President Rupiah Banda has left the country for Kigali, Rwanda where he is due to hold talks with that country’s President Paul Kagame.
The two Presidents are expected to discuss issues concerning the security in the Great Lakes Region.
President Banda left Lusaka international Airport at 14:50hours aboard a presidential challenger and was seen off by Vice President George Kunda, Service chiefs, Cabinet Ministers, government officials and MMD carders.
President Banda, who is Chairman of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), will meet President Kagame as part of his final consultations on the security situation in the Great Lakes ahead of the African Union (AU) ordinary summit of Heads of State and Government scheduled for month end in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The President is expected to present a report to the summit on the security situation in the Great Lakes Region.
President Banda and his delegation are expected to return to Lusaka after the meeting with his Rwandan counterpart, which is scheduled for Monday.
Last Friday, President Banda held similar consultative talks with His Excellency, Mr. Joseph Kabila President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Maputo, Mozambique.
And while in Maputo, President Rupiah Banda observed that continued political squabbling in Zambia might retard national development if it is not stopped soon.
President Banda said Zambians should avoid spending more time on arguing about politics but should instead work hard and plan towards economic development.
He has therefore urged Zambians to unite on issues that relate to national development regardless of their political party affiliations.
He told ZANIS in Maputo last week that Zambia and her citizens should mature politically by concentrating on developing the country and avoiding politicking at the expense of development.
ZANIS
:(( Uncle Alabee can i come toooo i want to see Lwanda as well
yangu uyu muntu:-?**==
This is the nature of the job, you have to travel alot even at short notice. So iwe mune #2 wi dabwa.Limbi nga ni Sata bena bakaleka no kwikala muchalo.
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I think this trip is more imperative than the previous one to Angola in that security issues are on the agenda. I also have the impression that president Kagame is one of Africa’s few incorruptible leaders and a strong disciplinarian. The meeting can only be positive for Zambia and Africa.
Yaba does this guy spend a week in Zambia without flying out? This is so strange … a presido always on the go …sucks
Ikabaponya ndeke one day ba udala aba.
You mean its only RB with wings, other presidents can’t fly to Zambia?
Consultations can be done on the phone, it saves time and billions of kwachaz. why not use modern tech?
@ Nine chale. I wouldn’t say we have much to gain from Kagame unless we want chaos. The guy may be Blair’s darling but me is an oppressor of the worst kind, worse than Mugabe.
We can have balanced views on specific situations. Zambia has always played a vital role in regional politics and that can not just be abandoned at short notice. We are respected for the insight that we have gained over a long period of participation and the tranquility that Zambia (Praise be to God) has experienced. You can be rest assured that our President is advised not only by the current crop of advisers but also tapping on the past group from the KK era and other well informed Zambian professionals both within the country and in the diaspora….
#4,
You assume that Kagame is ‘One of Africa’s incorruptible leaders and is also a strong disciplinarian’. You have not given us a single example to support your claims relating to Kagame and you have not said how you rate Rupiah Banda’s virtues. I don’t think it is easy to identify any meaningful trips abroad made by this president since he assumed office and I believe he has more pressing issues to attend to back home. For example, what does Zambia benefit from his belly dance in Swaziland when nurses and doctors are on strike and patients dying on trolleys?
Imwe, does the president have to accept each and every invitation that comes along? Today he is visiting Dos Santos (who rarely travels), tomorrow it is Guebuza, bulya bushiku it is this and that president. Uu ndiye ukamwendo munjira zoona. Akulu Mphuno wanatemelela kabodo kagalu sure. There are over 50 people on these trips each earning a minimum of $1,200 depending on the number of days they would be out. Don’t be cheated fellow Zambians, let us vote for reasonable people who will target these resources to the needy areas of our socio-economic terrain of our nation. That is why Hakainde Hichilema would make a better prezzy mwe.
#10 Nom. That is not an ordinary belly dance at the reed dance in Swaziland. Special guests at the Mhlanga are given those maidens who dance without tukabudula to sample. Mind you, that is where King Mswati chooses who his next wife is going to be. So, those big bellied burleys who were in that picture had just sampled or were about to sample the maidens. Little wonder the First Lady was viewing game in Kenya.
Yangu uyu Banda nalelo aya he is lucky no body thinks of taking over it will be easy as he is always on the go. Captain
Ba Banda Ba Banda, ikaleko niko panshi. Please please. some of these thingd you can do over the fone.You have almost visited the entire continent within 2 years.How many of your fellow presidents have come to Zambia?
I had a dream to fly the world before i die:d
Mu Badi uyu muntu
Yaba ba RB naimwe lyonse lyonse ninshi imwe muli palwendo! Tekeni amat@ko panshi!
yaba as usual kamwendo munjira. Is there a ghost at state house for RB to be always away from it? Awe bane its too much now!!!!!!!!!
# 16 why are you using my name come be creative I have already taken that one sorry.
I bet uyu Banda is a laughing stock among African president, I hear they say let try to invite him see if he will come and for sure he falls for the trap. kwati anga i kala mu zambia amatako ya lakalipa yangu ichimona uyu muntu
This Idoit is doing it for show off. when he retires he thinks he would have time to show people how many countries he has been too and who he met. That will be his greatest achievement! Same goes for his Imbecile children!! No more chipuba ichi!!
Zungulila Zambia.|-)
Machende yako Rupiah Banda. You’ll be made accountable for everything you’ve done
Zungulila Chalo