NATIONAL Restoration Party (NAREP) president Elias Chipimo Jumior says Zambians should strive to build an economy that will address the many social challenges the country is facing.
In his end of year message, Mr Chipimo said 2012 ought to be a year in which the nation should tackle problems ranging from poor healthcare and dilapidated and inadequate infrastructure.
He said unemployment, corruption, and excessive presidential and executive powers are key issues that require a clear and immediate response.
Mr Chipimo said the country’s education system needs to be revamped to provide access to quality education for eligible learners.
“It is sad that Zambia’s economy is still not meeting the development needs of the majority of the people, in spite of its strong performance over the last few years,” he said.
He said solving the nation’s problems will no doubt require long-term focus, energy and vision, which requires concerted efforts from all Zambians.
He said corruption causes various social problems which need to be addressed.
Mr Chipimo said although the fight against corruption has been boosted by the Patriotic Front (PF) administration, there has been ‘lamentable failure’ in finding a formula to address the problem in a sustainable manner.
Mr Chipimo said establishing a truth and reconciliation commission on corruption (TRCC) would greatly help the fight against corruption.
He said the commission can be established through an Act of Parliament and would require cross-party support but is likely to produce a more effective outcome.
Mr Chipimo said the commission would act as the sole commission to tackle graft.
He said history has shown that politicians would “do well to tread cautiously when tempted to make rash campaign promises that set unrealistic deadlines for their fulfilment.
“Although these promises served to capture the expectations of the masses of unemployed and disillusioned youth primarily in urban areas, they also ended up creating an expectation that even a well- resourced government would have found nearly impossible to fulfil,” he said.
Mr Chipimo said campaign promises are, however, an unavoidable part of modern politics and should be focused on what a new government can begin to do rather than what it should attempt to accomplish within a short time frame of 90 or 100 days.
He also said instead of claiming that the PF administration has made many mistakes from the time they were voted into office, it is the duty of every Zambian to provide constructive criticism.
Mr Chipimo also called on Zambians to remain united regardless of their political affiliation and work together to achieve meaningful and sustainable development.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
Talk about a visonary,balanced and eloquent analysis .Mr chipimo you have made my day a Big break from mad slinging i think you should give monthly briefs
Instead of wasting money on useless and expensive Commissions of Inquiries to nowhere which every sane, intelligent and patriotic citizen knows they are nothing but a duplicity in services of existing Security and Justice institutions.
Here is one politician talking sense. Not the everyday senseless, tribal and careless talk from the others.
Yesterday ati Mwanawasa has set up illegal Task Force on Corruption which must go but today doing the same thing. Yesterday at Barotseland agreement is legal and inevitable to respect, today ati its should face the national army warfare. This is clear and present dangerous flip flopping to nowhere. Zambia needs intelligent and visionary moralists like never before.
“Problems we have cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them”. Albert Einstein … “Zambian youths can’t expect the country to solve these enduring problems by using the same antiquated brains and kind of thinking used when they created them … “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. …
Truth and reconcilliation only means that culprits will come forward on conditions of clemency, meaning the criminals will get away with it. It sounds very noble indeed, but it does not work well in every situation. These arrogant criminals that Senior Shi.ttizen is hell bent on defending need a visit from justice. If they want leniency let them come out and help us waste money investigating the obvious, then we might consider reduced sentences or total amnesty for someof them, otherwise, awe. Arrogance and impunity is all they show, and they even show no remorse. Chimbokaila!!!
PF REGIME IS A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE.
Country men and men we have a circus to doom. Sata’s regime is what in the USA is infamously called, “The Bridge to Nowhere”. We have not only a National Embarrassment but a curse for curving cheaply to illiteracy, ignorance and delusions sold out in a social contract.
Did we not warn you….
Great Words president Elias Chipomo jr. HERE IS A MORE PRESSING QUESTION. where IS POLICE ( BEAUTIFUL) SPOKES WOMAN miss NDANDULA SIAMANA?
Be Senior Citizen nabo. Ngabalemba apa kwati ifyo balelanda fituntulu kanshi balesabailafye. Kabiyeni uko. Which bridge to nowhere are you talking about? Tommorrow you will leak your own vomit when Sata suprises you with what you have never had since you were born. Give PF time to clean, yes clean and I am very happy about that, and then implement their manifesto. From now on, you have been demoted to Very Junior Citizen.
GK when you blog in Bemba mostly attacking senior citizen you just make us throw up. Use English we are all not Bemba’s. I know that’s the language you know better when stressing a point but I would rather you blog in broken English like us all.