PRESIDENT Banda said he is in a hurry to develop Zambia, and he has advised Zambians to unite for them to achieve prosperity.
He was speaking at the Zambian Embassy in Beijing yesterday when he met Zambians resident in China.Mr Banda said Zambians abroad, especially students, should always think about how they will contribute to the development of their country.
The President said he has placed qualified Zambians in key positions so that they can advise him on how to improve economic development in Zambia.
He hinted that when he makes the next changes to his administration, he will include more women.
And earlier in the day, President Banda met African diplomats accredited to China.
He told the diplomats that Africa has much to learn from China.
Deputy Dean of African Diplomats in China Joao Manuel Bernadro, who is Angola’s Ambassador to China, described President Banda as a model politician who inspires many.
President Banda is in China at the invitation of China’s President Hu Jintao.
We support you Mr. Pres!
Besides the cynicism people have showered you with you have not only grown the economy, but brought the much needed peace in our beloved nation.
Long live RB!!
i like the idea mr banda has but its too late now to do that. he had five years to do but never didn’t it. he is a lie, he is trying to bribe us zambians to vote for him next term. its not gona happen. even thou we stay pantient till next years elections what and how much development is he going to bring in less than a year of term, when he had five years to do, he failed. he is a lie. i wish people could see you lies and kick you out right away.
iwe ci.mbwi ubufi bwa pakunya. you are in a hurry to rig elections. who doesn’t know?
# nambala wanu, ba Twenokane, bushe naiwe ni bawiso:-?
What a lie!!! yangu Ubufi!!! If you are in a hurry to develop Zambia by now we should have seen the development!!!
Ba RB tekeni akasanga mulinso.Lelo ati I’m in a hurry to develop the nation.We all know you’re always in a hurry to go to the airport on your infamous trips.That is something we can agree on!!!As for now,it’s too little too late.Bye Bye mune.
Hwich development is he talking about? The poverty levels in the country have worsened..Come 2011 you are out with your bunch of useless cadres
Good Evening
With all due respect regarding your statement Mr. President, action truly speaks louder than words. Gone are the days when people could be easily hoodwinked or misled by sweet political talk.
Concrete, visible development, tangible economic growth and a significant improvement in the quality of life (good health care, enough jobs and affordable food prices) is what Zambians at home, the students and immigrants all around the world anticipate to see.
Because implementing is always better than imagining or promising.
Some people on this blog are the perfect example as to why Zambia fails to develop. There is so much negativity and hatred that even a good thing is bad in their eyes.
Bane if the current government suggest good ideas support them if they dont deliver then you vote them out of office in the next election. That is how you show you are not happy, the negativity you show only prevents you from making a meaningfull contribution. At the back of you mind you are always thinking that they are upto something.
If they repair roads in your area are you going to destroy them because you think they only want votes??? katwishi ukotuleya 😕
Develop! What does that really mean- in the zambian context? Its never defined, hence unqualified users like this for-show so called president run away with it.
We have some of the most abundance of fresh water resources for example, yet in the capital itself, 45 years later, thats undeveloped; what skeleton the colonial era handed down has by natural progression and neglect become non-existent- women and children still have to break backs fetching it from unsanitary communals…often next to unmanaged rubbish dumps, and cholera is a way of life thus.
I had access to a science lab starting at grade 8. Learnt what science is, could make and test and prove things. Then came the deterioration, apu’s they called them, as I have heard, and much other worser scenarios..and develop? but for…
#9 Creative, it’s not about negativity my brother(sister?) – it’s about objectivity. We CAN’T agree with someone who says he is in a hurry to develop the country when development is not showing.
As one wise man said: if everyone is thinking alike, then someone is NOT thinking!
Good move RB by giving jobs to those with qualifications. But do not be in a hurry! Be focused! You shall make a lot of mistakes if you hurry. May be time is running out! Anyway many Zambians will not give credit where it is due. In the eyes of many you have done nothing but there is at least something you have done. We are still enjoying the peace and stability! Pass by UK on your way back and share with us the difficuties of running a country like Zambia.
