Lusaka Province Minister Lameck Mangani has described the situation at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) and some health centres in the country as worrisome. He said there is urgent need for health workers to return to work in order to save lives.
Mr Mangani said that remarkable progress has been made and consensus has been reached on a number of issues in the ongoing negotiations for improved conditions of service for public service workers.
Mr. Mangani has since pleaded with striking health workers and teachers to give dialogue a chance.
Mr. Mangani warned that the strike action by some health workers and teachers should not be politicized.
He urged politicians to desist from politicizing the strike action by public workers as their grievances are receiving adequate attention from government.
And in Solwezi, all striking civil servants this morning converged in the Boma Conference Hall to be addressed by their union leaders on the current salary negotiations with government.
The workers comprising of nurses, teahers and other public service workers, some carrying placards reading ”no salary increment no work” rejected the proposed 15 percent salary increment, saying it was a mockery.
Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of Zambia Regional Secretary, Kennedy Musopelo told the irate civil servants that the union leaders in Lusaka are still negotiating with govrenment.
Mr. Musopelo said the civil servants in North-Western Province have vowed not to go for work until government listens to their plight and gives them a block figure increment.
The workers agreed that their unions should not sign 15 percent increment, adding that there is no house in Solwezi that is rented at K200,000.
The strike action by civil servants in the Province has spread to Mufumbwe Disrict where all operations at some government institutions have come to a halt.
Mufumbwe District Commissioner, Robert Muyutu confirmed to ZANIS in Solwezi that the strike action by the workers has caused hardships, especially at Mufumbwe Hospital where the admission of patients has been suspended.
Mr. Muyutu described the situation as serious.
In Chipata Unionized teachers have gone on strike to press for the conclusion of the negotiations between their Union representatives and government for better pay and conditions of service.
The call for the strike action was agreed upon during a meeting held at Chipata Day Secondary School today.
All the Unionized teachers from Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZANUT), Basic Teachers Union of Zambia ( BETUZ) and Secondary School Teacher Union of Zambia (SESTUZ) have vowed not to go back to work until their demands are met.
The teachers expressed disappointment over government’s failure to conclude the negotiations on time, adding that they would not succumb to any intimidation from their superiors as they have waited for too long for the salary negotiations and conditions of service.
Describing themselves as the engine that drives the country’s development, they expressed sadiness that they are not being motivated.
He said the prolonged delay by government in concluding the salary negotiations and improved conditions of service will only slow down the pace of development in the country.
The teachers said time for conflicting statements over collective bargains is over.
The teachers also called on their union leaders to coordinate if their lobbying is to yield good results.
Civil Servants Union of Zambia (CSUZ) Chairperson Siyabbwete Mudenda assured the three teachers Unions that his union was behind their call for a strike action.
He blamed the union leaders at national level who have failed to make follow-ups on housing allowance which courts of law ruled that civil servants be entitled to K450,000 housing allowance as per 2003 collective agreement.
In Serenje, Civil Servants in Serenje have rejected the 15 percent salary increment offered by government and gone on strike, demanding for a higher percentage.
A Check by ZANIS at Serenje district hospital this morning found only one nurse, a sister in charge, two senior clinical officers working.
One senior clinical officer who refused to be named said there is pressure of work, following the withdrawal of labour by nurses and other medical staff.
And the Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union (CSAWUZ) Serenje Branch, resolved to join the strike at a general meeting held yesterday.
Branch Chairperson, Charity Mumba said the members resolved to reject the 15 percent salary increment offered by government, saying it is too low.
Mrs. Mumba said the members also demanded a K500,000 housing allowance for a lowest paid worker and K100,000 missing lunch allowance.
She said the workers don’t want their representatives in the negotiations to sign for a 15 percent increment and also ensure they fight for better conditions of service.
ZANIS
Mwamona nomba!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mwati ba R&B is heard this?
Lameck Mangani is not being sincere, just like Tetamashimba. Why are all problems in government including punder of finances being blamed on the opposition? This issue needs to to addressed seriously. Apportioning blame and issuing innuendos will not get us anywhere. What is the purpose of government?
