President Rupiah Banda has explained that the 15 per cent salary increment for public service workers would affect this year’s gross domestic product (GDP).
In this year’s K10.6 trillion budget, parliament approved K5.1 trillion, which translates into 47.6 per cent of the budget, for personal emoluments.
President Banda said government had only budgeted for an 11 per cent salary increment for public service workers this year.
He said the 15 per cent salary increment was therefore above the 11 per cent that was budgeted for salary increments for civil servants this year.
Recently, the country experienced a spate of industrial unrest when public service workers around the country, mainly in the health and education sectors, demanded a salary increment and an increase in other allowances.
“The unions rejected the programmed salary increment of 11 per cent and settled for a minimum of 15 per cent increment which translated to 48.9 per cent of the K10.6 trillion domestic revenues,” he said.
He said this has pushed up the expenditure on personal emoluments from K5.1 trillion (47.6%) to K5.2 trillion, resulting into an increase of K145.3 billion over the prepared total budget.[quote]
Mr. Banda said this additional amount would have to be sourced by reducing expenditure and by suspending other programmes.
“This will negatively affect the implementation of other government programmes,” he said.
He further explained that the current wage bill means that 50 per cent of government domestic revenues are spent on one per cent of the population. The one per cent of the Zambia’s population is 170,000 people.
“As Zambians, we must take the decision as to whether spending half of the budget on this small number of people is right or justified,” he said.
He added that “If 50 per cent of the domestic revenues is spent on personal emoluments, how then do we provide other necessities, the social and economic infrastructure including roads, hospitals, schools and energy, defence and security, which are critical to economic growth and poverty reduction”.
President Banda appealed to the striking nurses and other health sector workers to return to work.
Nurses have refused to return to work until their demands for an increase in their uniform and night duty allowances and an introduction of risk allowance are paid.
“May I appeal to our workers to be sensitive to the economic reality that this country is facing. You may want to learn from other countries, such as Ireland where workers are taking salary cuts as a result of the global economic crisis,” he said.
He also cited the British Airways employees who have agreed to forego a month’s salary to help the company, as one other example Zambians should take.
“That is the kind of attitude we need to inculcate in our people, including myself as President and ministers,” he emphasized.
Meanwhile, President Banda has constituted a salaries and wages commission that would look into the current structure of the wages and salaries in the public sector,” he said.
He has appointed Professor Muyunda Mwanalushi as Chairperson of the Commission, whose other members would be announced in due course.
ZANIS
any this is somehow true
**** RB! You are the one who just increased the perks and allowances for yourself and your fellow minions (ministers) to suck the national treasury dry. *****, don’t you ever insult people’s intelligence! People protested heavily against the salary increments you gave yourself but all you could do was give crap excuses.
Show us the way Mr. President. Forgo a few of your benefits and just maybe we may respond to your call for us to make a few sacrifices too. Oh and have your greedy ministers follow suit, starting with trimming down some of those ridiculously hefty gratuities.
Did he think about this when he was signing increaments for himself and ministers. Is it being selfish or simply dull?
RB needs to tell the nation how much it costs the tax payer to maintain one Minister who also has a constituency – The real cost of housing, 6 vehicles, insurance, fuel and maintenance, allowances, salary, phone bills including mobiles, tax free loans, fake gratuities, servants allowances, children’s education allowances plus his hefty salaty. How much does this add upto? Can he comapre the cost of maintaining the 90+ non-functional ministers to the salaries and allowances for civil servants? This man must be senile. Pay your ministers a fixed sum and let them choose what car to drive, where to live and send their children to School . That will save Zambians trillions of kwacha in a year. Think and learn old man!!!
Good, but seriously look into: stopping the sending of sick senior GRZ people to South African for treatment as this trend makes us Zambians look useless and as failures — even when our good doctors trained in Zed are among the best in the whole world. This sad trend of sending people for specialist treatment to South Africa must end as we are only enriching our South African friends with our small resource monies.
Sadly, the Holy Bible records that, “those who have more, more will be given unto them while those with little even the little they have will be taken away” a principle which seems to be working in the case of Zambia. So let us seek more and stop being dependents.
Have a blessed day you all and take careful care.
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he should sucrifice his salary and allowances as example. not forgetting the graduities to wait to next yrs budget. we see if the politicians can wait that long.
Spending 50% of local revenue translates to 40% going to President, Ministers and his Perm secs. The 10% goes to the rest. Why is he hiding to tell us that. He has said nothing constructive. Trivalised Major problems and inflated minor observations. Ebalida besu. He runs away from a crisis and blames the opposition and takes praise on little things that are insignificant.
if we had leadership, we wouldn’t need all these commissions which are useless and a drain on the meagre resources.
Its like the domestic revenues are only affected when increments are made to the salaries of civil servants and not when the MPs get there graturities.
Whats the point of building schools when you cant pay the teachers,may be buildings have started teaching.Equally whats the point of having hosipitals when you cant pay the medical personal.?
We know what has affected this year’s GDP…. the money you were dishing out during elections eg to Nevors Mumba, your charecter builders, to chiefs those sucks you were dragging. Dont cheat anyone.
RB is messed up.
As for “Mr. Banda said this additional amount would have to be sourced by reducing expenditure and by suspending other programmes. “This will negatively affect the implementation of other government programmes,” he said.” How much tax are you going to with salary increment?
On ““May I appeal to our workers to be sensitive to the economic reality that this country is facing. You may want to learn from other countries, such as Ireland where workers are taking salary cuts as a result of the global economic crisis,” he said” and ““That is the kind of attitude we need to inculcate in our people, including myself as President and ministers,” he emphasized“, good but you as our leader needs to lead by example.
President HH had promised to forgo…
Let him and his henchmen forgo their hefty paychecks for a month. Let them lead by example.
You will remember the maize you donated to zimbabwe,hard times are coming ahead!!
Continuing on ““That is the kind of attitude we need to inculcate in our people, including myself as President and ministers,” he emphasized“, good but you as our leader needs to lead by example.
President HH had promised to forgo his salary of President of Zambia should he have been elected — and even give it to the vulnerable.
Such is what we expect to see from you Mr President RB Banda as our servant and not master.
You job is not to enjoy, by touring the parts of the world you will manage to, but to make sure that Zambians have first priority in good things before you get scuh as a servant. I learnt this from my 60 something year old mother who was always the last one to eat when she prepared a meal for our family — even if the remains were little.
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The more I listen to RB speak, the more it pisses me off that this guy is actually the presido of mother Zambia. I find it hard to believe that the vast majority of Zambians approve of this chap. Fellow Zambians, I beseech you, lets vote wisely come 2011. And if these thugs cheat their way back into plot 1, then its time for a revolution. I’m not advocating violence here; I’m refering to peaceful civil disobedience as modeled by the likes of Mahatma Gandhi.
Uyu muntu ati bweza kumbuyo maningi futi.
RB is a wicked little man. May the sun shine brighter to light up the darkness in his soul.
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Please, Mr President led by example together with your MPs, who must forgo their midterm gratuity. This is the way fair leaders would act in the face of a global economic crisi/es.
I will now relax and see if I can listen to ilyashi lya pano nsondo by ba-George Mubanga on ZNBC Radio One through Coppernet solutions.
Have a blessed day y<ou all.
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45 years after Independence look at Zambia,it´s a total shame,the Country needs a complete Leadership overhaul,we a need a visionary Leader who is self-driven,and who fully understands the huge challenges the Country is facing and has the character to lead .Zambia is slowly hearding towards the drain
is he normal?
When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom.
there is a very big problem in Zambia, we need somebody news with news ideas. we need new school not old school like Sata or like RB. These leaders not even think about other peoples’ feelings. BLoggers are you proud to be Zambian? can someone please yes ? Am worried about my future and the future of my kids.
17. CyberZambian and Kalos2000 are true patriots as I am a patriot. When thugs besiege your government, you don’t just sit back and watch. Sometimes you have to sink as low as them to remove them before they ruin your economy. This is why open criticism from the opposition should not be hushed, even if it sounds insulting, people are simply disgusted.
Come 2011, the Rejected Ballot will be booted out by the electorate. S!ck and tired of this bullshIt.
Prepare for hard times ahead.
#22. supergirl
The answer is No.
Rupiah –
1. Cut down on your travel and how many chola boys you bring with you. No one can do anything to you, you are not worth zit! so if you need to travel just go by yourself with a travel bag.
2. Find a better solution for dealing with plunderers, tribunals cost money. e.g. – slap Permanent bandit, Miti and he will confess. Same thing with Kapoko – slaps and waterboarding.
3. You and Thandie should stop sending gifts to Namibia. Everyone knows that Zambia is poor. They will not hold it against you if you don’t send anything.
I will have more suggestions later.
Yes RB you are right. Zambians are peaceful lso you can do any thing they cant react. Let them sucrifice together with their children while you and your children are in milk and honey. Let them die while you and your Ministers go to SA. Zambians deserve such treatment from you coz they are peacefull. But remember that 2011 is arround the corner, there shall be REVOLUTION IN ZAMBIA which the world has never seen.