Agriculture. The principal employer in the country, which should deserve corresponding attention- distribution, marketing are non-existent, and am being negative to observe this president is unqualified to say “de-lop”?
National assembly, NA is useless. If it was abolished today, nothing will change, we’ll not feel it, will affect nothing; It exercises no over-sight on day-to-day govt business. Classic example is the recent corrupt exposition, purported daily allowances to ‘delegates’ to the constitution commission. NA is supposed to retain and exercise appropriation powers, and thuggery will be in check, and not hide in “development”. Therefore, we cannot talk about the d-word if this critical balance isnt righted, and leave the power of the purse to one corrupt “president” and…
naga pali PORNO tatwa debate bane??????
Recently we were told our reserves have “ballooned” to $1.9b- in whose purse is that cash, which StanChart advises all be held in dollars, and none be converted to gold? Who has the power over it? Who has power over what collections the revenue authority take in daily? In short, who appropriates our money to this and that? Its not the national assembly, but one man- and therein lies a critical factor to the d-word! I hear someone say, but we have a budgetary process at work, or so you suppose?
To be the president of Zambia must be the easiest job on the planet, you just talk, talk, talk, always taking off and landing at world airports, plunder the nation’s resources and at end of five years vigorously seek re-election by hook or crook and life goes on.
Babie Vivian, pornography is a big crime in Zambia. If you are caught with graphic adult material for your own consumption and entertainment you are in great trouble. Christian nation! How many people in govt positions have adult videos, DVDs and pornographic magazines? This ancient law should be amended. Many people can learn how to satisfy their partners by watching adult movies. No wonder most of us do not lick and sack!
Is it sucking or sacking!
Moreover, if you insult the elders it is pornography! What about the act of pulling the labias, Babie Vivian?
He is in a hurry for other things but development. Sadly the only qualified people he can see are those from Eastern Province. William Banda, political adviser. That one is really qualified.
Yes Mr. President, we believe you as you showed it last year with the positive economic figures.
Last year, we saw single digit inflation, we saw positive GDP growth of 6.3% GDP growth when the forecasts were 4% and 5% respectively. You showed an increase in Zambia’s reserves which amounted to somewhere around $1.8 billion US dollars. You showed a stable currency which resulted in stability in cross-border transactions. You saved LCM from prolonged closure. You showed a bumper harvest that we even had the ability to donate some maize to Zimbabwe. You showed a will to fight corruption. These are just some examples of president Rupiah Banda’s seriousness.
Yes President Rupiah Banda is serious when he says he is in a hurry to develop Zambia and we have enough evidence of this.
Indeed, I agree with Mr Capitalist. But there is no need to hurry. What are the consequencies of doing things in a hurry? It is also difficult to measure the impact of his leadership considering the time element. Yes, we can see some benefits in the short term but the ultimate outcome on a long term basis is significant.
In Bemba we say, Asensela elyo kawa. Too late Banda. Those trips you took if you stayed at home probably things would have worked. It is really too late. I have observed that you always make these policy pronouncements when you are outside Zambia, Why? Do you have a problem at home?
#9, you are wasting peoples’ time. For how long has MMD been suggesting good things. To you people must be patiently waiting for a sentinary. You are a BIG jock ma man. Those guys have outlived their balls and its time they packed their bags. You patiently wait for them yourself in hell. Bye, bye MMD. Welcome PACT. You mean you can’t that bufi bwapakunya iwe?
I see Banda has something that looks like a ring on his finger. I am just wondering, is this wedding band from Thandiwe or some other marriages?
Mr. President need I remind you that at the core of development is an effecient means of resource distribution from the point of abundancy to the point of scarcity. This means that from the producers to logistics to the final consumer, all processes must be seamless. When all stakeholders in society, including the ordinary citizens not just you Mr. President and that bunch of politically elavated cretins your call “cabinet are able to derive the maximum benefit in all things zambian your wish, Mr. President, about developing zambia will be just a wish for eternity.
