Vice President George Kunda has urged all eligible voters in the country to register during the forthcoming voters’ registration exercise.
Speaking at Kanona Basic School in Serenje today, Mr. Kunda said there are many citizens who have reached voting age in Zambia.
He said it was for this reason that they must take advantage of the next voter registration exercise which will be conducted by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to register as voters.
He also said it was time the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) to restructure itself in readiness for the 2011 general polls.
Mr. Kunda, who is also Minister of Justice, emphasized the need for the party to keep record of how many members it has countrywide.
He explained that it was for this reason that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the MMD will send a number of registers to various parts of the country to ascertain the exactly number of its members.
Earlier, the Vice President met a number of traditional leaders, among them Chief Mailo, Chieftainess Serenje and senior Chief Chitambo.
Mr. Kunda assured the chiefs of continued government support because traditional leaders are government’s developmental partners.
He said it was encouraging that traditional leaders were also supportive of President Rupiah Banda and his government.
Mr. Kunda said this when he met chief Mailo at his palace in the outskirt of Serenje district today.
And Chief Mailo expressed gratitude to the MMD government for many developmental projects in his chiefdoms.
The traditional leader says the MMD was the only party which had the vision to develop the country.
He however said there was need for Zambians to continue supporting the MMD government even in future.
He further said he has read the MMD government’s Vision 2030 of making Zambia a middle income country, noting that this was a progressive vision.
The traditional leader said he was praying hard to God to extend the MMD’s leadership for a better Zambia.
He also said Zambia was lucky to have continued enjoying peace and attributed the development to the MMD government.
Meanwhile, Education Deputy Minster, Richard Taima has expressed sadness at the state of some schools in the area.
Mr. Taima said some classroom blocks in the areas are in a deplorable state.
He said it was for this reason that his ministry will soon hold a budgetary meeting with stakeholders to build more one by three (1 x 3) classroom blocks throughout the country.
He reiterated government’s commitment to increasing the number of schools around the country.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Health, Solomon Musonda has disclosed that plans were underway to build more health centres in the country to take health services closer to the people.
Dr. Musonda said his ministry will build more hospitals as close to the people as possible.
He said this at Serenje district hospital after he conducted a tour of a new theatre at the health centre worth K70 million.
He has however stated that there is need for the community to participate in the construction of health centres especially that there are budget constraints.
Dr. Musonda said his ministry, through the Poverty Reduction Programme, has limited funds to cater for all requisites of new health centres.
He advised that it was in this vein that the community should construct health centres on self help basis and not to expect government to buy equipment such as furniture and other medical equipment.
And Acting District Medical Officer Jerry Sinyangwe thanked government for government’s support to his institution.
He disclosed that other than the construction of the new theatre at his institution, government is constructing a new health centre in the district.
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The traditional leader says the MMD was the only party which had the vision to develop the country.
He however said there was need for Zambians to continue supporting the MMD government even in future.
He further said he has read the MMD government’s Vision 2030 of making Zambia a middle income country, noting that this was a progressive vision.
The traditional leader said he was praying hard to God to extend the MMD’s leadership for a better Zambia.
He also said Zambia was lucky to have continued enjoying peace and attributed the development to the MMD government.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Health, Solomon Musonda has disclosed that plans were underway to build more health centres in the country to take health services closer to the people.
Dr. Musonda said his ministry will build more hospitals as close to the people as possible.
He said this at Serenje district hospital after he conducted a tour of a new theatre at the health centre worth K70 million.
He however said there was need for Zambians to continue supporting the MMD government even in future.
He further said he has read the MMD government’s Vision 2030 of making Zambia a middle income country, noting that this was a progressive vision.
The traditional leader said he was praying hard to God to extend the MMD’s leadership for a better Zambia.
He also said Zambia was lucky
He further said he has read the MMD government’s Vision 2030 of making Zambia a middle income country, noting that this was a progressive vision.
The traditional leader said he was praying hard to God to extend the MMD’s leadership for a better Zambia.
He also said Zambia was lucky to have continued enjoying peace and attributed the development to the MMD government.
Z#1-34 KUKU Please do not insult people’s intelligence Zambia has always been peaceful many thanks to the peaceful nature of Zambians. 20yrs of MMD has messed up Zambia…look at the roads, filthy surroundings 85% unemployment.
# 5.. don’t WORRY they are all going! No rigging this time, cos their rig mater VJ and his Ka kunda will be dead by then!
#6 Hopefully Zambia choses the right leadership in 2011. However, I should say it is important to wish every leader well when blogging even when one disagrees with their policies.
2011 comes and Zambians elect a new leader. My question to all of you that going to vote is this, what will be next? have our past elections brought us progress or change that we anticipated? so why will the 2011 elections be different?
Please dont have false hopes that things will change for the better. Young Zambians can make change happen, if we start asking the right questions and start looking for the right leaders.
What does Micheal Sata, Hichilema, Rupiah Banda have in common? first they are politicians, secondly, none of them has demonstrated how they will work to improve our economy either by giving us a strategy or policies that they will enact, and what about a constitution that makes sense? So why not ask them, why they are running for president in the first place.
iwe LT ,Y are u giving me this ka funny flag?do I look like am in Russia,Afganstan,Tunisia or some ka damn country….am in Zed naiwe boi LT ,chinja ka flag ako naiwe mune.
LT kwati taumfwile naiwe mune?chinja ka flag ako zoona….ndezandapofye ka?olo tawanjikate nganazanda ka?
This is what MMD party Chairman Mabenga said about HH: “It is unfortunate that an entire president could bribe an induna with ONLY K50,000,” he said. “All they are doing is rubbish.”
This statement is loaded with Mabenga’s true colours. He is the type that would loot the constituency fund to oil the palms of every Induna to the tune of K1 million and in his comment above, he seems oblivious to the fact that he corrupts at a higher Kwacha amount than HH, though forgetting that HH is using his own money while Mabenga is stealing from people and bribing them with their own money. Evil!
Tips on voter registration : 1. Send personalised txt messages to all mobile phone holders.
2. Create a database of all the Form 5 school leavers (the Ministry of Education has their addresses) and invite them to register – by txt or mail .
3. Give the youth of this country an Obama-like orator, someone who will motivate the would-be voters.
4. Lastly, think green, use the phone, reduce campaign trips. It is cheaper to send txt messages via miltimedia than travelling.