Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema says the successful holding of Sunday’s Mandevu rally has broken the back of the Public Order Act.
Mr. Hichilema said the UPND has managed to successfully protect and safeguard the country’s democracy following the holding of the rally at Mutende grounds in Mandevu.
“We have broken the back of Public Order Act. All political parties are now free to hold rallies. Don’t be afraid to go ahead and organise rallies. The UPND has restored our freedoms as a people,” Mr Hichilema told a cheering crowd.
He said the fore fathers fought hard for democracy and that they should be emulated.
“We now have a duty to deliver economic and social freedom. Our freedom fighters were not afraid to fight. Let’s take out our fear factor so that UPND can win the next election and liberate this country economically and socially.”
Mr Hichilema who catalogued a number of national issues on which the PF has allegedly failed to deliver said the UPND deserves a chance to govern Zambia.
“All opposition parties should unite around the UPND. Our friends in the MMD should rest, they had 20 years to rule this country, we love them but they should give us a chance. The PF has failed and the UPND is the obvious choice,” Mr Hichilema stated.
He encouraged UPND members to encourage and embrace new members.
“UPND is not Hakainde. UPND is not Canisius Banda or Kapita. Kapita this is not your party, it os the people’s party. Let’s welcome all new members as we built a strong party.”
On governance, Mr Hichilema charged that the PF has failed to govern the country using sound governance principles and the rule of law.
“Mr Sata said he will use the Ten Commandments to govern this country but looking at the way this country is going, we don’t know which Bible he reads.”
He also condemned the manner in which the PF government is “brutalizing” former President Rupiah Banda.
“Mr Sata, please leave RB alone. Allow him to enjoy his retirement. Stop brutalizing Mr Banda. We promise we will not brutalize you when you leave that office. We will take care of you and other former Presidents,” Mr Hichilema stated.
The UPND President also demanded that the Anti-Corruption Commission takes up allegations by Vice President Guy Scott and Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba that some senior PF government officials are corrupt.
“This is the man who told us that he is allergic to corruption, we want the ACC to step in and investigate the confirmations from Guy Scott and Kabimba, we believe a white man does not tell lies so the ACC should act quickly on these allegations,” he said.
Mr Hichilema also demanded that President Sata’s government releases all the 84 Barotse detainees including former Ngambela Clement Sinyinda.
“This man (Sata) has arrested and ill-treated more Liyungandambos than Mr Banda ever did. You have arrested Hon. Sinyinda for performing his duties. Hon Sinyinda called the Barotse National Council in his official role as Ngambela and you arrested him for treason. Please Mr Sata, release these innocent people forthwith.”
Mr Hichilema said the UPND will use the Barotseland agreement of 1964 which he called a legal document as a basis of devolution of power across the country.
He said the UPND will never interfere in the traditional affairs of the Royal Establishments.
“We will respect the BREW, we will respect Mwine Lubemba and all traditional leaders because we treat them as partners in development,” he said.
Mr Hichilema reiterated that the PF government’s decision to remove fuel and maize subsidies has thrown more Zambians into poverty.
“The cost of living has gone up, bus fare have gone up the price of cement has gone up, food and other essential commodities’ have also gone up.”
Mr Hichilema stated that the UPND will restore fuel and maize subsidies once voted into power.
“We will bring back these subsidies as a way of reducing the cost of living. We will also offer free education to all Zambian children. We will pay pensioners their dues within reasonable time.”
He said Zambia is such a blessed nation and its citizens do not deserve to be suffering the way they do.
“Let me speak to you as a business person. We have a beautiful country. Zambia is a highly blessed country. We have a small population but plenty of natural resources. We are poor because of bad leadership, vote for UPND, vote for economic and social freedom,” he said.
Other speakers at the rally included the party’s two Vice President’s Canisius Banda and Richard Kapita, former Deputy Speaker Mutale Nalumango and other provincial leaders.
Political activist Dante Saunders and a horde of bus drivers endorsed Mr Hichilema as their preferred candidate in the next general election.
At the same rally, youthful politician James Lukuku dissolved his own political party to back the UPND whole renowned Musician Petersen performed the famous anti PF song Bufi.
This size of a crowd cannot win him presidency in 2016.
Likely would-be attendees stayed away for fear of potential attack by PF cadres.
Read from Tumfweko. They have reported correctly
Its just the beginning. People are still afraid of violent PF cadres. The next will be a mass mover.
The Public Order Act should be used as a political weapon. UPND can simply not be the next Government. We shall prevail, a TSUNAMI is coming and we shall reclaim and govern Zambia for the enrichment and prosperity of the Zambian people.
‘we believe a white man does not tell lies’! The implications of this statement!!
@Wimu, it is interesting how you can predict an electoral victory based on attendance numbers at one rally and in one corner of the country. It would interesting to know what algorithm you used. An election is won through number of votes cast in one’s favour not by how many people attended your rallies.
@Ulemo
I agree. The statement about white man and lies is unnecessary and misplaced and can be interpreted negatively on many fronts.
1. He believes whites don’t tell lies whereas blacks do.
2. He lacks the diplomacy know-how needed in a highly placed official who would be dealing with whites on an international basis
3. There would be a “white issue” a la Mugabe.
Analyze everything, even when you are a supporter.
(I’m ready for the expected flaming from those that only reason on political lines)
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@Wimu,
You sound worried already, you know the revolution is on in full force.
its not the size that matters but the vote that counts.
good speech.next should be c/belt
What speech? Talk is cheap!
There is nothing he talked about. HH has no leadership qualities. He should try farming.
“We will bring back these subsidies as a way of reducing the cost of living. We will also offer free education to all Zambian children. We will pay pensioners their dues within reasonable time.” Crap ! Even developed countries are running away from subsidies and free education.Damn i thought he would say something more practical and sensible. Yaba !!!!