Mangani dont plead with them give them what they need. Its long overdue. I urge all not to succumb to government calls without possible implementation of the agreements.
Yo president is busy gallivanting!!
Then What if its worrisome. Act
There’s no one politicizing the issue mr mangani, just sort out the mess you have created, these workers have suffered for along time and your Rupiah banda gave you a pay rise in less than a day, but why is it difficulty to pay the hard working workers their dues?you got your pay rise mr mangani and you also give the civil sevants full stop.
Just give the teachers and medical staff what they deserve, money for should be available for all these employees just like it will be available for your mid term gratuities.
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Gov´t of failures….what more do you expect?
Give them masese they deserve it unlike some Mps who are always dosing in parliament and yet will soon get almost half a billion kwacha as mid term gratuity.
Making a quotation from a book of words , it states a headless body found in a topless bar. well whom is acting Zambian President right now since ours in South African ,next he is else where attending a funeral .
i don’t think the requests are unreasonable because housing allowances should pay for a house n what civil servants get doesnt pay for proper housing n thats why we have poor delivery of services, disgruntled nurses and teachers are not going to do their jobs well so GRZ should consider this an investment in developement. These guys get almost the same as secretaries and for the work they do, its not fair. TOO BAD THAT INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE TO SUFFER BECOZ OF SLOW ACTION FROM GRZ. IN FACT THEY FORCED THE WHOLE SITU TO CULMULATE TO THIS
How can he say worrisome, the situation is dire you son of a gun!!!! Mawe twamana nobantu!!!!
So when is this much talked about change coming, is it 2011, 2016 or 2021? please mwebantu people are dying and crying.. how long do you want to see people cry and suffer just for you to do something. People don’t want to hear these useless fights between political parties, people want the follwing: Schools, Medicine, Food, Roads, and houses, give them these needs and you will see how people will apreaciate…..I’m not saying that you take books, Panando and salt during voting time. Do it now and now is the time.
Rupiah was in zimbabwe and now south africa, believe me just in the next fews days time he will be in Garbon to attend the burial for that countries late presindent, this is the reason why people are complaining, too much movements while people are dying.
The nonsense spewing out of this inept government gets evr more stupendous with each passing day.
the sycophants that today are condemning health workers for the strike, are the most hypocritical of charecters and their views should duly thrashed. Who doesn’t know that the drolls at the top will always ahve their medicare from south africa not at UTH. Hence they probably have o idea on what the condtion of health care.
Honestly this buffonery has to end. Here is a country were $30 million is spent on HEARSES and yet important medi-care staff can’t be well renumerated…………….And you say you have a thiking, working goverment – what a sick joke
and u say RB for 2011 u will all die! abash RB n MMD u have failed us!!!
RB,RB,RB,You are shame ,everything is in a mess ,you enjoying yourself in cape town.your people needs you to sort out this issue.Moving up & down ngeshilu will cost you in 2011.
Preposterous!! This is what happens when a country has no Leader.
Now you can see how serous these nurses and docs have become hey? just give them what they want and wont have anyhting to worry about.
iye Mr Mangani are you sure? press your presido and if he does not act do as the British Ministers are doing resign on moral grounds to give support to the people u stand for. Dont just be brave to opposition if ever you are but be bold to fight within the rights of those people standing outside the hospital. its them who will always be there for u. RB is just a passing cloud that covers the sun for a short while. but life muchimunzi will continue. speak to do not fight the imaginary enemies. the only way to stop politicizing the issue is to move in and sort out the mess. if you dont want issue to be politicized device a strategy to curb them. Ala kabwalala is never clever. when the donar community walked out you bragged izo face it. mwaliba munabela akufa nimasoka
nothing new
Let people die so that we start puting into full use those expensive rimos that our dear Tetamalilo purchased for us
# 22 King Cobra you have apparently said it all … in a nut shell.
I think Zambians should use the “Madagascar Formula”. This has become unbearable.
I support strikes but this one I do not support. I blame the government of RB. Please look after the workers.
