THE United Party for National Development (UPND) launched its presidential campaign with a promise to reduce taxes by increasing the tax free income to K1.5 million.
UPND president, Hakainde Hichilema said that he had accepted his party’s nomination as presidential candidate in order to continue what late president Levy Mwanawasa had left.
“I accept the nomination for that reason and not to put food on my table. We are in an economic and social war where Zambians should also be investors and not observers,” he said.
Mr Hichilema said when elected into office, UPND would continue with the anti-corruption fight while good governance would be a must if Zambia was to run in decency.
He said corruption would be fought in a professional manner and that there would not be any sacred cows.
He said the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) would be urged to expedite its conclusion.
Mr Hichilema said that when UPND comes into power it would avoid a bloated government for it to run in a more prudent and efficient manner while nominated members of Parliament would be drawn from eight provinces.
He said there was no need to look for political gymnastics but people should look at the future with a clear mind by voting for leaders that would improve lives of the people.
The opposition leader said there should not be promotion of ethnicity in politics because no one chose their ethnic being and that Zambia was one country.
He said his government would provide free education up to tertiary level and medical services would also be free because that was government’s responsibility.
He said politics was a business that required a business approach and to reduce the price of mealie-meal, the UPND government would provide agricultural in-puts as a way of subsidising the sector.
Late UPND leader Anderson Mazoka’s wife Mutinta, former Republican president Kaunda’s son Panji and several MPs, attended the launch.
Times of Zambia
Twalumba baa HH.
Good move HH and good luck. You are the right man for the job right now. If you wait for 2011 there will be no economy or country left to run. The plunderers would have looted everything. People of Zambia now have real choice in this election starting with age, persioanl health of candidates,education policy, health policy, foreign investment policy and taxes. May the almight protect you.
Keep on dreaming!
HH, SIR, the Incoming President to-be, I wish you the very best in this election. I also wish Hon Sata and RB a good time and run for Plot 1.
Vote HH for economic independence. Vote UPND’s HH for a real ray of change and hope Zambians can believe in.
HH waboola, come November 4, “wina azalila wina azaseka.”
What is the current life-expectancy age in Zambia?
The last time I checked it was 42 years. And so, Only HH has the moral standing to led our great nation Zambia. Thanks Sir HH for your competiting in this 2008 Presidential-by-election.
Mbubo!! Chifumo? Ulabeja
Ba HH couldn’t even raise salaries for people at Grant Thornton (The worst paid of the Big 4 audit firms) and tomorrow he’s suddenly going to increase our salaries by reducing taxes.
PPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck HH.
HH, kindly advise all tongas not to be tribal, you are coming in as a national leader and not a tribal leader. Their tribal support will make you a tribalist more than you are..
All the Best
HH start with your companys them the country
Thats not new coz Sata have being campaign in the same base!
HH is selfish and a man without VISION! Acopycat and a jealosy fellow whos preoccupation is the support SATA is commanding.HH could have merged with SATA, thanks to his STUPID illiterate advisors who can’t simply read between the lines and see SATA’s name. HH please confess that you are working with RB to split votes for SATA and share the spoils later. SHAME on you HH
Wise targets Haka, but goals are easier set than achieved… i hope that during your campaign you will enlighten the nation on how you will achieve said targets…
or will you take the PF route of ’06 – the content free singing and chanting for change
RB has already won in Eastern through his corrupt tendencies of Sugar n Mealie Meal distribution!
Be HH we are tired hearing same theories from other politicians and u definitely not different from them. All the best on your loss!
politics of ” free this, free that” are long gone. We need someone who can make people work. Not just sitting around waiting for free this and that. We must develop a work culture if we are to progress. Where are all these free things going to be coming from? China?
But then again Haka, i’d rather you commit! than promise… Not even my favored LPM (no offence to his memory) kept his promise of the modification of our constitution… what a blunder … look at where we are now, the crossroads of uncertain destiny
There’s nothing new about such statements, infact he’s just speaking sata’s language, more money in our pockets.
This HH has no political back ground what so ever and he is not winning wheather you like it or not. His only dream is to become a president or called a president and double tribalism as he is a good product ot it. Come october 30 he is not winning. Let him take up councilor sit or something. Hakaivotela Hamwine.
good looking you are we accept but you cant rule Zed i promise you. we dont want pipo who only make noise during elections time. we know OUR SATA has always been there for us whether elections or not, so good luck and for us its PF
HH goooooo all the best may God guide and protect you as you campaign, l love you
hear,hear!!
COME 30/10/08 YOUNG THANDI THE FIRST YOUNGEST FIRST LADY ZED HAD EVER PRODUCED!
People are Jerousy of HH acussing of tribal factor… The man is successful, Look at Sata and RB they are old and usless to the nation things have changed they still have old minds… RB is not capable… Sata has a bad language and attitude we dont want to be like zimbabwe again… What has MMD done to Zambia LPM was building what Chiluba distroyed. In the dark days of plunder and abuse of Human rights.. This will happen when you vote for Sata.. Please Zambian we need change these old folks will change nothing Look at our neghbours how developed they are its a shame as Zambia we are so behind in alot of things.. In the intrest of many zambians who are poor and disadvantaged i will say HH
#18 Anyway your Satana is dying soon. Second heart attack will not live him alive. Some one who stops smoking at 65 and above has already done enough damage to himself. Actually as he goes round trying to campaign and learning that the boy (HH) is catching up with him, he will just collapse. If you truly love him just tell him to go home and relax may be he can live a little bit longer you know. He has already done his part to this country, now is the time to retire though he has already overstayed in service.
His name says it all, he is lame-Chilema-Zambia shall not be ruled by such a person. Its go Sata, Go PF, on the Boat. Its our time now!!!
Definately out of the three HH apears to be the right person. but I am conserned the person who deserves the job may not get it. Scoping the votes in the East,North, Luapula and Copperbelt may prove difficult because he is either not known or miss-understood.
my advise is that he works extremely hard to remove the misconceptions in most of the people.
