman-reborn
I was on my way to Chainama so that I could understand you but I have changed my mind for today I follow, loud and clear. It must be the sugar pills I took this morning. But nice to read you again (lol)
r#109 Look the man has only gone to a national park and, yes in Zambia. He is the president of the republic of Zambia. Love him or hate him, he deserves it. I do not know what sort of work you do and where you are. But, seriously you can afford more than one holiday in a year. The problem is you think a holiday is only going back to Zambia if you are in diaspora. No wonder you have this hatred.
#112. Good on you and God bless.
The Saint , you impress me .Perhaps resperidone will do for you. Clozapine as a last drug .. Your take The Saint ??????
The saint when given Clozapine , check for agranulocytosis, Do a FBC and enzyme profile.
whoever blogger is supporting this ninshi L.i.t.o.l.e !
#113 Mwanawasa, i meant that we dont get to see our presidents’ legs too often. I dont ever remember seein FTJ’s, i remember seeing a bit of KK’s while he was a ref at some game,but the shorts were quite long. I dont remember ever seeing yours (refresh my memory), so we should feel privileged to see as far as the Knee and part of his ‘stamina”!
Reading most comments here I cannot help but to wonder if we do have people with access to blogging who are really eductaed and well informed! The president doesn’t really have a holiday. even when he says he is on holiday he still works! But the kind of comments coming from the so called educated people leaves much to be desired. Zambian seem to enjoy blaming a sitting leader whatever he does. leave the man alone to works just like you have been left alone to suffer in thoses countries you have gone to work like slaves all in the name of being abroad!
Who is the medical doctor for our President RB????
Its like RB is bangin your thoughts with the hot onslaught.The man has been putting in work ,let him rest. you lame critics know nothing apart from opening ya stinking mouths wide open,use some colgate before flies rush in ya foul mouths. Watch RB status escalating while you continue to sleep,You cornballs get stonewalled, blackballed .
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; w
……deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Dr Chiluba had Dr Kangwa , Dr Mwanawasa Had DR Nyendwa . Yes who is the doctor for RB???? More questions than answers . Does this sound familiar??
#123, Who ever is not supporting ninshi nilepa, ilitali kwati nintambo sha ku Chikwepe!
#126, DR Manda!
129 its Dr Robert Mugabe
When Dr Patrick Nyendwa died in the US , there was Some Indian doctor for LPM , I can not remember the name …..
Digital Smoke or shud I call thee “Ghost Dog”………..are u also in support of this resting resting by RB?the man is old,used,we told u so but u neva listened!even Sata kud be doing this holidaying had he been ushered into plot1……..lets put young energetic leaders @ plot1.Please
#130 Hot chocolate SHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT UUUUUUUP! ulenunka mukanwa iwe!
I big you up Mr RB the president of all zed residents,keep up the fire…atleast you aint like chiluba.
#121wiseman-reborn
Sorry, doctor. I forgot what I was saying. Do you think clozapine or ris whatever will be good for me? The other stuff I had caused my tongue to go all funny!
#135… Go away , r.a.t , you are smelling p.o.o.p! I bet you forgot to wipe with a newspaper since you cant afford tissue!
FTJ its a strategic rest my dear,we all need some time alone,at least to reflect (even if its on zero work done),putting ya thoughts together,so as t start all over again,he aint a machine he is human,you know what am saying?????,its not a holiday but a retreat if you can spot the difference.
Jesus did that too,he had to withdraw from the crowds to seek more power,direction and help from his father.
#130. Intambo shakuchikwepe chapa menshi (Pontoon) nangu icha muchikulwa (Elevator)? specify so that we a clearer idea!
Zambia has an apology of a president. Two retreats in a mere six months period!! Next time go for a younger person and not for a spent-force. Well, the country is reaping what it sowed.
Now boys and girls your home work today is dublyu dublyu dublyu dot scribd dot com forward slash doc forward slash 14498261/A-Captive-Chief-Justice
Ok? Ngamwabelenga come and tell us what is going on in Zambia. Bye! I will come back later after I check my FBC and granulocyte count. I didn’t know I had grain in my blood (prescribed by my good doc wiseman-reborn)
#142, isha kumeno yobe!
The saint , why not take an inverse agonist…..trixphenidely(Atane) …..137 the saint
Goodmorning dear bloggers..I have just been reading through most of the blogs and you made my day. I have been lol with tears streaming down my cheeks.
