National Democratic Congress President Chishimba Kambwili has demanded for the immediate reopening of the Copperbelt University.
And Dr. Kambwili says if CBU is not reopened, he shall call on affected students, parents and Civil Society Organizations to demonstrate over the continued closure.
Dr. Kambwili has described the closure of the second highest institution of learning as regrettable.
The NDC leader wondered why Government is vehemently refusing to listen to the plight and cries of the people on CBU.
Meanwhile, Dr. Kambwili has described as scandalous the continued exportation of Mukula logs by suspected Chinese nationals.
He adds that some Government officials who are colluding with Chinese are benefiting from the illicit exports of the logs.
Dr. Kambwili says it is perplexing that the export of the logs has continued despite Government banning the export of the logs.
Yesterday, Prime TV exposed a scam in which hundreds of trucks laden with Mukula logs where discovered trying to export the wood outside the country.
And the NDC leader has described the newly launched Health insurance scheme as a scandal.
Dr. Kambwili says the implementation of the scheme should forthwith be suspended.
He is urging unions in the public service to reject the implementation of the scheme.
He notes that the medical scheme smells corruption as it will be a conduit to steal money from public service workers.
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Hahahahahaha. Kuti waseka, a leader calling for students and parents to take the law into their hands. Is this how you will rule Zambia? They’re better way of doing fine
If it turns political, it gets messy
CKinsultor is a wasted project.
Students’ behavior needs to be put to check. If we breed a RIOTOUS group of learned crooks, we will catalyze and mold an extremely dangerous future generation.
The Politicization of the closure by CKinsultor should lead to an extended closure period.
I expect students to condemn CKinsultor as they repentantly engage Government for a reformed student community. No more again should innocent citizens’ vehicles be subjected to ruthless students’ RIOTOUS behavior. You can’t have a political failure meddling in Government pursuit of repairing broken down University infrastructure before it reopens. Students know the damage they inflicted. Parents needs to pay for students’ unruly behavior…
CKinsultor is the dullest as a result.
Kambwili – when you were in power as a minister, you never called for the immediate open of universities, whenever, the got closed down. You hypocrite and cowered fatso
The problem with BUFFOON CK is he gives out too much quantity yet lacking quality …you start okay with CBU then start making allegation after allegation though maybe true but without any evidence or even a picture of a truck at the border laden with Mukula logs….he now ends up sounding like that child who keeps shouting lion lion to scare villagers for fun…back up allegations of corruption with evidence at MOH, you know how passive Zambians are to believe you.
Hahahahahaha. Kuti waseka, a leader calling for students and parents to take the law into their hands. Is this how you will rule Zambia? They’re better way of doing fine
Muzo – Its come to this because of lack of communication from govt, Luo states that its her boss holding the keys and Lazy Lungu is quiet…the man is busy flying all over the place….any way you are way too dull to see that the institution closing for this long is unacceptable not even KK did this.
Dr. Kambwili shut up. Let the chaps learn something from this closure. I have a child at CBU but I also want him to learn that breaking of innocent people’s property in not acceptable. How I wish this closure can go up to six months.
I have also 2 children from CBU and I feel CBU should be closed for at least 6 months and if possible the entire 1 year. We should not condone lawlessness by our children. Shame on you Kambwili. These students behave like mad dogs just because they have gone to CBU or UNZA. What is UNZA or CBU? In UK they are colleges full of nothing but mad students.
@LISTERNER, your insane. Do you understand the implication on it’s international standing and it’s future? For instance how is the backlog of students going to be managed?
I doubt u have children who can go to University with this kind of thinking.. In the first place u must know that its not all the students who riot. With proper investigation we can trace the trouble makers and suspend them.. If u have one child misbehaving do u punish the entire household????? Some level of thinking leaves much to b desired.
Typically people who have never been to higher education or their children are simply failures and call boys are the ones that support the continued closure of CBU.
