President Rupiah Banda says the City of Lusaka and the city of Maputo should work together and exchange developmental ideas in order for them to grow into greater cities economically.
President Banda said the two cities share a lot of similarities in many areas and should therefore cooperate towards developing into economic hubs.
He said when one of the two cities faces challenges of any form, it means the other would not enjoy as well.
President Banda said this today at Maputo City Council when he received the key to the city from the Mayor of Maputo, David Simango.
The handing over of the Key to the visitor into a city is a symbolic welcome to a special guest to that particular city.
Mr. Banda said Zambia and Mozambique share long history of bilateral relations which should be enhanced at all levels of governance.
He said although Mozambicans were paying tribute to Zambia for the role she played in helping liberate their country, the Zambian people were also grateful of the cooperation existing between the two countries.
He said when people of the neighbouring country are not free, it means Zambia was not free as well hence the need to support each other in many areas.
The President assured the people of Mozambique that Zambia was ready to welcome them at any time because the people from the two countries were culturally, socially and economically the same despite being separated by geographical borders.
Earlier in the day, President Banda paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the Mozambican National Assembly, Veronica Nataniel Macamo Dlovu, where he said the role of parliament was to unite people regardless of their political affiliations.
President Banda said Mozambican parliament, which comprises members from three different political parties, was exhibiting tenets of democracy.
And Speaker of the National Assembly, Veronica Nataniel Macamo Dlovu thanked President Banda for considering visiting parliament during his three days state visit to Mozambique.
This evening, the President is expected to meet Zambians living in Mozambique. This will be after returning from Beira, which is about 1,000 Kilometres from Maputo, where he has gone to tour Beira Port facilities.
President Banda winds up his three day state visit to this country tomorrow after touring the animal science directorate of the Mozambique National Research Institute.
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I think RB is on a search path for a cheap university that can give him a Doctorate in Traveling so that we start calling him Dr Banda by the time he leaves office since all his predecessor where Dr Something. Looks like it is a trend
When is he visiting Zambia?
Is this trip really benefitial to zambians? This president has failed the people of zambia, he doesn’t know what he is doing, come next year this man has to go.
This completely useless, aimless, cluesless and expensive travelling has struck the lunatic level.
This Rupiah Kamwendo munjila Banda is the only one among all the presidents who is a perpetual visitor in other countries. Everytime eating kwabene. Bakamubikila na poison one day uyu mudala.
Very shamefull mwandini……
To those wondering hw long RB s visit to ZED will be,according to his PR team it all depends on hw long the serviciing of his plane will take but one thing 4 sure he has to be in New York sometime in sept.
Has Ruphiah ever been productive in his life! The OLD Boffoon is the most lazy president I have ever seen
What can Lusaka City offer to Maputo? Maputo was well planned and compared to Lusaka its like comparing Kafue town to Lusaka. RB better talk of other things like putting a high way from Eastern Province to Tate in Mozambique.
It’s very difficult to keep track of where the President travels these days. He’s all over globe trotting. In less than 14 days, he’s been to Congo Brazaville, then Botswana or Namibia (whichever) & then Mozambique. A month (now weekly) hardly passes without him visiting other countries. We deserve to know how much these endless trips are costing our Treasury compared to the percieved benefits they claim are coming from the same trips.
Imwe lekeni abafyashi bomfwe ubusuma bwakupupuka ubwikele! The man love to fly, i think given a choice he’ll be a bird in his next life!
Why am I even reading this? :-?
Is this KEY to the toilet in maputo? Then the position of president in Zambia should be advertised.
#2 very funny lol. Am sure after he has visited Lesotho, since its probably the last Southern African country he hasn’t explode
pls give us a break and stop dreaming……