Saulosi..spot on!!…subsidies,free education..those are federal politics,was expecting mr HH to say something different him being an educated man…anyway,there is still time to get to elections,maybe mr HH will win my vote before that…but I expect him to give us proper economic outlook,we ddnt pay attention to that aspect wen pf was campaigning…and we all kno the story!!..pliz sir unforme us in how you will finance all those big plans you have for our lovely country so we can reason together…Yhank you
@Cleo…spot on.Atleast thats what we expected from an educated man.If rich countries like Sweden are running away from free education then why should a developing country like Zambia with a bad health system and poor scientific research do the opposite ? And somebody told me that he studied economics.I expect better from a “learned” man and not politics to appease the gullible minds.
@soulosi
imwe bali ku unza ya kubulaya..firstly you cant compare zambian economy with developed countries,,
And there are alot of `other ways` which develop countries subsidizes life of their people.. look a the salary stuctures of workers in zambia and those in developed countries.. eg compare a medical nurse`s salary in zambia and that of the same in UK, Norway, sweden or anyother developed country.. cleaner in zambia and a cleaner in UK..
I know for a fact here in sweden.. the swedish govt pays out their unemployed youths through social welfare and they have alot schemes which promoted skils development.. so yes no need for subsidies but Zambia needs abit if not alot of subsidies to make life normal..
you are future experts please soulosi!!!
@soulosi
what are talking about?? sweden running away from free education??… am in sweden myself.. let me tell that there is free education here!! and sweden is not running away from it!!!
@Saulosi @Cleo
Which developed countries have completely abolished subsidies? I know for sure that the European Union still maintains the common agriculture policy (CAP) which allows farmers to receive various types of subsidies in all member countries of th EU. As for Cleo I do not understand what he talking about federal politics. Is he referring to devolution of power?
@cleo and @ saulosi
I think you guys are misinformed about what exactly is happening in the western world.
To begin with, subsidies are still prevalent in the western world. Here in the UK, and the rest of Europe they have rebranded subsidies and called them social benefits where the those not in employment and those on low income are given subsidised housing and money to help them afford a decent standard of living. The supermarkets are encouraged to sell low cost shop branded goods to cater for the low income groups. For example you would find ASDA bread for 48p, and branded bread at £1.60.
Zambia does not have the capacity to implement such programmes because the system for assessing social benefit eligible people would cost the government more than implementing subsidies.
@Ndobo i also studied in Sweden for a full semester so i know what i`m talking about.The fact that students gets loans which they must pay back is an indirect way of not offering free education unlike in Zambia where university students gets bursaries and they are not required to pay back.They now charge a lot for foreign students too unlike in the previous years.Social welfare is a different story ,no wonder the Scandinavian social welfare is the best in the world and thats beside the point here@Melvin…subsidies in the European unions have only been maitained to a limited extent not where subsidies take a big chunk of of th resources.Government used to spend US$200 million annually on maize subsidies alone and can you imagine how many hospitals and roads could be build from this amount?
When it comes to education, here in the UK for example education is absolutely free. The parents only buy uniforms. The books and all other school requirement are provided by the schools. The uniforms for children from poor backgrounds are bought by parents using the child benefit given by the government. If you talk about Sweden, it is slightly different there because the government guarantees every one a job where by the lowest pay is a 20% of what the CEO gets. They follow a proportional pay structure. Sweden strives to make sure that every able bodied person receives a decent wage to afford school fees. How ever those who are physically challenged are still subsidised by the state.
So in Zambia we need a different approach to help the poor. Thats why subsidies are still important.
You are right.HH has now come to realise that the only way he is going to survive in the political arena is to start telling lies.UPND will never rule our country for as long as HH remains the party president.I wouldn’t be surprised to wake up one day and see UPND youths carrying mock coffins of HH starting from Mazabuka up to Livingstone where he rules as a shadow president.
First world are running away because the masses can afford. You first improve the economy and peoples income and then remove subsidees. You dont remove subsidees in order to fund a useless constitutional making process, stupid byelections, massive corruption etc.
When it comes to agricultural policies, are you aware that here in Europe farmers receive payments from the EU fund for just looking after the land where farming is not profitable? In France and the USA farmers still enjoy government subsidies. For example if a farmer produces large quantities of crop and can not sell because the market is saturated ,the government reimburses the farmer production costs. Besides, in the western world every land owner was granted a title deed to enable them to borrow from the banks using their land as collateral in order to finance their agricultural needs. If Zambia can make sure that every small farmer is granted title deeds for their pieces of land to use as collateral for bank loans,then the government can stop subsidising them.
Where government spends US$200 million annually on maize subsidies alone and 754 million rebased kwacha (2012) on fuel subsidies alone while Hospitals,schools and roads are lacking?
@soulosi
just for interest sake which unza and in whch town in sweden??
I think the word you forgot is affordable….. yes student get affordable loans which can easily be paid back….UNHEARD!!! of in Zambia.. from kindergarden to high school education it is absolutely free.. and alot of skills courses offered through a arbeförmedlingen are FREE!!..my children get quality free education,, in Zambia i would have to pay for same “ quality education“!! so countires like sweden donot need subsidies because they subsidizes the way of life of their people in other ways
… Bottomline my point to you is that you cant use the same reason which Sweden uses to `do away` with subsidies on Zambia… not possible!!!
@saulosi@cleo@ndobo@melvin@wanzelu@haleisa haleisa
you guys you are debating sensibly and from the way you are articulating issues someone can tel that you people are actually learned and with your contributions and arguments we can go a long way and build a better Zambia. But i totally disagree wit 3.7@kk kwati chimufana indeed to me he sounds like chimufana.who are you to say upnd will never rule are you God or are you Zambia?see sense in what other people say don’t just utter words that are not correct on tribal lines.debate wisely.
@saulosi
You need to dig deeper to understand how the IMF hoodwinks Africans believe that in the Western world there no subsidies. They just play with words. You are worried about $200 milion, compare that to £20 billion given out by the EU for agricultural subsidies. If Kabimba did not steal that $250 million during Trafigura oil deal in which he charged government $500 million instead of $250million, Zambia would have been in a position to finance some subsidies with that amount. Unfortunately that money went into two people’s pockets ,Sata and Kabimba.
