United States of America (US) State Secretary Hillary Clinton is this afternoon expected in Zambia where she will address the ongoing 10th Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum which officially opened in Lusaka yesterday.
According to a media release at Mulungushi International Conference Centre, the venue of the Forum, Mrs Clinton is scheduled to arrive here at 16 hours (4PM) and will address the high level meeting at 16: 45 hours (4 45 pm).
Mrs Clinton is the first Secretary of State who is visiting Zambia in over 30 years and she also expected to officially close the high level meeting.
ZANIS reports that the US Secretary of State while in the country is also expected to launch the American Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Intercontinental tomorrow morning.
On the same day, Mrs Clinton together with President Rupiah Banda will also grace the official opening of University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Paediatric Centre of Excellence.
AGOA, a US initiative comprises 48 eligible member African countries but only 37 are attending represented by their Ministers at Government level, Private Sector and Civil Society and entrepreneurs.
President Rupiah Banda yesterday officially opened the Forum stating that economic dividends that member states seek from the initiative can best be realised when all African countries strengthen and entrench sound democratic practices and uphold good Governance.
And in a speech that was delivered on behalf of US President Barack Obama during the official opening of the Forum, Mr Obama assured that next year, his administration would be looking at ways to ensure that Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) eligible countries were helped to unleash their growing dynamism of economies.
The Forum is being held under the theme: ‘’Enhanced Trade Through Increased Competitiveness, Value Addition and Deeper Regional Integration,’’ has attracted over
3 000 delegates.
Hosting of AGOA meetings alternates between the US and member African countries. So far, Mauritius, Senegal, Ghana and Kenya have hosted the forum.
AGOA is an American initiative that was coined in 2000 and signed into law by former US President Bill Clinton. The initiative allows eligible African member countries to export selected goods to America duty free.
ZANIS
You are welcome Mrs.Clinton! It’a great honour for us as Zambians.
I wonder what she’ll make of our airport or remote airstrip. Embarrassing.Â
I think she is not coming to inspect the airport………..lol
If Rupiah knew any protocol like Mugabe, Mrs Clinton was supposed to meet with Home Affairs Minister!!!
Only serious minded governments like the Govt of His Excellency the President Rupiah Bwezani Banda can attract serious world leaders such as Clinton, President Hu, Robert Zourlick world bank President, President Lula, DSK of IMF despite his misfortune, and the list goes on…….the PF kaponyas ar panting and raging with anger that Zambia very fertile for all sort of investment from the world over. even Japan does not want to be left behind hence the coming of Hitachi. American Chamber of Commerce has never opened in Zambia until tomorrow when Clinton launches one. Good policies from Rupiah Banda an all weather economist are bearing fruits. ala bane bukateka tabatulukusha ngefyo insoka ba sata beletulukusha apo baimbila. this time around balafwa no mutima—DONT KUFYONO
The same serious minded government that failed to prosecute one of the most corrupt presidents (Chiluba) in African history? Thank you Mwanawasa and KK.
She will land at Zambia’s Heathrow Airport. It is the Busiest and most modern Airport in Zambia.
now pf cadres listen, just this once (only for two days) please take a holiday and save us from embarrassment. i mean just in case our esteemed and distinguished visitor, the us secretary of state mrs hillary clinton decides to browse on lt. we have to hide some of our primitive politics, you know the 90 days pf stuff and the mpombo stories.
pwaaahaahahaha! walipena!!!! but good advise, ba pf vuvuzelas banvela
ok,our Lusaka international airstrip lol!
It says alot about Zambia that this is the first visit to Zambia by a US secretary of state in over 30 years.I guess we’re not a pivotal “hub country” as our few airlinks suggest.Even our trade with the USA is embarrasingly low considering the open floodgates of opportunity to export to USA duty free.
She is also meeting Sata and HH. And according to CNN “Hillary Clinton’s weeklong trip to sub-Saharan Africa takes her to a continent hungry for economic growth and political accountability but still shackled by poverty and government corruption.” So they know the country is corrupt and thats whats embarrassment. They definitely support the option of Sata or HH, certainly NOT the Chiluba-RB camp.Â
bad airstrip or not she has to come. sata failed to adjust this ka airport but Rupiah has the plans
Nice! I am sure something positive will come out of it
PF cadres and Bembas, please dont snatch her handbag. you will just embarass us. Go on leave from donchi kubeba (stealing) just for the two days. Please na papata
Stupid chap for including bembas in your  nonsensical comment
#5 your statement goes to show that the spirit of “muzungu anikonde” dwells in you. Shame on you brother. Haven’t you ever heard of anti-globalists disrupting meetings where important presidents are attending? Shame on you. In fact this could be the best tim e for the PF and UPND to tell Hillary that Rupiah should announce the polling date NOW. This is the first time in the history of modern Zambian politics when June arrives and we still don’t know when the election will take place.
