Stop painting negative picture about Zambia’s economy-Ministry of Finance urges Zambians

We are positively talking about the negative trend in the economy. Sha!

@gweru
ahahahahahahahah! great comment

Zambians are their own worst enemy!

Nubian Princess I agree with you. We have to be very careful with certain quarters in Zambia. These people are busy acquiring a lot of wealth behind the scenes but continue blaming every thing the current government is doing.

That’s what happens when you have tired old, recycled good for just getting a salary instead of a pension running the country.

chikwanda, economics of the sixties where you used to fix the price of cooking oil are no longer applicable now in this era and dispensation. if you were a wise old man, you could have resigned on national interest but with you the older you grow the more unwise you become and messing up our economy

PF (pathetic failures) need to work up!

It’s YOUR OWN POOR PERFORMANCE that’s painting a negative picture of the economy, NOT us!

Why not let the economy speak for itself?

This minister is really a fake one, to use the language of HE M. Chilufya Sata. He wants us to lie that buying bunga at K72 is a good thing. Having the worst performing currency on earth is a health thing. For sure he has run out of ideas and what to say, he should just step aside now that it is clear he has no capacity to running this economy.

Yama how can people not talk about the kwacha loosing 100 % of its value in three years and you say things are alright. Unless you are all smoking Chamba day and night and not concerned about siblings and offspring welfare. Yama think again before you issue a statement please. You guys have basically killed a whole generation of Zambian that will never make it in live. lets not be demented about our country. You are failing or have failed again after unip

@Cat Power, muleumfwika. How is your business doing with that Kwacha tumfwile? my laptop business naifwa, now started just to export dollar to Zambia.

Cat power walasa, a spade is a spade and not a big big spoon. we are seeing how our nation is fairing in reference to the other countries. something is really wrong thats why we are concern. Finance ministry has/is miss leading us and sugar coating. You guys are lunatics

@ Nostradamus,

My company is in Australia in Queensland and doing very well. Otherwise how are you. Otherwise the Kwacha is doing fine I sent 1000 dollars home for the needy and it was 6532 last week on Monday. But its not easy for them. have a look at Delgadgets.com.au and you will see some products that we develop here. Nice to here from you.

Well done Mr. Minister, I am sure a lot of people will have the international reserves for lunch today.

Just shut up if you have got nothing tangible to convince the people especially those who walk the streets with empty stomaches simply because they can no longer afford the cost of living due to skyrocketing prices of commodities. You talk every nonsense because yo stomach is full and you are able to put food on your table. What about those who can’ t afford a living ? Rubbish.

Palm, every country in the world has people walking the streets on empty stomach. Tell us one country that you know that has no person whole is walking the streets on empty stomach. Do not be so naïve and portray a wrong picture. I know you are busy building a house for yourself.

But it is getting worse in this country.

Miya..not true! no one is hungry in countries were they have found a balance between social responsibility, productivity and innovation…Germany is one such country with ZERO homelessness and zero hunger !

You will one day be held accountable for abusing the right of been silent. Had it been that the kwacha was doing fine, were we going to be told to stop talking positive things about it?

Ministry of Finance has warned Zambians to avoid painting a negative picture of the country’s economy. Its like Telling lies at every moment has become policy for this government. The president Mr Sata himself is on record as having said he has USELESS MPs and USELESS MINISTERS, and only Kambwili denied being one of either. Does that statement from the president paint a positive picture of the economy? People are complaining about what is going wrong in their lives and the best that a reasonable government can do is not to deny that, but to address the problems to the people’s satisfaction. It will not work well for them (PF) to continue pretending that things are going well i the economy.Just do the right things and you will see the levels of criticism going down. Just release the…

Very true!! How can hopeless and useless ministers (as stated by the President) run a vibrant economy as Chikwanda is now claiming!

Surprisingly, the OLD FOSSIL Chikwanda thinks he doing a great job despite the reality on the ground! He is the lunatic isn’t he? Anyways, MAD people dont know when they are mad – they only know about madness when they get better!

With the worst Kwacha exchange rates at the moment; High costs of Fuel and Maize meal; High YOUTH unemployment figures; etc Chikwanda thinks he doing very well!! Just because he finished building a mansion from the money he stole during the Kwacha Rebasing exercise that incontinent old fag Kolwe Chikwanda thinks we are all having a good time!
Is that OLD Fossil Chikwanda actually Normal?

