President Rupiah Banda has arrived back from the United States of America (USA) were he had gone to attend the 64th regular United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
The plane carrying President Banda who was accompanied by first Lady Thandiwe touched down at the Lusaka International Airport at about 10: 00 hours.
And the President was received at the Airport by Vice President George Kunda, Defense Minister Kalombo Mwansa, Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani and Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Ronnie Shikapwasha.
Others were Sports and Youth Child Development Minister Kenneth Chipungu, Energy Minster Kenneth Konga and Deputy Ministers, senior government officials and some MMD party cadres.
Apart from attending the UN General Assembly Mr. Banda and other African Heads of State also attended the 2nd summit of heads of State of Africa and South America in Caracas Venezuela.
From Venezuela Mr. Banda proceeded to Cuba for a three day state visit at the invitation of his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro.
While in Cuba Mr. Banda investitured former resident of Cuba Fidel Castro with an Award of the Order of the Eagle of Zambia first division for his meritorious political, social, and economic services rendered to the people of Cuba and other countries in the world before addressing Zambian students.
Mr. Banda was accompanied to USA by his wife Thandiwe, Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Dickson Jere, Foreign Affairs Minister Kabinga Pande, Tourism Minister Catherine Namugala among others.
ZANIS
Welcome back Mr President
Welcome back…insala fye kuno…Wapya munzi, you thought you will be gone forever.. Solve the problem of hunger in Zambia.. and start recruiting some more police officer for friday..Â
Welcome Mr President. We shall not stop to demand for Kafupi’s a**sss back in court.
Hope you enjoyed yourself
Regime change before 2011. You have failed the Zambians. (Too much of whisky shots Mr President?)
Welcome Mr President. We shall not stop to demand for Kafupi’s hands to be cuffed in chains.
NOW WHAT? IS IT BACK TO DRAWING BOAD OR THERE IS NO DRAWING BOAD!
Long over due hope you stick home this time around!
A bwenzani u have seen how developd countries take care of there citizens. U left hunger and you have found it. Sir travelling president
Abwela after enjoyn tax payers tong baficolor!!!!
What a story! You cannot even remind us how long he has been out as if it is not important. Remind us kabili. Meanwhile, welcome back to anarchy. It seems Chiluba is running the propaganda machinery for GRZ. They seem to handle his rebuttals very well.
Welcome back a RB. Moto wayaka baba. There is friday honking baba. Recruit more police officers to arrest people baba. This is just a friendly avice mr president.
Luapulan “chieves” supporting Frederick Chabala Kafupi Titus Mpundu Lazo Chiluba are just confirming the long held belief by many Zambians that these Iturian animals are unired to the thrill of thieving.
Globe trotter, we are even better of on auto-pilot as this man has no direction at ll for our country!!
Back to reality mate. Ulukungu, ama street kids, insala, tu Boot Licker, ukusamba muma buckets, load shedding, dry taps, untreated water, but, do you mind? No!
I hope the president has brought development with him. If we have all fcalulated the amount he has spent on the trip, would have brough lots of development to the people of Zambia who arre poor at the country side.
Now we will see men separate themselves from boys over this issue of skipping the convention and annointing Kanitundila as MMD candidate. I am so glad to hear Western MPs have resolved not to go along with the route of the boys, annointment, and have resolved to go for the convention. Not long ago, they insisted on having the number 2 job if they were to support Kanitundila and he rented his scum, Tetamashimba and Mulongoti to admonish them. Those chaps dont forget easily, watch them now spark a fight that will spreak and eclipse Kanitundila. By the way, after Kolwe’s annointment of Banda, I dont trust any manner of annointment.
I wish politicians when they visit other countries, they see how those countries are developed and then try to change their countries but I guess what they do is to close their eyes and just enjoy their time when they are over there. I wish somebody is able to monitor the outcome of Governmnent visits to other countires. We have to learn to be accountable when ever we visit other countries. These guys are using tax payers funds without bringing in any benefitts for the pooor people in the country. I am Obysessed and disturbed by this.