HH you should have swallowed your pride and joined hands with MCS, you would have started a good career in politics, otherwise you are going nowhere. its a well known fact that your votes are mainly coming from one province. wila ipompa sana.
#18, Hakaivotela Hamwine (HH)LMAO! Anyway i was going to say HH is dull if he thinks he will win without merging with Sata!
#25 you are very stupid! why are you descriminating against ifilema? Shame on you you!
I was thinking about this. RB distributing sugar. Under the law, that is not corruption because he has not filed in his nomination even if the election date has been anounced. But the point is why anounce the election date, then delay the filling in of nominations. This is the chance for RB to do all sorts of dirty politics using goverment funds before being bound by the law.
LT what can you say about this.
ignorant people will hate a visionary leader like HH, pleaze HH goo to plot 1 Ilove
Some people say you the right man for the JOB .the only fear is we shall see an OX-CAT in cairo road should you be elected.
Anyway all the best, keep on trying
What is there to learn from old poeple like Sata insults. This man changes every day.
Who is RB’s advisor? Dishing out sugar a few weeks before election day… fool move!
Iwe CHI SHIMUMBI!! how can see ox-cats in cairo too ignorant!!!!! your man sata is full of insults,smoking daga, changes like camelion. dont be jealous just vote for HH pleaz man come out chibolya thats why you too ignorant
Muna, Muna, Muna!let me answer your question from the other article. There was a time when UTH was stinking and had no drugs. Sata as health minister changed things around. Cairo was as dusty as it is today, Sata planted lawn and flowers. As governor, he brought about those LUDC buses.
HH is the rite man for Zambia at the moment not sata he has been in all the past parties so wat is goin to do for us apart frm stealin our money. go go HH
#34 i 100% agree with you
‘We remember very well that Hichilema was favoured to lead UPND after the demise of Anderson Mazoka on account of his tribe and his wealth – perceived or real. We recall some UPND enthusiasts demanding that Mazoka should not just be succeeded by a Tonga but a Tonga with money, a wealthy Tonga.’
By maravi Thursday March 15, 2007 [02:00] Zambian news, politics, economics and society.
This HH man is said to be rich hence he should be put in office and that he won’t steal from us. This man will be stealing in the name of his richness and by the time you know it it will be too late. You’ll take him to court afterwards and the only beneficiaries will be lawyers as was the case with Mezaf flats.
#2 chris, Am touched by your contributions man. At least you know what you really stand for. If really the purpose of this election is to remove MMD, then the PF/UPND pact is ok, but if the purpose is progress & devpnt, then I dont see this being archived with Sata & HH on the same boat. The two have two different ideologies. One of them will just end up being used for winning, and HH may suffer the casualty!!
#30 & 34 Chief Observer & TomCat, Agree with you on RB’s conduct. It wasnt just wise for the man to distribute sugar…Its just too cheap. At one point I tried to imagine Obama or McCain distributing any kind of commodities to the electorate.????Its just unthinkable.
HH for Presido.
Forward Forward.
Probably the best candidate for president, congratulations HH. We now need more young people to seriously take part in politics and for the right reason sto develop the country..
HH is just another prophet of tongaism. Thes nothing he can do and besides he was involved in the privatisation program and alot of provatised property has found itsef on his personal ownership list.
HH has no political experience.I dont even no were this guy came from.Can someone give me his life history and back ground or a site were I can check on this HH character.isn’t he just like the chiluba character……..
No. 36 your thinking is shallow. you are dull
HH cheap politics. You are saying this rubbish as if you are talking to children. You should have other better things to say or strategies that will convince people other than the same lies we have been hearing from the time we were fighting for independence (before 1964). Iknow you can’t remember this type of campaigning because you were a KABUDO that time. Wishing you the best loss.
They wanted another Tonga it didnt matter were he came
Qualificatin – TONGA
Zamnet on UPND election day
1. Which way for UPND?
By a Correspondent
IT is a new day in Zambia’s political era!
FRIDAY July 14, 2006 will go down in the eight years history of the United Party National Development (UPND) as the day when a radical change of the guard took place.
Mr Sakwiba Sikota and his team were suddenly been made part of the UPND history as Hakainde Hachilema emerged victorious as the new UPND leader
#36 you are very right about SATA that man is just good to clean dust and plant lawn. he is no presidential material. i wonder and shudder when i see that there are people who think that SATA will ever rule this country. Wish Michael all the best.
HH may look appealing but to me,if a person can drive a car competenly,then its not automatic that he can also fly a plane.Zambia is a nation whose resource are its people.Its about the stomach.HH failed to reward his workers at Grant Thornton.He privatised many corporate companies and yet most workers have died without their benefits.HH had the mandate to do the payout but he chose his pockets first.This made him wealthier to which he boasts.Thats dead workers money!Can he ne trusted then ?The young man wishes to be at plot one.In his dreams.SATA FOR PLOT ONE.
HH is the only survival for this country for now. Let us remove the recycled politicians now for the betterment of our country. We do not want people who are only interested in themselves. Abash KK error type of ruling. Umuyaya teusuma. Let the young man rule now. Kaunda will be ruling in the background whether you want it or not. please not again – imilongo ya buunga, soap, sugar etc. Please almighty Lord help us, spare us. Guide this nation and open the minds of the people and able to show us the move. God bless Zambia. The spirit of oneness should continue. Tribalism won’t help Zambia. Let us just choose the best leader here.
No. 45 you are dull. continue day dreaming
#46 You are a lazy chap. It show in your typing. I bet you are in favour of free things. I invite you to TZ to see how hard working people are here.
HH is the new kid on the block and the rest and all old timers who have been in the game since Kaunda. In Zambia everyone is a politician in that we can discuss and argue and plan for what we think is the future of the country. On this Web site some people are making very good sense and some ofcourse are not. Its time we had new blood please. So forget about the Satas,RB, Mwila etc
there you go again as #53
Sometime i agree with the truism the Devil you know is better than the angel you dont know.At least we know Sata we ‘ve seen his contributions some of you writing junk here even live in his houses.Your boy HH what has he got to show..
