Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Christopher Yaluma has said that Government did follow the right procedure when appointing suspended Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL)
chief executive officer Clive Chirwa and the Board of Directors before handing them the responsibility to handle ZRL.
Speaking in an interview yesterday Mr Yaluma said that the layed down procedure was followed.
“When appointing a CEO, we look at proficient and experienced people, they are interviewed using the laid down procedure after a body they are affiliated to recommends that they possesses the qualities required. Appointing the board of Directors is also guarded by a statutory instrument,” he said.
And Mr Yaluma has said that the suspension of Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) chief executive officer Clive Chirwa and dissolution of the Board of Directors will not in any way undermine strategic plans to revamp the national railway or in any way hinge on the Governments long-term planned strategies to improve the operations of ZRL.
“We have long-term plans and strategies put in place to enhance the operations of ZRL. These contingencies are there not to derail operations but to put in more efforts meant to sustain the national railway,” he said.
Mr Yaluma said Government’s decision to suspend Prof Chirwa and dissolve ZRL board is proof that the State is committed and would endeavor to see that Parastatal companies are run smoothly to benefit the people of Zambia.
“When we see that something has gone wrong in any Parastatal, such kind of investigations should be instituted to probe what’s going on. If things are not moving smoothly, we will endeavor to see anyone involved is probed, he said.
Mr Yaluma said employees at ZRL should remain calm and committed to the course of duty as law enforcers undertake the probe into the company’s operations.
Chirwa has said he was recalled to walk into a job.The interview if ever they happened was just a paper exercise.The so called minister should not waiste time telling lies because the whole Chirwa Saga has UKWA’s singer prints on it .He should bear some responsibility for it and say sorry to tax payers.People are fedup of accomodating scam ministers at the Villa at a cost K70 000 000 per month for warming office chairs
Both President Sata and Hon.Yaluma should be sincere on this matter. If indeed procedure was followed when recruiting Chirwa, who else was interviewded with him for the job? The government , as the prospective employer, was supposed to offer conditions of service and not the other way round. If the conditions did not meet Chirwa’s expectations, he was at liberty to either refuse or accept a compromise for mutual benefit’s sake. Unfortunately, we see a situation where somebody was offered a job without due consideration to pertinent factors relating to the poor state of the company and its impact on the economy.
Ngoshe, I would not be surprised if that happens in Zambia; however, some of us have been headhunted for specific positions where we are BUT we still go through a competency-based interview. If procedures are followed a recall does not necessarily mean laid down formality with rigorous scrutiny is not carried out. It just makes it that much easier for both parties, and also ensures some semblance of stability of tenure. I can also boast of having been “called” to my job – BUT I still competed for the specific competencies the job demanded…
Who else was interviewed ? Who was on the panel , UKWA -alone!? The crucial point Chirwa raised is , he is not the only one wasting our money on accommodation. UKWA is playing games with Zambians.
A lot of PHD’s in Zambia even among Professors-I am surprised at Sasa’s and team’s behavior. What can Sasa show to have done done in Zambia as a professor apart from manipulating Scholarships and crooking small businesses?
What procedure dictates the free-issuing of share (25%, my foot!!) stake in a parastatal to individuals without the approval of parliament or any consensus? How many other parastatals are being freely given to other individuals? These questions will be asked a few years from now when u are no longer in power Mr. Minister. Please do not take us back to the FTJ days when a few greedy individuals wanted to secretly steal ZESCO & other parastatals.
Iwe Man-Abel, stop spreading ignorance here. Chirwa asked for 25%, it was turned down. The matter has never arisen again until the Board brought it up. It is a long dead issue. No one agreed to give Chirwa 25%, and he has never pursued it. So, why are your panties all bunched up in a knot over it?