@saulosi@cleo@ndobo@melvin@wanzelu@haleisa haleisa
you guys you are debating sensibly and from the way you are articulating issues someone can tel that you people are actually learned and with your contributions and arguments we can go a long way and build a better Zambia. But i totally disagree wit 3.7@kk kwati chimufana indeed to me he sounds like chimufana.who are you to say upnd will never rule are you God or are you Zambia?see sense in what other people say don’t just utter words that are not correct on tribal lines.debate wisely.
@ saulosi
You seem not to have any grasp of how PF is mismanaging Zambia’s economy. You gave an example where the $200 million would be put to better use,like Hospitals, and Education. PF has removed the subsidies now ,but why is there critical shortage of medicines in hospitals? , a thing that never happened in MMD despite them spending $200 million on subsidies. Why are some projects on hold for lack of funding if the subsidy money has been channelled to fund such projects? Now the PF has hatched another plan to win IMF support by introducing a range taxes such as toll roads and sports levy .
I think you are buying too much into the PF “DONCHI KUBEBA ” lies. Sit back and relax then begin to analyse the facts piece by piece. This will help you improve your objectivity when…
ok,people,in as much as we debate on the issue of subsidies,which am strongly against,..we must also look forward and debate to an extente that some sensible politician can talk of abolishign the contituency developement fund CDF,these funds are so misdirected and are killing the operations for our local councils!!…I believe the CDF must be abolished and the money should be redirected to local councils so we can have a clear road map fpr our cities and townships….on the subject of subsidies,there are better ways of empowerring our citiezens and famers!!..take time to look at how Brazil,India and China are feeding there enoumours population(s) effectively.
What a moron and biggest liar you are!! Which developed country does have subsidies! Talk of the EU – how much do farmers get in subsidies! Unemployed people in UK get £145 per wekk on top of free housing and fuel – are those not subsidies? Where do you get those crazy ideas of no subsidies in developed countries! For sure you have never lived there BUT that is where I live and I am speaking from experience!
America the richest nation on the planet subsides its agriculture so what are you talking about get real don’t be illogical in your thinking.
Saulosi you are the one who is crap because you don’t know what you are talking about. You see how dull you are! Which developed countries are running away from subsidies? Keep your mouth shut. You really sound like a typical primitive traditional sangoma from Chatulika village.
developed countries are running away from subsidies. y should we stick to them
Let me go through the speech again which looks to me as below my expectations already.
ce n’est pas le discours ci-dessous à vos attentes, il vous est en dessous
Nous ne comprend pas. Parlez vous L’Anglais?
(We don’t understand. Do you speak English?)
Surely one can not determine a win or lose just over a single rally and in one constituency, and for that matter not even the whole constituency when Zambia is a country with ten provinces now and 150 constituencies.
He (HH) just needs to work on his and give people a lot more convincing developmental ideas he has for Zambia unlike @chimufana’s say that HH will never rule Zambia. Did you know who would be the president today ten years ago? Or tell us who would be the next President in Zambia after 20yrs from today sice you claim to know the future
Somebody was praying that it flops! Well power belongs to the people for sure.
Tumfweko you have flopped. PF line paper.
maybe you have complied to the requirements sir
1. Same old old talk, talk, talk and personal attack.
2. Everything that the UPND leader said is common knowledge to 90% of Zambians.
3. Please note: UPND held the rally unfortunately at the mercy of the police who gave them a permit (sad though that police has so much power), hence HH should not say UPND has brought freedom so that opposition parties can hold rallies.
4. Probably people went to attend only because they have missed a political rally.
YOU will soon be shocked my dear,am not tonga but he is the man of substance and the only one to clean up the mess.WATCH HIM better face reality.The problem with us bembas is we feel we are superior and no one can do better than us, that is wrong we need this educated man and not our own recycled people.
HH wants all parties to rally around UPND and that MMD which has more MPs than him should give him a chance!! HH if you are popular as your supporters think you will still win, with or without MMD.
As of today, the 2016 elections will be between UPND and MMD, unless another force come on the stage. You should be asking PF (your old ally in the failed alliance) to give you a chance. Otherwise well done!
some 1diots commenting above can not see sense in what HH is saying because they are filled with hate and envy. just swallow your pride and acknowledge that some of the pronouncements are progressive. ati ‘crap’ what is not crap? borrowing money to pay civil servants salaries? crap. muletontonkanya bane
HH caution your people to make the right symbol of UPND, NOT that NAZI salute many are making.
In the Zambian context, we don’t subscribe to that limitation. Nonsense.
What you know as the “Nazi salute” was in actual fact originally a Roman army salute to the Roman Emperor but like many ancient Roman rituals was hijacked by the Nazis. Interesting enough you will also find it in far east national socialist regiments like Korea or China.
@Jungle Boy, my comment does not indicate that i have anything for or against Nazi, nor does the comment suggest bringing nazi concepts into Zambian context. Mine was just a caution to some UPND supporters to show correctly the symbol for UPND party.
@Nine Chale, vielen Dank für Ihre Aufklärung!
Try CB, Luapula and Northern Provinces next.
The photo spoke volumes – more than 60% did not raise the Nazi UPND salute at that rally.
Those places u have mentioned remind me of the evil nazi empire. You are such a tribalistic begoat
just nurse your ulcers you bastaard,this picture has realy given you a sucker punch.more to fllow.Haleisa Haleisa 2016
We await a party manifesto and strategies for economic and social development. Right now, he is right in issuing rally-cries to garner support at the grass-roots.
But we WILL demand more comprehensive answers.
HH and his UPND party have delivered the twin babies called true democracy and rule of law.