No. 51 shallow thinking indeed!
No. 54 I still challenge you that you dont think.
HH is a capable leader young and energetic. look at Joseph kabila young and presentable. forget about the madalas pliz. imagine having a potrait of sata or rupiah in yr ofici as republican president? My God… wat a nite mare….
If UPND was not a tongas party then Sakwiba Sikota was suppose to be their president now and i promise you it was going to be a big party now. If Mazoka was to come today he would be very dissapointed that HH is the leader of upnd. so u hh guyz should sort out that first then you will move forward. SATA for President.
Baba Lubuto can you vote for someone because he planted flowers? What will you be doing yourself?
# 59 May I don’t think. But I know what am talking about. You? Nothing!
No.61 Go to hell with your SATA
Constitutional! You see! How dull you are. By saying that Sata planted flowers it does not mean that he did it himself. Are you saying that LPM paved the roads himself?
Rather vote someone who plant s flowers than a brother who doesnt even know what it is like to plant them
In my dream I saw the following happening after 30 October: RB President; V/P Mulongoti; Finance Minister Katele Kalumba; Foreign Affairs Minister VJ; Defence and Internal Security Xavier Chungu; Bank of Zambia Governor Samuel Musonda; Mines Minister Francis Kaunda; Economic Advisor to the President Stella Sibanda; Chief Justice Robert Simeza; Attorney General John Sangwa; Minister of Health Dr. Kashiwa Bulaya; Prisons Commissioner Richard Sakala; Zambia’s Ambassadar to the UN Moses Katumbi; Zambia National Service Commander General Funjika. Fellow Zambians brace yourselves for the hard times to come – there will weeping and wailing after 30 October.
#60. I think you have poster from drum magazine and news paper cuttings all over your bedroom walls.
#67. You are really a prophet of doom. Good one thoug.
Bloggers, dont just hail unpalatables here. Tel us wat yo preferred canlde has done or can do for motha Zed.
HH should be original. He has to copy from SATA every strategy.Whatever SATA has said is what he is singing about. Sure his calibre is questionable. Sikota was indeed a better candidate to lead the party but tribalism from TONGAs came in.
I have also noted from HH website that SATA is not standing because he is old. This is cheap politics and naive. Why can’t he come up with his own campaign strategy? Certaining he has no ideas or his advisors are empty in the heads.
Originality is cardinal.That is why people support SATA
My GOD deliver constitutional and GOD bless SATA
Amen
Mr Sata further said ” In 2006, I had more presidential votes than HH, I had more MPs than HH, I had more councilors than HH,..In 2006 when he represented 3 parties, HH reduced the Mazoka led UPND from 49 to 22 MPs, he reduced FDD from 11 to 2 MPs, he reduced UNIP from 15 to 2 MPs…so what credentials has he got to consider me as vice? We are filling nominations next week and very confident PF will form the next government”.
# 67 WALASA MWAICHE..MIND U AM OLDER THAN THE TOPPEST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
“PF supporters boo MP on the copperbelt” Headline in today’s post, listen to this trend guys, they are still in the opposition remember, so what will be the next best thing, UPND, watch the space, Sata’s taiwanese backers are no longer interested in him.
Us Tongas cm to be a threat to you guys on this blog. I 4 one I dont care. What I know is that here where I stay among Bembas Im loved and appreciated.Even HH comands more respect here than Sata. Dont judge people on the basis of their tribe. I feel sad if I hear people discriminating people just because they are Tonga. No wonder why Tongas have also started counter reacting. The end result will be very holifict. Take stock of what comes from your mouth because it is not easy to swallow back what you spit.
He is now singing the tax reduction song why? coz he doesnt have his own plan
lets put this matter to prayer. GOD knows who he has ordained and the man that he wants to lead us.
#61, and what do you make of the majority PF members? You see you chaps should be thinking before bluttering nonsense on the blog, twanaka nenu mwe, always acting on half truths, making decisions on half truths, if Sata left a system in Ministry of Health and Local government then why have these institutions not maintained his vision, there should be something wrong with his leadership atleast Grant Thorntom is still operational!!!
You are the man HH . No one eles matches you approach. All the best
Wat HECH HECH!! let him be the president for the MANSONS!!!, i wud rather have ANZAO Felix mwangala as president!!
Does anyone disagree, i think this would be a great thing for the country and it doesnt matter who delivers it, i think all 3 candidates should commit to achieving this for the country.
Tonga Bulls stand up
No.72 and 73 SATA won’t see state house as a president of Zambia. You just have to accept reallity. I hope after saying your prayers, you have now come to your senses. AMEN indeed
HH has never done enything for zambia. Its better to vote for some one with experience. GO SATA GO
Ba HH thats a lie. Just campaign wise and wilabepa ubufi. What tax reduction? Have you been in power before you?
Its high time we started thinking outside the box. These politicians are just a big let down. Zambia can do better without them.
Hakaivotele Himwine (HH) is really a chancer, he is being chancing since 2006 and will keep on chancing until doomsday.
#45. Political experience isn’t a guarantee of good leadership. Matter of fact, no one in Zambia has round picture of experience in governance. What experience has Sata for instance got in foreign affairs, finance, mining, agriculture….. ……etc. There are good examples that the political novices have performed better than the so called experienced. Even in LPM’s govt Mutati, magande, simbao, machila and mpande, are some of the high flier minister in Levy’s cabinet. And looking at these gentlemen they have something in common – Intelligence,Hardwork and education. Look also at Kabila – another novice. Lets avoid being fanatical on old politician who have failed to organise their parties.
#23, You are a fool.
“Yes singing the tax reduction song with better lyrics” not comparing tax to bread! I saw an ad like that, he is giving us real figures, if you have what it takes engage the man on this and he will explain to you instead of Sata whose manifesto, interested in a copy get me on [email protected] and i will send you a copy and tell me what your impressions will be!
