President Michael Sata has today concluded his investment promotion engagements in India.This is according to a press statement made available to the media by his special assistant for press. The statement did not state when the president is likely to fly back to Zambia.
According to the statement, Mr Sata had his last investment promotion meeting with Apollo International Limited who have expressed interest to construct a super-specialist hospital in Zambia.
The multi-million dollar Group of companies also expressed interest in constructing grain storage silos and engage in value-addition community-based technology transfer targeting rural areas.
During the meeting, Apollo International Ltd president Mr. Naveen Kapur told the Head of State that his company would in addition produce tool-kits to promote vocational skills that would create employment for the youth.
President Sata who was flanked by Zambia’s High Commission to India Ms. Susan Sikaneta and First Secretary for Press & Tourism Mr. Bwalya Nondo assured Mr. Kapur that appropriate authorities in Zambia would facilitate the company’s investment plans.
The President said his Government was keen to ensure that every investment opportunity created jobs across the board and assist in curbing rural- urban migration, which was triggered by the urge for employment.
Please go back Mr. President. There are more pressing issues waiting for you in Barotseland.
Let the President do more important things in India than this ka issue of frustrated people of so called Barotseland. if Mr Siyanda wants to die, let him just die who cares any-way. This man when he was in MMD employment he didn’t talk about this issue now that he IS OUT and has nothing to do he says he will die because of Barotseland.. NO WAY no one is interested to see your finished blood. just eat your pension which you got from MMD.
Leave PF alone, we know all along some of these people have bad behavior towards other Tribes. ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION….
But I thought it was a private visit. How come he was promoting investment? I guess that was an after thought after questions on the real purpose of the trip. It was going to be easy to make the visit public from the start with transparency. We’ll see what investment will come out of the private trip. Time to face issues home now.
@zedian let the president do his work Barotseland is a non starter issue and should be trashed
Sata should now come back and face the very people he told he would honor the BA64 agreement. This noise has come up BECAUSE OF HIS EMPTY promises. He caused this problem and some of us are tired of talking about the samething everyday, especially when you are discussing with i.d.i.o.t.s. Let him come back so that if it is killing all the lozis he just does that, they are used to being killed now. But he should remember the unpredictable consequences from that.
ndoshi iyi. unpredictable consequences, ni ndoshi ilanda ifi
Damage Control…. From being a private visit/holiday to being an investment promotion. Whatever Sata is hiding, it will kill him.
We were once told by Mulongoti that Mwanawasa was jogging in London and yet he was sick… and we all know what happened.
Never, never, never underrate any group of people.
barotseland is not an issue.we dont feed on barotseland.it is a waste of time for us.we want more investors,not this rubish BRE.
its fine how this government is run.one ,solo government.when the president left we not informed that he is going out there to woo investors.now we are informed about his coming back after a liekage from some online paper.and what hell on earth will the president,wife,and press aid embark on such any important journey,leaving behind technocrats.says why he is akwa,or is old dog
Let this liar come and face bnc
@ 7 Corectornox: Who are you to say Barotseland is not an issue when the Speaker, Cabinet Ministers and all MPs have said this is a serious issue that needs urgent attention? Wait and see, you will curse the day you were born – with your careless attitude!!
mweba lozi kanshi mwaba shani all the time threatening remarks , thats why the majority ni ndoshi sheka sheka
let me enjoy my movie especially that my da will pay the 10 million kwacha
Private visit, investment engagement? If this is indeed a private visit, on whose behalf is he speaking? What gives him the authority to speak on behalf of the Zambian governement?
These people think Zambians are stupid!!
I ar saying the trueth
foolish *****!! private or not he still stands to remain the President of the Republic of Zambia wherever he may be!!
Barotseland is an issue and should be put on “Red Alert”. People will regret for their bad attitude towards the Ma-Lozi. We are not going to live in a Country where other tribes feel superior when in actual fact KI MASHOLI feela. Bulozi Fasi la bo ndate aluna …. Mulena Buluka Sicaba Sahesu!!!
INFERIORITY COMPLEX!!!!!!
My freind, even your cousins in Namibia (Kaprivu strip) tried this nonsense, and they got what they deserved! Mongu is close to Kaprivu, walk across and ask them if you missed that news flash! The same is coming for you lunatics in WP. Do not take the govt and Zambian’s petience for granted—-we shall see when “balls” start getting squeezed who will squil like pigs!
The UN and AU can’t even protect people within well defined borders and you expect them to come to your aid when even you yourselves can’t define where the so called Barotseland “nation” begins and ends! In this era of terrolism, you will just be declared insurgents and hell will break loose on your asses!!!
