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Unlike other Political parties such as the MMD and UPND, NAREP seem to be mature and sober minded in their analysis of issues.
I am yet to come across an article from either MMD or UPND which has this sort of well thought out analysis of an issue at hand.
Well done!!
You probably have forgotten that MMD and UPND did actually write to Sata and the letters were marked “Private and Confidential”. The UNPRESIDENTIAL responses that came from Sata were wrongly sent to the media and just contained a barrage of unpalatables. How else do you deal with a Helter Skelter Government then? So Chipimo is fully aware that if he writes a Private and Confidential letter straight to State House, it will be mate with a barrage of unpalatables. So he has to keep his letters in the public domain for you and me to make our own judgements.
“when a leader protects a political ally” just like Sata has protected Fred M’membe from paying what he dully owes the Zambian people (K14billion or Kr14million) that is corruption!
1 , yes you are 100% correct. Even protecting GBM and Kabimba , that is corruption. We shall sort Mr Sata and remove his immunity and prosecute him based on these grounds. Can’t wait for 2016.
And no TRCC for all PF criminals.
It gratifies me, every time I read about progressive ideas from young politicians like Chipimo. Indeed constructive criticism is the bedrock of a mature political society, a disposition that should be encouraged in our political leaders. Criticism should inspire those in leadership if it provides best alternative ways of doing things unlike the usual trend of insults and personal attacks. Am personally inspired by the political maturity of Chipimo. Well done, our political landscape will no longer
remain the same.
We now have Clive Chirwa, man of the year, yesterday he scored 290 comments just for a mere lecture on his ZR plans.
Am tired of commenting for the sake of helping Chipimo’s Thesis.
I like the theorems advanced by NAREP but is interested in practical solutions other than the TRC being wrongly proffered. The main corrupt ministries in Zambia are Home affairs, Lands, Local Govt and Defense. How can we stop our traffic Police Officers from taking bribes? A practical solution is to introduce tickets and have offenders pay through banks or post offices. No traffic cop should handle money. In the case of the Councils – markets and bus stops generate a lot of money but Councils have no collection mechanism. Introduce electronic ways of ensuring marketeers use the ubiquitous mobile phone; all who register qualify for loans and are levied electronically. Lands Min. should also follow suit – PF is trying with Immigration bank payments but lets give them time.
There are still loopholes:
1. The person issuing tickets can give the offender an out; pay less here and go.
2. There is no enforcement mechanism in Zambia to rein in those who don’t pay.
3. In Zambia votes have a price determined by the level of poverty. Interestingly, politicians know this and capitalize on it.
the police service is the worst especially now when the no one was a cop! just to renew a lincense, do car fitness or register a new car, u have to toil to the mercies of these criminals! they deliberately worst time so that u pay them to expedite. foolish service!!!!!
Zambia’s copper resources have not made the country rich. Virtually all Zambia’s copper mines are owned by corporations. In the last ten years, they’ve extracted copper worth $29 billion but Zambia is still ranked one of the twenty poorest countries in the world.
So why hasn’t copper wealth reduced poverty in Zambia? Once again it comes down to the issue of tax, or in Zambia’s case, tax avoidance and the use of tax havens.
Tax avoidance by corporations costs poor countries and estimated $160 billion a year, almost double what they receive in international aid. That’s enough to save the lives of 350,000 children aged five or under every year.
For every $1 given in aid to a poor country, $10 drains out. Vital money that could help a poor country pay for healthcare, schools,…
I hereby declare my allegiance to NAREP. Where in London can I get a card?
London is not in USA. Why can’t you buy card from Lusaka, what kind of stupidity is that?
Invest in rallies my man where most pipo we have chance to hear yo nice thinking
Mwamba Mutale rallies are NOT the only way to communicate the party message to all Zambian. Therefore what the president of NAREP is doing is that he using all means available to communicate NAREP’s message….time for rallies will come but not now…..besides all that happens at rallies is that you get other party’s vigilant causing all sorts of trouble….NAREP is bringing new politics ——issue based politics.