#89 To hell with you! Go and hang yourself, Nosense!!!
Anonymous U have been planted na ba OP. The Job U have bn given is to fuel Tongalism so that Tongas are CN to be bad people. I have noticed that U are closely monitoring comments of Chengelo Alumina. Please lay off that line. What wrong have we done to you as Tongas. If U are Lozi then you are playing the most useless Chimbuya which is deadly. Please I beg U on behalf of all peace loving Zambians to lay off.
Aleni tukamona.
Most of you bloggers above, you wont even vote just like me.
We dont want leaders who would be in politics until death do them apart.NO!!! Hand over power to the young generation. SATA is old, RB is old. They must have retired along time.
#93 Same to you!!
the only countries that i know that provide free education up to tertiary Scandinavian countries and they are considerably richer that Zambia…i wonder were the extra resources will come from considering he intends to reduce taxes…
Dont be vague by saying vote HH because he is intelligent or Sata because “Mwaume”[man]. Tel us what they’v done in the past and if they are capable of unifying our country where many think they can not support this 1 or that 1 because of where they originate from.
#35 Truth hurts. why are you pissed.We are afraid of cows all over Town, we are not used to that stench, and besides we dont want to experiment BOYS to in the big house. ok fine, just try your luck, but lets bet not this time.
Ba constitutional it’s you who is dull. All what this boy HH is talking about is in PF manifesto. It’s like he has no ppolicies of his own. Whatever PF say they will do,HH also says the same.This thing of free things ain’t gonna work. We’ve heard it before and it sucks. Sata has a track record of doing well as a minister. What has HH? He could’nt even pay his workers at GT well. If you can’t run a kantemba well what makes think you run a departmental store well?. HH just has a misplaced,ill advised sense of importance. He’s going nowhere than his current residence.
Whether old or not RB is your next Presdo! Come 1 Nov 2008 we blogging here while waiting for RB to be swear-in, some of you will scrap!!
Ready or not, October 30, 2008 will be the decider!
HH waboooooooola. Go HH.
Those who are haters, you are free to start renouncing your Zambian Citizenship. Otherwise, come November 4, you are in for a RUDE shock. Your Sata will be no where near state house of Zambia as the Incoming president takes it up.
Viva HH. Real ray of change and hope Zambians can believe and trust in.
HH has no right credentials in my opinion. He is a technocrat and not a politician. He wants to pretend to be politician. We all know he is not. The problem we have in Zambia is we think technocrats such Medical Doctors, Engineers, Physicist, accountants and the rest. The best politician is social scientists. So don’t be cheated that HH is qualified. He is not. RB and Sata qualify because they are politician by experience. Technocrats do not listen to any advise hence rule as individuals, until they become tired. So HH supporter remember that if Sata chances are spoiled by HH, he will forever be in the opposition unless MMD decides to adopt him and rig the elections for him.
Sata & RB belong to the achives now. When will they sit down to write their memoirs like Grey Zulu has been doing? This is the time for the ‘future leaders’, we cannot go on recycling the same old crop of leaders.
Sata is unpredictable,wasn’t he the cheer leader for FTJ third term and wasn’t he the one carrying suit cases of cash on a chopper on the the way the MMD congress in Kabwe. His leadership will take us back several years. HH is the only viable presidential material as of now. We should never be retrogressive.
cont… So HH supporter to waste your breath on wishing him good luck because this are wasted wishes .
– Hakainde Hichilema 39.2%
– Michael Sata 39.0%
– Rupiah Banda 16.1%
– Brig. General Godfrey Miyanda 5.7%
Source Zambia Online
If HH was not a factor in these 30th October 2008 election, then WHY ARE YOU POSTING YOUR COMMENTS ON THE UPND and HH’s topic. Please, spare us the INSULTS.
HH Waboola. Whether you like it or not, this is the time you will realise that HH meant BUSINESS on Plot 1 starting in 2006.
The tax aspect sounds fair. But implementation is the mother of all backbornes. We wouldn`t want to be misled that they will be a tax benefit when the tax bands that determine our take home pays are futher reduced or remain the same. Magande did that trick last time when hope was so high but only benefited the school leavers.
#103, SPOT ON, MMD WILL CONTINUE COME 1 NOV. AND I HATE TO SAY THIS. I AM NOT AN MMD MEMBER BY THE WAY, AND I WUD’ VE LOVED TO SEE SATA AND HH MERGE TO UNSEAT MMD.
Lets face facts HH is a bad employer, he pays his workers peanuts. At Grant Thornton he used to pay us peanuts. To me he has already demostrated what he is all about, nobody can convince me he can change things when he comes to power. Like most business men he is mean and pays his house workers 150pin. Whta do you expect from such a heatless leader?
No. 102 What Don? What is PF manifesto? What do you want HH to talk about? Taking you heaven? Wake up, you are still on earth.
All governments are responsible to its citizens, they need to build schools, hospitals, roads etc. These are all common issues in every country. Stop ranting
Shi Mumbi, U must be a slow thinker.Do U mean wen FTJ was in power we were seeing Bangweulu fish everywhere? wake tata.
But why must HH run Zambia like a company? We are not meant to be traded but to survive in this sovergn environment of Zambia. What we need Zedians is a parent who has tasted the economical hardships vis-a -vis been around. We dont need some chap who is going to boast of this and that when the facts can be seen on the ground. Other than promoting his CV, what has the man done that can be pointed to the economical wellbeing of you and me?
Kopala walikwata amano sana.
Those that have known these people know them for sure. There are good in public perception but not in reality. Lwenu!!
Baba Lubuto am waiting for that infor about Pastor Joshua of Nigeria and his Prophecy
114 obewa BM U are right. Some of these chaps hav nothing convincing to saying because it does nt mean wen one becomes Prezdo, then all th decendants hav to migate.NO!
#32 Kanina mumenshi be objective
Joseph kabila was studying, and DRC has made more progress than in its 50 or so years of Independence, Mswati was taken from School and he has run down the economy of Swaziland which makes your argument #115 baseless, thank you.
