Statement by PF Member of Central Committee Paul Moonga on the so-called salary increment published in Today’s edition of the Post Newspapers
Lusaka, Zambia, Wednesday, March 23, 2016—Once again, we have been confronted by a screaming headline quoting Mr Hakainde Hichilema, the leader of the United Party for National Development, attempting to distort facts about the salary of the President of the Republic of Zambia.
We are irritated by Mr Hichilema’s unprecedented levels of ignorance exhibited in the said Post Newspaper to conveniently personalize the salary of the Head of State even when he knows that the salary is for the office holder. If he thinks that he will continue to mislead the people of Zambia while we watch, then he has a massive job on his hands. His statement has too many convenient omissions which must not be left unchecked lest they unjustifiably breed hate against the President.
We now know that the intention of Mr Hichilema is to cultivate a seed of hate, discord, dislike and discontent against the government of President Chagwa Lungu by germinating predictable lies for planting in the selected media which are known enemies of peace but this must be done with some level of coordinated thought.
First and foremost, we retain a duty to remind Mr Hichilema that the small percentage salary increment to the President’s salary is a very tiny proportion of the huge amount of money the UPND leader collected after presiding over a highly suspicious privatisation process of the mining companies in Zambia in the 1990s. Mr Hichilema recommended to the previous government to sell the mines at a song and collected huge sums of money for his personal use and walked away.
As a way of laundering his image, Mr Hichilema has now specialized in diverting that blatant diversion of resources by blaming former government officials of being responsible for the process without making effort to explain why this is so. We will not allow him to use those tricks anymore without being marked. I am challenging him to surrender all the money he collected from the privatization process before he can start opening his mouth to mislead the people of Zambia.
That single privatization process alone is responsible for the huge riches Mr Hichilema has amassed and is currently enjoying. We believe he does not have any trace of a moral right condemn a meager salary hike for the office of the President considering his lust for wealth. Mr Hichilema needs to know that the salary of the President accrues to the office and not to the person of Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who is the current President.
When late President Frederick Chiluba purchased a Presidential challenger plane, the opposition and their media distorted the information in a similar fashion without shame. After his death, the plane has been used by four different Heads of State and the same applies to the President’s salary.
The office of the President is very important to the country and the people of Zambia have a responsibility to look after it irrespective of the person occupying it.
Currently, Mr Hichilema does not have any moral right to blame the President over a salary which is even 1 per cent of M Hichilema’s questionable wealth. We are now left to wonder what type of a leader he will make should he assume presidency if honesty is not his portion.
I insist, as a PF member of central committee, that Mr Hichilema should invest a little more in using media space for productive things, if he can. If he thinks he will succeed in detracting President Lungu from running the affairs of this country through such lies, we want to assure Mr Hichilema that the President remains steadfast in governing the country.
Petty politics being employed by Mr Hichilema will not help the UPND ascend to power because they merely bring to the fore the level of dishonest on the part of their leader.
In my view, the next time he attempts to open his mouth to discuss this subject, Mr Hichilema must check his own surroundings and make sure that he is not shooting himself in the foot.
Paul Moonga
Member of the Patriotic Front (PF) Central Committee
What the f&&&^k that Moonga talking about? Why comparing Edgar to Chiluba?
And why use “Moonga” as the new PF’s cabinet spokesman? These PF with tribal delusional…. these days just a name like Moonga, you get a job to avoid be beaten like Bwalya. He doesn’t even look PF but UPND.
How much are PF paying for a Southerner name?
For once i thought he would say the so called salary increment is a fabrication of the Post and HH, but No. The man went on a rant about things totally unrelated to the issue at hand.
has EL given himself a salary increment? Yes or No? If YES, is it justifiable?
Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Completely out of order! He has avoided the subject. He has not justified why the President needs a salary raise in the economic environment Zambia is in but has gone on to blurt about the president being poorer that the opposition leader. He says the Presidential challenger jet was for the benefit of presidents after Chiluba and so will be Edgar’s salary! That Grade 12 Certificate requirement makes more sense when you hear the warped reasoning from some of these politicians.