Why cant they just tell us the date when he is coming back? It is rather puzzling that the Pres has not made a statement on the current crisis in W province. To me this is an indication that he is extremely indisposed as meeting potential investors from India whilst on a private visit should not preclude him from being engaged with developments at home especially one as serious as the proposed secession of W province and for which he is partially if not wholly responsible due to the unrealistic promises he made in his bid to become republican pres of Zamb.
BA is not hot issue,those pipo comited a crime,its treason and they shub be arrested.
The statement should read, he has concluded his prostate treatment! These things can never be hidden for long, those hiding will be exposed naked very soon.
Big Pipe,
I hope that you are not male, but female, and that you don’t have male relatives in your family.
Prostate complications are a threat to all males who are about 40 and up. We talk a lot about women health, this one is a man health issue.
Be sympathetic to people’s health issues. No one among us knows when we will suffer a disability or illness ourselves. If someone went for cosmetic surgery, we can take a swipe at their extravagance, not if they were accessing a life-saver.
I appeal to your conscience and those of others, be sympathetic!
Let me add that I had to abandon what I do overseas to go and deal with my fathers prostate trouble in 2010. Not only did it cost me money to fly to Zed, but it also cost me a lot of money to get the op done at a private practice, which proved to be effective.
PROSTRATE TREATMENT NOT INVESTMENT PROMOTTION. PRIVATE VISIT TURNED PUBLIC. THE MAN IS A LIAR. COMEDY CONTINUES. MEAN WHILE ITS KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE KE
how special are these bafiiiikala .let the president do the national duties than these piiigs mwalicula because of ubupuba bwenu.viva mr president we love you us genuine zambians not ifipuba ifi fi manyengo fibaloshi
And are very rich in mpika were you have run out of fish to exchange for maize. Stinking criminal id.iots with a quarter literate embe.cile as a tribal hero.
But bembas you can insult. Anyway just finished packing my bags, on the way to the promised bulozi land.
WHICH OF THE TWO TESTIS FROM UKWA DID THEY REMOVE ? WHY CANT HE JUST RESIGN ? SAME PERSON PROSTATE CANCER, KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, HEART REMOVAL…
Personally am not concerned about BA because its a non starter and it wont affect me in way, but am concerned about unemployments levels among the youths, so let the president bring investors and create jobs for the us youths that is what is important than this ****ing BA ISSUE, So Let the president work for all Zambians period.
He is not bringing any investment. And besides have you not seen how badly indians treat their employees you have examples of KCM, Pamodzi etc and here you are encouraging the man to bring more indians! After that you will be complaining about investors mistreating workers why cant zambians be investors here not always the indiana etc shame on us!
@Grace:
So what aternative do you have? Mwanawina & Nakatindi Investment company?!! Gees!!!!!!!!!!!!
A castrated bull is called an ox. Pulu. No life in the ducts. I pity ba c. Ni ya pa side cabe manje with the so called special assistants.
Leave the president alone, so what if doing investment. The President does not bring the whole cabinet to travel he is very careful with the way he spends money. Just the three of them can do all the job the country needs.
I think employment creation is much important that this ****ing BA issue amongst Zambians, so let the president bring investors that will create jobs in Zambia. if the Lozis are not happy they should go to hail coz zambia is biger than the lozi people.
This is a very choroegrahpic trip or stage managed theater…in my opnion Sata was taking a bed-rest after VIP medication… which I must say is usually overdose just to make sure. This update still lacks critical data..when is Sata coming back?
Zambians are really being treated like kids or fools who cant think. Since when has a head of state of any country gone to a remote part of another country without the company of the host or senior officials? Investiment promotion would have been in New Dehli or Mumbay where most major companies are based. Please you have taken donchi kubeba too far. Your lies will catch up with you soon.
OK. lets hope the correct procedure will be followed. I have in mind the Pepsi Drink maker varum. They brought investiment here and built a supper plant. The moment MMD was booted out PF brought problems for them.
The Zambian snakelings anxious wait for the arrival of their king….the sickly and demented cobra. Is there still venom in its ducts after the rumoured cas.tra.tion?
Bantustans,
What you are now practising with your hate speech is pure wickedness.n It really pained you so much that your Party, as you all soudn Party Cadres of some Bantustan Party could not win the elections.
To just give you an idea of how far that PArty is from convincing Zambian to give it a mandate, during all the three previous elections HH has participated in, he has consistently come third, even against RB whom people were fade up with. S-o, to help you adjust psychologically, no amount of insults or wishful thinking will improve political fortunes of the UPND. to be very blunt, the more you people demonstrate isolationist tendencies even online, the more you alienate others from supporting you. HH WILL NEVER RULE ZAMBIA AND UPND HAS TO REFORM RADICALLY WITH NEW LEADERSHIP
The allegations of Mr Sata concluding promotion investments makes sad reading for a SICK head of state on a PRIVATE visit to India. The nation was informed Mr Sata is on a private trip to India and any business dealings made from this trip is private. Zambia do not welcome investiments made from private trips as they breed corruprion to a nation. We await for the president to inform his employers the Zambians where he had been and for what purpose and whose benefit was that trip made for?. His impotent vice presidents both the official and party vp could not inform the nation in a definitive way. Let him come back if he has recovered from the sickness untold to the nation.