RB= eastern, western, north-western and party of central and northern provinces. SATA=Lusaka,luapula, copperbelt and party of central and nothern provinces. HH=southern province 100%. battle is between RB and SATA beleive you me but eventually sata will excel
TONGAS ARE BEHAVING AS IF HH IS ORED IN PLOT 1 WHAT IF HE LANDS IN PLOT 1 NON TONGAS ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE A SAY??? PLZ SHOW US U CAN CONSIDER OTHERS? LETS FOLLOW ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION
iwe 35!sata does not smoke dagger.Ni lubanga alya eyamuletele no mutima.
Ba #117,lady L imwe,mwatupele email yabufi last time. We also wanted to know those facts ya chililo chabamudala.
come 1st November,2008. sata will be sorn in as president of the republic of zambia. Sugar Daddy retire before you are arrested for defilement.
HH has no proven track record he neds some exposure
#61, Saki is a loser. Even his party is in oblivion. And that’s the man you want to be at the helm of UPND. In mazoka’s time the man was no where on the campaign trail. He was riding on Mazoka back like all these parasites in PF. The law firm he inherited has also failed. Think again.
All you bloggers here know the right person for the presidence but jealousy will always keep us backwards, When I started blogging on this site I thought it was for intellectuals and people with well minds, but it seems some just put comments for the sake of of just being seen. Am a young person myself and No one can tell me I cant run my organisation well because am young! Wake up young people! We are even supposed to have a younger president than HH!
Look at the businesses that are doing fine in Zambia, they are run by young people, wake up please!!!
Ba Chinena, i hope its not your real name because in my language its a private part, twamwaishiba efyo mulelanda. One does not need to be a brain baster to be president. You need a fair guy who has diverse knowledge of economical, social and other atmospherical impacts of the nation. It is no wonder, to be presido despite your trade, you will also need advisors otherwise, Mwachuleni.
SPEECHLESS
#85/97/113 Constitutional!!!! I believe #73 said Amen in agreement to God delivering you.
May He indeed deliver you.
Shame
Joseph Kabila was choosen bcoz had powerful father who was still wanted by his pipo, Mswati is running a monarch country(its runs in blood) you cannot compare with HH who was choosen by his tribe and now want to impose on Zedian pipo! NO THANK U!
Let God give us a President, HH is also a Free Mason, is this the kind of person you want.Mazoka was unpopular because of the same, Lets seek God’s guidance.
#127, its you same guyz who have destroyed Saki coz of you triblism. tongas, bembas and lizis are just a problem. compare upnd the way Mazoka left it and now and you will realise what we are talking about. PF and SATA to plot 1
#124 Kwaanza just give me your email ad no need to say all that stuff, united we stand all zedians.
No. 132 deliver who? Shame upon you
N# 128 Mukwesu, are U implying age is nt a factor? If so, lets get King cobra on board and I hope you are also awake and nt just yapping.
Ba Sata balifulungana. He thinks everything that the govt did while he was a party cadre was done by him. I wont be suprised to hear a chembe ward concillor claim that he built the Mwanawasa bridge. Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!
#137 Deliver you chi constitutional HH from free masons!
#122- Cute thats Tongas for you. I remember in 2001 at CBU the majority of us supported and voted for Mazoka but when results started coming out and Mazoka took a lead, all the Tongas came together, started celebrating and shouting ” tulemiteka, tulemiteka” even the language changed to tonga. Non Tongas quietly went to their rooms and started praying for devine intervention so that Levy wins. We thanked GOD that Levy won. I will Never make that mistake again.
You Sata’s suppoters you are using old poll data you will be shocked this time around !!!RB and SATA are finished.the problem in Zambia you are so much petty and lazy!!Look at Botswana my dear!Oh!You cant compare Lusaka’s buildings with Gaborone’s Buildings.Lusaka’s buildings are so dilapidated,and we hear there is LCC,what are they doing.Intercity Toilets.Are you sure that the type of situation want?Please choose young and Visionery Leaders who can stir development its not too late.this tribalism you are practising will not take you anywhere apart from tearing you off.VOTE for HH,HH,HH,HH
Vote for quality not retirees.Why is this blog turning into a tribal warzone.
Shilili shilili twafweni ukufula inkoloko iyi iyafwa,twanaka mwe mfumu ukubafye abaiminina pamo pene na MMD,shikulu twayesha energizer batteries but tailesela inkoloko eicho twalombo mutumfwe.TWAKANA SANA UKUFWALA INKOLOKO IYAFWA.Twatotela pakwasuka amapepo yesu ,AMEN
What does Sata’s quarrel with his own MPs over their participation in a National issue (NCC)say about the man’s character? No wonder The Post tore into him the other week
Good luck HH.
This is a referendum for HH. If he looses this byelection, he should not stand again in 2011. Sata and RB are just too weak and easy targets.Its like winning a gamme hands down!! He has a lot of advantages. If HH yu cant speak in public, its your own fault, go to your plots and start farming!!
Let this young creazy man hungry for power pave way for anotther person. He is so anoying. It looks like he is not robust enough. Can someone down in Zambia inject some energy in him!!I hope Professor Chirwa was in UPND!!
I’m an eastener and proud to support HH because i do not vote on tribal lines but on a leaders ability to deliver for the good of this country! sata and teddy bear are from the old school, politics have moved so much that that old mentality of populist policies are long gone…look what happened to a once beautiful country like zim?? please, all sober thinking zambians, lets vote HH for plot 1!
it’s a pitty that the people who vote but dont read or write are for Sata while the ones who write and read are for HH yet dont vote.How can this be reconciled? Not sure about RB, maybe his relatives.
Some mates here need to renounce their Zambian ctizenship and maybe go to some place like Rwnda as Zambia is one and any one stable can be in plot 1.Come eloection day,MMD gwan in history books
Ba Lady L….
and who said LPM was the best leader.why do we wnt to sing praises about someone we condemned for the rest of his rule.is it now that we are seeing that he meant well.stop pretending
No 11, you do not fit in this blog. Look, Barrack Hichilema Hikainde is in, and will sweep the house clean. Do you want Sata to come and release the plunderers because they are your relatives?
