UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has called for a more effective fiscal regime in the mining sector. Mr. Hichilema told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka yesterday that government should introduce windfall tax in order for the country to derive maximum benefits from mineral resources.
He said the mining sector has the potential to raise revenue for investment in other sectors such as Education, Health and Agriculture hence the need for a proper tax regime.
He advised the ruling PF to institute fair and mutual negotiations with mining companies on the need for a more profitable tax regime for the mining sector.
Mr. Hichilema added that the 2012 national budget should not only focus on expenditure but also revenue especially from the mines. Mr. Hichilema said the 2011 national budget did not achieve the intended targets due to under allocation of funds to various sectors.
He explained that the trend could be addressed through increased revenue from mines which could be allocated to other equally important sectors. He accused the former MMD government of not allocating adequate resources to critical sectors such as Agriculture, Health, Education and Energy among others.
He expressed hope that the PF government will tomorrow deliver a fine budget which will address both expenditure and revenue
Meanwhile, Mr. Hichilema has welcomed the postponement of the date for the three by- elections that were supposed to be held on November 24th this year.
Mr. Hichilema said the postponement will enable the electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to put in place measures that would ensure that the elections were not contentious to all parties that would participate.
He told media that ECZ requires ample time to prepare itself so that it produces a good results certificate at the end of voting.
Mr. Hichilema observed that the last general elections were marred with a lot of malpractice because the commission could not produce results certificate for each polling station.
“In the last general elections, there are so many contentious issues that have been raised so there is need for the commission to prepare adequately for the forthcoming by-elections,” Mr. Hichilema said.
He hoped the extension by one week would give ECZ time to deliver the election materials on time adding that the idea of panicking at the last minute was unprofessional.
Meanwhile, Mr. Hichilema has advised the commission to consult with stakeholders before they make decisions concerning the nation.
“The ECZ were not aware that the grade nines will be using the schools for exams when they were setting that date. That is why it is important to always consult before you make these decisions,” he said.
And the UPND leader has disclosed that his party was ready for the by-elections in all the three constituencies despite them not fielding a candidate in Nakonde.
The parliamentary by-elections will be held in Nakonde, Magoye and Chongwe constituencies.
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The great man HH go go go plz we wl be there fo u big man,u mean alot to us truly zambians yo voice matters alot especially to us youths.
Very good advise landing on deaf ears!! Or else paye will increase…
Mr Under 5 , think windfall tax is another popularity contest trending theme , and wanting to latch onto it early. Wrong number Badala, and too late for that matter.
As business people you and me know that windfall tax is not as easy as you want to make it sound. I think you are becoming headless and jumping on every hot fashion of the day in town. Find your own real message and stick with it. It is about values and principles and sometimes we have to be ready to suffer and pay for our values and principles than jumping on every FUD in town. Windfall Tax is just another FUD in town. It , too , shall pass away
I want to agree with mr. boot fimofimo, jumping on every thread is not going to help HH’s political image in anyway.
Aaahh……Mr under 5!!! You have failed your people…No one can hear you now.Just quit and let someone else run that party.Just accept tha you have failed.
HH sound logical and cool headed. I wonder why the PF govt is uturning on the much talked baout Windfall Taxes on the mining companies. We need to derive maxmum benefits from our minerel resources and diversfy in sectors such as energy, agriculture and human capital development. At the rate mining activities are being conducted we risk finishing all the minerals and remain with big holes in the ground.Albdon Nickel Mine closed and put on maintenance and care. Are we bieng serious ? Why cant the mine borrow from Napsa or partner with ZCCM – IH.US$10M can be sourced even locally from the financial market. Lets be serious with the way we do things as a country.HH show them how do things.
If you were in the pact your input should have been Included in todays budget and that was going to be a platform for your future presidency, but alas your voice is in the wildeness. too bad
#3. You are right. HH needs find # message and stick with it”. Its like giving himself a brand to be identifies with. as of now, he is floating as the winds are blwoing. Good observation MMD CHIEF….I have omited the bootlicker because you sound more than bootlicker terminology. Or could it you opted to brand your self??.