Ba splaka – the 25% is in his contract of employment – agreed to by Ukwa and signed by AG
Bakadansa, the 25% is what Chirwa’s lawyers drafted for purposes of negotiations. Muleumfwikisha. His contract doesnt contain that nonsense. Most of these issues just came up after the board was dissolved (ukufilila munsenga). We all make these demands when we go for interviews but it depends on the particular company salary structures. There is just too much PHD in this whole issue. Saasa is an Economist, so he may not really understand what is required to revamp ZRL from the technical perspective.
anyway, we are here waiting…
Let the ACC concluding it’s investigations even today. The guy has only been around from January for heavens sake. Let him work… He’s got a clear vision and the necessary exposure to enable him succeed
Vision or fantasy? Underground rail in Zambia??? And what exposure – to academics and aeronautis? Trains run on the gorund not in the sky and Zambia Railway has to run on commercial lines not like a university department.
Underground railway in Zambia? World class rail system in a few years? Fantsay or vision? And what expsoure – to academic departments and aeronautics in the West? How does that qualify him to run a profitable railway in Africa? And his claim that he was earning £2 million a year in UK is complete rubbish so he is a liar too.
Friends, I am sure we can leapfrog some of the “miracles” that we see in the so-called first world. Mistakes have already been made and what we need is to pick what has been primed. Do you know that it has taken Namibia a fairly short time to embrace 4G, Digital TV, etc.? Why? Because they have gone to the head of what is cutting edge and not to the beginnings of communications. The same is true in construction. All over the emerging economic world countries are seeking out smart ways of catching up and even surpassing their first-world counterparts. We CAN have underground railways; why not?
If you asked Kansanshi or Lumwana, how long it will take to excavate say (1.3Km * 50 deep), you will be surprised as that’s nothing. All it takes in a WILL AND ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THAT (Remember, there are a lot of financiers out there looking for bankable projects). YES WE CAN.
Fólks, as Zambians let’s please get into gear of YES WE CAN. let’s for a change have this positive perception about one another than always pulling each other down. Having watched Chirwa on TV last sunday, the guy has a clear vision for the railway sector.
Please take sometime, visit the DRC and Angola for starters, you will have a clear vision of what he wants to do.
yaluma… why are you lying again????, there was NO right procedure which was followed when appointing prof chirwa and the board.. those people were hand picked by dictator sata.. why are you lying?? all you PF people seem to reading from the same ndongo na sundu manual book..
You must stop lying, wake up now and start thinking right.. people have already started seeing through you.. how does UPND lose by less than 1000 votes in kapiri, thats was supposed to a white wash.. 2016 wont be easy unless you change
Iwe naiwe its Dongo na Sundu
Clive spilled the beans that some PF ministers are accommodated there too and it has been hinted that Yaluma is one of them, so I am sure he is trying to cover tracks but unfortunately the lid has been removed from the boiling pot. Real drama pa zed!
Dongo na Sundu MANUAL book. LOL, My foot!
Bwana Yaluma what you are saying is against principles of good Corporate Governance. You appoint a Board first and then the Board appoints the CEO. Try another lie Sir!
The demeanor of Chirwa tells it all. He seemed to have had a problem in respecting authority. It was clear he seemed to think he had the blessing of heaven and earth to do what he very well liked including an attempt to single source his personal company to conduct training of senior mangers. Gravy train indeed. The question is, was he acting alone or on behalf of an invisible hand?
Respecting authority for the sake of protecting your job?! You don’t seem to be principled bwana
Ok Yaluma point taken.Hope this investigation thing is concluded quickly.We have no time to waste.We want our seasoned hard-worker Chirwa back at work sooner than later.He is a men`s man.