Listen to Barrack Hikainde a man appreciated by people who have been to school,not night school, then a cop and by luck Minister without portofolio. No
I was impressed by the visionary speech given by HH at mulungushi at his campaign launch..,HH is a serious factor in this election! HH haters like it or not the youngman is wining many hearts with is vision and issue based campaign.., VIVA HH
To those of you who are insulting HH and saying he is no contender in this 2008 election, i would lijke you to ask your Hon. Sata – whom you accuse of having experience? Hon. Sata knows too well that HH performed much to his surprise in the 2006 election, after Hon. Sata was underrating HH as a person he doesn’t know. Now, what has happened is that Hon. Sata knows HH as a force to reckon with – and that is the sole reason Hon. Sata wanted to cheat HH into helpining him (Sata) win the presidency.
Wait and see what will happen come Oct. 30, 2008. HH waboola (HH has come, HH abweela, HH aisa, HH aataha, ….). HH for real ray of change and hope Zambians can trust and believe in.
Anonymous what? Continue hiding until we bury you together with your president SATA
Yes # 151 you called
Musankwa oyu ulabeja………..
Crop marketing period extended from 30 September to 30 October. Maize price also increased from 45 pin to 55 pin. Extra 10 pin – FRA
#155 hehe: remember its simple majority. So expect the same circus as long as there will be three candidates.HH may only climb to #2 then Sata down to #3, and there we shall be bloging as R.B will be sworn in on Nov. 1. Good luck!
MWE BANTU PLZ THINK TWICE DEEP N DEEP….GO FOR THE HEART NT AGE OR PERSONALITY.
VOTE WISELY NOT UKUTONTONKANYA UBUSUSHI OR NOT BRINGING JOKES WEN THEY ARE SERIOUS ISSUES
#130 thank you for agreeing with me and remain in the 19th century zambia foward
SCOAN website. click on prophecy and the check for “Rushed out”. Prophet TB Joshua is a true prophet. Check him out on sunday afternoon live from Nigeria on the free to air decoder on emmanuel TV channel.
People of God, only God knows the true leader for Zambia.No need for name calling, HH, Sata and RB are all to small in the eyes of God and God is so much in control of Zambia.
I have just seen HHs website.It looks like a kids art work gone wrong.Is that the President who is going to take Zambia forward technologically? Is that an indication of his judgement? How could he hire amateurs to design his site.Ba LT lend your technical staff to HH while you are at it even Satas site.Who designs websites mu zambia kanshi?
Zambia will never be ruled by this tonga MASON!after all the people are saying that you are concentrating on bo lemela banzako .
Tongas will make HH tumble. Therefore, HH you better be careful with your fellow Tongas. They are behaving as if they want you to be their chief only and not a national leader.Mind you, Tongas are not in the majority group in Zambia.
This guy is so selfish that he is very very blind…..! Had he just considered to be either Sata or RB’s veep this time around 2011 would have been formality for him, who knew a nominated veep RB could take the nation by storm? Time will tell badala kamulanga!! Do the right thing for once HH cut a deal with these two old people look at the way Nevers Mumba has finished like a record for being arongant yemwe!!
ndipo basamwa ba Tonga.The guy has just launched his campaign its not that he has already won. You guys spit in the face of your only allies the lozis now its a tonga only party will ever learn?
Mabisi and Chibwantu at plot 1 during state functions twakana. Keep-on dreaming until you pack like Mazoka.
Ponyax? u’re a funny chap! lol. u should be serious. u’ve made my day! but the comment on mazoka is unkind.
Grant Thornton! This is a global firm of accountants, if acca thought that GT Zed has breached any of their accounting standards Grant Thornton Zed would have lost it’s treading licence. U’ll who keep saying he didn’t pay his employees what they deserved are bitter. Do u think ur current gov pays it’s civil servants what they deserve. Any business is about making money and in turn any government should aim to improve living standards whilst managing borrowing. HH for president
#170 u can make fun of Tongas all you like, but please leave Mr. Mazoka alone to rest. He was a champion of the whole of zambia. Now i think its is appropriate to say all candidates should commit to reduce taxes and also increase investmnet to cater for teh windfalls, and whoever becomes the opposition must remind govt of their commitment.
mr HH has lot of learnig to do his candidature has robbed his people all manner of reasoning
HH says he wants to continue where LPM left off; How ironic, considering this is the same guy who stood against LPM (2006) claiming he had no vision for the country. Looking for the sympathy vote?
This nonsense of I will “reduce taxes by increasing the tax free income to K1.5 million” is not the answer and will never be. This HH has been preacing this message ever since he came on the political scene and he can’t see that its not working.
This guy has no political skills to win this election, sometimes I wonder what kind of strategists he has in his camp. Econimic manager, what a joke!!
Please stop using other people’s names Wada Chovu is none partzan. I wonder why someone could end up using our company that HH you are our man please delete. Wish you could be contacting the owners. Yours Ck
Anyway,as young Zambians,we should refrain from matters of tribalism or whatnot.Unlike the Lozi’s or Tongas,all other tribes are really very unified and can work together in the development of the country.By this I mean to say that our Lozi and Tonga friends should not take too long in their long worn boots of tribalism,,Its high time you took those disgusting boots off and join the new Zambia of unity(One Zambia,One Nation).What happend to our motto,people of Zambia.
Present Zambia is not near ready to putting anyone at the moment from the above tribes into state house at all! Unless in ttwenty or so years,when they have shown that they are part of the one Zambia,One Nation.