THERE ARE NO CONVINCING FACTS TO JUSTIFY CHAGWA LUNGU’S SALARY INCREMENT AT THIS VERY DARE MOMENT FOR ZAMBIA. THIS RESPONSE IS A MARE BASELESS AND RHETORIC RESPONSE FROM A ONE WHO HAS PERSOL HATE FOR HH. HH’S CONCERN OVER LUNGU’S SALARY INCREMENT IS A CONCERN FOR EVERY PROGRESSIVE ZAMBIAN, PROBABLY INCLUDING LUNGU’S DAUGHTER TAYALI LUNGU AS WELL.
Paul Moonga, jealousy will kill you. If had a similar Accounting/property evaluation firm that HH had at the time, and the Government of the day approached me to evaluate assets for sale, I would have done the same. HH evaluated the assets, MMD was responsible for selling at the recommended price, but they didnt.
Besides, the new IMF bailout conditions that the PF government is supposed to immediately implement are exactly the same as the ones under MMD. Some state owned companies will have to be privatized. PF will need to approach a private company to evaluate loss-making companies for sale/Privatization. Then what are you going to say about that private company? No wonder PF is playing delaying tactics until after elections to implement IMF recommendations because they know that…
contd..
..because they know that they will no longer have any accusations on HH.. The company that will evaluate the assets will need to be paid by Government for their services. Same as what happened when MMD was selling the assets. Stop deceiving people. Come August, you are out and some of you will running away from your own shadows.
Badaala! Kunyina pe mumutwe wenu. Emputy emputy emputy southerny tini. Useful *****!
Mr Moonga, maybe you should ask some of the people who were in MMD at that… Oh, got something for your long weekend to read on:
“Flashback: IMF, World Bank pressured govt to privatize mines – Nawakwi
By Chiwoyu Sinyangwe and Chibaula Silwamba
Friday November 02, 2007”
FORMER finance minister Edith Nawakwi has revealed that the IMF and the World Bank pressured the Zambian government to privatise the mines on the pretext that copper prices would not increase in 20 years.
According to a report by Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA), Christian Aid, and Scotland’s Aid Agency entitled, “Undermining development, Copper mining in Zambia” dated October 2007, Nawakwi – who is Forum for Democracy and Development president – admitted that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the…
contd..
..and the World Bank told the Zambian government that copper prices would never increase, hence they should privatise the mines.
“We were told by advisers, who included the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, that not in my life time would the price of copper change. They put production models on the table and told us that there (was) no copper in Nchanga Mine, Mufulira was supposed to have five years life left and all the production models that could be employed were showing that for the next 20 years, Zambian copper would not make a profit,
” the report quoted Nawakwi as having told its author in an interview on July 26, 2007.
“Conversely, if we privatised we would be able to access debt relief, and this was a huge carrot in front of us – like…
contd..
like waving medicine in front of a dying woman. We had no option (but to go ahead).”
According to the report, Nawakwi stated that one of the arguments in favour of privatisation was that it would save the government money by relieving them from propping up an enterprise losing up to US $1 million a day. The report further revealed that in 1999, the donors withheld aid to Zambia until the government agreed to privatise the mines.
“Privatisation of ZCCM (Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines) was a condition repeatedly attached to several loans from both these institutions (IMF and World Bank) and was a pre-condition for Zambia to qualify for debt relief through the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. In 1999, with the Zambian government still reluctant to…
condt..
reluctant to privatise ZCCM, major donors withheld some US $530 million in aid until the government conceded,” the report revealed.
“ZCCM’s assets were split into seven sections and sold to various investors, though the company was able to retain shares in some of the units – including in KCM (Konkola Copper Mine) – through the creation of a holding company called ZCCM-IH (Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment Holding).”
According to the report, the negotiators argued that increased investment by the new mine owners would generate significant profits that would be channelled back to the Zambian government through taxation and dividends
contd..
Okay, let me stop here for now.. Mr Moono, can you show me where either the reports or Nawakwi is blaming HH in this whole article? IMF, World bank and MMD were the ones responsible. HH’s company simply evaluated the assets. The MMD government sold the mines and other companies. Besides, HH was not even involved in the evaluation or selling of ZCCM!! There are tons of articles that you can research on and you will still find the same story.
