THE Government has described former prime minister in the UNIP administration Malimba Masheke as a liar for claiming that Western Province is the poorest region in the country because it has allegedly been neglected.
Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane said General Masheke, who was a Government leader for many years, failed to influence development projects such as the roads from Mongu to Kalabo and Mongu to Sesheke which the Rupiah Banda administration was now spearheading.
Gen Masheke said at a Press briefing in Lusaka yesterday that there was little attention paid to Western Province which he claimed had become the poorest region in Zambia.
He was flanked by former minister of Communications and Transport William Harrington, former secretary to the Cabinet Sketchley Sachika and former Southern African Development Community parliamentary forum secretary general Kasukwa Mutukwa.
But Dr Musokotwane said Gen Masheke, Dr Sachika and Mr Harrington failed to deliver development to the province when they held senior positions in the Government.
He said the Government in this year’s national Budget had provided K586 billion for various infrastructure development, which was higher than before when the province was receiving about K50 billion per year.
Dr Musokotwane said the K586 billion did not include the money held by ministries such as Education, Works and Supply, and Agriculture which had their own allocations for projects in the province where huge sums of money were being spent.
The minister asked Mr Harrington to tell the nation what he did when he was minister of Tourism and later Communications and Transport for him to support the statement that the province was poor.
He also said Dr Sachika held the influential position of secretary to the Cabinet and did nothing for the people of Western Province while President Banda’s administration had constructed several schools, health centres and boosted agriculture.
Dr Musokotwane said the province was under-developed because some former leaders such as Gen Masheke failed to provide a proper foundation for socio-economic advancement.
The former prime minister also accused the Government of torturing suspects arrested in connection with the confusion that erupted last month in Mongu over the Barotseland Agreement.
He said the suspects, who had been transferred to Mumbwa, would not have access to legal representation and care from their relatives.
Mr Harrington said the treason accused had merely asked for the recognition of the Barotseland Agreement and were not pressing for the secession of Western Province.
But Home Affairs Minister Mkhondo Lungu, in an interview in Lusaka yesterday, said Gen Masheke was not telling the truth because all the suspects were under the care of
prison officials.
Mr Lungu said food was being provided for the suspects while legal representation had adequately been addressed.
He said the matter about the treason suspects was in court and urged Gen Masheke, Mr Harrington and Dr Sachika to stop commenting on it because if they were arrested they would start attacking the Government.
The briefing was attended by Kabwata Member of Parliament (MP) Given Lubinda, PF chairperson for mobilisation Charles Banda, former Mandevu MP Patricia Nawa, PF chairperson for legal affairs Edgar Lungu and Barotse Royal Establishment spokesperson Oliver Saasa.
[ Times of Zambia ]
As a gay and national chair of the ALGBTIC – Association for Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender , William Harrington like Roger Chongwe in his tenure of office was busy promoting homosexuality other than socioeconomic development.
Masheke was too busy womanizing, as an alcoholic busy drinking, plotting to kill the Lenshina sect where Sata belonged to and scheming represion of anti one party voices in the country. There was no way he could have worked to promote socioeconomic life in the western province. He is an embattled failure. Go to his home in Lusaka’s Kasupe area and see stinking poverty, dirty and failure beyond his filthy body.
#1 most of your comments are out of topic. i don’t know why you are so dull to bring in issues that are not at hand. please if you have nothing to say, stay away from posting your rubi.shes here.
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# 3,
We cannot stop analysing why William was a waste cause in office when we know why. I respect your feelings as a gay but truth will set you free if those in the know nail it. Do you have reasons why your partner in immorality was a failed cause in Senanga and Western province as a whole having served at Communications and then Environment as minister for that long? Kindly itemise what he took there for the common man?
# 3,
William Harrington has been and is a Zambian chair of the ALGBTIC – Association for Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender. His life is clouded with those issues he has had nothing to do with national development, morality, ethics or culture of the lozi speaking people.
Musokotwane is daily revealing that he is not wise time he speaks. From a PhD holder to a smallest brain of a grade 7 drop out. Let his concious review to him what comrade Masheke did for western Province and Zambia as a whole.
Which one is the poorest province in Zambia if not Western province? Tell us Musokotwane.
But Dr Musokotwane said Gen Masheke, Dr Sachika and Mr Harrington failed to deliver development to the province when they held senior positions in the Government..