Mr President, you are the same age as my grandpa and I will respect you but please you are really insulting our intelligence.You say if you spend 50% of domestic revenue on salaries you won’t have money for roads schools hospitals etc Problem is which roads ,schools ,hospitals are you talking about?Zambian roads are a sorry site and have you ever stepped in UTH? When was the last time the govt ever spent real money in these sectors.If you want to cut spending get rid of deputy ministers,reduce the number of cabinet ministers,stop sending politicians to SA for medical treatment and stop travelling abroad every month.If you did all this many people would indeed support you. As it is that monkey summed up what most intelligent Zambians think!
24 ?ox greetings and on your “BLoggers are you proud to be Zambian? can someone please yes ?“, Yes, I am proud to be Zambian.
However, I will be more proud if we shall appreciate educated leaders to lead GRZ and fill our Parliament.
The time for experiments with illiterates and semi-illiterates being President of Zambia and MPs must end now so that the Zambian generation that has been to school and have exposure in working with 21st Century systems can lead Zambia to greater heights.
Interesting enough, the 2011 elections present Zambians with a real opportunity to start developing in a real positive way.
Have a blessed day you all.
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On one of the online papers, a headline says: “I do not need permission from opposition, students to appoint Dora”
This transitional president is an arrogant and very stubborn piece of work. Don’t forget that some of those students are wiser than you Rat Bandit. Some of them even blindly voted your @SS into office. If people see you erring there’s nothing wrong in them correcting you.
So how dare you come out uttering nonsense with such impudence. Total shame this transitional president.
It’s important to think before saying something. How are the employees of british airways going to pay their bills? Did president Banda and his advisors think this one over or is he trying to be a copycat? To build a kingdom, a wise leader will always surround himself with wise men and women.
Anyone out there seeking a clear understanding of the President Rupiah Banda’s frame of mind in conducting the affairs of state, you only have to examine his very opening sentence of his prepared speech at his press conference today: “It is now just about eight months since I took over as president of Zambia”. Here is a man who believes that he “took over” as president of Zambia as opposed to being “elected” as president. That’s the mentality with which he approaches his leadership of the country today.
As on “He further explained that the current wage bill means that 50 per cent of government domestic revenues are spent on one per cent of the population. The one per cent of the Zambia’s population is 170,000 people“, what plan Mr President and you Administration do you have to make sure the the employment levels of 12 million Zambians are boosted to at-least 4 million formal jobs. Such job creation has a potential of incrasing your tax collection base Mr President.
These are issues I would like to read from your MMD GRZ instead of bickering and insulting with the POST tabloid and the opposition.
Have a blessed day you all.
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The only thing our Zambian politicians Learn from History is Nothing.How can Leaders live in so much weathy like I found out when I was in Zambia recently and go to bed with a clean conscious,when they ignore the plight of a nurse strugling to feed her child.Why can´t they learn from our neighbouring counter-parts in Namibia and Bostwana
RB is likly to set up another Commission to look at the findings of that the salaries Commission will make. Drama will continue
This is just a slide show, prepare for the real event.
Commissions, commissions, and more commissions!! Any president can set up a commission but not every leader can come up with concrete solutions—and RB seems to fall in the second category of leaders. Setting up commissions is a way of dogging an issue. People are looking up to you Mr. Pres for solutions, and not more commissions. Asking starving civil servants to emulate British Airways employees is simply a smoke screen. British Airways employees are very well paid even without any salary increments in the near future, they will do just fine; thank you!! Your responsibility is to the Zambian workers who have been asked to tighten their belts for far too long. And yet, you fly yourselves out of the country even for the simplest of medical procedures. Animal Farm syndrome aint right, Sir!
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Hier falzen und abtrennen !
u people are actin so dull ur comments r pathetic these problems of civil servants striking have always been around even before rb ws president zambia is poor instead of u people jst sitin on ur asses nd postin silly coments cum bck home nd develop ur country sha!
Colleagues, all i would want to say is lets boot out MMD & RBB business come 2011 coz i see zambia sinking to the Abyss zone with these people.God help Zambia!!!!
1% of the population enables Z to have free hospital services and keeps 100% of Z healthy. Surely, we should reward them. They are a productive sector which we can actually measure their results. Do not forget the hand that feeds you in this case do not forget the people who look after Z people in hospital. Imported S African and Chineese doctors are expensive. We should avoid brain drain in the health sector. This 1% should be built houses which they can live in. Free rent helps their budget make it good areas like govt officials. This 1% popln should not be taxed, This 1% of doctors should be given free cars. Please look after this 1% population as well as they look after our health system and 100% population
Guys 15% aside, is what they would be getting now enough?
If this man was president of a developed nation, these words would cost his party.
FAKE MPS DRIVE POSH CAR WHICH AN AVERAGE ZAMBIAN CANNOT AFFORD KANOFYE PENSION.YOU TALK A ABOUT SACRIFICE WE HEALTH WORKERS WE SLEEP NENSALA SURELY CAN WE,WHILE YOU ENJOY? WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR STRIKE
Govnt pls could give what the people need. you wanted allowance raise; you got the. The people NEED this 15%. Its a drop in the ocean.
“Everyone considered him the coward of the county…Sometimes you gotta fight when you’re a man.” K Rodgers
#40 MAESTRO, AS I SEE IT, PERHAPS THE GREATEST MISTAKE THAT WAS MADE, WAS CHILUBA CHANGING OUR CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW THE PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA TO BE ELECTED ON SIMPLE MAJORITY. MOST OF THE POSTINGS ARE BASED ON FRUSTRATION THAT THEIR PREFERRED CANDIDATE NEVER WAS THE ELECTION AND THESE WERE THE MAJORITY IN THE ELECTION. AS A RESULT MOST CONTRIBUTORS HAVE SUSPENDED LOGIC AND GONE FOR BITTERNESS. THIS BITTERNESS IS NOT GOOD IN THE LONG TERM AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE SOMUCH POLARISATION THAT THE COUNTRY MAY DESCEND INTO VIOLENCE. OUR DIASPORA CAN NOT SHOW PATRIOTISM. THEY BLAME POLITICAL LEADERS FOR THEIR EXILE AND POWERLESSNESS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THEY BLAME THEIR COUNTRY’S LEADERS FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC MELT DOWN AND PRAISE OBAMA AND AMERICAN LEADERS WHEN THEY KNOW THOSE SAME
49 ba-NKOLE WA MAPEMBWE UMFWE MILANDU great stuff from you on “ #40 MAESTRO, AS I SEE IT, PERHAPS THE GREATEST MISTAKE THAT WAS MADE, WAS CHILUBA CHANGING OUR CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW THE PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA TO BE ELECTED ON SIMPLE MAJORITY. This is why I would like to read news about a special interview featuring former President Chiluba FTJ following his hindsight look at the 1991 — 2001 rule in particular and how Zambia has been run from the KK time through to now in general.
Certainly, the “MOST OF THE POSTINGS ARE BASED ON FRUSTRATION THAT THEIR PREFERRED CANDIDATE NEVER WAS THE ELECTION AND THESE WERE THE MAJORITY IN THE ELECTION” is true and sad enough most of the diaspora bloggers may be doing odd jobs and hence their anger.
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Why post crap on here? I mean this site is for Zambians why would one post something they can not read?
Viva MMD!
WHEN THEY KNOW THOSE SAME AMERICAN LEADERS CAUSED THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT HAS IMPOVERISHED SO MANY INNOCENTS IN THE WORLD’S POOR COUNTRIES. OUR DIASPORA CAN NOT BLAME BUSH OR THE EUROPEANS BECAUSE THEY ENVY THEM BUT THEY FEEL GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR SANCTUARY. IF THE CONSTTITUTION CHANGES AND THE 50% +1 IS REQUIRED FOR A PRESIDENT TO BE ELECTED, OUR DIASPORA WILL INSULT THE PRESIDENT ELECTED AND INSULT THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE FOR ELECTING THAT PRESIDENT. NO PRESIDENT ELECTED WILL PERFORM MIRACLES. THE PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT ARE REAL AND CAN NOT BE WISHED AWAY. HOWEVER IF WE DO NOT ELECT SOME FOOL WHO WILL DESTROY MACRO ECONOMIC STABILITYAND TURN US INTO ANOTHER ZIMBABWE, OUR ECONOMY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND SOONER OR LATER “WE WILL OVER COME”.
postings in #40 should read:
Please open this envelope only personally and make sure that the secret number is not disclosed to third parties. We recommend for safety reasons, that the telephone PIN from time to time be amended.
Its like my brother Maestro has just bought a phone,congratulations!
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While nothing is wrong with that type of doing things, the shame of coming home chinkwa maanza (without anything) is evening exercerbating the problem.
