He says most countries, particularly those that are emerging from wars and civil
strife can learn lessons from Zambia’s viable democratic process.
Mr. Chuma was speaking in Lusaka today when female delegation of local government
administrators from Southern Sudan paid a courtesy call on him.
The delegation is in the country familiarize itself and learn on how women in Zambia
participate in policy formulation, local governance and women networks.
He said due to the country’s continued upholding of peace and stability, Zambia has
now been recognised as an important source of knowledge for the developing
countries.
Mr. Chuma said UNDP has been working closely with the Zambian government on the
country’s decentralization policy and implementation plan to ensure that development
is close to the people as possible.
He said therefore it is important that Southern Sudan began working on a policy
framework on decentralization and implementation plan that will accelerate the
empowerment of women in that country.
He urged the delegation to ensure that the Sudanese government incorporate the
development of a gender policy framework and action plan in the national gender
programme to help address the gender imbalance in that country.
And delegation leader Tabisa Guwang Awok commended the Zambian government for
accepting to willingly share with them the experiences on local governance,
community participation and gender empowerment particularly on the fight against
HIV/AIDS.
She admired Zambia’s institutional arrangement and government commitment in the
local governance system and gender programme.
Ms. Awok said women in Southern Sudan were eager to be part of the development
process of that country particularly on formulation of policies that will enhance
the participation of women in decision making at all levels.
The delegation has over the past five days exchanged views with senior government
officials, Local Government Association of Zambia, representatives of
non-governmental organizations and international development agencies.
Currently Southern Sudan is embarking on the processes of reconstruction,
rehabilitation, reconciliation and reintegration and this requires the strengthening
of capacities of the different levels of governance in the country.
Provision of basic services particularly in rural communities, is still a major
challenge to the two-year old government in South Sudan.
The protracted civil war which was ignited before independence in 1956 had
devastating effects on various social, economical and political aspects of life in
Africa’s largest country.
Let the friends say what you are not yourself would have carried weight than self praising. In actual fact we need ifyakulya pambale not ifyo fi self praising.
This Chuma guy is so drunk with the dollars that United Nations pays him that he can lie to those people from Sudan in broad daylight. Which zambia does he live in? He is probably chauffer driven driven in his luxury car from his mansion in ibex to his office in Longacres and he can’t see the poverty in kalingalinga or Bauleni(bronx) compound. He doesn’t even realize that his driver lives in Chibolya compound and only eats one meal a day. What ‘good governance’? when people are calling LPM to fire George Kunda and his counterpart for lack of credibilty. What ‘viable democratic process’ when we can’t even agree on the process of adopting our constitiution. STOP DREAMING Mr. Chuma? share your dollars with the poor.
If Zambia is a model, then there is something wrong with this character called SUSU and CHUMA
Joze wemunandi cool thinking!
Jose, Chuma is NOT from GRZ so his praise can NOT be classed as self, he is speaking as a UN official. I wouldnt claim to entirely agree with him, and he hasnt stated why he thinks so.
But obviously i do not think we need food hand-outs for us to endorse Levys govt. so if you are full you would then tick off the govt as good?
What good governance model? It is because we embraced the fake policies of IMF and WB? Because we gave our own land to white farmers.
#5 Another bootlicker!!!
Good governance? Perhaps. But go to Ng’ombe compound in Lusaka, a literal stone’s throw from my mother’s place in Chudleigh. I don’t think they will have much to say about good governance at 4.30am as they queue for water.
Political mud-slinging reminiscent of playground quarrels, mismanaged government agencies, missing donor funds and latest model Land Cruiser VX, Pajeros and S-Class Mercedes Benz at the expense of the Zambiam people.
Good governance indeed!
Good news Good news Guys you remember a few months ago we blogged about a sick sister of ours at UNZA Patricia Maluti. Final the community has raised the money and she was evacuated to South Africa Wednesday. God is great where there is a way there is will.