What do we call people like Mr Moono? Shameless LIAR!!.
Lusakatimes, mulebako serious, is this PF’s response or Moonga’s reaction?
But knowing there level of mediocrity probably this response has been drafted by Kadansa himself.
Mr Moono, the mines were not sold for a song, you Liar. The Government was broke and the had less options. Here is what Lusaka Times published not long ago from experts on Privatization. Cant believe LT is now acting dumb after publishing both articles by Nawakwi and this one!!!
Zambian Privatization: Some Truth, Not Myths
October 7, 2015
By Michael Chishala
Source – Lusaka Times
CLAIM: The mines were sold for a song.
ANSWER: Most commentators tend to use hindsight to pass judgement on past events. How many times have we all made decisions based on the information available and unique circumstances at the time? Just because conditions change after the fact does not mean the decisions made earlier were wrong.
contd..
For example, you may be forced to sell you car cheaply because you have no money and you need quick cash to pay for your child’s hospital bill. If later on your situation improves and you have money, does it mean the decision to sell the car cheaply at the time was wrong? If the person you sold the car to resells it later at a huge profit, would you start complaining that you sold him the car “for a song”?
Copper prices were at their lowest in 1999 after 20 years of decline. The mines were sold in 2000. Based on 20 year data, it was very difficult to accurately forecast that there would be a commodity boom just a few years later when the price of copper went up significantly. The persistently declining price of copper meant the value of the mines when they were sold in 2000…
contd..
sold in 2000 was low.
The Zambian government was in a position of huge weakness partly because they had taken too long to sell off the mines. The treasury was bleeding to the tune of one million Dollars per day to keep the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) parastatal afloat at the worst point of the Zambian economy in 1999. The foreign mining companies that bought ZCCM most likely used this to push for a better deal for themselves.
If the Zambian government had refused to sell, the private mining companies would have simply waited for things to get more bad and then make a worse offer. It appears this is what may have happened in 2000 after several earlier failed potential deals.
contd..
An always overlooked point is that because the Zambian government was losing millions of Dollars per year to keep ZCCM afloat, even giving away the mines for free would have instantly saved them money to be channeled into other more important things. Does it make sense for any responsible government to hold onto huge loss-making parastatals and keep wasting tax-payer money on them while citizens are dying in hospital for lack of drugs?
No government can justify wasting millions on a bottomless pit. The decision to sell off the mines was a perfectly rational one. We can argue all day about whether the selling price was “fair” (whatever that means) or how the proceeds were used (or misused), but this does not invalidate the rationale for selling.
Damas you are surprised he has a tonga name, he is actually tonga from the same village as HH. We have a lot of progressive people of tonga origin in the PF don’t you forget that.
Correction: Progressive minded people of tonga origin…
The president is only lining up his pocket through a hefty gradient, hence adjusting his pay just before the calculation for his end of contract pay out. What a shame that his is increasing his salary at a time when most Zambians are going to bed on empty tummies, due to Open Market Operation (OMO) strategy to give the kwacha some face. OMO is the easy way out for a failing currency, ba PF.
Dullness and u.b.u.puba. This is the caliber of lowlifes leading the country. How is HH hard earned wealth connecting to the outgoing presidents salary? No connection at all
The point here is the selfishness and lack of sacrifice coming from a leader singing about austerity measures without leading by example. Instead he awards himself a salary increment
Like justifying sh1t to say it smells good.You must also then increase salaries for civil servants you good for nothing morons
This dog called Paul Moonga has RABIES and should be shot!
Please, LT this is HATE SPEECH, you do not need to publish such rubbish!
Moonga does not mean well if unchecked may help bring PF on it’s knees poor timing and lack of focus useless adviser
Is Moonga obsessed about HH? I thought the stronger attack on the matter came from FDD president. Why has Moonga reacted on that?
Two things should be done: The salary increment is an entitlement of the office of the President, whether we end up with GBM or even muliokela, the conditions of service of the highest office in the land are not subject to the caliber of leader but the fact that they are the leader. The government should officially take HH to court for the corrupt acquisition of wealth they say he did so that he can come out clean and prove his innocence.
According to you, increase of salary should reflect destruction of economy?