Ba Sam Chungu wesu Clive is a mechanical engineer, this is the system that drives locomotive trains. Aeronautics are system that make a plane fly and this is another qualification for this man (Clive). The guy is just a think tank, let us just leave investigators to do their job. Everything is also possible if there is planing, do you know that there is an underground train tunnel between France and UK? iT IS VERY POSSIBLE TO HAVE UNDERGROUND TRAINS IN LUSAKA..THANKS…
Now Chris is lying. The lesser he talks the better. Can you tell us what this laid down procedure for appointing a parastatal chief are? Can you also tell us ideally who should be appointed first – the CEO or the baord? What does it say about the appointing authority when both the board and the CEO prove to be bad for the organisation as has happened in this instance?
well said but am not sure we can afford that level cost of the prof and wheather hes required on full time basis remains another question.PF lets try to do correct things to avoid getting tired without reason.Allow wider consultations.
To those of you busy complaining that the board was appointed after the CEO was already in place, take up the issue with the Constitution Review Commission, or whatever it is they are calling themselves these days. Our president has too many powers. He appoints parastatal CEOs, while the ministers appoint the Boards. How do you expect the CEOs to respect the Boards if their appointing authority has more powers? Our constitution gives unnecessary powers to the President. And people have totally lost the plot on what is wrong in the ZRL saga. It is not that Chirwa is getting KR128,000 per month and KR72,000 in housing allowance, or that he doesn’t respect the board. The issue is with who agreed to his contract, and lax corporate governance in parastatals
Ba sam litole. Who we can have under ground trains in zambia if we want to. It people like u that are hindering progress. Zambia should be moving please
This Govt must be full of incompetent ministers who resort to lies, shamelessly with a straight face, in attempts to cover up their incompetences. Who doesn’t know that Chirwa was appointed before the board? Why have wrangles over his contract if proceedures were followed? It appears the minister is trying to influence the ACC to “rubber stamp” that part, during their reporting into the ongoing investigation?
Some Zambians can’t see that engineers are respected in Europe and USA unlike these use**less lawyers we have who can’t innovate anything.What these called professors in theories want is to share the EURO bond.What have they done in Zambia?Always talking without solutions.!I hate these fa*ke professors who don’t understand what it takes to become an engineer.If we don’t have engineers and IT specialists then this country is doomed.Corruption will continue forever.Lawyers,accountants and economists lack innovations .Therefore a country full with such qualified people will never develop except corruption.This is the reason why Zambians are doing street business.Do these theory professors understand that Railway System can employ millions?Atase bane!!
Fully agreed. Zambia is a talk shop for accountants and Lawyers. Funny that they are actually dictating developmental projects. When some Engineers try to change the status quo, they all rise and bring down any meaningful contribution intended. End result is lack of development, no innovation and the poor gets poorer.
I am Accountant and do not agree with your assertions. I respect engineers because of the extensive mathematical calculations they do.
BUT that in itself is their Misfortune, they get bid headed in thinking everyone is a fool or *****ic if they are not Eng.
I have proved this from interactions with some on a personal and academic levels.
The same attitude is evident in Computer science grads. and Lecturers, complete waste of space.
Maybe engineers should stop calculating mechanical problems and try real human ones.
The fluid problems that have no boundaries,human behaviour.
I am Accountant and do not agree with your assertions. I respect engineers because of the extensive mathematical calculations they do.
BUT that in itself is their Misfortune, they get big headed in thinking everyone is a fool or *****ic if they are not from the intensive mathemamtical problems solving field.
I have proven this from interactions with some on personal and academic levels.
The same attitude is evident in Computer science grads. and Lecturers, brilliant academics but clueless on life.
Maybe engineers should stop calculating mechanical problems and try real human ones.The small marhin of error is enough to render the whole exercise useless.
The fluid problems that have no boundaries,human behaviour.
Why don’t these interviewers ask real questions. Here’s what I’d like to know from Mr. Yaluma:
1) Where was the job advertised?
2) Who else was interviewed?
3) Was there any due diligence to check on Chirwa’s past performance?
4) Why wasn’t the Board of Directors involved in appointing the CEO?
5) Why was a technical engineer chosen instead of a business person?
