By Chipoka Mulenga, NDC Vice Spokesperson
Every well-meaning government must have an agenda to empower its citizenry and local entrepreneurs with sustainable and successful business enterprises that have the capacity to compete at the international level.
However, under the PF leadership, the agenda is to sell every national economic security to foreign nationals. Enterprises that Zambians are well able to run and have been managing in past years are all under threat.
Currently, Indeni has not been processing crude oil because of total neglect by the Government to have a mutually beneficial understanding with suppliers. Suppliers that have always been arm twisting Zambians. A situation which, if allowed to continue, will completely cripple the already ailing economy of Zambia. An excuse PF is waiting for to justify the complete sale of Indeni Oil.
Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) has been run down by this regime deliberately just to allow their friends in the name of middlemen who are given contracts to buy and supply fertilizer from Persia. All these suppliers are of Asian origin. No Zambian entrepreneurs are involved in the business chain. NCZ has the capacity to fulfill Zambia’s need for fertilizer and export to other nations. All that is needed is recapitalization by the government.
We know of a plan to sell NCZ under the pretext that it is unprofitable.
Today we hear of Ndola Lime that was doing very well at the hands of ZCCM-IH holdings being sold off to private ownership. All employees declared redundant. As NDC we demand to know who the new owners are?
How many bidders of the Ndola Lime were available and what did each of them offer?
It is important that the public is informed if at all the tender procedure was followed in offloading ZCCM-IH holding shares to the new owners.
As NDC we further demand to know if at all ZCCM-IH has become incompetent to manage our national treasure of minerals which they have done in years past under other governments.
What measures have the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) put in place to see that ZCCM-IH remains a viable manager of national resources?
This concern has been made unavoidable with the recent careless actions by ZCCM-IH of engaging Karma resources of Sudan in the Kasenseli Gold mines of North Western Province and the sale of Ndola Lime. The two recent acts by ZCCM-IH has brought very little confidence in their ability to manage our mineral resources.
Lastly, as NDC, we demand that the new owners of Ndola Lime, must not terminate any job for any local employees. We demand that all jobs are preserved with enhanced pensionable conditions of service. Senior management jobs must also be equitably shared with local qualified specialists. We refuse to see a scenario of all top management jobs being foreign covered.
As NDC, we call on the ministry of labor and mines to ensure that the employees get at least 3 months redundancy pay for each year served before as they are re-engaged.
ZCCM-IH didn’t sell Ndola Lime, Karma is not involved in Kasenseli mine which is under ZCCM Gold, a subsidiary of ZCCM-IH. NDC and other opposition are misinforming citizens and this is very dangerous. ZCCM-IH has clarified this matter already. And we want to call these twits opposition????
IDC my foot! This IDC must be disbanded at best or at least remove companies like zamtel, zccm-ih, zesco etc from its portfolio. Let it be a collection of manufacturing SMEs like mwinilunga cannery. We have been through this UNIPist mentality of centralised commandist structures heavily madden with bureaucracy and add corruption and it will an absolute mess worse than the UNIP days. And all those calling for nationalization of the mines must take note. Zccm-ih has failed to run a cement quarry and you think they can manage the complex copper mines? It’s not about technical skills. We are so indisciplined, corrupt and have this sense of entitlement!
KCM is running fine. Zamtel is running fine. If ZESCO is so mismanaged, why do we still have power throughout and they are almost done building Kafue Gorge Lower?? Bashi Chite are you so low in your self belief and esteem you would rather “your” white masters buy these cheap and externalise all the sales??? You people have no confidence in yourselves, Asians are better than us today because they believed in themselves and their leaders-Saudi Aramco, Samsung, the Chinese etc
PF put citizens first,i have been a supporter of PF but with recent happenings its sad,why can’t we have transparency kashi,always saddles. My Uncle,ECL please leave a legacy we easterners are looking up to you.
I we Chikopa, you need to do more research than just write political articles. The questions you need to be asking are which wholly Zambian owned company is able to undertake large scale investment in Zambia? Which Govt runs business profitably? Even Britain has privatized some of their airports, South African airways a state owned airline has been making loses for time immemorial and the Covid 19 has just dealt a nail on the head and the airline is being liquidated. So Mr Chikopa Mulenga do a bit more tho king before you write on things you may not fully understand. What you need to start thinking about is why are we Zambians not able to work hard and create wealth rather than crying for political positions to go and steal the little Govt resources.
If you claim to want to vie for the top job in country and have no idea about what is public knowledge then you are a dull and f.o.olish party that shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the instrument of power
PF cowards have arrested the small boy they called camera man …still looking for a charge…shameless morons!!
@Kelvin D Mulenga, even this this knowledge Boma wants to start an airline, just how are they going to make it profitable? This is a joke!
NDC what happened to Shantel singer, she used to write better complaints. You NDC can borrow Anthony Bwalya from UPND, he is very good, but not so useful in UPND who have saturation of thinking.
@ Zambian citizen. If calling a spade a spade is low self esteem. If losing 105m USD without anyone paying the price for the loot is low self esteem. Then I am 100% guilty. Just like the people who advised your govt to stop borrowing recklessly were 100% lunatics. Now the bitter fruits of reckless borrowing tree is there for all to eat. Even those who where advising borrowing. That’s how cruel your govt is.
Even for those who were advising against reckless borrowing.
Tarino I upvoted your comment as you appear desperate for attention
Sorry I don’t respond to silly impostors especially one that is based in the UK and cliams to have a VPN stuck in one location for 5 years.
Fake Kaizer Zulu shut up! You fool. We know where u live and that u are being paid to impersonate the real Kaizer Zulu. And by the way, in case u didnt know, no one reads yo comments here anymore, cos u dont make sense, so we read other comments and skip yours tate.