A bill to impeach Rupiah and shambolic goverment should be tabled in parliament and if there any patriots left on Manda Hill they should support it.
This govt’s incompetency is frightening, they will be nothing of a country left if we wait for 2011.
#26 i agree with u ,Madagascar formula eilefwaikwa 2011 is too far.aya sana Banda
A bill to impeach Rupiah wuth this his shambolic goverment, should be tabled in parliament and if there any patriots left on Manda Hill they should support it.
This govt’s incompetency is frightening, they will be nothing of a country left if we wait for 2011.
# 26 WERRASON, I am tempted to think in your lines . The young shall rule .
This all mess is a matter of choice. Who are RB’s advisers kanshi? Such problems just keep on increasing. The more you keep quiet the more the situation worsens. RB please do you understand what led to the orange revolution in Ukrain. Your execellence, please sit down and find a solution. I sense danger slowly creeping in. Oooooh! I get it now, why did i take long to see this? MMmmmm, The Hearses, Bought in big numbers so that they can fiery victims of this strike at the hospitals. Splendid!!! ladies and gentlemen, we have a genious president. a strategist for that matter.
GRZ is run by civil servants. when these pipo down tools, the entire GRZ is crippled. Shikapwasha is busy puking sh!t every time he opens his highly stinky mouth. The horrible Monister has now seen the true reflection of the problem. Where the MandaMandas planned for this purpose imwe bantu??? We are in trouble. WE ASK RB TO GO FOR ANOTHER RETREAT AND NEVER COME BACK PLEASE. DO PLANES CRASH IN AFRICA I WONDER? KEEP FLYING AROUND AND YOU WILL MEET THE ….ONE DAY
Ici moona Shikapwasha,How has your friend noticed that there is a prblem? Icimoona nakabili iwee ci monister!!
#33 Splendid idea/thought you have like # 32 equally. Even from basic knowledge what is the definition of government ?
I AM RECOVERING FROM MALARIA AS I BLOG.I PAID K156,000 YESTERDAY TO GET MEDICAL ATTENTION AT A PRIVATE CLINIC.I WORK IN A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT AND I’LL CLAIM A REFUND.WHAT ABOUT THE POOR MAID WHO WORKS FOR ME?WHERE DOES SHE GO WHEN SHE GETS ILL.MMD HAS MESSED UP ZAMBIA AND IF WE DONT WAKE UP AND GET RID OF IT WE WILL BE IN THIS MESS FOR KEEPS.MMD IS A DEMON THAT NEEDS PRAYER AND FASTING TO CAST OUT:A GOOD STRATEGY!UNITE PEOPLE AND BRING THIS EVIL ERA TO AN END!
Mr Mangani tell them were you stand as gvt. Pleading will not sort out anything. You are behaving like that former southern province minister who was crying at a certain mine instead of her giving the way forward.
Makes you wonder why these same government are the first to complain when health workers leave UTH for greener pastures abroad. I just wish these ministers would have integrity to take a pay cut and use the money to help the salary increments.
This is sad!!!!Government you attend to the needs of these hard working citizens.Really they are the engine that drives the country’s development.Don’t you people in the government know that this how they get motivated?Wake up my government and together we move the economy forward!!
Hi Miss Daisy,hwzt? longtime.
Do not worry folks, RB will sort it out.
hmmmm…….. they saw this coming, no wonder they brought us those hearses
#2 China i dont think RB is ever told the truth by his sycophants.I mean if they can try to hide from the nation the issue of the strikes which are common knowledge even to the blind can they tell our Tourist in SA the true state of the nation.Dont u see how he moves around with a broad smile.Comming to hiding info why do we continue paying TV licence fees?
Go to the remotest place in Zambia , two institutions you would find ,a school and a health post. Teachers trained/ un trained and Nurses trained /untrained . Give them their dues RB.
