The opposition Alliance for a Better Zambia (ABZ) has observed that there is nothing drastic in the 2015 National Budget to address the urgent need for Zambia to come up with a tax mechanism to ensure a win-win situation between Zambia and foreign mining companies.
And the opposition has charged that a lot of Zambians are disappointed that the PF government has failed to give its workers, public service workers such as nurses, teachers among others a jubilee gift by lifting the wage freeze.
Analyzing the 2015 National Budget, ABZ Leader Father Frank Bwalya has told QFM News that Zambia will continue to be exploited given the reality that the contribution of mines to our national revenue will continue to be scandalously low.
Father Bwalya says government will continue to lack much needed capital to channel into diversification programmes in sectors such as agriculture which has more potential to create sustainable jobs and reduce poverty especially among the poor people living in rural areas.
He says he is a disappointed man that despite the public interest and anxiety the controversy of VAT refunds to exporters, including mines, has generated the Minister of Finance did not announce a concrete solution to the problem.
He adds that government through the Finance Minister should have given an exhaustive position on how to resolve the problem of VAT refunds.
Father Bwalya says this is a matter of urgency given the fact that the standoff may cause job losses especially in the mining sector.
He says most of the progressive policy pronouncements by Mr. Chikwanda including the need to reduce external borrowing to save future generations the debt burden may only be realized by a strong leadership driven by common good.
Zambia 0 Niger 0 mozamb 2 cape 0 where are you on the log?
which log are you talking about??,,, is the frozen log or the floating one??
Fr. Bwalya should be a soccer referee, he knows how to handle a whistle
Those PF they even froze Chipolopolo coach’s salary. No hiring.
Now Zambia is even losing games to Niger sure?
Pyee, pyee, pyeeeeee
Folks,
Where is the Zambian airline promised by PF to have been ready by June 2014? Where is the new train also promised by PF to have been ready by October 2014?
Now it clear that PF talk a lot Sh1t and yet has no plan to deliver on their pledges.
PF is a bunch of liers busy stealing money.
Even the way he does his eyes, he can indeed make a good one!!!!
Boring news boring analysis. Speak for yourself dont say Zambians ka fake Father.
Running a government is not easy. Talking is easy. Only a careless person will do things just to please the masses. Most employees have imposed low salaries on themselves by getting huge loans to buy cars and drinking every day from morning to dusk
Hopeless Frank Bwalya, do people still follow the nonsense of Frank Bwalya and Msoni?
The one who got an increment is Dr Kaseba. She is taking care of old man. ABC knows that it is each man by himself and God for us all
Wanzelu even if the train came you will never say well done PF becoz you base your hatret for sata on what pipo tell you not on your pesonal judgement. thats why you cant tell if october has ended or not
I know October is ending soon, but the train wont be here ,because Attanga needs extra money having spend $150 millions on replenishing stones on the rail line.
What about the Zambian airline June is long gone?
I don’t just hate PF for nothing , but I do that with tangible evidence of their recklessness. Farmers not paid, students stranded, salaries and allowances delayed.
Now out of their selfishness, they increased their pay by over 20% but gave civil servants a meagre 4% increase and hit them with a salary freeze until 2016 the election year.
Bwalya, your fellow childless fathers, mothers, nuns (if not nones) do study before uttering gibberish. You, a ‘news reporter’ go off the mark in analyising contractual obligations. Wecipuba, the finance minister’s budget presentation has no business breeching contracts. That had to do with contract law. Ulishilu bushe? How do you expect the Finance minister to say “in 2015, we won’t pay VAT refunds?” Indeed, try refereeing ifimpombwa!!
with a K3000 no-tax threshold, the trade unions should be happy #GRZ chose a wage freeze, my analysis shows that tax exempt threshold is better than any anual wage increament the dunder heads ZCTU or any union for that matter can bargain for..
selfish losers, they know their life line to those fake meeting they hold to bargain has been cut…
VIVA ABC
VIVA SATA
VIVA ZAMBIA