Tuesday, March 19, 2024

I did not speak ill about Zambia at London summit-HH

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UPND President Hakainde Hichilema
UPND President Hakainde Hichilema

Opposition UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has defended his statements that the Global African Investment Summit in London.

Chief Government Spokesman Chishimba Kambwili criticised Mr Hichilema’s remarks that Zambia has failed to attract foreign investment and described them as demeaning sentiments.

Mr Hichilema was quoted as saying that, “A heavy focus on the mining sector and the continual fiddling with the regulation has not only resulted in damaging government’s relations with companies, but has also seen other sectors neglected where investors are actively looking for opportunities, such as tourism, agriculture, retail, finance and telecommunications.”

He also said “Zambia’s tourism potential has been haphazardly marketed and as a result the country has not properly benefited from it”.

But Mr Hichilema said the reaction from Mr Kambwili and other PF officials is cheap propaganda.

He said as responsible citizens with lots of investments in many sectors of the country, employing so many people, there is no way they could be that harmful and damaging to the country’s image by going all the way to such a high level summit and de-campaign.

“Having concluded The Global African Investment Summit here in the UK, we are happy with the response and interest we have generated amongst key business executives and investors,” he said.

Mr Hichilema added, “We were positive about our messages, that included interviews with key international media houses, have been very reassuring in terms of creating appetite for investment in our country in mining, tourism, agriculture, telecoms, energy and other sectors.”

“Of course we need to do more in terms of attracting investment into our country, such as amending certain pieces of legislation and regulation, and making it easier for people to do business and visit our country.”

He continued, “this is essential in order to create sufficient job opportunities for our people, especially the youths. We also call on key stakeholders in our country to be responsible in issuing certain statements that border on trivialities and pettiness through hate speech. These can damage the image of our country.”

“This also goes to media houses to be fair enough on judging us by covering our statements not just reactions to our statements. This can be very misleading to the masses who could not have been given an opportunity to hear our initial statements.”

Mr Hichilema said, “Remember we have one country and we love it so much. This culture of inciting people to rise against one another has the potential to create instability and those are the people who we think don’t mean well for our country. Already we are not given any space on public media such as ZNBC, Times of Zambia, and Zambia Daily Mail.”

“We are also denied opportunity through abusing the Public Order Act from travelling around and explaining our policies to our people. Now all our well meant, beneficial international engagements are being twisted without any right to reply so that Zambians can judge for themselves who says the truth and means well for the country.”

He said, “We have no problems with being fairly criticised as part of debate in a democracy, but this must be based on facts and not twisted information, distortions and ultimate lies.”

75 COMMENTS

    • @ ndolo…I dont believe that crap either, do you?…And just a notion that a leader is given by God, this day and age is failure to engage IQ

    • @Ndobo, did Kabimba repent now that he understand the power of God? God turned water into wine, and friday-night out continued. Edgar and us believe that J.Christ gave us beers, BUT NOT presidency. Even Edgar agree that it was death which gave Edgar that job. Death took away Sata, leaving instruments to Edgar, NOT God.

    • @ Illuminati 640
      How can you expect any supporter of PF to “engage IQ” if, according to Phiri, being intellectual its a sin?

    • kambwili and his emotional talk. The man will never learn to shut-up? he thinks he is always right and the most intelligent.

      Facts are that Zambia has failed to diversify thinking Copper and ZRA is the only source of revenue? We have more national parks than Kenya but have done nothing to increase tourism.. alot have gone wrong because our leaders do not think??

      HH spot on you nailed them, hence the Punic. as they say a foolish man will never listen to advice..

    • ever heard of a scripture that says’ GOD USES THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THIS WORLD TO CONFOUND THE WORLD.’ LESA temuntu kwati nimwebo HIM can use any one, anyhow anytime’ He looks at the heart, no need of IQ in certain situations, thats why HE IS GOD, MWAUMFWA TEE…

    • Its a trend across Africa… look at South Africa, the ANC is loosing votes because new educated South Africans are not voting for people who have birth certificates for qualifications.