Now with all respect to Dr Musokotwane (Ba,Ma,Phd+), any sane government has policies that plan development across the country by looking at the strengths of different parts of the country.
Development must not be driven by individuals. The fact that Hon George Kunda comes from serenje does not mean serenje has to be favoured at the expense of other parts of the country.
In fact such thinking by Musokotwane misplaced. Thats tatamount to promoting tribalism, regionalism and corruption.Dr. Musokotwane must start behaving like his counterpart Mutati(ACCA), who is always articulating issues.
He He in one vain Musokotwane agrees that Western province is the Most under-developed province in zambia. In another vain he is stopping people labeling Western province the most under-developed province in zambia. Confusion in MMD lead Govt.,
He He……
@ #9 Li Chileshe Xhaho
Dr. Musokotwane has articulated issues in the article. He has provided Gen Masheke and his posse facts and I quote, “He said the Government in this year’s national Budget had provided K586 billion for various infrastructure development, which was higher than before when the province was receiving about K50 billion per year.
Dr Musokotwane said the K586 billion did not include the money held by ministries such as Education, Works and Supply, and Agriculture which had their own allocations for projects in the province where huge sums of money were being spent.” end quote.
Please read the whole article instead of character assassination.
2,3 Mwata,
i have been to Kasupe myself and Masheke is living a decent life doing farming and raring chickens for eggs. I did not see the poverty that you are talking about. He is not stinking rich but he is leading a decent life.
Please stick to the topic.
A minister works for the whole country and not the area where “he comes from”.
An MP’s job is to make laws and not to develop a constituency..
THINK MAN
cont. from #11
Dr. Musokotwane has also made an interesting statement, “Dr Musokotwane said the province was under-developed because some former leaders such as Gen Masheke failed to provide a proper foundation for socio-economic advancement” end quote. So where is this foundation. Gen Masheke and his posse can talk recklessly but they forgot they never provided a foundation that would foster development in Western Province. This then makes it difficult to develop the province but the RB administration is making progress.
#8 and 9 Sianga and Chileshe.Spot on!
Firstly,Western and Luapula are the two most poorest provinces not in resources but developemnt .
Coincidentally,they are the least populated provinces in Zambia possibly due to urbanisation as there are no jobs or industries to keep people locally.
Bo Musokotwane and coming from the western province i believe,being a Minister of Finance,are your favouring your province of origin in disbursing GRZ funds?
Lets be realistic and adopt a Federal system if wealth is to be shared equally.
Police officers from a certain province incacerated the 100 plus people and the case has been transferred to a Magistrate in Mumbwa from the same province including a Home affairs minister from the same province threating any prominent advocates for these guys to be…
#11 Capitalist,90% of that K600 Billion Kwacha is for the construction of the mythical Mongu/Kalabo Rd.
This road is constructed at every General election and disappears with the floods after that.
People of WP are not fools and shall vote very wisely this time.
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Mr. Capitalist,
I have gone through the article.
So according to you, the K586 billion will suddenly turn the Western Province into a paradise.
My friend, i have worked in government before and such figures are just figures that people throw around. A large portion of that money ends up in wrong pockets.
Since you are a blind MMD loyalist, go read the Auditor General’s report.
Its the system that is rotten my friend.
Being MMD does not mean you can not even criticise your party and its government.
Dr Musokotwane who happens to be my relative must take a leaf from Mutati. I am not MMD and i do not belong to any party but Mutati IS SOMEONE I CAN VOTE FOR.
The Doc must leave cadrerism to the Chembe Nyangus of this world who think every zambian is MMD.
@ #15 Donqueen
Please don’t patronize me. Do you have easily accessible, irrefutable, verifiable concrete evidence to support your baseless allegation that the project (if 90% of the allocation as you claim without evidence is going to the road) is “mythical”. Come back to me when you have facts and not useless allegations.
what a revelation on harrington by mwata. masheke is a reject in fdd and unip. masheke is wallowing in poverty no wonder the noise.
Now mr. musokotwane are u telling us that the development you are talking about is because the minister of finance is from western province therefore influencing decision or its because western province need to be developed like any other part of the country. i dnt think every place in zambia wil manage to have a minister in cabinet in order to have development. be serious the fact remain western province is the waste and poorest province nt because individuals dd not take development thre.
I hear some people in Western Province have never seen a train !:o The Chipata guys saw it recently !:d
No.7 Red Card Free at Last. What exactly did Comrade Masheke do in Western Province?