Moonga you are the one trying to mislead everyone. You haven’t even answered the question to why Lungu hs increased his salary instead you’re busy digging trying to find faults in HH’s personal wealth.
HH is not the only person who has condemned Chagwa’s salary increase, the FDD has done so too. You PF dimwits go to all lengths to support your leader’s wrongful deeds because the cancer of corruption has already eroded you too.
The unfairness is a deep concern to all the civil servants who are not managing their families because of inflation.
Is this so called Moonga the new pf’s spokesperson? If not, then where is their (spokesperson)? Stop singing praise anyhow Mr Moonga. Shame upon you.
“Mr Hichilema recommended to the previous government to sell the mines at a song and collected huge sums of money for his personal use and walked away.”
Dullness in the hihest degree.
1.The MMD govt. approached the IMF for loans to revamp the economy.IMF recommended selling the mines under ZCCM.
2. Under UNIP ,the mines needed re capitalization.
3.HH worked for an audit firm which came up with the audit report.He did not arm twist the MMD cabinet to pay him colossal amounts of money.
4.HH recommended and the MMD cabinet approved it.He did not also arm twist them.
5.Why blame the recommender and not the seller.
IF THE MMD CABINET HAD REALIZED THAT THE MINES WERE SELLING FOR A SONG WHY DIDN’T THEY REJECT IT THE REPORT ,THEN GET A SECOND REPORT AND COMPARE THE TWO?
PLEASE…
Before privatisation, HH owned how many companies? After privatisation, HH owned how many companies?
Mr Hichilema recommended to the previous government to sell the mines at a song and collected huge sums of money for his personal use and walked away.”
Dullness in the highest degree.
1.The MMD govt. approached the IMF for loans to revamp the economy.IMF recommended selling the mines under ZCCM.
2. Under UNIP ,the mines needed re capitalization.
3.HH worked for an audit firm which came up with the audit report.He did not arm twist the MMD cabinet to pay him colossal amounts of money.
4.HH recommended and the MMD cabinet approved it.He did not also arm twist them.
5.Why blame the recommender and not the seller.
IF THE MMD CABINET HAD REALIZED THAT THE MINES WERE SELLING FOR A SONG WHY DIDN’T THEY REJECT IT THE REPORT ,THEN GET A SECOND REPORT AND COMPARE THE TWO?
Ulicipuba sana Moonga – stop insulting HH for no reason, mind you, your contribution lacks substance. If HH store anything during the privitization process of the Mines, he would have been arrested already. HH is just a smart businessman who is better than most of you morons who depend upon stealing from government coffers. The nation treasury has ran empty because of your massive looting. Who doesn’ t know what’ s happening. Almost every worker this year has got no salary increment due to wage freeze and you want to justify Lungu’ s salary increment with your total ignorance. Shut up your rotten beak and HH is 100% right.
HH is so wicked, that his hate for Lungu jst shows from his satanic talks about Lungu, positively very sure this HH freemanson wishes Lungu at all times, but he will perish first, Salary increment for the President, how can that salary affect the economy honestly, HH please tell your Satana that it is not possible You will never rule evenb you appear in that questionable post, no impact to this nation, may under world yes, ba suntwe, hate for Lungu is tOo much from this Tonga freemanson. Not at once will he ever rule Zambia ANTi-CHRIST THE. SON OF SATANA”
@ Ba Suntwe
In all honesty, what the f*ck are you ranting about?
There is only one issue to be discussed. Did ANY Cabinet member merit salary increase based on theirs performance and current economic situation?
As to Antichrist and son of Satan, ask your F*ucking Bwalya for guidance. As the closest adviser to Satan he is well versed in Satan’s family tree.
YOU’RE THE ONE EXHIBITING HATRED FOR HH AND YOU HAVEN’T EVEN ADDRESSED THE SUBJECT. YOUR UTTERANCES ONLY GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU’RE A BENEFICIARY OF THE CORRUPT PF REGIME AND DESPERATELY TRYING TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE ISSUE AT HAND. FOR YOUR INFORMATION PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN NOTE OF THE UNREASONABLE SALARY INCREMENT AND THEY WILL DO THE NEEDFUL TO KICK OUT THE IRRESPONSIBLE LUNGU.