    • You guys who are busy and vigorously bringing and defaming the name of God will be surprised with what will happen not only to you but also to your generation. I advise you talk of everything else and not bringing in God in your hate speeches. God is alive and very much aware of what our hearts are up to. You might think you are scoring points by writing evil about what God has given us in ECL. Watch the space.

    • @ Mambwe…udwala mwana, either seek a neural psychologist, or visit your nearest mental health facility …pray that your rotten government puts equipment in those clinics before you visist

    • Zakeyo, the way we do things here is to first read the whole story and then come and comment my dull friend. HH has clearly stated what he said so how can he forget what he said when he has just repeated it? Your dullness is simply mesmerising.

    • The high echelon in PF are admitting ati ifintu tafili bwino, I we waisa ati ifintu ni Lungu. Can you see how you are equating ukubana to Lungu? Let me break it down for you:
      If
      Ifintu = tafili bwino
      and
      Ifintu = ni Lungu
      It follows that
      Tafili bwino = Ni Lungu

      Hahaha

    • @Dudelove Iam not dull but I can tell you that trying to say that the Supreme Leader HH did not utter those words is what is mesmerising because actually he has justified in the above statement…

    • Of that’s what u think where u come from. Lungu is also wise to those of u. And sata by the way, yaba! BA kabalwe!

  1. On many issues concerning what you said on this forum I am still with you except on taxation of the mines. Yiu spoke well to let the world know that Zambia is not just copper mines, there is potential in other sectors. So the world should not stop to look to Zambia for investment simply because copper is not doing well on the market. There is tourism,Agric,manufacturing,infrastructure,financial,telecoms and other industries. So how can some one speaking evil of a country still talk about its potential? On that score PF government is wrong. However,on taxation of mines I don’t agree with you because you had been saying PF was not collecting enough revenue from mines and you were campaigning for restoration of the windfall tax which you know well mines do not want to pay. Continued…

  2. Don’t bother boi!!! hope I can call you that. But kaponya’s even on this platform will never understand what you are saying. I suggest you translate the speech into the local languages and publicize it. A copperstone degree leaves out a lot of things I am told. Its delivered in Zambian English apparently which is different from the Queens language. Because even after this clear explanation you will still get people complaining ati he was decampaigning the country. Criticize him elsewhere but not on straight forward things like this!!!

  3. Your excellency never mind these pf mangwams, they are jealous that their president was not invited instead its you who was recoqnised and in a quick reaction, it has forced lungu to abandon his own announced austerity measures to go to south Africa carrying a huge delegation against his own measure.2016 kuyabebele.

  4. When PF came into power they revised the Mineral Royalty tax from 3% to 6% for all mines as part of wanting to collect more revenue. The mines have been cagey about their profits and avoid paying corporate tax. So government revised the Mineral Royalty tax to 20% as the highest for open pit mines and scrapped corporate tax. Your MPs voted for this in Partliament but when it came to implementation which was January 2015 and there were elections,mines started threatening to close. You forgot the undertakings of your party in partliament to support the new tax regime and went ahead to criticise govt.and started siding with mining companies. Govt.resinded the decision through dialogue with the mines. I think you are part of the fiddling because you are contradictory!

  5. guys let us emulate what our fall fathers did to this nation zambia,this happened way back in 1973,On that momentous day, Mr Nkumbula accepted the new political system of Dr Kaunda and by signing the Choma Declaration, it meant that the former ANC leader and his followers joined UNIP.

    Had Dr Kaunda and Mr Nkumbula opted not to sign the Choma Declaration coupled with many tribes and political parties at that period, it stands to speculate as to what could have happened of Zambia today.

    We wanted to move away from this division and violence that arose amongst the people of Zambia’s political parties. We were one yet sometimes, because of belonging to different sides, we had been fighting among ourselves. Some were wounded from that fighting and violence,so guys are we following this…

    • I like what you say @ Juba Jansomo and my speculation as to what would have happened to Zambia had the Choma Declaration not come to pass…..Zambia would have been split in the middle with Northwestern, Western Southern and parts of Central and Copperbelt provinces pulling in another direction from the rest, yet today it seems with PF’s advent thats exactly what PF is driving at due to carelessness and disrespect of what our founding fathers worked at achieving!