6) About GRZ’s “vision”, does this still include high-speed bullet trains, underground stations, and monorails in a country with a chronic shortage of electricity?
7) How will users afford these services, why are these more important than basic freight trains?
8) How much public money has been spent on this vision already?
9) What exactly did Yaluma mean when he said “all is well at ZRL” one week ago on Apr 18?
good questions indeed and food for thought for Yaluma, if he can answer them that is…
succinctly put
Who owns this expensive villa? This villa is a set up to drain the govt of funds!
it is a company that makes ‘Bullet’ detergent paste. Crescent Holdings or something like that. They are also big funders of the P.F
So its a scam
Big funders of PF, huh? That sounds about right – there had to be kickbacks involved somehow! Why else would PF…. uh…. I mean GRZ single source the most expensive accommodation in Lusaka for Chirwa and other senior officials?
Perhaps if the ACC weren’t so busy defending its credibility, they might also like to look into this? In he meantime, let’s make this question No. 10 for Mr. Yaluma per the above.
We all know that Prof. Chirwa was appointed by the president and this is the reason our Prof was trying to undermine the board.
SOLUTION: CEOs for parastatals should be appointed by the board and not the president.
How I wish the way the ZR board and CEO have been laid aside to pave way for investigations would have been the same procedure taken when clearing Winter & GBM. The fight against corruption should not be selective. Hon. Winter was not interviewed and was still the Boss of ACC.
ACC should also work independently rather than waiting for instructions from HE MCS
Interesting. Even if the board of directors appointed the CEO, in our ZR saga, the directors would be having lots of sittings and chew the Eurobond fund. There is just something wrong with the way we use public fund. Once the probe by ACC is completed, do not only end up dissolving the board and or dismissing the CEO. Punish them for having stolen public funds. Punish, even a jail term just to teach. It may be deterrant to many other similar parastatal and govt block heads.
@Sam Chungu.
Boyi uli fontini alyapita kusukulu.Let me tell you this poverty you want to sustain in Zambia shall haunt you.I think you are writting this out of frustration since you are not running your home properly.Jealous will not take you anywhere,Let Chirwa get what he is worthy.Its a pity if your father didnt take you to higher studies because he was a watchman and sweeper ku ma indusries.Dont compare Chirwa to fake Zambia proffessors who are negative about building undreground rails.
Don’t hate someone who doesn’t ask you for anything.Get back to school and one day you get more than the petty cash Chirwa was getting as a sucrifice to rebuild mother Zambia.
It annoys me when politicians take us for granted. They think we Zambians are a bunch of f.o.o.ls. Who does not know that procedure was not followed when appointing Chirwa? Is a baby born before its mother? Board of Directors should have been appointed first and then the board should have advertised and interviewed the prospecting CEO and the best person would have been selected – not the other way round especially that ZRL was starting anew. Stop lies please…Politics is NOT A JOKING MATTER. IT is very serious matter because it deals with peoples lives.
If you asked Kansanshi or Lumwana, how long it will take to excavate say (1.3Km * 50 deep), you will be surprised as that’s nothing. All it takes in a WILL AND ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THAT (Remember, there are a lot of financiers out there looking for bankable projects). YES WE CAN.
Fólks, as Zambians let’s please get into gear of YES WE CAN. let’s for a change have this positive perception about one another than always pulling each other down. Having watched Chirwa on TV last sunday, the guy has a clear vision for the railway sector.
Please take sometime, visit the DRC and Angola for starters, you will have a clear vision of what he wants to do.
Do not waste too much time and resources for nothing. Just get the Chinese. I China built TAZARA from nothing to what it became,how can they fail to rehabilitate ZR. Just get them. They will do a better service than the money spending before nothing of substance at all. Surely before a white man just like a Chinese steals he/she will have made profit. Its from the profit that they would pilfer. Not our case, they give you seed for planting, you first chew so much of that seed and still expect to have bumper harvest. That Euro bond fund is like seeds. Do not eat it before it generates anything to boast about. Boasting in eating up capital funds! Educated block heads, indeed.