On your “AS A RESULT MOST CONTRIBUTORS HAVE SUSPENDED LOGIC AND GONE FOR BITTERNESS. THIS BITTERNESS IS NOT GOOD IN THE LONG TERM AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE SOMUCH POLARISATION THAT THE COUNTRY MAY DESCEND INTO VIOLENCE. OUR DIASPORA CAN NOT SHOW PATRIOTISM. THEY BLAME POLITICAL LEADERS FOR THEIR EXILE AND POWERLESSNESS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.” This explains why most bloggers insult so much. The involved even confuse truth for hatred. Imagine!
We need to encourage all those that are 2nd class citizens to come back home.
Soccer lovers – USA 2 – 0 Spain.
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55 continued.
We need to encourage all those that are 2nd class citizens to come back home or is it to go back home.
We truly need real Zambian Patriots and a sitting President must be number one Patriot. I just wish President RB Banda will help the Health Sector to be among the best in Africa.
To write you all the truth, Zambia is blessed to have a good working official language: Engish. Very few Nations across the world can boost of having such and it is time we utilised this advantage to make our Education and Health the best in Africa.
Take care and keep well ba-NKOLE ….
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54 Ghost dog greetings. On “Its like my brother Maestro has just bought a phone,congratulations!” thanks very much but it is Telephone Banking PINs for my new Deutch Bank Account which will be working until I leave Deutchland.
Be blessed.
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this RB is so dull. Does he think that the 170000 people earn only for themselves? that 170 000 has to be multiplied by 6 or 7 or even 10 to factor in family/extended family members. On top of that the selfish cabinet less than 50 people gave themselves a salary hike. Let RB lead by example-let him take a wage cut
If a Brit goes to Australia, they are second class citizens. If an American goes to Australia they are second class citizens. Racism obviously plays a part and it`s natural. Within Britain, the English are “racist” to say the Welsh and Irish-reason the Irish do not associate themselves with Britain. In Zambia the simple tribes come in. Something which shows even among some simple minded people on here.
Blacks are and will never be treated fairly. There is more racism in Zambia than there is in England.
Viva RB.
A challenge to the president: let him give us a ratio of senior civil servants and politicians in govt vis-a-vis ordinary civil servants. His analysis was quite simplistic. 50% revenue is about K6 trillion. Basic maths tells me that the 170,000 ordinary civil servants earn on average K5m each. Clearly this is not the case since most are earning about K1.5m each. The question tht arises then is, where is the rest of the money going? And the analysis you gave about Zamtel is the same at Zesco. So why are we rushing to increase tarrifs when the solution is making Zesco more efficient.
No one should ever expect to be comfortable on a government salary. Governments are not companies and there is no government that makes profit. China is touted as one but it oppresses almost a billion people to work as slaves producing goods for the west. How much is a nurse worth? How much is a doctor worth? Surely can entertaining people by kicking a leather covered ‘pig’s bladder’ (old footballs) more valuable than saving lives? Of course not. but great Kalu earned more than many a Zambian norse will ever dream of in Zambia. Hard manual work does not equate to wealth either. Millions who live on less than $1 a day work like donkeys in terms of energy spent. Zambians must learn to create wealth in other ways. Salaries can go up by 1000% and you will still be poor. Ask Zim.
No one should ever expect to be comfortable on a government salary. Governments are not companies and there is no government that makes profit. China is touted as one but it oppresses almost a billion people to work as slaves producing goods for the west. How much is a nurse worth? How much is a doctor worth? Surely can entertaining people by kicking a football more valuable than saving lives? Of course not. but great Kalu earned more than many a Zambian norse will ever dream of in Zambia. Hard manual work does not equate to wealth either. Millions who live on less than $1 a day work like donkeys in terms of energy spent. Zambians must learn to create wealth in other ways. Salaries can go up by 1000% and you will still be poor. Ask Zimbabweans
RB has to go!
Just concern, why are there Mwanawasa funeral songs being concomitantls played on ZNBC Radio 1 today right now?
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SOME PEOPLE WHO KNOW LITTLE HISTORY ADMIRE THE RECENT ECONOMIC SUCCESSES OF THE CHINESE. THE CHINESE MADE GIGANTIC MISTAKES IN THEIR EARLY YEARS AND SACRIFICED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THOSE MISTAKES. THE RUSSIANS MADE SIMILAR MISTAKES UNDER STALIN. ON BALANCE AND CONSIDERING OUR LACK OF EDUCATION IN 1964 WE ARE LUCKY WE DIDNT MESS UP OUR COUNTRY CONSIDERING WE HAD TO AIRLIFT FUEL AFTER UDI, BUILT A ROAD, A PIPILINE AND A RAILWAY TO THE NORTH. THE BEST OUR DIASPORA CAN DO IS TO SECURE CAPITAL AND BUILT HYDRO POWER STATIONS, SET UP PLANTATIONS AND BUILT HIGH TECH FACTORIES. ASKING FOR MIRACLES FROM POLITICIANS IS A WASTE OF TIME. THAT KIND OF THINKING IS FOR YOUNG GREEN UPSTARTS WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN VISTED BY REALITY.
RB we love you. Come 2011 you will be voted president again. Well done for speaking out against that man from down south. The tribalist.
Thanks maestro,so it seems you are here forever(Europe), as for me come 2010 am back in Zed (after 15years in diaspora).I go watch the world cup then cast my vote 2011.
67 Ghost dog, I am impressed with your CV for “2010 am back in Zed (after 15years in diaspora) is really good.
Well, I am only here for a while and may be home to participate in campaigns and voting in 2011 elections following your “Thanks maestro,so it seems you are here forever(Europe)“.
What I believe in is that I do not have to stay in a confined small room for a long time here in Europe when I can have a big house and a garden area outside if Iget beck to Zed and work hard in business like president HH. President HH’s money is increasing at a very impressive rate: 26 Billion (Oct. 2006), 40 Billion (Oct. 2008) and now (June 2009) 52 Billion according to some blogger KIZITO.
If HH is managing, why can’t I?
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And Teta is busy saying presidential cadidates should have at least a degree.Just look at his boss RB.Dull,Dull,Dull
65 NKOLE WA MAPEMBWE UMFWE MILANDU, once again your “THE BEST OUR DIASPORA CAN DO IS TO SECURE CAPITAL AND BUILT HYDRO POWER STATIONS, SET UP PLANTATIONS AND BUILT HIGH TECH FACTORIES. ASKING FOR MIRACLES FROM POLITICIANS IS A WASTE OF TIME. THAT KIND OF THINKING IS FOR YOUNG GREEN UPSTARTS WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN VISTED BY REALITY.” Is on the spot.
Zambians of all ages need to invest as much as they can. The power industry is a good start as energy is needed to drive the rest of the industrial and household activites.
However, high technology and science must not lag behind. Look at Israel, I was honestly impressed when my Israeli friend gave a presentation about his country. If I remember correctly Israel may be second to USA if not 1st in tech..
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However, high technology and science must not lag behind. Look at Israel, I was honestly impressed when my Israeli friend gave a presentation about his country. If I remember correctly Israel may be second to USA if not 1st in tech.. The ratio of educated people to the population must have been the highest in the world — according to my Israeli friend.
The shocking part is that even countries like Belgium which have hardly any natural resources have serious high tech.
In light of this, I can only encourage President RB Banda to make education a number one priority so that we as a nation can have knowledge through knowledge management as a resource.
The rest will be easy to fall back on is SME useful take root at home.
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Nkole and Maestro tesana
The President looks good
# 73, Is he your relative?
# 68 Habupampu (Maestro), you also and your HH, I honestly cannot see any difference between the relationship that exists between Tetamalilo and RB and the one between you and Prince Cobra. Such stoogery for someone who seems to have an education sucks. There is hardly an email you have pasted without mentioning Tthis HH of yours, please spare us the stupidity.
I just hope yesterday’s news conference has proven beyond doubt to all reasonable minded Zambians that Banda is the wrong chap for the job. Only recently, amidst a countrywide outcry, he hikeS his and cabinet renumerations. Now its the turn for nurses and suddenly there is no money. To be so dull, is this man on drugs or its a gift from god?
#73, ndiye kusiyana siyana kwa ma office! To most, he looks like an act out of Michael Jackson’s blockbusters, “Thriller”, or the beast in “Beauty and the Beast”. But to the Jamaco and the like, it’s “he looks good! Well, you must be blind in the PK Chishala extreme style.
N HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND TO MINISTERS N MP WHO ARE 0.001% OF THE POPULATION? BESIDES WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MONEY INTEDTED FOR ALL AFRICA MR PRESIDENT WALK THE WALK SIR DON’T PATRONIZE PIPO WITH MIND AND WORD GAMES.Unlike mp’s and ministers health sector is an income generating sector if u invest in it adequately in time you will yield the benefits how come private hospitals make so much money in zed? if the government should invest in health like a business improve facilities and services and pay the thousands of dollars to UTH instead of morningside then you will also be able to increase salaries of workers accordingly. HEALTH IS THE MOST FUNDED SECTOR IN GRZ THEREFORE IF NOT FOR SIPHONING OF ALL THAT MONEY FROM HEALTH SECTOR INVEST AND LATER IT WILL YIELD RESULTS .