# 9 Alinaswe. What is your problem? You will support MMD or RB at all cost. Those $ millions your RB has been borrowing would have improved our airport in less than a year. But RB does not want such project because his sons will not benefit. You are always talking about projects but our country is still one big  SORRY site.
I am astonished that such a figurehead is heading to Zambia, mmh?
I doubt the real Hilary Clinton would want to come to such a country?
This is a scam!., Next you will hear Obama is coming to Zambia, please !. This is the same Zambia which has ONE Hotel. The country without a MacDonald, the Country with 2 Malls in their capital city. A country where not worthy road cars are allowed on the road. The country whose life span of a Person is no more than 30. ! A country where Homosexuality is a taboo. A country where If one drove a Lexus let alone a Ferrari everyone on the road would be starring as though they have seen the end of world.
So please stop pulling our legs, if this trend continues some of us will leave Lusaka Times Hillary is not coming there! I don’t blame her either.Thanks
BIN SWAAAAAAAAAAAA
She must be told that those are the most corrupt people she will with
4 real PF cadres and thugs pliz serve us from your rhetoric language,for two days its one zambia one nation one people,not that stupid thing donchi kubeba its a language used by street boys and very offensive to our lives,so PF lets mind our attitude,its good Sata is not in public otherwise he would have got his rebels to say donchi kubeba
Iferiority complex. Hillary is just another individual less important than your mother- Alinaswe and u others who are marginalising yourselves. I can’t date u if u are men…
Ka mushota, shino nshiku kale pepa “imbuto lye bange” nai kapesha!!
MUSHOTA-Hillary is not like you,boosting nanjala.you have nothing to show as you are a berger where you are leave us in zambia this our own country there is no place like home my dear even if we are eating stones zambia is our country
Sorry Kunta, I get you now
Inferiority complex. Hillary is just another individual less important than your mother all you guys marginalising yourselves. Grow up… this is the 21st century
Alinaswe, KHUTA, Mushota and Enka Rasha shame on you. I pity women dating you folks. U must be the guys who even hide you true nationality…
No 11, waba amanga mukanwa wemwana wambwa iwe, what wrong has the bembas done to your tribe, cheekala cha wiso.
pf government? where did u grow up…
I read all the comments on this site. All the articles, from just the mentality of everyone and see why this God forsaken country will never develop
Mushota i challenge you to come to Zed and believe you me you will not go back to Scotland unlike you who has to survive on 3 odd jobs i have one and it is a well paying job we may not have the many malls you want us to have but joberg is only 2 hours away from Lusaka so really shopping is not an issue to us. Do you really want me to go on i end here
What is so special about her that we can feel ashamed of our airport?Hillary has been to many third world countries some of which are worse of than Zambia.So while you Zambians are busy debating the condition of your airport,she does not care at all.
Can we tok about why MMD thugs sent a team of DEC officers and intelligent officers to search Wynter Kabimba at the airport? I am sure they had planted drugs in one of the bags thinking it belonged to Kabimba.Only to be shocked!!Shame on u and ur pres. You are wasting tax payers money
TOWELA-kindly get me right and straight,i meant even tho zambia is power we are proud of our country despite our economical challenges,i CANT WORSHIP clinton as advised by demonically possesed Mushota,I only fear God,not a secretary of statea created in Gods image and am too created in that image
Mushota – what qualifications or degrees did you get from University. I cannot stop thinking….