@ #16 Li Chileshe Xhaho
I think you do have reading problems because at no point have I stated that the budgetary allocation will turn WP into a paradise. Quote me on that instead of coming with useless allegations. Where did you get this nonsensical statement and I quote, “So according to you, the K586 billion will suddenly turn the Western Province into a paradise.” end quote, when I never stated that it will turn WP into a paradise. If you have to form a rebuttal, let it be based on facts.
Those facts were presented to challenge Gen. Masheke who stated that WP is being neglected. Dr. Musokotwane provided them with facts that actually it is not true that WP is being neglected and attention was being paid to the province. Read the article again.
I know my comment is out of context but it is important for the bloggers to know some things that our leaders are doing but not reported. Dr Musokotwane is busy fattening his account by dubiously giving himself a contract of supplying concrete blocks to National Housing Authority. He bought a block making machine from South Africa and has taken over the supplying of blocks to NHA. Is that fair a government is grabbing contracts from ordinary citizens? Why can’t he sell his blocks to private builders? That is the way MMD leaders are becoming rich through dubious contracts.
15
Donqueen SPOT ON!!
We need more independent minds in this country. This Party Cadre mentality is what has destroyed this country. We need more MUTATIs, HHs,CHIRWAs,MILUPIs.
I know the statistics of this country very well and you are right, Western and Luapula Provinces are the least developed.
Now according to Musokotwane, Chiluba is to blame because he comes from Luapula Province.
-THE Government has described former prime minister in the UNIP administration Malimba Masheke as a liar for claiming that Western Province is the poorest region in the country because it has allegedly been neglected
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-Dr Musokotwane said the province was under-developed because some former leaders such as Gen Masheke failed to provide a proper foundation for socio-economic advancement
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I rest my case
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Mr. Capitalist , it is you who is USELESS because you always think like a cadre.
You have to change your cadre mentality my friend.
I have followed your thinking on this blog.You are always supporting anything MMD. I dont know what motivates you to support anything MMD. You must be benefitting from the system in one way or the other.
A person like you who can even code basic HTML must not think like a cadre.
CADRE MENTALITY is not good for your interlectual health.
Mr. Capitalist , why does it take ages to pay retirees. Poor people who have worked hard for this country??
I am sure your answer will be:
The government always allocates enough funding in the budget to settle retirees benefits. This year alone xx Billion has been allocated….bla bla bla ..
You see..Theory all the time……Be real my friend..be on the GROUND!!
@25, you are right. The person picking on you gave away his soul long time ago. He cant see black as black any more before he drinks water from a river of blood. MMD and its followers have no heart for anybody save themselves
@26 and 27, you are right. The person picking on you gave away his soul long time ago. He cant see black as black any more before he drinks water from a river of blood. MMD and its followers have no heart for anybody save themselves
Ba LT lair and liar are two different words. Do you have a proper editor? for God’s sake you cant miss a mistake in the title! We would understand if it was in the text. You can do better than this.
It is amazing how this Dr musokwatani is slowly degenerating into a hard core cadre. MASESE!!!
It appears each time Dr. Musokotwane opens his mouth there is a problem. The facts are Western Province is poorest in Zambia. What he is forgetting is that the former leaders served this nation as a whole. During their time cases of corruption and rampat misuse of public funds were rear. Today there its clear and lound. If Musokotwane has failed to deliveras Finance Minister let him go back to his block making factory in Lusaka West. I dont think he can go back to Unza and lecture. Last time he said Magande was jealous of govt’s achievements. Since when did he become GRZ spokesman, I think the man is in a wrong position. Current leaders should solve our problems and stop blaming past leaders that was their time and they did their best under difficult circumstances. Just deliver Bwana SM
Political prostitutes at it again. Yebanyela nchito pe benze muBoma. Lomba lelo ati nkwe nkwe! Atase!
the truth is Barotseland is the poorest ..kwasila..
@ #26 Li Chileshe Xhaho
Now I am useless and a cadre. Wow, you have really outdone yourself. Frankly I don’t care what you say about me. I will say what I like and not what you like. I am not here to please. I will stick to issues and not personalities.
Concerning your comment on retirees, the system is not perfect but to rubbish all issues based on that one issue is like throwing out the whole thanksgiving dinner because the lettuce is bad. You fix what is broken. Dr. Musokotwane has outlined facts here showing that govt is not neglecting WP.