RB shouldnt cry over spilt milk. USD 2million to RP Capital by dora. 27 billion stolen! Just pay the nurses the increment they deserve.Here are the cost cutting initiates Chi Banda should adopt; Stop going to south Africa for treatments you dull cheaps (government officials,) sack all those hopeless commissioners staffing those quangles,get the money loan edto Zambian Airways by DBZ, close the zamtrop account and finally transfer the Task force accounts from Tax heavens. ichimutwe iwe mbuya Banda. Those trips to West Africa by chi Banda will bring shame one day.
PLIZ ALLOW QUALIFIED STATISTICIANS TO SPEAK ON THIS SIR AS AN ECONOMIST I THINK U SHOULD HAVE BETTER MATH THAN THIS SIMPLE 1 PLUS 1. HOW MANY ZAMBIANS ARE FORMALLY EMPLOYED? ON AVERAGE HOW MANY PEOPLE DEPEND ON AN EMPLOYED PERSON? IF U DO YOUR MATHS WELL YOU ARE SPENDING THAT MONEY ON AT LEAST 20-30% OF THE POPULATION WHICH IS QUITE WELCOME BESIDES WHATS 6 TRILLION?ITS NOT OUR FAULT PIPO HAVE BEEN SQUANDERING PUBLIC FUNDS!!
We need an emergency , election before the country goes to slams , Honestly what RB has talked or explained is a piece of crap. which philosophy is he using.this is b-sh’t
The World Credit crush should not even affect Zambia. Who gets anything on credit in Zambia? Zambian workers need to get paid. The government can find the k 5.5 billion deficit by cutting down on the irrelevancy and also unneccesary travels as well as cutting down on corruption by cracking down on it. We also need to take care of the elderly because most of them are miserable as a result, our country is cursed. Zambia needs to curb the corruption also stop being a champion in the region by giving our little things to countries like Zimbabwe because the little dictator Robert Mugabe does not need help,
I was just thinking of what MMD chairperson for Barotseland Simasiku Namakando told Banda about the need to appoint one person from there if he is to be assured of their vote. Well, 7 VPs in 18 years (including such useless ones like Mumba and Kunda), this chap has a point and knowing the tribalistic patterns of voting in this country, Nyama Soya can only ignore this free advise at his own peril.
I am now convinced that ba RB and his advisers including the ministers have all failed to manage the ailing Zed economy. He cannot compare British employees who gave up a monthly salary to help save a company which was at the verge of collapsing becoz those British employees are taken care of by other means of welfare by the British Govt to ensure their survival. People we dont even need to read this crap!!!!!!!. How are the Zambian Public workers going to tighten their belts since the 1st Republic??????. Twalema.
Dingile says: ” The World Credit crush should not even affect Zambia. Who gets anything on credit in Zambia? ”
It is much more than a credit crunch. The housing and consumer goods markets in the US have collapsed. The waiting really is for other bubbles to burst – commercial realestate, the States themselves going bankrupt, the consumer credit bubble is still there.
Zambia suffers because with significant inflation, donor aid is not going to be worth as much. And with Zambia not owning the mines because of privatisation, it will not be cushioned by a rise in the price of copper.
We need to get back the mines or just tax them heavily. And reduce the size and waste in government. We should be putting an emphasis on basic service provision – healthcare ,education, water…
Our President is educated for those that think that education is the answer, what Zambia needs is performance and not only degrees, anyone who can perform is welcome degree or no degree. Change in Zambia will not come only by blogging we need to get into rural Zambia and educate them about what we know otherwise we shall have the same situation in 2011. People can blog here 24 hrs and insult each other about the best candidate but as long as Rural Zambia has the diamond key of determining the President ,2011 will come and the situation will get worser. We need to take it upon ourselves to ensure that rural Zambia changes. God bless Zambia.
But some bloggers here are really dull.Your analysis is so unbalanced. RB put up the best performance ever. He addressed all the sectors of the economy and he told off small chaps like HH and Harrington who want to put up a ‘hollier than thou’ image. HH wanted a pact with the MMD, he is just a child, Harrington is a greedy bastard who sued his Mom and Sata does not have a moral authority to question anyone. On the Post, well, they paid for stupid editorial they have been running for over 10 months on one person with little facts. I want to see how they will defend their dear Masebo after going to town about RB ordering the hearses.Its about time people in Zambia became more objective in their analysis and not bin driven by some chap fighting his own selfish agenda.
If only for once Zambia become a West African country! Oooooooooooh those real army generals would have taught this RB a lesson by now. But pa Zed generals can accept anything as dull as RB to be their commander-in-chief and still be proud to called ba general. Ni ma2vi zoona.
The reality is RB is president. HH and his tribes men can say what they want but he is president and he will be in 2011.
Desperation can breed all sorts. I am happy Zambia is not in West Africa. Thank God for that. Viva RB.
#88 KABWE, thank you very much for sharing the same sentiments with me. Indeed some of our fellow bloggers r really petty i surely doubt their IQs. There r every time opposing to everything n insulting. I mean, i ve said it many times that insults should not be for the young generation of the 21st century. In my own view, President RB is very very right in his analysis on the issue of 50% expenditure on 1% population. This is a very great analysis not even KK, FTJ or the late LPM could observe. I’m also sure that the move will to a larger extent reduce government speeding. I know for sure that some Accountants ve been getting recruitment n retention allowances which they r not intitled of getting n many more other frondulent allowances reflect on their payslips.
CORRECTIONS; I’m sure that the move will to a larger extent reduce government spending.
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FIRST COMMANDER YOU HAVE A VERY HIGH IQ LOL!
The frustrations of living constantly on odd jobs is having a toll effect on many Africans out there. The home they left is far and imagine that venting their frustrations on the blogs is their meaningful contribution. The facts however, dont add up to their fantancy. One needs to be realistic and just accept that the grass isn’t as green as it looked before most of these fellows left. Just listen to the way they speak, pretending to be spokes persons for the people of Zambia and on behalf of their fellow ‘exposed’ people. For your info 4000 pounds salary is far too inadquate to live comfortably out there. This is hand to mouth kind of Salary. For any Zambian wishing to migrate to these countries, he or she will not need less than 20,000.00 pounds as, listen to this, deposit for a…
SERIOUSLY SPEAKING WHEN A SPEACH IS FLAWED IT IS. NOT JUST BY REASON OF CRITICIZING RB BUT BE REALISTIC. IT IS GOOD TO READ BROADLY N KNOW THINGS ABOUT ZED.
SUCH AS 46%(WIKIPEDIA OTHER SOURCES SAY 50%) OF ZAMBIANS ARE UNDER 15 MEANING THEY ARE NOT IN FORMAL EMPLOYMENT. NOW ESTIMATE EVERYDAY ON STREETS OF LUSAKA HOW MANY ADULTS YOU SEE JOBLESS. SO NOW ESTIMATE THE PROBABLE AMOUNT OF DEPENDENTS AN AVERAGE ZAMBIAN HAS…. GUYS MATHS NGA YALI SHUPA IT MUST BE OLD SCHOOL ECONOMICS
For once I am going to be like doubting Thomas in the bible; not until I see all these things that RB is talking about implemented. As it is now he is just making one of those empty promises.
The frustrations of having to face people who are far better off at home is another issue. After staying out for so long, they discover their losses far out weigh their intended gains. They remain glued to a utopia which they firmly believed was achievable/accessible out there. Most cant hardly own even a small shack! The morgages they have to pay last a life time. So when they vent their frustrations, it is very understandable, for lack of the resources, many would have sought the services of professional counsellors for their problems.
malabishi! if the nurses and teachers had a British Airways salary they could forego it for 6 months of the year very comfortably… I mean this chap please, please!
what nonsense! the world must be laughing, if they care
It is rather a relief, in a way, that the majority of the disgruntled are out there. Sad though that they seem stranded. After paying for mortgages for over 20 yrs, all they get is a small apartment. Most people out there are stranded by their lack of investing back home. So after managing to clear a mortgage after 20yrs, they still cant have the benefit of relocating back home! These are real issues. Now, bare with our stranded children, for all their frustrations.
A villager like myself, though, having to climb a hill whenever I have to blog to get network coverage, I yet much better off here back home.
yaba #102 ANOYMOUS TAKE YOUR MEMOIRS TO ANOTHER BLOG PERHAPS, U SEEM TO BE THE MOST DISGRUNTLED YOU DONT HAVE TO AGREE WITH EVERYONE ON THIS BLOG NOT AGREEING WITH RB DOES NOT EQUAL INSULT PLIZ JUST GO N HAVE A SHOWER MUST BE THE DESERT HEAT GETTING TO YOU
Solola Bien, I totally object to such malicious and dangerous thinking. To tell you the truth my friend, no matter how much zambians are pushed in the corner, depriving ourselves of the peace that we have enjoyed for decades is the last thing on our agenda. Who wants to live like people in somalia, zimbabwe, congo or sierra leone ? Not me and surely not fellow bloggers. Comment wisely.