#141, you will have a shock of the day after 30th October 2008. Watch the pace. Only well meaning Zambians who really want us to develop and catch up with the rest of the world are in support of HH. But those who want SATA are interested for looting and job seeking ANYANDULE
This is just another clown in the circus
am just reading what you are posting today.
pabwatoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
imaturity is worrying hh
he can’t rule zambia. stop wasting your little resources hh
go sata go to plot 1
imwe ba bantu ba pa zed when are u going to wake up?do u want to turn plot 1 into a funeral parlour by voting for old madalas RB and Sata?These Old madalas are living on borrowed time.For RB at 72 l have no doubt that he is using viagra to satisfy his teenage wife and we all know the efffects of viagra,the man can collapse any time and die.Coming to Sata the poor old man just survived a STROKE mwe bantu and 1 more stroke the man will be history just like LPM.How is the world going to look at us if we have another presidential funeral soon.Ps fellow Zedians spare these old madalas by voting for HH.
HH is a FREEMASON,we should never ever vote for a cultist as president.Most people that support him do so out of trbal alliance,they cannot tell you what this man has done.This man killed Luanshya miners and many people that died without getting their money after privatisation for which he was responsible!Today he is rich from stealing from poor Zambians,shame on him!
#185,check ur facts right b4 u begin typing ur post.HH is a baptised SDA together wit Mutinta (wife) & kids (Chiko,Hambwela).The man is a workerholic & he drives a harder bargain.HH was merly engaged by govt as a liquidator in the Privisation process.Dont expose ur ignorance on this blog.
#185,check ur facts right b4 u begin typing ur post.HH is a baptised SDA together wit Mutinta (wife) & kids (Chiko,Hambwela & Miyanda).The man is a workerholic & he drives a harder bargain.HH was merly engaged by govt as a liquidator in the Privisation process.Dont expose ur ignorance on this blog.
#186 mmmmmmhhhhhhh! not so sure.
These people where all along prepared to wait till 2011. Now that Levy is dead, all of a sudden it is urgent fot HH or Sata to rule. They know for sure splitting the vote will give MMD a rigging opportunity on a silver plate. Why can they not just unite. Ba Sata can rule for 3 years and HH therafter. At this rate, they will surely loose. All the MMD will do is simply steal votes from one and give to the other until Rupiah has a simple majority. Doe’s it take a genius to see this?
Kalonje i suspect you’re the master rigger since u know the formula. Genius.
You got my vote.
do not worry about who sahall win these Oct. 30, 2008 elections. We do not want PLUNDERERS who ran away from MMD in 2001 after Chiluba handpicked Mwanawasa to re-group in the name of PF under a sponsorship by UPND using HH’s money. We also don’t want the MMD to continue ruling Zambia. And so we are offering you an alternative government in the name of UPND led by HH. If you do not want HH as President, you are welcome to vote for a Person you feel will represent your needs.
If you are with us, who advocate for REAL CHANGE, it is not too late to join us in the winning team of HH as Zambian President. Otherwise, you will only have yourself to blame if your wishes do not come through
If you feel hon Sata represents most of what you believe in, please we are not stoping you from voting for him (Sata). All we are writing here is that, join us by supporting the Incoming President of Zambia HH to-be. You can do this by telling everyone in your house, in your neighbourhood, your relatives wherever they are by phone or personal contact,all the people who look upto you as an influencial man/woma, anyone you can reach in the bus,mini-bus, at your work place, everywhere except in church and during church services.
Thus way, we will avoid the getting into a useless PACT with PF as as PF-UPND marriage of convinience to allow Hon. Sata come and forgive found-wanting Chiluba.So, there is no need for insults or belittling HH or indeed any of the aspiring Presidential candidates.Let PF go it alone if they think they have something to offer to the Zambian people. So should MMD and definately must UPND do. Let the best man WIN. Personally I am happy with HH winning the election, but RB will just be fine and certainly not Sata – who is trying to come back with another skin when we know exactly how he performed as the righthand man for Chilubas 3rd term bid.Vote HH,vote wisely country men and women.
sata should have joined HH in pact as he had said during monze interview.otherwise sata no chance for plot one. you tribalists against HH just wait for 30th october.
Reducing Tax on salaries is not the real issue. Think on how the Economy can improve. We need more industries.Tell us how you will archive this. Our Road network is very poor. Chingola road have accidents on daily basis. Not promises. we need action plan then we vote. Simple. Promising tax reduction without road map is fake. It is as bad as giving handouts like RB. Erabolate on real issues. Give us a detailed CV for Plot 1. Explain where on earth you have expatriate Tractor and Crain operators. Why should KCM put to hold business following the death of the president. This should not happen again.
Ha ha ha.Take it easy bloggers,that HH you ar under rating will shock you.Dont colapse on 30th oct.
Some people are in for a rude shock come 30th October 2008. 4th November is in waiting for the Incoming President of the Republic of Zambia would-be HH.
Brethrens look at the speech and search the substance in it.He says he is going to reduce taxes by increasing the tax free to k1.5million.To me this does not mean the reduction in tax but means that worker earning less than K1.5million will not be paying tax.This means that tax will not be collected from these workers and therefore a reduction in tax collection.Were is he going to compasate the short fall from.How is he going to fight corruption when he does not see the corruption of the system by allowing himself to stand at an inappropriate time and consquently draining the country of its treasure.Let us follow thm by what they say.We must see subatance in what they tell us.We are not kids
Those who support Sata forget about the merger with HH. It wont happen and will never happen. For just tell us what Sata will do and not what HH wont do.
#199 you should ready the whole policy. HH said he will reduce his govt so there is no need to tax people when you have no use for the money. Also note that the mining tax was first recommended by HH in 2006 and today the govt has so much money that they even want to have responsibility allowance. The country has money but it is being spent on useless activities. Also Levy’s medical bill was really collosal for the country. If you vote for Sata that bill will continue. So this is the difference with HH, where you see a problem HH sees and opportunity.
Sata refutes endorsing HH and calls him a liar and wishful dreamer…check www .michaelsata.co .zm
Sata will be on radio phoenix Wednesday 17th Sept 09hrs…HH ..watchout for some pannel beating..you asked for it…
CHOICE yaboola: “I accept the nomination for that reason and not to put food on my table. We are in an economic and social war where Zambians should also be investors and not observers,” he said. What more do we (Zambians need)?