This was a good day for our young democracy. Peaceful political assembly. May there be many more days like this!
the speech was good except for two points(1)this is not the right time for upnd to attack mmd.hh must realise that he needs mmd for now.let their enermy number one be pf(2)though i dont listen to zed music for it is childish, petersen being a national singer must not asociat himself with any political party.yes he can sing ubufi like donchi kubeba by dandy,but surely not at a rally.maybe a live show concert at namakau would do.
And why at namakau? Is it becos my mulamu owns it and he is on the boat carrying bufi message? U are right in either way. Its ur thot line. Zengazega is free and their is no code broken. He got paid above it all.
He is Lozi. What do you expect.
HH. Thank you. You are a man indeed from the new generation. We love you. May God grant you favour and protection.
Ok, if UPND is not HH, Lets have a FREE and FAIR internal election in the Party where real people would stand against you Mr. President, anybody from anytribe (hint: Your words, only a Tonga could replace Mazoka).
Much better than your govt of muchingans, for muchingans, but voted by all.
HH is not talking much about the PF internal squabbles because he is sure that will happen in his party. The guy is so greedy he only wants to run UPND like his business.
The tone in the speech says it all ati “All the opposition parties should unit around UPND” mmm baba,Zambia is a democratic country and MMD is bigger than UPND.Why the selfishness? This is the reason why HH has and will have a problem winning an election,he is too self centered.AKM was never like this,hence the success that UPND was under him,but with HH at the helm,all i can say is tiugh luck.
There is no selfishness in that speech and esp the part of speech u interested into. He recommended the parties and humbly asked MMD to let them also rule because they had their chance. Insansa quakana.
UPND is the best party for Zambia at the moment. I dont see any other. MMD is fatiqued, PF are i.d.i.o.t.s and illiterates and running government is too much, and the rest are micky mouse parties!
Man b realistic about Borotse r u ready to allow Barotse to b independent n which area will u Rule!
Barotse Agreement incorporates Western Province into the rest of Zambia. HH clearly said he will use it as a model to devolve power in all the provinces.
Typcial Hunder Hive….Even if you a hundred of rallies HH & his UPND Muppets together with SDA fanatics will never win in 2016/21 1st century …..Mark my words..
Baba the train is unstoppable. PF has failed in all areas. Mmd is a party of yesterday and can never come back to power, we still remember how they mismanaged zambia. Others are just fishing. Upnd is the only alternative. Even mmembe has started dismantling the pf in his editorials day after day. The cartel has been poured cold water and confused and still figuring out what has hit them. Without the cartel pf is just a bemba party without the support of bashilubemba. Its caput, said simply.
Iwe the same said about Sata. Where is he today?
dont involve the SDA church in your hate speech..just becoz you hate a certain tribe makes you blind to the reality that the SDA church is global with headquarters in USA
Must you parachute the tribal sentiments at every turn? It’s monumentally become a bore !!! Address real issues for once!!!
Whatever your comments are; the good thing is that a Rally has been held. This is the democracy we brought back in 1991 and which pf was trying to kill using the zambia police and the cadres. this rally was successful because the cadres are divided and if one group attacked the rally, the other group would fight them. The police also entangled themselves by issuing a permit to cdres to march to state house and in the main town lusaka to inconvinience the public. All inall the pf and its police are now learning democracy the hard way. HH well done move arround the country
Celebrating the successful hunt of an elephant with only a rabbit in the hand….
Now you see that HH can not deliver he has no message. PF has a string message more money in our pockets don’t kubeba period.HH has exposed him self he can not see development no external force has put pressure on Zambia and the enemies of the State are worried PF is on the right track .Tell me from that speach man who wants rule of to prevail assume the law of the court
@cage the crooks
mule ikalafye limo naimwe ba cage you cant compare that speech with strings of lies from the father of lies.more money in whose pockets?maybe your pockets from corruption and if i may ask you what donchi kubeba means i suppose you don’t even know what it means.it is just a meaningless term to the wise and a heroes term to the dull.
You are right HH has no story to tell. He has no direction for this nation. He can not make a good politician. He has a lot to learn. He is too fast for nothing. Best to vote for a frog than to vote for HH.
Donchi Kubeba means if any politician corrupts you, receive the items being used to bribe you but vote with your own conviction, hence don’t tell them who you will vote for is synonymous with ‘Donchi Kubeba’. This was appropriate due to high levels of electrol corruption during the MMD.
continue with the same attitude HH embrace your enemies and bring them closer only God alone wil judge them.Just do your thing.nice speech free of insults.
@dingi that more money in your pocket election strategy for PF worked and they intend to put more money in everyone’s pocket but yours for being so negative.put on your seat belt until 2016.
What was spoken at the rally is not for me to judge.
The good part of all this is that finally democracy has bin restored.
The winner in the rat race is mother zambia and all peace lovers.
Aluta continua.
time for real change is now..viva HH
What change can HH begin. A tonga can not be a leader especially as a president.
@dingi that more money in your pocket election strategy for PF worked and they intend to put more money in everyone’s pocket but yours for being so negative.put on your seat belt until 2016.
Economies and policies are often cast in a stone and to change them requires unwinding the policies and stratergies in fiscal and monitory policy of the previous reshime.You cannot unwind sudsidies when key economic indicators are showing that in time of budget deficit policies applicable are these without stifling and hurting other sectors of the economy.
That is why adherence to national economic plans should be a preserve of civil servants and politicians should looked at with highest scrutiny knowing fully the stage and direction of the economies and the regions as a whole. Its good that constructive alternative is give but its must be what is feasible given the current and the future.
@johnthanmhango
I beg to differ with you on this one. The current budget deficit Zambia has is as result of the PF’s reckless spending. If they can stop wasting money on the bloated government wage bill ,bribing opposition MP and inducing bye- elections that deficit can be reduced to Mwanawasa levels. What has even made the situation worse is the crookedness of some top PF officials who award them selves government contracts and inflate the costs such that the government ends up paying three times the actual project costs or goods. A good example is GBM. He has taken all military supply contracts and is charging the government extortionate amounts.All military procurements of bullets ,guns and machinery are supplied by GBM as the middle man. He is just one of the many PF crooks.
