President Rupiah Banda has left for Ethiopia to attend the three-day 14th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Summit.
President Banda was seen off at the Lusaka International Airport by Vice President George Kunda, Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani, Education Minister Dora Siliya, and Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet Robert Mataka, defense chiefs, senior government and MMD party officials.
The President’s delegation to Ethiopia includes Foreign Affairs Minister Kabinga Pande, Communications and Transport Minister Geoffrey Lungwangwa and other senior government officials who are already in there for the pre-summit meetings.
The theme for the AU Assembly is “Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development.”
Mr. Banda, who is also Chairperson of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) is expected to submit a report to the Summit on the progress made from the time he took over as Chairperson.
While in Ethiopia, Mr. Banda will also attend the 12th Summit of the African Peer Review Mechanism Forum.
He will also be among other 10 heads of State and Government expected to attend the Committee of
the United Nations (UN) Reforms.
Mr. Banda will return home immediately after the summit via South Africa where he will stop over for his routine medical check-ups.
ZANIS
eh! alikutu uyu muntu kansi?? zambia is ever on auto pilot!!!!!!!!!:((
Kakwendo munjila Bwezani Banda!!!!!!
:-h, see you soon daddy…:-h
Just in January, RB has travelled to Angola, Mozambique, Rwanda & Ethiopia. What a way to start a year. We need to know how much govt is spending on these endless trips.
Always in the air, does his aircraft ever get serviced?
baba mwaenda kuti,mukuchita chani chanzelu?:-h:-h
Koodi a Bwezani ndiye ba “Kaunda” beka muno mu Africa? Kuno kwatu ku RSA, ba “kaunda” batu ba Zuma, sometimes it takes over a month for him to travel out of the country. Are you telling me that Ba Alaabee ninshi bali pa demand badi?
Since you people are complaining too much …..from Addiss he will be crossing the gulf of eden (by ship)into Saudi to see Yaradua
There he goes again …
Hi guy’s why don’t you overthrow your stupid leader you won’t miss it it’s hardly in the country anyway.
Didn’t I call this last week. Well this one might not really be cause for complaints because it is official with the great lakes chairmanship and all. My next post you should all read diligently.
Mr Lupiya AlaBee Banda is going straight to Sasa Aflika for a medical review from Esopia. But I also suspect that he will pass through Swaziland for a private Reed Dance ceremony.
Say hi to Haile Selassie:):):):):):):):):)
there heee gooooees he gooooes again thereeee he goeeeees, he goes again….
MMD aspirant presidential candidate pro clive chirwa resignation from MMD is an eye open to RB and his followers to prepare for their exit in 2011. Mr chirwa has out lined very important and serious issues which MMD has failed to address to help zambia improve. In his resignation letter to MMD Mr Chirwa has cleared stated, there is no perceived benefits in been MMD member with current leadership and totalitarian governance in the party to impress Zambians, come 2011 its gona be crucial encounter for MMD.