Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo on Saturday announced the setting up of an Economic Empowerment Fund targeted at taxi drivers in his constituency.
The fund has a K400,000 set aside to support taxi drivers with micro finance loans for their families to start up small businesses.
The other component of the Fund will go towards applying for licence upgrades from the Road Transport and Safety Agency for over 300 taxi drivers drawn from seven taxi ranks in the constituency.
The drivers will have their driver licenses renewed and upgraded with the help of Mr Lusambo at no cost to the drivers.
This came to light on Saturday when representatives of taxi drivers in Kabushi when Mr Lusambo for a consultative meeting on how they could be empowered economically.
The drivers were given a chance to make their submissions and majority of them submitted that they were would like to get a higher driving qualification but they are unable to do so because of lack of funds.
In his response, Mr Lusambo assured them that the K400,000 Fund will be administered by the taxi drivers themselves in a form of a Corporative with support from some members of Kabushi Constituency Executive for monitory purposes.
He said the Fund has been set up with the help of President Edgar Lungu and will operate as a revolving fund.
Mr Lusambo said the gesture by President Lungu to assist in setting up the Fund is a clear testimony that he cares for young people.
He said the PF government has set aside several economic empowerment programmes targeted at young people.
At the same event, popular musician Kings Malembe Malembe urged the young people to remain focused if they are to improve their economic situation.
He said young people should also align themselves with those in leadership starting from their wards in order to take advantage of the opportunities.
Nice house Bowman.
Bally will reposses it soon.
You can not reap what you have not sowed.
Bally will fix all of you thieves.
Kings is a waste of time. He cannot read the current affairs of the country.
Good luck to the youth of Kabushi. After the upgrade of licenses what next? Last time I checked. Industries in Ndola are dead. So no trucks to drive. Meaning more frustration!! Because you can’t drive taxis with CE licences.
Am just hurting with this the new phenomenon of worshipping people like god’s…..leaders are taking advantage of the suffering of the people to continue staying in power….the aligning to people in power is making and subjecting people to be zombies….no thinking for themselves but always trying to align to somebody to survive….advocate for thinking outside the box, encourage life sustaining skills, apprenticeships has built great nations…please encourage our people to think, stop subjecting them to being zombies…we need to build this nation please!
Imbwa are allowed to hold a campaign rally with more than 100 people, no social distancing, hugging and ukulinganya amapulli. Without even a police permit.
But opposition parties are forbidden from holding own branch meetings and elections.
Edgar Lungu must be careful with Lusambo he has presidential ambitions.
He is too powerful more than bakateka.
PF must go!
Mwisho, please explain to the nation the source of the money you have donated to the taxi drivers in your constituency.
This habit of non disclosures of donated monies has created a very fertile scenario of speculation and rumors of theft, corruption and other talk directed at the people in power.
This is the other problem with Tasila lungu.
She is a councilor in chawama constituency and has been making donations to her ward, but she does not mention the people funding those projects.
Imagine if Bowman lusambo got K400, 000 from company A, and another K400, 000 from private individual B for the same taxi driver project.
Chances are that, since there is no disclosure of the source funds, the other K400, 000 will be zambianised. That’s my personal opinion
Great stuff my brother lusambo. You are one of the most hardworking ministers in the country. It is good to see you giving back to your community. The haters above from diaspora are filled with so much hate such that even when some one does a kind thing, they still criticize , and yet most of them have never even helped the relatives they left in Zambia. Not even with just sending salt. Ugly hearted people in diaspora
Ka pot berried Lusambo is a rich man now and very soon it will deflate when Bally clamp on these thieves.
Just get ready for wrong dealings and your master thief Edgar Lungu will be punished heavily.
PF must go!
So now more than 50 people are allowed to gather together.
I see no social distancing..
And us it campaign period?
On a daily basis PF shows how corrupt it is with unaccounted money that gets dished out to the masses who have been turned into beggars. Not even embarrased mentioning that the funds where a gesture from ECL. GESTURE!!!!!! This is tax payers money being drawn from a “bottomless pit” without care as tax money is now “personal to holder”. These bunch of thieves have exactly 13months before we send them where they belong @ mukobeko.
That Anthony Bwalya chap should forget about unseating Lusambo in 2021. As far as Zambian politics goes, and sadly so, policies of aspiring candidates don’t matter, handouts given to beggars speaks volumes.
You can’t appease the the normal Zambian voter by clearly explain your plans for the country or community, you can if you feed into their annoying ‘help me please’ attitude.
Robin Hood series. Vital information missing, what’s the source of funding?
