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The First lady arrives in Chiengi

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The First Lady on tour

The first lady Thandiwe Banda has arrived in Chienge district to start her three-day visit of Luapula province.The first lady who arrived by road in this northernmost district of the natural resource rich province at 11.10 hours was received by scores of women who lined up along the road from Puta high school to senior chief Puta’s palace.

Upon arrival the first lady went straight to pay a courtesy call on senior chief Puta.

According to the local programme the engagements of the first lady while in the district includes a conducted tour of the district rural health centre and addressing a meeting for women development groups at the Civic Centre.

She will later have private lunch at the beach lodge hosted for her by the local administration, before driving to Nchelenge on her way to Mansa.

Tomorrow, Ms Banda will drive to Mambilima area in Mwense district where she is expected to hold a number of meetings with women development groups in different places.

Meanwhile Chienge district commissioner Samuel Chewe has described the visit of the first lady Thandiwe Banda to the area as an inspiration to women development groups and women in general.Mr. Chewe said the first lady who has shown interest in poverty reduction projects will have an opportunity to learn from women the income generating activities that she can support as the mother of the nation.

And MMD provincial publicity secretary Deo Kapambwe said the first lady’s determination to travel by road for over 100 kilometers to Chienge shows the real concern she has for the welfare of the people in the area, especially women.Mr. Kapambwe said those criticising are ongoing tour of the provinces are still living in the past of thinking that the place of a first lady should only be at state house.He said a modern first lady should also in the forefront in inspiring development especially among fellow women.

He noted that the purpose of the first lady to visit women groups in Chienge and other parts of the country is testimony that she understands that efforts to reduce poverty can only be sustained with full involvement of women.

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21 COMMENTS

  1. MAMA THANDIWE BANDA YOUR VISIT IS LONG OVERDUE. THE PIPO OF CHIENGI WILL ENJOY EVERY BIT OF YOUR VISIT. WHAEVER YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH THEM PLIZ DONT HESTITATE. MAUREEN AND HER MMCI HAD HER TIME WITH VERA AND HER HOPE FOUNDTION. ITS YOUR TIME NOW TO HELP THE NEEDY

  2. This is an MMD 2011 campaign tour , stop hiding it under helping the need. When this lady came to power she said she will only work through existing NGOs ..now looks like she has now created her nameless NGO with a lot of MMD slash fund to dish out. Stop fooling us. Now she realizes being first lady is nice and she feels she is not ready to vacate Statehouse. Uko…

  3. I don’t like this idiocy of impling that Thandiwe is a mother of the Nation. What rubbish! We had Mama Betty Kaunda as our mother. These later First Ladies are only there to campaign for their Husband’s presidency .Period. This young lady is being forced to go galavanting all over the country, ukupekanya inshila for next years election. One of these days someone will hijack State House, No one lives there anyway!

  4. Umukasha uyu ashupa nakampeni yaba Sugar dad wakwe; Twacula pafula kuli bamukukulu aba baMMD.Just continue giving out money but our vote is on the PACT

  5. Umo akafwila mukwenda! Everyday, they are on the road. By the way, where is Dollar Sillier when Mama Thandi is gallivanting in the hinterland?

  6. mama t, banda be it election time or not go meet the pipo out their you saw for yourself how hundreds lined up the streets of chiengi to welcome you true daughter of zambia. nobody will take it away from you be it mutinta hakainde os christine sata you are the first lady. we had mama betty, mama vera, mama regina, mama maureen and now its mama thandi the rest will wait for their turn if at all it will come. you were in the village in chipata and never thought of statehouse but God the almighty thru late levy mwanawasa saw the potential of your great husband the rest is history. bangwele have tried to go to plot ! but fail miserably. your hubby tried once and defeated self proclaimed heros like sata and hh hands down. enjoy all the clout that goes with your job mama current mum of zambia

  7. Thandi is in the Firing Line Politically, we shall fire political salvo on her now that she has entered the campaign trail. If she is right to use tax payers money to gyrate throughout the Republic, we also have the right as tax payers to monitor her movements and see the relevance. She has left the Sugar Daddy behind to endulge. Good luck to the lucky man feasting her since she is out of state house. The Mswati wife style

  8. currupt minds like child defilers will think like #7 and #8 meaning if they have wives and girl kids anyone can chew once out of sight. zambia jealousy thats what ba kaboke call us zambia jealousy thats what abena congo or zaire call us zambia jealousy. unless its them enjoying goodlife if it was chritine sata or mutinta hachilema it would heve been fine. go thandi we the taxpayers are meeting the cost of your tours yet those who dont pay tax make noise. come on zambia jealousy

  9. #9 lady gaga you are right and you have really made me laugh ati zambia jealousy. yes indeed zambians especially ba kaponya mu pf they full of jealousy like indoshi wizards

  10. If she was not doing anything people would complain. When she does something they say she is campaigning for her husband. You cant win with Zambian jealousy. Everything you do is made political. Even the fact that new roads have been built becomes political with some even going as far as saying the road will be worn out before it is even used but if the road was not built then they would be the first ones to complain. I remember one blogger complained because Thandie wore the same necklace with two different outfits! Isn’t true the world over that first ladies are involved in charitable works? If she had been visiting projects in E province, then there would have been accusations of tribalism.

  11. Whatever they call it, campaigning, helping the needy, politicking …… JUST GO AHEAD, Thandi. Even if you want to campaign for your husband you have our permission and protection, there is nothing illegal about it under our laws, even kabimba knows that. You may also wish to ask Mrs Cameron in the UK……

  12. What is she actually doing which the politician and policy makers of Zambia cannot do? Women groups, whats all this nonsence about? Are they going to hold their NRC as collateral for the money? Can this money be used wisely, please Zedians….

  13. W@t a ****in concern you asss clown does this ‘First Lady for the Twins’ has by travelling 100 KM to Chienge when she used to travel more than 900 KM from kitwe to Chipata Chiparamba Bwezani Farm. President Barack Obama on retraced part of the train route of 137 Miles taken by his political hero Abraham Lincoln to his inauguration in 1861 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Washington, where Obama was sworn in as the nation’s 44th president..Morever she is just using pipo’s tax payers monies for the so called ****in development ,a charity job which even a maid can do even a dawg.

  14. Go Thandi Go!! give more hand outs I can see you still have 4 kms remaining to get to Chimbokaila.The more you give the nearer you get to chimbos. Good for you.

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