DEDICATED TO SHAKA ZULU, CITIZEN, VETERAN,PRAGFIMOFIMO AND ALL EASTERNERS ONTHIS BLOG
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CASE:POSSESSION ALONE IS CRI
Judge: Zulu, do you swear to tell this court the truth to the best of your knowledge?
Zulu: Yes my Lord!
Judge: You are being charged on possession of apparatus to brew an illicit brand of alcohol/kachasu, do you agree?
Zulu: Yes my Lord, i agree with you!
Judge: Thank you for not wasting our time Zulu, and as such the court is going to charge you on that instantly.
Zulu: (surprised) But sir, it was the apparatus alone and there was no kachasu in it, how can you charge me?
Judge: No ways!, possession of the apparatus alone is a crime hence you are going to be charged!
Zulu: Well my Lord, before you pass the sentence, can you also charge me on rape?
Judge: (perplexed) Did you also rape someone?
Zulu: No my Lord, but I have the equipment right here. Isn’t it you that said possession alone is a crime!!!!
Easy! Why the community not govt? The thieves are flown RSA with minor ailments. Even for a blood slide for Malaria. Those who really need specialistic treatment have to struggle. Now we are model of good governance.
#11 Gluco read the story in the news paper there were even crashes with the police over the same. #10 Kuku this is a good one. Kuku Mudala what is happening to the health sector in Zambia. Did you hear what Dr. Manda said on Radio about Luanshya Mine Hostipal. How can patients travel all the way to Lusaka when a competent hospital is at their nose to make it worse these are ex miners. Kuku can you explain is this what you call free market economy?
#12 Easy this is what is called misrule, Luanshya is a sorry site on this one MMD has failed the people of Zambia, Yes I heard on radio but its not just health everything in Luanshya is run down, roads from town to Mapatamatu are like you are in Iraq war zone, the town has crumbled, I wonder what the MPs for all constituencies are doing especiall this boxer lumpen from Diaspora Chishimba Kambwili.Its a shame,and then you see someone talking about PTA when there are more important issues to take care than PTA fees
#13 Kuku let us be serious guys we need to take to task these MPs and the ruling Party for their failures. Kuku you are right I tell you one consituency in Zambia the for last elections they voted for a woman living in diaspora married to what man. How can allow this? Disgrace! How can you be roll models like that? That is the problem of over flying certain zones. Zambian should learn from the people of southern province just this year about 60 000 jobs will be created for the locals in Kafue and Mazabuka. Magande has no idea about this what he know was to present footballs.
#Kuku check Mundia dropped article I have put a challenge for you. Wat got to say. Kuku Veteran is scared because I told him I want to google him. I closed the case because the old man way wiery and freightened. I could see his face gloomy when leave Internet Cafe. Leave him with his paste and copy it keeps him going. The man was pieced off.
Easy! Kuku is right. Life is Zambia is like there was war for over 20 years. And yet we’ve never experienced any war. Look at our roads in our compounds and rural areas. Look at our so called buildings in the city as if they have been hit missiles from Gaza.
#16 Gluco, I know this Zambia replaning and reinvestment. Not wasting money on court cases which dont come to an ended or bring no results
Gluco, I have been to Luanshya so many times and the town was clean and ever green. I have spent nights at that college.
Mwaice Easy (15),
You are truly a missionless troll overwhelmed with disabilities. It’s hilarious to see your efforts with such level of strife all in efforts of discovering yourself. Genuinely I sympathize with you looking at your communication disabilities. Thoughtlessly you are now pulling your legs using some inexplicit acts against the Veteran you have no capacity to withstand.
Read through my matching orders from the posts I humbly made yesterday. Not as a sign of weakness, but a brotherly warning. Your prejudice is a potential personalized disaster in the fold. It is an inescapable disastrous failure you gambling to learn from.
Do you see me curving in anywhere for you to start winking your deficient head thriving on flattery?
Blogging is not all that my life can do around the clock. I blog when I have some time as a last priority in a day. Like any responsible person, my family welfare takes precedence over all auxiliary activities.