Can any PF Cadre & high ranking member explain their source of wealth? A life style audit must be done & these thugs held to account. A reoccurring problem we have in our beloved Zed is there is No consequence for steal or abuse of power after a thief vacates office. HH must promise to hold all those accountable fairly & justice meted out. No RB type of deals for his son Henry Banda with Sata etc. Enough is enough!
If PF can manage information Gap then they will pull through though with some setbacks such as reduced MPs. When you donate funds without stating the source, speculation increases. If they fail to manage citizenly information Gap then UPND leader will pull through BUT with minority parliament members. This a neutral mind.
These Kaabwalala’z are reallyswimming in Kickback cash, hence they threaten youths not to derail the Gravy Train.
Ku Malawi a female U$D Millionaire was made & how much did P.F officials make in that deal alone, not taking about ambulances, toll gates, Mukula etc.
Ba K!ngs like Se.er 1 Ej!madu said is NOT a Man, but a Woman & should buy himself a Bra from the Cash Bowman gave him.
Lastly Ba Kabolala P.F, KUYABEBELE!
“He said the PF government has set aside several economic empowerment programmes targeted at young people.”
They are stealing taxpayers money then giving it back to them as a loans and grants with no chance of anybody paying back…I mean how does the whole President’s office get involved in such issues…where is the fund MPs are given from Parliament.
Corrupt money stolen from the tax to bribe the very people they stole it from
It’s always good to see when people help others to overcome economic challenges. Instead of just criticizing, everyone must get involved in this collective task of national development. Economic empowerment is just one area. There are many others ways to move the country forward, most of them begin on community level.
Tarino cry us a river you weak little weasle
Mary Chirwa and the FIC will be very very busy after the PF are kicked out.
The FIC will need to double their staffing levels in order to investigate these PF politicians for their unexplained source of wealth .
While the majority of Zambians are just living hand to mouth in the midst of covid-10 restrictions and lock down, some people have large sacks of money.
The Anti money laundering unit under “useless and ineffective” DEC must be placed under the FIC.
After all Mary Chirwa was the head of the Anti money laundering unit before for a number of years
I wouldn’t want to blame our musicians as they are only trying to make a living for themselves, I mean, I wouldn’t expect anything more. Musicians are equally living in poverty, there is no money to be made in our music industry. Our musicians now have become praise singers to those in power.
No wonder they are now forced to kneel before their leaders, That way, at the end of the day, they can be given some money. We all know what the Bible says about money, money has the potential to make you do anything. Yes, anything.
MMD end of term strategy, why didn’t you do this 13 months after getting into power, why doing it at the end of your term??? This is just the beginning, we are yet to see a lot of bribes to come, take and vote them out
Kabushi, donch kubeba. Chew the money.
You will see them distributing to youth Chink made buses from their Chink bosses like they were doing in 2015 …even get loans from AfDB for empowerment of marketeers which they later failed to pay back.
I WOULD RATHER FIRST UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORD “DEMOCRACY” BEFORE ASPIRING FOR THE PRESIDENCY OR ACCEPTING THE ROLE OF ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT OR BECOMING AN MP OR BECOMING A CADRE OR PLAYING ANY POLITICAL ROLE IN ANY CAPACITY. CHIPANTEPANTE POLITICS OF GIVING PEOPLE MONEY, MEALIE MEAL, FUEL, KAPENTA OR SOME SIMPLE COMMODITY WHICH WONT EVEN LAST FOR A WEEK BEFORE THEY COME BEGGING AGAIN CANNOT SOLVE THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF THIS NATION. WHERE WILL TAXI DRIVERS FIND CUSTOMERS WHEN YOU HAVE CLOSED KCM, NDOLA LIME, COPPERBELT ENERGY AND OTHER VITAL COMPANIES? IF THE TAXI DRIVERS FAIL TO PAY BACK THESE REVOLVING LOANS WHO WILL BLAME THEM??
Nine Chale – You are a gullible and docile individual I guess you are attempting to be objective….its beyond laughable …you wouldnt know if your wife was going for overnight prayers to your best friend’s house is haviing an affair..you would say praying is good for you my love. Look at your covid-19 in Zambia..what did we tell you now they dont even announce the data or do tests.
