Vice President Rupiah Banda says the Smart Partnership International Dialogue will help Zambia provide solutions to overcome some of its challenges.
At a dinner hosted for participants attending the Dialogue at Lusaka’s Mulungushi International Conference Centre last night, the Vice President said dialogue brings about understanding among people as it enables both sides to present their views on issues of common interest.
Mr Banda added that solutions to the current rising food and oil prices can also be found in dialogue among all stakeholders.
He said the smart partnership movement is worth supporting as it is a creative and practical method of solving problems.
The Vice President also called on leaders from all sections of society to engage in dialogue in order to find solutions that will improve people’s lives.
He said Zambia’s spirit of unity in cultural diversity should be encouraged as it embraces dialogue for the common good.
The Vice President commended Uganda for demonstrating a spirit of dialogue by engaging more women in governance issues.
He said Zambia looks forward to the Smart Partnership Dialogue to be hosted by that country next year.
The Vice President also noted that Zambia can learn from Uganda’s vision of transforming peasant farmers into commercial farmers and Malaysia’s path of economic growth.
Mr Banda also commended the media for its role in disseminating information on the Smart Partnership dialogue which has been going on at Mulungushi International Conference Centre since Monday this week.
He said Zambia is also proud of making the Smart Partnership Dialogue 2008 a success.
Ugandan minister of legal affairs commended Zambia for successfully hosting the three day event that attracted over 400 delegates from across the globe.
Mr Sam Kutesa said Uganda is challenged to organize the event next year and ensure it is fruitful to the satisfaction of participating countries.
And the Fellows of Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management, CPTM, congratulated Zambia for hosting a successful dialogue.
In their message read by Chief Executive and Joint Dialogue Convener Dr Mihaela Smith, the Fellows said the CPTM recognized the importance of devising new and improved ways to measure the contribution and value of the dialogue process.
They hoped the challenges of climate change health, food and water shortages and poverty will be tackled using the expertise and experience gained in the smart partnership movement.
The CPTM Fellows also accepted the invitations from the governments of Uganda and Malaysia to host dialogues in 2009 and 2010.
Meanwhile, a Zambian economic consultant and participant at the Global Southern Africa International Dialogue, GSAID 2008, has proposed that an institution to monitor and evaluate the country’s progress towards achieving the Vision 2030 be set up.
Bob Sichinga told the MULUNGUSHI BRIEF that an independent institution should be established to monitor the progress in the implementation of the Vision 2030.
Mr. Sichinga said this would enable the Zambian government and other stakeholders to steadily and timely correct any shortcomings that might delay the realization of the vision aimed at making Zambia a middle income country by the year 2030.
He said a mechanism to identify appropriate people to implement the Vision 2030, should also be developed.
Mr Sichinga said the Zambian government and all other stakeholders should be in a hurry to implement the national vision while cautiously ensuring that all huddles that may distract the realization of the set goals were addressed timely.
“Let us not dwell much on issues which we can quickly resolve but ensure that we implement the Vision 2030 effectively so that we can achieve it before the year 2030,” he said.
Mr. Sichinga said government and stakeholders must endeavour to harmonise the Vision 2030 with the national development plan, medium term expenditure frameworks, annual plans and other relevant programmes to ensure they were compatible.
“The national vision would be very difficult to implement if the objectives of other developmental programmes were not in tandem with the Vision 2030,” he observed.
He also suggested that the national planning office should be separated from the mainstream ministry of finance to enable it concentrate on achieving the Vision 2030.
At the opening of the GSAID on Monday, participating countries were challenged to share their national visions and experiences and devise ways of how best to implement them in achieving sustainable social and economic development.
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the development goals this SMART thing is looking at is a long term issue, with regard to the living Standards in our country.
this won’t be something I can be pround of, all we need are short programmes that will improve the living satndards of the majorit of the zambians who have less or nothing to eat, no clean water no proper schools, medical facilities and other human essentials. not this crap thing they are talking of achieving in 2030 some good years from now. mr sichinga a right.
Talks, talks, talk, nothing in this word has been achieved with talks only no matter how best the intention of the paticipants can be…..listen guys what the world needs today is not a number of meetings whatever we can call them, but each one of us to do our best were we are and be proud the we have do something to change the world for better around us…deeds,deeds,deeds.