  6. Comment: I have always followed HH’s debates on international forums with a lot of keen interest and he has never not even a day has he ever spoken ill about Zambia because he is educated and understands economic issues in black and white. HH said economic policies which the current gvt have put have negatively affected the tourism,financial,mining among others in the country,which is the truth of the matter.

  7. I do not think it is wrong for an opposition leader to maintain his beliefs at an international gathering. I do not expect HH to lobby for the PF government.

    • The Honorary Consul for Zambia in California, USA, Mr. Robert Sichinga Jr. stated that “Zambia has depended too much on copper which has affected the performance of the country’s economy.” isn’t this agreeable with HH’s observation?

  8. Listening to Joy Fm this afternoon yes it just exposed us Zambian how shalow we can be i remember how chaps were calling the Late Presido HE MCS that he can never rule Zambia and how he will turn this country into a battle ground too bad for Zambia no wonder developing our mother country only God knows

  9. 2016 Vote for HH. Under him,zambians will see sanity in politics, not the filthy politics being witnessed under pf since they assumed power.

  10. HH IS A MESSLESS DEVIL WHO THINKS BY SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT THIS NATION HE CAN WIN SUPPORT FROM OUTSIDE ZED MIND YOU THOSE DONT TAKE PART IN VOTING YOU JUST DECAMPAIN YOURSELF BOSS, TALK OF I THATS YO MONEY ITS NOT PIPO ‘S ITS CHILDISH U BRING PERSONAL INTO NATIONAL JUST LIKE U START TELLING PIPO HOW U ENJOY MOLIN AT THE UN CONVENTION WAIT 2016 U WILL SEE THAT ~

  11. We are happy he has realised he made a mistake. Do you remember at one time Your HH went to south Africa to loby withdraw of donor aid,? Go to tourism board and ask if number of tourist is going up or down. PF has works the opposition words and promises

    • Some uninformed cadres think patriotism is hiding your failures even when others know clearly about them, without realising that honesty is divinely and socially a key component related to trust, which economically most investors would like hearing/ having other than dealing with a “don’t kubeba” / cheating government, where you may not know what they’ll end up doing which could put your firm and investment at risk.

      No wonder such visionless team of lying leaders keep on enjoying at the expense of the common man, and no wonder they continue to cheat gladly knowing that the country has several such cadres who prefer lies to truth, and continue cheating people, and continue getting away with such lies without being held accountable, and surprisingly get praises instead from the so…

  12. PF cadres, from their president to the least educated cadre, behave in a manner far short of human qualities. As long as you and your leaders continue behaving less than human, you will never succeed in your myopic dreams. Which intelligent investor can take Chishimba Kambwili’s ramblings without verifying from more competent sources? Once they verify that you the hooligans are attempting at propaganda, will they even give you a dead ear. Look at how honest Americans can be over their economy but their economy is so sharp. Over confidence at things you scarcely know is what has lead to destruction of this economy. Let those who know these things talk and take charge.

  13. The Problem here is You have a Man who has Business qualifications/ acumen, & knowledge of economics – H.H, v/s an ex- Jerabo, (Copper Bandit), who made some cash from STEALING from the mines, – Kambwili.
    How on God’s Earth does this Jerabo Kambwili try & debate + lecture H.H.??
    Only in Zambia, do “boneheads, & mposamabwe’s” like Kambwili make it to top strategic Government positions, then Zambian’s wonder why the Nation & its economy is quickly belly-flopping??
    Kambwili would NOT even be allowed to be a security doorman, at the forum H.H, was addressing, let alone be given the platform to expose his idle ignorance.
    With this dense lot running the nation, I CRY FOR ZAMBIA!

  14. Bati PF has some imbeciles as leaders nowounder their supporters are so thick. Look at kambwili, as forigne minister he demanded to meet the Queen, sata was advised to remove him. We saw him in the press harassing mine owners to give his companies contracts failing which he accused them of decampaining sata. Recently until he was criticised, he would beg from every white man he stood in front of cameras with. Then he came on air and told the nation no miner would lose their job……only in PF.

