President Michael Sata is on today expected in Geneva, Switzerland to address the on-going International Labour Conference -ILO.
President Sata is one of the high-level guests invited to address the one hundred and first session of the International labour conference which opened on May 30.
Zambia’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Encyla Sinjela told ZANIS that President Sata is expected to arrive in Geneva at 19:35 hours.
He will be accompanied by First Lady Dr. Christine Kaseba and some top government officials.
The conference has attracted 3-thousand government, union and employer delegates from the ILO’s 184 member states.
Yesterday, British secretary of state for international development Andrew Mitchell has reaffirmed his government’s support to Zambia.
Mr. Mitchell says the British government will not balance its books at the expense of the poor people in the world despite the financial difficulties in the Eurozone.
ZNBC’s Melesiana Chibwe reports that Mr Mitchell was speaking to Zambian journalists after a closed door meeting with President Michael sata at the Department of International development offices which took about 30 minutes.
Mr. Mitchell who described the meeting with President Sata as excellent said he is pleased with Zambia’s campaign against corruption and the promotion of private sector investment.
He says his government is also happy to receive President Sata who is visiting the UK for the first time after his election as Zambia’s head of state.
Mr. Mitchell says the 2011 general elections in Zambia is a good example of a well run election.
And special assistant to the president for press and public relations George Chellah says the meeting discussed government’s commitment to the fight against corruption.
He says president Sata wants to see donor funds trickling down to the poor Zambians.
Mr. Sata was received at the offices by head of DFID in Zambia Mike Hammond and British High commissioner to Zambia James Thornton.
Mr. Sata also took time to walk about the streets to greet British citizens.
And President Michael Sata has called on Zambians living in the UK to return home and contribute to the country’s development.
ZNBC’ Melesiana Chibwe Phiri reports that President Sata also said that Skilled Zambians who have chosen to live in the Diaspora should not complain when local jobs are given to foreigners.
The President said this on Wednesday night when he addressed Zambians Living in the UK at the Zambian high commissioner’s residence.
Speaking at the same occassion, mines minister Christopher Yaluma said his ministry is looking for skilled manpower to help develop the mining sector in the country.
Mr Yaluma says geologists and mining engineers are among the skills his ministry is looking for at the moment.
ZNBC
It is like reading a page from granma or pravada! Why would you walk the streets of London to greet British citizens? How do you even tell that they are British citizens? Honestly no one of those people even know you nor give a damn about you! Primitive behaviour!
Do they know your paramount chief?
Kazungu ka mipita bwana. The interpretation of the sentence in the story doesn`t mean he went walking the way you do in your village. u bwelele ku sukulu
Mbewe the report above states ‘Mr. Sata also took time to walk about the streets to greet British citizens.’ What does that mean? I think Rod got it very right sir/madam.
After condeming RB the glob trotting has finally begun. What skilled manpower are talking about ba minister? there is plenty of loafing UNZA and CBU graduates that you deny jobs every day bacause they have no experience instead of empowering them with the experience and exposure needed like Kaunda used to
Where are these jobs our leaders are talking about advertised so that we can apply?
make sure he’s in good health please..!
British secretary of state for international development Andrew Mitchell took just 30 minutes to discard the lumpen from his office. I hear Sata told him he plans to rename our country Elizabezia in honour of Queen Elizabeth and would make us a foreign dominion of the UK. He asked Andrew Mitchell to quickly advise the Queen to appoint either George Michael or Elton John as Governor-General to The UK Dominion of Elizabezia. Sata also confided in Andrew that should she accept his offer, the only condition is that he be allowed to rename Lusaka as Pamberi-e-Ukwa, in honour of himself!
Not funny, but immature.
ubupuba bwekabweka
hahahah, cracked my ribs :)
PF supporters the only jokes they get are those unfunny ones spewed by you know who!
@5. Muhapi you have cracked my ribs! Keep them coming!
Get a life.If you cant find a job thats your problem.An a qualified Engineer and i have no problem finding a job.If your parents didnt sent you to school blame them.Jobs are there in zambia.
Ati ba qualified engineer with poor english… I wonder how you managed to get your qualification with such poorly constructed grammar.. An a qualified Engineer and If your parents didn’t sent..Am not surprised if you are not engineer from PF city market school.
I like this!
Get a life.If you cant find a job thats your problem.Iam a qualified Engineer and i have no problem finding a job.If your parents didnt sent you to school blame them.Jobs are there in zambia.
Reply
you are clearly out of touch with reality my man, if you have a job then you belong to the lucky minus 20%, the unemployment in zambia stands at over 80%
The Zambia are you really in Zambia?
Come to KONNOCO where I work and see the corruption going because of lack of employment in ZED.
A normal person does not go in the streets of London to greet British citizens. What for? So he was busy introducing as president of Zambia! How we have sunk!
Makolo where telling us go to school my children, mweo mukuti, “yai amai we know wat we are doing” mwaona manje. Mukuti muziko muliye inchito….. wenye!!! Kusapuzila kwanu kwami peleka ku KONNOCO. Even the name of the company is wrong, how did you find yo self there? Leave HE MC Sata alone
“Mr. Sata also took time to walk about the streets to ………” but Ukwa kwena, checking which streets you used to sweep!!?
Did you manage to meet any of the important people in the British administration or none of them wanted to talk to some crown busy destroying Zed judiciary, nepotist, corrupt chap??
We subcontract Konnoco to do our jobs
Sata got what he wanted in the UK. Â Zambians stood up and told him the truth. Â I just hope that he will stop parading people in front and humiliate them cause he got what he didn’t expect. Â We are a free people and we stand to fight for our rights in the name of constitution.
you’re a fool!
Please you blacky Zambians in diaspora, will come back home. Why you prefer to washing dishes in restraurants to coming back home and gain respect as ba doctor of ba Engineer. Ba Eng.Kasesa na ba Dr.Chapawalk, please come back home where we shall give you all the respect you deserve, bane
Donci kubambiila….!!!
He almost went to have a climb at the London eye ha ha ha ha!
Check how Sata froze in the presence of the Queen, no nonsence otherwise Her Majesty kuti a toba Pamberi-e-Ukwa ulupi pa kalukobo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishmonarchy/7345251994/in/photostream