So being a Minister of Finance is so sweet such that even people who had their mouths are now opening them at random. Musokotwane should not argue with people who hail from WP when they state the facts on the ground. And even the people who are stating that Musokotwane comes from WP should get their facts before posting wrong information on this blog. The Finance Minister is Toka Leya & so he is more of Tonga coming from Kalomo-Livingstone area. The other issues are that Musokotwane should not misrepresent facts. These schools & hospitals the Govt is building are not the first to be build in the province. Schools were built in WP even during Masheke or Harrington’s time in Government. Remmember the first formal schools were first built in WP. Now it amazes me when I hear this govt…
What we are actually saying is that the MMD under Chiluba & this particular one under RB had/has no program for the people of WP. Actually even the schools,hospitals & Kaloba-mongu Rd are programs left by LPM and Magande. And today the same characters want to demonise magande. I want to conclude that to would be folly for anybody from WP to vote for RB. Masheke, Harringtone & Nawa have started the ball rolling, let the otherLozi people pick it up from there and help boot out RB’s corrupt govt.
# 33 thats the truth but what has happened to all the best brains that hail from Western Province, mind you at one time in History they raided Tongaland got away with Cattle n Women!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Useless MMD gov, doesn’t this Finance Minister realise that most of those people referred to were a part of the MMD. Yes he gives facts but that money will end up in the MMD election coffers. They have time and again allocated funds to build these roads but for one reason or another they have failed. I really hope Western province does not vote MMD. This party is full of educated people with misplaced ideologies. Mr 3 E’s you seem to think that the facts provided by your minister will build the Kalabo Mongu road do you know that the amount allocated is not enough to do so, thats just enough for grading period. . Someone very close to me has been a part of the previous attempts to build that road it requires trillions of kwachas not billions. So its a waste of money in my view
#31 i SALUTE YOU………WE NEED SUCH OBJECTIVE PERSONS LIKE YOU… BLAME CULTURE IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY EVEN TO THE EDUCATED FOOLS LIKE THE SO CALLED Drs. IT IS A SHAME FOR A DR OF HIS CALIBRE TO RESPOND IN SUCH A MANNER…. KAUNDA DID A LOT FOR THIS NATION STARTING FROM EDUCTAION, HEALTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE DURING HIS TIME WITH VERY LITTLE INCOME AND WITHOUT PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE PICTURE AND VIRTUALLY NOTHING MUCH FROM THE DONORS COMPARED TO THE PAST 20YEARS OF MMD RULE. MMD HAS FAILED TO EVEN MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT UNIP BUILT DESPITE MASSIVE INFLOW OF DONOR SUPORTED FUNDS AND THE LIKES.
THIS BLAME CULTURE IS A CANCER THAT NEEDS TO STOP.YOU ARE A GOVT IN POWER JUST LISTEN AND WORKHARD TO ADD ON WHAT KK AND HIS MINIONS DID. SOME ROADS HAVE BECOME RIVERS———-
if he’s lying, sue him for defamation. let’s see how far it’ll go…..
Musokotwane has a point. These Lozi chaps did nothing for their province when they were in senior Govt positions and today they want to complain about it being undeveloped. RB is the ONLY president to have have since increased their budgetary allocation by ten fold and yet chaps are still complaining? I’m baffled; RB is trying to do more than KK/FJT/LPM did for you collectively and you still find time to bi-tch and moan. These Lozi chaps are surely an ungrateful bunch, they’re even fo-oolish enough to stone and burn Govt hearses and fire trucks, and still cry about underdevelopment.
NO.23 you are right to the point. This man must be probed or no wonder they removed the abuse of office from laws. The block making factory is overseen in daily operations by his wife. I tell by the time the Great North Park project will have bin finished the man would have made his money. Blocks are a major component in construction. RB is very much aware of Musokotwane’s contract. Nothing in this country does not pass RB’s ear.Others are busy sharing land at LCC whilst others are busy awarding themselves contracts. was there any open tender advertised for other suppliers to atke part. Gen Malimba served this country gallantly and helped in the political liberation expecially Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia whislt the like of Musokotwane were taking cover in books. Ask army…
Donqueen 15//
You make me crack with laughter “the construction of the mythical Mongu/Kalabo Rd.
This road is constructed at every General election and disappears with the floods after that.”