Even “Late UPND leader Anderson Mazoka’s wife Mutinta, former Republican president Kaunda’s son Panji and several MPs, attended the launch.” HH waboola (HH has come, HH abweela bane, HH aataha, ….)
Vote wisely, vote HH. “But me a dictator is the one who challenges them when they increase their salaries. From today onwards, there is one month 16 days remaining, even if you do not vote or you vote for me, I will still question this government,” Sata said. See ww w. michealsat a.co .zm for details.Just imagine! Do I even have to write anything on this quote?
hi bloggers,and his excellence Micheal Chilufya Sata.
Mwagona bane.Ba HH sorry no job for you na bashi Mpundu.Ba Sata you are welcome.
Tilipo mudala #207. Tayenda chabe ba-thread yaba Sata ya choka manje.
#201 like your HH Avoid ambiguity.
#209 if you know nothing about economics then keep quiet. If you let people have money in there pockets then they can have money to spend on food and clothing, health, shelter etc. The company that make these things will increase capacity due to demand and thereby produce more. The govt will have more VAT and company profit tax. Also the number of people paying PAYE will go up. At the end of the day you will have more tax collections. Right now it is dificult to produce and sell anything in Zambia because of high prices. The prices are making the goods unattainable because people simply do not have the money. Please look at a cup and say it is half full and not have empty. Be positive
where is mwiinga lusaka.He has been so quite he used to give us updates.
#210 you think like my 6 year old niece! Buy one get one free yes! But even that is just for a few days, it doesn`t go on for ever.
I have lived in England for 10 years. When I came, a litre of fuel was only 27p. You have to google to see how much it is now. Talking about prices coming down is like me becoming a British king at one point.
Learn to be realistic. Viva Sata!
Ok that is gud news. but how is government going to raise money to pay for the free health care, free education and better and affordable houses that HH is planning to give the Zambian people? and at the same time initiate a mixed economy? Where is the money going to come from? The increased cost of food is a global issue, it is happening everywhere, and i don’t see how HH will make thins better. let him give me a clear cut answer as to how he is going to pay for all that he is promising and i may just vote for him.
that’s the man!!!satana shud rest .
HH is the man of this time. Vote HH
I liked HH’s speech at Mulungushi. Zambia has another redeemer. Zambians vote wisely this time please
you people who want HH,you have to work hard in this election because come 2011 the Bemba speaking have resolved to vote the way Tongas vote.Then you will stand no chance. Vote pa Bwato.
Tribalist # 217.
There goes another copycat about tax and yet they say he is intelligent and an experienced economic manager…shamelessly copying another party’s policies without shame. As UPND would put it copying policies of a Kaponya.hmmmmmmm then Sata must be an intelligent Kaponya ka? You think we are dull? we know where to put. NI PABWATO and for HH Hakaivotela Humwine…
Cant we people of Zambia for once sit back and see how backward we are?The country has nothing to boast about in terms of development.We need better promises and hold leaders for accountability.Zambia needs fresh and revolutionally minded leaders.The old fellows are content with the quagmire we are in. Sata and RB still have the old mentalities of governance.You can be 50 years in politics doing wrong or little things and call it experience.Vote for Sata or RB, and you will close the door for development for Zambia. None of them can fit in the shoes of LPM. We need the young HH, to move the nation forward.You need a ‘Joshua’ and not the tired, recycled and finished in all ways.No credentials
#218 what do you mean?Im simply saying we will copy the Tonga way of voting.
Chris, I agree with you 100% when you say, “So this is the difference with HH, where you see a problem HH sees an opportunity.” Thousands of Ramcoz workers saw a problem and HH saw an opportunity to make billions. Thousands of Lima Bank workers saw a problem and HH saw an opportunity to make billions get cheap houses and farms. Hundreds of Sun Hotel workers saw a problem over the withholding of their ten percent service charges and HH saw an opportunity to get billions on the Company profit sheet. Zambians see a lot of problems and in his usual way HH is ready to seize the opportunity!
Only dull tribalists go to vote for anybody so long it is their tribesman.Sometimes the majority are wrong. Intellectuals and nation builders stand for what is right. They are ready to die for what they believe is right.I will vote for HH not because he is a Tonga but because he is more responsible, health-wise fittest, has more life ahead, well educated even for a good image of the country, more sober and carries the general gentleness of Zambians.By the way smocking is dangerous. Let join the world about the dangers of smocking. At all airports now, smocking is banned.
#“We are appealing to all the presidential candidates to come up with manifestos which we will scutinize to see if they are aimed at improving the education sector,” Mr Mwelwa said…He said teachers had vowed that they would not vote for a leader whose manifesto was not centred on uplifting education standards.
Source: ht tp : / / ww w. daily – mail .c o.z m/ media/ news /viewnews.c gi ? category = 8 & i d= 1220346678.
increase tax base and what u think pls
mor duty on imported hence more factories at home – more jobs.we need even tax and not selective. all are feeling it at any level pilishi
What is the meaning of vulamukoko
DONGO na SUNDU have something in common i.e reducing tax.Hahahahaha!!!What a joke.But i know one of these two oppsition gangs is better than the other (i mean circle matter and Ifilema).
Hakainde , you are a special dreamer
mr k
zambians when you gonna open your eye, some of u even want sata for president. Sata is a snake
#230 you
have a good vision.sata can make government accountable being a former cop as he did in making hospitals clean.
zambians have started working. Don’t bring back lazine
ss.vote sata for presidence
i want to know exactly ow they plan to do this?
IF YOU ARE TALKING THE TRUTH,THEN GOD WILL BLESS THEE….
The weakest link HH has not addressed is his continued association with avowed tribalists like Sejani et al. If only he could demostrate he is not, then people will look at him differently otherwise no chance bwana!
The weakest link HH has not addressed is his continued association with avowed tribalists like Sejani et al. If only he could demostrate he is not, then people will look at him differently otherwise no chance bwana!
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