What about your uncle walai nthwenu mputi bizness? Are you sending him back to Zambia? What about your money can you share with the poor? And when is the baby due? Finally, you need to go and see a specialist for your stomach, too much toilet business. Otherwise have a good one.
stop these stupid misleading comments bwazani!!? ok!! develop what? your travels?? this time we have the inside knowledge.. NO RIGGING! just steal loads when you can , now!!!
Liar, actions speak louder than words. :-& Bushe ubufi muka leka imwe? INE ICHIFUKUSHI~X(
#24
That is why i said your power is in the vote if you are not happy dont vote for them going by your reaction i can tell mwalifulwa what i cant say.
if others vote for them then maybe there is something they are seing that you are not
You pulled that one right out of your backside! Please don’t insult our intelligence by assuming we the people are too stupid to see that you are one of the most useless leaders we have ever had. And why talk development when giving away land and businesses to Chinese?
#34. This guy thinks we are idi.ots. And why say it in China and not in Zambia to Zambians who need such development. You mean visiting China interprets being in a hurry for development. Levy used to visit China, too. Mwata, time is just up for you and your fellow crooks. Bye, bye RB. Bye, bye MMD. Welcome pact.
Mr President are the people of Zambeziland well informed about your speed … or you may be alone in this hurry.
Check:-w:-?
In a hurry to fill his offshore account may be? I am in two minds with the incumbent to be honest. It’s rather difficult to pass judgement on what’s happening in Zambia from outside (Pa london). From the drib drab that LT kindly feeds us (cheers by the way), and from what friends and family say. I’m sure people living and working in Zambia would disagree with the president’s remarks. Isn’t it funny will that each time the president is mentioned, he has trevelled? or having a “braii” at statehouse for somebody at statehouse! Has he not been in office long enough to know that he needs to delegate some of these tasks? What are PSs, ministers and diplomats there for? That money can be used to build Infrastructure, such as better roads, better airports (please imwe), schools,…
DJ ulinkusa sana, sana! “lick and sack” eeh? Is that what you are doing in UK to pay your bills , council tax and a pint of Stella mwa?
Sometimes this site can be boring. I just like to spice it up. No, I am not into the ‘licking and sacking’ business. Sorry if I did upset anyone.
The remark that Rupiah is in a hurry to develop Zambia is misplaced. In Education, the examination rules for external candidates are the same as kaundas, 45 years down the line. It annoys me a lot. If you failed Grade nine you can sit for “O” level or GCE exams, even when clearly the UN goal of education for all by 2015 is squarely in his face. No provision has been made at government level to provide for people that want to improve their grades at government level.
On the economy, the idea that Zambia has oil deposits in Chavuma area is still shrouded in mystery and secrecy, all we know is the awarding of contracts to explore for oil.Obviously with kickbacks. Even our colleagues at UNZA are quiet, no one is willing to offer a scientific explanation. Sad! So many issues are hushed up!!!
Well, Well, DJ, thank you and you are a gentleman, please dont say such things.
Salutation your excellency. Guaranteed for grand scale victory. We pledge allegiance to the country and your presidency.
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Than you Mr President ,you are indeed a man of action less talk and you do not flirt with some newspapaer reporters to gain their positive reporting but you stand on the truth ,you have maitained peace in the country and over all the country is economically sound at the moment.Indeed you have leaders who are intelligent and honest and hard working like Mr Mutati,who understand the economics of the country.You have a big heart for all Zambians even those who insult on daily basis like Sata ,the big mouthed politician indeed an empty tin of a man.Keep it up and God bless and guide you always .Viva Viva RB,Viva MMD
TITLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ‘IN A HURRY TO DESTROY ZAMBIA’
#46 BBC thats your wishful thinking.
IN A HURRY INDEED! NO WONDER OUR PEOPLE ARE GETTIN MASESE1
IN A HURRY INDEED! NO WONDER OUR PEOPLE ARE GETTIN MASESE!
Comments on this story are a bit on the harsh side today. I wonder if that is an indication of the general mood among zambians everywhere.
…Maybe if things are done with less haste then we might get more meaningful development .