My dear that road is a challenge, no wonder the first contractors silently ran way. I hope the current contractors will not runaway again.
musokotwane is confused doesnt know what is answering and why is answering the friend is saying is least developed but him is saying we have located money for the province. and he is called the friend a liar.
# 23 Kashimani, thank you for giving us information about how Dr. Musokotwane has joined the bandwagon to enrich himself. This man was a decent, quite and an academicia, but currently he speaks like a cadre. Malimba Masheke is a senior citizen in this country who has the right to comment on national affairs. Under KK, Malimba Masheke contributed to the development of this country without looting our coffers through goofy contracts and now he offers constructive criticism. The MMD government need to come up with a comprehensive plan of developmental projects for each province. The budgetary allocations for each province needs to be managed at provincial level to curb the corruption and allow local business men to make money therefore leading to better wealth distribution.
I consider Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane a technocrat though hiz appointment and the pozition he holdz are political. Leaderz should alwayz endeavor to be civil towardz their colleaguez and the public at large.
When one is a minister or civil servant, they are supposed to serve the interests of the whole country, not narrow regional interests. So the statement from Dr Musokotwane is primitive and ill-advised. He would do well to shut up if he does not have an answer to their concerns. If we follow his logic, then we should be worried because disproportionate amounts of money are expected to be sent to his area in Livingstone or Kazungula, where the Toka leyas come from. That is no way to run a country. Shame on you.
#27 Li Chileshe Xhaho, i value your arguments. Mr. Capitalist is not realistic at times. Not everything the Government says they DO! If the MMD delivered on half their promises, Zambia would be a much better country. Obviously you will ask me what promises they made and i should prove it??? Just be real sometimes mudala and see things from both ends. Its not personal boss.
Malimba Masheke do no expect govenment to pass a law to force Luyis (Lozis) like yourself and thousands of others to invest your retirement benefits in Kalabo ,Senanga etc.Just look at RB when he retired he went to farm in Chipata ,he took development to his area ,he cleared some piece of land with money he earned from his businesses and politics.The late Mr Mulemba had a huge farm in Solwezi.You are scared of your own province because of that same BA64 it has proved to a consant discouragement to investments.You think Lubinda and his boss Satana will develop your villages?RB has tried in a very short space of time for all to see.Stop cheating your villagers what development is in Kasempa,Kawambwa or Chinsali which superior to Mongu?
no 49 similarly not everything the opposition says is true. Have your own brain to analyse instead of just going with the wind. zambia has nine provinces and all of them deserve development. WP has been neglected in the past and the point mosokotwane is raising is that what did those so called leaders do when they had the chance??? nothing zero in fact minus zero. But MMD since the time of levy and now with RB are investing huge amounts in WP and all over Zambia busilding schools, clinics, roads and even railways e.g. chipata-mchinji which all previous govts have failed to complete
What underdevelopment are they talking about abaloshi aba.Shoprite came but all you did was to shove the retail outlet to ‘outer mongolia’. you lozis or abaloshi you are too egocentric to say the least. have you ever seen a shop owned by a white man or brothers of Asian origin there. in loziland everything begins and ends with being lozi or umuloshi. just to acquire land first the kuta has to sit then the Litunga and thereafter the council comes in to ruuberstamp. with that kind of behaviour no serious invester will risk there money there. already you are threatening even your next of kins the mbundas, nkoyas etc with eviction. Fi.ka.la.fyenu. God was so wise that the only resource of value in your ka loziland is riversand. thank God for putting copper deposits in Balovale NWP. GO HANG
Mr Musokotwane the fact that the government is spearheading developments in western province doesnt remove the tag of the poorest in the country. This culture of being defensive even when people on the ground are telling the government facts will never develop our country. It is more wise to get what Masheke is saying and tell the people what the tired government is doing than always being defensive. Any way we need leaders who can hear what other stakeholders are saying so change is needed.
#1. Mwata
Utabile nenge mwa lisa. Acu!
#2. Mwata.
Ukani bulaisa kuseha. Katabelo kahao kasabisa wena.
on # 52 I meant to say their money
Alinaswe @52 and 56, continue being a yes bwana, coz thats what you are good at. You are very loyal houseboys!
Mosoktwane is missing the point here. Why should have Masheke or Sacika developed Western province just because they happen to be Lozi? If one has to be from a particular region in order to direct government funded development towards their then there is a problem within our political system.