Hon Min. of Finance: if I were you, I would have resigned a long time ago. Your being in that position is negatively affecting the present & future of this country. The longer you stay in that position, the more suffering Zambians are guaranteed to experience. Do us proud by resigning. The nation can not move backward for the sake of few individuals only.

the minister of finance is a pig

Wrong!! he is a baboon with dementia.

With his SNOUT in the trough of Taxpayers money! And when that is not even enough, he borrows MORE KALOBA!

ANIMAL FARM run on an ANIMAL DRIVEN CONSTITUTION!

What has Squealer Winter have to say today?

The problem at MOF is Fossil Chikwanda….its purely wishful thinking expecting progress with such incompetent individuals at the wheel.

Whether anybody talks about it or not, Zambia’s economy is already rotten and stinking. All the key indicators are pointing in that direction. It would be hypocritical to deny such gaping reality. How naïve can PF become, by trying to tell people to turn a blind eye, to the mess they have created in so short a time! Sir, the moral thing for you to do is to resign and let a more competent individual be appointed to rescue Zambia’s dying economy.

Mwebantu. Lets be fair and support our govt. Let us NOT TELL LIES.

Everyone can see that our ECONOMY is doing great. In fact it is the best performing in Africa.

Can’t you see our Kwacha has gained a lot in the last 3 years. It is a lie that it is K11 to GBP1. It is Not K7 to US$1.

It is a blue lie that Mealie meal is more expensive today that in 2011. In fact Fuel is now cheaper. In fact everyone can see the cost of living is now far much better than in 2011. Everything is cheaper, our hospitals are cleaner, well stocked with medicines. People are lying BCG and now NEVIRAPINE run out.

People are going round lying our debt has risen sharply during the PF rule.

Our bumper harvest is not a lie.

We are more free to assemble now.

Of course Zambia is better NOW

Me…

…. Me I WILL NEVER GO ROUND TELLING LIES!!!!

Dishonorable minister: It seems you are so used to telling lies, with a straight face! Where the hell have you been when the economy of Zambia was deteriorating to this failed state extent? Are you sure it’s the people on the ground that are making negative sentiments? Or is it you who haven’t done your job, sir! The economy is already in the negative territory relative to other neighbouring countries’ economies! A word of advice…just RESIGN, sir!!! Why isn’t the PF government giving chances to young bloods?? Am more than sure there’s talented skilled young blood to replace Mr Chikwanda!!!

Very funny! The article says “The Ministry of Finance has warned Zambians….etc” But who actually sent us a warning because the ministry itself is NOT a person and cannot missue warnings!!
Chikwanda and SataN have messed up our economy AND are now SCARED of making statements OPENLY!! It is actually the OLD FOSSIL Chikwanda who made that statement – yes, that coward useless Monkey!!
A few facts for you Ancient and Outdated Rug Minister Chikwanda. Just because you have built Mansions from the money you STOLE from Kwacha Rebasing does NOT mean the Economy is doing well. If it was doing well, why were you talking about the 5.2% deficit this year! What is the Kwacha exchange rate today, bald head? What’s the cost fuel and mealie meal?
Pipo like you SHOULD be BURNT not BURRIED when…

Sata/PF is the artist that has portrayed Zambia in extremely very bad light such that nobody worth his salt wants to visit the country. Who has brought about this unheard of and completely stup!d situation, is it innocent Zambians or is it the president and his ‘useless’ minions? Tell us that!

Chikwanda says —

Tomorrow at 8AM SHARP H.E. President Sata will deliver a PRESS CONFERENCE at State House to correct the MISTAKEN impression given by the Kwachas decline and demise.

He will paint the CORRECT picture of our economy, and demonstrate all the wonderful achievements of his PF government since 2011.

He will also announce the renaming of more airports as a follow-up to that most successful exercise that made Zambia famous and generated 600,000 new jobs.

Donchi Kubeba indeed, so we should all be ignoring the figures and be LYING that the Kwacha is still very strong.

Personally voting for PF is one of the worst decisions I made in 2011… Damn!

And this Chikanda minister can’t even resign is it because Sata(n) keeps hardening his heart behind the scenes?