Another masterpiece from you Mr Chipimo.Well done and keep up the good work for mother Zambia.Like you rightly put it the aim is not for the PF to fail as then it means we all suffer but to offer solutions.Start thinking about reaching out to the masses in other forms of media as well so that more people can see the type of selfless leader you are.We wish you well and 100% support for your cause .
Nostradamus, all that the President ofNAREP is doing is pointing out issues that are vital to the Zambian people,you dont have to comment or read his articles other interested individuals who have the love for mother Zambia will comment. Regarding membership cards everyone is free to buys NAREP membership cards whether they are in zambia,Europe or USA we now have representatives in all key regions of the world…..go go NAREP
The saint, I believe that if you are in the UK you can obtain a NAREP membership card by contacting the UK branch via email [email protected] or via their Facebook page NAREPUK
This is too complicated for the Chellah fella at state house. He didn’t respond to the second series. I don’t really expect him to respond to this series either. Chipimo is offering constructive criticism here which the likes of Sakeni and others would do well to heed. If people remember well, Nevers and HH have written to Sata before and the responses were more than UNPRESIDENTIAL. Yet Sakeni is always inviting the opposition to dialogue. Dialogue with people who give UNPRESIDENTIAL responses?? Dialogue with a Helter Skelter Government?? There is need for this PF Govt to humble themselves and say “look here guys. We need advice on how to run a government because we have not the faintest idea”.
Okay, so the fire keeps burning for NAREP. What we need in Zambia is the opposition that will have the interest of the Zambian people first in all that they do. The young generation in our country should be looking at Chipimo with hope. 2016 will be the time to make a wise decision. Voting using our brains and not our stomach.
Corruption is universal. All humans are to a certain extent corruptable or fallible. Only in Heaven can you find angels. Here on earth forces of corruption have potential to destabilize an individual, family or nation. To deal with corrutpion, impunity needs to be stamped out. The adage, crime does not pay must be digested and redigested. If the corrupt individual has been identified, then government, media and civil society need to cooperate and secure a conviction. Selective justice is corruption. Streghtening the judiciary is the responsibility of all. For instance, you find that a Christian Nation crusader like President Chiluba turned out to be more corrupt than the predecesor President Kaunda. These social problems call for pragmatism as opposed to doctrine.
Surely, what is so difficult about getting a list of all new appointments to all our foreign missions abroad since October 2011? Is it not corruption to appoint only friends and relatives at the expence of a taxpayer?
Look at some appointments, people with no education nor professional qualifications have found their way into our foreign missions and doing nothing except shopping when they get taxpayers money. They even complain that they are being underpaid for doing nothing. What an insult to Zambia.
I salute you Mr. Chipimo, May God bless you abundantly and may those you advise take a leaf from your words.
yah right, you politicians are the same ,now you are talking about all these things that are wrong and when we put you in office, you most likely to be the most corrupt of them all, fyi..zambian are sick and tire of you all cheap uncouth politicians..
Hanna, Someone once said, be the change you want to see in the world. United we’ll stand, this is what I believe Chipimo wants, me too. We want united minds and efforts for a better Zambia, remember tikali kubalana. What sort of a country do you want your children to live in?
You see the problem with this week’s schoolboy essay Mr Chipimo is that you are extremely patronising – do you think we need you to explain to us regular citizens what corruption is? It’s arrogant of you to assume you are the only one in Zambia who has been to UK to learn how to read-i and write-i (which was at somebody’s expense, now who was it who paid for it I wonder…?)
Have some respect Sakala, Chipimo is not a school boy he is a successful corporate lawyer. Every reasonable person knows Chipimo is not the only Zambian to have been in the UK to study and that he is not patronizing. With regards to who paid for his UK studies…..he got a Rhodes scholarship this kind of scholardhip only goes to brightest students.
Mr Chipimo can do better to be writing articles for a news paper. If he is not careful he risks being ignored. His kind of politics is not benefiting him or zambian at large. For example in Chivuna where I come from, people have never heard of Chipimo and the majority there can’t even read his thesis even if he were to take it there. My question is, with all such briliant ideas, why can’t NAREP start mobilizing by participating in these local and parliament by elections? Even Milupi has an Mp, Magande retired, Miyanda a joke