Let Rupiah Banda shed off some weight or he will also join the the stable Paris Hilton Club.
this animal SMART and the talks going on are only intended to benefit the politicins. we are in the era of survival of the fittest were stronger animals will continue to dominate weaker animals. hence the rich will be more richer and the poor will be more poor. to hell this heart breaking programmes which will only benefit you apamwambas cats.
Was this dinner held on behalf of LPM by the VP
lpm is coming next week
Planning is a process and whether objectives are achievable or not is not a debatable issue but that there is a process that will enable the Country reach it’s goals whether short or long term. This Country has come a long way through such meetings and though some might feel these have not achieved any tangible outcome atleast our leaders have started a process that others who might take over can use as a process of avieving economic goals as development is a process and not a game to be played for a certain duration of time.
Rupiah aoneka monga fwinya.
Imwe balekeni ba Rupiah he is eating well. Nichani kansi ma jealous. He is comfortable.
Pa Zed uli shilu. Laughed my lungs out!
What on earth is fwinya?
THE DINNER WAS RATHER EXEGERRATED. hOW MUCH MONEY DID THE gOVERNMENT SPENT ON THAT OCCASION FOR THE WHOLE SMART DIALOGUE. IT SEEMS PLENTY OF MONEY WAS SPENT FOR THIS OCCASSION.
Imwe sure there was food kwati niku heaven (as if i’ve been to heaven before, lol). People should have talked but alas, everyone is quiet. Trillions must have gone into the food and beverages. There was all sorts of food, drinks and beer. It was pwando at its best. And then government says they have no money to pay us proper salaries and proper housing allowance. K50,000 housing allowance. When I think of it i get so disgusted!!!
Rupiah is very fit, leave him alone with his free mind. Even yourself to be there you can also gain the same weight. Let us learn to put ourselves in each one’s shoes whenever you are making contributions.
# 8 It’s not fwinya it’s finye and he does not look like one but shreke
# 10 they can’t disclose the amount of money spent. it all channeled into their pockets. ba swaini imwe mwatusha pafula sana.
# 7 you part of these guys who enjoy as life is getting worser and worser.
Number 12 you are very correct and I think this is one of the reasons we Zambians have lost sight of the goal and concentrated on irrelevance and the expense of the reason detour. This was a Dinner for foreign Dignotories (Why should there be a shortage of food) and at what extra marginal cost was the expense going to be tolarated. We should learn to concentrate on what can be learned from issues such as the SMART dialogue as opposed to what was eaten and at what expense coz I should assume all of us are attending workshops or summits/conference and no one is talking of the Beef but what can be learned from such fora. The issue of also looking at one self is also a key requirement.
yaba UNZA baisala again , bushe lungwangwa chinama nshi
#3 you are right, Banda is too fat, at 73, he is more likely to join the ‘stable paris percy hospital club’. I don’t know what LPM was thinking to appoint him as VP.
Lungwangwa is a criminal, he is busy building a high tech high school in Mongu while forgetting to support Zambia’s main and only major university. This is what happens when you appoint people who only think about their tribes and not the entire nation. LPM’s gov’t is full of tribal and regional leaders than national leaders. He needs to go. UNZA can’t be closed very 2 minutes because students only know how to riot than study their choosen courses. Lungwangwa should be stoned of that appointment.
Apologies for going off topic!!
No need to bring in tribal sentiments here. Unza has had a history of closures even before Lungwangwa. General Miyanda had one of the longest closures and during the reign of other minister was the same. Why should it turn tribal when it is Lungwangwa at the helm. We need to be objective and condemn the wrong act not to trivialize to tribe. UNZA has deep rooted problems that need concerted effort to solve. So #17 before you post your cotribution have a proper analysis of the issue than to point a finger at one because he is not your tribesmate. Shallow mindedness wont take us anywhere.
Bonse mulifipuba mwebalecita object kukwisala kwa UNZA. Let governemnt, UNZA staff and students go back to there drawing tables and correct issue before lives and property of innocent zambians are lost.
#18 I beg to differ, people from Lungwangwa’s generation think of tribalism more than anything. The time Miyanda was in charge of education is a different era. This is an era of high copper prices, over 1 billion dollars in reserve so we shouldn’t be having money problems at UNZA. What makes things even worse is that this guy is meant to be a Professor. The fact that he is focused more on building some high school were he comes from than building capacity at our only major university speaks volumes about his intentions and misplaced priorities.Don’t forget that this was the guy who gathered in Western Province to suggest that the next President of Zambia should be Lozi, isn’t that tribalism?
