RB urges civil servants to access farming input

1. Vice-President Rupiah Banda dozing during the church service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Sunday – Picture by Cynthia Phiri
   check in today’s post.he also did that at the late levy’s burial!

2. Ninshi ukubapatikisha, have u sold them good farming land and do u just think fertilizer is the only farming input, Mphuno iwe

3. we are not being told the process eg what u will do to have a uniform price of fuel,or how your vision will change the lives of zambians, all that we here is let there be a reduction and there is a reduction how its done nobody knows.

4. RB is a disgrace,he was caught napping in the church.what kind of a president is he gonna make.RUBBISH!

5. Pipo please js knw tht RB’s favorite place in hs office is a bed wich is n a room in hs ofice,im sure any1 here hu has bn to tht office at govt house wil knw th ofice..ths man is nt at al a presidnt,tht slepin n th post was evn n znbc tv…slepie presidnt

6. Honestly speaking, I’m not interested!

7. I think we learned from kaunda that RB’s way of governing doesn’t work……did he really do economics….what some schooling it must have been…..

8. Ba lusaka star, how do u decide which news is popular. i thought u use number of comments on a story? it seems u also have political affiliations. By the way who knows if we will be allowed to vote at the high commission?

9. ba#4chomba and #5maveick out of the whole story or you can say is napping and a slepie president.shame shame open your eyes the big is making it he is a hard working presido.viva RB NAPPING IS NORMAL

10. It is very difficaulty for anyone including his supporters to understand the sleepy behaviour of RB. There is no way Zambians can forgive a soldier that sleeps on duty while his friends are armbushed. He came to attend the national gathering where Men and women of God were seeking God’s guidance yet RB was busy sleeping. Children knows that it is luck of manners to sleep in public yet RB sees it normal. The question is how can we trust that RB can ever represent us in important long meetings such as the G8? Never, the man will always be sleeping and bring false results. Surely, this behaviour does not inspire anyone. SIMPLE, HE IS TOO OLD FOR PRESIDENCY OR HE IS SICK, NOT FIT.

11. Has Nawakwi been the person we knew some years back?. one wonders what comes out of that mouth now, eventually she ll be very good friends with the likes of munkombwe, saki, nevers, ngondo.

    Ni sebana wikute pa zed.
    shame on these bakandile!

12. THE POST SIMPLY HATES RB. THEY WILL STILL NOT SUCCEED IN DECAMPAINING HIM BECAUSE AS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY…. NI MMD CHABE

    SHAME TO THE POST

13. #1 that’s a good one, I think the people who furnish the state should consider putting a pull up bed in the president’s office so that ba Rupiah can be doing what he does in public, privately. Or consider importing alot of 5 hours energy drinks from the US. Rupiah, you are a old man, back back to the land like ba Kaunda said. Zambians vote wisely

14. I also sleep when I am bored with what is being said. So napping is nothing new. The UNIPIST was bored with the speeches he is running a country mind you!!!

15. Iwe # 12, you don’t know democracy. Democracy means putting every on the table and the the people choose what the want. Like you have said that ba post don’t like ba mudala ba Rupiah, stop reading it. You have that choice. My family and I are for the post. That what the call freedom of choice in a democratic society.

16. Sleeping in public is inconsistent with good morals and is shear arrogance

17. Vote wisely and honestly to avoid economic disaster

18. Below are the Statistics on the Voter Register per Province

    Central – 381, 93
    Copperbelt – 625,505
    Eastern – 498,649
    Luapula – 312,593
    Lusaka – 592,511
    Northern – 464, 910
    North-western – 244,599
    Southern – 503,221
    Western – 316,102

    Number of eligible voters – 3,940,053
    Female – 52.02%
    Male – 47.98%

    Number of wards – 1,422
    Number of Polling District – 6.456
    Number of Streams – 9,314

    Number of Provinces – 9
    Number of Districts – 72
    Number of Constituencies – 150