Iwe @Bootfimofimo. This is the person your Party President is working with sha!!!!
More like Cameron and Nick Clegg I think.
Any chance you are going to comment on what Kunda said in Parliament about the Police? And yeah how about your friend Wlliam Tekere Banda being slapped with more charges when you mugs were just doing those foolish warn and caution in the hope that you were going to win and just ignore the nonsense.
The net is closing in. Toot toot toot!
hungry homo
Hated Hero(HH)!
Hakaivotela Heka!
@#8 Rashid. Where is Maestro mwebantu kanshi? I miss his rants like your grade 4 has lost three elections he will never rule this country. You can`t lose three elections and still contest elections.
Deary me!
@#9 Italian….maestro went in a comma after that announcement was that our great leader SATA is PRESIDENT of ZAMBIA. He is refusing to wake up believing that he is still dreaming!…shame on him……i hav bne advising these Bantustan chaps that they shud replace Hated Hero aka HH but its like they dont want to listen………..HH will never rule Zambia
Great peace of advise from the right person who should have been president to create jobs for the youth. Unfortunately, the police constable might not comprehend this greek. I am happy that sata won, so that the gullible masses of Lusaka and Copperbelt can comprehend their irrationallity. 2016 is for you HH. Although Tribalists are saying its Elias Chipimo junior, we wont let them get away with daylight deceit. That kid who runs an one man law firm is being hyped by tribalist as a possible successor to the constable. What a shame. I think these tribalists require brain transplants
HH should not claime to be the chief advisor on wind-fall tax as Bob Sichinga had been talking about it for a long time as can be proved from archive imformation.
The only deferrence is that Bob is now in government and has to wait for right moment by government to sort things out.
Iwe chi Sara bull colour ball bay. Windfall tax is no solution. Why did the PF abandon it? They said they were going to reintroduce windfall tax and among things they have backtracked on, it is one of them.
Go and play with your jojojo you son of a bi-a-tch
Let us wait for the budget, and I think HH is right!
This is were you separate the technocrats from cadres, static and un progressive if not retrogressive zambians in simple terms dull people.I really admire the young man.Speaking atleast for Zambians who would want to see development unlike P.F cadres with there grand constable police.
Sara Chileshe Hamaundu No. 10, you are simply a tribalist yourself. That is why you keep on mentioning it.
If Elias is good enough let him have it if he can even convince you Hamaundu. Presidency is for anybody Zambian, Not just Hamaundu and the narrow-minded click. “ONE ZAMBIA! ONE NATION”.
#10 Its high time you came to terms with reality. Stop your tribal remarks follow through the words of #15. Chipimo’s politics as at now I would say so far so good. Advise your HH to take a different approach as to the way he looks at things. I wonder why he has not followed the Mazoka type of politics. What do you think?
2011 for hh, my friend u need to co exist otherwise no presidency for u…pf has graduated from being second to being first and u ar still number three…u have mmd to beat. work hard
#Madam M, #10 is simply stating the obvious fact. It is typical of us bemba speaking guys, ati always kufwa na no. Even when you caught stealing we always say at “nshibile, ntolele fye”
I’m glad you said BEMBA SPEAKING … cause even Kaondes, Tongas, Lozis, Ilas, Soliz, Luvales…etc can be Bemba speaking! Even useless Tumukaz!!!
HH is not such a bad guy…he just full of political mis-calculations… coming to what His comment wrt mines taxes..this is public knowledge…Chief Nkana knows it,,..even my grandpa know this…we all know that mines are main lever to economical development…So PF must implement Mines taxes to the benefit of Zambia…
@9 Sata contested in 2001,2006 and 2008 before he won in 2011. Are you from Hell?