Why is it that Zambian guys envy fatness. I went home a few months ago only to find that all my friends had become not huge but fat with big stomachs,When they stand or dance the liked fondling with their stomachs. I can understand that fatness was associated with richs both in Africa and Europe, but Zambians seem not to be aware that fatness is now associated with being an underclass, social failure, diseses and above all foolishness. I was highly disgusted by this attitude of coping american social failures by our educated zambian men. Stop it fools, be in control of yourselfs. I can understand LPM, RB and other old fat chaps. Not young ones, who can handly walk now.
I though stroke does not only affected FAT chaps but also lean individuals depending on whether they have hereditory aspects of the disease
The issue of FATNESS is not only Zambia but may more American and European as compared to Zambia as the number of FAT chaps in ZED is relatively smaller as compared to the numbers in the western world. In ZED you will not find a lot of CHAPS having problems related to weight as this is not an issue even for those who are overweight as the food componet consumed in ZED is very different from that of the west.
Just my thought maybe someone can clarify and correct my thinking!!!
The Kwacha is now trading at 3,500 to the dollar from 3,100 just a few weeks ago. This lose is attributed to lack of investor confidence in our economy because of the uncertainity surrounding LPM’s illness. It is high time the Chief Justice takes control of the situation otherwise even the little gain that has been achieved in the last few months will go down the drain. We need to change leadership ASAP to save the economy because if investors pull out or withhold their investments, the only people that will suffer are the local Zambians who depend on investors for jobs. I hope LPM heals but we need to more on as a nation and that means changing leadership fast.
Article 36 of the Zambian constitution leaves the powers to request a medical board upon cabinet as the chief justice alone has no mandate to request such an action. This issue now rest with Cabinet and not the chief justice.
Please ba lusaka times use a better picture next time, RB looks like fat albert in this picture!!!!
#17, rumours going around are that the closure of UNZA was an engineered affair. Apparently, the dons and students have been pressing for the correct information and steps about LPM’s situation. Altho’ this has been at a rather minimal level, some govt and party strategist has seen it better that the institution closes for the coming months as it may be a source of ‘unwanted’ change. The dons ‘go slow’ was a blessing to the power hungry plunderers ransacking our nation. It may be tru or not…I’m away but was told by some body there.
Sorry for been off topic!
#27 those rumours are false, the university of zambia student of today is not a type that cannot cause serious any serious threats to this or any other government. we have boys and guys who are chongololos or Xsays who only worry about buying big pairs of trousers, g strings and going to times. i would not be shocked if some of them do not even know that the president is sick!!!!!!!
I think you’re right
RB should start exercising by wrestling with BIG SHOW or participate in the BIG LOSER competition. May be he has forgotten to continue with his diet before he was appointed VP.
Nice to read words spoken by our Vice President to charge other cooperating partners to work for the best of all of us.
from what i have heard, Unza problem may just be solved when LPM come back, and looking at the stability of our stable LPM, Unza is closed for a long time, the opening is many moons away.
There is also instability at ZIT (CBU)!! Does everything have to work with LPM around. I wonder!!!!!
That is the reason why these institutions should be commercialised as they tend to breed politics at the expense of development and initiative to the management of their operations. One wanders why a high level institution can fail to produce liable set of accounts and to add salt to everything fail to develop appropriate financial systems to tract transactions, let alone simple methods of improving the livelihood of the common Zambian. If these two institutions were planing to go or cause strife due to the LPM’s sickness then this reflects the low levels thinking at the institution (There are more serious issues they should have been looking at as opposed to sickness which is governed under
Unless we all begin to act on what we say, we will just remain sounding gongs. Wake up Zedians !!!!!!!!!!!
I wish we could all translate whatever we say and think into reality. We seem to have a lot of pipo with brains but do nothing.
Chipondo you are quite correct and that is the reason why we should remove that mentality of nitty gritty from the ZEDIAN mentality to avoid it clouding real issues affecting the Country. Our problems are mainly lack of objectivity and hate at the expense of the common objective. For me the issues of UNZA have been a common problem from inception and should not be related to the sickness as the staff would have still gone on slow down even with LPM present. The issue of medical reports and being FAT and food consumed are all NITTY GRITTY as they do not reflect intelectual thinking and big picture minds.