19. Presidential Voting Pattern Analysis

    There are 3.9 million voters on the current roll. But Northern Province – with a total 464, 910 voters – will determine the winner between acting President Rupiah Bwezani Banda and opposition leader Michael Chilufya Sata. If the province is split, which is more likely, and then the Banda Bandwagon will roll into State House with few hitches. Banda has Eastern Province which has 498,649 voters while Sata is likely to take Copperbelt and Lusaka Provinces which have 625,505 and 592,511 voters, respectively. But Banda may not be far behind anyone in Lusaka, Copperbelt and

20. Southern Provinces (503,221), which may help tilt the equation when the overall count is done. Western (316,102) and Northwestern (244,599) provinces may go Banda way but Luapula province (312,593) could go Sata. However, Sata’s inadequacy lies in the fact that his popularity does not transcend Lusaka, Copperbelt and parts of Northern and Luapula Provinces. The Youngman Hakainde Hichilema will surely capture his traditional Southern and some parts of Central (381, 93) provinces. Central province could go to either Banda or Hichilema but the contest will be close between the two. Sata may not feature in this equation, thereby weakening his overall result.

21. This is what we call desperate attempts to woo supporters.
    Where was he all along only to think about Civil Servants now.

    Nyama Soya you are a Joker.

22. YOU People the big man was not sleeping, he was seriously consulting the ancestors.mind you he is getting lettle sleep due to door to door campaigns which are normaly conducted during the night.

23. RB rubish bin.
    hey bloggers i want to find out if in our constitution we have a clause that clearly points out that a president who replaces a deceased president will have to complete the deceased term.coz what i think is that there has been deliberate misinterpretation of the law to say that the presaident who will take over wil have to complete the term of the late.

24. #22, if the old man is doing night door to doors, he needs to be checked the witch doctors. Why can’t he campaign during the day light.He needs some reality check.

25. Well RB’s meeting with Justioce Mumba cant go wthout comment. Yes mch as he z Actg Presido it dosnt gve him immunity to discuss issues of national interest in behind doors. My frendly warning to Justsice FM is madam be transparent as possible for the benefit of the counrty Zambia and not 4 a small colony (RB and his MMD)Plunderers.
    This time is Pabwatoooo!!!!!!! for real.
    Trust you will agree with me that HH is better when it comes to economics but let have the Old Michael to clean all the dirty casued by MMD govnt so as to enable him find it easy to run when his time comes. Bravo Bashi Miachael this time ni State House bound no doubt.

26. If Zambians are docile and sleepy, then RB is the best for them. Maybe the man was praying, was’nt he in Church?

27. Thanx for the offer of Fert,however, with/witout this offer CS were still going to get the fert. Most of the CS resale the fert instead of growing. This is evidenced by several Agric Officers who’re on suspention.

    In anycase, the RB’s fert offer if effectively used by CS (especially Rural Teachers,Ext Officers, Health Workers, etc) can surely lead to increased production. Don’t wait till you retire, time to go farming is now!

    I request that GRZ removes the hudles in land acquisation. There is a lot of land in this country but why do councils & Lands Officers make it difficult for us to buy? This is an artificial shortage of land created by the GRZ system so that only a few can benefit.

28. you have lost the truck comment on the issue being discussed.RB go go go people will always talk but hey that is caimpaigning he is saying the vision he has,viva MMD viva RB

29. i magine the president sleeping in public what is the image builders doing about it, they should be feck builders good day.

30. #26 What sort of praying when everyone else was very attentive.He was dozi kaputi.

31. Zambians, if you admire Mugabe who sleeps in public, then vote RB and see how the situation will be in Zambia. We will be worse that we were in the Kaunda days. Remember that RB benefited from KK and will look at Zambians like Kaunda did, through the tunnel.