YAWN
Good speech, but avoid attacking fellow opposition members , as of now you need each other. Hope MMD will understand and appreciate and take no offence.
@saulosi
You have missed a point, in UK All eligible students are given loans through student finance England which are paid back when one starts work. Not the barsaries which are given on Wako ni Wako.
HH continue with this type of courage. PF is at its weakest with its failure to overcome its internal divisions. I however advise you to unite with MMD in order to stand a chance of defeating pf. Learn from you previous defeats please.
Politics is all about telling the pipo the truth pf campaigned on total lies hence too much corruption,landgrabing and economic mismanagement. A gud leader cannot rule by dont kubeba then a turncoat. Viva HH well done!
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Good evening
Yes, Zambia is beautiful and highly blessed with plenty natural resources. We are poor because we were oppressed and robbed of our resources. In fact, our country continues to be subject to economic oppression by western powers.
But people are tired of listening to the same songs. What they need are genuine leaders that will not make more noise but take full ownership and and deliver. Leaders that will stand up against the oppressive system of western nations and their institutions and boldly shake off their grip on our economy.
Sata, HH or even Jr Chipimo. I really don’t care as long as Zambia becomes truly independent and real development and prosperity is enjoyed by all her citizens at last.
I agree and echo your sentiments, Nine Chale. Lets not leap and elect anyone – just because they are not Sata. We have to put HH, Mumba, Chipimo or anyone else through the paces, BEFORE we proclaim them as the fitting president.
Otherwise 4 years from now we’ll still be on LT blogging our discontent around the same issues. Tread carefully Zambians!
its important that constructive criticism is given but then it must be in line with the current Treasury Plans and national plans.And then it must be something that is feasible given current Gov undertakings that will be due Ten yrs from now.Remember there is a premise from which others are making decisions on,That is why segregation of Treasury Finance and central Bank is a normal simply to support National consistence and adherence to national plans supporting efforts towards Potential GDP.Centain key indictors in the economies simply cannot be changed just like that.Supporting National planning should be in parliament now and should not wait till 2016 it might be difficult to unwind and grow
@Jonathanmhango Financial Analyst
Your prognosis is some what correct but unfortunately things on the ground are different. The treasury and national plans’ priorities under PF is to borrow more from the IMF and other international shylocks to fund their reckless spending habits. They have implemented a salary increment without proper planning. This has angered nurses and local government workers who have resorted to strike action. Soon other groups like teachers will follow because there is no way secondary and college teachers can earn the same money as nurses and cleaners.
Question to my Lozi friends: What is HH’s position on Barotse? to me, he is refusing to commit himself but at the same time, he wants to act as if he shares your self-inflicted pain. Wake up imwe baLozi, this Barotse crap is going nowhere….no sane politician or UN will ever entertain it….
True that the Barotseland question might go very far, especially that they are dealing with thieves who obtain other peoples’ territories by false pretences!
Why do i find this speech funny? Seriously my first reaction to the first 5 paragraphs made me laugh, anyway, am happy for you HH and hopefully this is History in the making, someday some people may just be motivated to do as you are right now incase they will be sidelined.
I think we should also give credit to PF and it’s supporters for managing to display such maturity and respect in staying away from a private meeting (or maybe they are still fighting each other and forgot about HH). ZP it looks like you are now doing your job right by being inpatial, keep it up, hopefully the record will keep climbing up.
@Cindy. This is UPND and the the PEOPLEs victory. Not PF.
1. PF Put themselves into a tight corner through those senseless riots and protests which forced the ZP to defend itself by saying the protests where permitted (when we know they were not.
2. Pockets of PF hooligans actually tried to disrupt the Mandevu rally twice, but the people (mark that) said NO.
he cant rule this country, he is too childish
@myself
There is no a childish person who can run a successful business empire he created himself from a scratch. HH is totally a different breed who made his money without politics. Sata is accusing him of stealing privatisation money. The truth is MMD a party in which Sata was a part of awarded a contract to manage the sell of government businesses to Lybrand and Coopers an international company for which HH worked as a partner. Lybrand and Coopers then appointed HH based on his qualification and experience of working in the city of London as an economist to over see the whole privatisation process. All the proceeds of privatisation were handed over to MMD. Unfortunately Sata, Chiluba and others in MMD shared the money. RP and PT tried to block the move but were eliminated.
@Wanzelu
Do you think a businessman can rule this country? Sata is not accusing him of stealing privatisation money. Can you become rich over night? HH is not a politian, he is simply a businessman.
@Cop1
I dont know what criteria you normally consult to judge whether one is a politician or not. Compulsive liers like Sata or Political scientist are not the only ones who qualify to be politicians.
From my perspective, any one who is an active member of a political party and was voted to hold some position within that party is a politician. This definition tries to differentiate those who can influence masses to vote for them within their party from those who are hand picked like Kabimba.
What ever criteria you use to judge some one ‘s capability to be politician does not stack up at all. You and me can be politicians if we can join a party and win elections to hold some political post in that party and fight for people rights to a decent standard of living.
Its your father who is childish.
Strengthen National Treasury management system and economic management and let politicians be guided and make use of professionals well trained at ZRA,Ministry of Finance and Commerce and Bank of Zambia and build a national Treasury management with clear review and checky by parliament.Treasury management is like a going concern for a small company like the company I work for.Its amazing to see colleagues and friends at South African Treasury Department boast how well their positions are managed and carefully debated on before being enshrined.Its like a boardroom type and people are very passionate about it.You hear them talk about 30 to 50 yrs of consistent plans.
The USA which is still the biggest economy does subsidise its farmers. Europe spend billions of Euro on what is called the Common Agriculture Policy.
Zambia can subsidise some key sectors of the economy. What is needed is to target these subsidies and not to be wasteful.
Mr H H next time your message should be : explaining to people why politician fail to fulfil campaign promises and your solution to failure to fulfil campaign promises.
lets wake up and attend rallys or participate with politicians with a sincere developmental agenda with clear understanding of our positions and reminding them as our regislators that this can work.