Incase you missed my point, i said “in your obsequious causes to appease your fellow trolling trolls like Nkhuku, “never expend your valueless time sending any Veteran the battle plans you wishfully believe you could win. Veterans don’t need your kids groves to correct your wishful picture of yourself. Being a blog administrator does not come with any specialized skills as found in the real world challenging tasks.
So please don’t be an overzealous reckless fool but help sustain the debates through confidence build-up. As evidently see that the self deceit is taking you very far, be advised that you are as naked as you came from your mother’s womb with no specialized operational skills here or offline. So what crap are you thinking you could do to evade a retaliatory hundred fold payload? Stop fooling yourself cluelessly.
#5 Hey
Iyo kwena walikoselapo. Nomba tell nkashi yobe ati nalaleta lobola yakumugeta mailo. That sounds good te? Moreover, you will have access to free transport pa interz ngawapula Zed plus free cups ya tea. So mulamu Hey, stop ifyaku-blocka pankashi yobo…Pauline (Pawolina). so mulamu naya mukupanga tea pa interz nokucita raise indukis sha-lobola. Bye Mulamu Hey.
Something to laugh life goes on. Veteran just smile old man I dont want fight you anymore I know you so read this. I find it difficult your Ngugi style of writing kaili ifwe tatwaya ku kusikulu nangu Grade 5 twalifilwa. So read on I happy that you read my posting a good Marketing strategy. Listen, my daughter, if you want to ever amount to anything important in life, you must work very, very hard in school. The world has become so complicated that one has to know many different things just to do well in their job. Dad, you say that, but I know so many people who are making it today without any education.
Well, education comes in many ways, Jane. It is not just formal education that I am talking about. In these days of the internet, you can educate yourself very easily and become as conversant with global affairs as one who was educated formally through university degrees. Dad, I know all that and you’ve said it before. But I do know of people who have risen to very high ….
# 19 Veteran. “So what crap are you thinking you could do to evade a retaliatory hundred fold payload?”
Classic!
positions in society without even that. No, there are no such people these days, Jane, unless you are talking about those “careers” that involve crime, corruption and such things. Any good, clean career now requires that one be very intelligent, very articulate and very well-informed on the major issues that dominate that career and even in other issues that might seem disconnected to their career. Always remember that, my daughter. We are now in the knowledge age. Dad, I’m sorry for arguing against you so hard, but I still don’t think you are right. It’s okay my daughter. If you disagree with me you should be able to challenge me, as long as you avoid arguing for the sake of arguing, which means if you STILL don’t agree with me, it should only be because you STILL have a point against what I am saying. It is dull to still disagree just because you didn’t agree with me in the first place! No, I am not just still disagreeing for the sake of it, dad. I am disagreeing with you because I..
Well, the president has just appointed a certain woman to a very high position in government, and I am quite sure this woman is not educated, either formally or informally.How can you know that? If she’s just been appointed then you can’t know if she is well-informed on issues relating to that position at least. Don’t listen to what people say. You have to give her time and see if she’s as bad as you think. You see, the president knows most of these people more than we do because he has many people he can ask about someone.Well, dad, I truly respect everything you are saying, but I think you should just read the newspapers. Why? Which newspaper? What does it say? Well, one of these new innovative newspapers decided to do something interesting after the president appointed the new ministers. They decided to ask them some simple questions concerning their work. All I can say, dad, is that you should read it. Jane, just tell me what it says
Okay, let me read out the first part for you: “The new deputy minister in charge of the environment was asked a number of questions and this is what she said: 1. Madam, what do you think Zambia’s policy on the environment should be?
Her answer: Er, it should be clean, my dear. Very clean.2. Do you think Zambia should continue being a signatory to the Kyoto Treaty in your new administration since big powers like America have continued to reject it?
Her answer: What? Ati Kyoto? Not Tokyo mwe bantu? Anyway, I will get back to you on that one, my dear.
3. What about all these issues of global warming; is that really relevant to Zambia right now?
Answer: Ahhh. Globe warming you said? Yes, it is good this globe warming, you know. It is bringing many tourists to Zambia because they don’t have globe warming in their countries. Have you been to Canada? Me I’ve been to Canada twelve times and they don’t have globe warming there. I am going back there again for workshop and ….