  15. KAMBWILI IS NOT VERY CONVERSANT WITH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. HE IS USING HH S SPEACH FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES. WHY DOES HE NOT AIR IT ON HIS KAMBWILI BROADCASTING SERVICES FOR ALL ZAMBIANS TO HEAR AND THEN LET US JUDGE HH.

  16. PF cadres, from their president to the least educated cadre, behave in a manner far short of human qualities. As long as you and your leaders continue behaving less than human, you will never succeed in your myopic dreams. Which intelligent investor can take Chishimba Kambwili’s ramblings without verifying from more competent sources? Once they verify that you the hooligans are attempting at propaganda, will they even give you a dead ear. Look at how honest Americans can be over their economy but their economy is so sharp. Over confidence at things you scarcely know is what has lead to destruction of this economy. Let those who know these things talk and take charge.

  17. The problem of UPND, people they think HH, can change zambia but has failed the people of Tongas. He has even taken the his business out side zambia and thinks zambia people are *****s like him. Wait for 2016 HH he will retire.

  18. Why are PF dunderheads afraid of facts and intelligence? And from their tones, you can tell they are clearly threatened by anyone espousing things as they are. For example, Zambia keeps counting how many ‘tourists visited the country in 2012 compared to 2011’ blur, blur, blur …. That’s not the point. There are other countries in Africa who are miles ahead in tourism and not any more endowed with tourist resources than Zambia. Some don’t even have any meaningful mines either. HH’s point, thus, was we could do better and earn more, but we have relied too much on the mines (and messed a few things along the way) What’s wrong with stating that? The proverbial ‘burying our heads in the sand’ comes to mind. Some people want to be dragged into the 21st century screaming and kicking!

  19. His Highness HH is very right.Since PF came to power they fiddled with the economic success left by RB,raised taxes and focused on 24/7 electioneering + political witch hunts.

    Now the $3bn reserves are down,investors face uncertain rules,power cuts are common,bumper harvests are gone ,economic growth is sharply lower and the cash cow of mines is on life support.

  20. Zambians are I.diots mwe. Even the gov’t knows FDI is at an all time low as is the copper. You want someone to start singing unknown praises of things that are not happening? PF kept on arm twisting the mines and they got what they wanted Mr. Lungu being

    .

  21. Zambia needs a government on national unity (GNU) to solve the problem and get it back from the oblivion the country is hheaded.

  22. U went through HHs speach in london several times just to learn what Kambwi talked about evetually duscovered that man is beign accused wrongly.It is therefore for this reason that i challenge ZNBC through Kambwili to play the video of HH in london so that people can hear for themselves.

  23. STOP ATTACKING MY MP KABWILI IF KABWILI STOOD WITH HON HYENA HH KABWILI CAN ALSO WIN BY A LANDSLIDE. WHICH PIPO DO U COUNT IN ULYA PALYA NICHI DEVIL UPND,JACK,GBM,KAKOMA,DOLIN, MOST OF THESE LUNATICS & TALK FOR THEMSELVES & UPND, THEY DONT REPRESENT PIPO. NO RAIN IN SOUTHERN PROV WITH HUNGER IN MOST PARTS BUT THEM THEY CONT. ATTACKING GOVT, WESTERN PROV MAIZE IS BEING DISTRIBUTED MOST MPS ARE WORKING WITH GOVT. IT DOES NOT MEAN U CANT OPPOSE MEANINGFULLY IF U WORK WITH GOVT THATS IS THE INDICATOR THAT NOW WE ARE MATURED .

  24. Kambwili’s redundant thinking is leading pf nowhere,see hw it was broadcated just politised hh’s speech,zambians are now opened up and is making u & yo govt unpopular thus wherever yo president has gone in this country only boeing pipo arr fade up with yo borrowing which end up in yo pockets without any tangible change in pipo’s lives

  25. Mwebantu.. The truth pains. HH never said anything wrong at the summit and I know this is what even Jesus would have said. The problem is…. PF supporters, Kabwili and now Nevers Mumba feel out smarted by the Tonga Bull. I can feel it they wish it was them who said that. For Nevers Mumba, we know you like lime lights and high places… your lies and tongue twisting will not bring you political fortunes. See… believe me or not…. your political future is break. So, do not join those who are hell bent to spoil HH’s chances of redeeming this country. God has always raised a man to stand with his people. This time he has given us HH so that Zambia can surely be Saved.
    So, HH.. ignore these haters. Do not be deterred. They have no regard to the suffering masses but only if it matters…

    • God can never raise someone as bitter as HH. HH is a freemanson which is a devil worshiping cult. He is very quick to defend himself but on the two matters he has not come out to defend. Freemanson and tribalism.