32. viva RB for national unity. abash disgrantled regional parties like PF FOR BEMBAS en UPND FOR TONGAS, AM VERY MUCH TONGA BUT I FIL MMD IS MORE NATIONAL en mature

33. PERFECT EN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS BY # 20 . UR A GENIUS EN CLOSE TO THE TRUTH

34. #19&26 U a very behind indeed.U r talking about 2006 and this 2008,alot of thing have happened and changed in between these years.In 2006,the contest was among ,lpm,hh,mcs,kn and ggm where as this time around the contest is among hh,mcs,ggm and rb.lpm had certain unique qualities which won him admiration to the general population especially in the 2006 elections becz the 2001 election he lost.But that is not the case with rb where instead of showing good leadership qualities the man is doing the opposite.Corruption,bribes,tribalism,bad public manners the list is endless,so how does he win elections like that.

35. ITS only through slpin that one can visualise en dream of big developmental ideas after observing how bad things are on the ground

36. Ba RB NI MA PROBLEMS CHABE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ARE IN TROUBLE GIVE US THE RIGHT PRESIDENT.

37. C/p,luapula,Nothern,Lusaka are for Sata so much that even if rb comes second he will be trailing badly.Southern is entirely for HH(rb will trail badly there also) he will also do alot better than 2006 in Central,Western,and North Western provinces.Rb Will have the Entire Eastern Province to himself.With that how do u expect yo rb to win?the man is going this he knows.Where is Katele Kalumba and the mabenga?the have sensed danger and so the have gone into hiding.

38. The man was meditating with his eyes closed!He was seeking divine guidance on who to bribe next!

39. RB indeed dosent know what he is talking about. Farming is a fulltime job. Unless you are talking backyard farming, which dosent need fartilizers. How can he urge civil severnts to do more farming, how will they performe their duties ? ontop of neglecting thier govermental duties they will get free farming stuff. No wonder we will never develop.

40. The man RB was pretending to be part of the congregation, in actual fact he was somewhere outside of the church. This is a typical example of a pastor POLEPOLE according to PK Chishala. mwilashenteka lesa ba nyama soya.

41. Instead of importing fertiliser, lets get the man alot of red-bull and coffee. Otherwise we will infest his underwear with lice. That ought to do the job.

42. im reading yo comments and iam sleepy!

43. Bemba’s, we are tribal indeed. Mmembe’s father is a bemba from luapula and now that the POST is covering his brother SATA, all of us bemba’s, PF followers and the family tree are very happy and no one seems to bring out our tribalism ! We are not being fair !

44. i am fully awake now.some of these church sermons are downright boring i m guilty of dosing in church myself and i dont blame RB.The only way to be fully alert in church is to day dream about girl next to u,visualise heaven,and speak in tongues.Those sermons can be very monotonous and essentially just talk about same old……

45. politiking again this time kuya bebele ni mwamukoloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

46. It is very unfortunate that when a very serious message was being delivered by our church leaders at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Sunday afternoon during the interdenominational thanksgiving service for the election process and commemoration of the 44th Independence anniversary, Rupiah Banda decided to sleep.

    We have been wondering why Rupiah has been ignoring the many calls that many leaders from different walks of life are making on him and his party to desist from corruption, bribery and abuse of government resources.

47. Mr Sata told the Kuta, the Lozi Cabinet at the palace in Mongu yesterday that his government would implement the provisions of the now contentious agreement to restore dignity to the Barotse Royal Establishment.Mr Sata who is in Western Province to drum up support for his presidential candidature in this month-end’s election, said the agreement had been highly misunderstood by people in the country.
    Contrary to views in some quarters that the agreement entailed seceding of the Barotseland from Zambia , he said, the accord was all about dignity for the royal establishment and development of the area.

48. It seems all the calls are falling on deaf ears because Rupiah is sleeping. He does not seem interested in engaging the public on any serious matters. He has chosen his path and he is remaining committed to it even when such a path could lead the nation to destruction.

    This is a very serious statement for us to make and we do not make it lightly. Rupiah is playing with fire.

    Rupiah has continued to abuse public resources and to ignore any calls that are made to encourage him to desist from this undemocratic practice.