RB is probably already planning his next trip. Travelling seems to be his esacapism from the reality of Zambia
the issue of the convention is not negotiable in the MMD. Democracy must rule in the mmd.oTHERWISE IF THEY CONTINUE TO T THAT WE AS RAEL MMD WE WILL REMOVE THE UNIP GUYS WHO HAVE INFILTRATED THE MMD.
Next he is in Kasama….then
Colleagues I will standinvg in North Western province as an MP, please let me know which part I should stand on. Which one is popular in that province. We need young people who are rwritin gon this blog to stand and noft just to comment and live the seats to people like Mulongoti and his Ronnie Sh and others.
we need a president who can change things. Please let me know what RB has done in his 300 days.
what will happen to MMD after 2011. the truth is that if they keep RB there he will definitely loose and the whole part will collapse.
the MMD’s no leader at the moment, RB is not qualified to do anything be cause he is a failure since the KK time. He was not known and now he is not known. Who will be the mmd leader for 2011?
Yes back from his spendinh spree, how many of his friends did he take with him.. ofcourse Saki was there who else please dont spend every kwacha for the poor Zambians, they need it for food medical services roads schools there are more needs than your travells
Stop insulting the president that’s why you are don’t successed in life because you go agaist the priciples of God. the bible says “respect your leaders”
Next stop Kasama, then Solwezi, after Solwezi, Botswana. After Botswana Egypt. Mulimuchibe bangwele.
Now that the biggest comic is back, i wonder what will happen the coming weeks. The comedy of errors continues!! you would think that after seeing how organized and developed the countries you have visited are, you would start doing something positive instead of politicking and consolidated your power. But, this is Africa, our leaders judge there success by how much they have stolen from the public coffers. the more they steal the bigger their legacy!
corruption, corruption , corruption! Judiciary, police , state house, PSs , etc, etc. Where is the new brave captain Solo? Viva Captain Solo, and Mwamba Luchembe!
WHERE THERE IS THANDIWE, THERE IS NO DORA & VICE-VERSA! WHAT KIND?????
#27 Daniel, if you have nothing sensible to say just shut up. Do not bring in the Holy Bible here please! RB’s election has nothing to do with the Bible.
Yabaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! the whole Cabinet was at the Airport today!! Does RB conduct roll-call at Airport to see who is and not there? Fear of being fired!! This is slavery!
i can’t wait to hear what hes brought home. on the table cuff kafupi, review our justice system blar blar…. you boring statements. 2011 kuya bebele. We are tired with you old man
Goodevening Zambians and welcome back Mr. President.
Welcome back Mr President. Unfortunately the empty tins are still around, but do not worry about them, they are just that – empty tins. You have them everywhere in the world. According to the laws of physics they make the loudest noises, probably in order to appear to be in the majority but actually they are always in the tiniest of minorities.
Guys, expect reshuffles this week. New sports and youth minister, new deputy defense minister, new agriculture minister. peter daka is no mo. he is for convention. Rupia wants to fire all those that are for convention!
welcome home wanker. now fix the mess u created before i ask you to refund me the money u stole from me in the form of PAYE. big nosed cow
Elyo chabwela – serious leaders of other countries have been back to their respective countries for a long time. This creature would be happy to relocate state house to Europe!
Africa joins the space race :
I’ve always wanted to be a rocket engine designer
Jessie Ndaba, an engineering graduate on the Sunspace positive discrimination programme, as quoted on BBC. Just to inform my colleagues in the diaspora. Sunspace has begun a programme of positive discrimination to address the skills gap.
Jessie Ndaba, an engineering graduate, is one of the first to benefit.
“I’ve always wanted to be a rocket engine designer,” she says.
“But growing up in Soweto, I didn’t think that was possible because I didn’t know if there were any space activities going on in South Africa, so I ended up doing electrical engineering.
“If I had been exposed to what is happening I would have taken a different path”. After this I post on RB.