Selfish desires are burning like fires among those who hoard the gold.As they continue to keep the people asleep and the truth from being told.Politics and greed keep the people in need from getting what’s rightfully theirs.Cheating, stealin and double dealing
as they exploit the peoples fears.Ay yo times are critical, the screen reads unstable,strikes everywhere.My peeps in zambia are like ‘release steam!’ but I seem unable,I trip on microchips and ponder transponders and feel the radio waves and satellites upon us.I Zoom on the earth, zoom on Africa
Zoom on zambia, zoom on the youth on the streets,hunger and anger is all I see,the truth is there is no hope for the future if there is no hope for the youth.Understand that government and industry’s the catalyst.
A battle was lost but quiet war still wages,politicians engage us, like potential bigamists.This storm I will weather till the weather gets warm,I work for victory though I’m taught by history. And ignorance as a status symbol makes no sense to me,I speak especially to kids of the pyramids built with the symmetry,raw gets the energy.Enemies throw me off the path that friendlies show me,I levitate and watch the demons gearing up below me,If you let out a bullet it may let out a virus.I question ma self then,who shall truly rule us as moses was to Israel.
A battle was lost but quiet war still wages,politicians engage us, like potential bigamists.This storm I will weather till the weather gets warm,I work for victory though I’m taught by history. And ignorance as a status symbol makes no sense to me,I speak especially to kids of the pyramids built with the symmetry.
God help our dear president his excellence RB banda,knowing that its you who appointed him to lead us,give him more wisdom and leadership skills,more life and energy till we make zambia a better place.Amen
Life is a test many quest the universe
And through my research, I felt the joy and the hurt
The first shall be last and the last shall be first
Ghost dog great thinking. Would you change your name for my liking?
Can`t wait to see Bill Gates being last! Makes one laugh! How about that Mexican, the worlds richest man! I wait to see him being last. lol! Dreams! Roll on 2011.
Yo, wasup wise?changeing it to what?……Any suggestions?
Life is a teacher not a test in my quest of it there are corrections to be made I had , lessons learned the hard way
#51 chiluba was first but now he is almost heading to the last place.Those words were spoken by our Lord jesus christ,get your minds right bro, I didn invent them.
Ghost dog something like Daniel, Angel / Gabriel/ Jesus.What do you think bro
bro let me get some food yah Ghost dog
Hahahahahaha …..now you are tripping?How can you call yaself Jesus,its like using the name of the lord in vain.
Ghost means spirit
Dog means a Young black Male that likes and cherishes women.(Like a Dog likes B!tchies (female dogs)
So in short Ghost Dog means spirit of a young black male.
May be I go digital smoke then
Yo wise,am hungry too,let me get some too,later bro
As far as Rupiah Banda is concerned it is more impotrant for him to go to his village in Gwanda and go globe-trotting elsewhere than to visit Zambian district to listen to the people and see the suffering they go through day in and day out. The country is in a crisis and he needs to home to address the various issues affecting the people. I have never heard of a head of state that leaves the country to attend meetings when people are crying for help. This man will never listen. Zambian presidents are all the same when it comes to globe- trotting but Rupiah is the worst monster.
Chiluba is a simple man. A certain President who ruined a certain country called Zambian. LPM came along and corrected things, Rb is making it even better. Roll on 2011.
Zambia! RB!
Ghost? spirit .Back man reading and seeing comments ,am enjoying Chinese meal closer to home meal .
This MMD government is cracking.. And with this unholy and ill-intended UPND/PF Pact, the government has to attend to this problem immediately. The Pact was formed in self interest so that HH/Sata can also loot. People should NEVER forget Sata is no different from MMD, he was just left on the other side of the fence, and HH illicitly used ZPA to enrich himself- for anyone interested dig deeper into HH’s past.. Mark my word the PF/UPND pact will now taunt the civil servants so government can collapse.
ministers are busy fattening their salaries whilst the bwezani administration is turning a blind eye on civil servants,pathetic and selfish if u ask me
bwezani administration is only improving their own lives
Union leaders and government have agreed on 15% salary increment says Shifimofimo when he is preparing to get 350 million mid term gratuity. These guys are not serious.
What can be the use of old bones but , to become mature crops will grow from there and feed the nation . RB , Nyama soya and them all .
How about a bit of respect for RB please?
Who decided on the name Nyama Soya, RB . ? Who called Sata king cobra ? MC Himself . What respect then , miss directed thinking.