We can’t even run TAZARA profitably! All we do is keep asking for more and more capital injection. Meanwhile when that very capital comes, the pack of hungry hynas scheme to tears it to pieces and then start asking for more capital injection! What a cracker of thinking skills. In the end the white elephant TAZARA goes down down down to levels of even suspending operations. Black muntu, Mambala. When are we gona change our mental sets?
Zambian Bloggers.
No wonder Chinese employers hack you,you are very Lazy and want to earn more.
From 07;00 a.m.you are just on this page/facebook just talking non sense.
Let me tell you ….you are all counter productive and contribute immensely to the poverty levels in this country. you are stealing from your employers time and resources nowonder your wages dont improve.they know you just lazy around.
why not use this time to talk bussiness with your partners and freinds.Take note of this that,”you are emptying your future at the expense of the present nonsense you are talking about’.its too early start working hard.COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!
you too my man!!!!!!
I agree with you.
Some of us are blogging after work. We work our lungs out and earn a living by working hard. We are blogging condemning, giving advise and provide suggestions. We want those who have been found w anting at ZR to change and work hard and not only scheming how to pilfer from easy money, govt borrowed funds. Thats why we are blogging. Is that clear with you?
@INVESTOR,
The fact that you are monitoring the blogs means there is nothing else you do from 07.00 am except reading blogs. Going by your judgement you are just as guilty.
By the way is it your business to tell what other people should or should not do?
@investor, are you also Zambian?
we eat from our sweat. No single we have requested anything from you hence stop telling us that we dont work. All we need is good governace.
no! we have our mobile phones infact chinese are more addicted to phones than us.we are on these sites because idiiotss like you support the hyenas who are inflicting misery on us.we have to share our piece of minds with our tormentous and their accomplicies
Just incase you didn’t know, professional jobs don’t take up 8 hours of you time everyday. Moreover, their is always coffee breaks or smoke break where you can go to fb. And most importantly people from different countries are posting comments and there is consideration of time difference.
has any one of you head the true story of extracting OIL from grass?ask former president KK.clean the shanties before you can talk of those trains.give clean water through-out the year.this underground train is a pink elephant.
has any one of you head the true story of extracting OIL from grass?ask former president KK.clean the shanties before you can talk of those trains.give clean water through-out the year.this underground train is a pink elephant.this is one way of stealing money.
They used a wrong right procedure to appoint both Clive and the board.
Which comes first, the Board or CEO?
The problem we have found ourselves as a nation is that we are in a ‘Dont Kubeba’ republic. Every source of information from the PF government bears marks of Dont Kubeba syndrome that has become toxic to the nation. Only a few days ago Yaluma told the nation all is well at Zambia railways company in it, Dont Kubeba. Soon afterwards suspensions were leashed out first on the board members after Dont Kubeba them that Chirwa would be fired first that shocked them being dissolved first. Today we are told the appointment of Chirwa as ZRL CEO was done following laid down procedures. In agreement with other bloggers about lies of this government which is now its badge of dishonour. This culture of deceptiveness borne from one region of Zambia need not be a national trade mark of all Zambians.
That good defend your fellow engineer because these people talking are from the street do not understand the terms and conditions of services. How many people getting above $20,000 per month so many especially these foreign employees. who five million kwacha dog allowance too bad.
but zedians lets b serious, how many pipo n zed get a pension of 70million????? may b 2% of de population, the rest z below tht & yet ths z de money ababamukukulu babonfya ukusonkelafye inganda per month. God wl surely punish these chaps. wth my degrees am stl getng KR100. nakulaloleshafye…
@ investor/@ka gero u chaps r wise n yo own eyes. monitoring social media z part of EVERY job discrptn wrldwide ok from whtiehouse, statehouse, #10downstreet, vatcan name it. so dont pretnd 2b de only hard chap on earth. mova, hw do y know tht pipo on ths page frm morng?