All you people need to shut up that school belongs to the people of Zambia and not PF, Luo or Lungu. In fact the government needs to be upfront with the people, everyone knows that they have no money. This government doesn’t care about education how do you keep closing a big institution like this, very irresponsible
The students shud be disciplined my brother. It’s good we have felt the impact
Spot on with this lot we wouldn’t have obtained independence, no wonder most of us feel we are lossing it.
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If opposition were smart which are not …they and all members of parliament should go and stand outside CBU and conduct interviews there to make political capital of it.
Mr. Kambwili is a populist. Knee jerk talks.
Has Mr. Kambwili sorted out his NDC issue? I missed that news! Has Mwenya Musenge left the NDC?
To repair broken down infrastructure, resources don’t lie in waiting waiting for students’ crazy behavior iwe.
Money needs to be mobilized, it must take a year or two to repair and rebuild vandalism infrastructure. You sound like there is an emergency cash in the DMMU for the unnature disaster causes.
If I were Minister of Higher education, I would slap a 2.5 year closure.
Universities and Colleges don’t belong to your fathers, they are public infrastructure. Indeed if they did, you would cautious enough not to inflict damage.
We have enough laws to put your unruly and sabotageous hooliganism to check. The entire students must be charged.
How much have you contributed to the works of repair at CBU. 1d1ots.
Trib.als like Chimbwi and upnd actually breed those riots as political tools. That is why you see trib.al Chimbwi and Trib.al Hacks go on top of the mountain as soon as a university is closed. I hear that at one time Trib.al Hacks called for the reopening of Unza after a riot when no decision to close it was in the offing…… kikikikikiki… how does T.H. feel to be a political failure? Now he is completing for political survival with Chimbwi, sameleagye I.agine.
Trib.als like Chimbwi and upnd actually breed those riots as political tools. That is why you see trib.al Chimbwi and Trib.al Hacks go on top of the mountain as soon as a university is closed. I hear that at one time Trib.al Hacks called for the reopening of Unza after a riot when no decision to close it was in the offing…… kikikikikiki… how does T.H. feel to be a political failure? Now he is completing for political survival with Chimbwi, same league imagine.
Has anyone been to CBU to discuss with the authority there to assess and ascertain what the real issues are? Has CBU admin written to request reopening or not? For me the trouble I have is the interference of govt in the running of universities. Universities must run with some degree of autonomy. Our universities risk losing credibility (if not already) and relevance to society if this continues. It is not PF govt only but even previous ones. At least during Mwanawasa there was some stability.
Ba Kambwili mukaya mweka. We are tired escorting you politicians
A person who plays to children future is a devil.Lets take up arms,there no future anymore.
“And Dr. Kambwili says if CBU is not reopened, he shall call on affected students, parents and Civil Society Organizations to come watch him naked as he demonstrates along Jumbo drive over the continued closure.”
This is only thing that would make sense
What kind of Dr is this Kambwili???
Thanks for your information.
Government spends borrowed money just to build schools,clinics, roads and universities and yet some would be future leaders can’t appreciate and guard jealousy those infrastructures, but day by day keeps blaming others who cares about the future of all citizens and not just the few dull students that don’t know what they are into university for,the reason why they graduate with children’s and name them degree mhvula ,diploma Abigail, advanced technician mulenga certificate zulu and so on….government intentions are well and shouldn’t be politicized cause they are just protecting what they invested in.
In the first place, who closed CBU, students or government? The students thought they could hide in the thicket of mob confusion, run amok and destroy tax payers’ properties and being misled by the toothless opposition. Now let them go to the opposition who misled them to plead for mercy.
Infact CBU needs closure for three years to allow for serious facelift and redesign.
there are more than 10 universities in Zambia both privet and GRZ owned, why should CBU be the only one to be special to be allowed to missbehave ? if CBU students don’t graduate other students from other universities will graduate and find jobs and contribute to the national pride. CBU students are simply paying for their unruly behavier. some of these students when taken to other universities they don’t misbehave. why ???