The vice president Guy Scot has urged Zambians to give the PF government chance so that it can finish the job.
He said that if the people in the country are confident then they would be development in the country.
The vice president was speaking on Saturday at the launch of Chikanta strategic plan at the Chuungu royal palace, Chikanta chiefdom in Kalomo, he said that added that the connecting of the chiefdom to national power grid would be done soon as the contract had been signed.
“Zambian should have more confidence to give the PF government so that it can keep the infrastructure developing coming to the people in the country,” he said.
The vice president said that infrastructure development should be linked to economic development as without economic activities it would be useless.
“Infrastructure is useless until it is part of the economy, and that infrastructure is key to national development,” he said
Dr Scott called on the people in the country to ensure that the infrastructure that the Government would give to them works for them.
“People should play their role in ensuring that the infrastructure that the government has in place is put to good use, if the Government puts a dip tank in your area, you should dip your animals,” he advised.
He said if the Government gives the people electricity then they should engage in irrigation.
Dr Scott said that the Government t great importance top infrastructure development and that is the reason it got money at a lower interest to work on it.
He said most of the sectors that offer loans charge high interest rates and that the PF Government does not want run a country that survives on borrowing.
He thanked the people of Mufumbwe for the parliamentary seat and other twelve wards in the country where people voted for the PF in the just ended bye elections.
He said that the first thing that he dealt with when he took over officer was to resettle the people in the Sichifulo game management area.
The vice president said that the Government was addressing the concerns of the people that they are faced with in the rural areas.
Dr Scot praised the people of chief Chikanta for their input in the strategic plan and hoped that the aspect of the strategic plan would spread to other chiefdom in the country.
He said that issue of chiefdom being not being connected to the mobile telecommunication network was being addressed by ZICTA as it was doing a study.
The vice president added that the Kalomo to Chikanta road was part of the link Zambia project and that the road would be worked on.
He said that it is sad that people like teachers had no ability to borrow as a result it was very difficult for them to build houses.
Dr Scott said that Government was responding do the concerns of the farmers in the districts and was trying to open up more pay points for the farmers.
And Chief of party, USAID-funded share II project Dr Muka Chikuba Mcleod said that
And Chief Mwamba of the Bemba speaking people of Northern Province, he said that by 2016 they would be people running to the rural areas for employment.
He said that there is no excuse for people to be poor in the country.
And Dundumwezi Member of Parliament Edgar Sing’ombe has called on the government to connect his constituency to the national power grid as it would help create employment for the people.
He also urged government to ensure that the chiefdom is connected to the telecommunication services in the area.
The Mp said that the government should also seriously consider the aspect of improving security by putting in place three police stations.
He revealed that the previous regime never considered the plight of his constituency despite numerous requests to them by the chief.
Chief Chikanta called on the government to ensure that the aspect of strategic planning is rolled out to all the chiefdom in the country.
He thanked the government for the sixth national development plan as his chiefdom has managed to buy into the SNDP.
He said if the traditional leaders are empowered the people of their chiefdom would benefit.
Guy Scott heck NO we’ve been lied to too many times.Zanu in Zim hasn’t delivered since 1980,KANU in kenya got too comfortable till it got kicked out and CCM in Tz has been in power too long that they now take tanzanians for granted.Only a max of 10yrs or you get booted out coz we don’t like what we see already.
How many chances does this drankard want?
Dr Scott is absolutely right. Though the opposition have been trying to hinder progress. Carry on PF for the wonderful work you are doing we will get there eventually. Some are just plainly envious that we are in power.
Guy Scott how many chances do you people surely want. One year in office is not enough then how much time do you want? During campaigns you talked as though you knew what to do once in power, no one asked for development in 90 days but you yourselves declared more money in 90 days but i guess the question people should have asked is whose pocket? as far as am concerned things are getting worse i.e transport fare, bread have all gone up. so instead of asking for chances and time just apologise that you don’t know what you are doing, stupid *****s.
PF are more confused now than they were a year ago, There policies have gone out the window.
A ship with no map, radar ,campus or worse let alone a clear captain is bound to never reach its intended destination even if given a thousand years.
Is PF going to compensate Menyani family for the loss of their thug Menyamenya, beaten to death by fellow PF members? If Guy Scott can clean up his party of thuggery then, Zambians may humble back to support them, but currently PF is too much of street-physical fighters.
Mambala Guy Scott, i have great respect for candidness. Dont worry, you have 3 more yrs plus 1 of blowing your trumpet thr campaigns. Make sure in your next campaigns, u dont bring that chorus of ”give us more time to finish what we started”. That tm just point at what u’ve done….
no country will ever “finish the job” not even the USA ..JAPAN . UK. GERMAN.
Guy scott u saying this cause you and your PF goons are ruling. U were in MMD for a long time. why didnt u also say Give MMD a chance to rule when u moved out.
Foseki.
This man should become President, and u will see things move, got too much scopo.Its a chance for Zambia, lets hope they dont throw away this opputunity.
Guy scott has failed the farmers time and time again so what are you talking about.
I THINK DR. SCOTT IS ONE OF THE FEW HONESTY AND SINCERE PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT TODAY.
KEEP IT UP VEEP I FEEL PROUD TO HAVE A MAN LIKE YOU AS VP.
The MMD and UPND have no idea what development means. They just want to be the bribe takers who are in charge when the international bankers and their extractive industry corporations haul Zambia’s wealth away and launder our profits through Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.
So they are opposing for no other reason than to make the people of Zambia lose faith in the PF.
And the PF have exacerbated this situation by not collecting all the taxes that are due from the mines. They should have reinstated the Windfall Tax by now, and use the money to make easy credit available to entrepreneurs, and start works projects to develop the economy.
This has to stop. What we need is as regional conference on tax collection, which must lead to SADC wide solidarity for any country that collects the taxes on it’s natural resources, and mitigate the effects of retaliation by the bankers’ institutions – IMF, World Bank, WHO, etc.
You didn’t finish your sentence, here: Guy Scott urges Zambians to give PF a chance to steal
Just out of curiosity, bushe are these madalas going to be as strong as they are now? or even healthy, on top of that witty? in four years to come. who knows what tomorrow brings? i hope for you guys all will be rosy, otherwise, start looking for a younger handsome interlligent and qualified breed to replace you or else pf will die with you old fellas, just a suggestion.
1 Tumbuka pride,
” Zanu in Zim hasn’t delivered since 1980 ”
You haven’t been paying attention to the news. ZANU-PF has delivered:
* Democracy (there was none until April 1980)
* Education (the highest literacy level on the African continent through free education)
* Land redistribution (over 350,000 families received land since 1990)
* Indigenisation (nowadays foreign corporations in Zimbabwe must be 51% Zimbabwean owned)
The international media don’t want you to know this because they too are corruptly owned by the same bankers and major corporations (Microsoft, General Electric, General Motors, Disney).
what are you smoking young man.
They (MDC, CNN, BBC) want you to think that, for the first time in history, land reform led to hyperinflation. Economic sanctions caused hyperinflation in Zimbabwe (Section 4C of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001) – retaliation against land reform.
Oh and by the way, the ‘3 million Zimbabweans in South Africa’ are largely fictional. There are only a total of 1.6 million foreign nationals in South Africa according to the 2011 census.
Not with a presidemt who is clueless and cant lead.
how many promises i you going to tell us pls white old man just work hard from now to 2016 period
How many chances do you want? We have already given you that chance right now, The next chance we are giving it to Chief Ha Ha & see what he can also do for his country. Viva HH the true son of the Zambian soils. 2016 here we COME!
what chance naimwe ba GS. u already have a chance, tulangeni