It is morally wrong to justify a wrong by a perceived wrong. The issue is that with the prevailing economic situation, and its effects, prudence in resource use would be welcome. Mr. Moonga’s answer was completely off the mark!
This older man is defending without researching. When you want to defend this get your facts right. Is it true that the president’s salary was increased? If yes, please justify if not just keep quite.
Viva HH and UPND.
BA PAUL MOONGA, YOU DONT REASON WELL. YOU ALWAYS SAY HH STOLE YOUR MONEY, WHY NOT ARRESTING HIM? MMD HAD BRILLIANT AND WISE MEN LIKE BA SATA WHO WAS BY THEN MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO, ALL THE CABINET MINISTERS, ALL PERMANENT SECRETARIES WHO WERE GUIDING THE ECONOMY OF ZAMBIA AND IF HE WAS FOUND STEALING WHY DID THEY NOT ARREST HIM, MWANAWASA CAME IN AND WHY DID HE NOT ARREST HIM, BANDA CAME IN WHY DID HE NOT ARREST HIM, SATA CAME IN WHY DID HE NOT ARREST HIM AND TODAY IS YOUR PF PRESIDENT WITH NO VISION WHY HAS HE NOT ARRESTED HIM.
MOONGA DONT CHEAT PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA. THE TRUTH IS YOU HAVE INCREASED THE PRESIDENT’S SALARY WHEN WE ARE GOING THROUGH DEBTS AND BAD STANDARDS OF LEAVING.
chi moonga you are an *****
I am PF and I will vote Lungu. The FACT is the increment has come at a very wrong time. How can the president increases his salary when pipo are going to bed without food?
@ pascal
If you are “vise”, “humble”, “anointed” and “visionary” “dear leader” you do not care a sh*t about people.
Check the history of how French Revolution started. Then you will understand not just timing, but also anger of the people.
The new salary for the President of Zambia is now K47,000.00, I.e. Usd4,000 per month. Honestly countrymen and women, don’t we have better things to talk about the development of Zambia? Should we allow HH to mislead us and lead us astray with petty underfive thinking?
Whether Lungu gets US1,000 per month or not, get it into your thick skull that for you and your children have any go to bed hungry while Lungu gets free food and free everything on top of this high unreasonable high salary for doing nothing. This is what people are complaining about here or are so dull or so jealous of HH. The earlier we kick out these PF kwangalas in August the better for Zambia.
Ask moonga and PF.
Sorry bwana so called “wise head”, you are not exhibiting any shred of wisdom here – ECL is a servant of the people and on a civil service payroll, if he gave civil servant a 4% salary increment, he should have settled for the same too especially that he spends nothing for his existence!
Whenever there is a salary increment it is on the basic pay, therefore the 47,000 plus transport allowance plus housing allowance plus maid allowance, gardenboy allowance plus other conditions of service may bring him up to K70,000.
Apart from that add the per diem in kwacha for local trips and dollars for foreign trips (remember he rarely stays in one place) that is loads of money.
Please note that he is tax exempt from all income as a president. this income apart the ones mentioned include personal donations from well wishers such as the chinese
Lungu has zero wise advisors, no wonder his decisions always create dilemmas or issues later on. For instance the constitution and increasing electricity tariffs. So many other decisions he never took time to do a detailed analysis. Don’t let Lungu build your house, other he will build your house with no provision for sewer or running water.
I agree with you when you say Lungu has zero advisers (or advisor). You said he never took time to do a detailed analysis in so many of his decisions, my thinking is that he gives a lot of thought in what he does only that he comes up with warped decisions, maybe his past illnesses and too much imbibing of alcohol are limiting his thinking to a level of a school boy. He is like an auto mechanic who repairs your car and tells you he has finished and the car is ready to go, but when check on the floor, there are bolts and nuts remaining, would you trust that mechanic? Do not allow him to build your house either.
And you are all mature adults….tsk tsk tsk….nowanda
this dunderhead at it again..oh my..where do you find such creatures ba pf..kekekeke..HH is very right and brilliant in his querries..