We need to even have economic historians to trace and remind us and our politicians even before we make decisions.Learning is continuos and advise is taken and given.
When I left Zed, this UPND party was headed by Mazoka. Now THAT was a serious leader. Someone I’d trust to manage the affairs of my nation despite political affiliation. Mazoka was a manager NOT a politician. The day my homeland learns to elect a leader & not just a politician, we shall rise again as a sleeping giant. I hope this HH is a good fraction of Anglo Andy. RIP
Andy and C. Chilala were HH’s mentors, that’s why they were shareholders in a number of companies.
Ati successful rally! Fili okotuya.
“…we believe a white man does not tell lies …” I do believe now HH is inherently not only a tribalism, but a racist too. He also suffers from an inferiority complex.
You are 100% correct, you have just said nothing but the truth.
I cannot help emphasize that HH is ASKING for our vote. WE the people are in a position of power.
He may well be the next best president (I don’t know). But can we please make sure this time?
Ask questions in your area of expertise, be it Finance, Health, Law, land Management, IT infrastructure -Whatever!
I end my entreaty here.
HH has still a lot to do to convince people. For now a lot of people will be attending his rallies for curiosity to start with before they are convinced. How does HH today condemn HEMCS and PF over the linyungandambo when himself announced to the whole country some years back that UPND can only be led by a Tonga and that Lozis are not welcome whatsoever —- in fact from that day Barotseland shifted its support to RB and that is how Barotseland stopped being a stronghold for UPND up to today. The truth is HH has a lot to do to convince the country that he is NOT a staunch tribalist and that the civil service and his government will not be full of just Tongas. To be honest he is still very far. Very soon the PF-POST Newspaper will go for his throat!!
@mulupa
That is not true at all. HH was elected in a free and fair election unlike Sata who imposed himself as the PF president because he formed it. Mazoka was not tonga but a north westerner. That cheap propaganda about UPND being for tongas was peddled by Mumembe and his past paper who wanted a lozi to head the party but unfortunately Sakwiba lost the elections.
Be careful what you read in Mumembe’s past paper. I thought by now most of you would have realised that the Past paper uses tribalistic labels to undermine their opponents. Just look at what Mumembe’s past paper has been saying about PF being a party for a Bemba tribal clique. Why is the past paper behaving in this way? The answer is Mumembe wants Kabimba to take over so that at some point he too can take over from…
@mulupa
Only fools believe what mumembe’s past paper writes. He no longer has the monopoly of journalistic wisdom which he enjoyed years back.
I urge you to redeem yourself from Mumembe’s indoctrination and move on my fellow Zambian.
Ba HHHH pliz so you don’t know that bazungu are the bitchiest pipo good lord create stories ,gossiping .Can be smiling at you 1 min next min they re gossiping abt you/
Please say the truth
HH is our saviour from this repressive and visionless PF regime which only knows how to create by elections,new districts and 90 useless deputy ministers.
HH is in pre-school being schooled on how to tell lies!!! engage in more SDAs as Sata did with catholics
Well I personally didn’t get anything new from the above story,promises not mind moving,even crowds not impressive.it appears UNDP is yet to grow, meantime lets have development as scheduled PF.
Ati dev’t as scheduled? Keep dreaming bcoz PF never keeps promises.
@chinyama
Most political speeches highlight the obvious to inform the people that the politicians are aware of their problems. Politician can not connect with their audience if they invent rhetoric which most people are unfamiliar with. The biggest challenge then lies in distinguishing who amongst the politician has a rhetoric which makes sense and has a track record to deliver. Compare HH ‘s rhetoric with Sata ‘s 90 days one. Which of the two make sense?
Can you compare that crowd with the ones for PF of late? Let PF have a rally in Lusaka and then judge properly.
Did I read well? Hakainde has not talked of secession but devolution of power? But how does he support people who want to secede? He is just politickin and does no have a position. On this one he boobed. Even on whites don’t lie.Inferiority complex?
@ubec deuka
HH is not supporting secession.He said he will promote devolution. This means provinces will be given powers to run provincial governments just like in the USA where there are many states which are semi autonomous but united as one nation. Devolution entails that each province will be allowed to elect their own governor and provincial MPs to run provincial matters. Under this system each province will be responsible for developing their own state or province.
HH seeks reconciliation with the Northern Rhodesia’s enstranged natiional partners of the Barotseland state. What is wrong with seeking reconciliation?
I CAN SMELL A RACIST, A TRIBALIST & MOST PROBABLY A SATANIST! such people should not come anywhere close to the corridors of power….especially in Zambia…
@Choma Gangster
Your description fits the Sata and PF!
Supporters of UPND should be frank about this rally which was a near flop! I am pleased that it has taken place at all AND I am not disappointed about the numbers – people were intimidated and afraid of violence!
BUT real disappointments is with the poor and lack of depth of the speach which was delivered! It surely lacked coherence, inciciveness and that killer punch! It is a waste of time and money to organise such an important rally and fail to deliver a message of hope to the masses that attended!
HH and team need to learn lessons of politics! They only need to watch a few video clips of Luther King; Margaret Thatcher; Julius Nyerere or even Fredrick Chiluba, etc. Next time, UPND should do better!
One of the few educative discussions I have ever come across .. But why don’t we have any bloggers currently living in Zambia? Are they afraid of being found out?
SATA, MAY NOT BE SCHOOLED, BUT HE’S NO FOOL. HE HAS MASTERED THE ART OF QUIETLY SURPRISING THOSE WHO SNIPE AT HIS LACK OF EDUCATION.