HH why didn’t you champion that message during the campaigns instead directed your bitterness at Sata..how can people even trust you (a business man) when you are cosying up with thieving scum like buff00n RB & Co. The sooner your MPs realise that you are liability the better!!!
chi HH……..SATA HAS INCREASED PAYE THRESHOLD BY 100%…WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THIS ONE?/ PEOPLE ARE NOW RICHER BY K250,000.00 …MORE MONEY IN OUR POCKETS IN LESS THAN 90DAYS
HH why didnt you use this ‘data’ as GLUE for the PACT instead of attacking HEMCS on tribal lines ? Wait for 2030
K2m tax threshold ….
K2,000,000 – 0%
K2,000,001 – 2,800,000 = 25%
K2,800,001 – 5,700,000 = 30%
K5,700,001 & above = 35%
More money in the pocket…K2m tax threshold
K2,000,000 – 0%
K2,000,001 – 2,800,000 = 25%
K2,800,001 – 5,700,000 = 30%
K5,700,001 & above = 35%
Just asking. Someone explain briefly what this windfall tax means. How different is it to other forms of tax.
e.g Copper today is $1000 per ton and from the sale of the same you make $200 profit per ton (Agreed by the Terms applicable), now if by result of flactuating market prices, you make $300 profit, then the additionl $100 is what you must pay as ‘Windfall’ ( Unexpected profits) CLAP FOR ME
Twanwa again. Tata mwabombeni now lets wait for HH to start yapping like a Dog on Periods
Our first budget as PF govt ni zee!
Yes government must introduce windfall tax even you under 5 because your wealth seems to be growing at a very alarming rate. 2008 you declared net worth of over k26billion,this year you declared k50billion.
#23
……..just over k26billion………
Good HH render your advice like a responsible citizen however you need to rebrand your approach to modern politicking in line with the new generation discard the brazen brash MCS style for EC Jr’s style before he eclipses you, then there is the tribal tag which needs to be worked on, please accept there is an issue here and deal with the misconception if that is what it is. Remember everyone is entitled to their opinion and discussion is always key for better understanding
10 Sara Chileshe..you’ve hit the nail on the head. HH has been providing credible checks and balances as a leader of an oppostion party for some time now and here comes Elias Chipimo just because he’s Bemba, he’s now the preffered replacement of the general. We wont allow this 2016 is for HH. Other tribes should wake up and smell the coffee. Sorry we wont stop talking about it coz its getting too much. We have lagged behind because of poor and selfish Bemba leadership who believe that ubomba mwibala alya mwibala…very selfish breed!! Anyone who wants to insult me to hell with you..i’m not reading your insults but you’ve read my point..Chamibaba! Go and drink tujilijili to cool down.
Drean on baby!!!! How can it baba us, tuleteka!!! he he he he
Be assured that the PF govt will finally introduce windfall tax at an appropriate time, they are still in consultation with all the stake holders, this is not an issue that should be implemented haphazardly based on the populist premises, we are talking real economics here and not just mere politiking, let us be factual and logical in our analysis otherwise this blog risks turning out to be another zedleaks or ZWD, because some of the comments being posted are indicating how shallow some bloggers are, too shallow that that they can walk on stilts under the belly of a snake!!!!
UPND as a political party, and HH as an individual politician, should learn to separate politics from issues of national development. And I am glad to see that they are now learning. What HH has said is an issue that concerns our collective national development agenda and he should be commended for that. But this shouldn’t be any different if its the folks from PF or MMD who says it.
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What saddens me though is the kind of blind support for HH emanating from certain circles among Zambians. These people do not seem to discern the big gulf that exists between personal wealth and political capital—-because there is a big difference between business and political brilliance! Hoping that HH will become president some day based on his business prowls when he has huge gaps in his political portfolio could indeed turn out to be just wishful thinking. HH needs to learn a thing or two from his nemesis, Sata. Brilliant politicians operate with an eye on the ball. They find their message early, refine its delivery, stick with it, and have an optimistic view of the future and the people they wish to lead some day. Not peddling negativity all the time!!!!