GOOD MORNING COUNTRY MEN AND SISTERS, SOME OF YOU YOU DON’T THINK OR YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THINGS. MAY YOU FIND OUT THE TRUTH AND ITS WHEN YOU WILL COME AND TALK BECAUSE ITS YOU THE SAME PIPO AGAIN U WILL ASK GOOD FROM THE MAN YOU ARE INSULTING TODAY REMEMBER THERE IS SOMEONE WATCHING YOU.AND PLEASE PLEASE MAY PLEASE USE GOOD WORDS STOP SAYING THINGS YOU DONT KNOW WELL OK AND REMEMBER THAT GOD IS WATCHING. P MOONGA U DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS WATCH OUT.
Its really sad reading comments from people who do not use their brains. If i was to mark Moonga’s script, I would give him, ZERO percent. He was just wafforing and did not address the issue. POOR THING BLIND AS HE IS. PARASITE. HOW DO YOU EXPECT ZAMBIA TO DEVELOP WITH PEOPLE LIKE MOONGA WITH STUNTED BRAINS…
Moonga sena wa teelela Bantu mbo baamba please do your corrections correction by picking from all comments I think you are not as dull as nearly every body is sayingsaying, you can do better hope is the last u should loose fact you are human and all human do era at one point or the other strive to be wise u are capable.
This is a very f0olish response by an adult and and a party. Moonga will do better looking after goats in Lusaka West than issuing responses on behalf of PF. The man has no substance in his head. So PF is now resorting to using a Tonga to fight another Tonga? This is a very dirty strategy!!
And this 1mbecile is a member of Central Committee of PF?
Head of Singapore Government is paid 5 million SGD (USD 3.45 million) per year. But, Singapore balance of payment is in the surplus of 68 BILLION USD. And that in a Country WITHOUT ANY NATURAL RESOURCES.
Mr. Monga, instead of ranting about HH, please tel us how your 1diots are going to repay stolen money from the bonds.
Now I agree with Sata when he said my ministers are useless. I think Mr Sata left out one group. pf are useless are. why should these *****s compare HH sale of mines to this stupid ***** called Edgaru. and this moonga calls the increment small on top of all the euro bond, faked government loans, faking the constitution, etc etc and you call that small. you fools. exactly 139 days more for you to be locked up. you are still looking for some more to make big. moonga the fool.
Ba Paul Moonga do you see what you have caused yourself bwana? Your article is trash. The UTH has run out of Oxygen, ARVS test kits have run out in the country, Students have no meal allowances, Mealie meal has keeps going up, yet he finds it fit to increase his salary, donate for Zambians to watch soccer. What a president? Please Ba Paul Moonga use your brains properly You must even feel embarrassed of your statement. In it you have not said anything sensible
Whenever there is a salary increment it is on the basic pay, therefore the 47,000 plus transport allowance plus housing allowance plus maid allowance, gardenboy allowance plus other conditions of service may bring him up to K70,000.
Apart from that add the per diem in kwacha for local trips and dollars for foreign trips (remember he rarely stays in one place) that is loads of money.
Please note that he is tax exempt from all income as a president. this income apart the ones mentioned include personal donations from well wishers such as the chinese
It is just straight forward,we are in a bad economic situation, saying so is very annoying, Mr monga what are you going to tell people during campaign time?
Comment:I have beleboured to explain the role of an evaluator in a bussiness transaction involving a seller and a purchaser to some of my comrades in pf.But they seem not to grasp the all concept.
It boggles my mind to learn that even young pipo that have been to school have choosen to b useful *****s by agreeing to lies that HH solely sold the mines and pocketed the procceds realised.
That said i wld like to state for a fact that it will take zambian electorates ages to start voting with thier minds as opposed to voting using thier bellys.
P.F, died a long time ago. The carcass is currently lying in the mortuary, awaiting burial on the 11th August 2016.