Still I quote from the Article on BBC Atfrica: Gamble?
However, Africa’s bid to join the space race has attracted criticism.
The SumbandilaSat alone cost $3.5bn (£2.2bn) to develop, and had to piggyback onto a Russian rocket to enter orbit.
With the South African economy in deep recession, unemployment at 22% and millions still living in shanty towns, opposition politicians claim that money could be better spent elsewhere.
But the ruling ANC believes sustained investment in a space satellite programme is a calculated risk, which, if it pays off, could benefit millions of Africans, both in terms of jobs and getting the information the continent needs to plan for a more stable and prosperous future.
Incase you missed my point, the space explorative steps and gambles are being taken by a Black president led government. They gamble shall eventually pay of for them and here is why,
with satellites orbiting carrying a south African flag, they can have cheap cyber and telecommunications without riding the western or eastern world. One thought just hit me this works for the good for Zambia as well.
#41 Sometimes the BBC is very patronising towards third world countries. They kept criticising India’s space programme for decades. Now the British have been overtaken by india. It is the same space programme that has given India the fastest growing IT and telecommunication industries in the world. The BBC (and the British in general) expect third world countries to just remain hunting grounds for rich white investors.
I hope president Banda on your welcome to our glorious country of Zambia you are briefed on my contribution by the so called shu’ shu’ shu’. Here is another one for you curious bloggers:
Malawi windmill boy with big fans :
I am quoting a lot of this from the BBC web site so do not only blogg but study with a God given mind my dear brethren and sistren. May the Lord Jesus bless you all and open up your concious.
By Jude Sheerin
BBC News
The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
Self-taught William Kamkwamba has been feted by climate change campaigners like Al Gore and business leaders the world over.
Mudala lintu wali away tugandile twenu twalituma bakapokola ukulauma abakaele. Kakalipileni ka Mangani kalecita itucawa twabufi.
Chitapankwa NO# 43:
I know how patronising they British are. But I am an objective reader and as much as you know very Afrocentric, at times too Afrocentric hahahahahahahahhaha. I love people around our planet though and do know Africa started Civilisation and education all sciences any that argue are either not black( a minority in this case too) and do not like the notion of a black man turning the wheel he designed in the first place. We lost it some where along the line though ubu loshi bwalisa fula pa continent, hahahahahahahahaha. From God grace we fell even further because Idol worship or putting earthly gods in his place is an abomination to the almighty Jehovah, our Lord God Jesus’s dad.
Chitapankwa No# 43: here is another great one, as reported by the BBC, and the US cencus bureau, for the last seven or even more years, African students are by far the most highly achieving students in US Universities. Its Sad the Liberal and conservative media here has not really picked up on this in Short my friend we are back to were we started and we are all up in this world again.
Self-taught William Kamkwamba: from BBC page continued-
His against-all-odds achievements are all the more remarkable considering he was forced to quit school aged 14 because his family could no longer afford the $80-a-year (£50) fees.
When he returned to his parents’ small plot of farmland in the central Malawian village of Masitala, his future seemed limited.
But this was not another tale of African potential thwarted by poverty.
Defence against hunger
The teenager had a dream of bringing electricity and running water to his village.
Many, including my mother, thought I was going crazy – people thought I was smoking marijuana
William Kamkwamba
And he was not prepared to wait for politicians or aid groups to do it for him.
The need for action was even greater in 2002 following one of Malawi’s worst droughts, which killed thousands of people and left his family on the brink of starvation.
Unable to attend school, he kept up his education by using a local library.
Okay now blogger you can have your thread back.
#27, if  we include the Bible, would have we gotten independence?? and would  dictators leave office?? And would have the Isralites left Egypt??  The teaches leaders to be truthful.. and to lead by example,,, I think you are not thinking straight… You should revise your speech…Â
What a waste of tax payers money. What did he achieve from his trip? Nothing! This RB is really becoming a dictator by hanging around that short thief. Kafupi can fit in a trunk.