49. Not too long ago, Caritas Zambia expressed exasperation at Rupiah’s abuse of public resources. This church organisation was unhappy with the fact that Rupiah had gone beyond abusing three government aircraft, now he was using the Ministry of Health vehicles to transport his image builders. As with everything else, Rupiah’s campaign did not consider this an important matter.

    The church motherbodies – the Zambia Episcopal Conference, Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia and the Christian Council of Zambia – two days earlier also expressed their concern about bribery and corruption in the election and urged Rupiah to exercise maximum restraint in the use of government resources such as vehicles,

50. And on Sunday, Bishop Ignatius Chama, delivering the main sermon at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross where Rupiah was in attendance, challenged Zambians to speak out against practices of bribery and corruption that are manifesting in the campaigns for the October 30 presidential elections.

    He advised authorities in government institutions to move away from favouring one political party over another in the use of state resources. Bishop Chama said “remaining silent about any practices of bribery that cheapens the precious worth of a citizen’s vote is to fail to contribute to making Zambia a unity of colours like a rainbow and to fail to face the future with hope”.

    He urged Zambians to al

51. abashi nyama soya with you short term promises. we can’t be cheated any more. zambians this time lets be vigilant. this is not a time to waste again. we want change what have the mmd really done for past 7 yrs… more poverty, no jobs, no housing allowance, no medicines in hospitals, 15 percent increament with our bad salaries its nothing.

52. Although we are concerned about the behaviour of Rupiah and his sponsors, we are not surprised. As we have kept saying, Rupiah has surrounded himself with people who are arrogant and incapable of admitting their own mistakes. That is why Proverbs says: “Arrogance should be punished so that people who don’t know any better can learn a lesson. If you are wise, you will learn when you are corrected” (Proverbs 19:25). We are further told that: “Get good advice and you will succeed…”

    But to ignore and even sleep through the teachings of our religious leaders is to dig one’s own grave. Without the Church, without religious institutions, our country would never have been where it is today. At ev

53. I have said it now and again that SATA needs to go for his review at MSC in SA. PF cadres are busy sailing this old patient in their boat at the expense of his life. We dont need onother presido by-election. He was batlling to talk during an interview with Frank yesterday just the same way LPM behaved in his last days.The POST has gone too far this time around that Fred has even stoped sleeping thinking he can mislead us,let him just take his cousin for review if he has nothing to write about.GO GO RB.

55. Noise maker

56. In 1991, in that same Cathedral where Rupiah was sleeping during a sermon, Dr Kaunda and MMD leaders of that time met under the guidance of the Church to agree and map a new direction for the country. They listened and heed the advice and our country moved peacefully to a new political dispensation.

    We need religious institutions and leaders to continue to be the conscience of our nation, a moral custodian and a fearless champion of all that is right. No one can deny the fact that religion is a great force and it can help one have command in one’s own morality, one’s own behaviour and one’s own attitude. And the simple lesson of all religions and of life itself is that, although evil may

57. Rupiah and his sponsors must not take the Zambian people for granted. Our people are very concerned about corruption and abuse of resources and if Rupiah and his people want to be taught a lesson, they should continue ignoring the people on their concerns: “Sensible people will see trouble coming and avoid it, but an unthinking person will walk right into it and regret it later” (Proverbs 22:3).

    We are saying what we are saying not out of malice or hatred for Rupiah and his friends but simply because we love them and our country. The greatest love one can extend to a person who is doing harm to himself and others is to stop him from doing so. Stopping wrongdoing is not an expression of ha

58. He says that in other countries, even prisoners vote which means he has no problems with criminals as long as they can give him power, as long as they can give him their support and votes. Let him go to Chimbokaila, Mukobeko and campaign there among many of our brothers and sisters whom poverty has driven there.