MMD bootlicker keep doing your thing before RB recalls you back to Kabwata, lol!
#145 wah-bay-tall-lay
Interesting your discussions have been. I dont think this rest is necessarily at all. Its not even a rest as you call it. The man has gone to work in an expensive way. He will meet people, save them with food and I am sure some will sleep there such as his special assitants. Thats the problem with you guys, you lack sincerity and honest. With this recession going on rite now the government need to cut down costs to a minimum. Hello? How much travel has he done in the last two weeks? How much money have we spent? He could have met those guys at state house without adding a cost. Dont give me an excuse that they feel intimidated at Statehouse, so are you suggesting all the meetings shouldnt happen there. Hello? Think and come to terms with reality.
# 145 and 149 please calm down…i understand that some comments can be very annoying or provoking but avoid taking things too personal…look at these blogs like a debate where everyone is allowed to have opinion…good day! mutani kulwani basa
A begging question who prescribed rest and retreat for our President RB ????Which doctor did that ?Mental ,Physical or geriatric fatigue ?
#145 Hot chocolate-Chamoneka kwati uli walubuli fye. Walimonapo intambo kumeno iwe? VIVA #149, i second!
#149 ….July20 is coming wanya!
We know vacations are necessary every time, but its a luxury in Zambia to go for vacation twice in a year. Believe it. He has done it twice in six months, last thursday he even went to Chipata on private visit on a chartered flight, what was he doing in gwanda? ya right another private issue hey and this vacation? Its a personal rest as well. So its more about me RB than the people. I dont know what you know there in the diaspora but here stuff is not ok and its real. We read every information available, we hear rumours, we see these people, we meet them and we feel it. Do you even watch Muvi TV? We know some of you are there because of him and when we criticize him we are threatening your luxury. Be real and its not fun. Stand for change
Some people are f@@ls on this blog its unbelievable. Always empty and like the saying goes busy acting as the devils toys..What i want to do in my life can not be held in anybodys hands and reality is only reality when you chose to do nothing about it. Without exposure and knowledge , visions are useless. Those that wanna qualify themselves as failures in life..Good for you..keep it in your boundaries, dont extend your fate to others because some people, yes some people like us are CHOSEN. Chosen for greatness and to perve a future for our children
Does Thandiwe approves of this wasteful trips were He carries even parasites. Can she saves us from this wasteful, bigspender Tourist. We are paying 4 our wrong Choice. 2011 kuyabebele no tundila twakwe.
#147 wiseman-reborn
Just seen a homeopath and he suggested that I will be messed up by your prescriptions. By the end of the day my urine will be supersaturated with psychotics and atypical psychotics thatI would polute the rivers. Apparently, she says, that is why fish are sleeping all the time. Is that true?
#100.Daisy you really grew up in Luanshya?I too but I fail to believe how desolate our town(i call it my village) has become .Remember how it felt to be ku RARC? Well the feeling is not there anymore because the place looks like the remains of Hiroshima and Nsgasaki just after the atomic bomb.With a right dream iam sure that its the first step of reconstructing our home town.But I dont think the CHINESE do share with us this dream;the same way they didnt share with the Chambishians.
Ba Moze,..Kadoyo..Eish….some swine flu(s) are really annoying…..and about my names…i’ll always be Miss Daisy…just dont feel like using it
#155 Need the change ,you puzzle me and interest me . You have an intellectual analysis,difficult to fathom though . Flattery is not my hobby ,yet truth is my religion
Need the change you are great period……regardless of age
Greetings fellow bloggers,
why all this fuss whenever RB is on holiday? People people, stop this animosity for goodness’ sake! Firstly, I see nothing wrong with one week working retreat.
Secondly, if you didn’t want to be ruled by RB, then why did you vote him into power? Now you expect him to renounce all the privileges that come with his presidency? You must be joking!
#159 Indolic…Yes Yes, i am from Luanshya..i used to adoe my lil town..And yep i remember the Recreation Centre it used to be awesome, i learnt how to swim there and ofcourse was at 4th Street Nursary….wonder if the pool is as nice though..The chinese..i strongly doubt if we share the vision thats why i have decided to take it in my hands…persue it as a passion to re sustain our town that once was really great..!…..you feel me..?
If RB was dope he would of course sell like cane.
4th street nursery near bottoms up bar???….Do you know east land?