….# 3 ba peter …..your bluntness has thrown me back a bit …..na dabwa , mwe…..:”>
I hope you are also in hurry to root out corruption and mediocrity in your administration. Otherwise, your efforts will remain a pipe dream.
Being a hurry shouldn’t include giving out govt contracts to your family members (your sons) and MMD bootlickers. These people will only drag you down. They will do nothing but squander the finances and then sit by while you get shredded to pieces for it. So bring in credible and well-meaning experts to do DEVELOPMENT.
Favouritism and backdoor dealings have stunted development in our country, and it is part of your job to see to it that this does not go on under your leadership. SHORT OF THAT, YOU CAN DREAM ON!—-and yours might be the shortest presidency in Zambian history.
Honorable Bonshe has died, may his soul rest in peace.
why are you in a hurry anyway? and at the last minute. i have had a closer look at you today, no wonder, wont say much but i will “no bubi bwine” iyee thandiwe, tautina ubushiku?
Stop using bemba language to insult innocent pipo. We know you are not BEMBAS and now you are protraying that you can only insult some one in BEMBA language. If you cant insult in ENGLISH pliz use your tribe language.
But Kunda ndiwe mbuli…RB is going to develop Zed. Thanks for authorising to tar Mfuwe RD it will do great for tourism in the South Luangwa National Park. I hope you can extend this to all the provinces with tourist attraction spots. Big Up to Eastern Power… It is for this reason that you will win next year’s election. The opposition has a chance if they can organise themselves but they are too pre-occupied with criticising MMD instead of selling their agenda for Zambians that is really my disappointment in the entire opposition movement in out country.
RB is in a hurry to get rich at the expense of Zambians
# 55 when is he going to do that? he has less than 12 months in office.
Fattening the cow on the day of slaughter, hey??? Well said, especially from a foreign country. Now what have you planned as a means of hurried development?
Bollocks!! do not take us Zambezians for a f.cking ride, old man. Just enjoy your state visit and shut the f.ck up.
Ubufi ubwafita fititi!, Ubufi bwakunya!
On “PRESIDENT Banda said he is in a hurry to develop Zambia, and he has advised Zambians to unite for them to achieve prosperity“, does he mean he is in a hurry to develop Zambia into a worse state than he found it or what?
As for “He hinted that when he makes the next changes to his administration, he will include more women“, how about us youths. What is plan on young people being put into leadership positions so that there will be no power transfer vacuum when the very old politicians like him, President RB, are gone?
Let us for once uplift everyone.
Have a blessed day all.
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“In fact, they should not underestimate or look down on one Vernon Johnson Mwaanga; he is a Maestro in his own right.” – Brig Gen G. Miyanda, POST NEWSPAPER of…
Mr Banda,
We shall ensure that your presidency is as short as the shortest cadre who is campaining for you
Be in hurry to develope your Farm your family will need it when you start answering court cases
A tourist and hard labled galavantor. The chief of all roaming tales. He is the undefitable king Vascoda banda who has pressed the nation at Auto. How funny Mr President. Now busy touring the Great Walls of China when we have the Constitutional Amendment Crisis in the country.
How funny indeed. In a hurry to develop my foot. :-w
Leaders in a hurry to develop their countries make practical strides and effort to work towards developing the nation. I personally will never forgive RB for dragging Chiefs in cheap politics.~X(
When villagers start axing one another RB will be enjoying his tax payers supported cup of coffee at plot one.
Indeed, In a hurry to develop my foot!!!!!!!!
Hurry,hurry has no blessings,fool me once,twice you go back to zim zim where you were born.Vera is a good example of qualified zambian you are talking about?.Yeah,right!!!!!!!!!!!
…And we are in hurry to remove you from office for taking the Zambian people for fools with your chief advisor Chiluba. Left unchecked, this man will be worse than Chiluba by far. I wonder how much milage this man has done in such a short space of time and can someone please tell us how much it’s costing the tax payer to fly that plane round the globe? Has the man got no shame? Leaves his country flooded and goes galavanting.
