President Rupiah Banda is confident that people appointed to positions of permanent secretaries and ambassadors will perform in line with government’s vision of meeting the expectations of the Zambian people.
President Banda said he has appointed people that have vast experience and qualifications to such positions.
He said it was such credentials that gave the appointees capacity to help government deliver the required development to the people.
Mr. Banda was speaking after swearing in newly appointed Permanent Secretaries for Defence and for Labour, Nicholas Kwendakwema and Winnie Mwenda respectively and Zambia’s Ambassador to Egypt, Hebert Simutowe at State House today.
“I am very happy and proud to have appointed you to the highest levels of the civil service. I know you bring with you vast experience and no doubt, you have the capacity to help government deliver to the people,” President Banda said.
Mr. Banda said he has the confidence that Ms. Mwenda and Dr. Kwendakwema would provide the expertise needed in managing the affairs of the ministries of Labour and of Defense respectively.
“I am confident that you will give the right ministers who you will work with, a steady hand to manage the respective ministries,” he added.
Ms. Mwenda and Dr. Kwendakwema are among 13 other permanent secretaries that were sworn in a fortnight ago.
They are in President Banda’s first shuffle at that permanent secretary level, which he made since he took office late last year.
During the appointment of these officers, President Banda strongly warned that he would not hesitate to dismiss corrupt permanent secretaries.
President Banda cautioned that he would not entertain abuse of public funds by controlling officers, but also expressed confidence that the appointees would join colleagues already serving in government to focus at implementing programmes of developing the nation.
Among new permanent secretaries, already sworn in are, Villie Lombanya for Copperbelt province, Sebastian Kakoma at Office of the Vice President and Berlin Msiska for Ministry of Finance and National Planning.
Others are Velepi Mtonga for Health, Ndiyoi Mutiti at Homes Affairs, Coillard Chibbonta at Local Government and Housing and Davison Mendamenda at Mines and Minerals Development.
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Not all cadres can work to your expectations, Mr President!!!!
Dreamland as always
…..after reading I think I will stick to my first kadoli comment I posted 8->
lets wait and see :-\”:-?:-?:-?
Good for who? :o:o:o
ba LT mu balubuli :o. Why ama jealousy so? Nafwita8->
Pali corruption pa LT manje. No.1 was taken from me and given to “BABY C”. Chani baba bati :((
Am numbala l-)? How?
Baby C mwashupa bane. Good for you
Owe
ok
8. Baby C =;=;
Me to have rare confidence in your new members.
RB aka Nyama soya is trying to squeeze juice from very dry oranges.What can he get from a bunch of old,tired, and semi -literate caders?He is just fishing from a dry pond,this caders cannot surely perform.
wE NEED PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE KNOWNLEDGE TO LEAD GRZ DEPART. OTHERWISE WE WILL ALWAYS BE ON THE SAME SPORT. HOW CAN WE DEVELOP IF WE EMPLOY WRONG PEOPLE? WAKE UP ZED POEPLE.
Yes, a few intilligent Permanent Secretaries will deliver but the rest of the numb skulls will fail as expected. Good luck to the ones appointed on merit. Give some of the PS’s a chance and we will surely see who the cadres are and ones who can perform. Good luck
Miss Mwenda, we need her picture so that we check her face and where is she from?
Then we will pass a genuine comment.
RBB what vast experience and qualifications are you talking about. Some of these guys got retired and have gone broke. Just say you have brought them aboard to make a few deals for their survivor. That former ZAF commender what can he offer even that DR Nickson Kwendapole,what can he offer. Willim Lombani will just be sneaking to Katanga for …..When are you going to appoint young men and women to such positions so that they gain experience too instead of the same recycled pipo.This country is good. When recycled pipo are brought to power thru back door is to look back for old friends to fill every available vacancy. Chite alukti, mubwezeni. Its all old and tired men with nothing to offer
pipo pipo dont complain..this is what you wanted when you voted..so may RB appoint EVEN MORE CADRES and may you keep on complaining…i bet AKASHAMBATWA LEWANIKA is giving really good advice on these appointments…Mr. Aka where ever u are whats your comment…dont hide behind prerogative of the president…u must be very happy with the appointments..GOOD LUCK ZAMBIA….
I should let y’all in on sumthing
45 years ago, Kibaki and VJ Mwaanga were in government and Kennedy was running for Presidency. Obama was 1 year old. 45 years later, Kibaki and VJ Mwaanga are still in government, and Obama is President of the United States of America.
In 45 years, Obama’s father is dead, we have had Johnson, Carter, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Clinton, Bush 1 and Bush 2 in USA in between as presidents but in Africa the same guys in their 70’s and 80’s are still trying to tell Africans they can make development models that work?
Makes u think??
Something is seriously wrong with Africa!
Something is wrong with me & you too!
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