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Just like everywhere else, here in the United States politicians who are perceived to be “Bandwagon warriors” and are “wish-wash” in their core political philosophy and beliefs have a hard time succeeding in politics. This, unfortunately, is the trait HH seems to poses in abundance. These political tactics of trying to get in bed with other political parties and then turn around and start bashing the supposed alliance has really eroded HH’s standing and honesty among many Zambians. And this has made a lot of people question his motives every time he comments on national issues. Today he is implicitly telling RB and his incompetent MMD off, yet by next week we will hear about how he wants to get in a political pact with these same incompetent and corrupt individuals.
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It is this kind of politics and behavior that has made Hichilema look like a novice who lacks political maturity. For as long as he continues on this path, people will always question his intentions!
By the way, if I may ask, what has changed? Just a week or so ago mines Minister (whose name escapes me at the moment) was telling mining companies how they should get ready for tough re-negotiations of their investment contracts, and we didn’t hear even a ‘beep’ from HH or UPND in support of this stance from the govt. And most of you UPND sycophants on trolling blogs went on the attack denouncing the Minister of mines. Today HH says the same very thing in slight different way, and all you UPND attack-dogs have your tails between the legs singing “praise hymns” to HH. This is what confuses a lot of genuine and independent folks in Zambia and abroad who would love to lend support to HH and UPND. Let us be honesty to ourselves and the agenda we seek for our beloved country, Zambia!
Bootlicker you are really a dull man! No wonder you licked and lead MMD to the ditch. You mean cant see the sense in what HH is saying? You should go to Cyprus and see depleted and abandoned open pits that used to be copper mines there. And this is a scenario where Zambia is headed to. You say HH should find his own message and stick to it. What do you mean? Politicians should be have a product/business like bahavior. Products focus on meeting needs of customers, similarly, politicians should focus on what the Zambian people have been crying for, and Windfall Tax is one of the hot issues Zambians have been asking for. PF promised that windfall tax would be one of the first issues on their to do list, but it seems they dont have the brains and the spine to engage the mines.
Angola to consider discussions with oil importation….and you thought Michael’s apology to Angola was for nothing? Crude oil coming from Angola will bring the cost of oil down, and cost of doing business. Just watch and benefit……..
HH is too selfish,if he really want to serve the Zambian people and not just his personal interests he should have stayed in the pact and this time around his ideas would have translated into actions.he is just wasting his time advising the government because they are not listening to him but planning on how to finish him.
am actually very disappointed with him and always wonder why he is always talking ill of bembas this thing of being tribal will not take us forward we have to support whoever has the credibility irrespective of the tribal affiliation.when are we ever going to change our thinking as Zambians?
Mr Hichilema you are just paying for your selfishness and i will be very happy to you come out the last in the next general elections
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Go Go HH, haters are just envious of your intelligence. If it was you in power by now we’d have seen proper change!!! The people of Zed will realise this soon enough!! Arm chair critics grow up!!
HH will never be President of this country, only of Southern Province
I just want to find out if anyone in Zambia or in the diaspora has ever seen in your Social life a Tonga who supports another party apart from UPND on average.
Misozi@45 comong to think of it, never ever even this sweet tonga b.i.t.c.h l just finished shagging goes on about UPND and HH( HORRIBLE HOMO) she keeps logging onto Zambian watchdog to check on her tribal fools. l am kicking her out to the other room bringing her young sister back to the master bedroom…….you know these tonga holes like to double it up, thats y my son with the young sister is Mwaba and the elder one my son is called Bwalya lets use them to breed and keep our bemba names growing in numbers
you want me to stop using this name, stop using bemba names, like the fool calling itself sara chileshe
@ Misozi #45
Nchanga MP wilbur simusa is Tonga, Ndola MP Fachson Shamenda is Ila including luckson Kazabu and PF SG winter Kabimba. Magande is Tonga, Joseph Mushalika in NAREP is Tonga. Now list your tribesmen supporting UPND???
Cipi…. will never be President Until he stops having sex with men like Me…..be, Mut….o in Kabwe where they drive to enjoy themselves