    Chiluba is not the only person facing criminal charges who he should be sympathetic with. And because of his desperation for power, Rupiah went on public television to defend drug traffickers. Many of us thought that we had seen the last of the Chiluba brown envelopes, in fact Chiluba himself suggested that maybe we should try white envelopes, but Rupiah has brought them back. It

59. It is not surprising that Chiluba today looks very happy and he has started attending state functions that he used to shun under Levy Mwanawasa – he is among friends with Rupiah and his sponsors. Truly, “when justice is done, good people are happy, but evil people are brought to despair” (Proverbs 21:15). And when injustice is being done, it seems, bad people like Chiluba are happy – their lonely days seem to be over with the coming of Rupiah on the political scene.

    Unless civil society and all well-meaning Zambians stand up, the gains that we have made as a country in the past few years will be reversed. We will be taken back to brown envelope politics and other Chiluba-like practices th

60. Rupiah is allowing this to happen and every well-meaning Zambian should ensure that this is stopped. This kind of behaviour is so archaic that it is shocking that Rupiah can allow it to happen today.

    Just the other day, Daniel Munkombwe closed schools in Mazabuka so that he could campaign amongst teachers. If this is the way they think they are going to win elections, then they are in for a rude shock.

    In the few remaining days, we urge Rupiah and his sponsors, including his image makers from America and Britain, to mull over things and consider the feelings of others, evaluate the advice they are being given by our church leaders and try to change course. It is said that “people learn

61. It is said that “people learn from one another, just as iron sharpens iron” (Proverbs 27:17).

    The choice is theirs because “death is waiting for anyone who wanders away from good sense” (Proverbs 21:16). Sleepy Rupiah should wake up to the realities that are prevailing in the nation today and stop wallowing in illusion.

62. LT where is my comment dont tell me u are PF supporters.nayenda kansi

63. #18.how true is this info???????????

64. SATA’s promises are fake and too narrow even for a skool boy to tell that they are not practically attainable. This man just want to esure that he dies in PLOT 1 at all costs but we won’t allow it. We will speak louder this time and ensure that this man and his KAPONYA’s retire peacefully. They are even scared of advising Sata to go for review claiming his life is under threat.Who wants to kill this comedian? He is retiring in style in a few days time after a thorough beating in an election and we will ensure he accepts it even by force.

65. WEATHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT RB IS GOING TO PLOT 1 COME 30TH OCTOBER.I THINK YOU SO CALLED PABWATO WILL SAFER ANOTHER HAERT ATTACK

66. That’s what happens when you marry young girls, they will work on you throughout the night and the consequence of that will be SLEEPING IN PUBLIC!

67. RB didn`t just sleep in public but also alinya. Thats why they say never sleep in public places mwamona abo balinya in church. If you disagree ask KK or Maureen who sat next to the sleepy guy.

68. If he can doz at church what will stop him from dozing at UN,AU, SADCC and any other imported meetings.Please dont vote for a Man of Sleeping Sickness please.

69. Imwe Abale ndi alongo,
    chikanga bana timabalesa ku gona pa bantu. Vishupu kulibe ati nimwana olo bakulu. It’s a natural process when you are asleep you have no control over it. God forbid that such should happen in the UN General Assembly in the name of Zambian Head of state.

    Let’s vote for a vibrant and experienced leader please tatulasebana.

70. This is very interesting. Tilyenji is now supporting his uncle RB.
    Indeed UNIP in back to rule Zambia.
    The poverty Zambia was going through was the reason we damped UNIP.
    Surely, should we have UNIP back through RB?
    Mwe ma voters ku Zambia twafweni.

71. Not long ago, HH said RB was too sleepy to rule Zambia.
    That sleeping is a result of old age.
    Politics in Zambia and indeed Africa are hectic.
    Wina Aza fa manjemanje.

72. Utulo ba RB

73. i agree with no.53 the old man sata last nite at muvi tv an interview with frank left us zambians with a lot of questions the man looked different and he was not the usual vibrate sata we know the man is not feeling ok. for sure

74. 9 Days before PF Rules Zambia. PF and SATA please make sure you fulfill your promise of a better Zambia. We’ve trusted you…and we as Zambians have decided to give you the opportunity to rule us for the next 2 years, and then 5 Years. This should only be for a quick implementation of what we’ve been denied. Remember, the harder you work, the more likely it is for you to scoop even the 2011 ones! Congratulations Sata! Pabwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaato!