Surely Mr President, when you are landing in these foreign countries, what do you see? Do you see run-down buildings, flooded capital cities, Airports with no planes or national carrier, bad roads? Do you see poverty even before you land? What direct foreign investment have you attracted since you started galavanting round the globe?
Mr President, what do you understand by development? 45 years after independence, virtually every indicator of development is low. The country has very high levels of poverty, illiteracy, poor access to healthcare and with an ever increasing population which is almost at 30% of this year’s GDP growth. What are the strategic decisions that you are taking? Having more women in government? Asking Zambians in exile to come back? Do you understand how much they contribute to the Zambian economy by funding parents, siblings and relatives to have basic healthcare, education, food and basic human necessities without constitutional recognition of their rights. Show vision for you to be believed.
yes in a hurry to go back to the farm where you came from finito.
Okay, lets look bit back.
RB and his team including most Ministers, ZRA and BOZ Governor are the best public officers Zambia has ever seen. Ops Hold your fire!!
These guys took over government at the hight of the Global Financial Crisis, which was started like a jock in the United States and spread to other countries like HIV/AIDS.
Just before Mwanawasa got sick this Global was brewing in the Distance, by the time he died it had matured from being called a Mortgage Crisis TO Sub-prime Crisis TO Credit Crunch TO Global Financial Crisis Raw material Producing Countries like Zambia Risk Closer, there was no market for anything.
RB,s Administration Instead of concentrating of development, they started fighting the Global Crisis, they lost time, and nobody appreciates it. SAD STORY…
# 2, you are very very uninformed PF Cadre
RB has not ruled for 5 year this is just about 2 year OR LESS
I only hope you are outside the country and will never be around to vote cos Uniformed HUMANS like you are people who bring confusion to this county, SHAME ON YOU!!!!
Yes about 2 years OR LESS in office but his total foreign trips can almost surpass the total foriegn trips of his predecessor, LPM.
Subject to debate.=))
LPM died in foreign country!!.
#68 What global financial crisis did they have to fight? Zambia is hardly a global economy, and the main exposure to the global economy is through copper mining. The exposure was however, mitigated by the fall in oil prices, strong demand for copper from China – which remained unscathed by the crisis. Debt relief has also meant that Zambia did not have to make big repayments on loans. Add on the budget support from co-operating partners, you will find that the country was virtually insulated from the crisis. NGO’s mashroomed and grew e.g. Executive Leadership Search, funded by the taxpayer! It has always been about priorities. Why have a presidential jet when you you do not have medicine in a hospital?
Just some caution on “PRESIDENT Banda said he is in a hurry to develop Zambia, and he has advised Zambians to unite for them to achieve prosperity“, speed kills as someone put it. So apply some brakes sir and take care.
Have a blessed day all.
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“In fact, they should not underestimate or look down on one Vernon Johnson Mwaanga; he is a Maestro in his own right.” – Brig Gen G. Miyanda, POST NEWSPAPERR of 27/02/2010.
In a hurry to develop Dora Siliya!! RB go to hell right now!!
Impossible Since FJT is giving wrong advise,and now corruption is at it’s best in day light and RB condoning Culprits.
It seems to me most people will comment just for the sake of it.Its not that they are negative;they are gullible,so naive .Some of them are feable minded and should not be qualified for this debate.Zambia is doing relatively fine so far.The statistics on inflation and GNP;the growing reserves…..can not be seen by the type of the most of the brains above;they are so good at licking and ……….Rightnow President Banda has no copetitor.The opposition can only be voted into power by *****s.
A foolish politician built his country upon the shifting sands of public opinion and populist politics. He counts the grains of sand as the amount of money that he will put in peoples pockets. He digs the foundations with ease and lays the concrete in no time. Then the storms of credit crunch, sickness, famine and disasters come and the country is swept away in the winds. A wise politician builds the country upon the rock of macroeconomic and fiscal stability. He carries on sweating amidst the jeers of the impatient public. He promises no heaven ‘in 90 days’ but asks for hard work. His unpopularity is quenched by his patriotism. The foundations are dug deep and when the storms of crises come, the country remains firm and standing.