@ investor/@ka gero u chaps r wise n yo own eyes. monitoring social media z part of EVERY job discrptn wrldwide ok from whtiehouse, statehouse, #10downstreet, vatcan name it. so dont pretnd 2b de only hardworking chaps on earth. mova, hw do y know tht pipo on ths page frm morng?
We cant argue with you.you just have to admit that you are just wasting your time passing foolish comments on this page.yes we are very wise because time for manna ended with moses who walked with God.What we are saying is your insults on this page will not change anything on this lawless earth ruled by men.Trust yourself and God who can make you have a better life and future.No politician will buy you life and food.
Stop supporting Chirwa. The President is not a fool to have suspended him. It means there is something seriously wrong. Some of you just support anything the PF and its government does even when things are wrong. You are the kind of .i.d.i.o.t.s who are even bringing the reputation of your party down. Do you think Zambians are as s.t.u.p.i.d as yourselves? Just wait and see. Don’t take people for granted.
Ba Yaluma, we are not fools… We know that it is your means of survival to massage Sata’s ego and you are doing it well but don’t take people for granted. We also know that you were languishing in South Africa before Sata offered you a job but you are not good at it. No wonder you have been moved from one ministry to another within a short period of time. Your time of reckoning will come. As for Chirwa, Bolton is a low class UK university, only a desperate person would include his ‘Who is Who’ entry into is ‘Celebrated Victories’ (CV).
I keep my peace… 🙂
Chi Yaluma leka ubufi, who interviewed Chirwa and how many people were on the panel apart from UKWA himself appointing Chirwa through a telephone call? Secondly what experience are you talking about, when Chirwa him self admitted on Muvi-TV that he had NO experience running a parastatal company what so ever, Chirwa admitted that he is only an Academician at Bolton University teaching mechanical engeering without experience of managing a company. This PF government should stop taking Zambian people for a ride, we are tired of listening to lies all the time, incompetent Kaponya governement for real.
Quit this whole hullabaloo, just get the Chinese to rehab this line, after all they have the expertise and money…Chirwa can be appointed PF Secretary General!!!
I’ve always stated that Yaluma is too incompetent surely we deserve a better individual heading a ministry that has Energy, Transport and Communications Depts. He is what one terms as an “educated f$%l” and he will lie without any shame to his audience like they are kids…when are the Zambians going to wake up. The whole bloated cabinet is full of deadwood.
Just to refresh the mind of those who doubt Zambia building underground railway line in Lusaka.Remember STATE HOUSE TUNNELS WHICH Chiluba showed to the outside world?the technology is the same.ACTUALLY, the State house tunnels are more than 3 km from state house to some mountain in Lusaka.ask any body in lusaka if the show or heard the construction being done .nil. leave mr Chirwa alone.please give him phase one of his plan and prove him wrong.i believe within 7 months the BLIND WILL SEE.
I don’t know why I’m taking time to reason with you, but the technology is not the same at all. Being able to dig a 3km escape tunnel so KK could flee a coup or drag his opponents off for a bit of torture in the country and constructing significantly larger tunnels with proper ventilation, drainage, emergency exits, fire suppression, fail-safe power supply, etc. that are safe enough to handle electric trains with thousands of passengers on board, day in day out, are two completely different things! In truth, there is no secret to how to construct an underground train system or even how to maintain such a thing. That part is easy! The challenge is being able to afford such a project and justify the cost!
I doubt we have opposition in this country surely these liars renting homes for that much and people can’t talk . But pf watch out kapiri is a clear warning we are fed up with u criminals.
The mmd was kicked out for not listening to the people. What i see with pf is even worse. Apart from being deaf, they are also very arrogant.