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And on that 1% we are epending about 40% of local revenue on 0.2% of the polpulation which are gov officials, at least you know where you can reduce some of the expences. let your minister to start paying for their water and electricity bills, rentals and their children’s school fees, its high time they become responsible. if not then reduce their salaries to a small amount since gov is doing everthing for them.
Maestro, you behave like a woman, changing every now and then your name. We liked maestro Hhe hhe hhe
Sometimes you should congratulate pipo not just critisizing.Bwezanai though being an old man,atleast has realised the need to cut down on govt expenditure by cutting down on personal emoluments and abuse of other resources.Bushe guys ngamwalipata umuntu nifi? Bwezman,Implement these things and let your critics remain in hell.Viva Presido.
I AGREE WITH KCM-BIG UP 2 YOU MAN..THEY SHOULD IMPLEMENT ALL THOSE PLANS WHICH THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT..NOT UKULALANDAFYE CHILANDELANDE
if he was serious he would cut the hefty gratuity to Members of Parliament who do nothing but drink coffee and shout yaaaa and IIII OR better still go to the Motel to slaughter women and talk rubbish
RB ur analysis u got from musokotwane sounds as true,bt u look lik sum one without a foresight bcoz u had incresed ur emoluments for all constitutional officers without urself of foregoin a salary increament an emulat British airways employees an also cut ur salaries as ireland citizen hav don bcoz by thn global was warning us,Be RB i pitty u ur going to hav it rough whn u come out from state House bcoz ur leadership ur does nt inspire us in anyway.Character superceeds money or reputation is moo important thn mon.Lead by exampl thn will undrstand ur program thn whn urself ur th big tourist.
HABAPUMPU(MAESTRO)- Just seen your posting(paying norses) where you asked me to give my honest answer on whether a grade what can become president. My honest answer is it depends on the individual. Some people are born action men like Sir Winston Spencer Churchill who learned leadership from childhood as his father was from a ruling class. Mr Sata what ever hisb academic credentials has time and time shown shrewdness(his father is headman). Same with KK. He had humble education but prevailed over men more educated than him. Just accross the Zambezi River we have a president with 6 degrees from reputable universities but he has destroyed the country ecomically and politically ‘ Yes education is a very good added advantage but does not gurantee your automatic wisdom. Am not SATA’s FAN.,…
RB dont rule this country by insulting SATA & HH but rule by helping zambians have money in their pockets and help them to have three meals a day
It is very difficulty for the nurses and ordinary Zambians to believe that GRZ has no money to pay its citzens decent salaries when a few individuals in a single ministry can siphon billions of kwacha without GRZ noticing. When the coffers are nearly empty, a single coin missing will be highly noticeable. Upto now the so called mother of all corruption is yet to be revealed, meanwhile she is living like a queen. The queen of all corruption shall never be revealed. Prepare for torturous times ahead.
your so called ministers are enjoying three hefty salaries + other incetinves while this man is telling you to sacrifice. its up to you nurses and other civil servants to check your poverty levels. this man is a joker.
It’s disheartening to see how some people in this country still seem so welded to believing that losers like Banda, Sata or HH know the way. This stigma of failure, seems to attach itself to some people who pass by. Maybe at the end of each term, we as a nation ought to remove or exorcise our brethrens off the stinking stigma, let it run down the Katangese drain peddicle from whence Chiluba acquired it via Chabala Kafupi’s spermatrozoa.
76 ShakaZulu Ka Sezangankona, I have already dealt with your sickness and so tough luck.
You are however welcome to join me in normalcy when you will cease to insult. Have a good day.
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#99 Why do you want everyone to be as miserable as you are? £4 000 per month is not enough? I have to ask Gordon Brown to raise the minimum wage then. Stop being a sado and accept that people are free to live where ever they want. Learn to keep your misery to yourself.
50% goes to 1% of the population. But can the president tell us who gets how much in that 1%? It would be ideal if the 1% shares the money equaly. Civil servants have a case. Peharps that 50% should be split in such a way that the president and his minions reduce their perks and allowances and channel it to teachers and other chaps who are crying foul.
50% my foot!!!!
funny how that does not apply to him and his subordinates
Why are some bloggers finding it difficult to accept that people like HH and Sata (undereducate) can have a large following and fan base? Please, lets respect other peoples opinions here and contribute and debate wisely. This tribal talk is taking us no where. Nde milumbula nomba…oh.
Habusuntwe, Good the message has been delivered, stop showeing us with this HH nonsence of yours. If you want him for president, appoint him as paramount chief Monze or Situkumba or Mabelo-Runyoka etc As for plot 1, he will never ever residen there.
Good morning Mukulumpe, Ba Nkole…, Ghost dog and Habupampu…, countrymen those were splendid contribtions, i can only encourage to contunue ropping such on the blog perhaps our beloved brothers and sisters with a propensity to insult wil begin to think twice before they waste their precious energy and time unleashing their best of insults on everyone they can. I wish Zambia well and may God grant our people all the wisdom we need to bring good and wealth to our nation.
Have a wonderful day!
This country will never develop especially if we have people like MUKULUMPE who alwayz maintains that it is milk even if it goes sour.He alwayz supports RB WHEN EVER HE DOES SOMETHING BAD WE know he is your grand father
bwezani mwefelwe eshnto.
107 persona thanks and greetings. However, others have indicated that my new Zambian blogname name is better following your “Maestro, you behave like a woman, changing every now and then your name. We liked maestro Hhe hhe hhe. As for the woman issue, oh boy/man/woman I wish I was just one of them.
Women are so cool and they serve people around them. May bo-Inonge Mbikusita Lewanika should come back and attempt the Zambian Presidency in 2011 from USA. The situation might just be like the one obtaining in Germany under Chancellor A. M.
I appreciate your concern though and be blessed.
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117 and 121 is one and the same person.
123 FUTURE thanks and greetings. I will continue doing my best for Zambia and together, we can clean the mess we are in by God’s grace.
Be blessed.
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121 Ba Moze, ati shani ba-tata? Just let this sick character vomit whatever s/he can for he will come round when no one will respond to his sickness.
Take care and keep well.
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112 Deja Vu greetings. As for your “HABAPUMPU(MAESTRO)- Just seen your posting(paying norses) where you asked me to give my honest answer on whether a grade what can become president. My honest answer is it depends on the individual.” Thanks but you have taken you comment out of what I requested. I will thus give the motivation of my and question and ask you again now.
You mentioned that you went to school in order to get a good job. In a way you were discouraging Belusconi (18 yrs …) from the attitutde of being illiterate, I believe.This prompted to ask you what level of education, in terms of a Grade, would be fit for a job of President of Zambia
Is the Presidency then a good job or bad one?
Take care and keep well.
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Zambia leader hit by ‘press leak’
A cheeky monkey decided to spend a penny on Zambian President Rupiah Banda – as he held a news conference on the economy in the capital Lusaka.
Mr Banda was not peeved, making light of the rude interruption as he sat under a tree in State House grounds.
Journalists laughed as Mr Banda jokingly remonstrated with the offender: “You [monkey] have urinated on my jacket.”
“Perhaps these are blessings,” he said, looking up at the animal in the tree.
The BBC’s Musonda Chibamba in Zambia says she is not aware of any superstition in the country connecting monkey urine to good fortune.
There are also many species of antelope and bird in the State House grounds, according to Reuters news agency.
Mr Banda devoted much of the news…
#127 Shaka you mean you`ve only known about it now? Mulenga of Newcastle, Deja Vu, Habapuba, sometimes he comes with a Germany flag, sometimes with an American flag as Stripper, Akapondo. He is one and the same.
RB is now coming with things that are already plain and obvious. Don’t let the man blind you from looking at the main picture: the truth is that our nation is quickly going down the Zambezi river and has almost reached the danger-point of the Victoria falls and our leadership is doing NOTHING about it except talk, talk, talk!
What we now need is a competent leader with guts (or balls, if you like) to save the situation quick! In other words, where is the rescue boat (ubwato)???
This guy lost an opportunity how can he ask people to question their conscience when he has not done so himself?
I just liked “Hakainde may have some Western education but we live in an African society and he does not need to use unpalatable language. Hakainde is as good as my son and he does not need to insult me, it is unAfrican,” by President RB Banda according to Times of Zambia. It appears the African mentality is the one impeding progress ways of governing Zambia.
Let us stop behaving like racists and consider ourselves as human being, equal in everything under the control of God our Creator. To Mr President RB Banda, please learn to govern Zambia as opposed to thinking that you are a chief or headman. Politics is about telling the Nation convincing arguments on how you will make it better instead of looking of respect in being revered as if you are a god.
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132 MUkulumpe while is clear that 127 ShakaZulu Ka Sezangankona is a liar and in the way of his/er faher the devil, it is appalling that you have joined him.
Kindly repent of such attitude.
I have maintained my Maestro name and my blogging style is easy for even a dull person to recognise. If you think I am not writing the truth, ask LT about my constant IP addresses and you will be informed that I only blogged from South Africa, France and now Germany. If this is hard for you, too bad. But here is an opportunity for you to end your delusion.
