United Party for National Development (UPND) has advised Republican President Rupiah Banda to listen to Zambians for him to reduce trips.
Mr. Hakainde Hichilema said that it is a pity that as the President has decided to increase his travels despite calls from Zambians to reduce on flying out of the country.
Mr. Hichilema observed that the President is disturbing his neighbours and other Presidents cannot tell him that because of diplomatic relations.
President Rupiah Banda is on Monday expected to leave for Brazil for a three-day State Visit at the invitation of the out-going President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inancio da Silva.
President Banda is scheduled to leave on Monday morning via Ana andgol his visit is aimed at enhancing bilateral and trade relations between Zambia and Brazil.
After the State Visit to Brazil, President Banda will proceed to Gaborone, Botswana where he is due to chair the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Troika Heads of State Meeting of the Organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation to be held on November 19, 2010.
President Banda last week traveled to Namibia for the Caprivi Link Inter-connector Inauguration Ceremony at Katima Mulilo’s.
Mr. Hichilema has since advised the president to at least settle down and concentrate on the domestic challenges.
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Levy is in state house what do you expect? Something is really wrong here !
RB knows he is leaving office next and wants to make money on allowances.
Tell us what you’ll do if given power and not important presidential trips.
@4 ba Capitalist.
HH seems to move your spirits yaba. whats important about this trip naimwe? muli ba cadre?
Dont worry guys RB will visit Zambia after Brazil B4 he goes to Rwanda then he proceeds to berg for a PhD. he was denied one last month cause it was too early. Tell them HH.
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LT please have #1 blacklisted. the name and the comment are morally wrong
# 6 DO NOT ARGUE WITH A FOOL,…i.e. # 1. Anyway, our president does not have a domestic policy, so he is concentrating on the only policy he has foreign! We have said again and again that if he lived in the generation of Vasco da Gamma, he would have been the greatest explorer! It is like everytime he sleeps at state house the ghost of our hard working incorruptible LPM haunts him for the many mistakes. This president has no ears for us Zambians, he only wants to go and listen to other people outrside Zambia. UPND and PF form a committee to value all this presidents trips and it should be a campaign issue with alternative projects that could have been handled with the sum of money established. Ensure you do this to each and every failure. 2011 campaign should ba fact based!
How do you allow insults #1 (chikalaa chobe HH) LT? Is this ok for your news…
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ka HH is just envious of RB.And in what capacity is he talking?he does not have any mandate from anyone apart from his ‘drop in the ocean’ deluded tribesmen.
Presidents have to travel, that is why even the late LPM died when he was on a foreign trip. We are not North-Korea or a failed state as some in UPND have stated and therefore have to forge and manage strategic international relationships added to which we are a landlocked country. HH should concentrate on his own battles with Sata. As far as am concerned, if he cant come up with credible policies then he might as well keep his mouth shut.
The Frequent Flyer, Kamwendo Munjila! RB is a play boy and he is enjoying his global trotting and cares very little about the goings on in Zed!!!
HH do not question RB’s important trips. Tell us what you are going to do that RB has not done in 2 years because for us we have seen a lot of developmental projects through his fruitiful trips.
You “No11 and 6” are trading insults on HH are in-human and not fit be on earth.If had a way I would cleared you.VIVA HH
chief MMD assisstant DICKLICKER you are nothing but a sell-out, a bitch ass nigger. Clueless RB is one aimless ‘leader’ that is even lucky to be where he is rite now. people like him will never B remembered 4 anything and will B erased from our memories once his plane plunges mu atlantic ocean.
Please delete #1 and #10. Lusaka Times you need start filtering retrogressive insults from the blog.
this man doesnt know that plane crashes kill and there are rebels in some countries..ok..kaya..
Lusaka Times you need start filtering retrogressive insults from the blog.
# 22. You are very right. This is not good. Insulting in such a Christian Nation.
President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inancio da Silva was in ZED on state visit for only 24 hours and a lot of bi-lateral agreements were signed within that short period but our RB will be in Brazil for a week. I hope the Amayenge are not part of the advance “business” delegation!!!
ha ha ha yaaba.awe kwena ba shikulubantu baba palwendo..when next is he going to visit zambia?pa zambia even football is being adminstered out zambia,South africa and the rest to be precisely.the nation is being adminstered in the diaspora by our ever flying bwezani banda.by the time he’s finished with our great nation,ninshi the national pocket(tressury)ninshi yalipoleka mukupya,maawee..lesa twafweni bamambala basenda shonse fye nomba!