Its good news Hilary is coming to Zed this often is accorded to countries where there is hope from the world…this is a plus for us not one man or political party..As for the International Airport lets just say..that we have one of the best runways in African but its befret of a befitting building or airport and we need not be ashamed for HC to see where we land everytime we fly in..but we do need to do something about this port so that it can be the hub of flights to the world after Lusaka is more central than Jburg or Nairobi…or even Addis who have by far superior airports
WELCOME to Zambia, madam USA secretary of state . The AGOA act is an extremely beneficial foreign and economic policy by the USA for African economies. In Zambia this act which is suppose to open economic dynamism of a lot of citizens is embroiled in institutional corruption and therefore is a preserve for the few with government connections.There is need to have good structures to give deserving Small to Medium Enterprises opprtunities to expose their products and to acquire knowledge about standards and quality control. Look at the MMD cadres’ phobia on this blog! Obviously I will be called a Kaponya, though I have a job that pays me more than they will ever earn and by the way as in PF will ensure Kaponyas with skills benefit from AGOA through community based art and crafts centres!
#4 The US Secretary of State would even have gone to Mugabe’z Zimbabwe with whom most western countriez have sanctionz of some kind, if this AGOA jamboree waz to be held there.
pf government
Nice posting, uli chikali, ndiwe nsimbi
24
you need someone to mop your mouth to remove those typical bemba insults
Zambia has only three political parties, and its high time we started respecting each other. PF/MMD/UPND. CNN quoate:
In strategically located Zambia, Clinton will meet with President Rupiah Bwezani Banda, but she also will confer with opposition presidential candidates Michael Sata and Hakainde Hichilema.
# 19 Towela where do you reside? am in Lusaka lets link up and make something out of it. You see Clinton does not go chi-go go go go. she is in Lusaka because Zambia is ripe for investment and definately she is going to UTH to commission this Peadaitric thing. we have used Clinton’s money wisely. Ba Towela muletasha
Welcome to our land
Great news! This is a great opportunity for the world to see the progress that Zambia has been making in recent years – visit of Mrs Clinton is a great endorsement for the current regime of RB. Is it true that baSatana will be able to meet Mrs Clinton? Is she going to visit him on his sick bed after he suffered a heart attack after attempting to climb just one stair?
Mushots no.15 , You are sick!! Like it or not Zambia is where you came from and no one will change that. You may have all you have but remember, God gives and takes. Zambia may be poor coz of the way the old people including your father ran the affairs of this country. May I mention to you that there are countries worse than Zambia. What kind of pride is in you? Monkey pride?
Why do Bembas find it so easy to insult?
I am not sure they are countries worse than Zambia. Name few
Point of correction to those thinking Hillary is in Zambia cos of its “good” governance,NOOOOO,if this AGOA meeting was held in iraq,clinton would still attend,its on her schedule to attend this meeting no matter where it held.Mwikula imitwe ba mmd.She is not there for your corrupt government but for the AGOA conference and she decides to spent more time to leran more about your corruption, she will be very disappointed i know you know that but muvipanga just to please yourselves.
# 19 Towela Iam waiting for your contact numbers and residential address
@# 41, when some one insults in Bemba it does not mean he is Bemba. Ask that same person his name, Haloba Nyemu or Banda Chifire.
Most people (esp those who do not understand Bemba fully), find it very enjoying to insult in Bemba. Next time you hear someone insulting in Bemba, ask his name. The situation on CB is like any one can talk in any other language but when it comes to insulting he willl insult in Bemba and continue talking other things in his mother language.
#42, Congo  Kinshasa and Brazaville, Angola (even if it is peaking economically- extremly dirty country,no water,electricity etc),Zimbabwe and many others.
let me ask all kaponyas PFS! why are u anti development? you suck together with your sick satanic verses. I am told that Sata was using AMBI some years back and hence his multi- coloured face.DONT KUFYONO
#33 you took the words out of my mouth.Zambia is just hosting the AGOA summit because its a member country, this has nothing to do with RBs policies. Hosting of that summit alternates among member countries. Senagal has hosted it, so are you putting Zambia on the same level as Senegal? Hillary will go wherever it is hosted as she is the head of the foreign department (Minister of foreign affairs) in the USA, as this AGOA falls under the US’s foreign policy. So please MMD brothers stop showing your ignorance on the matter. Its like saying Obama’s policies are good since he is hosting many dignitaries for the UN general assembly!! Well, world leaders go to the US for the UN assembly because the headquarters of the UN are in the States, it has nothing to do with the US government PLEASE! Â
No 45, Its coz of what I heard when I wnet to Luapula where 90% of the people I met were Bembas. Lets just be realistic here, when a Bemba insults in Bemba, you can tell my brother. By the way am not against the Bembas coz my beautiful wife is one.Am against insults bro.