Have a good day and keep well.
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Now people are becoming preoccupied with flags! Any way no coment. #135 Maestro, It is this ‘African mentality’ which is taking us backwards. failure to adapt and appreciate that the world is not only turning, but changing. Politics of 1964 and those of nowadays are completely different. Failure to adapt, leads to “Kanitundila!!”.
132 MUkulumpe, just to add I might have blogged from Zambia also, but I can not guarantee this. However, LT can inform you if you pursue the mission I have given out in 136 above.
If LT gives you problems, tell LT to contact me for permission of your accessing my IP adreese. I have been in contact with LT for a long time now and I assure you LT has my email address which is mugungulu AT gmail DOT com.
You are also welcom to contact me on the above address.
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137 Ba Moze hhe hhe hhe hhe hhi hhi hhi hhi hhi hho hho hho hho hha hha hha hha …. on your “#135 Maestro, It is this ‘African mentality’ which is taking us backwards. failure to adapt and appreciate that the world is not only turning, but changing. Politics of 1964 and those of nowadays are completely different. Failure to adapt, leads to “Kanitundila!!”.”
Such mentality is why I support the candidature of president HH under the UPND-PF PACT. I tell you the truth that trial and era methods of governing will never develop Zambia. This is why we need only people like president HH (MBA), Clive Chirwa (PhD), Ng’andu Magande (MA in Economics?), Katele Kalumba (PhD), Inonge M Lewanika (PhD, USA; Emeritus? Prof of UNZA), etc..
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Good morning Bloogers? We are here talking too much about RB and his mistakes, I mean all of us. My question is, for how long sahll we continue talking and not doing anything. Atleast Luchembe and Capt Solo vented out their anger and thretened coups that turned out to be foiled. They fact is, they did it. Ala tatwakalye ama politics. We who are in spora are exposed enough to see and witness what other people have done to their countries. Are you returning back to join politics, work as a civil servant or you will just join a band wagon of strugling Zambians? We can hold hands and do something to our mother Zambia. I wonder how many of you are in schools, working or vagabinding where ever you are. I am a business man and I have connections around. Lets hold hands and change our economy.
continuing on:
Such mentality is why I support the candidature of president HH under the UPND-PF PACT. I tell you the truth that trial and era methods of governing will never develop Zambia. This is why we need only people like president HH (MBA), Clive Chirwa (PhD), Ng’andu Magande (MA in Economics?), Katele Kalumba (PhD), Inonge M Lewanika (PhD, USA; Emeritus? Prof of UNZA), etc.“ who are below 70 years old. Anyone above 70 years old needs to relax as an advisor or be in an old age home or better still at some farm.
They can utilise their last energies to live a non-pressured peaceful life while young men take care of them. After all, if the very old people cling to jobs when are the young men going to get those jobs?
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139 Maestro, Thanks for that one. But whears i agree with you on that Presidential material line up, lets remove Katele from there. That man has damaged himself irrepairably. His alleged dealings with FTJ and Co. are so fresh in peoples minds that they will take him nowhere. Incidentally, his PhD, in what? Black computer science?
Katele hahahahahahahahahaha!
RBB has got a masters. Viva RB.
What beats me is the lack of separation by Rupiah of his professional and personal life, so according to him, the fact that he is older means that he should not be criticised, has anyone insulted himw as an individual? This guys is governing the country at the wrong time. He referred to late levy’s son as his son, does it mean he does not listen to his wife because she is almost levy’s son’s age?
Kabwe and Mukulumpe if u were near i can give you a good beating the same way I can beat your stupid foolish president. He has no vision chipuba fye
145 John Chinena, Liteta, Spot on there! Infact, no one has ever insulted him. As Head of State ther are laws that protect him from such abuse. He is simply being paranoid and naive. And true, the fact that he is OLD, doe not spare him from the cross fire. He must learn to accepy criticism as father of the nation and not take things personally.
Given a choice betwee Katele and RB, i opt for the former!!! FACT!!
People, stop pulling your hair and banging your heads, relax. Africa is not in a hurry to develop, and Zambia is no exception. Come 2011, if Rupiah Bamba doesnt win we shall look for another brain dead president to rule this god forsaken country.
Some of you are advocating for leaders with degrees, this nyama soya thingamajig has one and hes brain doesnt work so what the use of his degree?
Also a lot of Zedians have degrees which they only use to stay on the pay roll without adding or creating value. Zesco is full of engineers with degrees who just drive around in utility cars seeing their girlfriends at colleges.
We need intelligent leaders not just leaders with degrees.You dont need a degree to be intelligent. Maybe the confusion arises cause of equating a degree with…
Continuation…. We must all know that the strenght of any nation is measured by the size of its economy. Economies are always built by Indigenous people of that particular nation. To be honest, the chinese will never help us build our economy not even Americans. It us the Zambians with the love of our country at heart. RB, SATA, or HICHILEMA can only help facilitate opening up opotunities for us, only if we show some amount of seriousness, and at the same time we have to use force to prove to which ever governement in power then that we can do it. Lets not just talk. Lets go back and build our nation and not became politicians, its a waste of time! Ba Sata abo bakota tabalatekako. Do we honestly need chinese to go & produce power for us? Lets go back. WE CAN DO IT
RB you are not a God. Such kind of politicks are long gone na ba kaunda. you are governing intellectuals who are interested in being told wat u can do and not start raising so called jokes (i wonder if they r funny)
STRIKING health workers in Lusaka are today expected to meet to discuss the way forward following President Rupiah Banda’s press conference yesterday. The health workers, who have been on strike for over a month, are demanding K1 million risk allowance, K1,925,000 night duty allowance, K1,500,000 uniform allowance and K500,000 overtime allowance.
Currently the nurses do not have risk allowances, they get K30,000 per month as night duty allowance, K40,000 per month overtime allowance, K35,000 uniform up keep and K200,000 housing allowance.POST
The allowances that the nurses get are peanuts but there demands are extremely over the top from 40K to 1.925m surely why not ask for a realistic 300k or 600k
Keep opting then!
Monkey marks President
24 June 2009, 18:38
Lusaka – A monkey urinated on Zambian President Rupiah Banda as he spoke to reporters outside his State House offices on Wednesday.
“You have urinated on my jacket,” a startled Banda told the monkey, one of many that makes their home in the trees outside his offices.
“I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata,” he joked, referring to opposition leader Michael Sata, who Banda defeated in last year’s elections.
Banda devoted much of his second news conference as president to reassuring Zambians over the dramatic economic slowdown resulting from plunging prices for copper, the country’s main export.
“Our growth prospects have diminished, such that the projected gross domestic product has now been revised downwards to 4.0…
Humpty dumpty
Sat on a chair,
Humpty dump,
Had a great talk,
All the the kings men and the masses.
Couldnt see sense in the press conference.
Humpty dumpty
Stood on the wall
Humpty Dumpty
Had a great fall.
And all the part cadres and sympathizers
couldnt put him back together.
There is nothing wrong with RB`s leadrship. Some of you are as is always with blacks and Africans, jealousy! But, the fact is there has to be somebody in State house. Work hard and you will find that even this economic down turn is nothing.
Monkey business ka.After uriating on him,i mean RB,the monkey should have also bitten him where it hurts most to complete the equation.
#150 Kadoli you start off, we shall come later…
142 Ba Moze , on your “But whears i agree with you on that Presidential material line up, lets remove Katele from there. That man has damaged himself irrepairably. His alleged dealings with FTJ and Co. are so fresh in peoples minds that they will take him nowhere.” Katele Kalumba (PhD) can still revive his image.
All it takes is to convince the Nation that he is clean — by that is why the courts have failed to take him to prison. South Africa’s Jacob Zuma did it and Kaka can do it in Zambia. I liked your “Given a choice betwee Katele and RB, i opt for the former!!! FACT!!” in 148.
As for President RB Banda, he is very old to run a Nation and despite his having learnt a now outdated Masters in Economic History, I respect his formal education level.
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142 Ba Moze, here is Chiengi Constituency MP Katele Kalumba’s CV:
Constituency Number: 65
Date of birth: 22nd February 1952
Marital Status: Married
Educational Qualifications: Form V, BA, MSC (Psychotherapy) PHD. (Public Health)
Year First Elected: 1991
Sessional Committee membership: Committee on Local Governance, Housing and Chiefs Affairs (Chairperson)
Profession: Public Health Consultant
Hobbies: Chess, composing and playing music
Contact Details: Plot 401A/312 St Bonaventure, Makeni
Lusaka
Lakefront house, Natende
Chiengi
Telephone Number: (260) (211) 292425/ 0977-776351/0979-100021
Fax Number: (260) (211) 292252
E mail: kkatele AT yahoo . c o . u k, kkalumba ATI parliament . gov . z m
I obtained it from the National Assembly website…
Those who make up the 1% bwana R.B. most likely have extended families,so you must understand that this little money trickles down to a lot of people. These workers have got extended families,domestic workers,tuntembas(meaning ntemba-keeper is on payroll). So mr western eduacated economist-cum-diplomat-cum president dont look at issues in isolation,the 1% is in one way or the other related to the other 99%!
