President Hakainde Hichilema has commended the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) in Northern Province for its remarkable achievements in the agricultural sector.
President Hichilema noted with happiness that the Airforce in Mbala District has managed to successfully harvest over 3,000 bags of maize without the aid of a tractor.
He expressed happiness with the gesture, stating that this effort is significantly impacting the success of the country’s agricultural sector.
The Head of State expressed opportunism, saying that the station will be able to increase its production after acquiring a tractor.
“I am very pleased with the Zambia Air Force for the outstanding work in Mbala, producing 3,000 bags of maize without the use of a tractor is a tremendous accomplishment. With the recent purchase of a tractor, I am confident that their future yields will be even more impressive,” he said.
President Hichilema said this shortly after being led on a tour of the maize storage shed by officers from ZAF Mbala, who welcomed him at Samora Machel Military Base.
This was during a stopover, as the President was heading to Luapula Province to officiate at Builile Traditional Ceremony of the Bwile people of Chienge District.
The President has since highlighted the potential of the ZAF’s agricultural initiatives.
He further called for continued support to enhance their efforts, stating that this is crucial to Zambia’s food security and economic growth.
And ZAF Mbala Station Commander, Oliver Bwalya said the establishment in Mbala has over 4,000 hectares of land ready for cultivation.
Colonel Bwalya said 3,000 bags were produced on part of the land, which they were cultivating manually.
“Our establishment is more than equal to the task. With the necessary support, we can significantly contribute to the country’s agricultural output and overall development,” he said.
The Air force in Mbala has procured a tractor, which will help to increase its agricultural production.
I hope this will not end up as a distraction from their core national defence responsibility.
How I also wish all these energies by the president were focused on ending loadshedding, which clearly resulted from incompetency and poor planning.
Yes let’s cultivate electricity…. Kikiki
They are slowly turning our professional armed forces into opportunists. Careful what you wish for Mr president. The armed forces receive a big chunk of the state budget for a good reason. Please stop this nonsense of using the armed forces for business ventures, it will backfire in your face. Compromising the security wings of our nation puts us all in a very dangerous position from outside threats. These guys should have no distractions to perform their duties. Farming is for farmers. I guess you will be asking the farmers to protect our boarders next?
If the armed forces receive a big chunk of the state budget ,why can’t they utilise part of it to produce your staple food?
Because it’s not their Job to produce food! They are supposed to be professional, these people are trained to kill, stop playing around with them.
Can you prove to us they are not professional when they spend part of their time to produce food?
Which war are they going to fight in??? Against Zimbabwe???? You know something we don’t know???
What a dumb question!
“Can you prove to us they are not professional when they spend…
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Their profession isn’t farming! Would you ask HH to stand in as doctor when UTH is short of staff?
Muselela kwakaba. Hakainde is a failed project. He likes to harvest where he did not sow. Not sure how much farmer support inputs were sent other provinces. This skewed thinking by Hichilema will not take him anywhere. People were sharinng bags ion seeds while in other preferred provinces they had more than 8 bags each and now without shame he comes to praise the ZAF in Mbala. Hakainde must go in 2026. This man came specifically to mess up the economy so that he can deliver our people to accept the LGBTQ crap.
All I see from your post is ignorance ,hatred and unsubstantiated statements.
During his address, President Hichilema emphasized Zambia’s declaration as a Christian nation, reiterating the country’s stance against homosexuality, which he said is contrary to African culture and Christian values. He called upon the Church to work closely with the government in addressing societal issues such as the rising rates of divorce and the misuse of social media.
Imwe ba ZAF Stop after-school programmes. Produce aircraft! Ala!
Which Airforce in the world produce aircrafts?
A pity my sarcasm goes past you. The statement is meant to illustrate how off target they are. Even if they have to digress it should be closer to their original intent.
Your thinking is in”Ruins” hahaha. Get it???
The Chinese airforce via Shengdu aircraft and AVIC is very much the manager of the production of battle aircraft. The Soviet army has RADB the producers of mig aircraft. The US Airforce apart from setting operational requirements and specifications have an aerospace wing to design and manufacture air craft.
Keep the military out the business of production for profits or subsidies. Late Ronald Penza introduced Zambia Police to traffic fines as a way of raising revenue for government coffers. NOW LOOK AT THE PROBLEM WE HAVE ON OUR HANDS WITH CORRUPTION IN THE TRAFFIC POLICE! Extrapolate that scenario to the military collecting “profits” or distributing “subsidies”. Remember the theory of unintended consequences!