Hilary being around is thetime to be our true selves if we need to hold a political rally so she sees how we do things then let her see, if we have to argue in the papers so be it. Why should our lives come to an end because she is here. In fact like one blogger has said we can use this time to pressure RB to say the election date…what is he hiding?
Mushota you are not even aware of the surroundings you apparently live in. The people you idolise are so dumb that some of them ask me where major cities in their own country are. I had one of them ask me where the street in their neighborhood was. Sometime I wonder if we were colonised by these people at any point. Mushota you are sick and need immediate medical attention. How long have you lived in Scotland, if at all you live there. I get an impression that you live in elsewhere, send the blog to someone who lives in what used to be Great Britain then they post it for you. Do you need to make all this effort? and what for? You are sick!!
if sata were presido of zambia Hilary being christian may not come to zambia for fear of sata’s sebians-lesbians and gays…..because zambia’s laws recognises gayism ….zambia’s laws recognises sebianism/lesbianism ..what we need is to (supplement )them or implement them….these are quotable quotes from the rotten mouth of the Cobra
What does this lady want in Africa? and in Zambia? Is it broad daylight robbery again? We are sick and tired of people just walking into Africa and think that they can help themselves to anything anytime. If you ask me why am here, I came abroad to salvage what I can!!
The pilot will announce “we will shortly be landing at lusaka interational airport” Boy is she in for a shock! when she looks out of the window. Good thing she will whisked away by helicopter from there imagine her going through the airport itself? It’ll be like stepping back 30 years or more.
I wonder if the proprietors of  heathrow airport would be interested in buying LUN They would do wonders with it. T5 at LHR is fantastic.
Its always a very good thing to welcome visitors at home regardless of the condition whether you have stools for them or mats to sit on. However we should be seen to be making improvements not because of visitors but as a normal way of life. Welcome to Zambia Hilary Clinton. Enjoy your stay. The next one will be obama wondering if the airforce one, marine one his beast and motorcade military carriers would fit at Lusaka single terminal airport.
as an american initiative, africa growth opportunity act (agoa) is nothing but a tool for america to protect and accomplish its economic interests. comments reserved on hilary. let her finish her business and go back. they have more problems to look at in america. asati thetse mtendere.
People sure, do you think Hillary will be in shock when she lands at the Lsk Inter Airport? She was already in shock a long time ago when she saw our airport on video, photos, etc… Now she will enter in a coma. Just hope that great agreements will be made. Good for Zambia despite everything… Hail Zed
ba pf, namulala nomba? us we don’t believe in ng’anga but hard work. our children eat well because we work hard and don’t wait for manna from heaven ati 90 days. that 90 days started in 2006 and it will never arrive and yet you are still waiting for sata to put money in your pockets. come on, get up and do some work for a change!!
Clinton ‘s coming to Zambia is bragadicio. We are thrilled!
Who did abracadabra? She has already arrived. Why does this article seem outdated? I have even seen her pics at post though the post goes on and writes that the MMD choir was chased. Chizungu pa zed or it’s Phd, the guy couldn’t just say that the choir was not allowed to sing…
I’m sure Hilary has no agenda to inspect airports, shopping malls, eating places or any such things.We all know from reading the article that her top agenda is AGOA.
Iwe ka mushota you such an imbicile on this blog.Just shut your ugly mouth and concentrate on
pleasing your old aged fience who seem to have been rejected cute white ladies in scotland.
Zambian men cant hook you coz you seem to be a finished prosititute and stop showing your ugly face or is it a borrowed pic by the way my neighbour’s little dog is called mushota. Â
The airport is not an issue to the US Secretary of State. Firstly, she is interested in knowing when the election date is going to be announced……Oh, by the way, she has also said something about the Chinese investment in Africa
Ba #62, Zed Spokesman,
. mwansekesha sana,! kekekekekkkeh….ke ke ke ke ke kekekekekekekkkekek ahahh, kekekeke nakaili….!
uyu mushota n.i.m.b.wa. sana. afyalwa kumbwa nakaili. Your neighbour’s dog must be well kept than this mushota kapoli… the mushota on this blog has a huge mental problem…
2011 ELECTIONS RESULTS: RB THRU SATA, LEFT BEHIND.
2011 ELECTIONS RESULTS: RB THRU SATA, LEFT BEHIND……
I love PF this party which will govern till Jesus cames n all the supporter of PF er going to Heaven.