I will tell them to come visit us so they can experience globe warming of our nice country. That’s why my job is so important.”
My daughter, I don’t know what to say to that. All I can say is, tell your mother to get you a passport because I think it is now about time we left this country. I don’t think we are serious about making progress. Jesus!
MWAICHE VETERAN.What`s your comment on this SELECTIVE fight against corruption that`s NOT bearing any fruit?Are you still going to continue BOOTLICKING LPM(lawyer wama lawyers),the disgraced and foolish DPP and the rest of the DEMAGOGUES who don`t seem to know what they are doing?
#19 Kayata, did you understand Veteran in his posting. Advert: We are looking for someone to write a book on “The fall of KK”. Ngugi can you contest?
Easy are u talking to me? People often confuse me with the other man Kayata, myself I am Kataya
#29 Kataya Yes talking to you
Chapi, Saga & Nkhuku,
If you are mature dreamers with an ounce of morality, I challenge you to join the nation in rebuking those treacherous PF cadres who have compromised the civil society politics. The OF has lost tough with Zambians. Failure to condemn the OF is reflective of trolling without morals.
THE OASIS FORUM MUST BE CONDEMNED BY ALL
THE inconsistencies displayed by the Oasis Forum over the process of adoption of the new Constitution must be condemned by all because their action is an affront to the democracy they so much speak about.
There comes a time that a nation has to come to grips with itself, shed off the cloak of selfishness and individualistic approach to national issues and serve the people it claims to represent.
It, therefore, boggles the minds of patriots why the Oasis Forum, which has been completely embraced by Government as a member of the civil society, an important cog in the implementation of the much-cried-for new Constitution, that it should start shifting goal posts and the whole Government and State machinery should grind to a halt because of inconsistency.
What does the forum truly want when one day everyone is moving in synchro and everyone is in agreement and the next day, there is something seemingly very wrong about a process they have given a thumbs-up?
The Oasis Forum must realise that it is not the only stakeholder in this process and, at this point, when the NCC Bill is in the process of legislation into law, they decide they want it out by making unnecessary demands. What the Forum does not realise is that it risks being left on the way side and made unnecessary, and the nation will move on without them.
Only a few days ago, the Oasis Forum was proclaiming that about 75 per cent of its input to the Bill had been included. Today, they claim they have no trust in the process of lawmaking because they are not privy to the document.
The true mark of democracy in this regard was seen when the House, except for a few Patriotic Front MPs, unanimously voted for the NCC Bill which has gone through second reading and that should be convincing enough that the paper has credence.
Please let us leave enactment of laws to MPs. They were elected for that sole purpose by a more representative process in parliamentary elections, just as issues of lobbying of Government should be left to NGOs and pressure groups.
And as this historic process is sealed, posterity will harshly judge those that want to be seen to having to sabotage a very well-meaning gesture.
#31.Veteran.I am still waiting for your comment about my concerns in #27
#30 Easy. It’s interesting to see you and Veteran slog it out with words. While he clearly overdoes it with his language [people only write that sort of English when they are trying to show off how ‘educated’ they are, using a lot of BIG words in the WRONG context meanwhile!] the man has a sense of humour. Keep it up.
#33 Kataya, # chapi did you read my posting #23,24, 25 und 26. Is that the reality of of Zambia today. Over Veteran I let him go ahead with his paste and copy it keeps him going. I could imagine how disgruntled he was yesterday. The man is naive and he likes showing off on the blog to be most techcrat. What he should is in security say to catch a thief think like a thief. He is alreay termed I have no worries anymore. I dont want pipo to die of heart problems especially in his age.
#27 &28 the man vocubulary is saturated he uses same words and sentences each time he posts something and now I confirm that Veteran is Pragfimofimo is Paparrazi, shame on you old man.I told you that you missed life in your hey days , if you are over 43 and still in diaspora consider yourself a total failure cos some of us have amassed in addition to council and mine houses here in Zambia are collosal through hard work not stealing like your collegues you advise at MOF are doing.Actually all old men residing in diaspora doing nothing but gossiping must be cited for treason punishable by flogging.
