Friday, March 29, 2024

Miles Sampa is being hypocritical on mine supplies- Siakachoma

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Commerce, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Miles Sampa
Commerce, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Miles Sampa

The National Empowerment Forum (NEF) has described the 30 day ultimatum given to mining companies by Government to engage local suppliers of goods and services as ironic and hypocritical.

Commerce Deputy Minister Miles Sampa recently disclosed that Government will be compelled to introduce a statutory instrument if mining firms do not comply with the directive.

NEF Executive Director Edgar Siakachoma says the pronouncement is one of the many utterances made by politicians in power to portray an impression that they want to empower citizens when they actually do not.

Mr. Siakachoma notes that Statutory Instruments have been put in place in the past, but enforcement and implementation on the part of Government has been dismal.

He has observed that a unilateral statement issued by a Deputy Minister in real sense does not constitute a policy and may not even be taken seriously by investors.

10 COMMENTS

  1. That’s very true Siakachoma, in fact these politicians balaswamo thats why they dont bother even to make serious action on mines. for example in Kalumbila those who are doing contracts are foreigners.. its not open to the public biding and they claim they are doing contracts themselves, what our benefit??? who ever works there accessed the contract through corrupt means very sad.

  2. Siakachoma sounds wiser than sampa. I love his assessment ati pronouncements made by a deputy minister who doesn’t even sit it in cabinet meetings is water in a bucket with holes

  3. kekekeke, Sampa nauufwa ka…….you are just a deputy minister, you cant come up with a statutory instrument. Know your limitations not bla bla….

  4. Ba Sampa and the many other PF fimo fimo, they just speak in order to be heard that they also exist. There is absolutely no substance and vision in the PF administration – a bunch of lies and lies all the time.

  5. There is everything right in what Hon. Sampa stated. We need our people to also be benefiting from the mines through supplying. What shocks is how Siakachoma can start punching holes in the statement that is supposed to benefit our people. This is a patriotic statement which deserves our support and I for one believe mines monies need to start benefiting the community and Zambian society at large.

    • ..@Don….read between the lines to what siakachoma said…..infact he is challenging Miles to stand by his utterance…..if he(miles) does not want to be dressed with what siakachoma purported….thus 30 days from now……days nowadays run like seconds on your wrist watch……soon it will be 23rd October……

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