#2. I wudnt normally comment tho I read alot of people’s ideas here but when you have a blogger like number 2 JJ or whatever his/her real name is, you got to get worried. How can any Zambian assuming you are not have that basic knowledge that RB took over from LPM midterm? Which 5yrs can he/she be refering to? I am disapointed.
#72 The Expatriate says:
possibly you are in a foreign country, You talk of copper as if it is something small, It is the only export Zambia survive on if no body is buying this or they offeryou at a loss then what, even if the oil prices fell there was no money to buy the oil, one reason the prices fell.
to produce a tone of copper you need about US$ 3,000 but the price of copper reached US$ 2,500. the biggest reason mines stopped producing. It is just now that china is stock piling the copper- if there pile if full then what!
Wish you were in the copperbelt to see how this thing really hit zambia hards.
Good statement. What is wrong with what he said. The nation has to many pessimists, losers, who want to blame Govt for verything thats wrong in their lives and priase themselves for whats right. We need another great orater like FTJ to bring back the joy of being Zambian. Rupiah. I am in a hurry to help you develop the naion
betters on this agree with you. Expatriate Zambia economic history is tied to the mines and copper in particular.
# 72-the Expatriate: Where were you when mining companies were shading jobs and putting their plants on care and maintenance? Where were you when lending institution stoped lending to locals to advance their business entities because there was no surety that employers would guarantee their employment? Where were you when small companies that were supplying goods and services to the mines started collapsing because the mining companies with copper prices as low as 2800USD/tonnes slashed prices to improve their bottom line? Where were you? You must be outside this nation otherwise you can not talk about insulation the the GFC if you had been home. Understand what is going on here before you mislead the world about your own country.
#35 PETER-He was saying it to Zambians in China. The fact that you are in Zambia does not make you more Zambian than they are. Maybe you have never lived outside this country thus why you are bound to feel more Zambian than those flying the Zambian flag outside.
Bola mpanshi Bwezani, speed kills where were u all this time?
Kalpana, two points from me. The first one is that I have been to Zambia twice during this period. The question of banks not lending to local people is common in both periods of prosperity and downturns. Your job is not adequate security without added insurances such as unemployment protection insurance. The problem was not because of the global crunch, but was a local reaction to the crunch. Zambian banks were not directly exposed in any way. Secondly periods care and maintenace or 45 years of dependence on copper should have taught us lessons by now. Commodity prices will always rise and fall; this was the essence of my post #66. The reaction of the mine owners is a lesson on why the mines were state owned in the first place. How much was copper price pre crunch?
#72 The Expatriate: Here is simple economics for you. Imagine you live in Shangombo and you grow repu (deliberate mis-spelling for LT’s sake). You sell your repu at the market by driving to the market. Using you Japanese reconditioned Toyota Hilux, which runs on diesel. You pay 20% tax on your income. The tax goes into state and council coffers. The state uses your money to provide services and infrastructure. Then there is a global economic downturn. Your fuel, fertiliser and inputs go up. Your customers cant buy you repu. You lower the price but cannot meet the costs of production. You go to the bank for help. The Bank is international and has suffered losses elsewhere so cannot help. Your income drops. You lay off people. You make a loss. No tax. No revenue for govt. See?
#72 The Expatriate. As for the mines, don’t you realise that the new owners had to capitalise from international lending houses. There have been billions of dollars of NEW money into Zambia’s copper mines. When you borrow from a bank you give a business plan and projected turnover and profits over the years. You tell the bank how much you will mine and how much it costs. Banks, however had no money to lend so the mines had no money to invest hence closures and job losses. IF RB had not intervened, there would have been disaster but he courted the Chinese and they came in. Give credit where it is due. Otherwise, you would have had very little to talk about and a lot more to cry about!
TO people who hate RB, HATE THE CHINESE and love SATA dearly.
Do you KNOW that OBAMA had to BORROW money from the CHINESE.
Do you also KNOW that THE CHINESE have played the biggest PART IN resolving the GLOBAL CRISIS WHICH The BUSH Administration in the States CREATED.