Trully Easy you are an *****. How do you come in a blog and start saying you are tracking someone for location and eventual exposure? Do you know what others do their back ground or vocation.You are destroying the blog. This blog has been undressed two times right here. Do you know how Veteran can up with the traffic data, log ins and kabaso names from the server of this blog?. You are an ***** compromising other patrons’ privacy on the blog.I have never seen an administrator who so full of it like you. administrators are suppose to be neutral and non positioned for vicious battles with patrons.Your stupidity has invited some vicious games that may compromise this simple blog.
#36 Fact thank you for your sentiments and I proud of such pipo like you who come in open and utter theit grievances. The purpose is my *****ness is to scare those who intend to misuse this blog. Veteran is one of them. I dont care what he does transparency is the key word here not hiding. If you know you have bad intentions about this blog then you wont find room here. Do you what Fact idoits are innovatives and they fail exams and go there way like Albert Einstein. Iam very glad that you call me names that is democracy and toralence shall prevail. If you are a true Zambian there is nothing you should few here. We dont want is are pipo telling lies like your Veteran friend who claims to have two farmers in Chisamba and at the same time he is in Makeni yet he is disapora. Look fact this blog die it has achievements pipo have exchanged ideas though they may different opinions. However I should warn you especially you Fact if you committe an offence according to Intectual Property Law…
you cant hide. I know even Veteran will come back him blog because he has not committed any serios offence as at now. Do you real know how to expose some with criminal activities on the Internet. Dont show you shallow mind and bring anarchy here. Just blog and contribute. If you were wise enough you would have thought before you imbeciled me. Any I tell you Iam confused like the founder of Netscape or Java so your critic is welcome. Du kannst mich verarschen und werde ich nicht berühigt. I know what Iam doing and it has a purpose so continue with distotted fontini. What I have seen you need to learn more and and how the Internet works. IF you no human will give concret info please ask the spider because it built the first network before mankind.
Easy is right and i appreciate his blogs. Some people don’t rally make sense in what they write, they write things to express uninformed opinions and articulate a form of support for MMD or LPM or any other organization and not necessarily to educate or impart information that will incite intelligent and constructive dialogue.
# 39
There you are mutating with your empty bucket biting that uneducated tongue full of dissimulations all the way to the graveyard. What sense is in your piece there. You are the loose wired ones who flatter people in their wrong and mutate when hell breaks loose out of the mistakes you don’t see in the happenings.
You are not seeing the dangers Easy is gambling with because you are dumb without exposure and ability to know. Who told you that to have access to the server is any peculiar ability others cannot abuse? Should the ruthless vultures aim at Easy, you are the ones who will be the first to distance yourselves and seek sanctuary even in mortuaries. Learn to be magnanimous in your Borderline flattery.
If you are ignorant, some of us are in some detailed know of the entire blog traffic ever since from day one to the real time. We know who is who beyond the used pseudonyms. Our silence is in the best interest of free debates and not a share of your ignorance.
So stop helping easy to destroy LT by being ignorantly being the overzealous one.
#39 i appreciate your comments, however, my point was that most of his contributions makes sense, but if you have any personal vendetta’s with him, that’s no business of mine. i am zambian too, i know we like to differ over petty things like what color of ‘kandolo’ somene prefers to eat.
Everything is relative.
If you compare with other African countries, you would agree with this guy that (as far as democracy is concerned)Zambia under LPM has good governance. Just ask any Zimbabwean, they would tell you.
DR CHITUWO’S PERSONAL VIEWS ON MWANAWASA’S SCHOOL FEES COMMENT
I AM compelled by my conscience and duty to comment on the Post Newspaper headline of Wednesday August 22, 2007.“If You Can’t Afford School Fees, Don’t Bear Children – Levyâ€
I read the lead article over and over in order for me to understand whether what His Excellency the President stated was in line with the interpretation.
