UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema says he will negotiate with traditional leaders to allocate more land to Zambians to empower them once elected as President in Tuesday’s presidential poll.
Speaking yesterday when he appeared on a live radio programme on Sun FM radio in Ndola, Mr Hichilema has also pledged to reduce the cost of building materials to enable more Zambians construct houses.
“We will reduce the price of cement so that many people could afford to put a roof over their heads,’’ he said.
Mr Hichilema also said once in office, he intends to reduce the cost of electricity to enable more people have access to the commodity.
On job creation, he said UPND will support local businesses to be sustainable.
“When the local businesses survive and grow, there will be creation of jobs.
We will focus on economic turnaround to create jobs,’’ Mr Hichilema said.
He said the fight against corruption would be professionally done and not to settle political scores.
Meanwhile, in Chingola Mr Hichilema said that he will look at how best mining taxes could support the industry to create jobs not only for the people on the Copperbelt but across the country.
Mr Hichilema, who was addressing a rally at Kaunda Square Grounds in Chiwempala, said those in the mining sector will be supported by ensuring favourable taxes in the industry.
Mr Hichilema said UPND’s policies are focused on job creation and would bring back credible mining contractors such to create more jobs for people in Chingola.
He also said the cost of fertilizer would be reduced to support the agriculture industry in the country for reduce cost of mealie meal.
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Good move Mr President, not this PF policy of always giving big chunks of land to foreigners and you make it almost impossible for local people to have title to their own land.
The irony of being in the diaspora is that you automatically are classified as an armchair critic. That’s why some of us have come back to cast our vote then we will go back to our adoptive country. Truth be told, I didn’t expect to see what I have seen in Zambia, if we move at this pace of development, Zambia will be one of the most developed countries is Africa. Kudos to PF for the massive infrastructure development they have implemented. I doubt any economic manager is going to score more than what PF has done. I endorse the candidature of Edgar Chagwa Lungu as the man fit to keep Zambia on this growth trajectory. It will be premature to change government now and we may end up losing the gains we have thus far recorded. For my friends and compatriots in the diaspora, seeing is…
go go our next presido in the next few days. paya farmers cant stop the wind. these policies are doable. the upnd have worked out their numbers. these are viable promises unlike those that bordered on ‘ more money in your pockets’ without explaining how. anyway, kuya bebele ba willie nsanda party. after the paya farmer loses this election, there will be more divisions in the party such that by 2016, pf will be a shell like UNIP immediately after the 2001 elections. i can foresee that if mmd does not regroup to become the leading opposition after these elections, there will be no credible opposition after the 2016 elections. upnd may just win 90 to 100 mps. i do not see mmembe’s new rainbow party having a serious impact in terms of being an opposition party.
Why negotiate with chiefs when all land in Zambia is vested in the President!I dont understand some of these wild promises from HH and the other politicians.If HH lose he will clearly have himself to blame.Why campaign on promise after promise which clearly cant be fullfilled.He needed a clear and consise campaign agenda not this and that.Good luck.GOD BLESS ZAMBIA.
CAN U. This HH is a crook. He is busy buying land in southern province for his cattle ranches that is the reason he wants the chiefs to allocate more land to him. Chiefs have been giving land to government any time it’s needed. Why the emphasis now? He is a crook and people in the lower zambezi are even scared that if he wins he will displace a lot of them. So he wants to play legitimate by saying he will ask chiefs to do that. Please read the matrix of privatisation then you will understand his statement. Zambia is a very peaceful country indeed. Even crooks are playing it cool.
Good move, we should not concentrate too much power in the presidency. Chiefs should retain some amount of control over land and traditional affairs. What govt need to do is to come up with policies that can be used to effectively manage land for Zambians. The goal should be to ensure justice, equality and equity, fairness, prudence and effectiveness. Not what we have seen under the PF govt where people have to be killed in their own land [refer to Kampasa killings].
See ba PF, we UPND supporters give out solutions and debate with intelligence, not you who just shout unpalatables.
‘We will bring back credible mining contractors to create meaniful jobs for Chingola’ the MATRIX is now being comfirmed, you can’t keep on lying and get away with it Bena Zed Anglo american is back the deals done in RSA are now surfacing, be very wary of this HHakainde he sold the country long ago
UPND tribal leader Hakainde Hichilema says his party can use Lozis but not to trust them because they easily change.
HH who in 2011 thought he would scoop the entire Barotseland was shocked that his party, UPND and PF shared spoils.
During a meeting at his residence in Lusaka, HH told his confidants that Lozis are a tribe that is untrustworthy and like aligning itself with the ruling party.
A source has told Tumfweko that HH has urged UPND officials not to bury their heads in the sand and place so much trust on Lozis who are likely to disappoint them in 2016.
With the likes of Poniso Njeulu (Sinjembela MP) vowing to contest on the PF ticket in 2016, HH is dead scared it will be difficult to reclaim the seats in Western Province.
Anglo America dumped Zambia in the hour of needy and made people redundant/ the rise in death . Some have not got their benefits and HH was part of the people selling these companies. It’s said for someone to come and lie to the citizenry that he will negotiate with chief for land for zambians . Zambians get cheap land and sale at higher price to foreigners unless there are sets of laws like in Kenya that restrict to sale land.some areas
A presidential aspirant should have a vision of his own, it is easy to implement your own vision because u understand why u arrived at what decision.
And the reality of losing these elections again have caught up with HH. Is it not just the other day the corrupt Maureen was saying HH will give more land to women? Now you are saying you will negotiate land with Chiefs ????
Does the President involve himself in land allocation?
We told you HH that too many promises without thinking is dangerous. HH talks without first thinking.
Ifintu NI LUNGU. Facts and focused.
MORE LIES FROM HH, HH HAS BEEN DEALING WITH FOREIGN BUSINESSES AND CUTTING OUT ZAMBIAN BUSINESSES, EVEN IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE WHAT HAS HH DONE TO PUT PRESSURE ON HOPELESS ZAMBIA SUGAR DESPITE MAZABUKA BEING UNDER UPND..HH IS JUST A LIAR AND AN ALLEGED SWINDLER BUT ZAMBIANS KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS CON ARTIST AND HIS TEAM OF FAILURES…
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