#153,ulenunka imisu
#154 …….so what?mind you,RB will deliver me from all this.have u 4goten? am still a dribbler!
#168…..u suck!house servant / cleaner blogging on yo master’s PC while he is gone!shame on u “diaper-changer”
#168, learn to have a soft heart. Correct the thinking of #153. The matter is this person who is going anywhere regardless of the cost. If he had means to go to Pluto, he could have gone there for a year. Give it a break!
Can someone tell me what the people in Zambia are doing to get this guy out! RB is taking all of us for fools, when did poor people ever go on a retreat, everyday is a struggle for them.
#171 Hot chocolate, I am 100% you dont mean me as #153. Please include names to numbers, I have also quoted numbers wrongly before. If you mean me, confirm.
Let the man go where he wants. Must he always reside at State House to tackle national issues? What difference will it make? The UK PM goes to Checkers for a retreat, US President goes to Camp David almost every weekend. So why can’t RB go to any of our wonderful lodges for a retreat? He will still be working right? He most likely will call a press conference on his return and re-shuffle his cabinet. Chiluba was too busy stealing that he had no time for a working retreat. LET THE MAN BE, AFTER ALL HE IS THE PRESIDENT!
I still don’t believe that any sensible person woke at 06:00 on 30th October 2008 to go and vote for this gentleman. He’s promoting anarchy in the country, now MMD thugs in solwezi are threatening to start beating Bembas. Where will this end up if Bembas were so stupid to hit back and say ‘ fine lets do it ‘. A sensible president would have admonished these thugs publicly and swiftly but na cilalafye, if we are not careful we can make Rwandan genocide look like childs play.
#177, Okolie, you need to get your facts right. The case for retreats may be just that for RB, but I do not agree that Obama is at Camp David nearly every weekend, if anything, he has only been there once since he assumed office and other than that, you literally see and feel that he is doing his best to address the concerns of US citizens in this time of crisis. Unfortunately, the majority of Zambians cannot say the same about Bwezani.
Daisy Daisy AND ndolic
You are nostalgic about the remnants of colonialism. The facilities you are talking about were not built by ZCCM but Roan Select Trust and Anglo American. They have been on the downgrade for over 30 years. Look up the Northern Rhodesians and join them. They have a web site dedicated to reminiscing about their good times in Northern Rhodesia and pre 1970 Zambia when they rode upon the African backs and enjoyed leisure while our mothers nannied their babies. It was good though… when the black man stepped into the shoes!
Olympia Extension Chick!
Unlike you and me, a President is NEVER on holiday. The only time he signs off to his deputy is when he is out of the country or indisposed. A retreat is not a holiday either. It is just a time to concetrate on fewre than normal number of issues. The only thing that the President does not do when he is away from State House is to chair the cabinet meeting or meet diplomats for accreditation. Otherwise it is business as usual.
#174 Saint, while I agree that a retreat is not a holiday and Mr. Bwezani is actually entitled to these expeditions, my main contention is that the majority of citizens do not feel that this man is actually working! Take the case of Mwanawasa after the maize prices declined, the man openly stated to the country that he felt that he could then go on holiday because he had done something tangible. A retreat, working holiday, call it whatever you like, Zambians perceptions about RB’s hiatus would be viewed in a different light if he could actually show the country some tangible results of his time in office.
#152, Have you just escaped from chainama? otherwise that’s were you belong…this forum is for normal people.
#72 do you actually believe in the mailele you have posted? kuti waya shani pa retreat b4 taula bomba? it doesnt matter where one is. we are still zambians nangula tuli mu diaspora mwaiba… we have to be very subjective and avoid been labelled irrelavant. its wrong to take retreats/breaks/holidays at such a crucial time. he needs to work and get the economy going…
I agree with you in # 78… lets debate nomuchinshi… ba RB is 72+, nibashikulu besu nangula benga luba..
no comments!!!
why go on holiday when he has not been doing anything….its always been holiday for him..but this one is official….
….may he be killed by a wild animal…amen
Is this another case of “wisdom begins as an ant hill and turns into a mountain”.
Just wasting tax payers cash for all those civil servants following him. His hoping to have a “EUREKA”.
This Hippo Lodge, you will find out that it belongs to the president’s son or himself you know,
Explosive profits obtained in a year able to sustain a lifetime.
Welcome back from retreat my good president. God keep on blessing RB for good leadership.