Now the fooooool Kings is being thrown some scraps from the Chief Bootlicker Bowman
Tarino you can’t vote in our country so you are not entitled to any opinion on anything in our country. The same way I cannot tell the UK government what to do about their internal affairs. As for lusakatime how much were you paid by hh to censure my last name. That is an insult to my heritage.are you saying all zuIus are undesirable elements that should be banned for using their name? In fact this can be considered tribal. We know who is funding you. Tribal party
I dont respond to silly Impostors especially one based in the UK claims to use VPN stuck in one country location for 5 years
Madilu system – People are fooolish but not that fooolish to vote for the useful moron Bowman…Bowman is like a dog on a leash on busy street remove the leash and he is lost
Wht u’re seeing is Mobutuism borrowed from just across the border. Live with it dear Zambians.
This is not an ordinary donation. Mr Lusambo has a fight on his hands. The other guy from UPND fighting for the same seat makes a lot of sense, and makes arguments that are logical. I hope the people in Kabushi will have their eyes open and vote with their brains and not their bellies.
Where is he getting all this money, while council workers go for months without pay? Is it from the commanders-in-thieft?
TIME TO DRAIN THE SWAMP.
PF are rigging the coming elections. We don’t need to invest in PVT team which will work in 2021…the rigging is being done now.
They have the printer of Ballot papers on their side.
2. They have reduced the voter registration period from 60 to 30 days.
3. They have constituted an electoral advisory committee comprising all their people.
4. Issuance of NRCs in their strongholds only
5. The voting of prisoners
Add to this they have the constitutional court and Police in their back pocket. They are currently campaigning full time countrywide then they will close all space for anyone else to go out to campaign using the public order act and the non-existent Covid 19 pandemic.
Electoral Advisory Committee
1. Rev Emmanual Bwalya
2. Prof. Edwin Zulu
3. Prof. Owen Sichone
4. Willie…
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Electoral Advisory Committee
1. Rev Emmanual Bwalya
2. Prof. Edwin Zulu
3. Prof. Owen Sichone
4. Willie Sweta
5. Gen. Benjamin Mibenje
6. Mirriam Munyinda
7. Hellen Samatebele
8. Enala Tembo
We need to seriously scruitinize the electoral process. PF are not stupid to play the same trick they used in 2015 and 16. They have something else up their sleeves
ECZ has announced voter registration scheduled for October 2020.
They are proposing to register 4,000,000 new voters and re-validate about 6,000,000 existing voters.
Here is the simple mathematics that show that they are trying to fool people and citizens of this great nation:
*New Voters*
1. 4million ÷ 30days = 133,333 voters per day
2. 133,333 ÷ 8 hours in a day = 16, 667 registered voter per hour.
3. 16, 667 ÷…
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*New Voters*
1. 4million ÷ 30days = 133,333 voters per day
2. 133,333 ÷ 8 hours in a day = 16, 667 registered voter per hour.
3. 16, 667 ÷ 60 minutes on 1 hour = 278 registered voters per minute.
4. 278 ÷ 60 seconds in a minute = 5 persons per second.
*Old Voters Verification*
1. 6million ÷ 30 days = 200,000 verified voters per day.
2. 200,000 ÷ 8 hours in day = 25,000 verified voters per hour.
3. 25, 000 ÷ 60 minutes in an hour = 417 verified voters per minute.
4. 417 ÷ 60 seconds in one minute = 7 verified voters per second.
Now if this is not illusions, cooked lies and deceit, I wonder what qualifies to be.
I can predict that there will be definitely no 4 million new voters that will be registered. First time, young voters will be disenfranchised and the…
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I can predict that there will be definitely no 4 million new voters that will be registered. First time, young voters will be disenfranchised and the verification process will be a messy business.
This is the beginning of another disputed and bloody election.
The great nation of Zambia needs great people again to redeem it from those that have made it a looting machine.
Cry my country cry.
Excellent Mr. Lusambo, you’re one of the hard working Ministers. You really have a passion for your constituency, the donation will definitely go a long way to the taxi drivers and subsequently their families. It truly is time to empower people to enable a steady economic reset when businesses re-open. Kudos!!
I am hereby advising the opposition parties to commence their campaigns without Police notification. It is high time you guys woke up from your sleep .pf is way ahead and right now are disregarding even the basic COVID 19 regulations of social distancing.
The issue of One month registering of voters must be challenged in the courts of law. It total idi.ocy and myopic yo ever imagine to register 6 million voters in a month.
Chali – Kenyan Law Don, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba who is perhaps the greatest Pan African advocate alive today…once said that when he was campaigning for a Parliamentary seat he went door to door enlightening the masses about good governance and why they should vote for him but 24 hours before polling day his opponent without campaigning came in with a truck load of beers and food gave the people …and they voted for him!!
Stalin Plucked a Live Chicken as a Lesson to His Followers, gave it breadcrumbs and it kept following him where ever he went to,
A common tale expresses the thought that a dictator can do anything he wants to “the people,” so long as the people believe he is the source of their survival.