Zambia is governed by demons! The MMD is government is full of vampires,they enjoy and steal at the expense of the the poor Zambian.People power should prevail to remove this evill they call MMD government from power.Strikers,I urge you to not go back to work till this government pays you an economic wage (sorry that people will die) but for once let change come to Zambia.You have been abused and taken for granted for far too long.Strikes helped bring down APARTHIED.I remember in the Copperbelt when I was a kid, striking miners beat anyone going back to work before their demands were met,Kaunda dreaded strikes from the Copperbelt.Chiluba may have been a corrupt president but he surely was a great UNION movement leader and even faced jail,not the cowards we have now,paid by MMD.
Hey guys let’s provide solutions to this crisis our leader has, at least for now. Then if he does not implement according to our advice then we can start thinking of other ways. It’s too early i suppose to keep criticising all the time. We need to take a new roots of politics as the old ones have failed us many times. We were always criticising KK, FTJ, LPM and now RB without providing solutions to them. This kind of mentality is very ancient and it’s of the 19th century. This is 21st century and it requires critical thinking especially from intellectuals. I certainly do not see any diference between old saiko mata the snake and u the intellectuals. I mean if we put our heads together and think, we can honestly come up with concrete answers and soultions.
Insulting the elderly can be a sign of growing up in a bad way. I stand to be corrected though!
Thought some one was calling RB Nyama Soya!
As a govt worker , I have provided solutions pertaining to MOH on this blog .I have done very well according to my rating ,can I hear other Ministries .
Yes Peter # 72 i totally agree with u. We must respect God given leadership. RB was just a farmer and God kept him for us knowing very well that he will one day be our leader. And if he dishone us then only God will decide which other leader He is going to give us. Satana has failed to go through so many times and even his relative FTJ could not allow him to rule Zambia and am sure that it was through God that FTJ refused. U see, guys God works through people and He (God) loves everyone. Who is satana not to recognise other provinces, three provinces for that matter which are full of God’s own people. So maybe God wants him to change his attitude about these provinces first as He (God) regards everyone equal. satana has a system mind failure and at one time i told him off at Northmead.
During the 2008 campaigns what was the slogan for RB? who is going to cook nshima ? Ni Banda , what relish Nyama soya?
1st Commander Who is talking about Idi Sata? I do not like people insulting my president, your president RB!
Great wiseman fimofimo # 74. that is the spirit, the spirit of mutual respect and corporation. we all need to do that and show these seat warmers that there is a new crop of the 21st century coming and they have to start thinking twice. Solutions if constantly coming from others could also be a great challenge to a person holding the chair. I know many pipo who ve never worked b4 may not understand this concept. Pls RB is an old man and need to constantly provide him with great solutions so that he realises he not suppose to stay there for long and willing give power to a young to an intellectual vested with politics of the 21st century. this is just one strategy we could use. Obama did exactly what am saying to George Bush the dull chap. Insults will not make RB give power anyhow.
Ist commander well read your thoughts and comment ,yet what is your summary . US President is 47 ours 72 . strange than fiction . Am 36 I do not know how old you are ?
The fact is RB is the president. Hate him or love him. Thank God we have him. Sata Idi would have taken us backwards, the less said about tribalism and UPND the better. I know where my vote will be in 2011.
Aha UPND cadres will huff and puff about age! The fact is 44 year olds in Zambia are all on ARVs.
We need to come up with solutions. There is a crisis back home PERIOD. Let’s see the really intellectuals here and i will be recording the solutions so much so thst if LT won’t send them to RB we will have to find a way for the solutions to reach him, it’s that simple. He is our President and must somehow accept our views (solutions) to the many challenges he is facing. SOLUTIONS PLEASE…and pettiness out off our minds pls.
Ist commander # 82 .first things first . Does the head of state need to travel when there is an indaba /crisis in the Republic? Teachers and nursers on strike ?
Arm chair politicians. If this is anything to go by, the BNP would be in power now! lol!
Why do we write ? We were simply taught by teachers from nursery to University level.
