Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) leader Edith Nawakwi has observed that the Zambian people are hurting following government’s decision to removal subsidies on fuel and maize.
Ms Nawakwi says by removing the subsidies, government has decided to make the Zambian people shoulder the burden of the gaps in the 2013 budget which have arisen as a result of unplanned expenditure such as on the by-elections.
She says the PF government should not pretend by telling the Zambian people that the money from the subsidies will be channeled to roads and health infrastructure development when it will go towards covering up the holes in the budget.
Ms Nawakwi adds that the Ministers who have been deployed to explain the removal of the subsidies do not even understand the issue.
She further states that all the promises that the PF made to the Zambian people of lower taxes and lower commodity prices among others have proved to have been acts of deception.
Ms Nawakwi says the PF government has breached its partnership with the Zambian people by failing to fulfill the promises made to the Zambian people.
She says the PF should go back to the Zambian people and prove that they have not been deceived with unrealistic campaign promises.
The FDD leader was speaking on Radio Phoenix’s Let The People Talk this morning monitored by QFM News.
efyo mayo wesu ala nifyo fine
dont take her seriously,******
every person born of a woman will respect women no matter their political affiliation, imagine someone calling your own mother that.
Nawakwi you have freedom to express yourself, in as much as i may oppose your opinion, i give you respect and probably i would fancy a woman for president 2016.
is nawakwi your mother iwe geff? if so am sorry.
1991 she was 32 years old. I remember with Dipark patel, Levy, Sikotas , Chris-tone Tembo, Simon Zukas, Elias Chipimo, Andrew Kachita, Kasondes, FTJ himself and Desai and that was the day Sata joined MMD at the last minute. The Rally which was heavy attended behind show grounds. She was a beautiful girl-Nawaki. We still support you. you people do not insult people. Nevers was preaching, Zambia shall be saved. the Victory Ministries. We were proper youth and not cadres
we are going to call HH to deal with you. you have forgotten about him so fast.
Another cheap alarmist.You can do better mrs Hambulo.
Nawakwi is telling the truth.. as it is
Hope you are blessed mama. My worry is for the politician to have solutions when out of Government. lilya mwali ba fanance minister, you never budgeted for the us peasant farmers to be given subsidised fertilizer. At that time you could manage to budget for slash fund to the tune of 150 Billion kwacha old currency and yet when magande and levy came into office, they used the same amount to purchase fertilizer for the peasant farmers. My job demands a lot of travelling, i have seen the hardship of the peaple in rural areas. A rural child has to walk for two to three hours to reach school or hospital and you expect them to compete with the urban child to enter university. Can you wake up and see the big picture my fellow country men. Sometimes we criticise too early. We did that to…
thumbs up boyi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
forget about people like her she is looking for simpathy, lets us move on
Am disappointed with this woman. How can she betray Zambians like this on the Subsidies? Why is she not honesty even after she was in the govt before?
Respect her views but I think she is not being honest with herself! This “problem” of hole in the Budget has not just happened under PF. It has been there for decades. However, no President until now has had the “guts” to plug it! We need to stop politicking for once and make real suggestions for this Country to go ahead. Yes, if they do not use the funds properly they will be out faster than they came in. Subsidies can not continue the way they have been handled. We do not have the money. She is an example of failing to do the necessary when given the chance and realizing too late. As Zambians we should begin not to think just of the here and now but to start thinking what do I sacrifice now so that the future is safe and bright.
When highways, universities (ten or so!), schools, electric connectivity, electric generation and hospitals are functional, then Nwakwi’s apology would be not appropriate. It will be mandatory.
Zambians have been hurt long before subsidies iwe Edi and the pain was compounded when you were in MMD so shut the he.ll up.
@nubian Priness
You will never come close nawakwi`s level in a million years. Nakwakwi telling the truth as things are on the ground…
Next time you throw critisize first think ,, this is not dish washing the job you are doing there in USA.. this is about people`s lives , already 18000 people on kilwa island are starvating to death because of stupidity!!!
kupusa iwe kaboi!! ala!!!
Iwe ka ndobo stop spilling ubusushi apa ! Why going personal ? You don`t even know her.Last time i checked you were complaining about people who think most of the zambians in the diapora do dirty jobs.What has happened today for you to link Nubian with a dish washing job ? Use your artist senses properly.Basop.
@saulosi
look here my boy… some of these topics can get personal,,, 18000 kilwa are dying because of financial stupid.ity….. look Nawakwi, she has nothing to lose or gain out this… she is just being honest for the love of zambia, saying it as it is.., she has stood with PF before when they have gotten it right and now she is offering PF timely free of charge advice with NO malice, why should she be attacked by this educated PhD nabian labia…
Nawakwi is not a cadre and i expected nabian to see things above cadre level too.. besides she is women why shot down a fellow women with some dish washing attack… thats why the outbast!!!!
@Ndobo, what is wrong with being a dishwasher? You have to respect any working person no matter their job because collectively working people keep the economy rolling.
Your kind of maggot mentality has kept Zambia stagnant. You must have been raised in an abusive home which explains your disrespect for other bloggers. Get a job and therapy.
@nabian princess
cease fire!,,, i hold back my right to fire back!
tell them Ndobo
these PF thugs think removing subsidies is a good
thing . now these politicians will benefit big time while
poor people go hungry,we have sacrificed in the past
only to experience extreme poverty
IT WILL GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER – EVERY SUCCESSFUL PERSON KNOWS THAT. JUST LIKE IN A HOME IF YOU WANT SOMETHING GOOD YOU’VE NEVER HAD BEFORE YOU NEED TO SACRIFICE A LITTLE.
she has sobered up
Edith mama I agree with you 100 percent.Its a very good observation which PF should take serious.Dobo thumbs up.
FDD President Nawakwi is very very correct on subsidies.It is just a tactful way to hoodwink Zambians that this govt cares.The budget is BURST!!! We sacrificed during chiluba ,remember the wage freeze, HIPC completion point etc. We want also our leaders to slash their salaries as a way of sacrificing together with us.
Mama Eddy we need you in statehouse ama guys bufi!bufi!!! bwachilamo. Mwalundapo na 65 years retirement please lekeni abana na beshikulu besu nabo basangeko inchito.
Imwe mwe bena Zambia tuletemwana, us peasant farmers never benefited kuli subsidy yabunga. Urban forks are not more Zambian than us in rural areas. Let us share the cake equally. Naifwe tulefwaya ama schools mupepi na ma hospitals. If the Government fails to deliver the purpose of removing the subsidy, lyena tukafulwa naifwe.
Elyo chimbi, we want the new constitution to be in place as soon as possible in order to address the issue of spending our money on by- elections, chachilamo!!!!!
what u moderating when you had failed before. I do not insult. I am above board LT
We have seen people talking loudest and contribute positively in favour of the poor when they are not yet part of the system or after leaving office. So in short Am saying easier said than done.
Zambians please let go of this issue (subsidies). Lets move on.
For you madam Nawakwi…………….Zambians have been hurting for many, many years.