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On katele CV you have to include among his hobbies his interest in contemporary witchcraft
#130 HABAPUMPU(Maestro)-When I said “we” I did literaly mean myself on either reasons for going to school. Just like religion people go in because of faith while others go in because they want to acquire knowledge. A presidents job is neither good or bad and no body plans to be come one until it hits him from no where. I dont know if know Ian Mcloud Smith of Rhodesia. He went to America and there someone asked where he came from.”Africa” he said. “And what do you do there?” was the next question. ” Iam a Prime Mister.” “Oh!” exclaine the questioner. “I thought those jobs are for native Africans.” My honest answer is any one can become a president regardless of their background. To become Medical Dr you have to study other wise you can be witch dr. if you are so wish and…
162 Dark Matter greetings. On your “# 160 On katele CV you have to include among his hobbies his interest in contemporary witchcraft“, I am not the writer of that Katele Kalumba (PhD) CV. I only copied it from he National Assembly website and pasted it on here LT.
Whatever the case, have you never had any traditional things done on you? I am proud to mention that a lot of tradition things were done on me especially when my father died in 1988, but now I am an SDA Christian. The Holy Scriptures are explicitly clear that we were all once in the darkness, but God, our Creator, has brought us into his marvellous light so much that He calls us his children.
So,, why try so hard to paint Kaka as bad when we visited healers also?
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#161 SAMBMAN. Good point. It appears that when these nicompoops go to Luaka they forget our African way of extended family. And yet he was saying HH is being an African by isulting him an elderly person.
163 Deja Vu , you haven’t address the question and statement with your “# #130 HABAPUMPU(Maestro)-When I said “we” I did literaly mean myself on either reasons for going to school. Just like religion people go in because of faith while others go in because they want to acquire knowledge. A presidents job is neither good or bad and no body plans to be come one until it hits him from no where.” I will thus rephrase my concerns for you.
Whats is a good job which you mentioned that made you to go to school? Isn’t the President of Zambia a good job also? What level of formal educational qualifications, i.e., Grade 1, Grade 7, Grade 9, Grade 12 School Certificate, College Cert., Col. Diploma and Univ. Degree(s), is good for Zed Presidency?
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#161 sambman
Imwe naimwe do you think its the employers responsibility to take into account extended family when deciding you wages???
163/5 Deja Vu, following Whats is a good job which you mentioned that made you to go to school? Isn’t the President of Zambia a good job also? What level of formal educational qualifications, i.e., Grade 1, Grade 7, Grade 9, Grade 12 School Certificate, College Cert., Col. Diploma and Univ. Degree(s), is good for Zed Presidency?, give me honest answers.
I do not want to read about an individual or individuals in your response as examples, please. This is because I have not given examples in my questions to you. Thank you for your consideration of my issues.
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Blame RB for having a million uncles, nieces, cousins, aunties, brothers and sisters. As if he was there uko balecita shanifilya!
Habupampu (Maestro) #166
ON YOUR Whats is a good job which you mentioned that made you to go to school? Isn’t the President of Zambia a good job also? What level of formal educational qualifications, i.e., Grade 1, Grade 7, Grade 9, Grade 12 School Certificate, College Cert., Col. Diploma and Univ. Degree(s), is good for Zed Presidency?
If i may just add on these argument some jobs do not require a high eduction there are peopel who have natural leadership qualities who managed very qualifeid individuals. I think the presidency also falls in this category though we would all love to tell our children to go to school.
169 MUkulumpe it is so conspicously amazing that you have failed to respond to your lies’ thwarting as presented in my posting # 136 and 138.
Your propensity for lying to other non-informed bloggers is a total shame and I expected you to update me on your investigations of my blog names and blogging through LT.
When you will be alive to reality, please apologise for trying hard to mislead other Zambians in particulare and World Citizens in general.
Have a good day.
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170 C.I.A thanks, but sorry for my discourse is with Deja Vu only.
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Habupampu (Maestro) #172
No wrries i can tell from your response on 171
“166 Habupampu(Maestro). Good job? Like I wanted to be an accountant. That to me is good job. But my sponsor thought otherwise although I eventualy came to love the job due to its challenges and of course good pay, good house and company sponsored school for children?medical. Above all Iam not worried of being subjected to election every 5 years which leads to telling lies during campains.
News LATEST the pact says RB has commited treason
On the same topic above of him saying 1% of the 50% issue above and that it has become agent to have early elections
Basically what they are saying is that he is inciting the public to rise against the public service workers when he states that 50% revenue to 1% population. nd as always most of them have gone as far as to say he is scared of the pact including his minister and deputies because he was angry during the conference
The pact is a waste of time. It`s more popular on LT than it is in Zambia.
173 C.I.A cool. The only reason I did not want to extend the discussion to others is because I have a lot of work to do and I am glad you understood.
174 Deja Vu well it appears you have failed to answer my questions and so, let us leave it at that. Nice knowing your issues though. I am officially off on this one President of Zambia job being a good one or bad one that requires qualifications or not now.
Take care you all and may God bless you.
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Why should RB be worried about a pact which has no president?
#178 MUkulumpeI see you are in the UK so how do you arrive at such a conclusion???
People, open your eyes! Since when did someone do something without self-interest? Yea, pimp up minister’s allowances and say you are reducing expenditure. You are simply channeling the monies somewhere else. Choose, a big SUV worth K300, 000, 000 or you are given K450, 000, 000 as an allowance?
#167
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Reality is that the money that this 1% earns does not circulate amongst them only,no! Its not about the employer taking into account the extended family,its about paying the worker a living wage.When organisations such as JCTR project their monthly food basket,they usually base it on an average family of six.So Mr Langley man do your maths and figure out just how many people the 1% looks after
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Interesting! I’m right at home.
This so called president is an assemblage of paradoxes. Who does he think we are, a bunch pee happy monkeys? It’s clear he lacks the seriousness and the scope required to be POTROZ. The earlier he is sent back to his farm the good for Zambia.
When it was time to reward his elite class they never bothered to bring out those numbers. ow, suddenly the wage bill is to large. to add insult to injury he compels civil servants to think in line of taking pay cuts, aproposal he can’t bother to advances to his ministers and MPs.
This droll thinks Zambia is a medieval chifedom, were there’s little distinction between people and animals. Honestly the way he was justifying some of his govt’s actions like treatment in RSA was disgusting sickening, nauseating, lacking in magananimity and plain…
#183 sambman
I get you explanation though you first statement which i argued with did not put it that way. Thank you for clarifying AS YOU PUT IT
“Those who make up the 1% bwana R.B. most likely have extended families,so you must understand that this little money trickles down to a lot of people. These workers have got extended families,domestic workers,tuntembas(meaning ntemba-keeper is on payroll).”
This to me means you want these matters taken into account when structuring there pay
Just checked out the Monkey business on Al-jazeera and BBc,tell yoou the truth,it was not nice!How can a monkeys be allowed where the President is having a briefing?even said its a gift for the opposition.Sad,anyway,Zambia the real Africa.
Coming to RB,much as what he said is true regarding the effects of salary incremets to our GDP,I was left baffled after the briefing coz i expected major or is it sweeping policy changes and dismissals to non-performing minissters,alas,nothing.Looks like for now,he will do anything to his bootlickers who hold real power in MMD to secure a second term come 2011.And as a swing voter,I have been left wondering where to put my vote coz RB and Sata its out of the question and as for HH as dubbed as Prince Cobra,he has to prove his political wits.
Civil servants, why are you suffering? Pray to God for new doors to open. Either God will bring opportunities your way to make a decent living from another line of business – you can start with selling vegetables or vitumbuwa if necessary. Or God can give you another job. After all, the money you work so had to make a contribution to GDP goes to the top few only.
If I bring extracts from the MEMOIRS OF DR GUY SCOTT some people will accuse me of insulting. That will be for another day if provoked enough ( not out of frustration). The network is hard to get these days, and with the suspections around laptops, I dont want to be accused of being indiscret. Imagine how I look sitting on a hilltop typing on my laptop.My fellow villagers dont understand this technologies and its deficiencies (the network). I will tell you.
The facts speak for themselves, where is the extra money to meet the nurses come from? In the past, BOZ simply printed extra notes to cool the hungry mouths down. This time around, we cant afford to cheat ourselves. To give in to their demands is to shoot oneself in the foot. These are hard facts which must spell out for the good of all including critics. This is leadership.
How does govt pretend that we have enough money to meet their demands? By printing more money. The meaninging of collective bargaining must have its true merits appreciated here. But then how do you tell a simple nurse that an increment for her is detrimental to her? For her it is an insult.
When you are used to eating mangoes, dont think that the marula tree will produce mangoes for you. This is a common saying of ours here in the village.