And on Page four, the President is quoted as saying, “My provincial chairman, you have talked about the fees that are being charged by the schools. I would like it if I could get more details on this: which schools are charging school fees and we know schools have been allowed to charge PTA charges and in this case you know what that is used forâ€. President Mwanawasa said.
It goes on further to state “The fees in essence the money does not come from Government. I ask you that any parent who has a school child should be in a position to pay a little which is called PTA.“I want to encourage you to plead guilty to poverty because if you are so poor that you cannot afford to bring up children and put them in school, then don’t have children because the next thing you will be saying is that we cannot buy clothes for these childrenâ€.
The Government through the ministry of Health and in collaboration with the cooperating partners, UN agencies through a consultative process came up with the 5th National Development Plan. Childbirth is a product of planned sexual activity. Couples therefore who are aware of the natural consequences of sexual intercourse should plan for the outcome of such activities.
In our communities, through tradition, communities planned their families by observing certain traditions for example; the breast-feeding mother was encouraged to breastfeed for at least two years. The husband was encouraged to take a hunting expedition for sometime. Now clearly the issue of hunting expedition is inappropriate in this era, but even science recognises the need for the mother to breastfeed for at least two years. This will allow the mother to regain her strength following the trauma of labour and its attendant risk.
The spacing of pregnancies has beneficial effect also on the other existing siblings, as they are able to have the emotional and psychological support from the mother and the father.
From the economic point of view, the couple is able to plan for the upbringing of the children in terms of schools and general support.Zambia like many developing countries have realised that the birth rate that exceeds the economic growth is a recipe for perpetuation of poverty. Therefore in order to balance between birth rate and economic growth, the ministry of Health has put in place free reproductive health services whose objective are:
To assist couples with relevant information on reproductive health services, which include information on contraceptive, be it oral or injectable, other family planning services and the services available include, antenatal, post natal and free health education on nutrition and immunisation of the new born child.
Having realised the high poverty levels, the Government of the Republic of Zambia under the able leadership of President Levy P Mwanawasa. SC, has instituted the abolition of user fees in 54 of our districts in rural areas, provided free ARVs knowing the high prevalence rate of HIV and AIDS in our country, provided for an increased sponsorship to train more health workers and gone further to institute a rural retention scheme, to improve on infrastructure and equipment in our health facilities etc.
Anybody who cares to analyse the President’s statement surely will appreciate the reminder from His Excellency the President as the father of the nation of the need for each individual family to plan not only for their lives but also for the lives of their unborn children.
The issues of extended families, a good social security has received serious strains in recent years. This extended family system can therefore not be relied upon to provide the necessary support for the many unplanned children. What then is wrong with the President advising the nation to utilise the services in place to assist citizens to plan their families? Can surely such advice be considered as arrogance? It is my considered view that it is not and should not be considered in that manner.
The problem that I see in our country is that we as citizens seem not to appreciate a person who speaks the truth and yet we all know that the truth builds us all.
From the health perspective I would like to advice couples to plan for their families, to plan for the spacing of their children, so that economically and health wise they are able to offer the best for their children.
THE AUTHOR IS MINISTER OF HEALTH, BRIGADIER-GENERAL, BRIAN CHITUWO (RTD), MP.
#42 NEMESIS: How old are you? i don’t intend to be ruled but you think like a teenager. You don’t seem to understand the situation. Listen to this, (1). Zimbabwe is in a mess because Mugabe respects the sovereignity of zimbabwe as a freely elected democratic govt and has fought to protect its rights and freedom and wants to make sure that ECONOMIC slavery through imperialistics ideas of the West are not tolerated. He believe that zimbabwe is able to take care of itself and not let the west through IMF and World bank control their resources and economy, that is why they’ve wrecked his country and demonized him in the press. Why do you think SADC countries support him even in his situation, because they know USA and UK destroyed his country and not him. (2). White people will tell you Zambia is a model of democracy because they own this country. They’ve bought our mines, we own less than 30% of our own country. The whole SADC region is laughing at us.