UPND cadres have to realise and accept RB is their president and will be for some time. God willing he will be their president upto 2021! Yes you heard right-2021! Cry and it will get better!
The doctor will prescribe ,meanwhile a nurse will be by the bed side . How very strange ,ask morning side clinic clients in south Africa namely .
I like the British style. One doesn`t need to be a graduate to be able to write. Reason every child in the UK should have GCSEs. My president RB is looking into this and very soon we are going to abolish exams upto GCSEs. Yet again cry UPND cadres.
Peter Wakulubemba Uko Tucindika Abakalamba.
I have nothing to say on this thread,but Iam forced to say that your username on LT is powerful.Goodnight.
if it were not for Eva , Adam would not have sinned. If it were not for Maureen LMP would not have died . if it would not have been for selfish MMD cadres Zambia would prosper, make my words .The young shall rule
Touched a nerve there. One that keeps prying and might soon be visited by the police! Did you hear about the boy in the UK who is being extradited to the US?
Do I care for I speak the truth nothing but the truth. No one touches the anointed.
Ohh my God, u talk about crisis back home and yet u diviate to pettiness. So far no solutions from the intellectuals and this is how low we have been reduced. Solutions to crisis of nature are a must and the type of solutions one gives defines him/her. There is no difference between those stting by watching whilst in power and u who can’t provide any solutions. I’m so amuzed some of u still think satana will rule,how can satana honestly rule Zambia without three provinces? the man does not recognise Northwestern,Southern, Western and in fact even Central province, this to me including some wise blind pipo is a big joke. Kindly 4get about satan and concentrate on solution provision for our crisis back home.
though unfortunate it is not the first time the country is facing strike action. as happened many times in the past the problem will be resolved. and rb’s men are working round the clock to resolve the problem, what better leadership do you want than one which delegates? even if rb was around did you expect that he would be visiting uth and ndola central hospital addressing striking nurses? think with your heads guys!
Bonite all.
Striking civil servants, please dont go back to work. Like ministers they have wives so do you, they have husbands so do you, they have childre so do you, they have orphans so do you. Therefore there must be equity and equality salaries. Misters will soon b geting 1/2 billion just after two years which you as civil servants cant get after 35 years of service. They also have free vehicle, house, electricity and they send all their children to european, american and Austrialian schools., while your children have continued suffering. ALA INSANSA KUCHINJANYA. so dont go back to work. If you go back ala nkesa milopola.
Less talk #93 keep it up. The President is on duty and as shown great maturity by delegating to other pipo. It actually shows that he is not mr i know everything like satana the snake.
# 95 don’t u think your suggestions would simply worsen the situation. Look this is a crisis situation and lives are being lost in hospitals. Pls provide better solutions.
97… your govnt is so selfish. They must lead by example but since there is no leader in this govnt they cant. Yes i am sory for what ever deaths are occuring, but remember that no good thing come without death. Jesus chrst our Lord had to die for the good of you and me. One more thing you must remember is that a Minister is not more important than any civil servant. All want good life as they waite for death. thus each should have a good salary period.
I was operating in the theartre then suddenly realised i was working alone coz all the nurses left the operatin table for a protest outside. At least i managed to save a life but the next one died.
Mangani, you are barking up the wrong tree, as usual. Go and bark up your boss’s a@s*s instead and stop this cr*p!
The Post have stolen our word ‘Nyama soya’, itsprotein soya feeds. A very good supplement for poor settings but the post have demonised it to mean bad politicians. I thought the media are suppose to help good causes such as the fight agains malnutrition.
The Post have stolen our word ‘Nyama soya’, itsprotein soya feeds. A very good supplement for poor settings but the post have demonised it to mean bad politicians. I thought the media are suppose to help good causes such as the fight agains malnutrition
By now, everyone should know that RB is NOT a Zambian. He clearly and openly demonstrated that he is a Zimbabwean national and even went to unvail to “sleeping” Zambians his birth place in Southern Rhodesia. As if that is not enough, he has clearly shown in his actions, words and attitude towards his duties that he is not patriotic to Zambia. His country (Zimbabwe) just had the worst economic meltdown in the history of mankind. RB wouldn’t surely want Zambia to do better than his country. Now, every patriotic Zambian should know that RB is aiming to finish Zambia off; he is simply an economic terrorist! Get rid of him soonest before he brings the country to its knees! Let him go back to his village in Zimbabwe.