  26. Your message was on point. That is what we need to hear as Africans. It reminds me of the video of the Cameroonian woman speaking at a conference about the West having destroyed her country. We need to change our mindset as Africans so we begin to build and destroy our countries.

  27. Icilema is just a nasty piece of trash, without any good intentions, other than strife for mother Zambia. Examples are multiple, Inonge’s property and relatives vandalized and assaulted recently…

  28. The only level headed person in Pf is the Minister of Healthy Dr Joseph Kasonde and those turn cots from MMD .the rest are Kapovas,drunkards,extortioners,liars,conmens,propagandits,ex convicts,gumblers the list is endless now imagine being lead by such kind of people.in 2016 a wise choice is yours Zambians.

  29. Nubian Princess. You are a Zambian right? That makes you a Dunderhead too. I find so surprising that in Zambia people like insulting so much that if they have not insulted anyone, they turn to themselves. I am not a dunderhead and I know many Zambians who are not. Quite unfortunate for the likes of Nubian Princess.

  30. Why does UPND label themselves ‘very educated’ above others? In my view, Elias Chipimo Jnr is more eloquent than HH and the former can make a better republican president than the former. Your elitist campaign will lose you elections next year, mark my words!

  31. 2016 Elections are for ECL to do kolopa.com.The whole country will unite against those that have openly told Zambians that province x is only for cow dung.Further,they keep on insulting marketeers who are the majority voters.

  32. HH said what he said and even sought to attract investors. What he is hiding is that his message suggested to the investors that they should bring their investment only when he becomes president, and not before. In other words investors should only come to Zambia for the purpose of himself becoming president and NOT for the purpose of improving the lives of Zambians. That is what Kambwili and all those patriotic Zambians are condemning HH for. Meanwhile some of HH’s MPs were at the same time suggesting that Tongas should rule Zambia in 2016. Same sinister message when you read between the lines, not taking them at face value.

  33. “……the continual FIDDLING with the regulation has ……..resulted in DAMAGING government’s relations……other sectors NEGLECTED…….Zambia’s tourism potential……HAPHAZARDLY…..”

    Imwe ba UPMD, the message is very clear. Those are negative words against your country are they not? After shooting himself in the foot (as usual), HH is now left trying to clean up the mess by using sugar coated words.

  34. Terrible,
    Isn’t it ironic that these UPND types who claim to be “more highly educated” than the “less educated kap’onyas” in the PF cannot decipher the negative connotations of the words like “fiddling”, “damaging”, “neglected”, and “haphazardly” in their great leader HH’s speech in London? Surely, it requires only an elementary mastery of the English language and just a little knowledge of basic psychology to discern the negative, and subtly subliminal message HH was attempting to communicate to the investors he was addressing! Cry my beloved country!

  35. I fail to see the intelligence in UPND supporters. These words fiddling, damaging neglect haphazardly. Are these words in one speech positive? These are bitter words no matter how well their great leader wants to clean them up. They represent what is in HH’s UPND heart BITTERNESS!

  36. PF is with people of knowledge.Those even SATA trusted them,he haven’t insoulted them not even a single day.
    They re in government not for their own benefits but for the people.you can see them through their fruits.who these peoplepeople?
    1.Dr.Joseph Kasonde.
    2.Dr.Joseph Katema.
    3.Dr.John Phiri.
    4.Dr.Chitalu Chilufya.
    5.Mr. Mwansa Kapeya.
    6.Wilbur Simusa.
    You ll never hear them open up their mouths anyhow for that they know that Zambia is bigger than them.
    Mayo ndeke………

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