#189 down Anonymous
There are very few people on this blog that think like you some just think with there funny fingers and not looking at issues in a relistic manner
shaka Zulu, you could be interigent if you never allowed yourself to be over taken by the stupid part of your polical belief. whats wrong in some one, just like you do to refer to one HH every time they write or coment? please lets be real and stop wasting time on this page, lets educative each others and be honest with ourselves. the nation is in a crisis right now and it needs a a quick remed. go on Shaka, think my man.
#190 that’s not an issue. have you have wondered why there is always money for politically expendient event money’s availability is never an issue.
If there is need for an indaba, or a by-election that will bolster the ruling party, funds are quickly avaliable. Just food for thought imagine K500,000,000=00 being given per MP for all 150 of them, was diverted to pay nurses unihform allowances pegged at K150,000/6 months. the money wuld be enough.
If you look thru the budget there are a loot of irrelevant areas of expenditure where money can be realised and payed to the striking health workers
If you look at some of the bills tagged to things like refurnishing ministry offices, office supplies and program promotions, these are ridiculous.
If you look at the monitoring and evaluation programs, most are white elephants and end up gobbling money. some departments like ZISS despite zambia not being at war get unjustifiably large chunks of the budget. Moey is there it’s just that it doesn’t get used properly
Facing the truth on LT is really hard.From the economic point of view, what anonymous said on Post 190 is true and what the nurses are demanding is way too high especially in such times.If their demand are met,Inflation will hit hard and soon the real value of their wages will be wipe out.Its very simple.These union leaders sholud be realistic and not emotional.many will argue that MPs and ministers alwys ahve salary increments,but look at the numbers.
Some of you bloggers who are not in Zed are so FAKE. If you have a plan on how to remove RB tell us don’t hide behind pseudo names and insult the man because you are far from Zed. Some of you left Zed when things were tough and now you want to pretend like you care ,you were just looking out for yourselves no difference between you and Teta and RB the man is looking out for himself.If you are so concerned we would have heard you or any of your organisations abroad opposing RB’s nominations at least thats a start but you are so quite just waiting for ons in Zed to react.Wakeup and do something worth mentioning on T.V or the newspapers not just insulting RB in vernacular on Lt and thinking you are so smart.
Surely we need to refrain from insults. U can stil say what u want to say without insulting, it’s not really a good thing n does not show mutual respect for one another in the 21st century. We need to learn to live as brothers n sisters though we can in a way criticise each other on certain issues. Pls, i’m not LT but i feel i ve got an obligation as a true zambian child who has been taught from childhood to treat others with dignity n respect, n would like to kindly share my advice with u fellow bloggers. Stay blessd!!!
I dont see anything wrong with a monkey attending a meeting.
Anyway, the issue is that if what the president said is something to go by then there is good future to look forward to.
The issue of unnecessary serminars in government by civil servants is the greatest enemy of our economy. The other issue which the president forgot is that of ‘above-UN’ conditions of service for civil servants who priviledge themselves with projects. why should people form projects within ministries when they are already employees of of the same, then put themselves on astonomic conditions of service coupled with gross tours in the name of capacity building workshops and travels?
This culture must be broken before Zambia can go forward.
ANONYMOUS- Your contributions make good economic sense, Yes you dont just print money any because that will render the currency useless. But I wish to remind you that every we see the MOF making a budget speech before Parliment. I made that BUDGET had a lot of in put from GRZ. If its made by GRZ how time does GRZ give to its formulation? What am driving at is that these gents should look at all aspects of our life so that this budget can cover every one adquately. To me it appears allowances and graduity are the 1st things that come to their mind. Yes its late to adjust but definetly not too late to do something about it. An MP is not full time and its a voluntary job where one should not always be thinking of remulations at the expence of our health & education. We need foresight.
AS BUT MEDICAL PERSONAL ARE VERY DISS
AS BUT MEDICAL PERSONAL ARE VERY DISSAPOINTED CHAPS , HONESTLY HOW CAN THEY LET PEOPLE DYING LIKE DOGS FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY THAT’S BEING EVIL INFACT THERE JUST STUPID
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Secretary to cabinet
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It is now just about eight months since i took over as president of zambia. It has been an eventful eight months during which among others i:
Constituted a new cabinet;
Presided over the budget preparation;
Began to deal with the effects of a deepening global recession, which has introduced serious challenges; and
Dealt with the recent strikes which rocked the country.
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#195
Compare the numbers, 150 (MPs) and 700,000.00 (Nurses). The hard facts are that not everyone can make it as an MP, it is scarce to such an extent that on 150 people can be MPs. On the other hand, almost anyone willing to be a nurse can be one. It is too simple and heavily frustrating, to put it lightly, to try and compare the salaries of nurses to the allowances of MPs. It is like saying, ‘Why is the MD getting so much compared to the cleaners’ Such a question is insulting to common sence. Dont you think it would be ludicrous if MPs were getting k1,500,000.00? We would have to throw away the concept of democracy and willingly embrace primitivty for who would be willing to be an MP. I HOPE THIS DOES NOT SOUND INSULTING TO NURSES, IT IS NOT THE INTENTION AT ALL. JUST FACTS!
#205 Anony are you sure you are normal?
The fact is that out of the 700,000 nurses, non of them are willing to stand as MPs. As for reforms to the budget, of course that is fine. But we cant just suddenly abandon the planned programme for the entire year just to meet some obligation. Yes adjustments, but dealing with an amount as 50% of the budget allocation cant be said to be an adjustment. To attempt to do so in the middle of a finacial year is just impossible. It heavily frustrating how ignorance of basic facts can be a source of so much misunderstanding. Ignorance, however, will never hold as an excuse.
Mukulumpe
Probably am not, let us try you. What are your thoughts, we might be fellow maniacs.
Mukulumpe
I hope you dont think that the moneys that MPs should instead be given to nurses? What is your logic?
Mukulumpe
OK may be I have misunderstood your point, what is the solution you hold?
In order to rule, a leader must make decisions on behalf of all. A decision as the one that govt has taken this time is wise and prudent no matter the temporal consequencies it entails.
Deja Vu
How can you meet the demands of everyone when you are infact dependant on outside support to meet your expenditure? There isn’t much to share. The fact is that not only the nurses need a living wage. Think about the teachers, Doctors and the General civil service. Where is the extra income. They all need a decent wage! So do you go ahead and give them a decent wage from nothing? BTW, in order to appease workers govt can easily give them what they want by printing more money. The honest leaders you have today will not be irresponsible enough to do that! We cant afford to lose ground after the strides we have made. This is why we need an educated President as RB. I wonder what SATA would have done.
#212 “How can you meet the demands of everyone when you are infact dependant on outside support to meet your expenditure?”. But you were saying all sorts of crap in the morning. Batata imwe mulicipuba. You will always be miserable for the rest of your life.
You lot are half as bad as RB and the opposition is twice as bad. They knew how useless he would be. Instead of merging, they were too busy bickering on who would be president. Chiluba was a theif but knew how to hide it and entertain us. Most importantly he would never have left the nation in darkness. Mwanawasa came and tried to put a system in place but had to deal with incompetencies of his ministers. RB is absolutely clueless and off his trolley. His beyond his depth and needs to bow out at the next election. Please unite and vote opposition come 2011. the future is in your hands not his. And stand united on this 66% Zesco increase. If it means general strikes do it. I bet they will rush the increase through just before elections to pay for MMD campaigning. WHAT A SHAMBLES I SAY!
Michael Jackson has died.
#212 ANONIMOUS. It appears you are taking a casual approach towards the issue. I for myself am very comfortable but that does not stop me from understanding the problems these public workers are going through with the little GRZ pay. I look what I pay my domestic workers and compare what a person who spent many years in school is getting i feel like crying. What makes the Kapokos is these imbalances. Think again
I just dont understand Rupiah. I can not educate fellow zambians or the president and his advisors, but i think MMD thought ruling was going to be easy. If the President is calling on nurses to sacrifice and die a little for zambia then he and his ministers and MPs should do the same. They want to give themselves a mid term gratuity of K250 million or so for every MP and they are just a handful of them which runs into billions, then let them forget that money and give it to nurses. But I am sure (and so is everyone) that they will refuse to give up this money because they can not sacrifice the way they want nurses to sacrifice. But if they could lead by example by donating their salaries and allowances like British Airways then we can follow suit
If 1% of Zambia’s population is 170,000 then the population of Zambia is 17 million. 1 x any number is the number itself. Because it is a percentage you just add two zeros. This is simple arithmetic which a graduate president should be able to calculate.
218 Senior Engineer RTD greetings. I liked your “If 1% of Zambia’s population is 170,000 then the population of Zambia is 17 million. 1 x any number is the number itself. Because it is a percentage you just add two zeros. This is simple arithmetic which a graduate president should be able to calculate” following President RB Banda’s “He further explained that the current wage bill means that 50 per cent of government domestic revenues are spent on one per cent of the population. The one per cent of the Zambia’s population is 170,000 people.”
I wonder if the MMD cadres who were belittling PF MP Lubinda have noted this serious arithmetic deficiency in our President RB Banda’s calculations.
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