PLEASE REALISE THAT CLOSE TO 5-MILLION PEOPLE VOTED FOR SATA IN 2011 ELECTIONS. IT WILL TAKE JESUS TO BRING DOWN THOSE STATISTICS, MARK MY WORD…
SATA PROJECTS HIMSELF AS A “MAN OF THE PEOPLE” WHO UNDERSTANDS THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND PLIGHT. MOST US AGREE WITH HIM. NEVER MIND THE ECONOMIC MALAISE THE WORLD IS GOING THRU. PLEASE WAIT FOR THE 2016 RESULTS FROM LUAPULA, CB, NORTHERN AND MUCHINGA! IAM TOLD THAT HH IS NOT CONTESTING IN MANSA. WHERE IS HE GOING TO GET THE VOTE? MANDEVU?
IF HH IS A MILLIONAIRE AS PEOPLE PROJECT HIM TO BE WHY HAS HE NOT INSTALLED COSTLESS SOLAR PANELS OR POREHOLES IN HIS HOMESTEAD?
IF UPND CANNOT CONTEST IN LUAPULA (MANSA), AND MCHINGA WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE VOTE? MANDEVU!
GOOD LUCK!
HH may not need the Tribal votes of Luapula, Northern and Muchinga provinces who do not vote for people from other tribes! It is possible to win elections without those tribalists. All he needs is Copperbelt and Lusaka!
SINCE WHEN, FROM FTJ TO RB, WERE MAJOR AND TOWNSHIP ROADS EXPANDED AND REHABILATED? WHEN WAS THE FIRST DUAL CARRIAGE WAY DONE IN ZAMBIA?
SATA’S HOME DISTRICT HAS BEEN TARRED FOR YEARS.
IF HH IS A MILLIONAIRE OF SUBSTANCE WHY CANT HE START WITH SINKING BOREHOLES AND PROVIDING SOLAR LIGHTING IN MONZE?
He has done heaps of that. He sponsors more children and young people to schools and universities than anyone in Zambia. he just doesnt brag about it. You surely don’t do your homework but criticise. HH give to charity big time. Your Sata gives nothing.
To begin with, congrats HH for holding a peaceful rally. Thumbs up also to Patriotic front govt… for creating an environment for democracy . Coming to the speech, it was too basic to address real issues at hand, it’s like HH was too excited to realise that who ever attended the rally expected him to shed some light on Zambia political situation today. HH should be analytical and mature … I am surprised that he still perceives most zambians to be misinformed… he holds a meeting to tell people about useless things…..like subsidies which are now history. He shud also leave the barotse issue if he doesn’t understand it,,,,,, it’s a contentious issue
I believe in the next general elections SATA and his boys should retire. Honestly, the PF has failed to deliver their promises. So much crap going on within PF. Sata thinks he owns the Zambian people. For you supporters of PF what benefits and economically social improvement have you seen so far?
Where there was gravel tarmac is there.
MMD should not allow its self to be used by this self centred chap.
Still pf,sata for 2016.kunau
even me
“Mr Hichilema said the UPND will use the Barotseland agreement of 1964 which he called a legal document as a basis of devolution of power across the country.” If we vote HH you are assure of the country sprint into pieces.
If other countries can manage to hold together several or even many states together, why would Zambians fail to hold together at least only two states, namely Barotseland and Northern Rhodesia. Are we so dull, really? USA comprises at least 50 state, but still remains a world leader.
Mano, you should argue intelligibly. The devolution of power according to HH is by province using the Barotseland Agreement as a model. Now go ahead and defend this kind of thinking. It is very practical if one knows what they are doing, but it can also be a very thorn issue as you have to relocate most civil servants into their provinces of origin to avoid uproar of locals claiming people from other provinces are getting their jobs.
It is very easy for a novice to take this at face value, without understanding the full repercussions.
Next UPND rally will be a mammoth one. Most people feared PF thuggery, hence the fewer thousands of attendees. As soon as people know how PF ministers are sharing state land among themselves and spending trillions of kwachas constructing streets/road in those plots, and creating parallel police force and intelligence/OP while UTH and other hospitals have no drugs (resulting in death of thousands of Zambians daily) PF will be history.
TIMELY WARNING:
Zambia is watching and these houses will house our police service and defense force officers and their families once you are out of power.
@word of wisdom
KIDDING! MAMMOTH RALLY! SO WHAT? WHERE?
IN MANDEVU CONSTITUENCY!…..
WHO WILL WASTE HIS / HER VOTE FOR UPND IN MCHINGA OR KASAMA OR MANSA?
@LUAPULA PREMIER, Nobody. We in Muchinga, Kasama and Mansa are tribalists.
With one is a better speech or do you call the PF a enter one?
-PF in fighting
-$250 million debt
– undermining chiefs, we need to know what Sata’s position is on the new installed Bemba chief.
– meal meal has gone up
– we can’t afford fuel, it’s too expensive.
– the president can’t address the nation on GBM vs Kabimba, Mwamba vs Kabimba, Kambwili vs Kabimba. And also to give the nation chance to ask him questions as to where he taking the country
– cadres killing innocent people and grabbing inocent land.
So the Bembas are against Kabimba? Poor Kabimba!! So that is the thanks he gets after helping the tribal PF party to win elections? It is disgusting!
some rants are just too childish.. K’mon HH!!
Thank God HH will never be President of this country. Maybe in Southern province. The man is full of Hate and bitterness. Let him join father Bwalya so that they fail together.
May be he is bitter because the kaponyas and kabovas are driving the country into the ground.
This is a shocking statement from HH, ”we believe a white man does not tell lies so the ACC should act quickly on these allegations,” he said.
What sort of nonsense is this???
@prof HH is playing to the gallery,twisting where it pleases him over scotes sentiments on corruption,HH messed up with his statement over a white colleague,again it adds more doubt on the mans ability to reason outside the box and move away from petty issues to real developmental national programmes.
why we need to change government in 2016
1. unfulfilled promises by PF
2. lawlessness by PF carders, PF no respect for constitution- CJ
3. high cost of living, ie mealie meal, transport, fuel, sugar, cement, bread, name anything.