#23, POINT!!!
Sorry, I mean # 27, POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#23, MINA AMATE!!!!
Here is a profile of Apollo international of India. Make up your mind whether it tallies with the press statement.
We would like to introduce ourselves as apollo international limited an international business arm of group apollo which is a significant global player with a turnover of over usd 625 million. A professionally managed group, it comprises of apollo tyres limited, an established market leader in the tyre manufacturing industry and apollo international limited, which acts as a gateway for all international operations of the group.
One of india’s largest exporters of tyres, apollo international limited has earned an enviable reputation in the markets of north america, south america, asia, africa middle east and australia. The current product range includes cross-ply truck/bus tyres, light commercial vehicle tyres, passenger car radials, otr and agricultural tyres. Apollo international ltd is also engaged in the trade of a diverse field of defence supplies, educational supplies, medical supplies, industrial raw material including chemicals, agricultural supplies and textiles to markets covering middle east, africa, south east asia, far east, russia and central europe.
With a wide network of more than 1200 internationally acclaimed associate manufacturing companies worldwide, we are in a position to provide products, equipment and services of the highest international standards to its customer base worldwide at most competitive prices. We also have offices in 6 countries, strategically coveing the enitr globe. OEM Service:
No. of R&D Staff:
Estimated Annual Sales (USD): Above US$100 Million
Export Percentage:
Quality Control:
Legal Representative/CEO:
Factory Size (Sq.meters):
Factory Location:
Corporate Status:
Wu told the loziz that the rule Zambia please muleikala fye
reply bambuli.
Reports of 10K troops amassed in Western Province, this matter is being debated in Parly and the President is on a “private visit turned investment meeting” is shaking hands for paltry $50K investment pledges with local Indian business people.
Obama would have been in Washington in a flash even if he was on sick leave…Sata should relies that he holds the highest PUBLIC office in the land and so they people deserve to know his whereabouts….his leadership is needed at the moment. Would these leaders of today manage a Captain Solo style coup d’état…highly doubt it!!
Its not an issue
That Chelah fella should first tell us, did the president go on a private visit, medical visit, or investment promotion? If it was investment promotion, how come he left his minister of commerce? The pictures that we have seen so far of the so called investment meetings do not show any Zambian ambassador or officials from the Zambian embassy in India. The pictures seem to show courtesy calls by some Indian people maybe businessmen we can’t tell. My problem is that after the 90 day false promises, I do not trust these donchi kubeba guys anymore, in fact I would not trust them with anything at all. Look where they have landed us with BRE. That is how low my opinion of them is.
HH will never rule unless he changes.He wants to bring Genocide in Zambia .Nikapuba
@32 silent spectator
Once upon a time Zambia used to manufacture it own tyres, but it died a natural death as there was an influx of cheap second hand used tyres flooding the market which killed the industry off.
So if this Appollo talk is a non starter and just a mere pledge, unless the gov’t is ready to increase tax on imports just for these guys.
Plus frustration of being castrated, mwanya bakaponya. UKWA good for nothing, now that young wife of his is at the peak of her libido. Mudala will die of heart attack lol
#29 mpombo webilima…teka fitala.. We re on the same page…
You mean the plumbing work is complete? I advise the president to stick in india until the doctors say its time to go. He will end up with complication just because of being power hungry. In the meantime, I pray for him to be wise. His uncle chikwanda can handle the BA64
Many bloggers have said over and over again, ‘There is no way anywhere in the world can a head of state single-handedly go to a foreign country to engage in foreign investment promotion without say, minister of commerce and some senior economist. As for the president’s press aide I feel sorry for him, he has a complicated job working with the cobra. He even fails to inform the nation when the president is due back in Zambia. We have more than 4 years to go with this circus. Good luck Zambia!
investment promotion engagements or private visit?stop playing with the minds of the zambian people
Apollo is not in construction but in tyres business. Read extracts above. Chellah is lying.
YOU ARE RIGHT,its in tyres and not construction.they needed a face cover.just googled that and they are very elaborate also in steel sector
Pa Fwaka. Nja itoeza ngi kwanu.Zwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.Alukulati.Ulisholi.
Has anybody seen any new photos of Chilufya since he was rushed off to India to ‘woo investors’, he formally used to refer to as ‘infestors’?