#85
The Expatriate says,
Its good THAT you have seen that the PROBLEMS Zambia has is dependency which was created 45 years AGO.
SO RB is in office for only 2 YEARS, WHY is it that everybody is blaming him for problems that could have been solved 45 or even 10 years AGO,
The problem with people Zambians is that they cant stand on there own two feet. EVen if anybody tried to empower them, they will fail even to kick start. KAUNDA tried it, he gave simple loans to Farmers to empower then, Gave the BEMBA Dairy cows but all these projects were disaster.
To prove me wrong, Organize some BRITISH POUNDS, come over to Zambia and give the money to the so called the POOR in MISIS compound to start a business of their CHOICE. you and me know very well what the result will be
Myabe I have not made my point very clear. The Saint; the local economy was not as affected by the global crisis as has been made out. Repu might not have sold anymore, but as a businessman you could have gone on to grow maize which has a ready market. If you have a business with a bankable business plan, credit will always be available as banks still need to make profits regardless of the crunch. With the mines, the investors took a short term view and fled. This was not totally about the crunch, but about their committment to Zambia and the purpose of their ‘investment’- they came for a quick ‘buck’ through asset striping or on the basis of flawed business plans. Yes the Chinese have invested but what will happen when they pull out?
#89 Spot on. Personally I do not blame the president, but I expect a vision of how Zambia is going to develop. What will be the strategy? My lament is that in Zambia, you can be an ‘investor’ if you go and open a shop and people see it as development. This is why I have tried to emphasise that this is not about the credit crunch, but a lack of vision and most probably made worse by the zambian business acumen.
#85, The expatriate:If Zambians cud debate the way you do maybe we have a chance@development. Still I disagree with you primarily bcoz you give the impression that Zambia has been insulated from the effectsof the GFC. To the common man like me the politics as to how banks behave in a down turn being a reaction rather reality does not matter, What matters is at the height of the crisis when cu dropeed blow 3000USD the banks suspended giving loans, KCM (biggest emploer outside GRZ), Mopani&others retreached people. LCM&Chambishi( I think) put their plants on care and maintanance. There4 it is misleading to suggest Zambians were insulated from the GFC. On the over reliance on foregn companies and copper I agree withU but RB has been in office for hardly 2yrs. As a country, yes we ought 2learn
Expatriate: 86 has a point when he talks about ‘Repu” when you talk about “bankable business plan” you sound a little overboard. How can a poor Zambian have a bankable Business Plan? Because even for those that have own houses to be used as collateral with the banks-its hell in this country to obtain title deeds let alone a loan from a bank based on your house. Most lending in Zambia to indiduals is payrole based. Again when you talk about ‘unemployment protection insurance’ you sound alittle out of phase. I have been in a midlle income job for 6years one of which I spent in Asia but and I stand to be corrected, I am not very familiar with “Unemployment Insurance” in this coutry if it does exist. Is it called diferently?
THIS IS GOOD. I like the debate from about 79 to 93, we are Educating each other here.
At least the debates in FREE from INSULTS from Party Cadres.
If we had more debates like this, the site would be very interesting to Visit.
#93 and 94 Thank you, your responses have equally been restrained and challenging. Yes I accept your views as well, and maybe the people I have mixed with when I Zambia have insulated me from the reality that people face daily. With employment protection, it is just a policy which should apply to personal loans that covers the loanee in case the person becomes unemployed for reasons other than self caused. It could also be in the form of a life policy to pay off loan in case the loanee dies.
Which crowd was punished to listen to such lies!
Yeah, Expatriate , it is good to accept other views. Now on your question of the vision of how Zambia will develop , you might need to look at the vision 2030 and the fifth national development plan. ( the government is presently working on the sixth national development plan). What i feel happens to alot of pipo outside the country and generally not in the know is they get overwhelmed with the one sided views they receive and insulate themselves from reality
Positivist, I know that one of the strategies for example is to develop MFEZ. I wonder what the government has put in place to ensure that once the period of tax free residence in Zambia ends the companies that have been woed do not just move to another country to take advantage of similar incentives – capital can move within COMESA, e.t.c. and other countries will offer incentives to attract these same ‘investors’. In europe, one of such cases is Ireland and their experience with Dell Computers. Dell enjoyed all the tax advantages in the first instance, but moved as soon as the going got tough. Are we heading for similar situation as with the mines?