The issue is, why has W province been disproportionately neglected? Just because you have arrested a few for “treason” do not be fooled into believing you have resolved this issue. Please open your ears and try to learn from History.
#3. Kafupi.
Just like your name sake you have never said anything sensible. It is you who should stop posting your dirty here.
Mwata is expsing the hypocrisy of the jackals that claim to love Western province today when they did nothing when in power and all of them held very influencial positions.
It’s indeed a proven fact of life that light travels faster than sound. This is why some people with the PhDs like Musokotwane appear “bright” until you hear them speak. Who is he trying to fool with this K586 billion for so called various infrastructure development in Barotseland? Does he think we are so blind so as not to see its the riots that forced them to release it? Shame indeed that in this MMD government, it’ the case that there is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
kono musokotwane kwa kusanahana. Wakona ku yemela lika za bwanganu a zibi kuli bamu sebelisa sina babamu kaufela. Ya luna malozi lu lianganu.
PS Alinaswe @56, id does not matter what you meant to say. Rubbish will always be rubbish no matter how you package it.
Spellings please! Did you mean LIAR?
Dr Musokotwane turn western into an industrial base.I know what iam talking about.Shangombo district has a lot of diamond and gold.Kalabo district where you come from has a lot of minerals including oil.Oil was discovered in western province way in 1973.There are some places in western province when you work up in the morning you see oil in the months of dry season.You dont need to be geologist to know this.The main reason why this oil has not been taped is beacouse of the called sessecion which even kaunda feared.Build a new Lwenika General Hospital that is not a hospital.The only province where Registered Nurses(RN) are not trained may north western.
why is it that most of the investors are not investing in western province.The reason is you dont care about it.How many projects do sign every day so many.You can not put all projects in Lusaka.Dr musokotwane yes you are constructing the roads in western province but that is not enough.Take stock of Lozi currently imployed in the civilservice or any mine in Zambia just a handful if none.Why can the mines employ other pipo where there are nomines.
masheke and his friends should be ashamed of themselves. they did nothing when they were in gov and now want to pretend that they care
Ok, let us accept that the Western Province is the poorest Province in Zambia. Surely, do you then blame the present government for that? Dr Musokotwane’s argument is cogent. If the roads are bad, what did Harrington do about it when he was minister and Senanga MP? General Masheke was one of the most powerful men in Zambia, and what did he do to raise awareness about the Province? NOTHING AT ALL! Why? Because these people were enjoying in Lusaka they forgot their own people. It seems to me that anyone who wants to be heard through The Post has to criticise government, even when there is no substance in their words. Someone said, ‘In politics, never let the truth get in front of a good story.’ It seems Zambian politicians are doing just that.
If Msokotwane has a point as Rupiah worshippers are claiming,why then are lozis saying their area is the least developed in the country? Msokotwane is just politicising the issue to win his god Rupiah votes in that region.
If we agree that WP is the least developed in the country, what then are the plans for its development which the opposition are proposing? What will they do to turn around the fortunes of the province? It is easy to criticise but not so easy to come up with plans that are workable. Please Mr Sata give us a cogent and coherent plan on how you will develop WP and how the restoration of the BA will help in bringing about the development in question. Would also be good if you would tell us how to develop WP without ignoring and possibly alienating the other 8 provinces of the republic of Zambia that are supposedly swimming in money.
but we need elaborated expanditure framework of that half a twillion.
You people on the bog you are making me to laugh.could it be that you have nothing to bog about or what?Whats so special about western province that you think will bring deveolpment all of a sudden when the people of the province are doing nothing to deveolp it.Lets be real.Lets not confuse ourselves by debating what is not there.Saddenly peolpe think Sata care for them and masheke developed western province, this is far from the truth.Lets develop Zambia and not a particular province,because zambia itself is underdeveloped.
Musokotwane states the facts. Flipping the page back in the early chapters!!
Let’s subtract MMD interlude and go back when UNIP was in Power…
You cannot help people that do not want to help themselves. Masheke, Lisulo, & Mundia all these Old Guards had very influential positions in UNIP to push development agenda in Western Province when they held Prime Ministerial positions in the UNIP Government. Nevertheless, they failed.
As for William Harrington. What development programmes did he promote for Western Province?
And from the early days, Sikota & Arthur were all “well placed” in UNIP to push development for western province. We are talking in the late 1960’s and 1970’s when copper price was sky-high and the Kwacha was almost on 1 to 1 exchange rate with Stirling Pounds ££
On the matter, Yes, the MMD government has to ensure that all parts of Zambia have national development.