The president has so much confidence in your judicial system,so why haven’t you taken HH to court,we ve heard this crap for years since you came into power.Now you political dunder head ,tell your boss that there is a serious crisis of oxygen at UTH among other medical requirements,tell him/his govt to pay the meal allowances for higher learning institutions as allocated in the national budget,your govt should pay money owed to companies supplying fuel to the country who have since refused to continue supplying the commodite causing shortages,your govt should with immediate effect correct the mealie meal deficit,the govt should seriously invest in the energe sector to reduce the loadshedding,i can go on and on,but the buttom line is that which leader,in his right senses can at this…
HH had a business acumen even just after he left University. He used his early salaries to slowly pay for a plot of land in Kalingalinga and buy cows in Southern Province. In the next few years he found himself on the boards of various local and international companies (they had already recognized his potential and skills) He did not decide to privatize the mines. It was government. He worked for a company that produced the audits and was paid as an employee. The salary has been raised for Lungu not the office. If it was the office he could afford to wait, couldn’t he? It gives the impression he is ‘feeling’ for whoever occupies the position in future – which is a load of b.ull!
…Moonga a good example of a ‘stooge’….Kambwili must have refused to speak on behalf of the govt because he does not approve of the increment as well….this is a govt matter…why ask a party representative to speak on behalf of govt….? and parading a Moonga for that matter….Rubbish
…what is Moonga going to say about Edith Nawakwi because she was the first to condemn…
..can someone come up with something new on this man they call HH…we have head a million times about privatisation this privatisation that and its not making any impact anymore…
Ba Moonga the topic is presidents salary not privatisation during Chiluba reign decades back. Mwanawasa, Rupiah, Sata now Lungu have not arrested HH over a program championed by Chiluba and your founding president Sata and others. Where do we find these characters my Zambia. There are no better humans out there.
The Government should then also increase salaries for Nurses, Teachers, Police., Soldiers and all other civil servants, after all, its for the dignity of the office and not the individuals!!
His naive supporters call him a prudent business man. I know him differently. He is a roguish thief living in a world of his own. He condemned Zambians and in particular Luanshya people to unbearable suffering while he laughed all the way to the bank. As it is in his nature to con Zambians, given the chance, this man will continue from where he left during privatization. He must not be allowed anywhere near State House.
Please, lets find someone to ask P Moonga to read our comments, I think kuti alapila, teti abwekeshepo. Or he can commit suicide, we don’t care. Ifwe ni FORWARD na HH and UPND period.
This chi UPND leader misled the govt of the day for him to benefit personally.Zambia is like this today because of this Kanchema.I cant spoil my vote on him.
Moonga has hit the nail on the head.
Kalalenifye ba @”Jane”, tapali efyomwishiba pali ” privatization” . Ifwe ni FORWARD with uwamano ” ECONOMICAL MANAGER”. Mwakwatafye jealous .
meant to say ” tapali efyomwaishiba pali privatization”. Ni FORWARJI CHABE IFWE na HH.
Your insults on Paul will not distract the progressive agenda of PF. Paul is a citizen of this country and a member of PF and has every right to comment on any national issue like HH tried to mislead the nation. All of you who have commented on Paul”s article will not make HH win, to tell you the truth, the closet HH tried to win was the last presidential by election when PF was very disorganized… this time it’s one Party one PF and one ECL….
Paulu Moonga, Edgar Lungu is using you like a tissue of paper you are. What a shame. Because you are Tonga who claimed to come from the same village as HH whom you are jealousy of for his wealth which you don’t have, Edgar wants you to be his spokesman on HH. He wants people to see a Tonga member of central thieves attacking someone from his village.
Plain truth is you are not an economist. You don’t know anything about privatising mines. In fact you are nothing. You are trying to elevate yourself to HH, which you can;t be. Moonga, koya ukeembele ngombe kumunzi yebo ochiyaanga!
@hh, so where are you going to find the extra voters because your party has been bleeding profusely caused by massive exodus of members in recent times and same is still continuing. All these people left gaping holes in the boat when they left with their members: Kabimba, Sampa, Mwaliteta, etc.
General Buhari reduced his salary by 50% becoz of the state of the Nigerisn economy. That is a man who thinks! Not your chipantepante Zambian leaders!
entitlement my foot. look at Magufuli he is also a president and yet he has alot in just a few months i.e. increased revenue and reduced corruption. ECL could have exhibited maturity by stating that for now he wont take a hike although he was entitled to it. that leadership not arrogantly saying he deserves it