Guys Development starts with citizens of a Country, You people who have the privilege of working abroad and earning a few more US$ can help foster development in this country by Investing in Agriculture and Agriculture based processing ventures.
The environment is not as bad as it is potraid, Yes African Governments have their there failures. But I can tell You ONE MAN MEAT IS ONES POISON.
Just bring in US$ 40,000 and you will see how your money will grow.
Sorry to say this but PF leader Mr. Sata does not talk of empowering people but talks more of using others peoples investment to please the masses in Zambia. His principals are also very dangerous for Zambia becoming a destinations for Investment. investments is all ABOUT A PROFIT not social WORK
Betters, this is the issue I raised initially. To live abroad, alot of us have had to take residence or nationality of countries where we are economic exiles. Our motherland does not recognise us, as the constitution does not allow for dual nationality. Equally, we can only invest money that we earn as we can not get loans to invest in Zambia from here, and we cannot get financing from Zambian institutions. Personally, I am trying but it is very difficult especially when you read some blogs and wonder what future Zambia has, in addition to the obvious fact that we in our country, we are criminals.
blah blah blah,………blah, blah, blahhhh………….. that is all they are good at. RB just carry on your vision and good work. You are in a class of your own, these PF zealots and their leader can never comprehend anything hidden between the covers of a book.
#100 The Expatriate
Have you tried the Diaspora desk at State House?
I haven’t yet but while I have been abroad I have managed to acquire three residential plots and Could very soon get a good piece of farmland and all this without a single ngwee spent on corruption but following the rules claerly and cleanly. I am not an MMD cadre and I do not have relatives in the institutions. I have actually been amazed. That is why, I am concerned when people talk about corruption and poor governance when an ordinary person like me and many others who introduced me to these ventures are doing so so openly and above board. I suspect that those who complain, only do so because they want special favours.
The saint, you really are a saint. I had no idea anything like that existed. Have spent over £18 000 to purchase a residential land in Lusaka which I am now developing – from a bona fide foreigner! Thank you once again.
Mr President I support you, Go RB Go RB
positivist pa zed says. You are just a waste of time. The FNDP you are talking about is just a waste of time and other resources. A lot of money went into the development of the FNDP and what was done with it? not much if anthing at all. The implementation of the plan was not anything to write home about. it is just an academic exercise in my view. My view is that at the stage we have reached, we need someone who can drive these plns to implementation. Infact i think we need someone to use some militeristic approach to deal with the mess of the infrastructure for instance. Someone who will just apportion money to various issues of our Country and ensure that whoever is responsible does what he or she is supposed to do
Mr. Capitalist (#21): What specifically did RB do to achieve the things you have cited? Some things happen even when the president has done completely nothing. You probably did’nt read comments made by some Zambians concerning Francis Chigunta’s claims that the things you have mentioned above are RB’s achievements. People want RB to reduce the size ohis Cabinet, but he hasn’t; they want him to reduce PAYE and VAT, but he hasn’t; they want him to provide free health care to all Zambians, but he hasn’t; they want him to provide free education beyond Grade 7, but he hasn’t; they want him to improve public infrastructure nationwide, but he hasn’t; they want him to facilitate the creation of jobs, but he hasn’t; they want him to effectively fight crime and corruption, but he hasn’t;…
You are in a rush to get the F out of State House but please clean up the place as you leave…
Definitely imagine that that you said. Your favourite justification seemed to be on the internet the easiest factor to consider of. I say to you, I certainly get annoyed whilst other folks think about issues that they plainly do not understand about. You managed to hit the nail upon the highest as neatly as outlined out the whole thing with no need side-effects , folks can take a signal. Will probably be again to get more. Thank you