BWANA RB MUST CONSULT FTJ ON WHAT MAC TRIBOUY DID TO VERA WHEN FTJ WAS BUSY FLYING ABOUT WITH ERI SILWAMBA.REMEMBER THADI IS STILL VERY FRESH AND ATTRACTIVE.
#24 just some education to guide your comments on this Presidential trip. You obviously have never travelled by air, or you are an ignorant kachepa (like some leaders whom we all know) or you are a downright lier, or you are paid to twist stories for your master. Pick one which fits you.
1. Which country has more to learn from the other?
2. Travelling to Brazil is not like flying to Mongu, it takes not less than eight hours or thereabout.
3. The President departs Zambia 15 November and he would be expected in Gaborone to attend a SADC Troika meeting on 19th. Since he must be in Gaborone by 18th, it follows that he can only have two days of official duty in Brazil.
I hope that you have gained some useful knowledge from the above tips so that in future you blog sensibly .
There should be some individualz who must alwayz accompany the Prezident whenever he travelz, and I imagine they must have built mansionz from the allowancez they get.
leave them alone and let them injoy themselves while the still live.
“Mr. Hichilema observed that the President is disturbing his neighbours and other Presidents cannot tell him that because of diplomatic relations.”
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1. H.E.R.B. is invited on all his trips. The fact that he receives so many invitations from around the world is a mark of his standing on the international scene, something for Zambia to be proud of as it can bring uncountable benefits for the country.
2. This international standing is the source of envy by HH and others who shall remain nameless today. The beneficial results of these trips would also impact negatively on their chances of success in 2011.
3. HH does not qualify to criticise the Presdient on trips or anything for that matter, until he shows us some success with his party and the Pact. He has no credentials at all.
#22 and 23 you are right please lets not insult each other. This is not good, but I thought this was brought about so that people may be airing thier views but its like we are abusing this media now. LUSAKA TIMES it’s better you black list all those insulting its not fair.
What invitations? He invites them to invite him. I still don’t understand why some people choose to turn a blind eye to the obvious or argue for its own sake. Travelling to other countries is not a major component of a President’s duties. Most of the things he claims he is going for when he travels can be done from home or at the diplomatic offices in those countries. Does he even know who is doing what in his cabinet? He makes reshuffles now and again, but what time does he really assess the work of his govt. officials? His reshuffles are a pretence that he is working.
LT I concur with # 20, please just like you have erased # 1, erase # 10, because second line word number 3 and 4 are insults. I know you may not read venacular, but as your bloggers, we should help you to add quality to debates.
Lets not insult each pipo. Lets allow for divergent views as you we are all from different backgrounds. President HH is entilted to his now observations abt musololi wacisi RB. Let him fly, its his time. 2mro is for HH, the other day Cozmo Mumba, other day President Siulupwa and so on. Lets live in harmony with each other. There is time everything
Thandi my love, I hear he has gone again:d, dont forget to dress up in military uniform when coming to see me. Be careful of state house police! hahahah, 1 week!:-\”
Plane crush is my only wish right now, then fear would be instilled in any would-be frequent flyer.
Zambia is what it is now because of RB. The man has worked very hard in the last two years. I am sure if we give him a full term Zambia will be half London like SA. What do you think?….
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37, of course that is attainable, especially if we all stopped being negative about ourselves, everything, and everybody. Judging from what we have seen in the two years so far and in the absence of any viable alternative, let H.E.R.B. continue to deliver.
As old as he is he probably had told himself that he just wants to enjoy life and travel the world. What better way to do that than by using tax peyers money and taking Zambia back wards. We have had enough, its time you sat down and did some actual work Mr. President
Those who are insulting are abusing the Blogging Office. If you are in europe it is an offence. Abuse of Office is no longer an offence in Zambia. Kaunda travelled a lot and the Kalindula singers sang that Kaunda e wa shinguluke chalo.. now it is Lupiya Bwesheni Chibanda