Just admit that you have failed to govern the country. Even a two year old baby is able to sense that things are not alright in Zambia. Its expensive to fly out of the country due to useless kwacha, it is expensive to do business due to useless kwacha. In 2011 things were okay and you people with no ideas took over. We are now suffering in our own land due illiterate and useless ministers in place and above an illiterate president in State House. Yes you are there simply to earn a living and not to help the country grow. I wonder whether a sane person will give you a vote in 2016. Namutwipaya Ba mpompwe.

How I wish GDP was tangible and edible

It actually is. Only it is usually stolen by those entrusted with governance

Painting? Whom are you kidding? Wake up from your dreams of denial and look at the grim reality average person is facing due to your incompetence!

THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!!! How the hell should people talk positively about a negative economy? This Minister needs to take several seats!!!

& SHUT THE HELL UP BY THE WAY!!!

@chilyata, your levels of hatred and the insults with which you punctuate your posting sounds very scaring to say the least, but at most I strongly feel this is lunacy at its worst

Foreign individuals and multi nationals are undermining our economy through various unsound (legal or otherwise) business practices and Zambians are cheering them on. This nonsense of depending too much on investor confidence should be stopped with immediate effect. Foreigners and their investments are important but should only supplement our efforts. Countries like Israel are ever under a threat of war and they don’t have the natural resources that we have but are still prosperous. Black people are their own worst enemies. ( My people perish for the lack of knowledge- Hosea 4:6)

Asekulu a Gondwe naba shikulu ba Chikanda please you are not equal to the task numukota sana,this job is not for the faint-hearted.You played your roles then but things have changed.

Ukukota has nothing to do with their failure. In their professions the older one gets the better they become

These three are the only solution to the current crisis, if they resign.

I guess new business is importing USDs to convert to worthless Zmw

We have nothing to do with the fall of the currency ba Chikwanda; nimwe mweka ba PF. however i agree that Zambians are prone to falling into the trap of believing that anything Zambian, including the Kwacha is the worst,

MR CHIKWANDA,WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOURSELF TO PAINT A POSITIVE PICTURE?YOU ARE EVERYDAY BUSY BORROWING MONEY WHEN YOU CAN EASILY GET ENOUGH REVENUE FROM THE MINES THROUGH WINDFALL TAX. WHO DISCLOSED THAT THE OWNER OF KCM MAKES 500M DOLLARS PER YEAR WHILE YOU, AS FINANCE MINISTER IS SLEEPING IN YOUR AIR CONDITIONED OFFICE?2016 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER,ITS EITHER YOU COLLECT ENOUGH MONEY FROM THE MINES NOW OR NEVER.

Even in Zimbabwe people were still building and investing when their currency was in billion notes!

We are not talking negatively about the Zambian economy, we are concerned that PF government has no policy to deal with the economic problems the country is facing. Does Mr chikwanda expect us to keep quiet or pretend everything is fine. If the kwacha is falling, it is falling and people have the right to talk about it. Foreign investors do not feel the impact of the falling kwacha same as compared to the local investors or the majority Zambians.

One of the characteristics of a dictatorial-minded government is that they never want people to publicly discuss poor performance of government.

The last time I was in Zambia, in President Rupiah Banda`s Administration, the Kwacha was around ,K3,000 to K4,000 to US$1. In Sata`s the Kwacha is 7,000 to a dollar. And this guy Yambua is saying people should not discus poor performance of PF`s Kwacha?! Rubbish!

Alex and your friends you think this is UNIP, you mess up the economy then you want us to keep quite, fusake, you and your frineds should shut your shit up, and your Sata,

Shut up, Alex and your foolish friends you messed the economy and you want us to keep quite, no way, you sale outs, tell sata and your cadres we shall talk about your shit and mess everyday, you are the kings of desrction

The problem we have is the finance minister, he has no scooby doo about the economy dynamics. He does not know the root cause of the economic malaise and how is he going to sort out the problem. Ladies and Gents UNIP is back, we need devine intervention.

ABC, its the economy stupid!! We are obviously living in different worlds. I cant wait to kick “these – good – for – nothing – clowns” who keep burying their heads in the sand, out in 2016. By divine intervention, it could happen sooner than later! Even when the writing is boldly on the wall, they fail to read.

old dinosaurs..tell us what you are doing..atase..

Maybe if you stop f-ing up the economy …

#OneZambia