However, Credit has to be given to Musokotwane for securing K586 Bln. No other Finance Minister has gone to this height, lobbying funds for Western Province. And well done to RB & MMD
I shadder to see educated people like Dr Musokotwane exhibit cadre mannerisms and praise singing as thoughthey have not lived and experienced mature democracy. Gen Masheke, and others are not in office anymore and ca say whatever they want as the responsibility to bring development to Western province lies with Dr Musokotwane and RB. Whether Masheke, Harrington did anythin during their time is not the question now but what is Musokotwane and RB doing about that. The fact that Musokotwane thinks Masheke didn’t nothing doesn’t take away his responsibility to develop western province now that he is in power. If he can’t let him get out.
16# Li Chileshe Xhaho
Please note that no amount of money in this world will turn Western Province into a Paradise or any part of this world we live in. Try to debate intelligently without going by emotions and just being rhetoric.
you mean they inspect the mongu kalabo ditch.
NO 1 Let those guys guide RB Muso AND Lungu Its nice to be in terrance//ooooooh We need development Let PWD come back not these Contructors WHO Just steal MALi…………bye
The truth about western province is that all educated people never want to live there. Actually they never step a foot in that God forsaken province again. Costain Chilala is the richest Black man in Zambia owning a lot of businesses and feeding half the population of Zambia. The man is from Mazabuka and has put up a lot of investment in the province. Despite investing in other areas of zambia like Kapiri and Lusaka he never forgot his own area which saw him get where he is. It is the people in the area to have a mind of development like what is happening in Livingstone now where the chief(Mukuni) is spearheading development. The Chief just signed an agreement with an American Bank to construct a 4 star hotel to be called Mukuni Cresta Hotel. Lozis lead the way and many will follow.
Many do not want to invest in Western province because of bureaucracy, even the owners also fear witchcraft. There is also too much PHD (pull him/her down) syndrom in the province. Lozis are naturally lazy people only wanting to live well even if they do not have what it takes.
I think the people logging sensibly here are those calling for Lozis themselves to the the way in taking development to the province. Which is partly some of us’ point that the Lozis who have been in power should have spearheaded this Lozi investment in the area by connecting them to the right people and lobbying for other investors to invest their. They should also have lobbied for govt infrastracture development like roads, railways, better schools, hospitals etc and industries such as tanneries, rice polishing, juice making, and whatever you make from cashew nuts. But like others have said they did nothing, them and all the Lozis that have not invested there. Like the Lozis would say ”Komu kutuswa, kikuitusa isaliyona pili”
And so on and so forth. We are voting HH thid year
General Masheke lives next to my cousin in Lusaka West. I remember 1991 when my cousin commented that General Masheke had not taken advantage of his position as PM and brought tar road to his farm. Whether it is relevant in the discussion of bringing development, taking advantage of one’s position, being tribalist, opportunist or not, I just thought of sharing this event with bloggers. This was mentioned to General Masheke when multi party was being ushered into Zambia.
some people are just unselfish. You can say they should concentrate on their villages, but they have develoed other regions where they have no villages.True leaders.
The Govt will not go and build shops and houses in any of the nine provinces of Zambia. The Govt will only provide infrastructure such as roads, clinics, schools and hospitals. It remains for us citizens to lead the way in developing the areas where we hail from. Then others will have confidence that they can come and invest in our areas. The poverty mentality that Govt is supposed to do everything for us is what Chiluba(FTJ) discouraged and the result is that people have realised that developing a nation is not the preserve of a Govt. So comrade Malimba Masheke should give some insight of why? is it a deliberate move by someone (Govt) or our colleagues who hail from their?. We are all guilt for not contributing towards developing our areas.
This is what you get what you get when you bring Opposition members of Parliament into Cabinet. Mukondo(War) Lungu is a UNIPist through and through. Today MMD is has being hijacked by UNIP BORN AGAINS who have nothing to do with Freedom of Assembly and Association. It was the UNIP loyalist who together with the Northen Rhodesia Army Slaughtered Bembas in Chinsali under the guise of quelling Luampa(Lensinah) Sect Uprising. Today you find MASS graves in Chinsali. Watch them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok its not Government but just little “situmbeko” who made this statement. And by the time you are removed from office, young man, you better make sure you build a shopping in Mongu or Senanga.