#37. Mu Zambian, thanx. I wish we could all think like you. I think the problem we have as Zedians is that we are quick at finger pointing and not necessarily looking at where the problem is coming from. Our actions are “reactive” and “proactive”.
Sorry, I meant our actions are “reactive” and not “proactive”
It is more of an issue of having wrong fact or being out of touch with reality. EG The UNZA problem has been a problem since inception and has been a drain to the little resources generated by the Country. A topical point of reflection in registration is that those who fail to control their affairs will always fall prey to the politics of the day (UNZA has failed to solve is own problems due to Management differences and in this regards they have invited the legislature to take charge of their affairs).
This is just a load of BULL (lip service)We need to change leadership.
The Big questions is why don’t we have these kinds of problems with other private institutions such as ZAMIM, ZICA, and why should it always been UNZA or CBU. This just reflects a sign of loss in the academic objective and being more political allowing the politics to run their instututions forgetting that politics and academics do not go hand in hand as politics have no principles and are bound to prevail.
Imwe guys please stop it! You’re killing me with your comments on RB’s physique. I should avoid reading comments before I blog because I’ve laughed so much that I’ve now even forgotten what I wanted to say, ati Fat Albert..oweee!!!!
#18, I can tell you why I hate other tribes, I am a jealous person and I cannot help it. I do not like to see any succesful people. I think they are the reason why am poor with no university education. Yes thats why I do not like the HH’s and Lungwangwa’s of this world. I need to be at Chainama.
Mu Zambian, thats why I mentioned much earlier that the closure of UNZA has been long overdue.This is the time the stake holdeers should reflect on a number of issue. I only hope something constructive will come out of this closure. What hates me most is the breaking of vehicles of innocent citizens. This should come to an end.
Honestly speaking, do you need to go to streets to sort out issues? Shame on government, Unza staff and Unza students.
CHINSALI MP 2011 ,You are quiet over this topic ,what has happen ?are ok.
I hope annonymous at #17 you get the sense now. Lungwangwa has only fitted in the boots of his predisesors. Excuse my spelling. We need a radical change of policy in our higher institutions of learning. Government’s hand should let go and let competent managers run the affairs of UNZA and CBU. Mr. Chunda (DOS) who was almost manhandled by students at CBU was put in that position to specifically intimidate students by government. That is not the way to go. We deserve better and we can do it if we as citizens put ourselves to it.
#47, also is buju and russia/moscow and Hehehehehehe. Where are you guys??!!!!
The issue to the problem is commercialisation and realistic bursary system which ensures loans are paid or recovered and are not a lip service for merely meeting the demands of the needy as ZEDIANS should understand there is a cost to education and a unniversity student should be very much knowledgable.
Mulekwata umuchinshi kuli bakateka!
This smart thing has been going on for the past 18 year and yet nothing smart has come out of it. It doesn’t a person with two brain cells to figure out that this another workshop/ seminar at a higher level with a ‘smart’ dinner
Is smart an abbrv. for something? And why are you all discussing UNZA here, when there’s an extra thread for that?
Remember the big Indaba that Levy hosted? i guess nobody remembers.Well talk is cheap, that occasion was used for free food, drinks and allowances.
It doesn’t matter how many times we talk, if we dont roll up our sleaves and do the right thing, we wont achieve anything.Rupiah Banda, to grow you need leadership and here is how you can make practical.Loans and loans to small businesses and individuals,investment in education,health and food sector and so forth, we know that in the long term all these critical areas will help us more..we need more universities!
but i know this falls on deaf ears.
#24.I totally agree with your comments,this is what I had predicted when Levy first went into a ‘stable condition’ and cadres like Zeddy said that LPM’s condition had no impact on the economy.It’s not rocket science to understand these simple principles of the economy is it?
By the way where is Zeddy?Funny as it sounds i do miss his comments,they always gave me something to laugh about after a hards day of work.
ZAMBIA IS FACING A SHORTAGE OF K5,000 NOTES DUE TO THE EXPENSE OF THE FIRST FAMILY IN FRANCE!!!!!!!
Ba RUPIA “dialogue,dialogue,dialogue MWAIZIBA LELO WORD IYO LOL IYE TATA LMAO!!!!!
bamunyandule you can even have the guts of increasing salaries by yourselves on the expense of the poor zambians. lectures and other civil servants you don’t want to increase. bakambeko ati iyayi we can’t increase. foolish politicians God will surelt visit you.
see now, we need young pipo in Gov, look at our vice’s face? these oldies in gov they think old. no wonder unza is closed shame!!!!!!!!