These greedy, ignorant, nepotic, jealousy and stinking buffoons called Lozis have run out of the little grey matter they once had. Do they really know what they are talking about? This is treason! And their primitive ngambela even gives evidence of treason publicly and in print. This is all GRZ has been waiting for. Now that you’ve categorically and openly stated what you fools have been planning hiding behind the defunct barotse agreement, it’s time to get arrested and be prosecuted for treason. You will surely feel the weight of Boma. Isolate, arrest and sentence. Treason sentence is “hang by neck until pronouced dead”
BRE issue…………………ataase!! This is nonsense. Lozis are the most primitive persons i have ever seen on this planet. Afterall, they are nothing. But a banch of cowards and useless charascters
BRE…………..bamakaka. You are not indegenous Zambians. We shall fight to death, bamakaka imwe. Afteral, Lozi are very coward persons and they cannot stand the long fight.
The Kwacha is falling. There is not more money in your pockets. The President has realised that the foreign trips that he criticised his predecessor about are the source of the investment that boosts Zambia’s economy. But because of pride and in line with the ‘Don’t kubeba’ (don’t tell) manifesto, He will just be sneaking out of the country now and then. You cannot teach an old dog new tricks, but the old dog can trick in new ways.
BY THE WAY, GUY SCOTT WILL BE FIRED.
Fellow Zambians living in India,have you been met by your President,if not can you enlighten us here at home whats going on there.I feel cheated as a Zambian not to be told the specific purpose of a President visit to any countryt and for how long,surely should we be speculating and cheating,Post Chella give us order,tefyo iya.
Investments Promotions ???, Private Holiday??? .. Reports of Medical treatment ?????
Somthing is wrong here. A week ago the Man couldnt wine and dine because alot of people were starving in the world so he just came back home and Chartered a Jet and flew across the world for a holiday and stayed at a hotel near the airport?? How many people holiday near the airport..dosent make sense to me.. and now Investment Promotions ????!!
Fellow Zambians we are officially doomed ..I cant get worse than this
It is shameful that the entire PF Govt thrives on disserminating LIES to the world. We all know that Sata’s trip to India is linked to medical treatment, not to canvas for investments promotions. Matters on investment are handled by the Minister of Commerce. The behaviour of Chellah and ZNBC is arousing more speculations that the PF Govt is all out to hide a very serious ailment that necessitated medical attention in India. Most viewers are now opting to view MUVI TV and accessing on-line news media to get authentic genuine news. Chibamba Kanyama has killed his profession for associating himself with ZNBC in these dark days.
This too shall soon become a non issue in the land of more stories to come :) Get well soon Mick. I see I win the bet that not only will you get better but also find time to bring home some Indian business :)
stitches on an elderly person`s balls and dick take too long to cure.moreover the dick can never be realigned again like a province
Ati “investments promotion”, they are trying to trick us into thinking that thats what he went there for. He went there for testicles problems and they trying to hoodwink us with this promotion bullshit. Mapwapwa yanasila baba, they need to be laser beamed.
morning
A boring & incosequential this barotse issue fit only for the rubbish heap of history.
The chief kaponya is bed-ridden. its been over a week and no word from that motor mouth of a leader.
we all get sick and once people are aware of our problems, there is an out-pour of sympathy. covering up leaked info only leads to embarrassment. for once i feel that MC can ‘fire someone with immediate effect’ for putting him in this awkward position. he must also reorganise his intelligence team and give them freedom to operate professionally so that they protect his interests effectively
mr president, please stop this one-man-show thing. give your aides enough room to work without fearing that they will be fired if they have a different opinion. this is why your intelligence system is even failing to come up with proper cover-up stories. anyone with a functional mind can see through the ‘investment promotion’ lie. wishing you a quick recovery
WHY IS THE POST SO QUITE ABOUT ALL THIS? THE COUNTRY IS ON A BLINK OF THE WORST STRIFE IN HISTORY AND THE PRESIDENT IS BUSY ENGAGING TRACTOR SALES MEN TO COME AND OPEN PLANTS HERE. REALLY EVEN THE CHAIRMAN OR CEO OF THAT COMPANY COULDNT FIND TIME TO MEET “HIS EXCELLENCY SATA” OF THE ZAMBIAN REPUBLIC!!!! THE POST WOULD HAVE HAD A FIELD DAY IF THIS WAS RB. TALK ABOUT BIASED REPORTING!!! MEANWHILE ZUMA AND HIS DELEGATION IS ATTENDING A VERY IMPORTANT BRICS MEETING WITH THE MOST POWERFUL LEADERS FROM THE EMERGING ECONOMIES. POOR SATA IS SEEING ALL THIS ON TV IN INDIA? PLEASE RESIGN BECAUSE YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE ZAMBIAN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO VOTED FOR YOU.
What time is Ukwa Madness Chilufyanya Satana (MCS) arriving in Zed?
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