RB SHOULDE GO BACK HOME THIS IS A STATE OF EMERGENCY IF HE DOES NOT THINK IT IS THAN I DONT KNOW WHAT HE THINKS IT IS………………….
Put the Hearses to work now.
Sometimes you really wonder what goes on inside the MMD cabinet. Any president who employs Tetamalilo as his mouth piece has to havce something deadly wrong upstairs.
When you have ministers like Tetamalilo who think there are virtues to be proud of in “bu nchelelako, sangwapo, ndisebanthu “etc, then you have real problems. Teta’s stoogery seems to know no limits, he reminds me of the current ambassador to China whose boot licking acrobatics were legendary that Levy’s black shoe polish even rubbed off and came to stay on his forehead.
Munshebwa aile namafi kubuko, for this is what befalls a self proclaimed genius! Listen to people’s free advise. Government when shall you listen to us whom you purpot to be masters only during elections!!!!
People don’t learn. Even in 2011, they will be given sugar and mealie meal and chitenge and they will forget all this and will vote for wrong people.
THINGS FALL APART IN ZAMBIA. THE PRESIDENT APPOINTS MINISTERS TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS BUT IT APPEARS THE APPOINTEES HAVE GROWN COLD FEET. THEY CANT ADDRESS SERIOUS MATTERS AT HAND. ALL MANGANI LAMECK CAN AFFORD TO SAY IS THE SITUATION AT UTH & OTHER HEALTH CENTRES IS WORRYSOME. THAT IS AN INDIRECT ADMISSION OF THEIR FAILURES. THEY ARE NOW SHIFTING THE BALME TO OPPOSITION PARTIES LIKE PF & UPND. THATS A JOKE. EVEN FACED WITH PACT BETWEEN PF & UPND AS A FORCE TO RECKON WITH THEY GUYS ARE DISMISSING SUCH AS MERE POLITICAL JOKE. THEY LACK SERIOUS ANALYSIS OF THE VOTES THE 2 PARTIES WERE SPILITING INSTEAD THEY ARE BURYING THEIR GREY HEADS IN THE SAND. THE PACT IS SERIOUS THREAT TO MMD WINNING 2011 ELECTIONS BUT THEY HAVE BECOME BLIND SEATING IN OFFICES AND DRIVING AROUND. WAIT AND SEE
#110, Who are the correct pipo? Please give details
The MMD should not dismiss the Pact between PF & UPND or UNITED PATROITIC FRONT as mere politiking. It should term the pact as POLITICAL STORM that will carry the clock in the boat that will be captained by either Sata or Hichilema. With strikes by public service workers coupled with mismanagement of public resources and lack of transparency by the general MMD leadership and top civil servants. It will be difficult for MMD to ask for another mandate from the Zambians to a fith term to rule Zambia. They have lamentably failed and have instead consigned themselves to self denial. They need to restructure themselves and rid some of them who are practising politics of 1950-1970s. There is need for real change. Change that will benefit every citizen inrespect of color, religion, tribe etc.
#26 Madagscar formular is not the right prescription for Zambian politics. Ours is through the P/BOX. If that was the case PF would have invoked that in 2006 & 2008 but the BIG Man King Cobra avoided exposing pipo to over excited state agents who spill blood in the name of protecting the ruling class from being overthrown by the masses. Voting in and out of office political parties is the best formular. When there is political choas there are no winners. The previous President in Madagscar outed the other man with military backing but when their interest were threatened they turned against him. Even the current guy the military will sooner than later turn against him. In fact when a political party gets into office using backing from defence forces there is a danger of changing leaders.
The masses will rise against the thieving ruling class. Time is coming & it is coming soon, all thieving MMD leaders will be held answerable & liable for all their illicit wealth. Mark my words