@ the reality train,
the acknowledged is the same agreeable.yes the cost will be big.that is why Clive has put it in phase 2. Allow him phase 1 and prove him wrong.After all ,he needs only
1500 metres x 700 metres .clive is the only courageous engineer in ZAMBIA.
Thanks, but you don’t need to build something to see that it can be built or that it doesn’t make economic sense to begin with. If Clive is so “courageous” why did he refuse to run the numbers and do a feasibility analysis? Because he is in a hurry? Sorry, but where have I heard that line before and, believe me, when you are in a hurry you make mistakes! This is why many people are calling Clive an international conman! Yes, progress requires risk but would you rather mortgage your grandchildren’s future with debt to have a ego-fueled train project or spend more realistic amounts on schools, clinics, etc? Or, if you want to solve the problem of traffic congestion (which is real and serious) why not try and re-introduce full size city buses? This is what govt needs to answer.
Prof Chirwa was deliberately recruited to be used,then fired so as to diminish his presidential ambition.Sata is clever.
What we want to hear is the position of govt over the 25pc Chirwa is claiming to have been part of the contract and the implementation of the project without a feasibility study.
The appointing authority for the ZR chief must be very conceipted. Are we back to the days of Kaunda and ZIMCO? The job of determining the man’s qualifications should have been delegated to a professional entity. It must now be embarassing to the government of the day that such a crucial decision was made purely on political grounds.
Did Government follow right procedure when appointing shady ZCCM-IH chairman Willa Mung’Omba ??
After Chirwa, ZCCM-IH chairman MungOmba is the next on the list !!!
@Reality Train. What you have presented makes sense to me. If I may know, are you an engineer? If the answer is “Yes”, what time frame would you assign to renovate the sectors Luanshya-Ndola, Chingola-Ndola, and Mufulira-Ndola? If possible work on the Ndola-Kapiri Mposhi sector as well. Extend the discussion further by itemizing reaources and materials needed to get the job done. We need to discuss these matters.
@Reality Train. What you have presented makes sense to me. If I may know, are you an engineer? If the answer is “Yes”, what time frame would you assign to renovate the sectors Luanshya-Ndola, Chingola-Ndola, and Mufulira-Ndola? If possible work on the Ndola-Kapiri Mposhi sector as well. Extend the discussion further by itemizing reaources and materials needed to get the job done. We need to discuss these matters.
@Reality Train. You have said makes sense. Are you an engineer? What do you think is a reasonable time frame to rehabilitate the sector Luanshya-Ndola, Chingola-Ndola, Mufulira-Ndola, and Ndola-Kapiri Mposhi? To make the discussion interesting, itemize the needed resources as regards workers, machinery, materials, etc. I am sure this is the kind of stuff we should be discussing in addition to what you have already presented. Zambia has people such as you to make things happen if the leadership is willing to listen and adopt suggestions presented.
@Reality train, et al, listening Professor Chirwa on Muvi and ZNBC tv a few days ago, he said his underground train plan is to cover a distance between the Lusaka flyovers (@ Kabwe and Kafue roundabouts). His initial logic is to free that piece of land ON earth for other business ventures. This is how the Metro train system is configured and operating, for instance, in the Washington, DC area (around The Mall and yonder) and beyond. Professor Chirwa needs to first come up with results/numbers derived from a feasibilibity study to support the ZR side of things.
@DEVELOPER, starting on a lighter note, GRZ or ZR would need to pay good dollar or rebased Kwacha to get Reality Train to invest in that consultancy. It’s not a blog issue. Suffice to add, on a serious note, that there are Zambians out there, Reality train not excluded, who can draw up a business plan in collabotion with Professor Chirwa and his ZR team and GRZ wingers. Let’s not limit ourselves!
@ REALITY TRAIN,
I LOVE YOUR LINE OF DEBATE NOW,I HAND YOU OVER TO @DEVELOPER AND @Uniqeo for now as I do my project managment assignment for now.i will be back at 17:00