4. quarelling ministers
5. high levels of corruption, in contracts award
6. Bloated number of ministers and deputy ministers
7. Tribalism in appointments
8. old age beyond 70 years capacity to think is reduced
9. No sanity in trading vendors are every where creating congestions
10 .Government quarrelling with everyone, NGO, Chiefs, opposition.
11. Unnecessary bye- elections
12. High unemployment levels
13. Zambians we should be serious if we want our country to develop vote wisely
Hakaivotela Heka (HH) jst bcouse anyenga mwenye the floping crowd as if nipa line yama ARVs
pa mandebvu clinic.look @conellius mwitwa,Garry nkombo and coniciuls banda all looks like used
Condoms by HH.yu r disturbing our working govt you *****s UPND
Mind your langage. Don’t be foolish
Brilliant analysis man. Spot on! Your assessment has hit the nail on the head and I applaud your insight. With distinguished gentlemen like you, there is NO WAY any opposition party can beat PF! Kudos! (And since you are definitely dull, the preceding sentences are what is referred to as ‘Sarcasm’)
People look scattered in the photos. Please try to compare this with the Sata’s rallies in Mandevu. It only shows that the opposition have a lot of work to do in Lusaka if these are the numbers. When PF held rallies there you could not even see where the multitudes ended, but for the UPND rally I can even see the buses at the back there and empty spaces
@Kauze,
Most people attend Sata’s rallies for ‘entertainment’ and fun, they enjoy his abusive language and mockery of other people’s illnesses and false promises.
Many may not have attended for fear of PF thugs who arm themselves with all sorts of lethal missiles to attack and murder.
So your assessment of attendance numbers is not factual and holds no ground.
where are the policy alternatives, apart from saying they will respect the BA 1964??? I now understand why this man’s electoral history reads like you are in reverse gear: 2006:21%, 2008: 19% and 2011:18%. What comes next in the series????
COME 2016 HH WILL NEVER WIN…………PF WILL DO IT AGAIN.
If you say so Kassy. 🙂
Harve Renard Quits
renard has been fired, now what has kambwili hav to say.
Sorry PF you will cry in 2016, you may win but your strongholds will significantly diminish as people have seen what the party really stands for. Like one MP said PF are “commissioners” MMD projects/plans we shall see after they have commissioned everything MMD left what they will do. CNP will really be evident . VIVA HH 2016 a man with better plans!!!!!!!!
#1 rule of public speaking- “know your audience”. HH was here talking to the less educated masses who want to hear simple and perhaps nnsensical political messages. You cannot take textbook messages to oour brthers/sisters in Mandevu. My verdict is he did well as is. Trying to sund “smart” would be a blunder if ur audience is not educated.
LT is broken. You can’t vote
Education will empower citizens to think for themselves, than to depend on subsides. What happened with an egg a day and coupons for mealie meal. There is no time for free lunch.
PF should continual to build more schools to equip more people to standard on their own. We must show gratitude and respect for the immense work achieved in Zambia at a cost of incalculable material and human sacrifice.
Who ever comes after Sata will still be called names, for your information Kaunda was called names that he employed people from Nyasaland and Northern Province. FTC Chiluba found himself in the same shoes of tribe. Came Levi Patrick Mwanawasa with the family tree tag. Then came Rupia Banda and his sons, now its Sata with tribe jacket, this is the Zambia way of politics.
We wait and see for 2016 when HH will be president according to his fraud judgement. With lies he is peddling , I dont see HH winning 2016.
Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia.
@Truth hates
What lies is he peddling? It is not true that PF lied to nurses and now they have resorted to a strike action which is spreading to all parts of the country?
To me all what HH talked about are things which can achieved easily. Unlike Sata ‘s 90 days lies. Has the constitution been delivered within 90 days? Do people have more money in their pockets today? If so why are cadres running amok grabbing and sharing private land illegally? Why are nurses and local government workers on strike? Why have the prices of meali-mill and other essentials increased astronomically with in two years? Sata and PF have spent all the K3billion reserves left by MMD and are now begging IMF
If you can answer all these questions honestly, then you will know who is a bigger lier between Sata…
we need Haleisa Halenya to respond to Wanzelu
Vote for feasible policies and that fit in our economic situation to improve our standard of living.Manifestos should fit in national economic development and treasury not the other way round.Politicians should be taken to explain how they will improve sectors of the economies affecting our lively hood within the continuity of the Treasuries and national plans.manifestors are secondary to national development.We comfirm manifestos to national development by casting the vote comfirming that our expectations now and for future will be taken careof by this party and parliamentarians act as our eyes debating and disqualifying an course of divergency to national plans.If we go by manifestors we will be doing back and forth
It is all simple guys. Are that rich to start giving out handouts. Let us create wealth for this country and after that thats when we can start giving alms.
Adopt a National development plan like a business plan outlining plans for the Zambia we leave in, want to build give opportunities and threats we have giving effect to good policies in fiscal and monetary and other social policies but with recourse to the constitutional provisions.Manifestors must be secondary and appraised by various national feasible opportunities set in the researched national plans.The NDP doesnot mean that development over the years will be linear over the period,one step following another in a carefully predictable manner and sequency.Its also multidimensional in application,inititaives,policies and investments that create virtuos cycle of progress with complementary achieving efforts.Guide Politicians
Then there is a move from subsidies from Ghana to Southern Africa to Europe and the americans to social cash transfers.You need to understands and commodities and methods of Financing each unique sector to understand.That is one other countries have revolving funds carefully marked to position that benefits generations and generations .Heard of the Mae e.g sally Mae Fannie mae Maggie mea etc and there financing strategies.
Thanks LT and all people here
most of it is rhetoric. fact of the matter. running a government and it affairs has to be above political motives and champion good cause. BRE and subsidies y cant he say what he will exactly do with them. sounds like PF when is opposition.
Okay, the attendance was poor! No offense!
This how to piss off UPND die harders. Translate HALEISA HALEISA from Bemba to Tonga. It will be something like this HALABOOLA HALABOOLA. Bembas will understand it to mean ROTTEN ROTTEN