U Guys have run out of ideas I don’t think a fora like this were Zambians are supposed to share valuable information should be used as a fora for insulting leaders in terms of weight and joining LPM, OR OLD AGE and yet some of our collegues the so called youth are failing to run a number of companies. To RB i CAN ONLY SAY GAIN MORE WEIGHT COZ AT 73 YOU HAVE LIMITED TIME AHEAD OF YOU AND BESIDES YOU HAVE BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE JOINING GOV. POLITICS. Let us more intellectual and look at Big picture issues and solutions that can be advanced. A normal man wouldn’t mind even if we had a thousand meeting as long we know that this Country will still continue and beside meals consummed when compared t
when compared to the GDP are just faction and should not be an issue for BIG MINDS but what should be an issue is what was discussed and how this can be implemented (Ways, deadlines and serious commitment by all). The ZEDIANS of today have become more tribal and hate with a loss of objectivity in the thinking. No wander all this Fuss over LPM is not moral as it is well and adequatetly covered by the constitution and should not be a source for concern and dieting habits or going on go slow!!!Zambia needs open minded and highly intellectual individuals who are practical and able to professionallty apply academic knowledge!!!
Those commenting on University closures , i want to tell you that you can only understand if you have been there or you are there so i can propose this to you
1 if you have been there come on remind youself of those days b4 commenting.
2 if you have not been there and you are not there either go there or consault those who have been there or are there.
No BLIND COMMENT
Anonymous, you northerns are Thieves; you would self your own grand mothers for a penny, you have no morals!
Zambia is still yet to seen the benefits from SADC,COMESA and helping most countries like Botswana,Zimbabwe,SA, Mozambique, Angola to gain independence.And today we are a laughting stock of the same countries we sucrificed our economy for. How come this time around we will see the benefits from the so called SMART?? Can someone shade more light on this matter pls.
RB Bro In-Law check your fact and let me remind you that Zambia is a Land locked Country and hence these regional blockings have highly assisted in ensuring supplies arrive in Zambia without unnecessary delay. The last Country to be independent is SA in 1991 and a lot has happened since then due to these regional groupings and besides if the current generation fails to take advantage of the provisions let us not deny our children this right as they might have better means of enforcing the agreements. The issue is we cannot STOP to participate because we have no tangible benefits, we have to look at our situation and be more interactive and ensure we solder ties with our neighours to avoid be
The country has rested on wasting FOREX sending leaders who are HIV abroad for treatment, We now have this problem of FATNESS,unlike HIV FATNESS is associated with very expensive deseases to maintain. Most of them we can not treat in Zambia, our crop of next leaders seem to have a likness for geting fat. Beware FATNESS can ruin the nations economy. Dont vote for fat people because they get more fat in power and require expensive treatment abroad at the expense financial resources reserved Zambian Health facilities. We should learn from our current lessons. The Government Bill is in Hundred Millions Kwacha per day in maintaining in Medical Bills and ppeople abroad hanging around one patient.
#62 Kabiye bayekutenta icikanda ku bukala, that has made you imbecile!!
The true colors of Levy’s gov’t are now starting to emerge. According to the post, LPM’s cabinet has given itself 15% salary increment for doing nothing. Mulongoti was saying some corrupt people were taking advantage of Levy’s illness, I think he was talking about himself and others in levy’s cabinet. I can easily conclude that LPM is just as corrupt as the people he surrounded himself with. This gov’t needs to be booted out as soon as possible otherwise the will dry up the state confers because they know that the person who appointed them is not there and no one can fire them. This is corruption of the highest order. We need fresh elections within 30 days, what a shame for Zambia.
#62 tawakwata amano.wechinangwa weh.very stupid fool.u need special prayers wechipuba weh
Yaba
bamunyandule you can even have the guts of increasing salaries by yourselves on the expense of the poor zambians. lectures and other civil servants you don’t want to increase. bakambeko ati iyayi we can’t increase. foolish politicians God will surelt visit you.
MMD you are devils
Vice President Rupiah Banda is the next president of Zambia..yes
At least we all agree that Bembaland is the Headquarters of theft.