UNITED Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema has promised to transform Luapula’s vast mineral resources into tangible wealth for the people if elected as Republican president.
Mr Hichilema during a campaign rally at Muchinka Basic School grounds in Mansa on Saturday that Luapula Province was endowed with many minerals and other natural resources which should be tapped to improve the people’s standards of living.
“Land, water and minerals resources which God has given you the people of Luapula is wealth. Zambia is too rich but the problem which we have as a country is caused by our leaders,” he said.
Mr Hichilema said during the rally, which was also attended by some European Union (EU) election observers, that he would reintroduce windfall tax for the mining sector in order to maximise the country’s gains form its mineral resources.
He said windfall tax would attract K800 billion for the country annually. “Part of the K800 billion would be used to pay public workers a minimum salary of K5 million per month,” he said.
Mr Hichilima, who earlier in the day addressed a campaign rally in Samfya District, said he was confident of winning the September 20 presidential elections and reminded the electorate to fulfill their promise to vote for him in the 2011 polls.
“During the 2008 presidential by- elections the people of Zambia told us the UPND that they would vote for me as president after allowing Mr Rupiah Banda to complete late president Levy Mwanawasa’s term of three years.
“I have great respect for [Mr] Rupiah Banda and [Mr] Michael Sata but the two leaders have run their course,” he said.
During the rally which attracted a sizable crowd, Mr Hichilema also introduced his party’s parliamentary candidate for Chembe and Bangweulu constituencies, Arthur Mofya and Catherine Kabaso, respectively.
Some local government election aspiring candidates for various wards in Mansa were also introduced. The UPND president is accompanied by some members of the National Management Committee.
Mr Hichilema was today expected to address rallies in Mwense and Mambilima constituencies and pay a courtesy call on senior chiefs Mwata Kazembe and Lukwesa before he concludes his tour of Luapula Province.
[Times of Zambia]
Any Zambian who thinks he or she can benefit from tribalism,hatred,insults,violence,corruption,propaganda and from old re-cycled tired political leaders MUST NOT VOTE FOR HH/UPND.
Any Zambian who thinks she or him can benefit from The social,economical and good governance programme from the new brand of economical leadership which can create wealth and make all Zambians be empowered and enjoy direct benefit out of zambian land through partnering with foreign investers as a way of retaining Zambian wealth-PLEASE VOTE HH/UPND.
UPND=UNITED ZAMBIANS’ PARTY FOR PEACE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
” i have great repect for Mr banda and Mr sata but they have run the race”..i think its true
great wisdom from one HH..vote 20HH
GO HH.
This is the man for plot 1.No jokers like Sata please .I cant wait for the debate tonight on Muvi TV.
Windfall:
Any unexpected acquisition, gain or stroke of good luck. (Webster’s dictionary).
Can you imagine building a lasting policy on ‘good luck?’ What if the copper prices fall and the mining companies make losses, where is the K800 b going to come from to sustain the salary increment? Is it not safer to just tax at a level rate to allow companies to budget and run their businesses without unexpected charges and also encourage them to reinvest to create more employment while paying the miners better salaries?
Where are the tribalists….
No 6 is it luts, must be myopic. tHAT IS ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM THE WASTING ASSET COPPER WHICH CURRENTLY COULD BENEFIT ZAMBIANS. ITS Not buildng wealth on unpredictable source but rather insure that gains benefit all.
VOTE SPLITER, HH, WAIT FOR YOUR TIME…THIS TIME ITS SATA WHO CAN ONLY MANAGE TO REMOVE MMD SAKALAS…I AM 4 YOU BUT YOUR TIME IS NOT YET… VOTE PABWATO….2016 HH
Viva HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Go HH Go. 20HHHHHHHHHHHH
Lets go HH, that the spirit, 7 days from now am voting for you.
HH I think I like what you stand for but all you need is a rethink on your way to plot one. If MMD wins Mhabi Lungu will steal the presidency from you while you watch. A pattern has emerged in the Zambian politics which clearly shows that people are being gifted the presidency. FTJ gifted Mwanawasa, who then gifted RB who will then gift Mhabi Lungu. What counts in Zambia is not intelligence other wise you would have landed in plot one yourself. Difficult as I would imagine it would have been, a legally backed alliance with PF was a necessary evil. You should have allowed Sata to become president and wait for your chance backed by government resources. Do you still have chance? NO . End result both you and Sata will lose and the presidency will be gifted to ML.
Thats my president, always speaking sense, unlike SATAn always quoting satanic verses. viva HH, real change we need
Sense indeed Mr. President. u r my man. i watched your rallies in my homeland. No tribalism i SHALL VOTE U IN
HH has no direxion, for now lets Sata and retire RB. ba RB its time to go back and do the farming agian
HH has no direxion, for now lets try Sata and retire RB. ba RB its time to go back and do the farming again, i ve got great respect for President Banda, but am not a tribalist
i have no repect for under five vote spliter.pabwatooooooooooooooooooooooooo.VOTE FOR MICHEAL CHILUFYA SATA FOR PRESIDENT.
you are right this fool will never win
Nice coverage for hh form a government newspaper. Are these parties not working together against the pf?
MMD thinks will be in power forever and ever by handing over power from man to another. Lies on this thinking.
@KLM, Mhabi will never be president. at least not immediately after Banda. Thats why FTJ could not leave presidency to Sata. Bemba appointing bemba. No way! To avoid tribal dispondency, FTJ settled for someone from somewhere else. Banda is a nationalist. He cant make a mistake on which FTJ has shown leadership. No! The next president will be either Lozi or Tonga! A good one at that! Viva RB. Viva MMD. Zambia is for all!
Good messageatleast
VIVA Mr. President
Guys, let us talk to whoever we can, but please for that one day let the entire Country spend there night at the polling station guiding our votes up and until the last vote has been counted and results announced by the ECZ in Lusaka (Confirmed by oursleves in the field as true). Please spare us your sleep and let’s all spend our nights at the polling stations. If you suspect there will be rigging at any one polling station, please let us go there early enough so we seal out everything.
Situmbeko Musokotwane already addressed this issue of minerals in luapula. Maybe hh was saying that when i became president ill exploit your minerals like i did with privitization. Or by the way sata is sicck
Yes Sir, Keep it that way, but we are still waiting 4 u here in Kasama too. Plot 1 tulekupela fresh try if you fail we will try the old one in 2016. Uwill be on trials next week,hope u ve started parking yo katundu . HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
All you Tongas in HH,s tonga tribal party can vote for under5 let us see how far your vote will go, you won;t even manage southern province and the whole Zambia will vote nafuti nafuti. No tonga tribalist will be allowed in state house not in this life time…
ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION AND THAT LEADER? Nafuti Nafuti………….
not under5 never
#26. I though u were for Cycle Mata. How come u now seem 2 go for RB. We told u that PF was a sinking ship. People like u without direction r the ones bringing down development in Zambia. I wonder hw u r surviving in GB with that kind of thinking. U must be an illegal imigrant. U really disgust me.
Good luck HH! This is the best guy for the country.