RB is a pieace of Junk
Rupiah Banda is a shameless failure who has no clue to what he should be doing. The presidence to him is all about enjoying himself and eating.. Banda is under estimating zambians. Zambians are now complicated with a good number of motorist owning licenced fire arms. If a gun battle starts iby these arest Rupiah Will have himself to blame. He is gonna sparking a civiliation revolt which the police cant handle
#27 Humans are not animals they have choice. If a leader tells you to steal and encourage corruption would you do it? God’s 8 th commandent states ” Though shall not steal” . Have you not put that leader as an idol before your creator God by condoning theft when you know it is wrong? Is this not idolising a human being before God. Jesus is the way the truth and light many people will come in his name in the last days and you have to exercise the spirit of discernment. Light and darkeness do not mix. It is either you are for God fully or against him. We all live by the grace of God. The cross is our salvation. People sin and repent .Repentance means changing our ways. God loves us and by his grace through Christ who strengthens us we should all try our best to live a holy life.
Please mind my typo errors in # 55 I meant the 8th commmandment states” Thou shall not steal” God bless Zambia.
#27 insults are wrong….. however, respect is built by the way you treat people. Even a leader needs to respect people to be respected.
i wished RB stayed wherever he went forever. We don’t need him in Zambia. He doesn’t give us any hope for better things.
I ENJOYED A DOUBLE ‘BLUE LABEL WHISKEYYYYY’ ON THE ROCKS WITH CHAVEZ . . .NOT THIS SATA OF YOURS …TOO MUCH DOBO AND CHIBUKU. ATASE!!
My Bro Marvellous Marvin Hagler, please desist from making blanket insults on people from Luapula. Such comments as Iturians, Thieves etc to our chiefs is a recipe for Genocide. Dont forget Rwanda by dear. Hatred starts from such issues and they grow big. We can really hit back very badly. And i know what tribe you are just from your language.
Well, i hope to hear what RB achieved on this trip, let alone the embarassment we saw on CNN in Newyork on the escalator with those folks he was with. However these round trips he is making should be fruitful, wooing investors alone is not a good thing, empower Zambians and challenge them to be creative and start investing in thier own countries. Bring investors who will bring knowledge to Zambians especially in the manufacturing industry. This man was in Toronto as well on this same trip. I think Bwezani should try to stya in the country for a while, trotting the globe will not solve our problems. Does this guy even have any agendaq for this coun try or its just what the day brings.
Seriously i want these old folks out of politics!!
Welcome back from a very important tour our beloved President RB. We are happy for the good job you are doing for this country, especially in the rural areas. We are seeing it for ourselves. Schools are being built and roads are being constructed as you promised His Excellency.
Welcome home HERB it’s our hope that you will stay long enough to attend to some of the country’s problems.
It’s our sincere hope that you are not planning your next foreign trip already. Please HERB at the ratee you are going you will finish all the countries in the world by June next year, then what?
Hope you wont entertain ideas of becoming the first space tourist president. But the again that’s you HERB you are the first among firsts.
Vasco da banda finally in.
#64 neat one……..this guy is headed for space mark my words
Who is the president of this country? RB has made his tent in his plain only come to visit Zambia after a while. Let’s find a president before an outsider take advantage of the situation.
ndani apika nsima lelo?ni banda …….welcome to reality.muzi wapya….friday honkings.we want real democracy baba banda.
Welcome back Mr. Nyamasoya. While you were away, we learnt that one of your security officials couldn’t come to terms with an escalator at the UN offices. It was a good show and we must congratulate you for continuing showing us with unending Comedy of Errors. We, too, heard you address the UN and even if you just recycled one of your boring speeches, we appreciate you for making us never mind what you spoke about.
When you were away, some concerned Zambians went with their cars on the streets and honked. The reason was simple: Your association with cunning Kafupi. So, the police decided to act and until now, there should never be honking in Zambia. Even those going for weddings should not honk otherwise, your police will arrest you. Thanks for your entertainment. Looking forward to…