75. Ba shushushu you live in Lusaka thats why you dont understand just go to Kabwe rural you will see how the teachear there take to farming, even Chongwe near Lusaka there. so its not about back yard farming people have farms… sorry if you are a town guy.

76. I pray that the best man wins. Let us vote with our brain.

77. #01. Excellent observation. Consider this, this SLEEPY RB informs the nation that the price of a barrel of fuel was reduced from US$140 to US$70 which is 1/2 the old price and our sleepy govt headed by the sleepy RB only reduced the price of fuel by slightly below K2000. Meanning they reduced by about 21% when the suppliers reduced by 50%. The baggers are still making over 30% profit out of us. To make things worse, of what benefit is the reduction to a common Zambian coz the bus fares havent reduced at all. What a shame.

    Abash RB. Do you want to infest Zambia with your sleeping sickness? WE SAY NO NO NO PLS

78. Realistically, RB is the worst of the 4 aspirants. Imagine, even when he’s making a speech, he appears to be sleeping. The MMD has been in power since 1991 and in 2008, they are still talking about improving the living stds of the people, creating employment… come on guys, it’s clear that this bunch of thugs have succeeded in nothing but repeatedly failing us. They think we have no eyes and they can come with any sweet story and we’ll believe,

    Pls Zambians, let’s improve the image of Zambia by electing a sensible President for once.

79. Kaya, tiza onako pa BBC ve muza chita ba fontini uko.

80. It’s always very important to think before speaking. I wonder what is making RB confidence of scooping this month-end’s polls. He has authority in the MMD – Mulongoti said he will send RB on leave abroad so that Mulongoti (and other who are more capable than RB) can remain on duty to sort out things. Why should we vote a man who will be remote-controlled by his cabinet?
    RB is using state machinery – Helicopters, police vehicles and other public resources. ECZ and been as if they are not seeing anything wrong with that. ZNBC covers only RB’s campaigns and then they summary all that the opposition are doing by one sentence: Other political parties are busy campaigning in other parts
    Intimid

81. RB, Sleeping all the time as if you’re an amardillo!
    I know you ate sleeping pills becoz you didnt wanna listen to what the church leaders were saying…. Its a shame BOSS.

    VIVA PEACE…BUT NOT SLEEPING PEACE

82. Well spoken #70. If the MAJORITY of Zambians were like you, Zambia would be a better country. Even better than Botswana.

    ABASH RB with your sleeping sickness

83. #66. WHAT A SHOT. The man is overworked by the young wife at night. He’s even used the energy in the reserve tank. Umo akafwila pamuulu

84. dont say bad things about RB

85. Did you guys see FTJ. He seemed so happy. I was wondering why. More like he was happy about something else.

86. u dont know he is winnig

87. #86. It’s very unfortunate that we do have Zambians that have a mindset like yours. No wonder Zambia shall continue retrogressing whilst others are progressing coz it’s infested by the likes of you. The fact that you can type a short sentence, I was nearly mislead that you have brains & civilised. Zambians are educated but refuse to look into the future. Surely you hate yourself & humanity but you still have a chance to remove that veil from off your eyes- 9 days

88. Ponyax No. 67, wanisekesa.

89. We the willing, led by the unknown are doing the impossible for the ungrateful politicians.

    We have done so much, for so little, for so long, that we are now ably Qualified to do anything for nothing.

    [Zambian Civil Servant]

90. hey people, open your eyes!
    vote wisely!

91. #79 respect other people .especialy those u can not see they may just turn out to be better than you in all aspect that yuo may think of.if you even think

92. I don’t want to be ruled by a sleeping giant.Why sleepth when work pendth?Zambians need a person to work for them and not vice-versa though that has been the trend.pabwatooooooooooooooooooooo,wawa RB booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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