Tarino why does that bother you? Are you going to stand or rather can you even stand as mp in your adopted country? Systemic racism is rampant there. Shouldn’t you be more concerned about that in your own country rather than meddling in our internal issues here in Zambia?
Sorry I dont respond to silly Impostors especially one based in the UK who claims to use VPN which stuck in one country location for 5 years
May I present……….Our Hero Hon Lusambo. Standing ovation for support and job creation to our fellow citizens.
Has ever such an MP arisen from among our miserable, gloomy, Doomsday Opposition? NO. NEVER. Just look at Grace floating, delivering Hope, to people crying out for deliverance.
God Bless Hon. Lusambo for his works for others. May he richly be blessed. Other MPs across all factions and Parliament floor should emulate this. Reach out to your constituents. Show care and be worthy of your votes, instead of inciting citizens to riot like shameful ‘overstaying,’ MMD party president Mumba….the weird priest that fails to preach peace among the people.
Hello Guys,
If anyone is wondering where the money is going they should ask this cheese eater..Just look at that fat belly how many cheese burgers did he eat this morning. How can a full grown man leave his house in such a tight shirt without feeling embarrassed. Some people have balls…PF must go…guys register to vote please let’s be serious.
Rigging won’t be possible for the PF this time around people are pissed off…so let’s play our parts…encourage all your family members to vote. Voting is free, practice your rights ladies and gentlemen.
Good afternoon.
Stalin Plucked a Live Chicken as a Lesson to His Followers, afterwards gave it breadcrumbs and it kept following him where ever he went to,
A common tale expresses the thought that a dictator can do anything he wants to “the people,” so long as the people believe he is the source of their survival.
Joseph Stalin: Gratitude is an illness for dogs.
This is the same as applauding the ATM for paying out your own money.
Wht’s Mobutuism, I’m often asked? It’s whn members of the ruling oligarchy hv lots of money, fly first class in international travel, drive posh cars but the country they lead is desperately poor and up to its neck in debt. Mobutu’s officials used to fly first class from Kinshasa to Europe and if they were connecting to North America, they flew Concorde on Air France or British Airways.
These crooks are at it again. That’s nothing but a bribe from gangster Lungu himself. $23,000 dollars (K400,000) is nothing but chump change to these thieves who have stolen millions of dollars. Young people, please don’t get fooled by these crooks. Take the money, but don’t vote for them. Because if you vote for them and they win the election next year, you’ll never hear from them again, as they’ll be busy stealing your future.
Zambia needs new patriotic leadership and not these crooks. What are they going to do for you, which they’ve not done in the 10 years they’ve been in power? And now they claim they’ll perform miracles in the remaining few months? Believe these crooks at your own peril.
Aristotle – I just saw Bowman’s video of this event on social media…the boys were even dancing on chairs when they heard Bowman say this not knowing this is their money that has been stolen from inflated Chink projects …I mean how do you set up an empowerment fund without management logistics .. you just say K400,000 set aside to support taxi drivers with micro finance loans for their families to start up small businesses and that this fund will be managed by taxi drivers themselves.
With all the money of has used to bribe voters and throw money their way …..
Atleast 2 cotton material manufacturing factories could have been established ….
Fellow Zambians money laundering and probably drug trafficking is happening in front of our eyes. Can citizens investigate since ACC and DEC are on “holiday”.
Tarino Of course you can’t respond to me because you can’t fact the truth. You live in a little bubble and I make you really uncomfortable because i call out your hogwash posts. Silly boy kiki. Be a man
Another black man shot uko ku diaspora and yet here we have f.o.ols like tarino wasting time criticising us. We rule our selves here and are not concerned about what a silly coon who is no longer zambian has to say. We don’t need your advice or criticism. We are doing fine here. Save that for your racist cops there.
Lusambo used to be a call boy so his level of thinking is upgrading a driving license for taxi drivers, no mention of proper skills so that they can start manufacturing goods for export or retraining the youth in IT skills that are needed for the modern day world. This kind of leadership is bad. I really hope Bally can bring meaningful employment next year
KZ, you’re full of S**t . Get your act together n clean up.
IMF and World Bank are right not to give Zambia any more loans. This is the money that is supposed to pay for Chinese Loans
Look at the following: 1991 Zambian changed government from UNIP to MMD.
2011 Zambians changed government form MMD to PF,
2021 Zambians will change government from PF to ?
The analysis of the above is definitely that Zambians change governments in years ending with one, 1991; 2011; so in 2021, change is eminent.